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Police in Texas now have the ability to issue a regional alert about a missing child without having to wait for confirmation of an abduction, speeding up the delivery of potentially lifesaving information to the public.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed HB3556 into law Wednesday, which allows law enforcement to quickly send out an alert about a missing child.
The alert can be sent as soon as a child is reported missing without waiting for investigators to confirm an abduction has occurred -- closing the gap on the critical first minutes or hours when a child's location is unknown.
When an Athena Alert is authorized, police will use the existing AMBER Alert system to send out a localized notification to people within 100 miles of a reported disappearance.
The law is named after Athena Strand, a 7-year-old North Texas girl that disappeared in November 2022 and was found dead two days later. Athena's mother, Maitlyn Gandy had asked for an AMBER Alert to be issued when she found out her daughter was missing but the alert wasn't able to be sent until hours later.
"Unfortunately, I kept getting met with the same response that she, in her case, did not meet the criteria for an AMBER Alert to be issued,” Gandy testified before a committee in April. “I don’t want someone to feel how I feel. I don’t want a mother to have to carry home an urn with her children’s ashes. I don’t want to watch another grandparent mourn the way my dad did.”
An AMBER Alert was issued for Athena about 24 hours after she disappeared, but investigators later determined her time of death occurred before the alert had been issued.
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"The system failed us," Gandy said in a Facebook post. "In the 90s and early 2000s, the AMBER Alert system was brilliant. HB 3556, the 'Athena Alert' bill, is to better it."
The bill was introduced by Rep. Lynn Stucky (R-Stanger) and passed by the Texas House of Representatives on May 9 and then passed by the Texas Senate on May 24.
The law goes into effect immediately, though it's not clear how soon law enforcement will be able to start using the alert system.
TEXAS STATEWIDE ALERT PROGRAMS
There are eight kinds of alerts that can be issued for missing or endangered people in Texas. They are listed below with links to a page with more information. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gov-greg-abbott-signs-athena-alert-bill-into-law-effective-immediately/3277363/ | 2023-06-15T00:18:28 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gov-greg-abbott-signs-athena-alert-bill-into-law-effective-immediately/3277363/ |
One person is dead Wednesday afternoon after a rollover crash during a police chase with the driver of a stolen pickup truck.
Fort Worth Police said a Flock camera got a hit on a stolen vehicle and an officer began pursuing the driver.
During the chase police said the driver lost control at the intersection of E. Altamesa Boulevard and Will Rogers Boulevard and hit a pole, causing the vehicle to roll over. As the vehicle rolled over it struck a car.
Police said three people were ejected from the stolen vehicle during the crash. One of the three ejected was confirmed deceased at the scene and the other two were hospitalized in unknown conditions.
The identity of the person killed will be released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office once the family has been notified.
No other injuries were reported.
The investigation into the theft and chase is ongoing.
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Check back and refresh this article for the latest update. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-killed-three-ejected-in-a-rollover-crash-during-a-police-chase/3277620/ | 2023-06-15T00:18:34 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/one-killed-three-ejected-in-a-rollover-crash-during-a-police-chase/3277620/ |
Texas summer temperatures are rising and the demand for energy continues to grow.
To keep up with the demand for energy, ERCOT has launched the ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS). The ECRS is an ancillary service, which is a tool that ERCOT uses to manage changes in the energy grid.
"As summer temperatures begin to rise across Texas and with high demand forecasted, we will continue to use all operational tools available, including implementation of new programs like ECRS," said ERCOT President and CEO Pablo Vegas. "ERCOT will also execute previous sessions' legislative reforms, such as our weatherization inspections, and we'll continue our reliability-first approach to operations, always prioritizing grid reliability."
The ECRS is the first of its kind within the ERCOT market in over 20 years. It will allow for real-time changes to be made on a daily basis and has a capacity that allows response within 10 minutes to forecasting errors.
On Tuesday, ERCOT issued its first Weather Watch and said they expect record demand for electricity later this week. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/as-temperatures-rise-ercot-adds-new-service-to-increase-grid-reliability/3277624/ | 2023-06-15T00:18:47 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/as-temperatures-rise-ercot-adds-new-service-to-increase-grid-reliability/3277624/ |
What’s next for Fairfield Lake State Park?
Over the weekend the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission took a unanimous vote to use eminent domain to seize the state park, setting up a potentially long and costly legal fight with a Dallas developer.
Professor Julie Rogers with SMU’s Dedman School of Law said the state has the right to take the land under eminent domain.
“The state is exercising the power of eminent domain to take the property for what is clearly public use,” Rogers said, “So the issue is going to be what is the compensation to the developer.”
Under eminent domain, the state must pay fair market value.
The property was originally listed for $110.5 million, but what developer Todd Interests paid for the property is unclear. Attorneys will likely argue the company is owed for investments already made toward the development, said Rogers.
The state must submit a formal offer to Todd Interests based on the land appraisal. If the offer is rejected, a three-person commission appointed by a judge will decide the fair market value. If either side objects, it goes to trial.
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“It could certainly be long,” Rogers said. “Litigation takes a long time and is expensive.”
A spokesperson for Texas Parks and Wildlife told NBC5 the park would remain closed until the state takes ownership of the property.
"Our commissioners have asked Todd Interests to delay demolition of park infrastructure and vegetation until this process plays out, but we don't have confirmation that he intends to do so," said deputy communications director for Texas Parks and Wildlife Cory Chandler in a statement.
Chandler confirmed the department has submitted an offer to Todd Interests, but cited property code for keeping the amount confidential unless the landowner choses to discuss it publicly.
The state park, and the land around it, have been privately owned for decades with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department serving as a tenant.
The approximately 5,000 acres of land went under contract with Dallas-based developer Todd Interests in 2021. The company planned to build a private luxury community, which would require permanently closing the state park.
After negotiations between park officials and the developer to save the park failed, state lawmakers filed legislation to stop the sale. All three bills failed, resulting in Saturday’s vote to seize the land through eminent domain.
The founder and CEO of Todd Interests has not publicly responded to the state’s use of eminent domain.
During a public hearing at the Texas Capitol in May, the developer blasted state efforts to stop the sale and said Texas Parks and Wildlife could have purchased the property but did not compete in the open bidding process.
“When can government step into a transaction and covet something that’s not theirs? And want something that’s not theirs,” developer Shawn Todd told lawmakers. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/whats-next-for-fairfield-lake-state-park/3277558/ | 2023-06-15T00:18:53 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/whats-next-for-fairfield-lake-state-park/3277558/ |
A Gary woman who shot her neighbor's pregnant sister in the thigh during an argument is entitled to no reduction in her four-year prison term, according to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Pamela L. Hunter, 43, pleaded guilty last year to battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a level 5 felony, in exchange for prosecutors dismissing eight other felony charges connected to the April 14, 2021, shooting, including unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, records show.
The plea agreement capped Hunter's maximum prison sentence at four years but left the final sentencing decision to Lake Superior Judge Samuel Cappas.
Cappas ordered Hunter to serve four years, according to court records.
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In her appeal, Hunter argued it was inappropriate for Cappas to sentence her to the maximum permitted under the plea agreement and asked the court to immediately release from her incarceration to serve the remainder of her sentence on probation.
The appeals court unanimously rejected Hunter's request after considering the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.
Specifically, Chief Judge Robert Altice Jr. said Hunter chose to engage and remain in an argument with her neighbor and fired a handgun, at least twice, while a crowd of some 40 people, including children, was assembled nearby preparing to attend a funeral.
Records show at least two people were injured in the shooting, including a woman who was seven months pregnant, and several children who witnessed it continue to struggle emotionally. Hunter also subsequently engaged in a standoff with Gary police.
"The nature of the offense does not warrant revision of Hunter's four-year sentence," Altice said.
Likewise, Altice said Hunter's extensive criminal history, including multiple felony convictions, repeated community corrections violations, possessing a handgun as a convicted felon, and the finding that she's moderate risk to reoffend weigh against reducing her sentence.
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"The record before us does not indicate that Hunter’s character warrants sentence revision. In sum, Hunter has failed to establish that her four-year sentence is inappropriate," Altice said.
Hunter still can ask the Indiana Supreme Court to consider reviewing and revising the length of her prison term.
Otherwise, her earliest possible release date, assuming good behavior, is Oct. 3, 2025, according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
2305170
Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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The Decay Devils preservationist group restored the historical Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJ&E) No. 765 that's long stood sentry in Gateway Park in downtown Gary.
The collective of artists, urban explorers and photographers will celebrate with a pizza party in the park Saturday.
The Decay Devils, whose name is a play on daredevils that riffs off their penchant for exploring decaying buildings, will host a cleanup in the park at 4th Avenue and Broadway from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. It seeks volunteers for the cleanup who will be rewarded with pizza and refreshments after helping pick up litter and tidy up the park.
A re-dedication ceremony for the 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive will take place at 11 p.m.
"Normally every year we kick off in the spring with a cleanup in Gary but the timing didn't work this year," President Tyrell Anderson said. "This is our first major event of the year, our first major kickoff. We're getting back downtown and highlighting the changes to Gateway Park and that corridor. A lot of murals and other things have gone up."
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The group spruced up the historic locomotive, which was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1929 and hauled freight throughout the Region. It long ran on the Chicago Outer Belt railroad stretching from Porter to Waukegan, Illinois.
The EJ&E railroad switched to diesel engines, but U.S. Steel stepped in to give the steam-powered locomotive a second life. It dispatched it to northern Minnesota's Iron Range, where it hauled iron ore and taconite bound for Gary Works and other steel mills.
It was installed as a monument at Gateway Park but has gotten decrepit and become shrouded by trees. The Decay Devils got a $60,000 grant from Legacy Foundation’s U.S. Steel/City of Gary Indiana Charitable Fund and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund that helped fund the cleanup as well as other events and programs downtown.
"That train project is a monster project," Anderson said. "We're highlighting the history of it, why it's significant to the Region and how it got to the Region. We'll also be talking about what's coming ahead and get people excited."
The group removed rust from the train and fabricated new metal to replace parts that rusted out. It replaced the floors in the cab that rusted through and was completely repainted.
"It can't go anywhere but physically it looks nicer," he said. "We also cut down some overgrown trees so people can see it when driving past. For those who can't stop at least they can see it. But we're encouraging people to stop in the park and see it for what it is."
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Several students from City Baptist School in Hammond were taken to a Chicago hospital Tuesday afternoon after the bus they were riding in was involved in an accident on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway.
The school said six students were on the bus, and all were taken to a hospital for observation. Both the Illinois State Police and Chicago Fire Department said five students were transported by CFD ambulance after the "single vehicle rollover crash."
City Baptist announced Wednesday afternoon that all the students were released from the hospital Tuesday evening and had returned home.
The fire department said the driver refused medical treatment at the scene.
Illinois State Police said officers responded to the accident, which occurred around 35th Street in the local lanes of northbound Interstate 94, at about 2:30 p.m. Two lanes were closed to traffic for about one hour as a result of the accident.
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Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
2305170
Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Endangered Mexican gray wolf returned to the wild after straying from recovery area
A Mexican gray wolf that was captured after straying out of its designated recovery area earlier this year has been returned to the wilds of Arizona.
Asha, a 2-year-old female wolf, was successfully released on June 7. She was captured in northern New Mexico in January and temporarily held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Sevilleta Mexican Wolf Management Facility outside Socorro, New Mexico.
The female wolf was born in the Rocky Prairie pack in Arizona in 2021. She was captured and fitted with a radio collar in the fall of 2022. Later that year, she dispersed from her natal pack and, in January, crossed out of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area, north of Interstate 40.
The wolf had wandered nearly 500 miles, heading north into the southern Rocky Mountains. It was the first time since the reintroduction program was established that an endangered Mexican gray wolf trekked into that area.
Officials from Fish and Wildlife said the decision to move the wolf back to the experimental population area was consistent with policies outlined in the service's recovery permit. The lack of other wolves in the area meant she had no chance to breed and contribute to recovery efforts.
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But conservation groups are challenging this boundary set by Fish and Wildlife and say that the arbitrary line is unfair and ignores the natural behavior of the wolves.
“Asha is a courageous young wolf, and we’re thrilled she’s once again free to continue living her life on her own terms,” said Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of Western Watersheds Project. “It’s scientifically indefensible and inherently unfair that wolves need to stay south of Interstate 40. Wolves like Asha have shown, time and time again, that this purely political boundary is ecologically irrelevant.”
Under the current Mexican gray wolf reintroduction rule, Mexican wolves are confined to the areas of Arizona and New Mexico south of I-40. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations provide for the removal of any Mexican wolf found beyond this boundary.
Some scientists have said that habitats in and around Grand Canyon National Park and in the southern Rocky Mountains are key places for new populations of Mexican wolves to establish themselves and ensure a robust population. Conservation organizations are currently in court challenging the boundary.
The release comes days after a federal hearing on the potential rewrite of the Mexican gray wolf recovery plan, which could have an impact on the wolf’s ability to roam northward.
“The agencies responsible for Mexican wolf management need to acknowledge that dispersing long distances is an inherent natural behavior for many wolves and needs to be incorporated into their recovery and not denied for these endangered wide-ranging mammals,” said Emily Renn, executive director of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project.
The Mexican gray wolf is the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America and was federally listed as endangered in 1976. The Mexican gray wolf recovery team was formed three years later by the Fish and Wildlife Service, which developed a recovery plan for the species that called for reestablishment of at least 100 wolves in their historic range through a captive breeding program.
This year marked the 25th anniversary of reintroducing wolves into the wild, with populations surpassing 200 for the first time. A minimum of 59 packs were documented at the end of 2022, with 40 of those packs counted in New Mexico and 19 in Arizona.
Once Asha was moved to the Sevilleta facility in January, she was paired with a male in the hopes she would breed and produce pups this past spring. Her new mate was selected based on potential genetic contribution to the wild populations.
The federal agency had initially planned to release the pair and their pups into the wild population in Mexico in support of recovery efforts for the southernmost wild Mexican wolf population. Officials from Fish and Wildlife said this would help bolster genetic diversity in the U.S. population of the species.
But breeding efforts were unsuccessful, and the service made the decision to move Asha alone into the wild in Arizona.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, released Asha, known officially as female wolf 2754, into the Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona. She will continue to be monitored via radio collar.
Jake Frederico covers environmental issues for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send tips or questions to jake.frederico@arizonarepublic.com.
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There have been 7 prescribed fires in recent months, Where are they?
Two controlled fires were expected to be set this week in Coconino and Kaibab national forests as part of a state effort to keep severe large wildfires from happening.
Prescribed burns are part of an an initiative from The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Land Management to maintain the health of fire-dependent ecosystems, which have a large presence in northern Arizona. Here's when and where they are burning.
Are there more prescribed fires this year?
According to Coconino National Forest spokesperson Brady Smith, prescribed burns are usually done from March until May, but unusual weather conditions this year led to a late start and end.
"The weather patterns we've had this year have allowed us to pull some moisture to do prescribed burns later and carry on into June," Smith said. "We try to do them whenever we have conditions that allow us to do them."
Most burns are done in confined areas of 500 up to 2000 acres, Smith said. This year, however, three prescribed burns of over 4,000 acres have already began and there were more planned.
Smith said there's a lot of pre-planning that goes on before a prescribed burn takes place and the areas are carefully selected.
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Where are prescribed fires happening in Arizona?
These prescribed fire projects are currently burning or are planned for upcoming days:
- Horseshoe-Wild Bill project: 1,332 acres are expected to burn from June 14 through June 15 in Coconino National Forest, about 11 miles northwest of Flagstaff. Smoke might disperse near the San Francisco Peaks and along the highway during the day. Nighttime smoke may disperse southwest to Bellemont and may impact Interstate 40. Completed portions of this project happened from April 26 through May 10.
- Road Hollow: Over 4,000 acres were expected to burn starting on June 14 in Kaibab National Forest west of the Demotte Campground and north of the Rainbow Rim.
- Crater Sinks project: The 4,500-acre burn was completed on June 9. It burned urning about 10 miles southwest of Flagstaff.
- Sawmill project: This project expects to burn 5,000 acres in Coconino National Forest east of Hutch Mountain and Lake Mary Road. About 1,200 acres have already burned during completed portions of the project from May 9 through May 11.
- Marteen Project: About 4,200 acres are expected to burn in Kaibab National Forest about five miles northwest of Spring Valley, east of Red Hill. The prescribed fire began on May 1 and was still burning as of May 27, according to inciweb. Smoke can potentially impact areas of Spring Valley Cabin and Forest Road 141.
- Blue Stem Project: 3,885 acres were burning as of May 27 in Kaibab National Forest about 15 miles northeast of State Route 64 and Red Butte near Russell Tank. Smoke impacts were expected to be minimal.
- Reed Project: The fire was set in Kaibab National Forest, just east of Tusayan, on May 1 and was still burning as of May 27, according to Inciweb. The fire was expected to reach 1,370 acres. Smoke may be visible from State Route 64 and the Grand Canyon and daytime winds could carry smoke northeast.
Smith warned surrounding communities of heavy smoke can potentially reach neighboring residences. To learn more about how smoke could impact your area, you can go to airnow.gov.
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Members of the public were also asked not to call the forest service to report prescribed fires to keep the line open for wildfire emergencies. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2023/06/14/where-are-prescribed-fires-burning-in-arizona/70314121007/ | 2023-06-15T00:26:42 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2023/06/14/where-are-prescribed-fires-burning-in-arizona/70314121007/ |
Deadly shooting at Glendale Little Caesars stemmed from argument between employees, court records say
A shooting at a Little Caesars in Glendale that left one person dead stemmed from an argument between two employees, with the victim making threats about the suspects' family, court documents obtained by The Arizona Republic said.
On June 9, just before 11 a.m., Glendale police responded to the pizza place located near 43rd and Peoria avenues after reports of a shooting.
The caller told police that the victim, a 28-year-old man, was dead and the shooter, identified as 40-year-old Oscar Alexis Ocon, locked himself inside the store's bathroom, leaving behind his weapon in the prep area, court documents state.
When officers arrived, Ocon exited the building and was arrested without incident and asked "if everyone made it out ok," according to documents.
The victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was not identified by police.
Surveillance footage from inside the Little Caesars was obtained by investigators. It showed the victim clocking into work before Ocon appeared holding a rifle while shooting the victim from behind multiple times, court documents state.
The footage showed Ocon standing over the victim while continuing to shoot him and walking away, before returning and stomping on the victim's head multiple times, court records say.
Fifteen 9 mm casings were found, according to court documents.
Employees inside the store at the time of the shooting told investigators the shooting was the result of an incident that occurred at a nearby Target the week before, court records state.
In a post-Miranda interview, Ocon confirmed this with investigators, saying that the victim, himself and some co-workers had gone to Target in the morning as they usually do, according to court documents.
Ocon told police the victim had made a rude comment about a police officer that was working security, resulting in the officer complaining to Target management, who then went to Little Caesars management, documents stated.
Witnesses and Ocon shared the same story of the victim having believed that Ocon reported him to management, court records say, but Ocon told police he didn't give the victim's name and instead gave another employee's name as a joke.
Court documents state that Ocon heard from witnesses that the victim made threats and "specifically say he was going to get a rifle and shoot Ocon and his family at their house." Ocon told police the threats he was told were made by the victim made him upset and caused him to lose sleep.
"So I made a decision, I'm gonna take him out before he does me. And as soon as he walked in, I took him out," Ocon told investigators, according to court documents.
That decision, according to Ocon's interview detailed in court documents, is one he said he is "pretty sure is not legal and is not self-defense, but I wasn't gonna live like that."
Throughout the course of the interview, Ocon said that the victim had never made any threats directly to him.
Ocon told police that he had seen the victim carry a gun before, having seen it a couple of months ago, according to court documents. Other employees told police they had heard about the victim carrying a gun.
However, on the day of the shooting, Ocon did not see the victim with a gun. Police did not find one on him, court records state.
Ocon was arrested and booked into jail, facing charges of one count of first-degree murder and one count of disorderly conduct. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2023/06/14/shooting-at-glendale-pizza-shop-stemmed-from-dispute-between-employees/70321445007/ | 2023-06-15T00:26:49 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale/2023/06/14/shooting-at-glendale-pizza-shop-stemmed-from-dispute-between-employees/70321445007/ |
OdySea Aquarium near Scottsdale welcomes 2 endangered sea turtles
OdySea Aquarium has housed two new hard-shelled friends.
Teddy and Pow Pow, two male Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, arrived at the OdySea Aquarium located near Scottsdale after a brief stint at SeaWorld Orlando.
Theodore and Powell are both 43 years old.
What are Kemp's ridley sea turtles?
This species is critically endangered, making them one of the most endangered sea turtle species in the world. But, with about 7,000 to 9,000 of these turtles in the wild today, the species has made a steady comeback from near extinction in the 1980s when only 200 turtles were left in the wild.
Kemp’s ridley turtles are also famous for being the smallest sea turtles in the world, only measuring 2 feet in length and weighing between 70 and 100 pounds in adulthood.
They are also the only type of sea turtle native to North America, as they can be found near the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Where are Teddy and Pow Pow from?
Teddy and Pow Pow were first bred through a breeding program at the Grand Cayman Island’s Cayman Turtle Centre in 1980. Then, after a process that took more than four decades, these turtles were quarantined at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, before being transported to Scottsdale.
“Teddy and Pow Pow inspire us all to protect and preserve our oceans, ensuring a brighter future for all sea turtle species,” Dave Peranteau, director of animal care and conservation at OdySea Aquarium, said in an emailed news release.
The pair of turtles was flown to Scottsdale by the organization Turtles Fly Too, which flies cold-stunned turtles from the Northeast to warmer climates in order to be rehabilitated and released back into the wild.
How many sea turtles reside at OdySea?
With Teddy and Pow Pow, OdySea now has eight sea turtles among its ranks.
With World Sea Turtle Day just around the corner on June 16, the aquarium highlighted its commitment to protecting and conserving sea turtles.
“The presence of Teddy and Pow Pow adds further excitement to OdySea Aquarium, offering visitors the opportunity to see multiple sea turtle species up close while learning more about these majestic animals,” according to the news release.
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SEATTLE — Court documents say there was no interaction between a suspect and the victims of a Belltown shooting that killed a pregnant woman and her child.
The suspect waived his right to appear in court on Wednesday. A judge found probable cause to hold him for first-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office expects to file charges on or before Friday.
Multiple people called 911 around 11 a.m. on Tuesday to report the shooting at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street. Callers said a suspect had run up to a white car and shot into the driver's side, and that an injured man was lying on the street. Multiple callers were able to provide a description of the suspect to 911 dispatch.
The man and another victim inside the car were rushed to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. The other victim, identified as 34-year-old Eina Kwon, was pregnant. Kwon was rushed into surgery and her baby was emergently delivered. Kwon died from her injuries, which included gunshot wounds to the chest and head. Her baby lived for a short time but also died.
The other victim was treated for their injuries and later released.
Officers were able to locate a person matching the suspect's description not long after the incident. As officers approached, the suspect "raised his hands up in the surrender gesture and repeated, 'I did it, I did it,'" according to court documents.
Officers were searching the path the suspect took to flee from the shooting when they found a semi-automatic handgun on the 300 block of Lenora Street. The gun had been reported stolen to the Lakewood Police Department.
Witnesses of the shooting were able to positively identify the suspect as the person who shot into the car, according to court documents.
At Seattle police headquarters, the suspect told investigators that he saw a gun in the car so he reacted by firing his weapon, but surveillance video taken from the intersection contradicted the suspect's statement.
A camera pointed at the Fourth Ave and Lenora intersection showed the suspect quickly running up to the driver's side door of the victims' car with his arm extended outward. As the suspect was running up to the vehicle, smoke could be seen either coming from the suspect's handgun or from the glass window being shattered. Video shows the suspect then turning and running away from the vehicle westbound along Lenora Street.
Additional surveillance video recovered from the scene showed the suspect and the victims did not interact before the shooting. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/belltown-shooting-seattle/281-7fb79e0c-9248-41db-8a2d-dcf3b8eba049 | 2023-06-15T00:29:55 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/belltown-shooting-seattle/281-7fb79e0c-9248-41db-8a2d-dcf3b8eba049 |
SCRANTON, Pa. — The American flag flies proudly atop The Recovery Bank in Scranton. Inside, veterans and volunteers gathered Wednesday for a Flag Day ceremony.
The organization, along with The Robert Spitz Veterans Foundation, hosts this event each year, recognizing pride, perseverance, and patriotism.
"So many people have died for our flag, just for what it stands for. So, I think our recognition of that is very important for this community," said Walter Mitchell.
Jeff Brown is the veterans' project director at The Recovery Bank and a U.S. Navy veteran. Flag Day means a lot to Brown, who wrote a poem called "Red, White, and Blue" specifically for the ceremony.
"For the sacrifices that were made by the veterans and their families, the entire veteran community, a lot of people, I think, still really don't realize just how much they give," Brown said.
The Recovery Bank has a program that provides treatment for veterans who are battling substance disorders. Those veterans fought for our freedom and are now seeking freedom from their own drug and alcohol problems.
"I'm thankful I was given that opportunity. I had a heart full of gratitude that they were willing to reach out and give me the help," said Marine Corps veteran Mark Fair.
Veterans who attended the ceremony say Flag Day is an important event and are thankful for ceremonies like this.
"I think our younger generation has no idea what brought us to our current flag today, and I think it's important that we celebrate it and make sure that our current generation understands," said U.S. Army veteran Suzanne Rudat.
"I lost a lot of brothers and sisters, served a lot of people, and now every time I see a flag wave, you just said, brings tears to my eyes. I mean, not to sound petty, but it's just that it's that deep," Fair said. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/flag-day-ceremony-held-with-veterans-in-recovery-recovery-bank-robert-spitz-veterans-foundation/523-8e1d8228-c834-48ca-857f-118455f18b90 | 2023-06-15T00:32:46 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/flag-day-ceremony-held-with-veterans-in-recovery-recovery-bank-robert-spitz-veterans-foundation/523-8e1d8228-c834-48ca-857f-118455f18b90 |
Lakeland sinkhole appears to have stabilized, as Scott Lake Road reopens to traffic
LAKELAND ― A Lakeland sinkhole that opened June 8 off Scott Lake Road appears to have stabilized.
A Southwest Florida Water Management District field inspector visited the site of the roughly 75-foot wide sinkhole between Old Scott Lake Road and Fitzgerald Road on Wednesday, according to spokeswoman Susanna Martinez Tarokh.
The field inspector reported the sinkhole has been nearly filled in and appears to have stabilized. Scott Lake Road was reopened to vehicular traffic Tuesday afternoon.
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Specific details on how the sinkhole was filled are not available to The Ledger as the hole opened on private property owned by Acres at Scott Lake LLC, which is run by Lakeland residents Debra and Joseph Kedzuf, according to SunBiz.org.
Documents submitted to Polk County show plans to create a six-home subdivision on the roughly 9.7-acre property where the sinkhole occurred. The sinkhole is located roughly where the plans indicate the development's future stormwater retention pond will be, created by a contractor who was drilling and hit a pressurized pocket underground. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/lakeland-sinkhole-is-nearly-filled-and-stabilized-swiftmud-says/70320843007/ | 2023-06-15T00:33:28 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/lakeland-sinkhole-is-nearly-filled-and-stabilized-swiftmud-says/70320843007/ |
LGBTQ-plus supporters speak against removal of Pride proclamation at School Board meeting
BARTOW — LGBTQ-plus supporters on Tuesday aired their opposition to the removal of an annual Pride Month proclamation before a packed Polk County School Board meeting.
Speakers ranged from former students and a former School Board member to teachers past and present as well as parents during more than an hour of public comments.
Days before the meeting, Superintendent Frederick Heid had recommended the School Board pull the proclamation from its agenda until a policy for bringing proclamations forward could be developed. The recommendation by Heid divided the School Board and disappointed members of Polk County’s LGBTQ-plus community, their families and their allies.
Heid gave a statement as the board moved to approve its agenda Tuesday evening to clarify his recommendation and explain his reasoning.
“This is the second time now in a short period of time that we have removed a proclamation due to a lack of procedures,” he said.
He cited the sporadic nature of the process over time by listing past proclamations that have skipped years. “You'll also notice that for Black History Month, we've only recognized that one for three out of the five years. Same is true for Hispanic Heritage Month.
“The LGBTQ History Month has been done interchangeably along with Pride Month,” Heid said.
“The recommendation is not to pull and eliminate the pride proclamation altogether,” he said. “The recommendation is to move it to October to allow us adequate time to address and create a proper procedure for the submission, review, modification and approval of proclamations going forward.”
The district is expected to reach out to NEOLA for guidance in developing a proclamation procedure. The Ohio-based consulting firm provides policy-making assistance to school districts nationwide.
School Board member Kay Fields favored reading the proclamation on Tuesday like she has in past years.
“I know that we have had a practice; we went from approving proclamations to just presenting because of some controversial things like tonight,” she said. "I was very pleased to be asked to read the proclamation tonight, and I would have read it with pleasure. I read it in June of last year and I would have read it tonight.
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“And I say, God expects us to love everybody and so no matter what, I am going to do what I am supposed to do because I am trying to go to heaven,” she said.
Board member Lisa Miller also spoke about the inclusion, support and love from the community for all of the district’s students.
“I appreciate what Mrs. Fields said, I hate to say it, it shouldn’t take God telling us or the government, it should be we love every kid in this district.”
Miller said Polk County was better off in this regard than other school districts and the rest of Florida.
“We don’t have adversarial community support. There is a small group who keeps rebranding to try to sell it,” she added, referring to Citizens Defending Freedom, a conservative group that recently shortened its name.
“But I’m telling you, your neighbors love your kids and love the school system and they volunteer every day,” Miller said.
Taking to the microphone during public comments, Kerri McCoy, vice president of Polk Pride said, “I would like you all to know that Polk Pride, the group asking for this proclamation declaring June LGBTQ-plus month, does not have a problem moving the proclamation to October.”
Others were not as diplomatic.
Former School Board member Sarah Fortney opposed the proclamation’s withdrawal and used her time at the podium to counter some of Florida’s recent laws impacting districts and classrooms.
“I am, however, very troubled about the right-wing extremist attack and the removal of DEI,” she said, adding that the acronym meant diversity, equity and inclusion, in case “seat warmer” and School Board member Nick Nolte did not know what the letters stood for.
“Polk County sometimes lacks support much like the supposed delay in the Pride proclamation, and that leads to an unequal playing field for our various cultures, backgrounds, races, beliefs in public education,” Fortney said.
“What is the true agenda? Forced ignorance, self-censorship elimination of cultural diversity and true history via whitewashing by whites in power, namely the one in Tallahassee (Gov. Ron DeSantis)," she said. “Book banning and curriculum manipulation are strategic, make no mistake.”
During the 2023 Florida legislative session, the American Civil Liberties Union identified 10 bills that targeted LGBTQ people. Four were passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has announced he is running for U.S. president in 2024.
Kyle Moore of Women’s Voices of Southwest Florida said, “Did you know that Florida is actually the most dangerous state for trans people – between the bathroom ban, gender-affirming care bans, everything else going on. I mean Manatee County just tried to remove queer students from their yearbook.”
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Moore said all marginalized communities needed to be recognized, including Blacks and Hispanics, and by refusing the Pride Month proclamation, “You're refusing to acknowledge a marginalized community that is actively under attack.
“You decided to reject our proclamation for the sake of order, decorum and policy, an excuse many school boards and other boards are making as an excuse to push harmful anti-trans, anti-queer ideology,” Moore said. “Ideology that is in many cases being fed to these boards by recognized hate groups such as Moms for Liberty seeking to further the attacks on the LGBTQ-plus community.”
Donna Windsor, a mother, told board members, “I am raising two Polk County students in a household where Black lives matter, women's rights are human rights, no human being is illegal, science is real, love is love and kindness is everything.
“That is the creed by which I am raising my children who attend your schools,” Windsor said.
She also said it took courage for two of the School Board members to speak in favor of a proclamation and agreed with Heid that other groups worthy of a proclamation have not, on a consistent basis, had one, including veterans and librarians, among many others.
Still, she added that the actions of the Florida Legislature and the governor this year have posed a threat to LGBTQ-plus people, and that the board should not be taking away the proclamation.
“The pride community has had such a horrible year of being so threatened and so marginalized in this state just so that Ron DeSantis can run for president,” Windsor said. She added, “They deserve the same rights, the same equality, the same safety that we all enjoy.”
Windsor wore rainbow colored attire, like many others present at the meeting and an adjacent cafeteria with simultaneous televised coverage of the meeting. Unlike the others, Windsor also wore a body camera to record the events, a device she wears because of confrontations with opposition groups, she said afterward.
There had been long lines to get into the district’s administration building in Bartow and through a metal detector. Also, there was a larger than usual contingent of sheriff's deputies in the hallways and board room.
The proclamation was not addressed by any members of conservative groups in attendance. At least two speakers read passages from books they said were currently in Polk school libraries that they wanted to be removed.
At one point, a woman from the Pride community placed a pair of white underwear near the purse of a woman who spoke about taking a book she found objectionable out of school libraries. The underwear fell on the floor and the women exchanged words.
Deputies then escorted both women out of the buildings and to their cars in the parking lot without filing any charges, a sheriff's spokesman said. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/lgbtq-supporters-air-opposition-to-cancelled-pride-proclamation/70320528007/ | 2023-06-15T00:33:34 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/06/14/lgbtq-supporters-air-opposition-to-cancelled-pride-proclamation/70320528007/ |
Midland ISD has an active survey about facilities and a bond proposal for parents and other members of the community to fill out.
“Midland ISD and its future facility requirements” is the title of the survey, and it includes questions about the quality of the district’s facilities, the need for facilities, a person’s level of support for a bond, MISD’s overall performance, the need for multiple propositions on a bond and the best date for a bond election.
The survey can be found at https://bit.ly/3p3NXqT.
Responses will help Midland ISD’s Bond Planning Committee as it formulates a school bond proposal that best fits the needs of the students and the community, according to the school district. Early results will be presented at the June 20 Bond Committee Meeting, according to the district.
The survey will close June 30.
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The following are questions asked in Midland ISD’s survey about Midland ISD and its future facility requirements.
Which of the following best describes your relationship with Midland ISD?
Do you have children currently enrolled in Midland ISD?
Please indicate in what grade levels you have children.
(Range: agree to disagree)
MISD provides a quality education for children in the community.
The district is steadily growing and needs a plan to address rising student enrollment
Classrooms and common spaces throughout the district are overcrowded.
The district needs to address maintenance and renovations for aging facilities.
The district should consider building a new elementary school.
New high schools should be built to replace aging Legacy and Midland High Schools and handle growth due to adding 9th graders.
Students in MISD schools are being educated in safe and modern learning spaces.
MISD manages taxpayer dollars wisely.
Good schools in Midland contribute to a quality workforce.
(Range: poor to excellent)
Overall, how would you rate the condition of the existing school buildings, facilities, properties and grounds of MISD?
(Range: do not support to strongly support)
- Two new high schools to replace the aging and overcrowded Midland High School and Legacy High School.
- Renovations and additions at middle schools to accommodate growth.
- A new elementary school to accommodate elementary enrollment growth.
- Maintenance and renovations of all aging facilities.
- Safety, security, and ADA accessibility projects at every campus.
(Range: oppose to support)
- Bond Election to Include All Projects: 2 New High Schools, MS renovations, new Elementary School, Upgrades to Aging Facilities, Safety and Security ($47 per month for average homeowner - $341,000 avg. home value in MISD)
- All Projects except elementary school: 2 New High Schools, MS renovations, Upgrades to Aging Facilities, Safety and Security ($45 per month for average homeowner - $341,000 avg. home value in MISD)
- New schools for growth, but no districtwide renovations other than middle school: 2 New High Schools, MS additions/renovations, new Elementary School ($37 per month for average homeowner - $341,000 avg. home value in MISD)
- Two new high schools and middle school renovations: 2 New High Schools, MS renovations ($35 per month for average homeowner - $341,000 avg. home value in MISD)
- No new schools or additions to accommodate growth, just maintenance upgrades at campuses. Continue purchasing portable buildings out of operations budget to handle growth. ($9 per month for average homeowner - $341,000 avg. home value in MISD)
Other questions
How often do you vote in school bond elections?
Do you prefer a bond with one or multiple propositions and choices?
Knowing that construction costs will likely continue to increase over time, when should MISD consider calling its next bond election?
Knowing that there are many facility needs in Midland ISD in order to accommodate enrollment growth and address aging facilities, please rate your level of support of various strategies for addressing these issues.
Should the district construct two new high schools to replace Midland HS and Legacy HS and repurpose the old ones? Explain
What suggestions do you have for Midland ISD as it develops a long range plan to address rapid enrollment growth and aging facilities? Explain
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Sherri Merket has stepped down as chairman of the Midland County Republican Party.
Merket told the Reporter-Telegram that after much prayer and reflection, she decided that it was time to focus on her family.
“It has been a tremendous honor to serve as chairman of the Midland County Republican Party and work with so many dedicated conservatives to help strengthen our county and the great state of Texas over the last six years,” Merket wrote. “We accomplished much during that time, hosting President Trump, Gov. Abbott, Sen. Cornyn and Sen. Cruz as well as many more elected officials. We also were a part in helping elect our new Congressman August Pfluger as well as Midland's own state Sen. Kevin Sparks, and we have remained a stronghold for our west Texas values!”
Merket wrote that the county’s Republican executive committee elected long-time precinct chair Leonard Dumire to fulfill the remaining term.
“I am excited to work alongside him,” Merket wrote. “I wanted to give the new chair time to gain valuable knowledge and necessary training before we come into an extremely busy election season.”
Merket is the daughter of another former Midland County Republican chair, Sue Brannon. James Beauchamp served between Brannon and Merket (from 2010 to 2017). | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/sherri-merket-steps-midland-county-gop-chairman-18152668.php | 2023-06-15T00:33:59 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/sherri-merket-steps-midland-county-gop-chairman-18152668.php |
TEMPE, Ariz. — Two Tempe police officers were taken to the hospital after a second-alarm apartment fire in Tempe Wednesday afternoon, according to the Tempe Fire Department.
Tempe Fire said six units were damaged in the fire near Southern and Mill avenues. An additional two units were impacted by smoke and water damage.
Firefighters said six people were treated for smoke inhalation, five police officers and one resident. Two of the officers were transported to the hospital but are expected to be OK. Three dogs and one cat were rescued, but no other reported injuries were reported.
Authorities said the cause of the fire is under investigation but said a few small explosions were reported early in the incident, possibly from welding equipment or some other source.
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PINETOP-LAKESIDE, Ariz. — A 45-year-old Arizona man has been arrested in a decades-old homicide case, according to the Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department.
In November 1996, Jody Hemphill was found stabbed to death inside the Mountain Edge Tapes & CD store in Lakeside.
Police said new evidence was recently obtained, leading to the arrest of Whiteriver resident Romeo Massey Jr.
The Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department believes an additional person of interest is involved in this case that is not in custody.
If you know this person, or have any information relating to this case, don't hesitate to get in touch with Detective Bunch at (928)368-8800 or the WETIP anonymous Hotline at 1-800-782-7463.
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PHOENIX — Arizona's marijuana establishments are voluntarily recalling several products due to a possible contamination of salmonella and aspergillus.
The Arizona Department of Health Services announced Wednesday it was advising purchasers to dispose of certain marijuana products after laboratory tests discovered potential traces of harmful contaminants.
The marijuana products being recalled include Caps Frozen Lemon, Twisted Lemonz, Cherry Punch, and Ghost Train Haze.
No illnesses associated with these products have been reported yet to the health department.
ADHS said the facility manufacturing these products has taken immediate action to remove any products from shelves that may be contaminated.
Symptoms of ingesting salmonella include fever, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. Symptoms of having an allergic reaction to aspergillus, a type of fungus, can range from cold-like symptoms to chest pains.
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez filed paperwork Wednesday to run for the Republican presidential nomination, joining the crowded race just a day after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in Miami’s federal court to 37 felony counts.
The 45-year-old mayor, the only Hispanic candidate in the race, is under investigation by the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust for allegedly getting paid by a local developer to help them get permits for a $70 million project in Coconut Grove – a story The Miami Herald first broke. Meanwhile, The FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have reportedly opened parallel investigations into developer Rishi Kapoor’s hiring of Suarez as a $10,000-a-month consultant through subsidiary Location Ventures for that same project.
Suarez, the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, is the son of Miami's first Cuban-born mayor and subsequent county commissioner, Xavier Suarez. The younger Suarez has gained national attention in recent years for his efforts to lure companies to Miami, with an eye toward turning the city into a crypto hub and the next Silicon Valley.
Suarez, who is vying to become the first sitting mayor elected president, has a mostly ceremonial position with no executive authority in strong-manager form of government. He joins a GOP primary fight that includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Despite having a candidate field in the double digits, the race is largely seen as a two-person contest between Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Suarez has said he didn’t support Trump in either the 2016 or 2020 presidential elections, instead writing in the names of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and then-Vice President Pence. In 2018, Suarez publicly condemned Trump after reports came out that he had questioned why the United States would accept more immigrants from Haiti and “shithole countries” in Africa.
But times have changed, and Trump’s former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has even floated Suarez’s name as a possible vice-presidential pick.
Suarez has been critical of DeSantis, dismissing some of the state laws he has signed on immigration as “headline grabbers” lacking in substance. He has said immigration is an issue that “screams for a national solution” at a time when many Republicans back hard-line policies.
The two-term mayor previously expressed support for a Florida law championed by DeSantis and dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” that bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, but he has not specified whether he supported the expansion of the policy to all grades. Like other Republicans, Suarez has criticized DeSantis’ feud with Disney over the same law, saying it looks like a “personal vendetta.”
Further ingratiating himself with the Trump team, Suarez has echoed Trump’s attacks on DeSantis’ demeanor, saying the governor doesn’t make eye contact and struggles with personal relationships with other politicians.
In 2020, the mayor made a play to attract tech companies to Florida after the state relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions. He met with Big Tech players and investors such as PayPal founder Peter Thiel and tech magnate Marcelo Claure, began appearing on national television and was profiled by magazines.
Suarez, who has said he takes his salary in Bitcoin, has also hosted Bitcoin conferences and started heavily promoting a cryptocurrency project named Miami Coin, created by a group called City Coins.
But the hype dissipated as virus restrictions eased elsewhere, eliminating Miami’s advantage on the COVID-19 front. Suarez’s vision also hit roadblocks with the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which was set to move its U.S. headquarters to Miami’s financial district before its founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas last December.
The only cryptocurrency exchange that traded Miami Coin suspended its trading, citing liquidity problems, not living up to its promise to generate enough money to eliminate city taxes.
Miami also ranks as one of the worst big U.S. cities for income inequality, is one of the country’s most unaffordable cities to live in and has been dubbed the epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis.
Content for this report was gathered from the Associated Press among other news sources. | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/mayor-francis-suarez-running-for-president-despite-being-under-investigation-for-possible-corruption/article_0687c4b8-0b04-11ee-a56c-f7d28c2df210.html | 2023-06-15T00:34:46 | 0 | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/mayor-francis-suarez-running-for-president-despite-being-under-investigation-for-possible-corruption/article_0687c4b8-0b04-11ee-a56c-f7d28c2df210.html |
The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT), a county agency created in the aftermath of the McDuffie riots to resolve socioeconomic disparities within the Black community, is now facing scrutiny from a former employee accusing MDEAT of mismanaging funds, among other workplace issues.
The county’s Human Rights and Fair Employment Practices (FEP) Division, committed to addressing unlawful discrimination and harassment in the workplace, received at least five personnel complaints against the agency that alleged discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
The complaints were filed against MDEAT housing administrator Edwin Miller, who was hired for the role in May 2022, and executive director William “Bill” Diggs. Diggs, a former CEO of Broward Health Foundation, has been the face of MDEAT since being unanimously appointed to stand at its helm by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners in November 2021.
“I’m simply bringing to light the much-needed changes for this agency to perpetually fulfill its mission of equitable participation of Blacks in Miami-Dade,” Vincent Burnett told The Miami Times, explaining why he has chosen to come forward after being fired for what he says was speaking his mind.
Burnett is MDEAT’s former Homeownership Assistance Program (HAP) outreach and training specialist. Before that, he worked at the county’s property appraiser’s office for about 12 years and has been a licensed real estate broker since 1994.
“There currently are wonderful, committed staff of the agency, who labor daily within the spirit of the agency’s mission but are harassed or ostracized if their professional view shines a light on inequities our Black residents face due to the agency’s senior management’s actions,” he said.
MDEAT records custodian Roshawn Harris has yet to provide documents in response to a May 28 public records request – which wasn’t acknowledged until a week later – to corroborate or deny Burnett’s allegations. Harris says she’s awaiting instruction and an estimate from the county attorney, who the Times was told is on vacation. All documents referenced in this article were obtained by the Times through alternate sources.
MDEAT’s public information officer, Zachary Rinkins – who called this paper’s publisher to ask that we consider dropping this story – spoke on behalf of Diggs and Miller, who were not allowed to speak with the Times directly. Rinkins said processing records requests is an “arduous process” and MDEAT is not just “sitting on the request.”
Claims of spending improprieties
A few months ago, a member of MDEAT’s financial team filed a harassment complaint with FEP against Diggs, alleging that the latter was retaliating through disciplinary action because the former expressed concerns about invoice reimbursements and funding discrepancies. A separate complaint was also filed in 2022 by the same person, who remains employed there.
One of the invoices in question was a $2,150 charge for bartending services, beer and wine for an August 2022 event at Florida International University. The financial team advised MDEAT leadership that the county does not cover food and beverages and requested a revised invoice be submitted.
Burnett, who worked for the agency at the time, noted that event attendees included youth under the legal drinking age.
“I do recall us having a reception honoring the volunteers of the Miami-Dade County Teen Court program, which is powered largely by young people, but the people who codify it and make it legal are adults,” Rinkins explained. “These are members of the Florida bar. We had a small reception to honor them … We did have a few teens that came and presented awards.
“What I can say is Miami-Dade County policy does not allow us to pay for food and beverages. This was an event where a lot of the staff members had been at the agency for maybe five months. So, this was a mistake, a mistake that was dealt with from an oversight and administrative standpoint … After that, we’ve never made that mistake again.”
According to the formal complaint filed, despite being told about county policy, the finance team received numerous invoices in July 2022 for events that included food and/or drinks, one of which was a welcome reception at the Red Rooster Overtown restaurant for ICV Partners president Willie Woods. Concern about using public funds for a private event was expressed by another member of the MDEAT team.
The Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce subsequently footed the bill and requested reimbursement of $6,448 from MDEAT, a copy of which the Times obtained, for what was labeled as “general services.”
The complaint said the staff member felt “uneasy coming to work” because of the department’s continual practice of engaging in severe malfeasance.
“At no time have I seen such gross negligence in the use of public funds as I see now,” read the complaint.
That was just the tip of the iceberg. Another expenditure that raised concerns, even among MDEAT board members, was the cost of a Black History Month celebration event in partnership with Miami-Dade County Commission Chair and District 1 Commissioner Oliver Gilbert III, held at the Historic Lyric Theater Feb. 15.
There, the agency announced the launch of its disparity study, which Davie, Fla.-based consulting firm CMA Enterprise Incorporated was hired to conduct.
At a Feb. 16 board meeting, Diggs – who is authorized to spend no more than $10,000 without board approval – requested that members retroactively approve an additional $15,000 to cover the $25,000 tab for MDEAT’s participation at said event. He told the board that the estimated cost of the event, prior to partnering with Gilbert, was about $10,000.
Kametra Driver, MDEAT board member and executive director of the city of Homestead’s Community Redevelopment Agency, expressed concerns during the meeting about approving funds that had already been spent. She questioned Diggs about how the event supported the agency’s mission and whether a budget report would outline exactly how the $25,000 had been spent.
Rinkins confirmed that standard practice would be for the executive director to request board approval for expenditures above $10,000, but explained that Diggs couldn’t bring that request before the board in time because the February board meeting was scheduled after the Feb.15 event.
“If you look at our transactions, that’s not typically the way we do business,” Rinkins said. “It was a dynamic rare occurrence. We’ve beefed up that area and just hired recently a deputy director, and finance and administration are under her portfolio.”
When asked if the board met in January, a month before the Black History event, Rinkins said “I believe there was … Oftentimes when you decide to collaborate efforts, that can be a dynamic occurrence. We knew that we wanted to announce the disparity study because we wanted to get the community to participate in it, but sometimes there’s opportunities to partner with other entities to have a greater impact and that’s what happened here.”
Without the budget report in front of him, Rinkins said he could only confirm that the $25,000 covered venue costs, entertainment, audiovisual, production, a mural and security.
Creating homeownership opportunities
MDEAT has undoubtedly engaged in creating numerous housing programs, including an increase in the Homeownership Assistance Program, or HAP, which allows households at or below 80% AMI (or $66,050 for a family of two) to receive up to $28,500, more than twice as much as households could receive before. Households above 80% AMI will get three times more funding assistance at a $14,500 cap.
An April 2023 MDEAT production report showed 37 HAP loans were funded, with nearly 19% of recipients identifying as Black and almost 73% as Hispanic, compared to 43% Black and 34% Hispanic in a September 2022 report.
Within its housing repertoire MDEAT also has a $1.5 million Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RAP), which offers a $50,000 forgivable loan to low-income homeowners to make roofing, plumbing, heating or electrical repairs. Diggs told the Times last month that the office had more than 190 applicants, with 200 more undergoing a review process. Last Friday, MDEAT presented the first of 30 $50,000 checks through RAP.
But Burnett says not enough is being done to increase housing supply and assistance for the Black community, referencing a backlog of 2,000 satisfaction mortgages waiting to be recorded, the majority of which he says are at least two years old. A fiscal management report showed that as of March 31, only $1,930 out of an allocated $20,000 had been spent.
“It’s been 40 years since MMAP/MDEAT’s chartering, and while there have been minor gains, our community is still hurting and deserves so much more,” he said. “Accountability is needed in order to preserve and enhance the agency … What is immediately needed now are tangible current deliverables in the area of housing as Miami-Dade serves as the epicenter of the housing crisis.”
Looking to boost outreach efforts for HAP and its lending program in the Black community in March, MDEAT became a silver sponsor (a $35,000 contribution) at Jazz In The Gardens (JITG), an annual jazz, R&B, neo-soul and gospel music festival that tends to draw crowds of Black tourists and locals.
The board approved a $20,000 expenditure for the event so MDEAT could set up a housing hub informational space via a 10′ x 10′ vendor booth to engage attendees. Partnering with MDEAT, Bank of America covered the $15,000 balance. About $5,000 of that sponsorship fee came from MDEAT’s general budget and $15,000 from the documentary surtax funds, a housing assistance fund benefiting very low- to moderate-income families.
With JITG tickets ranging from $105-$1,425 and a considerable number of people coming from out of town, Burnett doubted whether the $20,000 investment had a successful outcome.
“We’re spending money on keeping the party going but not delivering housing to the community,” he said, claiming there was no follow-up after the event. “It’s all about the optics rather than the deliverables, and when you speak up on it you get silenced.”
“JITG is the region’s most popular entertainment festival catering towards our targeted market, Black Americans,” said Rinkins, who pushed for festival activation. “Over the past several years, we’ve averaged less than 400 grant recipients. We were trying to increase that number. In two days, we were able to touch hands with 400 people to make them aware of that opportunity.”
Rinkins maintains that JITG was a tremendous success, and says MDEAT will not apologize for investing to make connections within the community.
“It made sense for us to take a comprehensive outreach approach to connect with moderate-income buyers,” he said. “There’s a very expensive and competitive housing market and MDEAT is committed to doing all that we can to attract partners to connect with events that are going to give our target market a competitive advantage in their quest to [achieve] the American dream.”
“We’ve seen an increase in regards to homeownership in the Black ranks with our staff,” said Diggs after a business panel last month, crediting Miller for implementing new housing initiatives. “And before, it wasn’t that way and so we’re working hard to try to perfect it.”
Locker-room culture & retaliation
At least two complaints alleging discrimination and sexual harassment were filed against Miller – who was tapped by Diggs to return to MDEAT to run the housing division after working at the agency as economic empowerment manager – for reportedly making ageist, misogynistic and derogatory statements about colleagues.
Complaint # I-9901, filed by Burnett in December 2022, outlines at least five of those statements: “If [redacted woman’s name] didn’t like p---y, I’d still hit that”; “We need to do our own thing because we being led by a p---y”; “Get his old a-- out of here”; “You had that white b---h eating out of your hands”; and “[redacted name] is a big fat sissy.”
A former employee, who told the Times she was fired within weeks of filing a sexual harassment complaint in October 2022, said she too experienced inappropriate and offensive comments made toward her by Miller. The Times is protecting her identity because she fears retaliation from the county agency she was subsequently employed by.
When the Times questioned Diggs about the allegations last month, he said: “I can tell you that myself, my staff and Miami-Dade County has all the confidence in this young man … It’s not true, that stuff has been looked at and investigated and it’s absolutely not true.”
But we’ve learned investigations into the complaints against Miller are still ongoing.
“As the executive director of the organization, Ed and I have had some discussions and we realize it’s not indicative of his work,” added Diggs. “He’s one of the brightest young men that I know. Sometimes people who are operationally sound in what they do, you have staff that feels very differently.”
Diggs did however acknowledge that he had to have a discussion with Miller after the latter referenced beneficiaries of MDEAT housing programs as “Pookie,” “Ray-Ray” and “Man-Man” at the county’s Housing Summit last June.
“People that are not used to speaking in public forums [may] attempt to try to relate to the people in the audience by using vernacular that resonates well with the Black community but doesn't with others,” said Diggs. “There was a discussion to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
“When you speak against Ed Miller, they retaliate,” said Burnett, who was terminated April 14, after he allegedly spoke up about Miller and filed a complaint against Diggs for retaliation.
Rinkins attests that there is no culture of retaliation at MDEAT.
“Within the county structure, we have employees that go through a probationary period and within the probationary period if they have not operated in the level that they’re supposed to, then they’re terminated. And so, we’ve terminated some employees,” said Diggs.
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The Central State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday appointed Alex Johnson, former president of Cuyahoga Community College, as interim president effective July 1. Current CSU President Jack Thomas did not seek renewal of his contract.
Johnson has agreed to serve as interim president for one year. At a meeting June 2, the university’s board of trustees chose search firm AGB Search to find the next president for the university.
Central State officials said they hope to have a new president within a year.
“Dr. Johnson is a proven leader in higher education and an expert in institutional transformation,” said Central State Board Chair Jacqueline Gamblin. “He has a passion for transformation and excellence in higher education. He’s the right person to lead us through this time of transition, and we look forward to his leadership as we search for a permanent president.”
Central State noted in a press release that Johnson has more than 30 years of experience as a college president. He mainly served at community colleges, including as president at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) from 2013 to 2022 and as president at Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh.
He also worked as chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans and served a two-year term as president of the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges.
Johnson’s work on local, statewide, and national boards has focused on workforce development, and institutional innovation and accountability, Central State said. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his vision and leadership in higher education.
AGB Search bills itself as “the search firm of choice for higher education,” and is currently working on searches for other universities including the University of Wisconsin-Madison and SUNY Erie, a community college in New York state.
During his three-year tenure, Thomas faced several controversies, including accusations from five women at the university of unfair demotion. A report in February by an outside law firm hired by university trustees described Thomas’ leadership style as “rude, belittling and bullying,” but not rising to the level of discrimination or harassment.
In summer 2020, Thomas replaced former president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, who resigned after eight years to lead a national higher education accreditation organization. Thomas plans to continue at the university as a professor after an educational sabbatical, according to an announcement last month.
The publication Community College Daily interviewed Johnson last summer, asking him about leading Delgado Community College through Hurricane Katrina, and leading Tri-C through the COVID-19 pandemic.
“What you have to do is really look inward at the institution to identify those stalwart individuals who are committed to responding to these challenges,” Johnson told Community College Daily. “You identify them by their courage, their fortitude and their ability to relate to individuals at a meaningful level.”
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Developer hit with class-action lawsuit 3 months after Milwaukee apartment residents evacuated over toxic fumes
Forced to evacuate three months ago over the presence of dangerous vapors, a still-displaced resident of an affordable housing complex is taking the landlord to court.
Attorney Michael Cerjak, on behalf of Community within the Corridor East Block resident Tiffany Bowen, filed a class action suit on Wednesday alleging that the developer failed to disclose and misrepresented the contamination at the site. Cerjak said he expected to add additional tenants to the suit.
More than 150 residents were displaced on March 25 after the Department of Natural Resources received test results that showed parts of the building had unacceptable levels of TCE, or trichloroethylene.
The lawsuit alleges that building developers allowed residents to move in months before the recommended testing to ensure that the site’s Vapor Mitigation System was removing the carcinogen had occurred so that developers could benefit from a federal tax credit. After moving into the residence in February, Bowen and her son reported headaches and nausea that led them to call paramedics to their home twice, the suit says.
The lawsuit comes a week after the city's Health Department and DNR sent a letter to residents informing them they would not be able to move in before January 2024. After the letter was sent, CWC issued voluntary lease terminations to residents with a deadline to sign by Friday.
The termination includes $5,000 in compensation, residents would also be signing away their rights to sue the developers in the future. If residents sign, they would also lose their current temporary housing on June 27. CWC has been footing the bill for the displaced residents' housing.
CWC media representative Phil Trewyn told the Journal Sentinel that the terminations were sent because the builders it was not going to be possible to allow residents to return until much later than they had expected. The builders are required to undertake a testing report that includes a vapor test conducted during winter. Regulators refer to this testing process as "commissioning."
The builder blames the delayed re-entry and decision to move toward lease termination on what it terms a "new testing requirement," an assertion the DNR disputes.
“It’s convenient to use the DNR as a scapegoat,” DNR Remediation and Redevelopment Program Director Christine Sieger told the Journal Sentinel. “These are industry standards that they should have known. Commissioning occurs over multiple iterations including one in the winter months. We never received, and still have not received, a commissioning plan that the department approves of.”
Displaced resident Martinx Martinez said tenants feel that “they have no choice” but to accept the settlement from CWC since they need the money to find a new place. If he signs the lease termination his housing at the Extended Stay in Wauwatosa will end on June 27, and he is worried about finding housing in three weeks.
“My job is now an hour and fifteen-minute bus ride away,” Martinez told the Journal Sentinel. “From CWC it was only 15 minutes so I’m losing money and have to work fewer shifts since it’s harder to get to work. I need the money to get a new house, but how am I going to find a place so quickly?”
Communities within the Corridor was built on a redeveloped industrial site at West Center and North 32nd Streets.
According to the DNR's Sieger, the current trajectory of remediation of TCE at the complex is insufficient and the department is requesting that the builder provide an additional remediation report within the next 60 days for additional measures to lower the level of TCE.
TCE is a colorless liquid and carcinogen that is used in factories to clean metal and is also an ingredient in adhesives, paint removers and spot removers, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Exposure to TCE can cause dizziness, headaches, sleepiness, confusion, nausea, unconsciousness, liver damage and death. Residents have so far not reported any of these symptoms.
The testing of the site that led to the initial evacuation order revealed that some parts of the building had more than double the legal limit for TCE of 6.3 micrograms per cubic meter, while the laundry room area of the east block had 60 times the legal limit of TCE.
The timeline between the first day that residents moved into Communities within the Corridor in October and the date they were evacuated in late March is also raising questions.
The required sequence of required vapor tests didn't begin until February, more than four months after the first residents moved in and despite recommendations by the DNR that no occupancy be allowed before the required testing.
The Cerjak lawsuit alleges CWC moved residents into the building in late 2022 in order to qualify for federal tax credits in the 2022 calendar year and in order to generate rental income sooner.
Martinez moved into CWC in December and said that at the time it felt a little odd for his application to be approved so quickly since he had only applied a few weeks before moving in.
Now that the building is empty, the current remediation work focuses on upgrading the site’s Vapor Mitigation System that removes the carcinogen from the site.
The testing plan that CWC now blames for the lease terminations has been a point of contention between the developers and the DNR since January.
On Jan. 23, DNR Hydrogeologist Jane Pfeiffer wrote to the developers that the DNR was not approving the testing plan that was submitted. Pfeiffer informed CWC that the plan did not adequately sample indoor spaces and she “strongly recommended” that they not move any people into the building until all three stages of commissioning were completed.
CWC then provided an updated report that the DNR provided comments on. According to Sieger, a revised plan was never submitted, and CWC is yet to submit a commissioning report that has been approved.
During the back and forth on the commissioning plan, Pfeiffer also asked for updates from the developers on the occupancy of the building.
K. Singh Engineering Principal Engineer Robert Reineke, whose company was hired by CWC for work at the site, wrote to Pfeiffer in February that “we’re hoping to perform commissioning next week… occupancy dependent on results.”
Trewyn, the CWC spokesman, wrote to the Journal Sentinel that residents were allowed to move into the units in October because the Department of Neighborhood Services issued a temporary occupancy certificate for the property.
That explanation is another point of contention, as the city agency said it wasn't made aware of the DNR's recommendations.
“At no time in this process was DNS made aware by the developer that there were environmental hazards at the property,” a DNS media representative wrote to the Journal Sentinel.
On March 23, CWC provided the first round of commissioning data that showed that the level of TCE in some parts of the building exceeded the legal limit. Three days prior, the DNR's Pfeiffer had contacted Reineke about the test results, and Reineke had informed her that they had been received and were being tabulated for the DNR.
During this period, Pfeiffer also repeatedly asked developers if people had moved into the building. On the same day the results were provided, developers informed DNR that the site did have occupancy.
Two days later, Milwaukee’s health department issued an evacuation notice. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/06/14/community-within-the-corridor-developer-faces-class-action-lawsuit/70307426007/ | 2023-06-15T00:44:53 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/06/14/community-within-the-corridor-developer-faces-class-action-lawsuit/70307426007/ |
CENTREVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — City leaders in the small community of Centreville in Bibb County are celebrating because the community has become a fully designated Main Street Alabama city. Centreville has a population of 2,781 residents.
Centreville Mayor Mike Oakley said he hopes this will help increase tourism and growth and boost the economy in his community.
“And really the bottom line is it brings people and jobs back to the community, and it makes your community proud of what they’ve got,” Oakley said.
Oakley told CBS 42 getting chosen as a Main Street community is a huge accomplishment. According to the mayor, a developer wants to renovate the old bank building and put a restaurant inside. There are also plans for some of the other older buildings that date back to the 1800s.
Main Street Centreville Director Melissa Thompson said this is going to really put Centreville on the map, and the possibilities are endless.
“It’s neat to come to a small town just to see all the possibilities that are here,” Thompson said. “Like, all the old buildings that are falling down around us that we want to bring back to life and hang onto that historic beauty of it and to utilize it instead of just tearing them down.”
Oakley said it was a difficult application process that was worth it.
“What it really means is that in one and two and three years this whole area where we are standing will look completely different than what it is right now,” Oakley said. “It helps the retail guys by bringing people in and spruces their businesses up, and it makes people want to come back and shop in downtown areas again.”
Main Street Alabama was launched back in 2013 as an organization that helps communities spur growth and attract visitors. Russellville was also designated as a Main Street community. In the past 10 years, 32 cities in Alabama were chosen to be on the list. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/centreville-chosen-as-main-street-alabama-city/ | 2023-06-15T00:47:43 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/centreville-chosen-as-main-street-alabama-city/ |
BOISE, Idaho — On Tuesday night, the world watched Boise native, David Rush, on the ultimate stage in ‘America’s Got Talent.’
“My name is David ‘Record Breaker’ Rush. I have broken over 250 Guinness World Records titles,” Rush said on AGT. “Three years ago, I actually came on stage and broke a record for t-shirt ripping with Terry Crews.”
He went on to explain that the last time he was on the talent show, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell voted "yes" but Howie Mandel voted "no" following his performance. So, this time, Rush involved Mandel in the breaking of his Guinness World Record.
The record in question to break? Most fist bumps in 30 seconds!
It’s a record title that Rush actually already held - with 273 fist bumps.
“When I first met him in 2020, we met backstage, and I was so excited,” Rush told KTVB of Mandel.
“I tried to shake his hand and I know he doesn't shake hands, he only does fist bumps, but I was kind of star struck back then, so I got my first fist bump from back in 2020 and this time, it was about trying to break a Guinness World Record with him for fist bumps in an alternating fashion,” said Rush.
Mandel and Rush successfully set the new record for number of fist bumps in 30 seconds on AGT with 380 fist bumps. While they were excited, the rest of the judges were not impressed.
“They didn't include this, but I was like, they're either going to love it or they're going to hate it,” Rush said. “It was one in three in this case, one loved it and the other three hated it.”
So, what's next for the record breaker?
“I'm continuing to break world records and I just retired from tech in February… I'm spending now more time with the family, going on more vacations, picking up the kids from school, and I'm branching out into keynote speaking,” Rush said.
The one who voted in favor? Howie Mandel.
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On June 14th, 2023, the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team (S.C.I.N.T.) received information about illegal firearms being bought and sold in South Coos County by a convicted felon.
S.C.I.N.T. immediately put together a team that included several members of the Sheriff’s Office and the Coos County Community Corrections Department to intercept the illicit weapons and to hold those responsible who were involved in the transactions.
As a result of this investigation, S.C.I.N.T. arrested Cody L. Reynolds (38) of Myrtle Point. Cody had two rifles in his possession, a small amount of methamphetamine, and had just illegally sold a third rifle which was also recovered. Cody is a convicted felon on supervised probation with the Community Corrections Department.
While two of the firearms involved had traceable serial numbers, one of the 2.23 rifles was a “Ghost gun.” Meaning it did not have a serial number and was untraceable.
Further investigation into this incident led S.C.I.N.T to another residence on Lower Norway near Myrtle Point.
S.C.I.N.T. and the Coos County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the public for keeping their local law enforcement apprised of events like this occurring in our County. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/s-c-i-n-t-removes-3-rifles-from-local-streets-including-a-ghost-gun/article_d381d966-0b0b-11ee-a0fb-bfd58fc3e6b5.html | 2023-06-15T00:48:26 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/s-c-i-n-t-removes-3-rifles-from-local-streets-including-a-ghost-gun/article_d381d966-0b0b-11ee-a0fb-bfd58fc3e6b5.html |
TAMPA, Fla. — Five dogs tragically died after fire erupted in an RV at the American Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show at the Florida State Fairgrounds Tuesday.
The dogs, all Boxers, were inside the RV when bystanders noticed smoking pouring from the vehicle, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said. Some called for help, while others rushed toward to RV to rescue the dogs.
However, the smoke billowing from the RV stopped them from entering. By the time firefighters arrived at around 2:45 p.m. to the fairgrounds, flames had taken over about 50 percent of the vehicle, a spokesperson for Hillsborough Fire Rescue said.
The fire was accidental, however investigators are still working to narrow down the cause behind the flames. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/dogs-killed-rv-fire-tampa-fairgrounds-dog-show/67-663f9231-03bd-49b9-bd1d-a44dc58f419a | 2023-06-15T00:55:26 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/dogs-killed-rv-fire-tampa-fairgrounds-dog-show/67-663f9231-03bd-49b9-bd1d-a44dc58f419a |
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A teen is in the hospital after authorities say they were shot in the head when gunfire went off Wednesday afternoon at a home in Palm Harbor.
The shooting occurred on Cheltenham Drive near Wynford Drive. The teen was transported to Tampa General Hospital as a trauma alert, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office told 10 Tampa Bay.
Deputies said there were several teens at the home when the shooting happened. One teen with a gun shot another in the head, authorities added. The accused shooter reportedly ran off after he pulled the trigger but was eventually taken into custody.
The sheriff's office has not yet said what kind of charges the teen who opened fire will be facing. The investigation of the shooting remains ongoing. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/teen-serious-injuries-palm-harbor-home-shooting/67-e2788ee3-79ea-4414-99de-00f69bc95709 | 2023-06-15T00:55:32 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/teen-serious-injuries-palm-harbor-home-shooting/67-e2788ee3-79ea-4414-99de-00f69bc95709 |
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California first responder who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to a co-worker was sentenced Wednesday to more than 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
Cruz Noel Quintero, 43, was convicted last September of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, along with multiple felony weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release.
Prosecutors said at trial that Quintero, a former EMT for a hospital, sold cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs out of his home in Long Beach and shipped large quantities of the narcotics across the country.
In 2019, Quintero sold a white powder he claimed was cocaine for $100 to a co-worker in the parking lot outside the hospital's emergency room, prosecutors said. The man was found dead in Las Vegas the following day, and toxicologists later determined he overdosed on fentanyl.
During the subsequent investigation, law enforcement found drug paraphernalia and more than a dozen firearms, including machine guns, at Quintero's residence, officials said.
Quintero has been in custody since his arrest in May 2019. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/former-california-first-responder-sentenced-for-selling-fentanyl/103-d29c73df-698a-4d52-861c-bc59fb7e0257 | 2023-06-15T00:59:34 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/former-california-first-responder-sentenced-for-selling-fentanyl/103-d29c73df-698a-4d52-861c-bc59fb7e0257 |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — It's been two weeks since a car carrying 11 people crashed in Sacramento, killing two kids and one adult.
Sacramento police say 28-year old Precious Flowers was driving when she hit a tree along San Juan Road in Natomas.
Flowers is now facing charges connected to the crash and family members say they don't believe it was intentional.
"I know Precious knows that corner like the back of her hand. We have lived there 20 years and so did she," said Mary Neal.
Her granddaughter, Uriah, made it out alive.
"I'm so blessed. I'm so happy my baby survived that," said Neal.
Rayshawna Armstrong and her son Zayden were killed along with Uriah's 5-year old cousin, Alex.
Uriah — still in her wheelchair with bandages and cuts all over her body — says she remembers the moments leading up to the crash.
"I just remember my mom slamming her brakes super hard and then I looked down... I don't (remember) after that," said Uriah.
Uriah says she didn't feel any pain but was unsure about who was still alive, including her mom.
"We went to the hospital. I didn't think she was alive. I didn't know if anybody was alive," she said.
Flowers faced a judge for the first time Tuesday after being charged with three counts of vehicular manslaughter and nine counts of child endangerment.
Despite the charges, Uriah doesn't believe her mother did it on purpose.
"I feel like it was an accident, and she didn't mean for it to happen," she said.
Unsure of when she'll be able to see her mom again, Uriah wants people to know how she truly feels.
"I would say that I'm sorry to her that all this had to happen, and I do love her and miss her," she said.
The family is in the process of planning funerals and doing what they can to support those still recovering in the hospital. They have three GoFundMe pages to help cover the cost of those expenses.
You can find them here: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/child-injured-sacramento--terrible-accident/103-b7586a84-d773-4b79-a661-43c97ddf1d06 | 2023-06-15T00:59:40 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/child-injured-sacramento--terrible-accident/103-b7586a84-d773-4b79-a661-43c97ddf1d06 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Del Paso Heights neighbors and organizations are concerned after another shooting in their community.
A man and woman were found in a car Tuesday night along North Avenue and Clay Street. Both had multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene.
"It's wild what's going on out here in the community. It's summertime, schools out, the kids are home. My kids were nervous. At first, we thought it was fireworks," said Elaine Bolden, who has lived in Del Paso Heights for about five years.
Bolden, a mother of two, wants to know what's going to be done to stop the gun violence in her neighborhood.
Before the Tuesday night shooting, two men were killed in a shooting off of Lampasas Avenue on Monday.
It was nearly a week ago when seven people were hurt in another incident at Rainbow Market.
"Going back to the Rainbow Market incident and then Lampasas and then North Avenue, none of those incidents from what we understand in the community are connected or related to any gang activity," said Gregory Jefferson, president of the Del Paso Heights Community Association.
Jefferson says the association meets once a month with police to voice their concerns, but Bolden says neighbors are desperate for something to happen quickly.
She's asking city officials to stop by and put an end to the shootings.
"Come to the neighborhood and see for yourself. That it's, it's crazy out here. You wouldn't want your kids here. Would you want your kids here? So it's like, come out here and talk to us. Talk to the people. Do something with the people. You know, the people will answer back," said Bolden.
Sacramento police say the motive of Tuesday's shooting will be determined through the investigation. They are working with their Violent Crime Reduction Strategy to reduce violent crime throughout the city.
Residents don't want the shootings to define the Del Paso Heights community.
"It does not reflect the overall residency of Del Paso Heights. It does not. There is overwhelmingly more good things and positive things than those three incidents may show," said Jefferson.
One idea they have is to ask the city, or anyone who wants to help the community, to purchase ring cameras that residents can put at their doors.
They feel it will deter crime from happening since there will always be a video of the crime.
Anyone with concerns can join one of the meetings with police at the North Command off of Marysville Boulevard. The association meets on the first Saturday of every month from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/del-paso-heights-deadly-shooting/103-668eda5e-08ca-4358-9c89-f2a196668369 | 2023-06-15T00:59:46 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/del-paso-heights-deadly-shooting/103-668eda5e-08ca-4358-9c89-f2a196668369 |
DALLAS — Texas' power grid manager this week dramatically changed its operations to ensure backup electricity is available faster during emergencies.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) launched its Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS) Saturday. It's the first time ERCOT has added a tool of this kind to its operations in 20 years.
"I like to think of these things sort of like lines of defense," Stoic Energy consultant Doug Lewin said. "This adds an additional tool that is highly dispatchable, flexible and fast-acting."
When power plants suddenly stop producing electricity, Texas' power grid automatically draws on reserve power to immediately stabilize operations. This emergency electricity is only available for up to 15 minutes, though.
Larger reserve generators that can run for four hours take up to 30 minutes to ramp up. Previously, this delay meant emergency electricity could deplete before backup plants began producing ample energy to rescue the grid from an extreme emergency.
But ERCOT's new ancillary service system will ensure some backup generators can come online in just ten minutes and run for at least two hours. The faster response should make the grid more reliable during tight conditions.
"A lot of different things can happen and you really need that fairly rapid response," said Lewin, who also hosts the Texas Power Podcast and writes the Texas Energy and Power Newsletter.
Early indications are that ECRS will keep on retainer about 2.5 gigawatts of electricity capacity, enough to power about 500,000 homes on a hot summer day in Texas.
The new system also creates a framework that should allow more battery storage operators to contribute to the reserve power market. The ECRS reserve capacity could grow as battery storage operations launch in Texas, Lewin said.
"ECRS is most likely going to be a lot of battery storage," Lewin added. "Storage is really, really, really well-suited for ancillary services. It has that fast response, it's extremely reliable, dispatchable, and flexible - all the things a grid operator wants."
It does not appear that the ECRS change added a significant amount of reserve power capacity to Texas's energy grid. For now, the move primarily allows ERCOT to tap existing supplies faster.
In internal presentations, ERCOT acknowledged the new system will help compensate for inaccurate demand forecasts and unplanned outages at fuel-fired plants.
It's possible ERCOT will tap the reserve for the first time this weekend, when grid conditions are expected to tighten as Texans run their air conditioning. The council's forecasters expect solar panels to gather enough energy to operate the grid without issue, though. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ercot-will-tap-reserve-power-faster-under-system-texas/287-7479ce9e-c133-4450-8b76-5b94a5861054 | 2023-06-15T01:00:52 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ercot-will-tap-reserve-power-faster-under-system-texas/287-7479ce9e-c133-4450-8b76-5b94a5861054 |
FRISCO, Texas — A now-fired Frisco police officer has been arrested following allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student, authorities said.
Police said 34-year-old Kendal Augustus, who was most recently a school resource officer, was terminated and arrested Wednesday after allegations involving a Frisco ISD student that dated back to the 2017-2018 school year.
The department said it learned of the allegations on June 8, 2023, and placed Augustus on leave during the investigation.
Details on the investigation were not released.
Augustus was charged with sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child and sexual performance of a child. He was booked into the Denton County Jail on a $55,000 bond.
The 34-year-old had been with the Frisco Police Department since 2015.
Frisco Police Chief David Shilson released a statement on the arrest:
"As a member of the Frisco Police Department and a resident of this community, I am appalled by the actions of this former officer. He violated the trust of our community, the ethical standards of this department, and the values of our noble profession.
The members of our School Resource Officer Unit have professionally demonstrated that they work diligently to build relationships with, and ensure the safety of, the faculty and students they serve. Unfortunately, the actions of one individual have sought to undermine the role entrusted to them.
To the victim, I pledge our department's complete support and resources for presenting the strongest case for prosecution. To the school district and its representatives, we are committed to rebuilding trust. And to the parents of Frisco, I want to assure you we will continue to hold all members of our department to the highest of standards in order to prevent this from happening again." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-texas-police-officer-alleged-inappropriate-relationship-14-year-old-student/287-1b01523c-2d70-4079-8c0a-d37d537ed8f8 | 2023-06-15T01:00:59 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/frisco-texas-police-officer-alleged-inappropriate-relationship-14-year-old-student/287-1b01523c-2d70-4079-8c0a-d37d537ed8f8 |
FORT WORTH, Texas — One person is dead and two others are injured after a suspect vehicle crashed during a chase with Fort Worth police on Wednesday, authorities said.
Police said officers were pursuing a possible stolen vehicle in the afternoon when the vehicle lost control and hit a pole, causing it to roll over.
According to police, the vehicle also hit a separate vehicle during the incident near Altamesa Boulevard and Will Rogers Boulevard.
Three people were ejected from the suspect vehicle, according to police. One person died at the scene, while two others were transported to a hospital in unknown condition.
It's unclear if there were any injuries in the other vehicle that was hit.
Police said the investigation will include looking into whether the pursuing officers followed department protocol on chases.
Further details were not released as the investigation continues. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/one-dead-two-injured-suspect-vehicle-crash-fort-worth-police-chase/287-2602dd33-1637-4ac0-8a48-f155433dff44 | 2023-06-15T01:01:05 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/one-dead-two-injured-suspect-vehicle-crash-fort-worth-police-chase/287-2602dd33-1637-4ac0-8a48-f155433dff44 |
DALLAS — Wednesday’s Child, Lyneric, has grown tremendously both physically and mentally over the last year and a half. But one thing that hasn’t changes is Lyneric’s sweet spirit and desire to find a forever family.
The last time we saw Lyneric in 2021, we were at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
"It's big. I feel happy," Lyneric said, as he ran across the field.
He was 12 years old at the time.
Fast forward a year and a half, and Lyneric is now 14 years old with an ace attitude. WFAA met up with him at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, where he not only got to swim but also played a game of indoor golf.
He had a great time with his advocates. They consistently praise him about his positive attitude.
"I don't look back at the stuff that I didn't have, and I look at the stuff that I do have," he said.
Lyneric has been in and out of foster care since he was 8 years old. Despite the pain he has endured in his young life, he continues to keep his head above water by exercising and staying fit both physically and mentally.
"I like playing football, and I like being active outside,” he said.
Whether it's football, swimming or golf, Lyneric uses exercise to stay physically and mentally on top of his game.
"Sometimes it can relieve stress and it makes you more confident in yourself when you're active and you're fit," he said.
Lyneric's confidence is the reason he smiles and has fun -- while depending on his advocates to help him find a forever family.
"As long as they're taking care of me and actually care, then that's all I really need," he said.
Lyneric wants to be adopted soon because he believes he has a lot to learn from loving parents, including some important lessons.
"How to save money and how to tie your own tie,” he said.
What a grown-up thing to desire -- to learn how to tie a tie! And it's no surprise his long-term goal is still the same from what he told WFAA back in 2021.
"A surgeon to save people's lives, because we need more doctors."
Lyneric is a star who deserves to be someone's son. He deserves to have a family that will always give him words of affirmation.
“I'm proud of you or I love you," he said about the things he longs to hear from a parent.
But most importantly, Lyneric just wants a forever family who will love him.
For more information on how to adopt Lyneric, please send all approved home studies to LaQueena Warren at LaQueena.Warren@dfps.texas.gov. Please remember to include Lyneric's name within the subject line.
If you're not licensed, please visit adoptchildren.org to find out more information on how to become licensed to foster and/or adopt or contact LaQueena Warren at 817-304-1272.
If you would like to learn more about Wednesday’s Child and to read more Wednesday Child stories, click here. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wednesdays-child-14-year-old-lyneric-needs-adopted/287-e6611217-0800-4a11-8574-97e8598b69fd | 2023-06-15T01:01:11 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wednesdays-child-14-year-old-lyneric-needs-adopted/287-e6611217-0800-4a11-8574-97e8598b69fd |
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A family finally has some closure more than 40 years after their loved one went missing leaving the Tampa Bay area, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
On Oct. 28, 1980, then-29-year-old Ronald Gilchrist left a home on Bonner Avenue near 69th Way N in Clearwater. His destination — Miami. He was set to pick up his in-laws on Nov. 3 at the Miami International Airport and then take them to Marco Island.
Gilchrist climbed into this 1977 Ford 4-door car and started on his journey. Detectives said on Oct. 29 Gilchrist called a family member from a restaurant payphone in Mulberry.
That was the last communication he had with his family. He never arrived at the airport and has been missing ever since.
Detectives said they got photos of Gilchrist from 1980 and sent them to investigators at the Miami-Dade Police Department and the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office.
Miami police reportedly investigated a homicide in November 1980 involving a John Doe. That unidentified man, detectives would later learn, matched a similar description of Gilchrist.
On June 7, 2023, detectives received word from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office that it had formally identified Joe Doe as Gilchrist.
His death is still being investigated as a homicide by the Miami-Dade Police Department. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ronald-gilchrist-missing-person-1980-identified/67-79529386-ff5c-4620-aca9-a692eac9d379 | 2023-06-15T01:01:17 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ronald-gilchrist-missing-person-1980-identified/67-79529386-ff5c-4620-aca9-a692eac9d379 |
LANCASTER, Pa. — What started as an ordinary bike ride through the woods resulted in Jesse Rothacker being bitten more than fifty times by a wild snake!
Luckily for Rothacker the snake wasn’t venomous and was identified as a milk snake, a species common to Pennsylvania. Rothacker posted his experience on his YouTube channel.
“You can see in the video I’m laughing a lot every time he bites me because I know he’s not trying to hurt me! The way that milk snakes explore is with their mouth, and so [they] don’t have a powerful defensive bite, they just will slowly grab on to everything that they’re curious about,” said Jesse Rothacker, director, and founder of Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary based in Lancaster County.
Rothacker’s YouTube video is just one of dozens that show his work with wildlife in Pennsylvania, specifically with snakes and other reptiles. His organization also rescues surrendered reptiles and helps them find new homes.
“We want them to do something like enjoy the snake, appreciate the snake from a safe distance, and that’s less likely to end up with a bite,” Rothacker said.
His recent YouTube video is a demonstration of what not to do when encountering a snake in the wild. But when he’s not being bitten for the camera, Rothacker travels across the Commonwealth to educate others about how to treat nature with respect.
“We started doing outreach in 2004 when we started forgotten friend, and now we get to do hundreds of shows every single year,” Rothacker said.
On Tuesday, June 13, Rothacker visited Duckling Early Learning Center in East Hempfield Township, York County. Several reptiles accompanied Rothacker, including an iguana, tortoises, and several species of snakes. The purpose of which was to demonstrate the likelihood of encountering one of the animals in the wild during the summer season.
“The best tool you have when you meet a snake is the cellphone in your pocket, pull the rectangle out of your pants and take a picture of the snake from a safe distance, five or ten feet away,” Rothacker explained.
Pictures can be sent to Rothacker or other reptile experts who can identify the snake and determine its level of danger.
June also marks the beginning of Venomous Snake Hunting season in Pennsylvania.
Licensed hunters can hunt specific species of snake from the second Saturday of June until July 31.
Rattlesnakes and copperheads are the most common snakes hunted during this period; however, they must be male and meet certain size and weight requirements in order to be used for their meat and other material.
Rothacker also recommended hunters express caution when eating their meat due to the poison the snakes carry. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/snake-seasonal-summer-outdoor-dangerous-recreation-wildlife/521-ff247126-c67a-4276-b3ad-27fef0bdbb77 | 2023-06-15T01:01:23 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/snake-seasonal-summer-outdoor-dangerous-recreation-wildlife/521-ff247126-c67a-4276-b3ad-27fef0bdbb77 |
WILDWOOD — For the third consecutive year, the city will host the biggest country festival in South Jersey as its beaches make room for the Barefoot Country Music Fest from Thursday through Sunday.
This year’s lineup features Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker, Hardy, Lady A, Kid Rock and more than 30 other artists on five stages.
Shelton, 46, an Oklahoma native, served his last season as a coach this year on the NBC reality TV singing competition “The Voice,” which gives him more time for concerts.
A nine-time Grammy winner, Shelton comes to Wildwood following his winter and spring “Back to the Honky Tonk Tour.” His 12th full-length studio album, “Body Language,” was released in May 2021.
Shelton has had 14 No. 1 country singles, and during his concert in March in Buffalo, New York, he sang his No. 1 hits, including “Some Beach,” “Austin,” “Sure Be Cool If You Did,” “Honey Bee” and “Hillbilly Bone,” setlist.fm said.
Shelton was originally supposed to entertain during the first Barefoot festival in 2020, but it was postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He last performed in South Jersey in August 2018 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
During a 37-year music career, Rucker, 57, of South Carolina, did the reverse of Taylor Swift. Swift started as a country artist and morphed into a pop superstar. Rucker began as a soft-rock act as the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish and transformed into a country attraction.
“When Was the Last Time” in 2017 was Rucker’s last full-length studio album, his fifth in the country genre. He is scheduled to release a new album, “Carolyn’s Boy,” sometime this year through Capitol Nashville.
Rucker has had six No. 1’s on the country songs chart, and during a concert in March in Hollywood, Florida, he performed five of them, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” “Alright,” “This,” “Come Back Song” and “Wagon Wheel.” He last performed in South Jersey in June 2021 as the Hard Rock’s first full-capacity concert since before the pandemic.
Hardy, 32, of Mississippi, is one of the hottest current acts in country music.
Born Michael Wilson Hardy, he has only been in the music business since 2018, but his second full-length studio album, “The Mockingbird & The Crow,” released in January, is half country and half rock. The album reached No. 1 on the country albums, rock and independent albums chart.
Besides Hardy’s solo career, he has written songs for Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, Morgan Wallen, Thomas Rhett, Chris Lane and Dallas Smith.
Hardy performed in April in Oklahoma and sang his five top-30 country songs, “Rednecker,” “One Beer,” “Give Heaven Some Hell,” “Wait in the Truck” and “Truck Bed.”
On Saturday, which is the same day Rucker and Hardy perform, the Miller Lite Stage also will host Lady A.
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Since forming in 2006, the group originally known as Lady Antebellum has won eight Country Music Association Awards, including New Artist of the Year in 2008. The group consists of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood.
Lady A has had No. 1 country songs with its singles “I Run To You,” “Need You Now,” “American Honey,” “Just A Kiss” and “We Owned The Night.” The group performed all those songs during a concert earlier this month in Texas. The group released its ninth and newest full-length studio album, “What a Song Can Do,” in October 2021.
Lady A last performed in South Jersey in August 2016 at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.
Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie, will headline Sunday on the Miller Lite Stage.
A Michigan native, the 52-year-old started his music career as a rapper and DJ in 1988. His breakthrough album was “Devil Without a Cause” in 1998, which sold 14 million copies. Rock’s 12th and newest full-length studio album, “Bad Reputation,” was released in March 2022.
Rock has had top-20 mainstream rock hits with his singles “Bawitdaba,” “Cowboy,” “Only God Knows Why,” “American Bad Ass” and “All Summer Long.” He performed all five songs and others during a concert earlier this month in California. He last performed in South Jersey in October 2018 in the Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
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Blake Shelton performs at the CMT Music Awards on April 2 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/barefoot-country-music-festival-returns-wildwood/article_e0091132-0911-11ee-8e08-33ed29af5ee6.html | 2023-06-15T01:04:55 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/barefoot-country-music-festival-returns-wildwood/article_e0091132-0911-11ee-8e08-33ed29af5ee6.html |
Atlantic City Councilwoman LaToya Dunston has taken a slim lead over challenger Viana “Vivi” Bailey in her reelection campaign to keep her 2nd Ward seat.
According to new tallies announced by the Atlantic County Board of Elections on Wednesday, the total is now 300-297 in favor of Dunston in the Democratic primary, with the incumbent taking about 50.3% of the vote to Bailey’s 49.7%. Board of Elections officials cautioned a small number of voters could cure their rejected ballots and change the result.
The advantage for Dunston was delivered by her strength in mail-in vote totals, where she led Bailey 167-81, winning about 67.3% of the mailed ballots.
Her strength with mail-in ballots has apparently compensated for a weakness at the polls, where Dunston trailed 84-179, getting 31.9% of the primary day vote.
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The Board of Elections meeting was convened to assess provisional ballots and canvass later arriving mailed ballots. Before the board meeting Wednesday, Bailey, a financial-services company owner, was leading in her primary challenge over Dunston by four votes.
Dunston, though an incumbent, faced strong institutional headwinds in her run for reelection. The Atlantic County Democrats endorsed Bailey and did not put Dunston on the coveted party line, the leading column or row on a primary ballot that is awarded by the county party and that is considered advantageous ballot placement. Mayor Marty Small Sr. also endorsed Bailey.
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Dunston has been an opponent of Small for years, beginning when she unsuccessfully ran against him when he was a 2nd Ward councilman in 2015.
In January 2022, Dunston alleged in a $1 million tort claim that Small and his then-allies on City Council met at a holiday party where they conspired on how to remove her from office at a reorganization meeting. No action was taken to remove Dunston from office at the reorganization meeting, and Small denied the allegation.
Her feud with the Small administration escalated when she, alongside fellow council Democrats George Tibbitt and Bruce Weekes, supported Republican nominee Vern Macon in a failed challenge of Atlantic County Commissioner Ernest Coursey, a Democrat and Small’s chief of staff. The Atlantic County Democratic Committee voted to censure Dunston, Tibbitt and Weekes for their support of a Republican.
Dunston numbers among the ranks of what has been a growing bloc on council opposing the Small administration. Several weeks before the primary, Dunston joined with three other Democratic members of council and one Republican to reject the $225.8 million city budget Small had proposed by a 5-4 vote. (The council vote on the budget is a largely pro forma act due to the state takeover of Atlantic City, with final authority to approve the budget resting in Trenton.)
By that same 5-4 margin, council issued a resolution demanding investigation into sexual harassment allegations at City Hall and allegations that city officials campaigned when on the clock doing city business.
In other primary news, in a Democratic primary in Pleasantville's 2nd Ward, incumbent Joanne Famularo has beaten challenger Irvin O. Moreno-Rodriguez. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/atlantic-city-councilwoman-small-opponent-takes-slim-lead-in-primary-race/article_bc18bb74-0b0f-11ee-b84f-93a0e83de9ea.html | 2023-06-15T01:05:01 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/atlantic-city-councilwoman-small-opponent-takes-slim-lead-in-primary-race/article_bc18bb74-0b0f-11ee-b84f-93a0e83de9ea.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa — After a staple of the Des Moines local music scene passed away, members of the community are sharing their memories of one of their biggest fans.
In 2012, Wendy Hull started a Facebook group called Wednesday's Notes to connect with the Des Moines music scene. Over the next decade, it grew to over 2,700 members.
"She had done 479 interviews with local artists in Des Moines and provided that information to the group to the community, and really just to help promote," said Nick Nystrom, an admin of Wednesday's Notes.
On June 12, Hull passed away suddenly, with her sister sharing the news in the Wednesday's Notes group. Immediately, stories about her flooded in from the many artists she'd met over the years.
"I just spent a couple hours last night just reading through them. And these are musicians that I don't personally know, but we're we do the same stuff, right," Nystrom said. "We know each other. And it's just so cool to hear their stories about Wendy."
Between 2010 and 2015, the Des Moines Music Coalition said that Hull attended more than 900 local performances. In 2015, they named her "fan of the year."
"Whether you know, it's a small audience or big audience or whatever. She was always talking to musicians afterwards, thanking them, getting a selfie with them," said Mickey Davis, executive director of the Des Moines Music Coalition. "I just think any musician in the music community would be lucky to have someone like Wendy."
The Stuffed Olive, where Hull helped book music acts, hosted a show in her honor on Wednesday. Local musician Tyler Frazier played some of her favorite songs, with all the proceeds from the event going towards her end of life expenses.
That's not all. Nystrom says that Wednesday's Notes will continue to show off metro musicians for a long time to come.
"It's very cool to see all these artists and bands join together and say like, we're going to represent Wendy the way she would have wanted it. And we're going to celebrate her life," he said. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/wendy-hull-des-moines-music-scene-wednesdays-notes/524-3eb62316-fa1e-437a-b7a5-8bd72bcbef3b | 2023-06-15T01:10:28 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/wendy-hull-des-moines-music-scene-wednesdays-notes/524-3eb62316-fa1e-437a-b7a5-8bd72bcbef3b |
Mary Beth Beaton is the Vice President of Beaton Industrial. She went to work every day, building up stress, not even knowing she had Lupus.
"Stress, alcohol, you know sugar, those kinds of things can increase inflammation, thus impacting your heart if you have something like Lupus."
In May of 2020 she started experiencing chest pain, and night sweats. She thought she came down with a case of COVID, but her COVID tests came back negative. Mary Beth’s unmanaged Lupus and stress finally caught up with her.
"Lupus can cause pleurisy which is just excess fluid around your lungs and heart, and I had so much fluid building because we were unaware it was building and gaining within my system until it was too late. It just put so much pressure on my heart the blood could not flow."
What makes her story unusual is that her condition was triggered by seasonal allergies. Fortunately Mary Beth had been taking good care of herself prior to getting sick.
"So the fact that I did have good cardio health saved my life, and I will continue to advocate for healthy heart through cardio activity and nutrition."
She’s now sharing her story as a Red Cap Ambassador for the American Heart Association.
"For me it’s the connectivity of being face to face. Having an actual conversation with somebody who can hear why this cause is so important to me personally, and then hopefully it can cause them to subscribe to the cause themselves."
Mary Beth believes giving to the American Heart Association helps educate people about the many different types of heart conditions, and may one day save a life. If you would like to contribute to the efforts of the American Heart Association, here's a link to their website: | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/red-cap-ambassador-mary-beth-beaton/article_cd692b8a-0af0-11ee-978c-7b901e4330b5.html | 2023-06-15T01:13:39 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/red-cap-ambassador-mary-beth-beaton/article_cd692b8a-0af0-11ee-978c-7b901e4330b5.html |
MIDLAND, Texas — Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick stopped by Midland Wednesday to discuss bringing property taxes down for Texas citizens.
"There's a battle right now between the Senate and the House," Patrick said. "Our bill would save the average homeowner, $1,200 to $1,450 or more every year for the rest of their life, guaranteed in the constitution."
Patrick believes the House bill will not guarantee that money to be saved.
"Their bill would give the average homeowner $740 a year, and it's not guaranteed," Patrick said.
Patrick said the House bill is geared more toward businesses, while the Senate bill is geared more directly to homeowners.
"The House Bill, their plan of 100% compression, which means reducing the school tax rate, yields about a $740 tax savings per year," Patrick said. "Our bill, which takes 70% of the $17.6 million to businesses and homeowners, we take the other 30% only for homeowners, and that raises that tax cut $1,200 to $1,450."
Immediately following the 88th Texas Legislative session on May 29, Gov. Greg Abbott called the first of what he said will be many special legislative sessions. That session was called specifically to address cutting property taxes and cracking down on illegal human smuggling. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas-lieutenant-governor-midland-property-taxes/513-6737cc9e-400d-4c17-8034-18060bcae351 | 2023-06-15T01:14:03 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/texas-lieutenant-governor-midland-property-taxes/513-6737cc9e-400d-4c17-8034-18060bcae351 |
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An electric car dealership has proposed moving into the building on Lima Road that once housed Gander Outdoors.
A company identified in paperwork as KDP Fort Wayne IN LLC has requested a rezoning from shopping center to general commercial for 4.8 acres at 6043 Lima Road.
The rezoning and a primary development plan will go before the Fort Wayne Plan Commission in July. The plan commission will hold a public hearing July 10 and is expected to discuss and consider the requests July 17.
The property is on the west side of Lima Road and is surrounded by general commercial zonings, including Home Depot, according to paperwork the company filed with the Department of Planning Services. The rezoning would allow electronic car sales, service and delivery.
The electric car dealership has also applied for a waiver for a 6-foot-high ornamental fence.
The application identifies KDP as a Chicago-based company. Developers did not immediately return phone calls Wednesday.
The vehicle business is a large, national company, said Realtor David Nugent of BND Commercial Real Estate, the Fort Wayne firm representing the property. Nugent would not name the company because of nondisclosure agreements, he said.
This isn’t the first time a company has requested a rezoning to allow a vehicle business on the property. In November 2019, Gander Outdoors applied for a general commercial rezoning to allow recreational vehicle sales and services. The company primarily sold camping, kayaking, hunting and fishing supplies and clothing.
Gander Outdoors also requested a waiver for a setback requirement for a security fence for vehicle storage during repairs.
Gander Outdoors was formerly known as Gander Mountain. The latter declared bankruptcy, and in 2017 the Illinois-based Camping World Holdings acquired the company in a bankruptcy auction.
Nugent said the Fort Wayne Gander Outdoors closed in December 2019.
The closest Camping World to Fort Wayne is in Coldwater, Michigan, and the closest Indiana store is in Greenwood, according to the company’s website.
BND was hired to market the property in September 2020 after Camping World bought out the remainder of its lease, Nugent said.
The building at 6043 Lima is 31,153 square feet, according to the rezoning paperwork.
Sales materials show the building and 3.81 acres for sale or lease with the rest of the land, which could possibly be an outlot, also available. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/electric-car-dealership-proposed-for-former-gander-outdoors-building-in-fort-wayne/article_fbf975b8-0b09-11ee-840f-13ef5da3fcb9.html | 2023-06-15T01:27:43 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/electric-car-dealership-proposed-for-former-gander-outdoors-building-in-fort-wayne/article_fbf975b8-0b09-11ee-840f-13ef5da3fcb9.html |
WEST UNION -- A former Arlington man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a girl in 2014.
Fayette County sheriff’s deputies arrested Lawrence Edward Robbins, 38, currently of Decorah, on Tuesday on two counts of second-degree sexual abuse and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor. Bond was set at $25,000.
Authorities allege he had sexually abused a girl when she was 5 and 6 years old in the Arlington area. Investigators recently obtained digital evidence of the crime, identified the victim and interviewed her, according to court records. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-abuse-charge-in-arlington-case/article_f2af9f70-0ae4-11ee-b970-8be3128d5725.html | 2023-06-15T01:30:48 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sex-abuse-charge-in-arlington-case/article_f2af9f70-0ae4-11ee-b970-8be3128d5725.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Are you one of millions of Americans not keeping your gut in check? A new survey says most people aren't, with two-thirds having recurrent digestive issues. Even so, so many refuse to bring up the problems with their doctor.
The poll was conducted by MDVIP, a national network of over 1,100 physicians nationwide. That poll also found most Americans are confused by the onslaught of information about diet and nutrition.
"Your gut health is so important and unhealthy gut increases your risk for heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and even Alzheimer's," said Dr. Andrea Klemes, the MDVIP Chief Medical Officer.
Conditions like lactose intolerance affect your mental health. You're lacking an enzyme which affects the immune system and causes inflammation in the gut.
"Think of it as inflammation in your skin where the skin gets red and swollen. If that happens in your gut, you can't absorb things. You also can't make the hormones that the gut makes like serotonin for your mood and your mental health," Dr. Klemes added.
Then there's issue of gut health stigma.
"If you're feeling dismissed by your doctor, you need to find a new doctor," Dr. Klemes said.
According to the survey women are more affected by digestive health than men, with three in four experiencing symptoms at least a few times a month. Two in five women say their doctor didn't take their common health concerns seriously.
The gut health of younger adults, age 18-44, are more affected than older adults, with three in four experiencing symptoms at least a few times a month. And 56% of Americans have no talked to their doctor about their digestive health."
Dr. Klemes says you need to be comfortable talking to your doctor.
"They have the time to really sit with you, talk through your symptoms, do testing if needed, and then really understand and talk to you about what foods you should take out, what foods you should add, and how you can make your gut healthier," she told us.
Try MDVIP's 'Gut IQ' quiz which 85%of American's failed. Let's see how you do.
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SAN ANTONIO — Geekdom and Frost Bank welcomed more than a dozen Ukrainians to a downtown San Antonio workshop in an effort to inspire innovation for the families as they consider building businesses.
Attendees learned about entrepreneurial opportunities available in the community, including financial assistance, best banking practices and strategies on how businesses obtain credit.
City Councilwoman Adriana Rocha-Garcia, along with representatives from the nonprofit Ukrainian San Antonio, helped facilitate discussions during the half-day event. Geekdom CEO Charles Woodin expressed the knowledge provided during Wednesday’s workshop is beneficial for anyone looking to delve deeper into the business world.
“This is a place that they can come, get some work done and then also find resources or potential mentorship to take their idea to the next level to help build their company or grow it while they’re here in San Antonio,” Woodin said.
Dan Geddes, regional president at Frost Bank, declared his excitement for becoming more familiar with Ukrainian culture and working with aspiring entrepreneurs in need of financial assistance.
“The importance of the event today is to be a good neighbor,” Geddes said. “We want to support small business and entrepreneurial efforts.”
Andrey Kim and Mykola Drozd attended the workshop in hopes of taking home knowledge they can apply to their own goals in life.
“I’ve had a bit of a downturn in my life following the events in Ukraine. However, I am here to see if I can find a fresh start,” Kim said.
Kim has worked primarily in the nonprofit sector during his time in the U.S. He’s lived in the states for 20 years and considers himself a native Texan. He currently working in the food service industry, but has greater ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence where he can combat disinformation online.
“I’m a community organizer, and I think, really, now I have found my drive,” Kim said. “This is my home, I love it here, I wish it improve it. I hope to work to make it better.”
Drozd is keeping working several jobs to support his daughters’ college educations. His employment consists of security gigs and serving as a translator for the U.S. military.
Drozd also hopes to have the funds to further his higher education and one day launch a business. His eyes are set on UTSA.
“We firstly like Texas,” Drozd said. “I would like to learn about the nonprofit organization because I have ideas mostly for opening my business.”
San Antonio is home to an estimated 3,000 Ukrainians, at least 400 of which are refugees.
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WALDOBORO, Maine — Except during the short rush of eel fishing season and the daily come and go of shellfish diggers, the Medomak River is generally a quiet place, with large exposed mud flats each day at low tide.
Looking at the river, it is hard to imagine what it looked like in the early to mid-1800s, when 10 or more shipyards lined the shore, building large wooden sailing ships.
Shipbuilding was arguably the first real industry in Waldoboro, and for a time, it allowed the town to prosper.
Waldoboro celebrates its 250th anniversary this weekend, marking the date in 1773 when the town was founded.
At the Waldoboro Historical Society, they explain that there were Native Americans as well as early European settlers in the area long before then, but the real start of a town came around the 1740s when Gen. Samuel Waldo enticed a large number of Germans to leave their home country and settle in what was then called Broad Bay, but is now part of Waldoboro.
A large but simple wooden meeting house called the German Lutheran church still stands inside the old cemetery. Above the door is the date "1773." The church was originally built across the road, according to the Waldoboro Historical Society, and moved to the current site years later. But it marks the German settlement that started the town.
Like many other parts of Maine, Waldoboro was fairly wild when those settlers arrived. But, as historical society member Jim Letteney said, “it provided opportunity” for those new residents. Besides the Medomak River running to the sea and providing fish and shellfish, the freshwater portion of the river has waterfalls for power. There were thick forests and flat land for farming.
As a result, the Germans built and the town grew. Shipbuilding became a major business, and census numbers show that by 1850, Waldoboro had more than 4,000 residents. By that time, many homes had been built, as well as a downtown village of retail stores, mills, and other businesses.
"Waldoboro had a customs house," Waldoboro Historical Society Vice President Bill Maxwell said. "And to have a customs house, something was going on back in the day, a lot of money was coming through Waldoboro."
Sadly, like so many other small Maine towns, the population peak soon began to decline as people moved to the south and west for new opportunities. Over the next hundred years, the population declined dramatically.
There was, however, still opportunity. Percy Moody saw that in the late 1920s when he built small tourist cabins on what was then Route One, and soon added a hot dog stand. In 1934, the state re-routed Route One, and Moody relocated his small diner, which has since become a Waldoboro landmark. The current manager and owner of Moody’s Diner, Dan Beck, said the business is 96 years old this year.
"It is very significant to Waldoboro’s history," Beck said. "I hesitate sounding proud, because for Moody’s to be what Moody’s is, it took the community of Waldoboro to come around it and make it what it is. Part of our sustenance is tourism, but we don’t exist without Waldoboro, without the midcoast, without our regulars making it a point to be here."
In the 1930s and '40s, Dana Dow’s father built a chicken hatchery on the opposite side of town, also close to Route One. But after the chicken industry fell apart in Maine, he started the Dow Furniture store that still thrives today.
Dana Dow said Waldoboro has been a good place for his family to live—even if there is occasional upheaval.
"Waldoboro happens to be a very nice town. It doesn’t always have a great reputation, the media sometimes calls us Dodge City on the Medomak," Dow said. "I always use the Rodney Dangerfield line, we don’t get no respect. Waldoboro’s a very good town to live in."
The 250th birthday celebration will include all the usual features—a parade, music, bean suppers, and a pancake breakfast, as well as placing a time capsule.
There are many in town who remember the 1973 bicentennial. At the Waldoboro Historical Society, they hope enough will recall these events fifty years from now, to come together and celebrate Waldoboro at 300. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/after-250-years-waldoboro-shows-history-of-rural-maine/97-ac5206a1-c0e3-44b7-9aa2-a0852fff05bf | 2023-06-15T01:39:45 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/after-250-years-waldoboro-shows-history-of-rural-maine/97-ac5206a1-c0e3-44b7-9aa2-a0852fff05bf |
PORTLAND, Maine — Rich Brooks from Flyte New Media in Portland has been appearing on 207 for years, and the reason we keep bringing him back is simple. He offers suggestions on how to work effectively with the technology in our everyday lives, recommendations that are always straightforward and practical. Here are the talking points he provided on getting rid of digital clutter.
207: Why should we care about digital clutter? After all, it doesn't take up any physical space.
Rich: Decluttering your digital life has a lot of benefits. It's easier to find things, and generally, our laptops, smartphones, and tablets will run faster when there's less clutter on them.
Also, it may not take up physical space, but it takes up space in our heads. The more clutter, the more challenging it is for us to get things done. So both our brains and our devices work better when there's less clutter.
207: What keeps us from decluttering our digital lives?
Rich: I'm sure it varies between people, but often it's a psychological fear that the moment we delete a file—or even store it away out of site—we'll need it immediately. However, it's been my experience that's not true.
A long time ago, in a rush, I had to take all the files on my desktop and throw them into a single folder to clean up my desktop. I forgot about it for over a year, and when I rediscovered that folder, with all of it's "important" files, I realized none of them were relevant any more and it was safe to get rid of them.
207: And did you get rid of them?
Rich: Well, no, but do as I say and not as I do.
207: So how do we get started?
Rich: First, make a backup of your files... just in case. I use Dropbox for this, but Google, Microsoft, and Apple, all offer services that you can use as well. Some of these are free, at least to start, and others have a minimal monthly fee.
Once you've done that, begin to organize your files into broad categories that make sense to you, like work, home, finances, etc. Go through your computer and for each file either file it away in the appropriate folder or delete it. If the file name isn't very obvious, consider renaming it. If you're not sure what it is now, you certainly won't remember what it is a year from now.
You may not be able to do this in one sitting, but that's OK. It might be easier to do it in 10-minute blocks at the beginning or end of each day.
Make sure you take care of areas on your computer where files tend to end up in a messy way. For example, your desktop or downloads folder.
207: Once we've gone through the big purge, how do we keep from falling back into old habits?
Rich: For me, it's about creating regular tasks. Once a week or once a month, I go through my downloads folder and clean everything out of there. I delete unnecessary calendar invites, delete documents I no longer need, and file away the files that are still relevant.
I try and go into my photos each month and delete all the blurry pics, the multiples, and the ones I accidentally took when I was taking my phone out of my pocket. I add the best ones to my favorites folder and have that synced with my phone.
I also leverage my DropBox account to keep my computer less cluttered. I even have a "temporary" folder where I put files that have a short lifespan. Every once in a while I go through it and delete everything.
207: You mentioned photos, but how about music, stray notes, or your email inbox?
Rich: These days I feel that most people are streaming music, so it doesn't tend to eat up a lot of space on our computers or phones. I do keep some of my favorite playlists on my phone for the dead zones on my way to Sugarloaf, but most of my music is in the cloud, and I don't own it.
For stray notes or files, it's helpful if you have one platform and stick to it. That could be Word, Google Docs, or I prefer Evernote. Although because of work, I do use all three.
And for email, well, that sounds like a great idea for a future segment. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/ready-to-declutter-your-phone-tablet-or-laptop-heres-how-to-get-started-207-maine-technology/97-2d93d55a-56d2-44c2-b33a-7989295074dd | 2023-06-15T01:39:51 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/ready-to-declutter-your-phone-tablet-or-laptop-heres-how-to-get-started-207-maine-technology/97-2d93d55a-56d2-44c2-b33a-7989295074dd |
PORTLAND, Maine — You may have an exceptionally attractive yard, one that’s lovingly maintained and filled with plants and trees that are pleasing to the eye. But here’s something you may not have considered: are those plants and trees native?
Here’s why that question matters: native plants support native insects, and those insects are crucial in supporting birds and wildlife. Immaculate green lawns, laid out one after another in suburban neighborhoods, don’t provide the habitat that a healthy, vibrant ecosystem needs.
It’s an issue that, frankly, most people don’t know about—and Maine Audubon hopes to change that situation.
On Saturday, June 17, the organization will hold a native plants festival and sale at its headquarters at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. It will feature more than 75 species of native wildflowers, shrubs, and seedlings, as well as books, workshops, and expert advice.
Want to learn more? Watch our interview with Andrew Tufts, the manager of Maine Audubon’s Bringing Nature Home program. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/to-help-birds-and-wildlife-thrive-your-yard-needs-native-plants-gardening-lawn-environment/97-16686f83-5d8f-4131-b2d0-261f5d640b54 | 2023-06-15T01:39:58 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/to-help-birds-and-wildlife-thrive-your-yard-needs-native-plants-gardening-lawn-environment/97-16686f83-5d8f-4131-b2d0-261f5d640b54 |
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The spring and summer are busy kitten seasons for the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland. On top of that, the shelter has seen more surrenders and fewer adoptions this year, something marketing director Kyra Hunsicker relates to the housing crisis.
"Puppies tend to sit around for a little bit longer because everything is more expensive, but we’re so grateful for the ones who do find homes," Hunsicker said.
One of those puppies waiting for a forever home is Norma, a 6-month-old mix from Georgia. She came out to play with our camera crew while we spoke with Hunsicker. Norma loves to play fetch and give kisses and despite her puppy energy, knows how to sit for a treat.
Fundraisers like Ales for Tails help the team at ARLGP cover the costs of bringing animals like Norma up to Maine to find homes. It also covers costs of feeding, housing, and caring for the animals while in their care or in foster homes.
Ales for Tails is happening Saturday, June 17, and combines dogs and beer on the beach.
"We have 14 Maine brewers who will be there pouring brews, unlimited while supplies last with 8-ounce mugs," Hunsicker said. "If you love beer and you love dogs, it's the thing to go to. Even if you don't like beer but you love dogs, we have a DD [designated driver] ticket, which is just a cheaper ticket to come and have a good time."
Ales for Tails happens Saturday at Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse in South Portland. Guests can bring their well-behaved dogs on leash to socialize on the beach with other dogs, and some are available for adoption.
You can find ticket information, and a wish list for the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland on its website. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/ales-for-tails-fundraiser-beer-animal-refuge-league-greater-portland-shelter/97-b74f81b8-d7f1-4eec-b6ad-8c94a0e2eabc | 2023-06-15T01:40:04 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/ales-for-tails-fundraiser-beer-animal-refuge-league-greater-portland-shelter/97-b74f81b8-d7f1-4eec-b6ad-8c94a0e2eabc |
BRIDGTON, Maine — An unoccupied home in Bridgton recently caught fire and burned down, officials say.
The home was located at the end of a long dirt driveway at 842 South High St., Bridgton Fire Chief Glen Garland told NEWS CENTER Maine on Wednesday.
A call came in shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday from a man who feeds goats in the area, reporting the house had burnt down, Garland said.
Garland said the fire is believed to have happened sometime Tuesday night.
No one was home at the time the fire occurred, and no injuries were reported, according to Garland.
Officials are still working to find out who owns the property.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the state fire marshal's office, as well as by the Bridgton police and fire departments. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/unoccupied-home-in-bridgton-burns-to-the-ground-maine/97-8a8f04d6-15e7-45cd-8932-0066f5645b5b | 2023-06-15T01:40:10 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/unoccupied-home-in-bridgton-burns-to-the-ground-maine/97-8a8f04d6-15e7-45cd-8932-0066f5645b5b |
An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been released back into the Arizona wilderness last week after the animal had been captured near Taos, New Mexico, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The wolf, known as wolf 2754 and named “Asha” by conservation groups, left her pack in late 2022, Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area north of Interstate 40 in January 2023.
She eventually traveled 500 miles before she was captured and brought to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Sevilleta facility, where she was paired with a male in the hopes of her breeding and producing pups this spring.
Under the current Mexican gray wolf reintroduction rule, Mexican wolves are confined to the areas of Arizona and New Mexico south of Interstate 40. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations provide for the removal of any Mexican wolf found beyond this boundary.
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Advocacy groups say the wolf’s journey shows the endangered species is capable of thriving well outside what they call the artificial boundary of the experimental population area.
“Asha is a courageous young wolf, and we’re thrilled she’s once again free to continue living her life on her own terms,” said Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of Western Watersheds Project. “It’s scientifically indefensible and inherently unfair that wolves need to stay south of Interstate 40. Wolves like Asha have shown, time and time again, that this purely political boundary is ecologically irrelevant.”
Conservation organizations are currently challenging the boundary in court.
Officials with the Wildlife Service say the wolf was released last week into the Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona after the pair did not successfully breed. She will continue to be monitored via radio collar. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mexican-gray-wolf-released-after-capture-near-taos-500-miles-away-from-pack/article_fc3f1456-0b09-11ee-bf18-070f35c165e9.html | 2023-06-15T01:43:02 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mexican-gray-wolf-released-after-capture-near-taos-500-miles-away-from-pack/article_fc3f1456-0b09-11ee-bf18-070f35c165e9.html |
A popular section of forest just north of Flagstaff is closed as crews began working on the first phase of a flood control project in Schultz Creek Monday projected to cost over $5.4 million.
Schultz Road is closed to motorized traffic throughout the duration of the project, which is expected to last between four to six weeks. The road will remain open to hikers, cyclists and equestrian use; although about a half-mile of the Chimney Trail is closed to all users.
Even so, county and forest officials say residents and recreationists should exercise caution while near the construction area as there will be heavy machinery present in the forest and on the roadways. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/schultz-road-closed-to-vehicles-as-flood-control-work-begins/article_96c58c94-0a38-11ee-8ea7-937b8ef92b2b.html | 2023-06-15T01:43:08 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/schultz-road-closed-to-vehicles-as-flood-control-work-begins/article_96c58c94-0a38-11ee-8ea7-937b8ef92b2b.html |
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — Kennywood is feelin’ 22 and you could be, too, with a discounted ticket this weekend!
To celebrate Taylor Swift coming to Pittsburgh, the park is offering $22 off admission to guests who show their tickets to “The Eras Tour” at the gate.
Tickets can be redeemed at the gate and are valid for one day only.
You can fill the Blank Space in your weekend plans with a discounted ticket from Thursday through Sunday.
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PITTSBURGH — Pitt Panthers football safety David Green is giving back to the community and is hoping to lose his hair in the process.
Green, No. 2 on the Panthers, set a goal of raising $22,222 for the Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania. When that goal is met, Green will shave off his trademark locks.
Green is from West Mifflin and went to Central Catholic High School. He was part of the Boys & Girls Club growing up and wants to continue to give opportunities to local children.
He’s following in the footsteps of former Pitt center Cal Adomitis, who shaved his head after raising money for Cal’s Kids.
Green cited the examples set by Adomitis, Damar Hamlin and Deslin Alexandre as a contributing factor to his community work.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon City police and Clackamas County deputies found a Tigard man hiding in a trash can inside a garage on Tuesday after they say he abandoned a vehicle and tried to escape in Damascus.
Around 12:20 a.m., deputies learned that 33-year-old Cody Warren Mcalary had been eluding officers in a black Honda Civic for seven miles when deputies put down spike strips to stop him on Clackamas River Drive near Springwater Road.
The car stopped near Highway 224 and Goosehollow Drive, and officials say Mcalary and an unidentified female passenger ran into the neighborhood. Mcalary entered several homes to hide, according to deputies.
Officials say Mcalary entered a residence on Scoria Lane and was found in the garage hiding inside a garbage bin. Officials say they opened the lid to the garbage can because they saw “freshly spilled oil on the ground in one corner of the garage, next to a garbage can with a suspicious crease on its side.”
According to CCSO, Mcalary has multiple felony warrants and is being held without bail for violating probation, violating parole, eluding a police officer, attempting to elude a police officer, reckless driving and recklessly endangering.
CCSO encourages anyone with information on Mcalary to contact their tip line via by phone at 503-723-4949 via an email form on their website: www.clackamas.us/sheriff/tip. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/tigard-man-found-hiding-in-trash-can-during-police-chase-officials/ | 2023-06-15T01:51:44 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/tigard-man-found-hiding-in-trash-can-during-police-chase-officials/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multiple small businesses in the Portland area have shut down since 2020, citing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and vandalism as their reasons for closing. A local agency wants to prevent that by awarding up to $25,000 to local businesses through a new grant program.
Prosper Portland, the city’s economic and urban development agency, recently announced its Small Business Stabilization Restore Grant. The agency will distribute the grant money across a select number of eligible businesses using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.
To be eligible for the program, small businesses must have had an Annual Gross Revenue between $300,000 and $3 million in 2019, started operations before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, and currently have at least three employees.
Prosper Portland also asks that applicants “be located along commercial corridors of 82nd Avenue, East Portland (I.e., east of I-205), N/NE Portland, Central City, or Inner Westside Portland.”
Additionally, the Small Business Stabilization Restore Grant can only cover certain operational expenses. This includes security and prevention, interior repairs needed for vandalism or break-ins, equipment replacements and more.
Other business expenses, such as graffiti removal or window repair, aren’t included because they’re already covered through Prosper Portland’s Local Small Business Repair Grants.
Companies will be scored based on the number of hired employees, their annual gross revenues from years 2019 to 2022, and whether they’re based in an “underserved and underrepresented” part of Portland.
Furthermore, businesses asking for more than $10,000 in grant money will need to provide referrals from other programs and list the financial grants that they’ve received over the previous 12 months.
Applicants for the grant open this Friday, June 16 before closing on Monday, June 26. The chosen recipients will be officially notified on Monday, July 10.
This is Prosper Portland’s first restore grant, but the agency has additional grant cycles slated for late 2023 and early 2024. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/prosper-portland-announces-restore-grant-for-businesses-affected-by-pandemic-break-ins/ | 2023-06-15T01:51:50 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/prosper-portland-announces-restore-grant-for-businesses-affected-by-pandemic-break-ins/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Last week, one Tigard couple endured every dog owner’s worst nightmare when their car was stolen – along with two beloved pups. Fortunately, they woke up to a call from police a few days later telling them that the bad dream was over.
Early Sunday morning, Tigard police received a call from a local store employee who said a car had been parked in their lot for three days. When police searched the car, they found the windows cracked and the couple’s two dogs inside.
According to the officers, the owners were “happy to come out in the middle of the night” to get their car and companions back – puppy kisses and all.
Stay with KOIN 6 as this story develops. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/a-re-bark-able-reunion-tigard-police-find-2-missing-dogs-in-stolen-car/ | 2023-06-15T01:51:56 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/a-re-bark-able-reunion-tigard-police-find-2-missing-dogs-in-stolen-car/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A section of East Main Street in Hillsboro is closed as police investigate a crash involving a motorcycle and school bus Wednesday afternoon.
Police say the road has been closed between Northeast 55th Avenue and Northeast Century Boulevard until further notice, and advice using an alternative route in the area.
No students were injured during the crash, and officers say parents are “in the process of picking up students from the location.”
The conditions of the motorcyclist and bus driver remain unclear, as do further details on what led to the collision.
Stay with KOIN 6 as we receive more information. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/crash-involving-school-bus-motorcycle-blocking-hillsboros-main-street/ | 2023-06-15T01:52:02 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/crash-involving-school-bus-motorcycle-blocking-hillsboros-main-street/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Recovery Center (JCRC) at 513 East Unaka Avenue opened a community Naloxone (Narcan) box on Wednesday that provides Narcan nasal spray to the public for free.
The center’s Executive Director Dottie Greene told News Channel 11 that the resource is free for the public, and those in need do not even have to enter their building.
“Folks don’t even have to come into the center to get the naloxone, or they don’t have to go to the pharmacy,” said Greene. “There’s a lot of stigma around addiction, and so folks can just walk up to our naloxone box and help themselves.”
Greene said that placing the community Naloxone box outdoors near the facility’s front porch makes the resource accessible during all hours and helps eliminate the fear of judgment due to the stigma of addiction and recovery.
“Unfortunately, stigma is very real when it comes to addiction, substance use, and harm reduction strategies,” Greene said. “The JCRC naloxone box removes the fear associated with that stigma. An individual can come to JCRC and access the community naloxone box without a prescription and without even entering the building.”
Along with Narcan training and resources, the JCRC provides advice, insight and knowledge to those recovering from addiction, their friends or family members. Any member of the public is welcome to the center if they have questions or need any help regarding addiction recovery or harm reduction strategies.
“I think anyone that is at risk or has a friend or family member at risk of an opioid overdose, whether they’re using opioids due to a substance use disorder or pain management, we all should have access to naloxone,” Greene said.
The community resource is located in downtown Johnson City on East Unaka Avenue, but the center says anyone in the greater region is able to stop by and serve themselves.
“What it really means is that we’re going to be saving lives of people here in our communities and it doesn’t matter where people are from, if they’re from Bristol, Kingsport, Carter County, Virginia,” Greene said. “I mean, if they need naloxone, they can come here.”
More information and contact details for the JCRC can be found on their website at JCRecoveryCenter.org. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-recovery-center-introduces-free-naloxone-narcan-resource-for-the-public/ | 2023-06-15T01:53:25 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-recovery-center-introduces-free-naloxone-narcan-resource-for-the-public/ |
ATLANTA — Two doctors from metro Atlanta are planning on opening a drive-thru where patients can get medical care.
As a mother, Heather Kelly craves convenience. Kelly is constantly hauling her teenager to softball practice and sometimes, she has to take them to the hospital.
"You have roomfuls of sick kids and ambulances coming in and out," Kelly said. "It's stressful because your kid is sick or injured. You don't know how long you're going to be there."
A new drive-thru option could help Kelly and others find medical care in a matter of minutes. The idea, spawned 18 months ago by Viral Solutions founders Dr. Ben Lefkove and Ron Sanders, came after an interaction with a patient during the pandemic.
“This is a purpose-built solution of a new and novel way of providing care for folks," Lefkove said. “We realized that there’s actually more that can be done in a drive-thru than just COVID testing. We’re emergency physicians at heart, so anyone, any place any time. We’re here for anybody who needs care.”
Viral Solutions originally tested and vaccinated millions in Georgia. The Atlanta-based founders have now pivoted to provide urgent care in a quicker, more convenient format. The first location on Howell Mill Road is set to open August 1, and there are plans to add four additional locations within the next year.
"This will hopefully help fill that gap," Sanders said. "We’re dedicated to bring this to populations who need this the most, especially with AMC closing most recently. We’ll definitely be targeting that area. We’re removing all those barriers, from the registration process, to the discharge process, even the last part of the process of having to go to the pharmacy to wait an additional two to three hours.”
Sanders said staff members would be able to serve up to 30 patients at a time. Signup, connecting with a doctor and getting medication can take about 15 minutes or so, Lefkove said.
There will even be expanded hours for those having to work late. The drive-thru will accept all kinds of insurance and have payment plans for those who are uninsured. Any cases needing more serious care will be referred to a hospital.
"With this model, we're trying to make it affordable, easily accessible and bring it to the people," Sanders said. "We're trying to meet the patients where they are."
Both Sanders and Lefkove refer to the Hippocratic oath as their motivation, helping patients however they can.
"It’s really a matter of allocating and aligning your resources so you can do things contemporaneously and you don’t create bottlenecks," Lefkove said. "It could be colds, back pain, sinusitis, I think I have the flu, pink eye, ear infections, strep, asthma, medication refill. We have X-ray capability, so if you broke your arm, we can deal with all of that.”
That oath just happened to turn into a matter of convenience for Kelly.
"Any parent is going to do whatever they have to do to get that medical care and the ease of medical care is such an important factor in every family," Kelly said. "Keeping them as comfortable as possible is always so much better for their physical health, as well as your mental health and as well as the parents’ wellbeing and mental health.” | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/new-drive-thru-urgent-care-set-altanta/85-b7fb3f14-fcc9-493a-ae44-73be96c0a057 | 2023-06-15T01:53:55 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/new-drive-thru-urgent-care-set-altanta/85-b7fb3f14-fcc9-493a-ae44-73be96c0a057 |
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Police officers instructed the annual Dunwoody Teen Police Academy this week where 15 students were hand-selected to undergo training similar to what officers do in the academy.
The day was spent learning all about K-9s, use of force, and virtual simulation. Teens were able to experience a simulator similar to what the officer's experience while they're in training.
They went through active-shooter training and first-aid training, but organizers said the goal is much deeper than that.
Sgt. Michael Cheek with the Dunwoody Police Department explained the goal of the week-long program is to create lasting relationships between police and local youth.
"We want to make sure that we can give them an opportunity to just build a relationship with the police officers," Cheek said. "A lot of them are business owners in the future, they'll be homeowners."
Rising senior and participant, Maggie Duncan, said she expected to learn what officers do, but was surprised to learn who they were.
“You’re willing to run headfirst into a scenario," Duncan said. "I have a massive respect for people who can do that."
Duncan and her classmates were able to take part in firearms and safety training, as well as use of force presentations. The group also took several tours, which included a visit to the DeKalb County Jail, GBI headquarters, and a tour of the 911 Center.
"You guys are the best," Duncan said. "I love you guys."
Leaders said the students are selected based on their interest and residence, and that they try to select a new batch of students each year. Applications for the academy open up each year around March. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/teens-get-police-training-dunwoody/85-a6fe044a-c725-42c6-8778-6f51ac30fdbe | 2023-06-15T01:54:01 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/teens-get-police-training-dunwoody/85-a6fe044a-c725-42c6-8778-6f51ac30fdbe |
AUSTIN, Texas — Symbols of hate were painted around several public spaces around Austin over the weekend, including at the former Montopolis Negro School.
The school was a segregation-era school that closed in 1962 and has served as a historical landmark since.
The symbols were found painted on a sign outside the school over the weekend, but have since been painted over.
Fred McGhee is the president of the Community Development Corporation in Montopolis. He wrote a book about the school, and said the building has a great deal of history.
"This is an artifact of segregated Texas education, and it’s the only one left in Travis County. This has always been a segregated black school," said McGhee.
The school's history dates back more than eight decades.
"This idea that someone can come up here and can paint something like that on some signage is pretty disturbing,” said McGhee
McGhee said the corporation has been working to preserve it.
"We said from the beginning, to preserve and protect this site, restore it to its glory, if you can, make it community center, and make it a museum," said McGhee, referencing the group's appeals to the city.
McGhee said crews covered up the hateful symbols within 24 hours, and that he was grateful for the effort.
The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department said their graffiti abatement team is now working with the Austin Police Department to find the culprits. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/a-number-of-parks-and-recreational-spaces-around-austin-vandalized-hate-symbols-over-the-weekend/269-ca8e092c-9bcd-4e4a-bfe6-0d0485752350 | 2023-06-15T01:56:33 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/a-number-of-parks-and-recreational-spaces-around-austin-vandalized-hate-symbols-over-the-weekend/269-ca8e092c-9bcd-4e4a-bfe6-0d0485752350 |
TEXAS, USA — Heads up Texans! You might see a major change the next time you buy a car. A new Texas Bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, June 12 will soon make paper license plates a thing of the past.
House Bill 718, introduced by Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth, lets car dealerships keep metal plates on hand for those who buy vehicles, eliminating the need for temporary paper plates.
The bill aims to make it harder for criminals to fake tags when committing crimes.
"Everybody's familiar with the catalytic converters," Don Ringler Automotive Sales Manager, John Haun, said. "Believe it or not, paper plate theft is a problem as well. People steal those and use them on their own cars or sell them to people that need them."
"I've seen it on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist where they're trying to sell paper tags," Tax Assessor/Collector for Bell County, Shay Luedeke, further explained. "They're making a lot of money off of it too. I think in terms of statewide like 200 million dollars a year."
In Dec. of 2022, the state redesigned paper tags with more complex and secure designs including numerous additional data points and security features, making it harder to fake.
That didn't stop criminals though, resulting in the design of HB 718 to take the law one step further. However, the process won't be easy.
"It's a huge undertaking to get rid of all the paper tags," Luedeke said. "We not only have just the buyer's tags, but you also have the 30 day temp tags that you can get from this office. You also have the one trip permits that you get from this office. The only paper that's going to remain after all this is said and done is the 72 hour and 144 hour permits and those are for commercial. You won't see those on private vehicles."
Although the Department of Motor Vehicles are still establishing what the process will look like, there are vague ideas of how this will all work for car dealerships.
"One of the meetings that I was in with the Department of Motor Vehicles, they mentioned that they were going to package all the metal plates up for our dealers and send them to our offices," Luedeke said. "The dealers will have to come to the county tax office and pick up their initial allotment of plates. They may get only three or four weeks worth. We don't know what that is because the DMV hasn't developed those rules and processes."
As far as buyers go, lawmakers hope they don't have to wait three or four days before their title is transferred.
"We're still trying to get it where you go and buy a car you can still get it the same day," Luedeke said.
The president elect of the Tax Assessor Collector Association of Texas also believes another perk of this bill is if you trade a vehicle in, you can transfer the current plate to your new car.
For those not in favor of the bill, lawmakers and supporters of the bill say it's important for dealerships and buyers to note the bill does not take effect until July 1, 2025.
"The reason we extended that deadline is so that we would have another legislative session to make any law changes that we need to because the first year and a half, DMV is going to be creating rules," Luedeke said. "We're going to be looking at all these processes. If we come across something that we need to fix by law, then we can do that next session."
"With this new bill, it looks like you'll be able to leave here with metal plates right out of the gate, which sounds great to me," Haun said. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/say-goodbye-paper-plates-what-this-means-dealerships-buyers/500-09114e47-6559-4b40-b597-65a3a4855283 | 2023-06-15T01:56:39 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/say-goodbye-paper-plates-what-this-means-dealerships-buyers/500-09114e47-6559-4b40-b597-65a3a4855283 |
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TEXAS, USA — Heads up Texans! You might see a major change the next time you buy a car. A new Texas Bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, June 12 will soon make paper license plates a thing of the past.
House Bill 718, introduced by Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth, lets car dealerships keep metal plates on hand for those who buy vehicles, eliminating the need for temporary paper plates.
The bill aims to make it harder for criminals to fake tags when committing crimes.
"Everybody's familiar with the catalytic converters," Don Ringler Automotive Sales Manager, John Haun, said. "Believe it or not, paper plate theft is a problem as well. People steal those and use them on their own cars or sell them to people that need them."
"I've seen it on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist where they're trying to sell paper tags," Tax Assessor/Collector for Bell County, Shay Luedeke, further explained. "They're making a lot of money off of it too. I think in terms of statewide like 200 million dollars a year."
In Dec. of 2022, the state redesigned paper tags with more complex and secure designs including numerous additional data points and security features, making it harder to fake.
That didn't stop criminals though, resulting in the design of HB 718 to take the law one step further. However, the process won't be easy.
"It's a huge undertaking to get rid of all the paper tags," Luedeke said. "We not only have just the buyer's tags, but you also have the 30 day temp tags that you can get from this office. You also have the one trip permits that you get from this office. The only paper that's going to remain after all this is said and done is the 72 hour and 144 hour permits and those are for commercial. You won't see those on private vehicles."
Although the Department of Motor Vehicles are still establishing what the process will look like, there are vague ideas of how this will all work for car dealerships.
"One of the meetings that I was in with the Department of Motor Vehicles, they mentioned that they were going to package all the metal plates up for our dealers and send them to our offices," Luedeke said. "The dealers will have to come to the county tax office and pick up their initial allotment of plates. They may get only three or four weeks worth. We don't know what that is because the DMV hasn't developed those rules and processes."
As far as buyers go, lawmakers hope they don't have to wait three or four days before their title is transferred.
"We're still trying to get it where you go and buy a car you can still get it the same day," Luedeke said.
The president elect of the Tax Assessor Collector Association of Texas also believes another perk of this bill is if you trade a vehicle in, you can transfer the current plate to your new car.
For those not in favor of the bill, lawmakers and supporters of the bill say it's important for dealerships and buyers to note the bill does not take effect until July 1, 2025.
"The reason we extended that deadline is so that we would have another legislative session to make any law changes that we need to because the first year and a half, DMV is going to be creating rules," Luedeke said. "We're going to be looking at all these processes. If we come across something that we need to fix by law, then we can do that next session."
"With this new bill, it looks like you'll be able to leave here with metal plates right out of the gate, which sounds great to me," Haun said. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/say-goodbye-paper-plates-what-this-means-dealerships-buyers/500-09114e47-6559-4b40-b597-65a3a4855283 | 2023-06-15T01:59:15 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/say-goodbye-paper-plates-what-this-means-dealerships-buyers/500-09114e47-6559-4b40-b597-65a3a4855283 |
CABOT, Ark. — The Cabot Police Department is looking for the whereabouts of a runaway child.
According to authorities, Alysses Carroll has been missing since June 7, 2023, and was last seen at home.
Alysses is 5-foot-4 inches tall and approximately 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective Ashley Bratton with the Cabot Police Department at (501) 843-6166 or email ashley.bratton@cabotar.gov. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/cabot-police-search-runaway-child/91-96298be1-d0e1-4ed8-adf3-465419979b08 | 2023-06-15T01:59:22 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/cabot-police-search-runaway-child/91-96298be1-d0e1-4ed8-adf3-465419979b08 |
Paradise Valley man sentenced for tax fraud scheme resulting in $50 million in illegal refunds
A man from Paradise Valley was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison, for his role in an eight-year tax fraud scheme resulting in over $50 million in illegal tax refunds, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Prior to Monday's sentencing at the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Charles St. George Kirkland, 57, had pleaded guilty in January 2023 to three counts of "aiding or assisting the filing of fraudulent tax documents."
“This tax fraud scheme is an affront to all the taxpayers who honestly file tax returns and pay what they owe. These funds that Mr. Kirkland stole from the U.S. Treasury could have gone for infrastructure improvements, social services, and other programs aimed at community safety,” U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said in a statement. “This is a significant sentence, and an example of the price to be paid for such dishonesty and deceit.”
Kirkland carried out the ruse by falsely claiming that he had lost upwards of $135 million from 2012-2018 through investing in solar equipment, according to the attorney's office.
A further dive into Kirkland's plan showed that in 2013 alone, Kirkland had claimed his businesses lost over $40 million through solar equipment investment when in fact the businesses had only spent $150,000.
Over the six-year period in total, Kirkland's companies spent less than $6 million on solar equipment, the attorney's office said.
By using a network of tax preparers, Kirkland took the faux losses and sold them to taxpayers, saying their clients could use his losses to claim refunds on their own returns.
"Taxpayers would file amended returns claiming that, because of the losses transferred from Kirkland, they were entitled to a refund of all the tax payments they had made in a prior tax year. After receiving the fraudulent refunds, taxpayers paid 90% of the proceeds to Kirkland," the release states.
Nearly 3,200 fraudulent tax returns were filed by participating taxpayers in Kirkland's scheme, resulting in a loss to the U.S. Treasury north of $50 million, while Kirkland collected $45 million.
In addition to his term sentence, Kirkland will have to pay $51 million in restitution and a $1 million fine.
The attorney's office noted that two days following Kirkland's guilty plea, he and his wife began a divorce proceeding which saw his wife receive nearly "100 parcels of real estate, five Tesla automobiles and the couple's 10,000 square foot home in Arizona."
These assets will continue to be pursued by the government in order to satisfy the restitution obligation, USAO said. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2023/06/14/paradise-valley-man-sentenced-in-50m-tax-fraud-scheme/70323528007/ | 2023-06-15T02:02:39 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2023/06/14/paradise-valley-man-sentenced-in-50m-tax-fraud-scheme/70323528007/ |
NASHUA — For the first time since he won the 2015 mayoral election by defeating challenger Chris Williams, Mayor Jim Donchess will face at least one opponent come this year’s Nov. 7 municipal election.
Mike Soucy, a Nashua native and former city firefighter, police officer and ward alderman, this week announced his intention to run for mayor, making his bid official by delivering the required paperwork to the City Hall office of City Clerk Daniel Healey.
Soucy and his fiscal agent, Tom Lanzara, filed for office on Tuesday, a day after the filing period opened. The filing period closes at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 23.
Soucy, who served in the U.S. Army, joined Nashua Fire Rescue upon his return then became a Nashua police officer for the next 20 years. He served five of those years as the department’s Police Athletic League (PAL) director, and also spent five years as a school resource officer.
A one-term alderman for Ward 5, Soucy served a four-year term on the Fire Commission, and is currently in his second term as a Hillsborough county commissioner.
He describes himself as a fiscal conservative who, if elected, would pay close attention to city spending and the city’s property tax rate.
Soucy credits his years of service as a city employee and membership on local and regional boards for his ability to “bring real-world experience to the job” of mayor.
Describing himself as a “pragmatic” individual able to work alongside elected officials and community leaders, Soucy said that if elected, he would bring with him three chief goals: fiscal conservatism, government transparency and the need for constituents to be treated with more respect. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/former-police-officer-alderman-firefighter-mike-soucy-announces-candidacy-for-nashua-mayor/article_49bbe1c0-bc2a-5189-b274-6a377d21e06c.html | 2023-06-15T02:06:34 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/former-police-officer-alderman-firefighter-mike-soucy-announces-candidacy-for-nashua-mayor/article_49bbe1c0-bc2a-5189-b274-6a377d21e06c.html |
FORT MYERS, Fla. – One of the buildings at 81 West off Six Mile Cypress Parkway is having settlement issues.
We spoke to a woman who is still living on the other side of building three that’s tilting.
She said the tenants in the building got an email the last week of May.
Shortly after, they were asked to leave because there was something wrong with the foundation.
“I found out that the sinkhole is the second sinkhole. Two sinkholes in the same place should raise the alarm,” she said.
We spoke to the management company asking them why residents were not notified sooner and how they were able to build here in the first place.
In a statement, they said they contacted experts and engineers. They say these changes were not present before building and the structure passed all required building inspections prior to any residents moving in. The management company also offered people options, either relocate within the community or move to another community.
Residents could break their lease with no financial penalty and moving costs are covered.
“The concrete at my building is also cracking. There are holes under peoples’ units over at building,” said Debbie.
Other residents in the area say they are noticing other structural problems.
Right now, at least four people are still living on the other side of that building — they have been asked to move out as soon as possible. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/06/13/fort-myers-apartment-complex-at-risk-of-sinking-residents-asked-to-relocate/ | 2023-06-15T02:07:57 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/06/13/fort-myers-apartment-complex-at-risk-of-sinking-residents-asked-to-relocate/ |
DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — A 54-year-old woman was killed after crashing into a detached trailer during a 5-vehicle collision in DeSoto County Wednesday.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), a truck towing a trailer was headed north on County Road 769, south of County Road 760. Another vehicle was traveling south on County Road 769, approaching the tow truck.
At around 11:25 a.m., the truck’s trailer separated from the vehicle and entered the southbound lane in front of approaching traffic. A vehicle crashed into the detached trailer.
After the initial crash, three other vehicles became involved in the collision, FHP said.
The driver that crashed into the trailer was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the drivers involved in the second collision suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital. Several other people involved in the crash suffered minor injuries and were also hospitalized.
FHP is investigating the crash at this time.
Count on NBC2 to provide updates as more information is released. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/inland-counties/2023/06/14/road-closure-due-to-fatal-crash-in-desoto-county/ | 2023-06-15T02:07:57 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/inland-counties/2023/06/14/road-closure-due-to-fatal-crash-in-desoto-county/ |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A brush fire erupted near some homes along SW 36th Terrace in Cape Coral.
The fire burned about 1/8th of an acre, and witnesses said a downed power line sparked the fire.
Cape Coral firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.
An estimated 900 people are without power at this time due to the fire. According to LCEC’s online map, power restoration is estimated to be complete by 9 PM.
Count on NBC2 to bring you the latest developments on this story. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/14/cape-coral-brush-fire-leaves-nearly-900-lcec-customers-without-power/ | 2023-06-15T02:08:04 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/06/14/cape-coral-brush-fire-leaves-nearly-900-lcec-customers-without-power/ |
GARY — A 26-year-old woman and 25-year-old man who allegedly robbed a Family Dollar were arrested and charged with armed robbery Wednesday, Gary police said.
The suspects entered the store around 9:25 a.m. Monday at 500 W. Fifth Ave. and whipped out a handgun. They demanded money from the cashier who obliged.
Riding Shotgun with Merrillville Police Officer Amanda Earley
After the suspects fled, employees called police, who found the duo in the area of Seventh Avenue and Polk Street, police said. Upon seeing police, they ran and entered a nearby home. Police received permission from the home owners to enter the house, where they found the man hiding in the basement of the residence and the woman under a bed.
The man also faces charged for unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, police said.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
2305170
Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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CROWN POINT — The Merrillville man who allegedly to set fire to the Lake County Jail was misidentified and charges against him were dismissed on Wednesday, according to court records.
Man sets fire at the Lake County Jail. An investigation is underway. Anyone with information is asked to call the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Detective Bureau, 219-755-3346.
Ryan Andrews, 26, had been charged with arson in connection with a June 5 fire set in the lobby of the Lake County Jail. Andrews was arrested on the arson charges in Tinley Park, Illinois on Friday.
A person close to the investigation said, before the charges were dismissed, that Andrews lit the fire because he was upset that he couldn’t get his money out of his commissary account quickly enough, according to previous reporting from The Times.
The charges were dismissed because the “filing detective believes that Ryan Andrews was misidentified as the perpetrator of the crimes charged,” according to a motion to dismiss filed Tuesday. A judge granted the motion Wednesday, according to court records.
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“After further investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, we have dismissed charges against this defendant,” Myrna Maldonado, a spokesperson with the Lake County Prosecutor’s office, said in a statement.
Shortly before noon June 5, a man was caught on surveillance video walking through the lobby of the jail and dousing the floor with an accelerant. The man is then seen grabbing a stacking of papers, lighting them on fire and throwing the stack on the floor, spreading the flames throughout the rest of the lobby.
No one was injured in the fire.
After setting the fire, the ran from the lobby and got into a blue SUV, the surveillance video shows.
When he lit the fire, the suspect was seen wearing a dark colored T-shirt, jeans and a baseball cap with a logo on it, according to the Crown Point police.
A witness told police that before lighting the fire, the man came up to her at the front desk and acted erratically. She said he was carrying a gallon jug filled with yellow liquid and “appeared to be angry at the state of Indiana, making statements about the current president, current governor of Indiana, the previous governor of Indiana, and he also yelled out ‘black (expletive)’ during his rant,” according to a probable-cause affidavit.
A jail consultant estimated the cost of the fire’s damage was $6,500 to $8,500, according to the affidavit.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department has not released any further information about the investigation.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
2305170
Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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CROWN POINT— Trial proceedings in the rape case against a Kouts man continued on Wednesday and featured testimony from the woman whom he allegedly assaulted.
Roger Mashburn, 29, was charged in August 2020 with rape, a level three felony, and battery, a class B misdemeanor, according to court records. If convicted, Mashburn faces up to 16 years in prison for the rape charge.
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Charging documents stated that around midnight on June 15, 2020, Mashburn sexually assaulted his co-worker’s wife while spending the night at the couple’s Crown Point apartment, located on Main Street.
Mashburn went to the couple’s apartment on the afternoon of June 14, 2020 to hang out with them by their apartment complex’s pool. The three hung out and drank by the pool for a while and later went upstairs to the couple’s apartment and continued drinking.
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Mashburn’s co-worker told jurors on Tuesday that he and Mashburn weren’t friends, but simply acquaintances. He said he invited Mashburn over on June 14 because he thought he didn’t have a lot of friends.
The couple invited Mashburn to spend the night at their apartment after they realized that he was too intoxicated to drive home, according to testimony from Mashburn’s co-worker on Tuesday. He added that when Mashburn arrived to the pool that afternoon, he seemed like he was already drunk.
After a few hours of hanging out in the couple’s apartment, Mashburn’s co-worker fell asleep on the couch and Mashburn fell asleep on the floor beside him, court documents stated.
The co-worker’s wife went to sleep in the couple’s bedroom and sometime later, Mashburn purportedly stumbled into the bedroom, naked and mumbling, according to the probable cause affidavit.
She told jurors on Wednesday that she grabbed him a blanket and guided him to the futon in the kid’s bedroom. The woman said she then woke up her husband, took him back into their bedroom, and tried to fall back asleep.
She said her husband seemed pretty intoxicated when she woke him, so she didn't bother telling him about Mashburn's naked stroll around the apartment then.
She couldn’t fall asleep, so she said she went out to the living room to watch television. After sitting on the couch for a bit, she described how Mashburn busted out of the kid’s room, naked, and waltzed into the kitchen and chugged a beer.
She said, through sobs, that he came and sat beside her and eventually held her down by her neck and wrists and sexually assaulted her. She said she pulled one of his ear gages out in the midst of the incident so she could have some sort of proof that he was there.
The woman detailed how Mashburn was, at one moment, rough and aggressive with her, but at another moment kissing her face, seemingly trying to romanticize the juncture.
“I don’t know why someone would try to romanticize that, but that’s almost what it felt like,” she said.”
She said she noticed how his demeanor often quickly shifted from giggly to demonic, and likened his behavior to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
She described to jurors how she tried to call out for her husband, but Mashburn covered her mouth and told her “don’t say a (expletive) word.”
She said, after the assault, she went back into her room and went to sleep because she didn’t want to cause any problems. She said she didn’t know how to tell her husband until later the next day, when she sent him a text message while he was at work.
“I shouldn’t have cared,” she added. “I let you stay in my (expletive) house after you raped me,” she said through tears.
Mashburn’s attorney Lonnie Randolph opened his questioning of the woman with a focus on her alcohol usage.
He highlighted, in particular, how when she went to get her sexual assault examination on June 15, her blood alcohol content was .21, nearly double the legal limit.
The woman admitted that she drank as a coping mechanism after the assault, but noted that she has been sober for nearly a year and a half.
Randolph also discussed how when she got her sexual assault kit done at the hospital, she asked the nurse not to photograph her genitals.
"I felt like I was invaded enough," she said during the prosecutor's re-cross examination.
Randolph also focused on how the woman handled Mashburn waltzing around her house naked and asked: could you have gotten up and left your apartment if you wanted to? Could you have made Mashburn sleep in his car? Could you have called 911?
The woman said yes, but in that moment she didn’t know what to do – so she just froze.
“You’ve seen T.V., no one believes the woman these days,” she said.
Trial proceedings are set to continue on Thursday in Judge Salvador Vasquez’s courtroom.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 22
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305148
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Vega III
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305181
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jordan Picotte
Age : 29
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305144
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rakeem Pippins
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305141
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victor Odgen
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305151
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Moses
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305154
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Thomas Murray
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305164
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kurt Gonzalez II
Age : 32
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305146
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Green
Age : 41
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305160
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Hollis
Age : 67
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305169
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Johnny Jones
Age : 50
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305170
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
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Kenny Flagg Jr.
Age : 19
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305179
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Howard Geib Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305165
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Keith Cales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305153
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Dillman
Age : 26
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305175
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Allison
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305142
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavonya Banks
Age : 44
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305163
Arrest Date: May 31, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jacob Pritt
Age : 35
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305296
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HEALTH- POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Pritt
Age : 40
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305295
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Danny Serrano Jr.
Age : 40
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305282
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Valdez
Age : 46
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305319
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mary Powers
Age : 36
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305289
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Bryan Oparka
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305308
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vishad Patel
Age : 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305305
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latrice McNeil
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305301
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edwin Negron
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305285
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Oscar Martinez Ocampo
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305290
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devonte Gipson
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305283
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryne Manns
Age : 34
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305287
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edgar Martinez
Age : 33
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305315
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Martin Cruz Jr.
Age : 53
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305304
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bianca Dominguez
Age : 33
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305311
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Combs Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305297
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cachun Combs Jr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305288
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dameka Ali
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305299
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Alms
Age : 28
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305316
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesse Argandona
Age : 21
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305314
Arrest Date: June 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Vaughn
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305221
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Allan Triplett
Age : 34
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305217
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Roper
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305193
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCS
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Louwon Scott
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305218
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305228
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY; BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delvin Perkins
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305223
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Pettis
Age : 28
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305211
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Midkiff
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305190
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Lanman
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305196
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christopher Hedges
Age : 44
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305197
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Misti Harbison
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305188
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kenneth Babiarz
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305201
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Munster Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shawntina Beatty
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305191
Arrest Date: June 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Timothy Brown
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305214
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcos Gutierrez
Age : 39
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305219
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shannon Alelunas
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305225
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305271
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keorra Wilson
Age : 24
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305270
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jesus Salas Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305235
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Clarence Sistrunk
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305257
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Vinet Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305249
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: FAIL TO COMPLY A FINAL ORDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sadat Wade
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305261
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lavell Nylon
Age : 19
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305231
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Whiting Police Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Pitts
Age : 48
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305245
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Moore
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305259
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FALSE REPORTING - REPORT, CRIME, OR COMPLAINT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asia Munford-Winters
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305266
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Lowe Jr.
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305274
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Malkowski
Age : 37
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305233
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305267
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carlos Larrea
Age : 25
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305263
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jessica Hegwood
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305272
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerome Kusbel
Age : 68
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305269
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Llewain Hardin
Age : 41
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305265
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Keith Gardenhire
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305246
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yancey Gray
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305247
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lorenzo Crooks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305277
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marko Duric
Age : 36
Residence: Park Ridge, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305281
Arrest Date: June 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304984
Arrest Date: May 26, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Cramer
Age : 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305264
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brayan Benavides Acevedo
Age : 22
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305258
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Erica Brooks
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305232
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Castaneda Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305239
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cordaryl Bell
Age : 35
Residence: Sauk Village, IL
Booking Number(s): 2305250
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Barnes
Age : 75
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2305237
Arrest Date: June 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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The Porter County Museum, also known as PoCo Muse, has expanded its hours of operation for the summer months.
The museum at 20 Indiana Ave. on the southeast corner of the courthouse square in downtown Valparaiso will now extend its hours on Thursdays by closing at 7 p.m. instead of 4 p.m.
“We’re pleased to offer extended hours this summer to make it even more convenient for the public to see our museum. If you’re downtown shopping, dining, or attending a festival or concert, why not add a visit to PoCo Muse to your outing,” said Executive Director Kevin Pazour.
PoCo Muse tells the stories of Porter County through art from local artists and a number of artifacts, such as photographs, furniture, letters and vintage postcards from yesteryear.
The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day since Monday. Admission is always free.
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“We currently have three terrific exhibits on view. In the Eunice Slagle Gallery is Connections, which tells a comprehensive story of the county and its people by displaying disparate artifacts that may seem unrelated at first, but, upon closer consideration, have definite connections. The Montague/Urschel Gallery features Ever Yours: Postcards From the Golden Age, and the Robert Cain Gallery has a selection of works by Porter County artists,” Pazour said.
For more information, visit pocomuse.org or find @pocomuse on social media.
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
"Every day, highly skilled cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, electrophysiologic and cardiac support staff walk through our doors and use their expertise to treat patients who put their trust in us."
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Major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital 'a victory for East Chicago'
EAST CHICAGO — A major investment in life-saving cardiac care at St. Catherine Hospital is being hailed as a victory for East Chicago.
The long-standing hospital in the Indiana Harbor neighborhood landed a $1.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration to improve health care access for people who are medically vulnerable or underinsured.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan helped line up the money and helped announce the investment.
"Today is a victory for the residents of East Chicago because it's access to health care," he said. "I was born at St. Catherine Hospital. My grandparents were taken here. My mom and dad were cared for here. My sister was a candy striper here and went on to become a nurse practitioner for Northwestern. This was and still is an anchor for the community."
East Chicago leaders were concerned about the hospital's future after Franciscan Health decided to close the similarly aged former St. Margaret Hospital in neighboring Hammond, Northwest Indiana's most populous city.
"They wanted to make sure the safety-net hospital continued," he said. "What today is about is assuring the city of East Chicago and every resident that St. Catherine is thriving and investing in new technology that gives them access to care equal to anywhere around the world. This is an investment in East Chicago itself, and it allows the residents to understand they have access to quality care here in the city."
When Mrvan was North Township trustee, he often heard complaints from residents that they didn't have access to care.
"This is a safety-net hospital. That means it takes care of the most vulnerable populations," he said. "This technology is the gold standard for Northwest Indiana. It's the same technology you would have in the city of Chicago, but it's right here in East Chicago. The hospital is working to provide world-class health care. As a congressman, I will listen to your concerns and try to provide access to health care, the best technology and the best for East Chicago."
St. Catherine CEO Leo Correa said the hospital continues to provide advanced technology to East Chicago and surrounding communities.
"St. Catherine Hospital is committed to ensuring that our community has state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home," Correa said. "It's a well-known fact that in the 1960s, St. Catherine Hospital became the choice facility in the Chicagoland area for the treatment of heart disease, performing the first open-heart surgery in Northwest Indiana. And today, we continue to invest in cardiac care and treating heart disease."
The hospital will install an Azurion 7 C20 Catalyst table, an image-guided therapy system that provides high-quality images with low doses of X-rays. Philips Healthcare is installing the new technology in its cath lab, which is undergoing a multiphase modernization project.
It will allow for precision diagnosis and treatment for patients. The new technology can capture uncommon angiography views, provide real-time 3-D impressions for complex vascular interventions and better visualize stent and balloon placement in coronary arteries.
"Our patients and clinicians benefit from the fast procedure times, reduced radiation exposure and superior image quality of this new technology," said Mary Miller, director of Cardiovascular Services.
St. Catherine Hospital has long placed an emphasis on cardiac care while serving the community for nearly a century, Correa said.
"During that time, we built a reputation for providing unparalleled cardiac care," he said. "That did not happen by chance. That's the result of an intentional investment in top health care providers and resources.
"We have fortified a culture of excellence in cardiac care by continuing to invest in skilled specialists and technologies to diagnose and treat heart disease. St. Catherine, along with our fellow hospitals in Community Healthcare System, Community Hospital in Munster and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, operates one of the largest and most advanced cardiovascular programs in Northwest Indiana. Our hospitals are certified chest-pain centers that are fully accredited by the Joint Commission or the American College of Cardiology.
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TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma police are investigating a series of Pride flag thefts as hate crimes and said they may be part of a national trend.
During the month of June, Pride Month, a time to recognize LGBTQ+ rights, police have received nine reports of Pride flags being stolen from homes in North Tacoma.
Eight of those reports came in over the past weekend.
If police arrest someone, they could face malicious harassment charges, a hate crime, said department spokesperson Officer Shelbie Boyd.
”They're damaging the property when they go up there and they remove the Pride flag, and you know what it stands for,” said Boyd, “We're definitely going to take it on as a crime of hate.”
Boyd said detectives found online challenges on social media websites encouraging people to "capture the Pride flag" across the country.
Josh Hargrave was one of the homeowners victimized over the past weekend.
"I feel like that has a way of indoctrinating younger people into it, being a like a fun challenge," said Hargrave.
He and his husband recently moved to Tacoma. They did not think hanging up a Pride flag would be a concern.
“What's the point?” asked Hargrave. “I just don’t understand the point of being hateful.”
The couple has plans to replace it, but won't be hanging it up until they get a security camera in place.
Boyd said it is likely there have been other cases of flags being stolen in Tacoma.
She said the more people who file reports, and the more evidence gathered, the more likely an arrest will be made. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-pride-flag-thefts/281-8d9aae75-1d80-4e0c-8f3a-bdfb0aa38e83 | 2023-06-15T02:10:04 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-pride-flag-thefts/281-8d9aae75-1d80-4e0c-8f3a-bdfb0aa38e83 |
PHOENIX — An Arizona woman has accused former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, alleging in a lawsuit updated this week that he held a knife at her throat and choked her until she passed out during a rape that left her pregnant in late 2020.
Bauer was never arrested or charged and he has countersued, denying the allegations and accusing the woman of faking a pregnancy and trying to extort money from him.
“Trevor Bauer categorically denies this woman’s unhinged allegations,” the player’s co-agents, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, said in a statement Wednesday.
They said she had made several million-dollar demands against Bauer over two years, prompting him to file a criminal complaint against her.
Scottsdale Police Officer Aaron Bolin confirmed Wednesday that Bauer filed a criminal complaint on Jan. 24 alleging the woman was trying to extort him, but detectives did not recommend charges to Maricopa County prosecutors. Bolin said there were also no charges recommended after the woman filed a complaint against Bauer on Dec. 20, alleging a sexual assault two years before.
The woman's accusations are laid out in a civil suit updated this week in Maricopa County Superior Court. She first sued the former Cy Young Award winner in December, and Bauer countersued in April.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they have been victims of sexual assault. The woman’s attorney did not immediately respond Wednesday to a voicemail seeking additional comment.
In his countersuit, Bauer said he had one consensual sexual encounter with the woman in 2020. He said the woman later said she was pregnant and demanded $1.6 million to end the pregnancy.
Bauer said he refused to pay that amount, but told the woman he would support her decision concerning the pregnancy and pay any medical costs, as well as child support. His said in his lawsuit that he ultimately paid $8,761 for the expenses related to the woman's reported pregnancy and its subsequent termination.
The woman said in an updated complaint filed Tuesday that she ultimately decided not to terminate the pregnancy, but had a miscarriage.
Bauer was suspended by Major League Baseball after a woman he met in San Diego alleged that he had beaten and sexually abused her in 2021. He denied the charges and said that anything that happened between them was consensual. Bauer was not arrested or charged.
After Bauer's suspension ended, the Los Angeles Dodgers cut him and no team picked him up. He now plays in Japan.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Local veterinarians are reporting a spike in respiratory illness cases, specifically canine influenza.
Hounds Lounge Pet Resort & Spa is taking extra precautions to stop the spread such as ramping up cleaning efforts and denying new clients.
“The reality of it is that some other facilities may have shut down. And we don't want those hoppers that are coming from other facilities to come in here and be contagious to our furry guests” said Mandy Marshall, owner of Hounds Lounge Pet Resort & Spa.
Marshall said communicating with clients as well as local veterinarians is key.
Dr. Sandy Jernigan with Hancock Veterinary Services of Springdale said the common signs of illness in dogs include cough, sneezing, runny nose, and drainage.
“But they should still be eating, drinking. They should not be lethargic; they may sometimes run a fever... If you're noticing signs that are getting worse, just make sure and get to your vet," said Dr. Jernigan.
The infection can spread from dog to dog through close contact at grooming facilities, boarding, and dog parks. Canine flu season tends to be the opposite of Human flu season.
“We start going on vacation in the summer so we start boarding our dogs and it also gets really hot so they start going to grooming facilities. It’s not that these places are doing anything negative, they just have a large population in a small area” said Dr. Jernigan.
Dr. Jernigan recommended getting your dog vaccinated for influenza, however, there is a shortage of that vaccine.
“We’ve been out of that vaccine since February and haven't been able to get our hands on any,” said Jernigan. "A lot of dogs that would usually be protected don't have access to that vaccine at the moment"
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EMMETT, Idaho — A couple dozen locals filled Roy A. Bowman Family Memorial Park in honor of the Emmett Police Honor Guard's Flag Day ceremony to retire and replace the city's American flag.
Emmett Police passed off the old flag - donning tattered seams and a damaged corner worn by weather and time - to the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Sons of the American Revolution provided the city with a new Old Glory to fly above the park.
"It goes back to respect for our country, respect for our flag, respect for our elders. And then, hopefully, the younger generation will see the respect we have and continue on," Emmett Police Team Leader Brent Leatherman said.
The ceremony was the Emmett Police Honor Guard's first event, according to Leatherman. President Woodrow Wilson officially established Flag Day as a national holiday in 1916 to honor and respect the history and symbolism of the American flag.
Emmett residents felt a variety of feelings under the banner of the city's new stars and stripes.
"Yeah, well if I [look at it] too long, I almost come to tears. It's just the meaning of it. It just sinks in after - after you realize it," Ray Willis said. "Kind of cliché, you know, the meaning of the freedom, the opportunities and being a veteran, it's still there."
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BOISE, Idaho — Summer is here and many are excited to float the Boise River, but when exactly can people expect to enjoy the float season?
Normally, the season starts around mid-June to early July, but due to the dangerous conditions of the river Boise officials said the official open is still a while away.
Back in April, the flow rate of the Boise River was at 6,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly four times what's considered safe for river floating.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the flow rate has decreased significantly, but not enough to allow the Boise Fire Department to clear the river of hazards that have been there since last float season.
The Boise Parks and Recreation department says it will take some time before they feel comfortable making an official announcement.
"We know there's a huge desire to start this really popular summertime activity in Boise," Bonnie Shelton, Communications Manager for Boise Parks and Recreation said. "Once some of these different steps fall into place. We'll have everything ready to go at Harbor Park and in Morrison Park to make that official float season announcement and get people on the river."
Officials want to remind everyone that it is still very dangerous to swim or play in the river. There are signs posted all along the river about the dangerous conditions.
Boise Parks and Recreation mentioned they have partnered with Ada County Parks and Waterways to launch floattheboise.org where they will have updates on the official opening date.
There will also be other information like safety tips for when float season is underway.
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BOISE, Idaho — Valley Regional Transit (VRT) announced its Executive Board is pushing back the timeline on implementing its bus network update because so many community members have given feedback.
"We're taking more time to listen and craft a network redesign proposal that moves toward more frequent buses while best reflecting our community's needs," VRT's Chief Executive Officer, Elaine Clegg said. "We've heard from residents across the Treasure Valley about the value of public transportation and the role it plays in their daily lives, and we've had discussions with our funding partners on how critical our services are for the communities they serve."
The extended timeline for the implementation is also due to a need to find "adequate funding to sustain current levels of service through this year." The changes to routes are planned to be in place by the summer of 2024.
According to VRT, during the comment period in May, it received 570 comments from individuals and over 380 survey responses. VRT does not have taxing authority, instead it makes plans for services and expansions based on contributions from universities, counties and cities in the area.
"Our goal is to move toward a higher-frequency network while also providing service where and when it is most needed. We are exploring alternatives to intercounty options, the proposed Central Bench and Southeast Boise changes, and solutions to serve high ridership on routes that may not have strong all-day demand, such as Boise's North End," Clegg said.
VRT's Executive Board has set upcoming meetings/general schedules as follows:
June/July: VRT Board of Directors finalizes budgets and reviews feedback to develop the final service plan proposal based on existing hours.
August/September: VRT Board of Directors introduces the final network proposal on August 7 at the Board of Directors meeting and another public comment period opens. Public hearings on the final proposal will be held in September.
October: The VRT Executive Board and Board of Directors meet on October 2 to review proposed changes and public comments – and consider the final proposal.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — A line of severe storms that’s been hammering the deep south Wednesday is swinging toward the Florida panhandle this evening, Channel 9 Certified Chief Meteorologist Tom Terry said.
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A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Flagler County until 1 a.m., Terry said. A tornado watch is in effect for the Tallahassee area until 11 p.m., Terry said.
Wind gusts in Jacksonville already reached 59 MPH before 10:30 p.m., Terry said.
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This line is expected to weaken overnight, but models depict some heavy storms moving into the northern part of the region after midnight to 1 a.m. and moving steadily south toward metro Orlando before daybreak, Terry said.
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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a 19-year-old man who was stabbed during a suspected drug deal Tuesday night outside a Pinellas Park bank, the Pinellas Park Police Department said in an updated news release.
The teen was arrested Wednesday afternoon and is charged with aggravated battery.
The stabbing happened around 9 p.m. in the parking lot of the Wells Fargo on US Highway 19 North.
Police say the man suffered life-threatening injuries and remains at a local hospital. No further details will be released while the investigation is ongoing. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/pinellas-park-wells-fargo-stabbing/67-2d61a0d7-283b-4942-82ae-51a04d5b91d5 | 2023-06-15T02:31:32 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/pinellas-park-wells-fargo-stabbing/67-2d61a0d7-283b-4942-82ae-51a04d5b91d5 |
HAMMOND — A federal judge sentenced a Gary man to prison Wednesday for illegally possessing a shotgun during a 2022 domestic dispute.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon imposed a 92-month sentence on 33-year-old Michael Davis.
Davis pleaded guilty last month to being a previously convicted felon in possession of a 12-gauge Rock Island Armory VRBP-100 semi-automatic shotgun Feb. 22, 2022.
Davis gave up his constitutional right to make the government prove its case against him in return for a more lenient sentence than the 10 year maximum he might have faced if he had been found guilty during a jury trial.
Defense attorney Gregory Mitchell has argued Davis deserved a more lenient sentence because has grew up with little guidance and has had bipolar disorder, a mental illness that causes mood swings and impulsive behavior, since age 12.
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A federal grand jury indicted Davis in March 2022 after Gary police arrested him following his girlfriend’s calls to 911 for police protection from Davis.
The two had one child together and the woman was pregnant with their second child at the time they were breaking up.
Officers had been at her home hours earlier when Davis attempted to kick open her front door. Davis left when confronted by police, but then returned and allegedly threatened to kill her and her unborn child.
Police were rushing back to the woman’s home in the 700 block of Delaware in Gary’s Emerson neighborhood when the victim, driving in her own car, flagged down officers and said Davis was following her.
Officers stopped Davis, searched his truck, and found the shotgun lying on the floor of the rear seat compartment.
Davis told police he had purchased the firearm only a week earlier off the street for $800 to protect his girlfriend.
Davis has prior convictions in Michigan for armed robbery, trespassing, lying, vandalism, and trespassing.
He moved to Indiana where he was convicted in 2018 of unlawful possession of a firearm. He had finished serving his prison term in 2021 and was on probation when arrested last year for the current offense.
His previous convictions made it illegally for him to own any firearm afterwards. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/gary-man-imprisoned-over-firearms-violation/article_1212a8ec-0ae2-11ee-9b8d-ebdb68d3fd23.html | 2023-06-15T02:35:42 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/gary-man-imprisoned-over-firearms-violation/article_1212a8ec-0ae2-11ee-9b8d-ebdb68d3fd23.html |
Family Service Lincoln wants to build a neighborhood center, 10 row-style duplexes and triplexes, a community garden and green space on a nearly vacant lot at 52nd and Holdrege streets, a proposal that encountered significant opposition from neighbors.
Despite that opposition the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved what’s known as 51 Commons, a community project proposed by Family Service Lincoln.
The nonprofit, which provides youth, housing and family support services, will run the neighborhood center, work with Community Crops to oversee the community garden and lease the row-style housing. The housing will be affordable units aimed at families and will accept Section 8 housing.
Several residents who live in the neighborhood raised concerns about flooding, parking and increased traffic, and said more residents than those at the meeting oppose the project.
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“My concern is mainly the water,” said Craig Hollers, who also said he’s worried the new homes will add pressure to the already-limited street parking. “My dad had the basement completely remodeled and I don’t want to see it flooded. ... Right now I don’t know how they can say the stormwater (sewer) is going to handle what’s here.”
Several Planning Commission members said they understood neighborhood concerns, but believe the project will provide much-needed services to the neighborhood.
“I know this has been pretty much vacant land for quite a while,” said Planning Commission member Tracy Corr. “You have a vested interest in it. ... When you see change it is scary, it’s hard. But I think this will be a positive change for the neighborhood.”
The Planning Commission’s approval of the special permit for what’s known as a community unit plan northwest of the 52nd and Holdrege intersection is final unless it is appealed to the City Council.
Accompanying changes to an ordinance dealing with neighborhood support services — needed for this project but that city officials would like to apply to such situations citywide — need City Council approval.
The changes would remove the requirements that such neighborhood support services be located near a park, school or church and in an existing building.
City Planner Steve Henrichsen said similar issues have arisen with other social service agencies that want to be a part of the neighborhoods they serve but have found those requirements create unnecessary barriers. The requests for neighborhood support services would still need Planning Commission approval.
Two Planning Commission members said they had concerns about the ordinance changes, but ultimately voted to recommend them. Corr said she didn’t think there’d been sufficient discussion with other neighborhood groups, and Gloria Eddins said she worried that removing those steps would mean certain core neighborhoods could see a proliferation of such services.
The land is in the floodplain and is one of the first projects in the city’s core neighborhoods that will need to comply with controversial new floodplain regulations passed in March.
Those regulations will mean the duplexes and triplexes will need to be raised an extra foot — so two feet instead of one — above the base floodplain elevation. Given the floodplain levels in that area, the duplexes and triplexes will have to be raised a total of 5 to 6 feet.
The residences will face 51st Street and the support center — which will include a gym, classroom, a maker space and office space — will be on the corner of 52nd and Holdrege streets. There will be surface parking on the lot for the community center patrons and apartment residents.
The center will be used to provide hands-on and STEAM activities and care for school-aged children on holidays and in the summer, said Family Service Executive Director Dennis Hoffman. He said he expects to serve about 50 families. Family Service operates after-school programs in several schools. The center also will be open to the neighborhood as a meeting space and as a community center.
The apartment residents can use the green space and community gardens and the gardens also would be available for neighborhood residents.
City Councilman James Michael Bowers, who represents northeast Lincoln, said as a social worker he hears two recurring themes: there are limited opportunities for children and a lack of resources in northeast Lincoln, which is often neglected by the city.
This project, he said, would address both of those issues, revitalize the neighborhood and instill a sense of pride and unity.
He said having Family Service — a longtime and well-respected nonprofit — managing the project will benefit the neighborhood because it will be much more responsive than an out-of-town developer.
“I firmly believe Family Service will be an exceptional neighbor,” Bowers said.
Planners noted that zoning would allow any developer to build 10 dwelling units on the property, though residents who spoke up repeatedly said they worried those additional homes would add to existing flooding issues in the neighborhood and sanitary sewer problems.
Michael Middendorf, an engineer with Lincoln Transportation and Utilities watershed division, said the storm sewer has the capacity to handle the additional runoff.
The project includes adding a basin on the lot that will briefly hold water and divert it through an underground pipe to a 52nd Street stormwater sewer, which is larger than the one on 51st Street, Henrichsen said. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/family-service-planning-affordable-housing-community-center-and-gardens-in-northeast-lincoln/article_889a5062-0b0c-11ee-a7c7-43bbe0c42e3a.html | 2023-06-15T02:36:04 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/family-service-planning-affordable-housing-community-center-and-gardens-in-northeast-lincoln/article_889a5062-0b0c-11ee-a7c7-43bbe0c42e3a.html |
LOS ANGELES — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants.
The news was revealed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Twitter.
"Texas' small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico because of President Biden's refusal to secure the border," said Governor Abbott in a statement. "Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city status. Our border communities are on the frontlines of President Biden's border crisis, and Texas will continue providing this much-needed relief until he steps up to do his job and secure the border."
Officials said the migrants were dropped of at L.A. Union Station Wednesday evening.
Forty-two people, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station around 4 p.m. and were being cared for by city agencies and charitable organizations, Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León’s office said. Their country of origin wasn't immediately known.
Mayor Karen Bass said she had instructed city departments to prepare to accept migrants from out of state, after GOP governors began sending asylum-seekers to Democratic states in recent months.
“This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us," Bass said in a statement. “Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives."
The move from Texas comes after Florida revealed its role in transporting two planes of migrants from the southern border to Sacramento earlier this month.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a statement last Wednesday on why his administration made that decision.
"The reality is, I think the border should be closed. I don't think we should have any of this. But if there's a policy to have an open border, then I think the sanctuary jurisdiction should be the ones who have to bear that. We're not a sanctuary in Florida, and yes, we know people want to come. So the more we can divert before we even get there is good for our state," said DeSantis.
The migrants in Los Angeles were receiving help at St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church near downtown. The Los Angeles Fire Department said shortly after 5 p.m. that it received a “medical need” request for a number of people at the church. Those people’s medical condition was not immediately known.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/migrants-california-texas/103-ae77a4e1-59fc-4a45-bace-e829e1843c85 | 2023-06-15T02:39:10 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/migrants-california-texas/103-ae77a4e1-59fc-4a45-bace-e829e1843c85 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — School districts across California have experienced substantial decreases in enrollment since the 2019-2020 school year due to a variety of factors related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and families.
The state's average enrollment decline was 5% and the largest districts in the Sacramento region are seeing a similar trend.
Newly released data from the California Department of Education reveals a pattern of decreasing annual student enrollment in Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), among other large districts, since the start of the pandemic.
Among the five largest school districts in the region, Stockton and Sacramento City Unified saw the largest rate of decline above the statewide average.
"This school district, along with school districts across the nation, felt that impact of losing students because of COVID," said Melinda Meza, director of communications for Stockton Unified. "Some students are not coming back, some students have had barriers to prevent them from coming back, and so we definitely saw it here."
Stockton Unified lost nearly 3,500 students over the last three school years. Meza says the district and many others made unrelenting efforts to get them back into the classroom.
"Our truancy outreach specialists visited more than 5,000 homes in the last six months going door-to-door to find out what the barriers were that was preventing them from coming back," said Meza. "Some of it was economic, some had food insecurity, some had transportation issues."
The pandemic's disruption and subsequent transition to remote learning left a lasting impact on students' home lives, as well as the trajectory of their education.
A 2021 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed the number of families experiencing food insecurity nationwide nearly doubled in the first year of the pandemic. It's a growing barrier school-aged children in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions, such as the Stockton district, are facing.
While districts like Stockton Unified continue efforts to get students back into the classroom, Sacramento City Unified — which has the highest rate of enrollment decline among these districts at 8.1% — has made its own efforts to combat the trend.
"To maximize enrollment within our attendance area, SCUSD has launched a new online resource called SchoolMint SchoolFinder," said SCUSD Communications Manager Al Goldberg in a statement. "This online resource will help families discover more information about Sac City Unified schools including Advanced Placement classes, academic supports, career pathways programs, student clubs, athletics, and parent involvement opportunities."
The Institute of Educational Sciences also says mental health impacts kept students from returning and/or learning efficiently.
The 2022 study revealed 87% of schools in the U.S. reported overwhelmingly negative effects on students' socio-emotional and behavioral development by the second school year into the pandemic.
An analysis by The Associated Press, Stanford University’s Big Local News project and Stanford education professor Thomas Dee found an increase in homeschool enrollment and population loss only accounted for about 26% of declining public school enrollment. About a third of other potential factors remain unexplained while nearly 230,000 students nationwide remain unaccounted for.
California accounted for more than 150,000 students of the 700,000 lost by public schools nationwide in the first two years of the pandemic.
Additionally, the California Department of Finance projects enrollment in Sacramento County schools will continually decrease by an estimated 6.4% over the next decade, while districts in San Joaquin County are projected to undergo an increase of 4.4%.
"Like many local districts, Sacramento City Unified has been preparing for a period of regional and statewide declining enrollment as projected by the California Department of Finance and California Department of Education," said Goldberg. "Currently, we are tracking bills in the State Legislature on how to best fund schools through this trend over the next several years."
Other districts did not respond to our request for comment but they, as well as the state, are also looking for solutions. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento-school-districts-enrollment-decline/103-4f041c89-04bb-41ca-bbe8-67096417308d | 2023-06-15T02:39:16 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento-school-districts-enrollment-decline/103-4f041c89-04bb-41ca-bbe8-67096417308d |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A person was injured following an officer-involved shooting in Melbourne on Wednesday evening, according to the Palm Bay Police Department.
In a release, police said the shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. in Melbourne — just north of the Palm Bay city limits — at the intersection of Canal Street and Hopkins Street.
The release shows that officers were trying to take a suspect into custody on an outstanding warrant. However, the suspect took out a firearm while fleeing from the officers, prompting officers to “use lethal force,” the department stated.
No officers were injured during the shooting, and the suspect was taken to a nearby hospital and remains in stable condition, according to police.
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Per procedure, the involved officers were placed on paid administrative leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the shooting.
No additional information is available at this time.
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DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Dauphin County police are searching for a missing 13-year-old last seen on June 11.
The Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police are requesting the public's assistance to locate Asif Adhikari, 13, who left his home on June 11 and has not returned.
Adhikari is approximately 5 feet tall and weighs 115 pounds.
Anyone with information on his location has been asked to contact the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police at 717-558-6900 or submit a tip through CRIMEWATCH here, the reference incident number is LP-23-013787. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/dauphin-county-police-searching-missing-13-year-old/521-1ecaef32-9f37-4d25-ae36-4766489f5596 | 2023-06-15T03:08:08 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/dauphin-county-police-searching-missing-13-year-old/521-1ecaef32-9f37-4d25-ae36-4766489f5596 |
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — A project that has been months in the making is now ready to be enjoyed. Following a craze in downsizing and living more eco-friendly, tiny homes have become more popular, especially across Pennsylvania.
“These tiny homes are so hot right now, everybody wants to stay in them,” said Shannon Snyder, property manager of Hershey Campground & Resort.
“I think the draw for folks renting this tiny home here is that it is a unique, differentiated experience,” added Chris Brown, director of design for Hershey Entertainment.
But what makes the tiny home stand out amongst traditional cabins or yurts?
“Very simple; handcrafted by students at Milton Hershey School,” Brown answered.
The project was part of a cooperation between the campground and the school, allowing students to learn real-world skills by building the home from the ground up. The program is partially completed, but progress will resume when students return to campus in the fall.
The interior of the home is unique, incorporating space conservation while still offering modern amenities, such as a television and a stovetop.
“We don’t have anything even close to what this tiny home is like, it is so cozy and so unique. You have the lofts, a small bathroom that has a shower stall, toilet and sink in it, it has a micro kitchen,” Snyder said.
“The fit and finish on the inside of this tiny home is different than our cabins here,” Brown added.
In terms of price, the tiny home is about the same as a cabin. However, the price does not depend on how many guests wish to reserve the space.
“Prices will be comparable, but they will vary throughout the summer, depending on the season, how long guests are looking to stay,” Snyder said.
A second tiny home will be available to rent next year, once completed by students. If the homes are profitable, resort staff say more homes could be commissioned by students in the future. Though similar building projects involving Milton Hershey students are already in active development according to Brown.
“Part of the uniqueness of this program and the career and technical education pathway is it is a long-term sustainable career pathway,” Brown said. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/hershey-tinyhome-sustainable-camping-outdoors-rental/521-fb13d815-00b1-4d72-a9a7-d98941284919 | 2023-06-15T03:08:15 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/hershey-tinyhome-sustainable-camping-outdoors-rental/521-fb13d815-00b1-4d72-a9a7-d98941284919 |
NEW SALEM, Pa. — A roundabout could soon come to New Salem, York County in order to ease traffic along the intersection of Route 616 and George Street. According to PennDOT, around 8,000 cars pass through the intersection every day.
However, some people believe the roundabout would be an unwelcome change.
“To destroy an entire town, I don’t see how it’s worth it," said James Ness.
Ness is the owner of Zaza’s Antique Emporium, which sits on the corner of Route 616 and George Street. He says he spent years renovating the Prohibition-era building to showcase the history of New Salem, with his one-of-a-kind antiques and ice cream parlor.
Ness is concerned his building would be in jeopardy and his hard work would be erased if a roundabout were installed.
“It’s not just a building, it’s not just a business, it’s a hub for old souls," said Ness. "It sucks to see it possibly get mowed down.”
Ness is worried that Jim and Nena’s Pizzeria across the street could also be a potential target for demolition. He said the business was owned by his grandfather and parents.
“I grew up there and I worked there as a kid," said Ness. "All the skills I acquired as an adult came from working at that pizza shop.”
A spokesman with PennDOT said a study is being conducted to examine the best solutions to ease traffic at the busy intersection. Officials are looking at either a roundabout or a signalized intersection upgrade.
Ness believes PennDOT should find alternative ways to deal with the traffic concerns, in order to keep New Salem businesses open.
“We have a community here and it would be a shame to see it all gone," said Ness.
PennDOT says a decision on the roundabout could be made as early as this summer. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/penndot-weighs-whether-to-install-roundabout-in-new-salem-traffic-construction-cars-york-county/521-1662ffb8-269c-4112-a0f2-f69908ec6bb4 | 2023-06-15T03:08:21 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/penndot-weighs-whether-to-install-roundabout-in-new-salem-traffic-construction-cars-york-county/521-1662ffb8-269c-4112-a0f2-f69908ec6bb4 |
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