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What species are in Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve? Bioblitz uncovers some answers
More than 70 people — scientists and citizen scientists — traveled to a swampy, bottomland area in northern Monroe County on June 4 to document what they saw, heard and were able to collect at Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve.
Known as a bioblitz, the gathering was a first for the Sycamore Land Trust property.
As the group gathered near a platform overlooking the Beanblossom Creek, Chris Fox, Sycamore Land Trust land stewardship director, gave instructions and talked about the importance of knowing what animals and plants the preserve contains.
Zig zag iris documented in Beanblossom Bottoms
While Fox has trudged through the swamps and built portions of the boardwalk that loops through part of the 773-acre preserve, he doesn't know every species residing in the preserve.
"The more I learn, the more I learn what I don't know," he told the crowd, adding that included the flora and fauna at Beanblossom Bottoms. What he requested: "I need a new species out of this."
While laughter was the response, the participants did find a new species: the zig zag iris, which previously hadn't been documented at the preserve.
The exact number of species is still to be determined since some samples are being examined in labs. Even so, Sycamore Land Trust officials know the plant team saw almost 300 species and the bird group recorded more than 50. The team looking for amphibians and reptiles found about 20, and the insect team is expected to have "some big numbers," according to Kate Hammel, communications and membership director for the land trust.
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"The insect group took specimens back with them and are analyzing them over the next few months, so we won't know numbers of insects for quite a while yet," Hammel said.
The bioblitz was co-sponsored by the Indiana Academy of Science, which has conducted similar day-long blitzes at other Hoosier properties to get a snapshot of what's there. It can take up to a year to compile the data and release the results.
An eventful day in the Beanblossom Bottom wetlands
Scientists and people knowledgeable about everything from spiders to trees traveled from Illinois and Indiana to participate. Most had never been to the preserve before. Some came with binoculars, spotting scopes, field guides, nets and vials, all ready to spend a day finding and identifying as many species as possible.
Jim Eagleman, a retired state naturalist who spearheaded bioblitzes in Brown County State Park, was one of the participants. Eagleman now serves on the land trust board.
"We could never accumulate this much data on our own," he explained, adding that information "proves the value of the place to know what's here."
Sycamore Land Trust Education Director Mary Weltz was part of one of the plant teams. She said the 13 taxonomic teams were broken into smaller groups to cover more area. Also the plant teams prioritized land that hadn't been used for farming in hopes of finding more diverse plant species.
While most participants were at the preserve for just one day, some people set out traps — for insects, reptiles and amphibians and small mammals — and others set up listening devices overnight to capture the sounds of bats and frogs and the songs of nocturnal birds like owls.
April Sterling, a volunteer from Fishers, was a member of the bird team. It was her first time visiting Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve and she decided to participate thanks to encouragement from her partner, Bill Murphy. Murphy participated on the insect team.
"It was interesting to visit a swamp, especially one that had such great trails," Sterling said in an email. "One of the coolest things about the bioblitz was being around so many people who have deep knowledge about a variety of topics. I learned a few frog calls from Kamal Islam, the head of the bird team.
"One of the things that surprised me was how few mosquitos there were on the boardwalk," she said. "After I saw how many dragonflies there were, I assumed they were keeping the mosquito population under control."
Brant Fisher, nongame aquatic biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, was part of the team searching for aquatic life including fish and freshwater mussels. For much of the bioblitz, Fisher was wading in Beanblossom Creek.
While the team didn't find any unusual fish, they did find eight species of mussels (Yellow Sandshell, White Heelsplitter, Fragile Papershell, Washboard, Pimpleback, Mapleleaf, Pistolgrip and Deertoe) and shells from a couple more.
"There was a pretty nice mussel bed through one stretch of the creek," Fisher said in an email. "None of these are listed species in Indiana — but still nice to see a decent diversity and abundance of mussels."
Other finds during the blitz included the endangered Kirtland's snake that has a red belly and is most often underground. The snake had been seen on the property before and also on another Sycamore Land Trust property nearby that's part of the Beanblossom Creek Conservation Area.
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"Further study is necessary to better understand how to protect this endangered species," said John Lawrence, executive director of the land trust in a prepared statement. "Finding Kirtland's snakes at Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve and studying them can help us better understand how to manage this preserve to restore habitat to support endangered populations."
When the data is compiled it will be published in the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Sciences and on the academy's website for anyone to see and use.
Indiana Academy of Sciences officials plan to return to the wetland preserve in 10 years to conduct another bioblitz to see what new species they might find and determine how the land trust's conservation efforts have helped the flora and fauna of northern Monroe County.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—The woman who was struck and killed by a car on Tuesday has been identified.
Charleston Police say that the victim is 67-year-old Edra Lou Johnson, of Charleston.
On Tuesday, Charleston PD responded to the 200 block of Lee St. E. near Charleston Town Center. They say that a woman was hit by a car and pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say that the crash is still under investigation and that charges may be pending for the driver of the car. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/woman-struck-killed-by-car-near-town-center-mall-identified/ | 2022-06-29T21:16:21 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/woman-struck-killed-by-car-near-town-center-mall-identified/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) —Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, protests across the nation and at a local level have been organized.
In Tennessee, a trigger law and the ruling of a federal court allowed the state to put into effect a ban on abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. In response, some members of the Tri-Cities community have organized their own protest.
A Bans Off Our Bodies abortion rights protest will start at the corner of the West State of Franklin and University Parkway Saturday at 12 p.m. Organizers say the protest will aim to raise awareness about bodily autonomy and to urge lawmakers not to restrict the practice.
Participants will first meet at the Thomas Stadium parking lot.
Organizer Priscilla Quillin told News Channel 11 that the peaceful rally will allow community members to voice their concerns surrounding the Supreme Court decision.
“July 2 will be one of the many days we as a community will stand and speak to fight for our rights as women and as people,” Quillin said in a written statement. “To remind the Supreme Court that we will not stop until every single one of us shares the right to decide what is best for our bodies.
“I myself will not stop until our children and most importantly our girls can grow up in a world that offers equity, safe resources, available health care and the right to choose their future. Bring your voices and your banners, and let’s take back what’s ours, peacefully.”
Kate Craig, a candidate for the District 3 Senate seat, described the protest as a “patriotic duty to protect…fundamental rights to freedom.”
“The overturning of Roe v. Wade set a dangerous precedent for everyone who needs reproductive health,” Craig said. “Roe v. Wade guaranteed safe abortions. Prior to 1973, women were dying due to back-alley, coat-hanger, home-concoction abortions. This is what will happen again because banning abortions won’t stop abortions. People we know and love will die.”
In Tennessee, the six-week ban on abortions went into effect Tuesday, June 28 — a few days after the highest Court overturned the 1973 ruling. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bans-off-our-bodies-protest-planned-for-johnson-city-saturday/ | 2022-06-29T21:21:22 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bans-off-our-bodies-protest-planned-for-johnson-city-saturday/ |
International shipping and express mail company DHL has expanded operations in Richmond with the opening of a new 39,000-square-foot facility near Richmond International Airport.
The new shipping center is a $7 million investment for the German company, which previously operated a facility off of East Parham Road. The new center, according to DHL, is 87% larger than the previous location.
“By strategically choosing to relocate near the airport and significantly expanding our facility space in Richmond, we are ensuring our customers receive the highest levels of service while investing in our future growth,” said Richard Saavedra, vice president and general manager for DHL Express in the Southeast U.S.
“This expansion will allow us to better serve the greater Richmond market’s international shipping needs with improved delivery times and greater customer service.”
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Richard Montalvo, the station services manager for the new facility, said the additional space will enable the company to process more packages and increase its number of couriers in the area.
He said about 30 DHL employees and subcontractors work at the facility now, but that it can increase to 40 with the additional processing space and vehicle bays.
"We have space here for growth," he said. "We are hiring people right now for the driver and dock positions."
The new center, which opened on June 13, processes about 2,300 to 2,500 packages per day for approximately 1,800 clients daily, Montalvo said.
With its proximity to the airport, workers are able to unload shipments from DHL cargo planes by about 8:30 a.m. and then send them out for delivery before 11 a.m. He said that's about an hour earlier than before, he said.
"We're still getting the hang of a few things, but the couriers love it because it's faster. They can be on the road earlier," he said. "We're now closer and have a more efficient operation serving [customers] on time."
According to a company news release, DHL will soon outfit the facility with electric vehicle chargers to help the company meet its goal of transitioning 60% of its global delivery fleet to electric power.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City Police Chief Karl Turner and the city itself are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit alleging that Turner essentially fired a federal prosecutor last year after she pressed the department to investigate a string of suspected rapes tied to a downtown business owner.
Kateri “Kat” Dahl seeks court and attorney costs and unspecified punitive and compensatory damages for a federal due process violation and for “retaliatory discharge” under a Tennessee law, the Tennessee Public Protection Act. The lawsuit was filed June 23.
Dahl worked as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (SAUSA) with the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) and local district attorney’s office from September 2019 to July 31, 2021 through a partnership with the Eastern District of Tennessee’s U.S. Attorney’s office. Federal attorneys in the program work with law enforcement agencies to help them “bring federal charges in violent, firearm and drug trafficking cases,” according to the suit.
As Dahl was building a weapons and potential drug trafficking case against a suspect known as “Robert Voe,” the suit says, she “gathered substantial evidence” that “Voe” “had not just been dealing drugs, but was credibly accused of raping multiple women…”
The suit uses “Robert Voe” in place of the man’s real name out of “an abundance of caution,” according to a motion Dahl’s attorneys have filed requesting his name be unredacted.
The City of Johnson City declined a News Channel 11 request for a statement, saying they don’t comment on pending litigation.
The suit says “Voe” eventually faced a warrant for weapons charges, but was “tipped off” by police. It says three officers went to his fifth-floor downtown Johnson City condominium on May 5, 2021 — the same one a woman fell from and survived in September 2020 — and asked him through the closed door to come outside, saying they had a warrant for his arrest.
The suit claims “Voe” declined to leave his apartment and has been at large ever since. The plaintiff attorneys, Hugh Eastwood and Alexis Tahinci, have filed a motion requesting an unredacted version of the suit be permitted that includes “Voe’s” real name.
The lawsuit details what it claims were Dahl’s months-long efforts to convince JCPD investigators and Chief Turner to take more seriously the multiple sexual assault allegations against “Voe.” The suit says high-level JCPD staff and investigators neglected to pursue the potential cases due to either “plain incompetence” or “deliberate conspiracy to protect ‘Voe.'”
The suit alleges that Turner’s late June 2021 decision not to renew Dahl’s role “was motivated at least in part by Dahl’s previous protected statements and activity tending to implicate the Johnson City Police Department for corruption or plain incompetence.”
“A compelling reason”: The road from drugs and guns to alleged sex crimes
SAUSA’s duties are generally limited to pursuing drug trafficking, weapons and violent crime cases that are serious enough to warrant federal charges. In a February 2020 Johnson City Commission meeting updating city leaders on the partnership and introducing Dahl, then-City Manager Pete Peterson lauded the program.
“Y’all have been a great help to us and your work in connection with our folks is making a big difference in our community,” Peterson said after then-Eastern District U.S. Attorney Douglas Overbey outlined the program and introduced Dahl.
“I guess one way of looking at it, you go through the state court you’re probably going to serve 30% of your sentence,” Peterson said. “When you go through their court you’re going to serve day for day everything you’re sentenced to and it does provide a significant deterrent to illegal activity in our area.”
Dahl described her first six months of work in Johnson City, which had already yielded 22 cases, 31 defendants, two convictions and 20 indictments, in similar terms.
“A lot of my cases are looking at upwards of five years. There are the mandatory minimums that based on the drug weight some defendants are looking at upward of 10 years and that’s something that for serious offenders is greatly needed.”
But when Dahl was first informed of “Voe” on Nov. 13, 2020, JCPD detective Toma Sparks asked her to review a potential case for a felon in possession of ammunition.
The suit says the Greeneville USAG’s office usually declines those cases “absent a compelling reason” because convictions or plea deals for those cases yield “minimal prison time under the federal sentencing guidelines…”
The lawsuit says the “compelling reason” in Voe’s case was that Voe “was under investigation by Johnson City for attempted homicide after a woman, Jane Doe 1, had fallen from the window of ‘Voe’s’ fifth-floor condominium apartment on September 19, 2020.”
The suit says Sparks also “told Dahl about unproven, but pervasive, rumors within the local community that ‘Voe’ engaged in cocaine trafficking.”
Dahl agreed to pursue the case and let her supervisor, Wayne Taylor, and her predecessor and informal mentor, Tom McCauley, know about the case. She told Sparks she would indict “Voe” on the ammunition charge but that she wanted to build a broader case, partly due to “substantial evidence of sexual assault and attempted homicide warranting further investigation.” The suit says she told Turner and JCPD Criminal Investigations Divisions Capt. Kevin Peters about her goals for building a case.
It was at this point, the suit says, that Dahl first began questioning the JCPD’s work on the case. It says she was concerned about the JCPD’s investigation of “Voe,” including not getting a search warrant for his downtown garage, “where he was known to socialize, show off his sports cars, and keep some of his belongings.”
The suit says Dahl spoke to Wayne Taylor, her supervisor, who said he could get a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) agent involved. It says that around the same time, in late November and early December, Dahl was awaiting a copy of relevant JCPD files on “Voe,” including regarding the alleged sexual assault.
A rift develops as Dahl pursues more sex assault information
While Dahl waited on information from detective Sparks, the suit says, “another sexual assault victim, Jane Doe 2, came forward and filed a report with Johnson City Police Department alleging ‘Voe’ had raped her.”
Around the same time, it says, Taylor, Dahl’s boss, told her that Chief Turner had called him “angry that Dahl had arranged a TBI meeting without his knowledge or permission” and that Taylor had told Turner it was he, not Dahl, who arranged the TBI meeting.
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The suit says Turner then called Dahl and met with her that same day (Dec. 8). It says she “expressed her alarm” about new evidence, said she didn’t think the ammunition charge (which carries a two to three year sentence) was serious enough given the evidence, and “expressed her concern that there were additional rape and sexual assault victims who might come forward.”
The suit alleges Turner cast doubt on some of the potential evidence, including a handwritten list recovered from “Voe’s” condo that allegedly had 23 women’s names written in ink with the word “Raped” at the top. It also said Turner “cast doubts about Jane Doe 1, who had fallen from ‘Voe’s’ fifth-floor window” and that Peters, who was also present, “cast doubts on the credibility of Jane Doe 2.”
According to the suit, Turner said of the “rape list”: “I don’t know if that’s girls he’s raped or girls he’s had consensual sex with and calls it whatever he calls it. All I know is there’s a piece of paper with some first names on it.”
The suit also claims that later, as Dahl continued to press the need to build a case, one investigator told her “In my 20 years on the force, I’ve only encountered one real rape” while another allegedly stated of Jane Doe 1, “You can see her on the security footage, and she’s dressed like a real … well I won’t say it.”
Despite the alleged rape incidents being outside her scope, the suit says Dahl continued to look into that subject. She contacted a third alleged victim, “Jane Doe 3,” whom detective Sparks had earlier told Dahl was uncooperative in an initial interview.
Wayne Taylor told Dahl federal prosecutors aren’t normally supposed to contact sexual assault victims without a detective’s involvement, to which she responded that she’d made the contact because she doubted Sparks’s explanation that the woman was uncooperative.
Jane Doe 3 re-interviewed Dec. 15, 2020, with Dahl and her predecessor, Tom McCauley, both present. The lawsuit says she gave a “very credible statement” alleging “Voe” had raped her on June 2, 2020 and that the statement “closely mirrored that of other Jane Doe victims.”
Jane Doe 3, according to the suit, described waking up in the condo and finding she’d been sexually assaulted, fleeing to the downstairs lobby, shoeless, and encountering JCPD officers there.
“She was in extreme distress, screaming” as she recounted what had happened upstairs, the suit says. It says officers drove the woman to her parents’ house “but declined to help her seek medical attention or a rape kit for her, make a full report, or follow up with Jane Doe 3.” It says officers also declined to get a statement from “Voe.”
Hours after that meeting, the suit says, Taylor called Dahl and told her that Turner had complained to him about Dahl’s job performance, saying she wasn’t communicating enough with JCPD officers. The suit says Dahl then asked three JCPD officers with whom she worked closely whether they had a problem with how she communicated. All of them, it says, said they had no issues and Dahl concluded Turner’s action was “an act of retaliation for her investigation of ‘Voe.'”
The suit says shortly after this, Dahl identified another victim (it doesn’t say how) and began to establish a “modus operandi” for how he conducted his assaults.
“Dahl obtained credible statements that ‘Voe’ would meet young women and invite them to come to his condo, often after he bought them alcoholic drinks and/or gave them cocaine,” the suit says.
“A young male associate of ‘Voe’s’ would sometimes help ‘Voe’ in meeting these young women. The women would then pass out at ‘Voe’s’ condo, and later awaken to find that ‘Voe’ had sexually assaulted them.”
More alleged victims, an ammo warrant and an non-renewed MOU
From December 2020 through May 2021, Dahl continued pressing the need to build a case against “Voe” while also trying to learn more about any alleged sexual assaults. The suit says she was “concerned and confused” by JCPD’s “failure to investigate” him and that JCPD “unreasonably delayed producing requested documents to Dahl.”
It says Dahl finally decided to pursue the felon in possession of ammunition charge and that even then, investigators failed to produce a certified copy of “Voe’s” felony conviction, which she eventually obtained through other means.
“Voe” was the subject of a sealed indictment on April 13, 2021, the suit says, and a federal warrant was obtained that same day. According to the suit, Dahl then asked JCPD’s special investigations unit and Sparks himself to arrest Voe “approximately 30 times” over the next three weeks and was either ignored or provided excuses.
On May 4, the suit says, Dahl “demanded” in a conversation with Sparks and another officer that someone within the JCPD make the arrest “immediately.” Two days later, the suit says, JCPD Lt. Don Shepherd left Dahl a voicemail describing the visit of three officers to “Voe’s” condo.
The voicemail said the officers, described as “John Doe” 1, 2 and 3, had gone to “Voe’s” condo the night of May 5 and told him and others inside that they had a warrant on “Voe.”
“This was improper because the target of an arrest warrant should not be notified when his or her indictment is still under seal,” the suit says. It says the officers failed in their duties by leaving without attempting to arrest “Voe” even after he refused to come out of his residence.
On May 6, “Voe” fled his condo “and became a fugitive from justice,” the suit says, adding that despite social media postings by “Voe” and others that have provided clues to his whereabouts, he remains a fugitive.
After the warrant was issued and “Voe” wasn’t arrested, Dahl continued pursuing the case “on her own initiative and outside her chains of command,” the suit says. She made a report to an FBI agent on May 11 expressing her concerns about JCPD’s handling of the case.
Later in the month she “began quietly investigating ‘Voe’ herself, including an interview June 14, 2021 with another alleged victim, “Jane Doe 5,” whose account also mirrored the others, according to the suit.
The suit says that while her investigation was “consistent with all laws and policies,” it was outside the “facial terms of her MOU in multiple respects.” For instance, she wasn’t tasked with prosecuting sexual assault or public corruption cases.
Dahl’s speaking to third parties about her concerns with the JCPD, including to other federal attorneys, to friends and to the FBI were also outside the scope of her duties.
Despite his allegedly telling Dahl in May that her memorandum of understanding would be renewed for another year, Turner called her June 25, 2021 and told her that her job would be terminated as of July 1, less than a week later, according to the suit.
Wayne Taylor then managed to get Turner to extend the existing MOU to July 31 so Dahl could have time to transfer pending cases to other federal prosecutors, the suit says.
Before her last day July 31, Dahl was contacted by a “Jane Doe 6” and said she’d been raped by “Voe” in January 2021. Also that month, the suit says, Dahl learned of a “Jane Doe 7” who had died Nov. 10, 2020 in a car crash after last being seen with “Voe.”
Dahl ended up speaking with “Jane Doe 7’s” family and learned one of her sisters had told JCPD officers about her suspicions that “Voe” may have sexually assaulted and/or drugged her, the suit says. That happened after Doe 7 had called another sister “in extreme emotional distress” before attempting to drive home against her sister’s advice.
Both sisters shared this information with Dahl, with one saying JCPD told her that Johnson City lacked jurisdiction because the death occurred in Elizabethton.
According to the suit, one sister told Dahl she confronted “Voe”, who allegedly admitted taking “Jane Doe 7” back to his condo after she had become disoriented while drinking with her sisters, boyfriend and friends at a downtown brewery.
The suit also says Dahl later contacted a Tennessee Alcoholic Bureau of Control investigator who confirmed they had contacted JCPD concerning the Jane Doe 7 case and “received no cooperation of follow up.”
‘A lawful whistleblower’
Dahl left the Greeneville U.S. Attorney’s office July 31, 2021 “with wide support and in good standing,” the suit alleges.
The office declined to answer an email request Wednesday about whether JCPD has or is establishing a new MOU and asking several other factual questions about Dahl’s tenure.
The suit calls Dahl, who spoke to two additional potential “Jane Does” after learning about them in January 2022, “a lawful whistleblower who suffered unlawfully termination as retaliation for engaging in repeated communications and activities in her role as SAUSA, and as a private citizen.”
It says Dahl has already filed whistleblower disclosure with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General and its Criminal Division, Public Integrity Section. Those disclosures described the facts and urged DOJ “to initiate investigations into the Johnson City Police Department and the circumstances of her termination.”
The suit says Dahl was exercising her First Amendment rights during her investigation. It says she lost meaningful paid employment, that her sudden termination “has tarnished her reputation” within Tennessee’s Eastern District and that it’s “created an adverse inference to future legal employers about her performance as an attorney.”
It says Turner’s conduct in terminating her under the MOU “was maliciously or recklessly indifferent to Dahl’s First Amendment right to speak about about Johnson City’s intentional or reckless failures to investigate and seize ‘Voe.'”
The suit alleges one count of First Amendment retaliation against Turner, and another count of procedurally violating Dahl’s right to due process by his short notice, unilateral termination of her MOU that left her no right to contest her termination or “request a ‘name-clearing’ hearing.”
Turner is also accused of “substantively” violating Dahl’s due process rights, by terminating her as a whistleblower. That termination, the suit claims, was “part of a conspiracy to protect a felon credibly accused of dozens of rapes from investigation and seizure, and to protect a police department that is either corrupt or incompetent” and therefore deprived her of employed without substantive due process.
Finally, the suit charges that Johnson City itself committed “retaliatory discharge” under the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA) because Dahl was legally an employee of Johnson City, which is an employer under the TPPA. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/former-federal-attorneys-lawsuit-jc-police-chief-fired-her-in-retaliation-after-she-pressed-for-rape-investigations/ | 2022-06-29T21:21:28 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/former-federal-attorneys-lawsuit-jc-police-chief-fired-her-in-retaliation-after-she-pressed-for-rape-investigations/ |
A state prison inmate was sentenced in Richmond on Wednesday to serve nearly three years for defrauding the Virginia Employment Commission out of $233,984 in COVID-relief unemployment funds and recruiting fellow prisoners to provide personal information to file bogus claims.
The money that Keith Scott Smith Jr., 41, diverted from unemployed workers in Virginia to himself and fellow inmates is part of an estimated $40 million that the VEC believes it paid out during the pandemic to persons who submitted fraudulent claims on behalf of inmates housed in state correctional facilities, according to federal court papers filed in a similar case.
"He took advantage of the system," U.S. District Court Judge David J. Novak said in comments from the bench. "During this tragic time, when the government was pumping money out to people to survive, you got crooks in jail getting money. This is ridiculous. I think [Smith's] conduct is utterly offensive."
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The judge then queried Assistant U.S. Attorney Kashan Pathan why the government was recommending that Smith be sentenced at the low end of discretionary federal sentencing guidelines, which called for an active term of incarceration of between 30 and 37 months.
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"I think you need to be more aggressive on this COVID fraud," Novak said. "The crooks are getting all the money" to the detriment of working people. These criminals exploited the pandemic. The fact that this was committed while he was incarcerated makes it even more mind boggling."
Novak said Smith's conduct was so egregious that he'd be willing to craft a punishment high above the guidelines, up to 60 months. But after arguments by the prosecution and defense, the judge decided to stay within the guidelines, sentencing Smith to 33 months for his earlier guilty plea to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
The punishment will run consecutive to a sentence of 20 years with 10 years suspendedhe received in April 2018 in Chesterfield County for maliciously wounding his former girlfriend.
Novak also ordered Smith to make restitution to the VEC in the amount of $233,984.72.
According to the government's statement of facts, Smith and his wife Virginia Smith devised a scheme that involved him obtaining the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of certain inmates serving sentences with him at the Baskerville Correctional Center in Mecklenburg County and passing that information to his wife.
Virginia Smith then used the inmates' personal information to file at least 22 fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance and pandemic unemployment assistance from June 21, 2020, to at least Jan. 2, 2021. The applications contained a false physical address for the inmates, a false "last employer," and a false certification that the inmates were ready, willing and able to work.
Following the filing of the claims, the state mailed "Way 2 Go" debit cards to a Post Office Box designated by Virginia Smith, and the unemployment benefits were distributed through the cards. Upon receiving the debit cards, Virginia Smith would keep a portion for herself as a commission for her involvement and would transfer the remainder to the inmates whose information she used to file the claims.
For example, Virginia Smith would occasionally send some of the funds to the inmates' financial accounts at the prison. On other occasions, she sent the funds to people associated with the inmates.
To keep the money flowing, Virginia Smith would submit weekly recertifications of unemployment status to the VEC for the applications she submitted on behalf of the inmates.
The government said Keith Smith exercised "decision-making authority" in the conspiracy, and provided direction to his wife on how the fraudulent proceeds were to be distributed and used. In recorded phone calls at Baskerville Correctional Center, the Smiths regularly discussed the filing of unemployment applications and the compensation inmates would receive as part of the fraud.
Smith "played a critical role in furthering the aims of the criminal conspiracy by obtaining and providing [his wife] with the personal identifying information of the inmates, thereby enabling the [wife] to file more fraudulent claims and steal more money from the VEC," Pathan wrote in sentencing memorandum for the government.
"The defendant's incarceration did not hinder his ability to carry out this offense; rather, it may have provided him unique access and opportunity to recruit other inmates, who, in light of their incarceration, may have been more willing and eager to share their personal identifying information in exchange for financial assistance for themselves and/or their family members," Pathan wrote.
The punishment Smith's wife received in November — just one day in prison with five years of supervised release — briefly became an issue during Wednesday's sentencing hearing for her husband. The judge questioned how Virginia Smith received such a light punishment on her four convictions of mail fraud. "No one can do this alone," said Novak, referring to how Smith's wife helped him carry out the fraud.
Smith's attorney, Lawrence Woodward, noted the "monstrous sentencing disparity" between the one day Smith's wife received and the 30 months recommended for her husband.
"Any narrative or suggestion that Ms. Smith got involved because she was scared or intimidated by [her husband] is simply not true or supported by the evidence," Woodward wrote in a sentencing memorandum. "She was not forced or threatened in any way and was a full and willing participant in all of the activity that gives rise to this case."
When asked to explain the discrepancy, Pathan told the court that Virginia Smith had "ample mitigation" issues, such as childhood trauma and long-term substance abuse that led U.S. District Judge Robert Payne to agree to a downward variance in punishment. Sentencing guidelines called for a term of incarceration of 27 to 33 months, and the government recommended a term of 18 months.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin demanded the board overseeing Virginia's community colleges welcome his administration into the search for a new leader or resign Thursday, leading the board to relent and drawing accusations from Democrats that he's bypassing the state's layered governance structure.
For the past three months, Youngkin has tried to inject his presence into the hiring of a new chancellor to lead the state's 23 community colleges. Current chancellor Glenn Dubois is retiring Thursday.
In a letter sent two weeks ago, Youngkin told the 15 members of the Virginia Community College System board to work with the administration – or else.
"If for any reason you feel like you cannot commit to this mission, I will accept your resignation by June 30 with gratitude for your service," Youngkin wrote. Thursday is the end of the state's fiscal year.
Youngkin’s message apparently hit the mark. On Wednesday, the board said it will welcome a representative of the administration as a non-voting member of the search committee.
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Youngkin said in a brief telephone interview that he holds high expectations for the 23 colleges – possibly higher than the board’s own expectations – and that he wants its members to share his vision for improving academic and workforce opportunities.
“If members of the board are eager to lead and serve with that vision, then great,” Youngkin said. “And if folks aren’t excited about that, now’s a great time for them to step down.”
But Democrats in the state legislature said the governor is attempting to short-circuit the organizational chart of higher education. The governor nominates board members each year, and the boards oversee the community college system and four-year colleges.
"This is not how we run schools in Virginia. This isn't Carlyle," said Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, referring to the private equity firm where Youngkin was co-CEO before winning public office. "This isn't a corporate takeover. The governor doesn't run schools. The boards do."
Youngkin first voiced concern with the state's community colleges in March, pointing out their significant decline in enrollment and the jobs that have been unfilled since the economy began its recovery. One candidate for the job was Anne Holton, a former Virginia first lady, secretary of education and interim president at George Mason University who removed her name from consideration.
Youngkin asked the board to restart its hiring process and appoint an interim chancellor. In an act of defiance, the board continued its search and two weeks later named a Michigan community college president, Russell A. Kavalhuna, the new chancellor.
But Kavalhuna never took the job. Last month, he began negotiating with his school to remain in Michigan, and he declined to say why. The Virginia community college board named an interim chancellor, Sharon Morrissey.
When Kavalhuna met the governor, Youngkin voiced disappointment with how the would-be chancellor was selected, saying the two had a lot of ground to cover and weren’t starting in a good place.
Youngkin said he never asked Kavalhuna not to accept the job. But Youngkin is glad the search team has a clean slate.
“I think this is a great chance for us, given that he has chosen not to come, to restart a search and find somebody who can lead community colleges consistent with the vision I outlined,” Youngkin said.
The development was a victory for Youngkin, who had successfully intervened in the hiring of a new chancellor. Now he's renewing his request to help find a permanent one.
"While I know that the final decision rests with the VCCS board, our team is excited and eager to work with you to find this exceptional leader as soon as possible," Youngkin wrote.
The governor already laid the groundwork to fire the current board. In March, he said the board's decision to exclude the administration from the search process demonstrates "misfeasance," an offense a governor can use to fire a board member.
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, a former community college administrator, said it would be an unprecedented decision – never has a Virginia governor forced the hiring of a college president or chancellor.
Democrats asked for clarification on Youngkin's plans for Thursday and whether he will fire them if they don't capitulate.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the board said it would allow a Youngkin representative on the search team.
“We are committed to working with the governor and his team on the search for the new chancellor who will lead Virginia’s community colleges in the coming years, and we will work to ensure that our programs remain affordable to all Virginians,” said Douglas Garcia, incoming chair of the board and head of the search committee.
Of the 15 board members, three will leave as early as Thursday because their terms are up - Nathaniel Bishop, Adnan Bokhari and Eleanor Saslaw. Others have terms that are ending but can be renewed.
Should the governor fire the board and appoint new members, Democrats in the Senate could refuse to confirm his appointees, said Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria.
Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico, a high school teacher, said Youngkin is needlessly forcing a political agenda into higher education.
"At the end of the day, he'll insert culture-war politics in our community college system like he's done with K-12," VanValkenburg said.
Democrats in the legislature acknowledged that the state's community college system needs help. Enrollment is down by a quarter in the past 10 years, and some schools have seen their number of students chopped in half.
But the woes aren't limited to Virginia – they're being felt throughout the country, where total college enrollment is down. Community colleges are working to fix themselves and to train future employees, Hashmi said.
Last year, then-Gov. Ralph Northam signed into law the G3 program – "Get skilled, get a job, get ahead" – which pays a student's entire tuition and fees if he or she comes from a low- or middle-income family and is enrolled in a high-demand field such as nursing or information technology. Though the numbers are small, programs that cater to G3 students are growing.
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ROGERS, Ark. — The ArkansasBlue welcome center in Rogers invites residents to come to join them for a workout summer.
At 9 a.m. each Saturday, July 9-August 27, Arkansas Blue Cross will host free workouts with classes designed for all skill levels and open to everyone. Classes will be held at the Rogers welcome center, 4602 W. Walnut.
Class Schedule:
- July 9 - High Impact Interval Training (HIIT) with Crystal Tharp of Werk Fitness
- July 16 - Pilates with Maya Kivisto of Club Pilates
- July 23 - Barre by Ember Dennison of Barre3
- July 30 - Body Sculpting with Crystal Tharp of Werk Fitness
- August 6 - High Impact Interval Training (HIIT) with Crystal Tharp of Werk Fitness
- August 13 – Couples Dancing with Kathleen and Jonathan Seals of Arthur Murray Dance
- August 20 – Pilates with Emma Speir of Club Pilates
- August 27 - Barre with Ember Dennison of Barre3
"We are proud to be able to provide the community with an opportunity to enjoy a great, free workout with highly trained, local instructors and facilities,” said Candice Holt, supervisor of the ArkansasBlue welcome center in Rogers. “It’s also a great chance to try a new kind of workout you’ve been curious about but were hesitant to commit to.”
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Richmond city officials will soon announce a development team for the proposed redevelopment of The Diamond baseball stadium and surrounding area after three finalists met the deadline to submit their proposals this week.
After fielding 15 potential offers earlier this year, city officials expect to choose a partner next month once they finish reviewing the three final proposals and negotiating the terms of a contract that will then be up for approval by the City Council later this summer.
The city is seeking to redevelop 67 acres of publicly owned land where the stadium is located to better utilize the property and generate more tax revenue. The city’s solicitation for development bids call for the construction of new mixed-use development, including housing, retail, offices and a signature high-rise building there.
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The three finalists are Richmond Community Development Partners, a group led by the Houston-based Machete Group and JMA Ventures of San Francisco; RVA Diamond Partners, a team that includes Thalhimer Realty Partners and Republic Properties Corp. from Washington; and Vision300, which includes Boston-based Freehold Capital Management and the Hourigan Group.
A 10-person panel that includes City Council members Katherine Jordan and Ann-Frances Lambert; Chief Administrative Officer Lincoln Saunders; Director of Economic Development Leonard Sledge; and James Duval, the city’s investment and debt portfolio manager, will review the proposals before recommending one of them.
In order for the project to happen, the City Council must approve the sale of the property as well as the terms and conditions of the partnership. Seven of its nine members must vote for it to proceed.
City officials are withholding the proposals until they select a partner.
In response to a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request filed Wednesday, project manager Maritza Pechin said release of the offers and other information submitted by the competing development teams “would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy” of the city, citing an exemption from mandatory release in the state code.
Time is a critical factor for the project, as the Flying Squirrels, the city’s Double-A baseball team, needs a new stadium by 2025 because The Diamond is not up to new facility standards established by Major League Baseball.
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City officials say renovation of The Diamond, which opened in 1985, is not feasible. A city-commissioned study says the cost of a new stadium could range from about $70 million to $80 million. City officials have said they are seeking to minimize public financing for the development.
Lou DiBella, president and general managing partners of the Flying Squirrels, said this week that the team would increase its annual lease payment from $200,000 to about $1 million once the new stadium is built but that it’s unlikely it will contribute to construction costs.
In a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Levar Stoney said he wants to see all stakeholders involved demonstrate their commitment to the project by investing in it.
“I think in order to make this happen, it needs to be a public-private partnership,” he said. “I think it’s the responsibility and the fiduciary duty of the city, its elected leaders, on behalf of the city’s taxpayers, that we reduce the sort of burden on the taxpayer and city government. That’s what we will seek to do when we get into negotiations.”
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KENNEDALE, Texas — Editor's note: The details in this story and videos obtained by WFAA are graphic. Viewer discretion is advised. We'll attach the video to this story after it airs.
A Kennedale man has sued two North Texas police officers claiming excessive force in a 2020 incident where he alleges he was struck 16 times in the face with a flashlight.
Clinton Grimsley is suing Kennedale Officer Christopher Kjelsen and Mansfield Officer Brian Raines for excessive use of deadly force. According to the lawsuit, Kennedale officers Brian Andrews and Charles Burns were dispatched to Grimsley’s Kennedale home on April 11, 2020 for a call that Grimsley was starting fires in his front yard and beating on his porch with an object.
Burns and Andrews saw Grimsley as he walked from the side of his home, and they ordered him to drop a toy sword he was carrying and put his hands up, the lawsuit said. Grimsley complied, then was ordered to sit down on the front porch. Officer Burns asked Grimsley if he needed a doctor and Grimsley answered, "That’s why I was praying.”
Officer Burns ordered Grimsley to stand up so he could check for weapons and a pocketknife was removed from Grimsley's possession. Officers then began to handcuff Grimsley, but he ran away because he feared the officers were going to hurt him, the lawsuit says. Grimsley had one arm handcuffed while he was running away, the lawsuit said.
Officer Kjelsen, one of the officers being sued, then drove up to the scene, pointed his gun at Grimsley and instructed him to get on the ground, according to the lawsuit. Kjelsen's bodycam shows him driving up to the scene, exiting his vehicle and drawing his weapon while yelling at Grimsley.
"Get your a** down right now," Kjelsen says in his body cam video. "Get down! Get down! Get on your face. Don't f****** move."
Grimsley can be heard in the video groaning while an officer is heard saying "tase him, get him Burns."
The lawsuit says Kjelsen ran up to Grimsley, kicked him in the head, then got on top of Grimsley and pistol-whipped him in the back of the head, striking him several times.
Raines, the Mansfield officer being sued by Grimsley, arrived on the scene several minutes later and began hitting Grimsley in the face with a flashlight, according to the suit.
Raines' body camera video showed him running over to the scene where officers had Grimsley pinned to the ground and were locating Grimsley's left hand. In the video, you can hear an officer telling Grimsley "stop dude, stop" before Raines started striking Grimsley with the flashlight. According to the lawsuit, Raines hit Grimsley with his flashlight 16 times.
In court documents responding to the lawsuit, Kjelsen admitted that Grimsley was hit in the head during a struggle, but said that Grimsley refused to comply, fought officers and tried to get control of Kjelsen’s Taser and handgun.
“This case is a clear example of when an officer exceeds the level of force required in a given situation by using excessive deadly force in violation of the Constitution,” said James Roberts of Addison, one of Grimsley’s attorneys, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in an email. “Mr. Grimsley was unarmed and restrained by multiple officers on the ground when Officer Brian Raines of the Mansfield Police Department struck him sixteen times in the face with a metal flashlight, causing predictable and significant injuries.”
Raines also filed a response to the lawsuit in federal court, where he denied violating Grimsley’s rights and denied that any force used was unjustified.
Raines' bodycam video shows officers loading Grimsley into a patrol vehicle while requesting more ambulances on scene to assist. After Grimsley was put into the patrol vehicle, an officer asked Raines if he needed anything and he responded, "Nah, I was hitting him pretty good, and got a (expletive) ton of blood in my mouth.”
Raines added, “I punched him and struck him with the flashlight to the face,” the lawsuit says. “That’s where the injuries are going to be from.”
The Star-Telegram reported that as of last week, Kjelsen was still an officer with Kennedale police, and Raines is a sergeant with Mansfield police.
Grimsley was charged with assault on a peace officer, evading arrest and resisting arrest in this April 2020 incident, according to Tarrant County criminal court records. His assaulting a peace officer charge was dismissed, but he was sentenced to 150 days in jail on the other two charges, according to court records.
Grimsley was previously convicted for murder in 2002 after beating his father to death with the butt of a shotgun in August 2001, records show. Tarrant County Medical Examiner records said George Grimsley's cause of death was homicide by manner of blunt force trauma.
Grimsley was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
WFAA has reached out to Grimsley’s attorneys, Kennedale police and Mansfield police to comment on the lawsuit. Grimsley is seeking a jury trial in the suit.
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ARKANSAS, USA — Corn and soybean prices continue to soar upwards, but the lack of rain could eat into row crop farmers’ profits. Grain price hikes are negatively impacting cattle producers.
Less than an inch of rain has fallen in Jonesboro during the month of June, which is 56% less than normal, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures have consistently been in the mid-90s and have topped 100 degrees several days during the month.
The extreme heat and lack of rain are leading to abnormally dry conditions in some parts of Northeast Arkansas which is the stage before drought conditions set in, according to NWS. Counties with those dry conditions include parts of Clay, Fulton, Mississippi, Randolph and Sharp counties. The number of counties with abnormally dry conditions could grow when the NWS releases a drought monitor update in July.
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LOGAN COUNTY, Ark. — Logan County Detention Sergeant Christopher Elliott was killed in a vehicle crash on June 21 while driving on State Highway 10 west of Booneville, the sheriff's office confirmed.
Sgt. Elliott was off duty when according to the Arkansas State Police report, the crash happened at the intersection of Highway 10 and Phillips Road. The impact forced the car Elliott was in off the roadway and down an embankment, the report says.
"With very sad tidings, we announce that one of our own, Detention Sergeant Christopher Elliott, died while off-duty in a vehicle accident west of Booneville on State Highway 10 earlier this week," Logan County Sheriff's Office said on June 24.
"He has trained numerous detention officers and will be remembered as a strong leader and a good friend. We miss our friend and fellow officer and we are praying for his family and friends."
Sgt. Elliott had been with the sheriff's office for two years as a night shift sergeant.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday to review a lower court's decision not to dismiss a criminal indictment against Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.
Special Judge Jeryl Leach in March denied Martinez's motion to dismiss his indictment, which included a felony charge of resisting law enforcement and a misdemeanor count of reckless driving. Martinez has pleaded not guilty.
Martinez's attorneys, Paul Stracci and Michael Woods, accused Special Prosecutor Stanley Levco of unduly influencing "the neutral and detached atmosphere" of grand jury proceedings in January by soliciting legal opinions from an Indiana State Police commander.
The imposition on the grand jurors' independent judgment was so "flagrant" that a dismissal is required, the defense attorneys wrote in court filings.
"We are very pleased that the Court of Appeals has chosen to take a close look at our concerns with the grand jury proceedings," Stracci said.
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Levco and his co-counsel, David Thomas, fought the interlocutory appeal and argued that Levco's questioning of the commander was proper under Indiana Rules of Evidence.
"Only in cases in which there is a flagrant imposition on the grand jurors’ will or independent judgment will a court find a violation of due process," the special prosecutors wrote. "Defendant made no factual showing to the trial court that met this rigorous standard, and the trial court denied his motion."
Martinez is accused of driving at up to 50 mph over the speed limit in Crown Point and Merrillville in mid-September, while two Crown Point officers were chasing his unmarked Jeep Trackhawk with their lights and sirens activated.
The sheriff has denied the allegations and characterized the indictment as a "political witch hunt" by a "rival politician." His trial is currently set to begin Aug. 15.
In a petition seeking the interlocutory appeal, the defense attorneys wrote Martinez will be harmed when a new state law takes effect Friday because he will be prohibited from carrying a firearm due to the indictment.
The sheriff could be further harmed if a determination regarding his appeal is withheld until after a possible conviction and judgment, they wrote.
If convicted, Martinez, a sworn law enforcement officer who also serves as an elected sheriff, could be further harmed because he could lose a merit law enforcement position and his public office.
"These losses would be substantial and material even if Sheriff Martinez prevailed on appeal post-conviction on the issue for which he requests this court to accept interlocutory jurisdiction," they wrote.
Levco and Thomas rejected Martinez's attorneys' position that they could not re-file a case against the sheriff if he were to prevail on appeal.
"Defendant claims a privileged status as an elected sheriff," the special prosecutors wrote. "Many average citizens lose the ability to carry a firearm once indicted or convicted of a felony, lose employment and professional licensing, and suffer all kinds of collateral consequences for their criminal transgressions, including liberty. So, defendant's claim of substantial damage and injury is no more than any other defendant facing felony charges, let alone substantially more."
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Bradley Warmac
Age : 31
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205415
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Watkins
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205422
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Woods
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205429
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Talley
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205441
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathan Thomas
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205424
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Randall Valle
Age : 29
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205418
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Mosqueda
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205411
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jamey Oskins
Age : 35
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205442
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Freddie Meeks III
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205426
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Haywood
Age : 45
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205423
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205444
Arrest Date: June 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortez Henley
Age : 18
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205437
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Kelly III
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205421
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alison Cook
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205434
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Davis
Age : 34
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205432
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Maria Dorsey
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205416
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roger Burrell
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205425
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Ballard
Age : 61
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205410
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bottoms
Age : 45
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205428
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Thomas Mason
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205394
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lauren Milby
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205377
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Montgomery
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205400
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Paris Spencer
Age : 38
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205388
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamale Henderson
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205376
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rahmere Dunn
Age : 23
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205379
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prince Elston II
Age : 19
Residence: Markham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205393
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Josigha Coleman
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205399
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Corey Brewer
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205401
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE; FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Antrell Blissett Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lima, OH
Booking Number(s): 2205387
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Alexis Robinson
Age : 36
Residence: Calumet City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205347
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stafford
Age : 46
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205371
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stotts
Age : 49
Residence: New Lenox, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205364
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Turnquist
Age : 28
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205374
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Vargo
Age : 38
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205363
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jeremiah Perez
Age : 42
Residence: Grand Rapids, MI
Booking Number(s): 2205355
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cody Qualls
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205360
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Paglis
Age : 40
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205373
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Desmond Lewis
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205348
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cecilia Marines
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205346
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Moss
Age : 52
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205344
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jeffrey Jackson
Age : 30
Residence: Westminster, CO
Booking Number(s): 2205350
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ellis Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205354
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lloyd Grant III
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205345
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mykia Green
Age : 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205358
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Cross Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205356
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diandre Cassidy
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205369
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte Paulk
Age : 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205341
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Randall Wingis
Age : 59
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205340
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Alexia Brown
Age : 26
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205333
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205335
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Laron Major
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205321
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Blain
Age : 27
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205334
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Toler
Age : 56
Residence: Frankfort, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205298
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Porshaue Shelley
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205303
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000; FALSE IDENTIFICATION TO POLICE or FALSE INFO OF EMERGENCY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ivan Santillan Popoca
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205300
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Summers
Age : 37
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205314
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth McCammon
Age : 42
Residence: Schneider, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205309
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Millender
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205301
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205299
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Damontae Reed
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205297
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deon Hayes
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205312
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gilbert Herrera
Age : 63
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205313
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jason Fisher
Age : 39
Residence: Aurora, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205304
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Danielle Vann
Age : 29
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205275
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carl Payne
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205270
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Serrano
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205279
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205272
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: 2205272
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daron Lynch
Age : 40
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205287
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Hitchcock
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205257
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Felix DeLeon
Age : 46
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205274
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
JeJuan Graham
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205276
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Hackett Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205294
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shahid Coleman
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, iN
Booking Number(s): 2205285
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - USE - FIREARM - POINTING A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Curtis
Age : 41
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205280
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Katie Birks
Age : 27
Residence: Colbert, GA
Booking Number(s): 2205258
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Clay
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205264
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kathleen Clayton
Age : 66
Residence: Sheldon, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205282
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Wisniewski Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205213
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakissa Taylor
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205244
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tavarrus Wilson
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205227
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Watts III
Age : 22
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205246
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Rosolowski Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205215
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: RAPE - INTERCOURSE; CONFINEMENT - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Eliseo Pena Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205219
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sothan Pickett
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205238
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Torres Oquendo
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205230
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angel Morales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205217
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darius Nelson
Age : 29
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205224
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM BUILDING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shefiu Ogunlana
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205220
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathan Lunford IV
Age : 41
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205226
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melvin Macon Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205218
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deja Miller
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205242
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devan Landfair
Age : 27
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205228
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 48
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205212
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Lane
Age : 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205222
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - INDECENT EXPOSURE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arturo Gurrola
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205241
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Untonise Harper
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205247
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Herrera
Age : 38
Residence: Elgin, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205245
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demetrius Brown
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205229
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Coley
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205236
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Isaiah Escutia
Age : 23
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205232
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamen Baso
Age : 44
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205251
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kewuan Allen
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205225
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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CROWN POINT — A judge rejected a plea agreement Wednesday for a man accused of illegally possessing a gun he used to shoot at an East Chicago police officer in 2020.
Laron D. Mallette, 40, of East Chicago, could have faced a four-year sentence after pleading guilty June 1 to unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a level 4 felony, and attempted battery by means of a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony.
Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez said the plea deal was "absolutely inappropriate" considering Mallette's criminal history, character and a possible open case against him in Illinois.
Mallette admitted to shooting in the direction of a police officer and being a convicted felon and having a gun in his car Oct. 2, 2020, during a police pursuit in East Chicago.
The plea agreement called for Mallette to serve concurrent terms of four years in prison for the firearms count and three years for attempted battery.
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"How is this appropriate?" Vasquez asked defense attorney Lonnie Randolph II and Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Keith Anderson.
Anderson said some of the drug charges that were to be dismissed as part of the plea agreement would have been difficult to prove.
Randolph said Mallette also was looking at a significant sentence in Illinois.
After the judge rejected the plea, Randolph asked for a continuance to further discuss the case with Supervisory Deputy Prosecutor Michelle Jatkiewicz.
Vasquez set Mallette's next hearing for July 22.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Bradley Warmac
Age : 31
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205415
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Watkins
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205422
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Woods
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205429
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Talley
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205441
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathan Thomas
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205424
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Randall Valle
Age : 29
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205418
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Mosqueda
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205411
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jamey Oskins
Age : 35
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205442
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Freddie Meeks III
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205426
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Haywood
Age : 45
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205423
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205444
Arrest Date: June 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortez Henley
Age : 18
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205437
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Kelly III
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205421
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alison Cook
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205434
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Davis
Age : 34
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205432
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Maria Dorsey
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205416
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roger Burrell
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205425
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Ballard
Age : 61
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205410
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bottoms
Age : 45
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205428
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Thomas Mason
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205394
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lauren Milby
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205377
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Montgomery
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205400
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Paris Spencer
Age : 38
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205388
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamale Henderson
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205376
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rahmere Dunn
Age : 23
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205379
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prince Elston II
Age : 19
Residence: Markham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205393
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Josigha Coleman
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205399
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Corey Brewer
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205401
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE; FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Antrell Blissett Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lima, OH
Booking Number(s): 2205387
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Alexis Robinson
Age : 36
Residence: Calumet City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205347
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stafford
Age : 46
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205371
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stotts
Age : 49
Residence: New Lenox, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205364
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Turnquist
Age : 28
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205374
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Vargo
Age : 38
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205363
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jeremiah Perez
Age : 42
Residence: Grand Rapids, MI
Booking Number(s): 2205355
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cody Qualls
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205360
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Paglis
Age : 40
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205373
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Desmond Lewis
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205348
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cecilia Marines
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205346
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Moss
Age : 52
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205344
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jeffrey Jackson
Age : 30
Residence: Westminster, CO
Booking Number(s): 2205350
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ellis Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205354
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lloyd Grant III
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205345
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mykia Green
Age : 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205358
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Cross Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205356
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diandre Cassidy
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205369
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte Paulk
Age : 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205341
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Randall Wingis
Age : 59
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205340
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Alexia Brown
Age : 26
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205333
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205335
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Laron Major
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205321
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Blain
Age : 27
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205334
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Toler
Age : 56
Residence: Frankfort, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205298
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Porshaue Shelley
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205303
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000; FALSE IDENTIFICATION TO POLICE or FALSE INFO OF EMERGENCY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ivan Santillan Popoca
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205300
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Summers
Age : 37
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205314
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth McCammon
Age : 42
Residence: Schneider, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205309
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Millender
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205301
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205299
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Damontae Reed
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205297
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deon Hayes
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205312
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gilbert Herrera
Age : 63
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205313
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jason Fisher
Age : 39
Residence: Aurora, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205304
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Danielle Vann
Age : 29
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205275
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carl Payne
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205270
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Serrano
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205279
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205272
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: 2205272
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daron Lynch
Age : 40
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205287
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Hitchcock
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205257
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Felix DeLeon
Age : 46
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205274
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
JeJuan Graham
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205276
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Hackett Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205294
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shahid Coleman
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, iN
Booking Number(s): 2205285
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - USE - FIREARM - POINTING A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Curtis
Age : 41
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205280
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Katie Birks
Age : 27
Residence: Colbert, GA
Booking Number(s): 2205258
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Clay
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205264
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kathleen Clayton
Age : 66
Residence: Sheldon, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205282
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Wisniewski Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205213
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakissa Taylor
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205244
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tavarrus Wilson
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205227
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Watts III
Age : 22
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205246
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Rosolowski Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205215
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: RAPE - INTERCOURSE; CONFINEMENT - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Eliseo Pena Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205219
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sothan Pickett
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205238
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Torres Oquendo
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205230
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angel Morales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205217
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darius Nelson
Age : 29
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205224
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM BUILDING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shefiu Ogunlana
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205220
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathan Lunford IV
Age : 41
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205226
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melvin Macon Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205218
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deja Miller
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205242
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devan Landfair
Age : 27
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205228
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 48
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205212
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Lane
Age : 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205222
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - INDECENT EXPOSURE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arturo Gurrola
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205241
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Untonise Harper
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205247
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Herrera
Age : 38
Residence: Elgin, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205245
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demetrius Brown
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205229
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Coley
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205236
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Isaiah Escutia
Age : 23
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205232
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamen Baso
Age : 44
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205251
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kewuan Allen
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205225
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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GARY — A 50-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges linked to the homicide of a man found shot and partially burned earlier this month in a grassy area on the city's West Side.
Kenneth Burns was wanted on a warrant in the murder of 39-year-old Andre D. White, of Gary, according to the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Gary police located White's body about 8:25 a.m. June 8 after two passersby reported what appeared to be a dead man face down in the area of West 21st Avenue and Hovey Street in Gary.
Investigators later determined White had been shot in the face and neck area before being burned, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Lake County prosecutors charged Burns with murder June 16, but the case remained sealed pending his arrest.
Burns was taken into custody Wednesday morning after he was found at an abandoned property in the 5100 block of Maryland Street, according to the Marshals Service.
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Burns likely had been hiding in the abandoned home for some time because of the amount of trash and human waste found inside, officials said.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Bradley Warmac
Age : 31
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205415
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Watkins
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205422
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Woods
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205429
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Talley
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205441
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathan Thomas
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205424
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Randall Valle
Age : 29
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205418
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Mosqueda
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205411
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jamey Oskins
Age : 35
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205442
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Freddie Meeks III
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205426
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Haywood
Age : 45
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205423
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dontrell Henderson Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205444
Arrest Date: June 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cortez Henley
Age : 18
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205437
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Kelly III
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205421
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alison Cook
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205434
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Davis
Age : 34
Residence: Blue Island, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205432
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Maria Dorsey
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205416
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - PROMOTING PROSTITUTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roger Burrell
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205425
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kevin Ballard
Age : 61
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205410
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Bottoms
Age : 45
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205428
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Thomas Mason
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205394
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lauren Milby
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205377
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Montgomery
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205400
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Paris Spencer
Age : 38
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205388
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamale Henderson
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205376
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rahmere Dunn
Age : 23
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205379
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prince Elston II
Age : 19
Residence: Markham, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205393
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Josigha Coleman
Age : 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205399
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Corey Brewer
Age : 23
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205401
Arrest Date: June 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE; FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Antrell Blissett Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lima, OH
Booking Number(s): 2205387
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Alexis Robinson
Age : 36
Residence: Calumet City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205347
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stafford
Age : 46
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205371
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brian Stotts
Age : 49
Residence: New Lenox, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205364
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Turnquist
Age : 28
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205374
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Vargo
Age : 38
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205363
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jeremiah Perez
Age : 42
Residence: Grand Rapids, MI
Booking Number(s): 2205355
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cody Qualls
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205360
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Paglis
Age : 40
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205373
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Desmond Lewis
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205348
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cecilia Marines
Age : 30
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205346
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Moss
Age : 52
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205344
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jeffrey Jackson
Age : 30
Residence: Westminster, CO
Booking Number(s): 2205350
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Ellis Jr.
Age : 58
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205354
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lloyd Grant III
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205345
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Mykia Green
Age : 26
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205358
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Cross Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205356
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diandre Cassidy
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205369
Arrest Date: June 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte Paulk
Age : 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205341
Arrest Date: June 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Randall Wingis
Age : 59
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205340
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Alexia Brown
Age : 26
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205333
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Dillon-Bombin
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205335
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Laron Major
Age : 19
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205321
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Blain
Age : 27
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205334
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Toler
Age : 56
Residence: Frankfort, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205298
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Porshaue Shelley
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205303
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000; FALSE IDENTIFICATION TO POLICE or FALSE INFO OF EMERGENCY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ivan Santillan Popoca
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205300
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Summers
Age : 37
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205314
Arrest Date: June 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth McCammon
Age : 42
Residence: Schneider, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205309
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Millender
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205301
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- INVASION OF PRIVACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Purkey
Age : 34
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205299
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Damontae Reed
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205297
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deon Hayes
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205312
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gilbert Herrera
Age : 63
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205313
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jason Fisher
Age : 39
Residence: Aurora, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205304
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Danielle Vann
Age : 29
Residence: Hebron, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205275
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Carl Payne
Age : 30
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205270
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Serrano
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205279
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205272
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: 2205272
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daron Lynch
Age : 40
Residence: Wheatfield, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205287
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Hitchcock
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205257
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Felix DeLeon
Age : 46
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205274
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
JeJuan Graham
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205276
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Chauncey Hackett Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205294
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shahid Coleman
Age : 31
Residence: Hammond, iN
Booking Number(s): 2205285
Arrest Date: June 19, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - USE - FIREARM - POINTING A FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Curtis
Age : 41
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205280
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Katie Birks
Age : 27
Residence: Colbert, GA
Booking Number(s): 2205258
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus Clay
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205264
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kathleen Clayton
Age : 66
Residence: Sheldon, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205282
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Wisniewski Jr.
Age : 50
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205213
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lakissa Taylor
Age : 41
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205244
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tavarrus Wilson
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205227
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Watts III
Age : 22
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205246
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Rosolowski Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205215
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: RAPE - INTERCOURSE; CONFINEMENT - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Eliseo Pena Jr.
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205219
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sothan Pickett
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205238
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Torres Oquendo
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205230
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Angel Morales
Age : 41
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205217
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darius Nelson
Age : 29
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205224
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM BUILDING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shefiu Ogunlana
Age : 39
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205220
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nathan Lunford IV
Age : 41
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205226
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Melvin Macon Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205218
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deja Miller
Age : 26
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205242
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devan Landfair
Age : 27
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205228
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 48
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205212
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Lane
Age : 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205222
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - INDECENT EXPOSURE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Arturo Gurrola
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205241
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Untonise Harper
Age : 49
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205247
Arrest Date: June 18, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ruben Herrera
Age : 38
Residence: Elgin, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205245
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demetrius Brown
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205229
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Coley
Age : 55
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205236
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Isaiah Escutia
Age : 23
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205232
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamen Baso
Age : 44
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205251
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kewuan Allen
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205225
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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INDIANAPOLIS — Starting July 1, a number of new Indiana laws will go into effect in Indiana. Here is a run-down of some of the most notable legislation.
Permitless carry
As of Friday, people will no longer need a permit to carry a handgun in the state. This does not apply to people who are prohibited from carrying a weapon, like those with felony convictions or people under the age of 18.
Vaping product tax
Vaping products will get more expensive. A 15% tax on prefilled e-cigarette cartridges and vape pods will be added to the wholesale price.
There will also be a 15% retail tax on other vaping products.
Transgender girls in sports
After lawmakers voted to override Gov. Holcomb's veto of the bill prohibiting transgender girls from participating in girls school sports, that ban will also go into effect on Friday.
The ACLU is suing IPS over the ban, so it is still possible an injunction could be put into place.
Coerced abortion
Abortion clinics will be required to ask anyone seeking an abortion if they are being coerced into having the procedure. If they are, the clinic must report it to law enforcement.
Definition of rape
House Bill 1079 will also go into effect, closing the rape loophole.
The definition of rape will become more expansive. A person who has sexual intercourse with someone who tries to "physically, verbally, or by other visible conduct refuse the person's acts," commits rape.
The Bail Project
A judge denied the Bail Project's request to temporarily suspend a new law going into effect.
"This case is still alive and the court will be considering the merits of our argument about the far-reaching First Amendment and equal protection implications of the new law," ACLU of Indiana Legal Director Ken Falk said Wednesday. "The only thing that today's decision means is that the law will not be paused while the case proceeds."
Lawmakers passed legislation requiring groups like the Bail Project to apply for state certification. It also bans the group from bailing out certain defendants, including people accused of a crime of violence.
The Bail Project and the ALCU are suing the state over the law.
A judge said he denied the group's request for a preliminary injunction because the Bail Project "has not shown a likelihood of success" of proving the new law violates its constitutional rights.
State fossil
On the lighter side, Indiana will finally have a state fossil: the mastodon.
Mastodons have been found in nearly every county in Indiana. There are now only four states that don't have a state fossil. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/new-indiana-laws-going-into-effect-july-1-2022-bail-project/531-da8fa07e-e393-4924-99b0-94061369b5a2 | 2022-06-29T21:33:56 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/new-indiana-laws-going-into-effect-july-1-2022-bail-project/531-da8fa07e-e393-4924-99b0-94061369b5a2 |
KEY WEST, Fla. — A long time Key West vandal was sentenced to 30 days in jail among other punishments following a deep investigation into graffiti vandalism, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
Brandon Joseph Mims, 31, will do his time in the Monroe County jail along with 36 months probation, 200 hours of community service and will have to pay more than $2,500 in fines, court costs and restitution, per a news release.
Mims was arrested back in February 2020, the sheriff's office said, and was charged with 18 counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief, two felony counts of criminal mischief six counts of burglary and one misdemeanor marijuana charge.
Deputies said Mims openly admitted to the vandalism and often boasted on social media about his crimes. According to Deputies, Mims even shared how he illegally entered Naval Air Station Key West property and vandalized one of their buildings in an Instagram post.
“I was happy to hear that this defendant will be forced to pay restitution and spend time behind bars for his crimes,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “Defacing someone else’s property is a crime. This is a vandal, not an artist."
According to the news release, Mims would often spray paint the name "Cyne" and place "Cyne" stickers on public and private property.
Detectives were able to build a case by obtained a search warrant for Mims’ social media networks and reviewing more than 42,000 pages posted by Mims.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation back in November 2019 when Mims was accused of trespassing and had dozens of spray paint cans inside of his car. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/key-west-florida-vandal-jail-graffti/67-0639156a-4ceb-4ed3-90c4-e2b7c24cff69 | 2022-06-29T21:38:12 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/key-west-florida-vandal-jail-graffti/67-0639156a-4ceb-4ed3-90c4-e2b7c24cff69 |
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — On the day of a Manatee County man's funeral earlier this week, thieves were caught on surveillance video breaking into his home and rummaging through his belongings.
Lance Plowman said it all happened just three hours before his family was set to meet up and celebrate the life of his father, Eddie Mulock, on Monday.
“They literally had to push a wheelchair and a walker out of the way where the door they broke in was," Plowman said.
Plowman said the incident left them angry and shaken up.
“They took the last bit of peace that we had," he said.
Mulock was an incredible man and was very well respected in the community, Plowman said. According to his obituary, Mulock was a longtime attorney in Bradenton and was the voice of Manatee High School football on the radio.
He died on May 18 at the age of 78.
"A legend of Manatee County, Eddie charismatically commanded a court room, trying cases that rolled out like page-turner movie scripts," his obit reads. "A lover of saltwater fishing tournaments, Motown Music and colorful suits, Eddie advocated for children by chairing the Children's Services Advisory Board and serving on various committees benefiting the youth of Manatee County."
The family says the break-in was devastating for this to happen on the same day as his funeral.
“We would have given them everything in the house if we just got to keep the little bit of peace we had left," Plowman said.
The break-in was reported to the Bradenton Police Department; Plowman said he's hoping another family doesn't become the next target.
“I'm really scared for anybody else because these are not good people," he said.
The same night Mulock's home was broken into, a person who lives nearby said his son's car was stolen just 30 minutes before. Neighbors think the same thieves are responsible.
The family who had their car stolen said they also reported that incident.
10 Tampa Bay reached out to Bradenton police to see if they have any leads in the investigation. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/thieves-break-into-bradenton-home-on-funeral-day/67-6f3c0f4f-6228-4ddf-9660-d6c8ffd1ae37 | 2022-06-29T21:38:19 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/thieves-break-into-bradenton-home-on-funeral-day/67-6f3c0f4f-6228-4ddf-9660-d6c8ffd1ae37 |
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — As 10 Tampa Bay first reported, a quarantine was established Friday for parts of the St. Petersburg area, halting the transportation of fruits, vegetables, and nuts without approval from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The state department confirmed the presence of Oriental fruit flies.
"The fly infests over 430 different fruits, vegetables, and nuts by laying its eggs in the hosts, making them unmarketable," FDACS wrote in a statement.
Under the quarantine, these types of foods are not supposed to be moved or transported anywhere unless FDACS allows it.
However, fruits and vegetables within the quarantined area are still being sold.
The Pinellas County Extension office of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences told 10 Tampa Bay that farmers' markets selling fruits and vegetables would typically be closed during such a quarantine period.
10 Tampa Bay spoke with multiple produce sellers in the St. Pete area, and all were unaware a quarantine was in place.
The current quarantine is being extended through at least the weekend.
The extension office says the state agriculture department is meeting Wednesday afternoon to draft a memorandum for grocery stores to sign and comply with possible new rules in effect. This may impact how and if St. Pete grocery stores and farmers' markets can continue to sell certain food products. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/closures-farmers-markets-st-pete-invasive-fruit-flies/67-0d3987ed-591e-484d-945d-63eb70baa1a0 | 2022-06-29T21:38:25 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/closures-farmers-markets-st-pete-invasive-fruit-flies/67-0d3987ed-591e-484d-945d-63eb70baa1a0 |
CLEARWATER, Fla — Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater crew members held a change of command ceremony on Wednesday.
Capt. Scott Phy relieved Capt. Joseph McGilley as the commanding officer, the Coasrt Guard said in a news release.
McGilley is transferring to Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C. as the Coast Guard's chief of aeronautical engineering, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. He served four staff assignments and six operational positions.
A military unit's change of command is a tradition that represents a formal transfer of total responsibility, authority and accountability from one person to another.
"It has been an honor and privilege to live with and serve the community of the Tampa Bay area and beyond,” McGilley stated in a news release. “I know Capt. Phy will do well as he has an amazing crew to work with him during his tenure.”
Capt. Phy was last on a joint assignment with the U.S. Air Force's Special Operations Command where he served as the senior Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard liaison to the Special Operations Command.
Before that, Phy called Clearwater home. He was previously assigned at Air Station Clearwater as the operations officer in 2014 and went on to become the executive officer from 2016 to 2018.
Phy's wife, Lisa, and two children attended Wednesday's change of command ceremony, the news release mentioned.
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CAPE MAY — Police are seeking a man and woman who reportedly stole from a store at the Washington Street Mall on Saturday.
The man can be seen on camera at the Great White Shark removing clothes from hangers and placing them inside a woman's bag, police said Wednesday in a news release.
The man was wearing a sleeveless Cape May shirt and sunglasses, and the woman was wearing a pink Penn State T-shirt.
The man has a large tattoo on his right shoulder.
Anyone with information can call police at 609-884-9507. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cape-may-police-seek-shoplifters/article_856cd7be-f7c3-11ec-b53b-133fe3bbadf5.html | 2022-06-29T21:38:50 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cape-may-police-seek-shoplifters/article_856cd7be-f7c3-11ec-b53b-133fe3bbadf5.html |
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Three township residents were charged Monday following an investigation into illegal drug activity in Cape May County.
Joel Quintana-Medina, 42, Frankie Sola, 39, and Zulmarie Arroyo, 20, all of whom live in the township's Rio Grande section, are each charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and distribution of a CDS, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release Wednesday.
Quintana-Medina and Sola were taken to county jail. Arroyo was released on a summons pending a future court date, the Prosecutor's Office said.
The arrests were made following an investigation into illegal drug distribution that targeted Quintana-Medina, the Prosecutor's Office said.
On Monday, the Prosecutor's Office, with help from other agencies, executed a search warrant on Quintana-Medina's home, located in a trailer park in the 100 block of N. Fifth Street. Inside, teams recovered over one ounce of cocaine and more than 250 bags of heroin, the Prosecutor's Office said.
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Additionally, authorities found about $4,500, the Prosecutor's Office said.
Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland says a person convicted of a second-degree crime similar to what the three are accused of could face five to 10 years in State Prison.
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A 5-year-old child is dead after being shot inside a Parker County home Tuesday night while playing with a relative.
According to a statement from the Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier, two children were unattended while playing in a bedroom at a home on the block of Woodie Way when a gunshot was heard at about 9 p.m.
A parent was at home when the shooting occurred, but had left the bedroom to tend to a child in the living room, the sheriff's office said.
The adult, whose name has not been released, told deputies a 9mm handgun was in a dresser of the master bedroom and the magazine had been removed for safety.
The child was taken to a hospital but was later pronounced deceased.
Authier said the shooting is under investigation and that they are not yet releasing the name of the victim or family involved.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this child,” said Authier.
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The sheriff's office did not say whether any charges were expected to be filed in the case.
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LOWER TOWNSHIP — Two men were arrested for their alleged involvement in a car fire earlier this month in the Villas section of the township.
Ernest Grey, 47, and Randy Grey, 58, both of Villas, are each charged with aggravated arson and conspiracy to commit aggravated arson. Ernest Grey was additionally charged with burglary, police said Wednesday in a news release.
Ernest Grey was taken to the Cape May County jail, while Randy Grey was released on a summons.
Police responded to the 1400 block of Bayshore Road on June 5 for a 911 hang-up. Once on the scene, officers found a parked car with smoke billowing from it, police said.
Villas firefighters extinguished the fire, police said.
The Cape May County Fire Marshal's Office and township police investigated the fire. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/villas-men-charged-with-arson-in-car-fire/article_9460eb46-f7e8-11ec-bb67-3b252e86c9cc.html | 2022-06-29T21:39:03 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/villas-men-charged-with-arson-in-car-fire/article_9460eb46-f7e8-11ec-bb67-3b252e86c9cc.html |
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — A fast-moving fire destroyed through a Cape May Court House home Tuesday.
The blaze broke out around 2 p.m. in the first block of Maple Court, the Cape May Court House Fire Department said on its Facebook page Tuesday.
Firefighters from Dennis Township were also brought on to the call to provide mutual aid, the fire department said on its Facebook page.
Heislerville firefighters covered Dennis Township while the station was battling the blaze in Cape May Court House, the fire department said.
Whether or not any injuries were reported was unclear Wednesday afternoon.
A GoFundMe page has been created to help the homeowners.
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Singer-actress Mandy Moore announced that she is canceling her remaining In Real Life tour dates, including her stop at Strauss Square in Dallas on July 6.
Moore, 38, is pregnant with her second child with husband Taylor Goldsmith. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Moore wrote that “the long hours on the bus and lack of rest has caught up, taken its toll, and made it feel too challenging to proceed.”
“It is with a heavy heart and much consideration that I have to let you all know that I am canceling my remaining show dates in 2022. It has been an honor and an absolute dream to return to the stage again this past month, performing for all of you,” she wrote.
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The U.S. Government wants Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores.
Federal Communications Commission member Brendan Carr sent a letter to those companies’ CEO’s last week asking them to remove the app.
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Carr cited a BuzzFeed report that accused TikTok parent company ByteDance of accessing user data.
Neither Google nor Apple have commented on the matter.
They would have to voluntarily comply with the request since the FCC has no jurisdiction over Internet-based services.
Delisting TikTok would also not stop users from downloading it. Apps can be installed on both iPhone and Android devices from sites other than the official app stores in a process known as sideloading.
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Detectives with the Dallas Police Department are asking the public for help in identifying both a car and a person of interest related to a fatal shooting at a Dave & Buster's last week.
Dallas Police said officers were called to a shooting at 9400 North Central Expressway at approximately 11:30 p.m. and arrived to find a man, later identified as 28-year-old Willie Najera, with an apparent gunshot wound.
The preliminary investigation found that two men were involved in an altercation and one of them pulled out a gun, police said.
Dallas Police said the person of interest was recorded on video at the entertainment venue wearing a white T-shirt with a Jordan monogram.
The man left the area in a light-colored sedan.
Anyone with information on the man's identity is asked to contact Homicide Detective Patty Belew at 214-422-9275 or patty.belew@dallascityhall.com and to reference case number 112686-2022. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-police-need-help-identifying-person-of-interest-in-dave-busters-shooting/3003401/ | 2022-06-29T21:39:16 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-police-need-help-identifying-person-of-interest-in-dave-busters-shooting/3003401/ |
Zach Greinke allowed just one run on four hits, helping the Kansas City Royals avoid a three-game sweep by beating the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Wednesday. Kansas City's Kyle Isbel provided the winning cushion with his second home run in as many games.
Greinke (2-4) made his 500th career start, the 48th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to do so and the only active pitcher to reach that milestone. He went six innings, striking out three and walking one.
Three Royals relievers combined for three strikeouts and one hit allowed over three innings, and Scott Barlow picked up his 10th save in 12 chances with a perfect ninth inning.
Texas' Dane Dunning (1-6) suffered his first loss when allowing fewer than three runs this season. He gave up six hits in six innings, walking three and striking out three.
The Royals scored a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by MJ Melendez. Hunter Dozier was thrown out at the plate trying to make it 2-0.
The Rangers' Leody Taveras tied it in the fifth with a leadoff home run that just cleared the wall in right field. It was his first homer of the season.
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Isbel answered that with his second home run of the season, a line drive into the seats in right field.
GREINKE GRAM
Greinke was drafted sixth in the first round of the 2002 draft and spent his first seven years with the Royals, returning for a one-year contract this past offseason.
TRAINERS ROOM
Rangers 3B Josh Smith was back in the lineup after leaving Tuesday's game with a right calf contusion after fouling a ball off his leg.
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The Rangers and Royals both have Thursday off. The Rangers will open a three-game series in New York against the Yankees; the starting pitchers have not been determined. The Royals will open a three-game series in Detroit. RHP Brad Keller (2-9, 4.56 ERA) will start for KC, with Detroit's starter to be determined. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/greinke-sharp-in-500th-career-start-royals-beat-rangers-2-1/3003607/ | 2022-06-29T21:39:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/greinke-sharp-in-500th-career-start-royals-beat-rangers-2-1/3003607/ |
Free agency opens Thursday in the NBA. Let the talking begin. The trading, too, and eventually the signing.
Teams will be able to begin negotiating at 6 p.m. ET with players who are not under contract. Some deals will be struck quickly, others not for weeks, and in almost all circumstances those new contracts won't be able to be signed until July 6 at the earliest.
Jalen Brunson will be in demand early, with the expectation that he'll quickly agree to leave Dallas and become the new point guard in New York. And there will be players who might decide to look elsewhere, or accept huge new deals with their current teams. Zach LaVine with Chicago and Bradley Beal with Washington.
Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook have already made their decisions; both could have been free agents this summer and found a combined 84 million reasons not to hit the open market -- $47 million for Westbrook to opt-in for the last year of his deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, and nearly $37 million for Irving to do the same with the Brooklyn Nets.
The biggest deal of the next few days won't have anything to do with a free agent: All signs point to two-time reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic being offered a supermax extension in the $260 million range by the Denver Nuggets. The only question there will be how quickly he finds a pen to put to that paper.
Minnesota can give Karl-Anthony Towns a supermax of about $210 million this summer, as can Phoenix with Devin Booker.
Other players are restricted free agents, meaning their current teams will have the right to match offers from other clubs. The most notable name on that list is Deandre Ayton, the Phoenix center who was the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft but watched others in his draft class get their first extensions last summer.
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Some players will be free agents in name only. John Wall, for example, will get $41 million in a buyout from the Houston Rockets and has already decided that he wants to play for the Los Angeles Clippers next season. The Clippers are expected to use a $6.4 million exception to sign Wall, and that figure matches the money that Wall gave back to make the buyout of what would have been the final year of his contract happen.
"We'll see what happens as free agency opens up and everything else," Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said. "I think the sky's the limit for our team. The sky is the limit. … And of course, you've got to have a little bit of luck to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy, which is what we'd really like."
That will be everyone's goal come 6 p.m. Thursday, to find ways to get closer to the Larry O'Brien, whether that's in 2023 or beyond.
Such thinking even applies to the champion Golden State Warriors, who have a slew of rotation players -- Kevon Looney, Otto Porter, Gary Payton II among them -- who just last week were enjoying a parade through San Francisco and are now free to go elsewhere if the opportunities and dollars are right.
"We still do need to surround the team with vets and that's the plan in free agency," Warriors general manager Bob Myers said. "It's easier to get some of the older players, we think, in free agency than young players. Young players are probably the most in-demand in free agency."
True, and that's another element of this time of year: Young players, and not grabbing them in free agency this year, but keeping them out of free agency in future years.
Ja Morant will surely be offered a max rookie extension by Memphis, one that will kick in with the 2023-24 season. The Zion Williamson situation in New Orleans will be interesting, as the Pelicans decide how much to offer to -- or safely structure a deal for -- a No. 1 pick who has missed the majority of his first three NBA seasons because of injury issues.
Miami is planning to offer sixth man of the year Tyler Herro an extension, though the Heat will have to determine what number makes the most sense for them going forward.
And, of course, there is a LeBron James angle: The Los Angeles Lakers were a disaster last season and will aim to revamp their roster, plus can give James a two-year extension in August worth nearly $100 million. But before he signs, they have far more pressing concerns.
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Matt Vanaman
St. Augustine Prep
The senior scored a team-leading 40 goals and added 20 assists for 60 points. Vanaman led the Hermits to their first state Non-Public A title. In the semifinals, Vanaman started a three-goal rally to win the game. The Hermits played an independent schedule against some very tough defenses, making his 40 goals all the more impressive. He is committed to NCAA Division I Robert Morris University.
FIRST TEAM
ATTACK
Ryan Demato
St. Augustine Prep
The senior finished with a team-leading 62 points (35 goals, 27 assists). Demato was one of the main leaders and contributors on the team who led the Hermits to a state title and a 16-2 record.
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Jack Kolbe
Southern Regional
The senior was one of the leaders on the Rams’ attack and scored a team-high 49 goals. Kolbe scored twice in the sectional title game when his team needed him most. He added 23 assists. Kolbe is committed to D-I Merrimack College.
Stanley Marczyk
Holy Spirit
The junior led the Spartans in points (60) and goals (54). He added 20 ground balls and six assists. He helped lead Holy Spirit to the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament final and the CAL National Division championship. He scored in 15 games (13 were multi-goal games).
Ryan Sininsky
Southern Regional
Despite missing nine of the Rams’ 20 games, the senior scored 34 goals and added 19 assists. He was a key contributor down the stretch and helped Southern capture its second straight South Jersey Group IV title. He finished his career with 119 goals and 56 assists. Sininsky is committed to D-I New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Joe DeGaetano
Mainland Regional
The junior led his team in goals (62), assists (24) and points (86). He also had 38 ground balls for the Mustangs and led them to the South Jersey Group III quarterfinals. DeGaetano scored at least once in each game this season, including two or more in 17 of the Mustangs’ 19 games.
MIDFIELD
Macky Bonner
Lower Cape May Regional
The sophomore led the Caper Tigers in goals (51) and points (79). He added 44 ground balls and 28 assists. Bonner helped the program grow. The Caper Tigers finished 5-9 in 2021 but went 11-5 this year and qualified for the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament.
Pat Grimley
Ocean City
The sophomore led the Red Raiders in goals (54), assists (32) and points (86). He added 50 ground balls. Despite just being a second-year player, he was a leader on young team that was able to reach the sectional semifinals. Grimley has scored 108 career goals.
Luke Hendricks
St. Augustine Prep
The senior scored 26 goals and added 19 assists for the Hermits. He was one of the standouts on a team that plays one of the toughest schedules in the region. Hendricks scored two or more goals in eight games and had one or more assists in nine. He will continue his career at D-I Quinnipiac University.
Joey DeYoung
Southern Regional
The junior scored 39 goals to go with 17 assists for 56 points. DeYoung recorded his 100th career point this year. He is committed to D-I Hofstra University.
Brett Nabb
Middle Township
The senior scored a team-leading 44 goals and added 26 assists for 70 points. He also had 101 ground balls. Nabb will play football and lacrosse at D-III Eastern College.
DEFENSE
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Southern Regional
The senior was the Rams’ top defender and covered the opposing team’s top offensive player each game. He finished with 58 ground balls and 31 takeaways. Committee anchored a defense that allowed two or less goals in seven games. He is committed to D-II Bellarmine University.
Nate Groody
St. Augustine Prep
The senior was one of the leaders on a defense that allowed just 5.11 goals per game. He also scored a goal. Groody is committed to D-III Ursinus College.
Brock Lefkus
Southern Regional
The senior was a four-year starter for the Rams. Lefkus finished with 54 ground balls to go with 26 takeaways. He anchored a defense that only averaged 4.1 goals per game. Lefkus is committed to D-II Anderson University.
Sebastian Tobias
St. Augustine Prep
The senior anchored a defense that allowed three or fewer goals in seven of 18 games. With the schedule St. Augustine plays, its defensive unit was crucial, and Tobias was a key factor in its success. He is committed to D-III Cabrini University.
Paul Tjoumakaris
Ocean City
The junior helped the Red Raiders’ defense become one of the most solid in the Cape-Atlantic League and in South Jersey. He finished with 68 ground balls. Ocean City beat Holy Spirit for the CAL Tournament title thanks in part to a great defensive stand led by Tjoumakaris.
FACEOFF SPECIALIST
Dylan Dwyer
Ocean City
The junior won 247 of 330 faceoffs (75%) and scooped up 100 ground balls. The faceoffs he won helped the Red Raiders gain or maintain possession. Dwyer is one of the top faceoff specialists in the state.
Jackson Tiarni
St. Augustine
The senior won 203 of 316 faceoffs (64%). He also scored once and added an assist this season. Tiarni's ability to win possessions was a big factor during the program’s first state title run.
GOALIE
Aidan Peters
St. Augustine Prep
The senior made 111 saves with a 4.22 goals-against-average. Peters allowed three or fewer goals in nine games. He also added an assist this season. He will continue his career at the D-I University of Delaware.
Tyler Sininsky
Southern Regional
The senior made 156 saves and had 63 goals-against this season. Sininsky, who made 331 career saves, is committed to NJIT.
SECOND TEAM
ATTACK
Matthew Brown, Lower Cape May Regional
Jack Davis, Ocean City
Matt Goff, Holy Spirit
Genarro Petrongolo, St. Augustine
Noah Plenn, St. Augustine
Taj Turner, Lower Cape May Regional
MIDFIELD
Kevin Dougherty, Cedar Creek
Aidan Reiser, Barnegat
Gavin Roman, Holy Spirit
Luke Scarpello, St. Augustine
Jack Venneman, Mainland Regional
Nick Volpe, Ocean City
DEFENSE
George Coles, Holy Spirit
Sean Finan, Holy Spirit
Kyle Hendricks, Ocean City
Chris Laureigh, Southern Regional
Ryan Marengo, St. Augustine
FACEOFF SPECIALIST (FOGO)
Isiah Carr-Wing, Middle Township
Kurt Falk, Southern Regional
GOALIE
Winfield Dunn, Ocean City
Quinten Hagan, Lower Cape May Regional
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Robert Sawicki
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Luke Tortorici
Cedar Creek
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Jason DeFilippo
Evan Scholder
Egg Harbor Township
Tevon Belgrave
Jason Bordonaro
Nick Gargan
Noah Gibbs
Mike Kazmi
Zach Pennock
Holy Spirit
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Jonah Corkhill
Nick Medina
Joseph Reitzler
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Oakcrest
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Owen Haugan
Ocean City
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John Moyer
Tommy Schutta
Lacey Township
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John Dodaro
Dominic Tarricone
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Lower Cape May Regional
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Gavin Hill
Oguer Nunez
Mainland Regional
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Carter Mostecki
Elliott Post
Middle Township
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Tommy Shagren
Southern Regional
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Zach Wascho
St. Augustine Prep
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ENTERPRISE, Fla. – An Enterprise man was arrested Tuesday evening after he swung a hatchet and fired a pistol at his landlord, threatening to kill him, deputies said.
47-year-old Fredie Vale, who rented a barn apartment on Enterprise Osteen Road, pulled up in his vehicle to his 77-year-old landlord Tuesday shortly before 6 p.m., Volusia deputies said.
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According to reports, Vale was carrying a hatchet, which he handed to the landlord before grabbing it back and using it to threaten the landlord.
Deputies said the landlord — who was also Vale’s boss — fell onto the ground, at which point Vale allegedly jumped on top of him and tried to strike him with the hatchet. Deputies added the landlord was able to dodge and block Vale’s attacks.
Reports show Vale got off the man before walking back to his apartment and returning with a pistol, which he used to shoot the man’s cheek.
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office said the landlord went back into his own home and alerted his wife. The couple contacted the sheriff’s office as Vale drove off, deputies said.
Investigators said they found Vale approximately three hours later at a Wal-Mart in Deltona, standing beside his vehicle. Deputies said they were then able to arrest Vale.
The sheriff’s office said the landlord was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, which included a gunshot wound to the face and a laceration to his thigh.
Detectives said the landlord reported that he had a “good relationship” with Vale, whom he’d known for a few years. He and his wife told detectives they had allowed Vale to move into the apartment because Vale had been “down on his luck.”
Vale faces charges for attempted first-degree murder with a firearm. He’s currently being held without bail.
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Matt Vanaman wanted to make his final season special.
The St. Augustine Prep standout scored a team-leading 40 goals and helped the Hermits win their first state Non-Public Group A title in program history. Vanaman was one of the main leaders on St. Augustine and recorded at least a point in every game but one. He added 20 assists.
Vanaman is The Press Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year.
“I think that was the best way to end my high school career,” Vanaman said. “I had one year left, and it had to be special. I have been working toward that state championship goal all offseason and, well, basically since fourth grade. It was one way to go out. I’m pretty stoked about it.”
The Hemits, who have only had two 40-plus goal scorers since 2013, play an individual schedule and compete against some of the toughest teams in the state. So, to reach the 40-goal plateau is not an easy task when facing some of the best defenses every game.
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“Statistical success doesn't come easy with the schedule we play,” St. Augustine coach J.C. Valore said.
Vanaman finished his career with 71 goals and 47 assists for 118 points. He is one of the only three players to eclipse the 100-point career mark since 2017, joining Dave Burr (2020) and teammate Ryan Demato (2022), which only "speaks to Vanaman's playmaking ability as both a goal scorer and a facilitator," Valore said.
“Matty has been a major piece of a balanced offense for the past two years. It's not easy when you're constantly drawing the opponent's top cover guy each and every day,” Valore said. “He was able to meet the challenges head-on and take his game to new heights, the way you hope a talented player will during his high school career.”
Winning the state championship is obviously his favorite memory, and it should be as he was a part of history. Vanaman admitted this season is something he would never forget, but there was something else that stood out — his late-game goal in the quarterfinals against St. Joseph Montvale.
The Hermits wore shirts that game designed to honor his father, Robert Vanaman III, who passed away last year from cancer. Robert Vanaman was very close with the Hermits as most of the players knew each other even before high school. The elder Vanaman was “always around and a typical lax dad, so everyone knew him," he said.
Coaches and players continued to sport that shirt for the remainder of the season.
"Matt's success did not come without hard work and overcoming a great deal of adversity," Valore said. "He's battled one of the greatest challenges a young man can during his high school years with the loss of his father. His own personal strength, a tight-knit family, and a strong group of friends and families all helped fuel Matt's success."
Vanaman worked hard in the offseason and developed more of a shot, he said. He was soon able to shoot from much farther away than he could before. Vanaman lifted and did what he could to “work toward that goal of scoring more goals,” he said.
The standout attacker scored 29 goals in 2021.
“I think I had a really good year,” said Matt Vanaman, 18, of Sicklerville, Camden County. “I put the ball in the back of the net quite some times. This year, I feel like I took on more of a role as a goal scorer. I think with our offense, players just set me up for a lot of step-down shots.”
“The coaching staff really worked with me this year and helped build my IQ,” said Vanaman, who will play lacrosse next season at NCAA Division I Robert Morris. I’m back to work now. I’m starting to lift. I’m starting to shoot again. I have to work even harder for college because it’s another level other than high school.”
Vanaman will miss his teammates the most next season.
“We were such a tight-knit group and did everything together,” said Vanaman, who even had classes with his teammates and hung out off the lacrosse field. “I have been playing with most of them since fifth grade.”
Team of the Year
From the first team meeting in September, St. Augustine worked tirelessly and built strong relationships found on successful teams, Valore said. The team was a senior-led program with experience and the ability to overcome adversity.
All that led to the program's first state title.
St. Augustine is The Press team of the Year.
"These guys had fun. Our staff couldn't be happier with the hard work they put in each and every day, but on top of that, we all had a ton of fun being around each other," said Valore, who referenced their long rain delay in the locker room in the state semifinals an an example of the fun they had together.
"The alumni, everyone who has come through Prep, we have always wanted to win a state championship,” Vanaman said. “I think this year all the stars just aligned and we got it done.”
St. Augustine finished 16-2 and was No. 1 in The Press Final Elite 11.
"This team took pride in knowing they made our community extremely proud," Valore said. "The guys earned this for themselves, for a supportive family base, our alums who helped build this program, and for a St. Augustine Prep community that rallied around us every step of the way."
Coach of the Year
Before the season started, Southern Regional coach John Pampalone told his players to make history.
The longtime coach led the Rams to their second straight South Jersey Group IV championship and state title game. His motivational advice and leadership throughout the season also led Southern to another Shore Conference A South Division title and a 16-4 record. The Rams finished No. 2 in The Elite 11.
Pampalone is The Press Coach of the Year.
“I am just really proud of this group,” Pampalone said. “I want to thank all my coaches for the hard work they do throughout the year. I think I have one of the best coaching staffs around and a lot of our success is attributed to how hard my coaching staff works.”
When the Rams lost in the state Group IV final to Hunterdon Central in 2021, the team was “just extremely focused and ready to go,” he said. Southern was a young team last spring and returned many talented players this season. Southern had some injuries this year and lost some players, like standout Ryan Sininsky, who missed nine games.
But Pampalone kept his team on top despite some adversity.
Pampalone added his team played their best game of the season in the state final, despite losing 8-6 to Bridgewater-Raritan. Southern has won four sectional titles under Pampalone.
“Last year, we were a young team but caught a lot of people by surprise. This year, we were the hunted team,” Pampalone said. “We had everyone’s best effort. Everyone was gunning for us. It was difficult at times, but we kept it all together and were able to play our best lacrosse at the end of the season.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/st-augustines-matt-vanaman-is-the-press-boys-lacrosse-player-of-the-year/article_33e1fcaa-f177-11ec-9905-1b245698525f.html | 2022-06-29T21:39:31 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/st-augustines-matt-vanaman-is-the-press-boys-lacrosse-player-of-the-year/article_33e1fcaa-f177-11ec-9905-1b245698525f.html |
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The Diamond Beach Lifeguard Invitational for Autism will be held at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at Rochester Avenue beach in Diamond Beach in Lower Township, near Wildwood Crest.
All proceeds will be donated to "4 Paws for Ability" Autism Foundation, which enriches the lives of autistic children with service dogs.
The competing beach patrols are Harvey Cedars, Sea Girt, Wildwood Crest, Diamond Beach, Wildwood, North Wildwood and Cape May Point.
The races are the doubles row, the men’s swim, the women’s swim, the men’s paddle, the women’s paddle, the surf rescue race, and the row out swim in.
Contact Guy Gargan: 609-272-7210 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/diamond-beach-invitational-for-autism-will-be-thursday/article_8a63b258-f73f-11ec-862a-5395a18b9893.html | 2022-06-29T21:39:37 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/diamond-beach-invitational-for-autism-will-be-thursday/article_8a63b258-f73f-11ec-862a-5395a18b9893.html |
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. – A car hit a cargo train in New Hartford Wednesday afternoon while driving out of a construction zone.
New Hartford police say a man in his 20’s ran the red light and struck the train as it was crossing Route 840 just after noon.
There was minimal damage to the train but the car had to be towed from the scene.
Police say no one was injured.
The driver, whose name was not released, was ticketed for running a red light and failing to stop at a railroad crossing. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/car-hits-train-near-construction-zone-in-new-hartford-no-one-injured/article_12f91d80-f7f2-11ec-8390-b3bf9070d671.html | 2022-06-29T21:43:12 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/car-hits-train-near-construction-zone-in-new-hartford-no-one-injured/article_12f91d80-f7f2-11ec-8390-b3bf9070d671.html |
Fire crews were called to a business on the Utica-Frankfort line Wednesday afternoon as thick, black smoke billowed from a vent toward the top of the building.
The sign on the Bleecker Street building says Human Technologies Distribution Center.
Firefighters and ambulances responded to the scene, but it’s unclear at this time if anyone was injured.
The cause is still under investigation.
NEWSChannel 2 has reached out to authorities for more information. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/fire-crews-called-to-business-on-bleecker-street-at-utica-frankfort-line/article_c4608156-f7ef-11ec-9cf1-1f6d07e4487b.html | 2022-06-29T21:43:18 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/fire-crews-called-to-business-on-bleecker-street-at-utica-frankfort-line/article_c4608156-f7ef-11ec-9cf1-1f6d07e4487b.html |
BAY CITY, Mich. (WJRT) - Bay City is getting ready for its fireworks extravaganza and leaders suspect the event to surpass the number of spectators from years past.
Preparations are under way and excitement is starting to build for the big fireworks festival in Bay City over the next four days. Hotels are nearing capacity, restaurants in the area are excited and the event is expected to host hundreds of thousands of viewers.
“With the price of gas, people aren't going to probably go other places. The cost of fireworks is more so we're probably going to see less shows because they can't afford them or can't get them. So we expect a huge turnout this year,” said Earl Bovia, president of the Bay City Fireworks Festival.
The Comfort Inn on the Riverfront is near capacity with only five rooms still available for the weekend.
“We get a lot of people from out of town but the bay city locals actually stay here, too,” said Kelly Todd, General Manager of the Comfort Inn Bay City Riverfront.
From Thursday through Sunday, Bay City grows to nearly 10 times its population -- meaning the impact on area business is significant.
“These people come to party, they come to buy gas, they come to spend money on hotel rooms and food and restaurants,” said Greg Kimbrue, owner of VNO Wine Warehouse.
“It's going to be full and on a wait all the time with all the people but we've got fun stuff planned,” said Destin Reed, General Manager of Tavern 101.
The fireworks start at 10:15 p.m. on June 30 through July 2 and there's also a carnival and nightly entertainment.
“Anytime we can keep people here locally and we can drive up business and really support Bay City as a whole, is a great thing,” said Reed.
And for those worried about getting home after the shows in light of the Liberty Bridge closure -- organizers say they aren't allowing Vets bridge to open to boats for one hour after the fireworks to help traffic flow more smoothly. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bay-city-fireworks-festival-looks-to-make-significant-economic-impact-on-community/article_edd12f9a-f7e5-11ec-8531-4b222b3cceb1.html | 2022-06-29T21:44:17 | 0 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/bay-city-fireworks-festival-looks-to-make-significant-economic-impact-on-community/article_edd12f9a-f7e5-11ec-8531-4b222b3cceb1.html |
The Sheriff’s Office is searching for two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting in southwest Bexar County, described by Sheriff Javier Salazar as a “brazen attack.”
Details are limited, but Salazar said during a news conference on Wednesday that the shooting occurred around 2 p.m. in the 7000 block of Calle Fincias.
When deputies arrived, they discovered the male victim, believed to be in his 40s or 50s, dead in a dark-colored sedan in a wooded area, Salazar said.
Salazar said that the victim was initially shot in his vehicle nearby before it rolled forward and embedded itself about 100 yards into the wooded area. Witnesses later told authorities they saw two suspects chase after the vehicle into the wooded area. They then heard more gunfire.
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“If you’re doing a brazen attack like this on somebody in broad daylight, and you’re going out of your way … clearly they wanted this victim dead and that’s exactly what happened,” Salazar said.
At least a dozen shots were fired, he said. Some shots may have entered surrounding houses or property, although there were no reported injuries.
Different caliber shell casings were discovered at the scene. It’s unclear whether the victim and suspects were firing at each other or using different guns to fire at the victim.
The suspects fled the scene in another vehicle. Salazar said an undercover organized crime working on an unrelated case saw the suspects and followed them, but they lost them in traffic.
As of 4 p.m., the sheriff’s office has yet to release a description of the suspects. The vehicle they were in was later discovered at a nearby residence near the area of Edwards Road and Old Pearsall Road.
timothy.fanning@express-news.net | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/southwest-side-homicide-bexar-county-sheriff-17274953.php | 2022-06-29T21:53:12 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/southwest-side-homicide-bexar-county-sheriff-17274953.php |
Here's a daily map of coronavirus cases in Arizona, broken down by county.
The numbers were updated June 29.
Gallery: A year of the Pandemic in Tucson
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Pop Cycle, 422 N 4th Ave. March 20, 2020.
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Roxanne Lee, manager of the Tucson Medical Center cath lab, stands with nurses and other colleagues in Lifegain Park during a memorial ceremony to remember those who have died of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), on Jan. 19, 2021.
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Most of the students are learning remotely (screen at the back of the room) in Alyssa Keri's math class at Catalina Foothills High School in the Catalina Foothills School District, Tucson, on Feb. 4, 2021.
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Costco shoppers line up early at the Tucson Marketplace at The Bridges in Tucson on March 14, 2020.
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Volunteer Bill Rauch loads food supplies into the trunk of a car at the Community Food Bank at 3003 S. Country Club Road, on March 18, 2020. The food bank started a drive through pick up service to allow for social distancing in response to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19.)
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A pedestrian walks by the shuttered doors and windows of the Surly Wench Pub, the day after the city's drinking establishments were shut down due to COVID-19 distancing measures, March 18, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Victor Sanchez, a cook at Robert's Restaurant, holds a sign up to let to let passing drivers know they are still open at 3301 E Grant Road, on March 19, 2020. Restaurants and other small businesses are taking huge losses as people self quarantine and self distance to diminish the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19.)
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Banner UMC’s drive up system is for emergency room triage for a variety of illnesses and is not for random testing for COVID-19. It has been put in place to keep crowds from the ER and protect the health of patients and staff.
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A line grows outside the doors to Trader Joe's at Swan and Grant as an employee limits customers entering the store to one-out one-in, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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A group of friends from St. Louis enjoy their lunch along Sentinel Peak after a 40-mile bike ride on March 20, 2020. The cycling friends planned their trip to Tucson months ago and decided to keep their vacation plans. They arrived on March 1st and leave this weekend. For the past three weeks they've been cycling through Saguaro National Park, up Mt. Lemmon, Kitt Peak and The Loop. On Friday they got takeout from Seis Kitchen and their bicycle touring company set up tables and chairs for them. They felt they self-quaratined with just the six of them during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
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Madelyn Hardy takes a phone-in order behind the locked doors at Renee's Organic Oven, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. The restaurant is now taking no cash, doesn't allow customers into the building and leaves bagged orders on an outside table for diners to pick up.
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A largely closed and nearly empty Park Place Mall early in the afternoon following COVID-19 restrictions, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Sarah Lang views responses from her fifth-grade students while teaching remotely on Google classroom at Centennial Elementary School in the Flowing Wells School District, Tucson, on March 20, 2020, after the shutdown of schools due to the pandemic.
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Marina Cornelius, owner of Floor Polish Dance + Fitness, teaches her Cardio Party-o class via Periscope to her students on March 20, 2020. Cornelius says this is the first time she's trying to livestream classes and is learning as she goes.
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Jo Schneider stands in the empty outdoor seating area of La Cocina located at 201 N. Court Avenue, on March 26, 2020.
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A woman walks along a nearly empty street in downtown Nogales, Arizona, on March 24, 2020.
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Dana Reed-Kane, co-owner of Reed's Compounding Pharmacy, 2729 E Speedway Blvd., pours a finished batch of hand sanitizer into a bottle at her store on March 27, 2020. Kane is making gallons of hand sanitizer and selling it to the public each day as part of a movement among such pharmacies to help out with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Michelle Don Carlos, founder of Mending Souls, sews masks in her home on Tucson's west side, on March 25, 2020. She and other volunteers are producing masks for emergency responders using anti-viral fabric donated by local hospitals.
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Vanessa Richards, 18, left, and Ella Dotson, 17, take a selfie as their friend, Camilla Hamilton, 17, gets her photo taken by Vanessa's mother, Chrissi, along Scott Ave. in downtown Tucson on March 31, 2020. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the rest of the schoolyear has been canceled. Richards, Dotson and Hamilton are seniors at Marana High School and will not have a formal graduation ceremony. The trio came to downtown to get photos of themselves in their caps and gowns.
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A dinosaur statue over the doors of MATS Dojo at 5929 E. 22nd St., sports an athletic cup for a face mask in the second week of COVID-19 restrictions, March 31, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Raj Paudel hands a bag of food to a customer at Govinda's to-go-tent located at 711 E. Blacklidge Drive, on April 1, 2020.
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Angel Perez and Dan Hawk perform from Perez's balcony, giving the neighborhood a COVID-19-isolation style concert from his balcony, April 1, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tessa DeConcini, senior at University High School, poses for a portrait with her prom dress and graduation cap at University High School, 421 N. Arcadia Ave., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 1, 2020. DeConcini, along with many other high school students, will miss out on prom festivities as well as their graduation ceremony due Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Dr. Liz Almil chats with one of her group from afar as members of the Tucson Cancer Conquerors distribute exercise gear, apparel, citrus and coffee during a handout at Brandy Fenton Park, April 11, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. The group is trying to find ways to keep their members exercising despite being forced into isolation by COVID-19 restrictions.
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Rachel Huante greets her son Zeddicus Atherton as he trots out the door ahead of Lanee Pender carrying his sister Xena Atherton, part of the the new procedure of no parents inside the building at Kids First Preschool, April 15, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Cheri Carr grimaces as she receives a nasal swab while getting tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru testing site at Escalera Health & Wellness, 2224 N. Craycroft Rd., on April 17, 2020. Patients can receive a COVID-19 and an antibody test.
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Dalia Meshirer waves to a friend as the Golder Ranch Fire District trucks begin to roll by as dozens drive by her home to wish her a happy eighth birthday, April 2, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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A sign strapped to the median at 6th Street and Campbell Avenue gives southbound motorists a little pep-talk in the COVID-19 times, April 23, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Kitchen manger Koa Hoffmann tosses dough while working up a crust for a call-in order as he and few others keep cooking at Bear Canyon Pizza despite COVID-19 restrictions, April 22, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Jesse James Tucker, owner and trainer at Tucson Rising Phoenix Fitness and Defense, records a video response on techniques for one of his members outside his home in Tucson, Ariz., on April 14, 2020.
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Kyria Sabin Waugaman, right, pilates instructor at Body Works in Tucson, and one of her teachers, Alessangra Lima, host an online workout class at Body Works, 1980 E. River Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 17, 2020.
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Homer Cass, left, talks to his son, Richard, middle, and grandson, Jason, 22, through a window at Tucson Medical Center on April 27, 2020. The hospital is making adjustments during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to now allow visitors. Upon entry everyone's temperature is taken and then friends and family members can use their cell phones to talk to their loved ones through a window for 15 minutes.
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Emily Wolfgang, manager at Little Anthony's Diner, talks with a customer during the first day of Little Anthony's Diner Carhop at Little Anthony's Diner, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 28, 2020. Little Anthony's Diner, in response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), started an old fashioned 1950's carhop. "It's been a long time since we had a carhop," said Tony Terry, president and owner of Little Anthony's Diner and The Gaslight Theater. "It fits our life right not." Little Anthony's Diner Carhop runs from 11am to 8pm Monday through Sunday. Customers can park in designated parking spots and order and pay for their food from the safety of their car, said Terry. Employees, dressed in 1950's attire with masks and gloves, will come out to check on customers and deliver drinks and food on trays, which resemble trays used in the 1950's that can attach to car windows. There is a Carhop menu, which include burgers, salads and shakes, but customers can order other items off the menu. DJ Phil, Little Anthony's Diner DJ, will play music that can be heard though speakers outside. "We may keep it after the virus," added Terry.
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Alex Swain, a member of Beloved in the Desert - Tucson's chapter of the Episcopal Service Corps, carries bags of groceries to the home of an elderly man, on April 3, 2020. Swain and his housemates have volunteered to shop for elderly and at risk populations as people quarantine and stay at home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Mike Pfander, left, and his wife Jeanne talk with Mike's mother Margaret Pfander from the service driveway just outside Margaret's apartment in Villa Hermosa, April 25, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. With the COVID19 lockdowns relatives have to meet without breaking isolation protocols, through windows or over walls.
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Ralph Acosta, valedictorian of the Amphitheater High School senior class, is greeted at his home near 22nd Street and 12th Avenue by principal Jon Lansa in Tucson on May 1, 2020. Acosta will speak during Amphi's video graduation ceremony.
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Detective Mary Pekas and Lt. Michelle Pickrom carry trays of food as they deliver meals with Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona, on April 29, 2020. Police officers with Tucson Police Department are volunteering while off duty with the program to allow for elderly volunteers to stay at home during the epidemic.
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Stylist Rahnay Curtis, left, and owner Jennifer Ball at CDO Barbershop on May 8, 2020, in Tucson.
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A nurse sporting a "Save Lives" mask takes part in a car procession honk-a-thon driving by Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital after departing from the Safeway across the street, on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Tucson Fire paramedics roll a gurney through a tent setup outside the Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital's emergency room, on April 14, 2020. The tents are used to screen staff and patients for potential Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before entering the hospital.
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Catalina Foothills High School graduates throw their hats in the air as they are videoed on the stage on the football field at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr., in Tucson, Ariz., on May 11, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Catalina Foothills High School is videoing all 415 graduates individually over three days crossing the stage with their diploma cover. Small groups of graduates are escorted toward the stage and stand next to cones set apart for social distancing. After video and still pictures, graduates are given a t-shirt as they leave. "Its an amazing amount of work and planning, but our grads are worth it," said Julie Farbarik, director of Alumni and Community Relations at Catalina Foothills School District.
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Lunchtime is normally standing room only at R&R Pizza Express, 13,905 N. Sandario Road, Marana. But it was sparsely attended on May 11, 2020, as the state allowed restaurants to re-open their dining rooms. Owner Linda Molitor carefully spaced tables to maintain social distancing for dining-in.
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Jordan Wentzel works on a customer's return at DSW located at 7191 E. Broadway, on May 12, 2020. Shoes tried on and returned by customers are cleaned with disinfectant and then stored for three days before being put back on the floor.
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Dr. Susan McMahon, left, lifts a healthy Camille Keicher as mother Audrey gives a reassuring nudge during Camille's six-month well-visit at Mesquite Pediatrics, 2350 N. Kibler Place, Tucson, on May 15, 2020.
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Carolina Castillo, house keeping staff member, wipes down a chair and table in the food court at Park Place Mall, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz. on May 19, 2020. Malls reopened today under CDC guidelines and Gov. Ducey's new rules for businesses due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Park Place Mall has signs throughout the mall reminding customers to keep a six feet distance as well as hand sanitizer stations near each entrance. About half of the tables in the food court have been removed to allow for social distances as well as less than half of the stores have opened with new guidelines. Of the stores open, only 10 customers are allowed to shop in each store at a time.
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The B Gates are largely empty on the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day, less than a dozen people waiting for flights at Tucson International Airport, May 22, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Brian McKinley carts out the extra chairs for temporary storage after the seating had been rearranged to meet COVID19 restrictions at Rincon Presbyterian Church, May 21, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. Houses of worship are searching for ways to adapt to the new reality.
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Ernie Villalobos, general manger of Roadhouse Cinemas, talks with returning employees about some of the new safety measures at Roadhouse Cinemas, 4811 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on June 9, 2020. Roadhouse Cinemas will reopen on Wednesday June 10 at 3:15 p.m. with new safety measures in place due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The new safety measures include plexiglass set up in front of cashier stations, informational signs placed through out the theater as well as signs on the floor indicating 6-feet distances. Each of the nine theaters will be at 50% capacity to allow for distancing between seats.
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Fatuma Mohamud, employee, walk past two plexiglass stands infant of registers at Funtasticks, 221 E. Wetmore Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on June 17, 2020. Funtasticks has reopened with new safety procedures in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. All attractions are open with equipment being cleaned after ever use, social distancing signs and plexiglass placed in front of registers.
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Students in the "Let's Spin" class ride their stationary bikes outdoors at Let's Sweat, 439 N 6th Ave., on August 19, 2020. Soleil Chiquette, owner of the fitness studio and gym, says she moved her classes outdoors and limited class sizes in order to adhere to coronavirus disease guidelines. She's had to cancel some classes that involve students to be indoors. Chiquette says an app was created for her business when the pandemic first started so that members can have access to fitness classes and challenges.
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Cafeteria worker Francis Fontes sorts chicken nuggets into bags for grab-and-go distribution use at the Tucson Unified School District-Food Services building located at 2150 E. 15th Street, on Sept. 23, 2020. The TUSD Food Services Department has continued to provide services for students and families throughout the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by distributing thousands of meals a week for students. In addition to the daily grab-and-go distribution throughout the city, the district has implemented an alternative weekly pickup of a week’s worth of meals (including breakfast, lunch, and five days of snacks) at the TUSD Food Services Department Central Facility off of 15th street.
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Alyssa Cossey, conductor and director of the University Community Chorus (UCC), sets up for a webinar series she is directing from her home on September 8, 2020. The webinar takes place twice a month for the school semester. Cossey wanted to create something for people to participate in during this lack of physical choir performances and rehearsals due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. The series is free and open to the public.
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Music director Eric Holtan leads the True Concord Choir during rehearsal for their upcoming performance, "The Nurturer – Brahms Requiem," at Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Rollercoaster Road, on Oct. 19, 2020.
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Eli Hyland, left, 78, starts to form a heart with her hands while watching her daughter Karen Shea form a heart during their outdoor visit at Elderhaven Assisted Living, 2501 N. Soldier Trail, in Tucson, Ariz., on October 22, 2020. They started making hearts with their hands during their window visits and it has stuck, said Shea. Shea was able to visit her mother through window visits during the pandemic but recently Shea was able to visit her mom in an outdoor setting under strict protocols. They were required to wear masks, get their temps taken, maintain a six-foot distance at all times and were not allowed to touch each other.
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Tiana Hair, PCC psychology clinical instructor, grabs a filled COVID-19 saliva test tube during a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Pima Community College East Campus, 8181 E. Irvington Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 11, 2020. Arizona State University in partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services is now offering appointment only drive-thru COVID-19 testing, via a saliva test, at three Pima Community College campuses.
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Second-grade students make gingerbread cookies while a warm fire burns on the Smart board at Mesa Verde Elementary School, 1661 W. Sage St. on Dec. 17, 2020.
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Marcos Moreno, a volunteer for 15 years with Miracle en el Barrio, writes the number of children on the front of a mini-van as he welcomes families to the Tucson Rodeo Grounds for the 18th year of the event, on Dec. 18, 2020. As a precaution against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the annual event used a drive-thru style format to handout toys, gift cards and other items to children and families
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Five-year old Antonio Moreno reaches out to Santa Claus, getting as close to him as the COVID-19 protective snow-globe bubble will allow during the Tucson Parks and Recreation's drive-thru Cookies With Santa at Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center, Tucson, Ariz., December 16, 2020. It was slow at the drive-thru and when there were no others around, a few kids like Antonio got a chance to almost touch the Big Guy.
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A playground structure closed due to the coronavirus pandemic at Arthur Pack Regional Park north of Tucson on May 8, 2020.
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Kris Green stands with hands over heart as students pass by on her last day as a teacher at Manzanita Elementary School on Oct. 23, 2020. After nearly 40 years, she decided to retire before in-person instruction begins on Oct. 26. Green was a district teacher of the year.
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Elana Bloom: It was very shocking. Everything I had planned for, my whole business was canceled over a two day period. Bloom owns Solstice, a textile business and would make most of her money in the Spring to help with the slower months of the summer. April 14, 2020
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Sgt. Michael Moseley receives the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine during the administration of the vaccination to members of the public who meet the 1B priority eligibility of at Tucson Medical Center's Marshal Center, on Jan. 15, 2021.
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People are directed into the line at the University of Arizona's COVID19 drive-thru vaccination facilities on the school's mall, Tucson, Ariz., February 5, 2021.
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Resident Victor Braun laughs with a CVS Pharmacy health care worker after getting his first dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine at Hacienda at the Canyon, Tucson, Ariz., January 27, 2021. The facility's residents and staff were part of a two day vaccination program in conjunction with CVS Pharmacy and monitored by the in-house personnel from TMCOne clinic.
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Two men die in separate vehicle accidents in Caddo Parish
Two Caddo Parish died in separate car accidents Tuesday night.
Just before 7 p.m. James Herring, 55, of Vivian was riding his bicycle on North Pine Street when he was hit by a vehicle.
The impact resulted in death. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene of the accident and was interviewed by Caddo Parish Sheriff Office.
Sheriff Steve Prator said the incident is under investigation.
An hour and half later Shreveport Fire Department was called to the 6600 block of Jewella Avenue. Upon arrival, they located an elderly man in serious condition after his vehicle struck a tree.
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Charles Conner, 74, of Shreveport was rushed to Ochsner LSU Health hospital but was pronounced dead at 8:28 p.m.
The Caddo Parish Coroner's Office explained that the accident occurred after Conner veered across the median of a busy highway ultimately striking a tree.
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/29/deadly-night-caddo-parish-roadways-tuesday-evening/7767287001/ | 2022-06-29T21:59:09 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/29/deadly-night-caddo-parish-roadways-tuesday-evening/7767287001/ |
BEDFORD, Va. – In a press release Wednesday, Bedford County Public schools announced a revised budget that included salary increases for all employees.
The revisions will be applied to the 2022-2023 budget, according to the release.
Bedford County Public Schools said that all employees will receive at least a 4% increase in pay, but many employees will also receive restoration steps that were frozen during the recession, including their teachers, transportation staff, nutrition workers, custodial services, bus drivers, and paraprofessionals.
The release also said that in addition to salary increases, the revisions also included a $1000 bonus, to be paid out in December, for all employees who are under contract as of December 1. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/29/bedford-county-public-schools-announces-pay-raises-for-all-employees/ | 2022-06-29T22:00:45 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/06/29/bedford-county-public-schools-announces-pay-raises-for-all-employees/ |
FORT WORTH, Texas — A 5-year-old has died after being shot while playing with another child inside a Fort Worth home, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.
Just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, emergency crews were called to a home in the 100 block of Woodie Way after the reported shooting.
According to the report, a 5-year-old and another child relative were playing inside the home when an adult heard a gunshot.
The sheriff’s office said the adult, who was watching the children, told investigators a 9 mm handgun was in a dresser of the master bedroom and the magazine had been removed for safety. The adult said the children were playing inside another bedroom of the home, when the adult stepped away to attend to a third child in the living room.
The adult told investigators that they later heard the gunshot, and then saw the 5-year-old’s injuries.
Paramedics arrived on scene and performed life-saving measures. The child was then transported to a local hospital in Fort Worth.
The sheriff’s office said the child was later pronounced dead.
The names of those involved in the incident have not been released, and no arrests have been made at this time. The investigation remains ongoing.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this child,” said Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/5-year-old-dies-after-being-shot-while-playing-with-another-child-inside-fort-worth-home/287-d2b88cd4-7f03-493f-9043-4467c8fe7ff8 | 2022-06-29T22:05:39 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/5-year-old-dies-after-being-shot-while-playing-with-another-child-inside-fort-worth-home/287-d2b88cd4-7f03-493f-9043-4467c8fe7ff8 |
KENNEDALE, Texas — Editor's note: The details in this story and videos obtained by WFAA are graphic. Viewer discretion is advised. We'll attach the video to this story after it airs.
A Kennedale man has sued two North Texas police officers claiming excessive force in a 2020 incident where he alleges he was struck 16 times in the face with a flashlight.
Clinton Grimsley is suing Kennedale Officer Christopher Kjelsen and Mansfield Officer Brian Raines for excessive use of deadly force. According to the lawsuit, Kennedale officers Brian Andrews and Charles Burns were dispatched to Grimsley’s Kennedale home on April 11, 2020 for a call that Grimsley was starting fires in his front yard and beating on his porch with an object.
Burns and Andrews saw Grimsley as he walked from the side of his home, and they ordered him to drop a toy sword he was carrying and put his hands up, the lawsuit said. Grimsley complied, then was ordered to sit down on the front porch. Officer Burns asked Grimsley if he needed a doctor and Grimsley answered, "That’s why I was praying.”
Officer Burns ordered Grimsley to stand up so he could check for weapons and a pocketknife was removed from Grimsley's possession. Officers then began to handcuff Grimsley, but he ran away because he feared the officers were going to hurt him, the lawsuit says. Grimsley had one arm handcuffed while he was running away, the lawsuit said.
Officer Kjelsen, one of the officers being sued, then drove up to the scene, pointed his gun at Grimsley and instructed him to get on the ground, according to the lawsuit. Kjelsen's bodycam shows him driving up to the scene, exiting his vehicle and drawing his weapon while yelling at Grimsley.
"Get your a** down right now," Kjelsen says in his body cam video. "Get down! Get down! Get on your face. Don't f****** move."
Grimsley can be heard in the video groaning while an officer is heard saying "tase him, get him Burns."
The lawsuit says Kjelsen ran up to Grimsley, kicked him in the head, then got on top of Grimsley and pistol-whipped him in the back of the head, striking him several times.
Raines, the Mansfield officer being sued by Grimsley, arrived on the scene several minutes later and began hitting Grimsley in the face with a flashlight, according to the suit.
Raines' body camera video showed him running over to the scene where officers had Grimsley pinned to the ground and were locating Grimsley's left hand. In the video, you can hear an officer telling Grimsley "stop dude, stop" before Raines started striking Grimsley with the flashlight. According to the lawsuit, Raines hit Grimsley with his flashlight 16 times.
In court documents responding to the lawsuit, Kjelsen admitted that Grimsley was hit in the head during a struggle, but said that Grimsley refused to comply, fought officers and tried to get control of Kjelsen’s Taser and handgun.
“This case is a clear example of when an officer exceeds the level of force required in a given situation by using excessive deadly force in violation of the Constitution,” said James Roberts of Addison, one of Grimsley’s attorneys, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in an email. “Mr. Grimsley was unarmed and restrained by multiple officers on the ground when Officer Brian Raines of the Mansfield Police Department struck him sixteen times in the face with a metal flashlight, causing predictable and significant injuries.”
Raines also filed a response to the lawsuit in federal court, where he denied violating Grimsley’s rights and denied that any force used was unjustified.
Raines' bodycam video shows officers loading Grimsley into a patrol vehicle while requesting more ambulances on scene to assist. After Grimsley was put into the patrol vehicle, an officer asked Raines if he needed anything and he responded, "Nah, I was hitting him pretty good, and got a (expletive) ton of blood in my mouth.”
Raines added, “I punched him and struck him with the flashlight to the face,” the lawsuit says. “That’s where the injuries are going to be from.”
The Star-Telegram reported that as of last week, Kjelsen was still an officer with Kennedale police, and Raines is a sergeant with Mansfield police.
Grimsley was charged with assault on a peace officer, evading arrest and resisting arrest in this April 2020 incident, according to Tarrant County criminal court records. His assaulting a peace officer charge was dismissed, but he was sentenced to 150 days in jail on the other two charges, according to court records.
Grimsley was previously convicted for murder in 2002 after beating his father to death with the butt of a shotgun in August 2001, records show. Tarrant County Medical Examiner records said George Grimsley's cause of death was homicide by manner of blunt force trauma.
Grimsley was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
WFAA has reached out to Grimsley’s attorneys, Kennedale police and Mansfield police to comment on the lawsuit. Grimsley is seeking a jury trial in the suit.
The Mansfield Police Department told WFAA it would not offer comment on pending littigation.
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HOUSTON — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is ordering more truck checkpoints across the state of Texas to prevent more deaths like what we saw in San Antonio earlier this week, when 53 people who were being transported in a big rig died. But we're learning the semi-truck actually made it through two checkpoints undetected.
Four hours before first responders descended on the semi-truck in San Antonio in a desperate attempt to save lives, the driver – identified by Mexican government officials as Homero Zamorano -- was caught on camera crossing through a Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint in Encinal, Texas.
This new information was released in a press conference hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexican officials released a map of the truck's alleged route. It’s believed the migrants were loaded into the truck on the U.S. side near Laredo before heading north. The truck also cleared the Cotulla checkpoint before ending up in southwest San Antonio.
Zamorano was arrested in a nearby field pretending to be one of the injured smuggled migrants, according to authorities.
In Eagle Pass Wednesday, Governor Abbott highlighted what he calls a catastrophe at the border -- record crossings at the border. There were 44,000 alone last month in the area near Eagle Pass and Del Rio. Abbott is ordering new measures.
“DPS will create and implement a checkpoint strategy beginning immediately, targeting trucks like the one used where the people perished," said Abbott.
DPS will deploy teams trained to detect cloned trucks along smuggling corridors. In addition to more checkpoints, Abbott says DPS will deploy at least two new 20-trooper strike teams to areas seeing record crossings.
And the Texas National Guard plans to put more drones in the air in the coming months.
“Our prayers are with the families who were affected,” said Gov. Abbott. “We never want to see that again.”
This is the news conference from this morning by Mexican officials.
Victims in alleged deadly human smuggling
Reporting below is from the Associated Press.
Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants. Fingerprint data has to be shared and matched by different governments.
More than a day after the discovery of a stifling trailer in San Antonio where dozens of migrants died after being abandoned in the sweltering heat, few identities of the victims have been made public, illustrating the challenges authorities face in tracing people who cross borders clandestinely.
The number of dead rose to 53 on Wednesday after two more migrants died, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. Forty of the victims were male and 13 were female, it said.
Officials had potential identifications on 37 of the victims as of Wednesday morning, pending verification with authorities in other countries.
“It’s a tedious, tedious, sad, difficult process,” said Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, who represents the district where the truck was abandoned.
The bodies were discovered Monday afternoon on the outskirts of San Antonio in what is believed to be the nation's deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border. More than a dozen people were taken to hospitals, including four children. Three people have been arrested.
The truck, which was registered in Alamo, Texas, but had fake plates and logos, was carrying 67 migrants, Francisco Garduño, chief of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute, said Wednesday.
The driver was apprehended after trying to pretend he was one of the migrants, Garduño said. Two other Mexican men also have been detained, he said.
Among the dead were 27 people from Mexico, 14 from Honduras, seven from Guatemala and two from El Salvador, he said. One of the victims had no identification, Garduño said.
The tragedy occurred at a time when huge numbers of migrants have been coming to the U.S., many of them taking perilous risks to cross swift rivers and canals and scorching desert landscapes. Migrants were stopped nearly 240,000 times in May, up by one-third from a year ago.
With little information about the victims, desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones.
Several survivors were in critical condition with injuries such as brain damage and internal bleeding, according to Rubén Minutti, the Mexico consul general in San Antonio.
Guatemala’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it had confirmed two hospitalized Guatemalans and was working to identify three possible Guatemalans among the dead. Honduras’ foreign relations ministry said it was trying to confirm the identities of four of the dead who were carrying Honduran papers.
Eva Ferrufino, a spokesperson for Honduras’ foreign ministry, said her agency was working with the Honduras Consulate in south Texas to match names and fingerprints and complete identifications.
The process is painstaking because among the pitfalls are fake or stolen documents.
Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary identified two people Tuesday who were hospitalized in San Antonio. But it turned out that one of the identification cards he shared on Twitter had been stolen last year in the southern state of Chiapas.
Haneydi Antonio Guzman, 23, was safe in a mountain community more than 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometers) away from San Antonio when she began receiving messages from family and friends. There is no phone signal there, but she has internet access.
Journalists started showing up at her parents’ home in Escuintla -- the address on her ID that was stolen and found in the truck — expecting to find her worried relatives.
“That’s me on the ID, but I am not the person that was in the trailer and they say is hospitalized," Antonio Guzman said.
“My relatives were contacting me worried, asking where I was,” she said. “I told them I was fine, that I was in my house and I clarified it on my" Facebook page.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard deleted his tweet identifying her without comment. The other victim Ebrard identified turned out to be accurate.
In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, municipal officials in San Miguel Huautla were traveling to the community of 32-year-old José Luis Vásquez Guzmán late Tuesday to find out if his mother wanted to travel to San Antonio to be with him in the hospital.
Manuel Velasco López, San Miguel Huautla’s municipal secretary, said that a cousin had been traveling with Vásquez Guzmán and was now considered missing.
Another cousin, Alejandro López, told Mexico's Milenio television that their family worked in farming and construction and that they migrated because “we don’t have anything but weaving hats, palms and handicrafts.”
“Growing corn, wheat and beans is what we do in this region and that leads to a lot of our people emigrating and going to the United States,” he said.
Miguel Barbosa, the governor of neighboring Puebla state, set off a scramble for information in the town of Izucar de Matamoros on Tuesday when he said two of the dead were from there although that was not confirmed.
In the heavily migrant town, everyone was asking if their friends or neighbors were among the dead found in Texas. Attempting to cross into the United States is such a tradition that most youths in the town at least consider it.
“All of the young people start to think about going (to the U.S.) as soon as they turn 18,” said migrant activist Carmelo Castañeda, who works with the nonprofit Casa del Migrante. “If there aren’t more visas, our people are going to keep dying.”
Migrants typically pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be taken across the border and loaded into a tractor-trailer and driven to San Antonio, where they transfer to smaller vehicles for their final destinations across the United States, said Craig Larrabee, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar told The Associated Press Wednesday that Homeland Security investigators believe the migrants boarded the truck in or around Laredo, on U.S. soil, but have not confirmed that. He said the truck went through a Border Patrol checkpoint northeast of Laredo on Interstate 35 on Monday.
Before leaving on the more than two-hour trip to San Antonio, the truck had been parked Monday in South Texas just north of the border, Garduño said.
Authorities think the truck had mechanical problems when it was left next to a railroad track in an area of San Antonio surrounded by auto scrapyards that brush up against a busy freeway, said Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff.
San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers.
Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city.
Other tragedies have occurred before migrants reached the U.S. In December, more than 50 died when a semitrailer rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico.
During a vigil Tuesday at a San Antonio park, many of the more than 50 people who attended expressed sadness and anger at the deaths and what they described as a broken immigration system.
Back in Puebla, farmer Juan Sánchez Carrillo, 45, was sickened when he heard of the deaths in Texas.
He narrowly escaped death when he and his friends ran away from dozing migrant rustlers in the mountains near Otay Mesa near San Diego.
“For the smugglers, we the migrants are not human,” Sánchez Carrillo said. “For them we are no more than merchandise.” | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-big-rig-driver/285-30be725b-2b4e-41fd-bd16-d3512663ab9b | 2022-06-29T22:05:52 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-big-rig-driver/285-30be725b-2b4e-41fd-bd16-d3512663ab9b |
TEXAS, USA — Texas is implementing a new truck checkpoint strategy along the border after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday.
The new strategy, which begins immediately, calls for additional truck checkpoints along the border. Abbott said the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin targeting trucks like the one used to transport the migrants found dead in San Antonio Monday.
Texas DPS will also be making sure there is better capability of stopping smugglers and cartel members who are trying to profit off getting migrants to the United States, the governor said.
RELATED: Authorities: Driver of big rig carrying migrants who died pretended to be among the injured
The death count continues to climb in the San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy. On Wednesday, the death toll reached 53.
On Monday, San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood said all the deaths stemmed from heat-related causes, including heat stroke and exhaustion. The tractor-trailer filled with 67 people had no visible working A/C unit and there was no water, he said during a press conference Monday.
Abbott said every year there are reports about migrants who lost their lives from the heat and many of these deaths could be prevented.
Abbott said the truck carrying the migrants passed through a border checkpoint and it was not inspected because the border patrol does not have the resources to inspect all of the trucks.
"The border patrol did not have the capability of saving those lives," Abbott said. "Mr. President, you can fix that if you provide what is categorized as the minimum number of border patrol officers who are needed to do the fundamental job of the United States of America and adequately fund their operations to make sure they are going to be able to inspect those vehicles.
The truck went through a Border Patrol checkpoint northeast of Laredo on Interstate 35 on Monday, Cuellar and Mexican officials confirmed. It was registered in Alamo, Texas, but had fake plates and logos, said Francisco Garduño, chief of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-new-checkpoint-strategy-along-border/285-4d45082e-3258-407d-8aed-afc2b394e91c | 2022-06-29T22:05:58 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-new-checkpoint-strategy-along-border/285-4d45082e-3258-407d-8aed-afc2b394e91c |
DENTON, Texas — Denton City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night to direct the city’s police department to make enforcing Texas’ complete ban on abortion a lowest priority.
After a large rally and protest before the meeting, about 40 people signed up to talk on the resolution.
“We don’t need abortion clinics,” one speaker said. “If we can get them all shut down, this will be great.”
“I was raped when I was 5 years old. The childhood of sexual abuse I endured caused me to start my period at 9 and assaulted again at 12,” another speaker shared. “The fact that any of that should result in me being forced to carry a child is horrific.”
By a narrow 4-3 margin, the resolution passed. Austin has an ordinance design to keep police resources from being used to investigate abortions, but the Texas capital has been seen has as a center of Democrats voters for years.
Kimi Lynn King, a political science professor at UNT, said seeing Denton pass its ordinance in support of abortion rights, a democrat stance, is much more surprising.
“I think it’s really striking,” she said. “It’s almost as if coming out of the pandemic, people are out and energized.”
King says the 2014 battle over fracking is when the historically red city first started to become purple, following statewide trends towards the Democratic Party that started back in 2006.
“What you saw yesterday is a mobilization to turn out because everyone is highly energized right now,” she said. “We’ll see if that kind of enthusiasm continues forward into the fall.”
A police department spokesperson declined an interview to discuss the resolution and its impact.
“There are a great number of unanswered questions surrounding the implementation of the new law and until those are answered, any comment would be purely speculative,” the department said in a statement.
“As passionate as everyone has been on this issue, it doesn’t matter if this resolution passes or not,” councilman Jesse Davis said Tuesday night. “It just doesn’t make a difference.”
Councilwoman Alison Maguire, who is facing a recall in November, was behind the resolution.
“This resolution will clearly establish what our priorities are as a community and will communicate to future leadership that our residents do not want their tax dollars used to punish them for seeking medical care,” she said.
It’s still unclear what the measure will change in the city, but it's a sign the city itself has changed already.
“I would caution taking too much away from it,” King said. “But I would say it’s part of a growing trend that both Republicans and Democrats ignore at their peril.” | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/what-dentons-resolution-deprioritizing-abortion-law-enforcement-means-city-politics/287-17a08b07-6e5d-4ca4-973f-7e68da735d21 | 2022-06-29T22:06:04 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/what-dentons-resolution-deprioritizing-abortion-law-enforcement-means-city-politics/287-17a08b07-6e5d-4ca4-973f-7e68da735d21 |
New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling on Google correct search results that direct individuals seeking abortions to dangerous and misleading anti-abortion clinics in the state -- the latest action that the attorney general has taken to support and expand access to abortion care in New York.
In a letter to Google, James shared concerns and asked for immediate action when it comes to the alleged failure of Google Maps to distinguish between facilities that offer abortion services and those that do not.
According to James this could lead individuals seeking abortions to visit crisis pregnancy centers for care. The crisis centers websites often misrepresent that they provide abortions when they do not. Due to this misrepresented websites, crisis centers are often included in Google Maps search results for “abortion” when they actually exist to discourage them, the attorney general's letter said.
“Given the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, it is more important than ever that New York stands strong in providing safe access to abortion,” James said. “New Yorkers, and others traveling to the state, should trust that Google Maps will provide accurate information and direct them to real and safe care. My office will do whatever is necessary to work with Google to make these changes and ensure that people can locate the reproductive health care facilities that they need.”
According to the attorney general's office, Google is aware of these issues and has previously promised to address them. In 2018, Google agreed to investigate reports of CPCs included in abortion searches on Google Maps, and the following year the company said they were working on deciphering which facilities offer abortion and which interfere with an individual's decision.
The attorney general is requesting that Google implement measures so that abortion-related search results show local facilities that are confirmed to provide abortion services.
“All people deserve access to safe, legal abortion — regardless of where they live,” said Georgana Hanson, interim president and CEO, Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts. “Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe, it's critical that people seeking abortion aren't subject to misinformation and can find the closest trusted provider for care as soon as possible. Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) don’t provide abortion or offer a full range of health care, and they won’t give you honest facts about sexual health and your pregnancy options. When companies like Google don’t distinguish between CPCs and medically-licensed facilities, that harm is directly felt by patients. We are grateful that the attorney general is working to ensure that online information is accurate.”
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New Yorkers who have questions, concerns, or incidents to report can contact OAG’s Health Care Bureau online or call 1-800-428-9071.
This latest development comes a day after James, along with 24 national law firms, and eight reproductive rights organizations announced they were joining forces to launch a hotline that will provide legal guidance, resources and information about legal rights to abortions.
James' office announced the hotline's launch on Tuesday. The announcement comes days after the Supreme Court of the United States ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The 212-899-5567 hotline can be accessed at any time and will be available in 12 languages, the attorney general's office said.
Google did not immediately respond to News 4 New York's request for comment. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-ag-asks-google-to-correct-search-results-that-send-abortion-seekers-to-anti-abortion-clinics/3755568/ | 2022-06-29T22:07:33 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-ag-asks-google-to-correct-search-results-that-send-abortion-seekers-to-anti-abortion-clinics/3755568/ |
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Running a small business takes grit, even in an industry — documentary filmmaking — which many people consider fun, cool, and possibly a touch glamorous. Lisa and Kirk Wolfinger ought to know. Twenty-five years ago, they took the plunge and started Lone Wolf Media in South Portland. Launching such an uncertain entrepreneurial venture was a big leap for a married couple. They had to support themselves and their kids, and they had just one client.
“I was taking care of four small children,” Lisa remembers. “We had an editing room off our kitchen, which was a nightmare. I couldn’t keep the kids quiet as our editors were working and Kirk was working upstairs.”
Over the years, Lone Wolf has seen its profits rise and fall and rise again, sometimes because of the economy, sometimes because of changing tastes in TV storytelling. Trying to maintain a steady flow of work was challenging, especially since the Wolfingers were based in Maine.
“Yeah, we’re not in L.A., we’re not in New York,” Lisa said. “That matters less now, but certainly when we started 25 years ago that was an issue. We had to go on the road and meet with clients and remind them we existed. So that’s been a struggle.”
The Wolfingers and their employees have traveled the world, producing more than 200 hours of documentary TV episodes for PBS, History Channel, Smithsonian Channel, National Geographic, and more, on subjects ranging from science to history, exploration to true crime. As they celebrate 25 years in business, they’re proud of the stories they’ve told, the talent they’ve nurtured, and the team they’ve built.
“I’ve got a whole cadre of people here who are terrific,” Kirk said. “I want to see them keep going. And if this Lone Wolf thing goes and makes it to the 50th anniversary—which I will not be here for—wow, that’d be cool.”
To learn more about Lone Wolf Media, click here. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/against-the-odds-lone-wolf-media-maine-has-been-telling-stories-for-25-years/97-cb8e56b2-a15e-4521-9bc4-9877c3ab0b61 | 2022-06-29T22:08:52 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/against-the-odds-lone-wolf-media-maine-has-been-telling-stories-for-25-years/97-cb8e56b2-a15e-4521-9bc4-9877c3ab0b61 |
MAINE, USA — Joe Ricchio, the host of the Food Coma Podcast, joins us from time to time on 207 to talk food. On the menu today: diners.
Ricchio picked some of his favorites, including places where you can get a first-rate burger, tuna melt, and much more. Watch our conversation to see what he recommends. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/enjoy-diners-here-are-five-of-maines-best-food/97-98466dd1-c7b3-4598-8f39-b62c7c55e977 | 2022-06-29T22:08:58 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/enjoy-diners-here-are-five-of-maines-best-food/97-98466dd1-c7b3-4598-8f39-b62c7c55e977 |
CLINTON, Maine — The Clinton Police Department responded to a report of a drowning Tuesday evening at approximately 6:58 p.m. where a boy was found unresponsive outside of his home, according to a news release issued by the Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.
The one-year-old child was reportedly found outside of his residence inside of a plastic tote containing water by his mother. Another child informed the mother of the incident, according to the release.
Police performed life-saving measures on the child, who was later transported to a local hospital, then flown by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center.
The child is in critical condition, according to the release.
The investigation is ongoing. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/clinton-child-in-critical-condition-after-found-unresponsive-maine/97-7be84449-5d7f-4fb2-9445-9a3ea4fcc12f | 2022-06-29T22:09:04 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/clinton-child-in-critical-condition-after-found-unresponsive-maine/97-7be84449-5d7f-4fb2-9445-9a3ea4fcc12f |
CONCORD, N.H. — The U. S Department of Justice is sending more resources to Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to help the three states help combat drug abuse.
The New England Prescription Opioid Strike Force will target medical staff, physicians, and pharmacists illegally prescribing or overprescribing controlled substances.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division announced the strike force Wednesday at a press conference in Concord, New Hampshire.
"In the last year, more than 75,000 people in the United States lost their lives due to overdose," Polite said in a release, in part. "Since 2018, some of the greatest spikes in the drug overdose death rate have occurred in New England. The NEPO Strike Force will help to address one of the root causes of the epidemic: unlawful prescription and diversion of opioids. Together with our partners, we will fulfill the department’s solemn promise to deploy critical resources to address the opioid crisis.”
The DOJ will fund four more prosecutors in the region, and eventually invest in more law enforcement officials in the three states, adding to the work already being done to tackle drug abuse, beginning with what's often the start of addiction.
"The majority of individuals who come into the criminal justice system will tell us that their first entrée into illegal drug use was through a prescription, through a work-related injury or maybe an athletic injury," U.S. Attorney for Maine Darcie McElwee said. "They first become introduced into pharmaceuticals and then they tend to become addicted to illegal illicit street drugs."
In 2016, Maine passed a law that limits opioid prescriptions to 7 days for acute pain and 30 days for chronic pain, in an attempt to lower the risk of addiction.
Senator Susan Collins released a statement in response to the DOJ's announcement, saying in part that the strike force "will complement the efforts by the Maine Medical Association and Maine's licensure board, which have done a good job educating doctors in Maine about appropriate best practices for prescribing opioids." | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-gets-more-federal-help-to-prosecute-those-who-over-prescribe-opioids-doctor-physician-pharmacist-medical/97-e9acae15-9488-4af3-8f2e-743c686525fd | 2022-06-29T22:09:10 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-gets-more-federal-help-to-prosecute-those-who-over-prescribe-opioids-doctor-physician-pharmacist-medical/97-e9acae15-9488-4af3-8f2e-743c686525fd |
THURMONT, Md. — A catastrophic blaze broke out at a historic summer camp for Jewish boys in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains on Wednesday morning, according to fire authorities in Frederick County.
Administrators of Camp Airy immediately reported that there had been no injuries to campers or staff and that everyone was safely accounted for. But the camp's historic dining hall, known as "The White House" by generations of campers dating back to the 1920s, was destroyed.
The smoke from the morning fire was seen from dozens of miles away because of Camp Airy's site high on a mountainside above the Monocacy valley in Maryland, officials said.
Frederick County Emergency Communication Center received calls around 7:30 a.m. for a building fire at the 14900 block of Old Camp Airy Road in Thurmont. Marty Rochlin, the camp's director, said staffers were in the building beginning to prepare breakfast for the busy camp when workers saw smoke and evacuated. The fire quickly spread from the dining hall throughout the first and second floors of the building.
Firefighters came from as far away as southern Pennsylvania and Montgomery County Maryland to help as the fire went to two alarms. Water was pumped up the steep mountain from ponds and swimming pools on the site, firefighters said.
"We are currently relocating many of these activities, and want to assure you that campers will be fed on time with the quality meals that you expect," Rochlin wrote in a statement on behalf of Camp Airy.
All other buildings were saved, and the Frederick County Fire Investigation Task Force is investigating the cause of the fire.
A letter was sent home to parents of campers:
As many of you are aware, there was a fire this morning at the Camp Airy dining hall. The good news is that there were no injuries, and everyone is safe and accounted for.
Camps Airy & Louise want to thank everyone who responded so quickly during the crisis. First and foremost, the first responders from the Frederick County Fire Department who did everything possible to try and save the building. We want to thank our leadership, support staff, and counselors who kept our campers safe and kept disruptions to a minimum. They did an incredible job in a very unexpected situation, and we are grateful that they reacted as we had prepared them to during any emergency.
For our current campers, we are addressing the situation in a manner to cause the least amount of disruption to their daily activities. A plan is in place to prepare and serve meals, activities scheduled for that part of camp are being re-directed, and counseling has been made available to campers and staff who require it.
For our alumni and staff, the loss of the dining hall brings out many emotions. It was one of the original camp buildings, and as we approach 100 years, we will feel its loss deeply. We encourage our community to do what it always does in times of emotion and share your memories with one another. While we appreciate so many of you reaching out to us to assist in any way you can, please understand that our primary focus today remains on our current campers and their families, and supporting them through this difficult situation.
We thank everyone for their ongoing support and patience as we navigate this unprecedented situation, and will continue to keep everyone informed as we have more news to share.
According to the camp's website, Camp Airy was established in 1924 to provide Jewish children with a creative and adventurous summer each year. The founders of Camp Airy, Aaron Stratus and Lillie Straus, had a vision for every Jewish child to have the opportunity to enjoy summer camp despite the families' income.
Generations of camp alumni reacted with sadness Wednesday when they learned of the fire.
"I had a lot of great childhood memories in that building," said Steven Grutman, the third generation in his family to attend Camp Airy.
His father Harvey Grutman said the decision to continue with camp programming in the wake of the disaster was not a surprise.
"Always move forward," Harvey Grutman said. "It's important that those customs are kept and that the traditions of Judaism are kept. That's what the importance is."
The father and son said the dining hall was filled with momentos and artifacts from the camp's century-long history.mIn particular, campers past and present signed their names on boards displayed throughout the hall.
Camp alumni include OAR bandmates Marc Roberge and Chris Culos along with Carl Bernstien of the Washington Post, according to Rochlin. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/massive-fire-erupts-in-the-dining-hall-at-camp-airy-thurmont-maryland-kids-summer-camp-fire/65-b5a84b63-2805-4033-aa43-17c5ea7f9799 | 2022-06-29T22:09:17 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/massive-fire-erupts-in-the-dining-hall-at-camp-airy-thurmont-maryland-kids-summer-camp-fire/65-b5a84b63-2805-4033-aa43-17c5ea7f9799 |
SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is on scene of a homicide in the 7000 block of Calle Fincias in West Bexar County, officials say.
Officials said around 1 p.m. Wednesday, they responded to the area for shots fired. They said they are not sure about the details involving the shooting, but can confirm that at least two firearms were used since different calibers of shell casings were recovered.
Officials say the victim was shot at least once. His car then rolled several yards into a wooded area and witnesses say that's when two suspects followed the car into the wooded area and fired more shots. That victim was found dead.
Undercover officers were able to get the license plate and other identifiers of the suspect vehicle. The vehicle was later found at a residence near Southwest High School.
Officials said the students at the high school are safe.
It was noted that there was a previous shooting in the area Sunday, but at this time police said they are not able to link the two. The victim in that shooting is on life support so the organs can be harvested, but he has been pronounced dead.
The commute of those who live in the area will be affected. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bcso-on-scene-of-suspect-homicide-on-san-antonio/273-263f4517-0cd1-4bff-a246-9a722a14c337 | 2022-06-29T22:09:17 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bcso-on-scene-of-suspect-homicide-on-san-antonio/273-263f4517-0cd1-4bff-a246-9a722a14c337 |
SAN ANTONIO — A driver was killed in an accident at I-10 just northwest of downtown Wednesday afternoon.
It happened just before noon near the exit to Fresno Road off I-10 West.
Police say a driver of a flatbed truck carrying lumber and bags of cement was pulled over in the center median. The truck driver decided cross the freeway to exit the highway and crashed into the white car.
The driver of the white car was pronounced dead at the scene. No one in the truck was injured.
Police do not plan to charge the driver of the truck, calling the incident an accident.
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SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Fire Department crews responded to a heavy blaze at a single-family home north of downtown on Wednesday afternoon.
The call came in around 2:30 p.m. for a fire in the 200 block of Woodlief, and 22 fire units responded.
Officials said crews had to fight the fire defensively, and some of the outside walls collapsed, but the main body of the fire has been knocked down. They said that no injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Since going on the air in 1950, KENS 5 has strived to be the best, most trusted news and entertainment source for generations of San Antonians.
KENS 5 has brought numerous firsts to South Texas television, including being the first local station with a helicopter, the first with its own Doppler radar and the first to air a local morning news program.
Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
Today, KENS 5 continues to set the standard in local broadcasting and is recognized by its peers for excellence and innovation. The KENS 5 News team focuses on stories that really matter to our community.
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Want to get in touch with someone at KENS 5? You can send a message using our Contacts page or email one of our team members. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/safd-responds-to-fire-home-north-of-downtown/273-4b18d6b1-a1be-4b2d-a35f-235be19cf67f | 2022-06-29T22:09:20 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/safd-responds-to-fire-home-north-of-downtown/273-4b18d6b1-a1be-4b2d-a35f-235be19cf67f |
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Department of Public Safety is looking for an 89-year-old man who was last seen on the morning of June 24.
Jack Wells was last seen in the 3200 block of Grosenbacher Road around 7:30 a.m. DPS said.
Wells is described as a 5'6" male with blue eyes, white hair and weighs 150 pounds.
He drives a Gray 2014 GMC Sierra with the Texas plate of 6JWTH.
If you've seen Wells, you're asked to contact (210) 335-6000. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-san-antonio-man-news/273-a00717a5-ed79-493d-8f89-7fb65c6935e5 | 2022-06-29T22:09:35 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-san-antonio-man-news/273-a00717a5-ed79-493d-8f89-7fb65c6935e5 |
FLORISSANT, Mo. — The 13-year-old boy who police said caused a single-vehicle crash killing two other 13-year-olds and a 9-year-old was driving a decommissioned Hillsdale police car he had taken without the owner’s knowledge, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
The 9-year-old was the driver's cousin who died after the car slammed into a tree on New Florissant Road Monday morning, said the source.
The lone survivor was the 13-year-old driver.
The car had been traveling at speeds likely more than 80 to 90 mph, and still had parts of a partition inside of it for the police canine officer who once drove it, according to the source.
Hillsdale police sold the vehicle to a tow company, which then sold it to a relative of the 13-year-old, the source told 5 On Your Side. The source said that relative did not know the boy had taken the car.
The other 13-year-olds who were in the car on the night of the crash were not related to the driver, according to the source.
Some of the children were from north St. Louis County and the others were from St. Louis City, according to the source.
The Florissant Police Department has not released the names of the victims.
The 13-year-old driver is now facing manslaughter charges and is in the custody of St. Louis County Family Court.
"This is such a tragedy for everyone involved and we offer our sincere condolences to the families of the victims during this difficult time," the department said in the statement.
5 On Your Side’s Robert Townsend talked on the phone to a friend of one of the 13-year-olds, who said his friend was going to celebrate his 14th birthday next month and was going into ninth grade in August.
Officers attempted to perform life-saving measures on the victims, according to the department's post.
The department said an initial investigation found speed was a contributing factor in the crash. Neighbors said crashes happen all the time because of a dangerous curve in the road.
“I heard a boom and I thought it was something in my house and maybe my son had done something,” neighbor Dwayne Elliot said.
That's when Elliot said he came out of his house just before 2 a.m. Monday and saw a car had crashed into a tree a few houses down.
“I got about halfway down the driveway and the car just exploded. It just exploded and I heard a guy saying I think there's someone in the car,” Elliot said.
Investigators believe the car immediately caught fire after hitting the tree.
“I woke up this morning and I hear there were three people who passed away. It's tragic. It's horrible,” Elliot said in an interview Monday with 5 On Your Side.
A neighbor two doors down from Elliot said crashes happen all the time on this stretch of the very busy road especially down by the library.
“It's a daily occurrence to hear cars squeal of tires, skidding to keep from hitting somebody because where this guy’s getting ready to turn out there now and that guys turning in. They almost hit right there just now,” neighbor Tim Wright said.
Elliot said his heart goes out to the families affected by this tragedy.
“I pray for those families and people who are in the car. You just got to be careful. I'm always careful coming around that edge and always slowing down no matter what,” Elliot said.
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WASHINGTON — A petition that has been circulating online calls for George Washington University to remove U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from teaching.
The uproar comes after the Friday ruling on abortion rights that overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federally guaranteed access to abortion.
The petition to have him removed already has more than 3,700 signatures and is making headway towards its current goal of 5,000 as of Monday.
Thomas was one of the concurring justices in the 5-4 decision to overturn Roe, and in the opinion, also said the Supreme Court should reconsider previous rulings, such as marriage equality and access to contraception. He currently serves as a lecturer in law at the university.
"With the recent Supreme Court decision that has stripped the right to bodily autonomy of people with wombs, and with his explicit intention to further strip the rights of queer people and remove the ability for people to practice safe sex without fear of pregnancy, it is evident that the employment of Clarence Thomas at George Washington University is completely unacceptable," the user who created the petition - with the screen name John Kay - wrote in its description. "While also factoring in his wife's part in the attempted coup in January of 2021, Judge Thomas is actively making life unsafe for thousands of students on our campus (not to mention thousands of campuses across the country). Make your voice heard and help us kick Clarence Thomas out of Foggy Bottom."
On Tuesday, the university's College Republicans group reached out to WUSA9 to share their own statement regarding the petition, stating their strong opposition to seeing Thomas removed from his position.
“One of the principal assets of our school is learning from figures across the ideological spectrum," the group stated. "While many students at GW are displeased with his rulings on particular cases, the free exchange of ideas and opinions should be valued - not discouraged - at an institution of higher learning like ours. Removing Justice Thomas from the university will do the greatest disservice to those most fervently propagating this petition.”
Since the initial Supreme Court decision was announced, President Joe Biden has also spoken out about Thomas' remarks.
"He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality, the right of couples to make their choices on contraception. This is an extreme and dangerous path the court is now taking us on,” Biden said.
In an email sent Tuesday afternoon to the GWU community, the university said it would not "terminate Justice Thomas' employment nor cancel his class in response to his legal opinions."
"Justice Thomas’ views do not represent the views of either the George Washington University or its Law School," the letter said. "Additionally, like all faculty members at our university, Justice Thomas has academic freedom and freedom of expression and inquiry.”
WUSA9 has reached out to Justice Thomas for comment regarding the petition, but so far, has not heard back. This article will be updated if/when we receive those statements. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/abortion-clarence-thomas-george-washington-university-petition/65-573652f2-28fe-49e4-805e-7653c18ba17c | 2022-06-29T22:10:15 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/abortion-clarence-thomas-george-washington-university-petition/65-573652f2-28fe-49e4-805e-7653c18ba17c |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Public records from the city of Coeur d'Alene detail the known presence of the Patriot Front in the community one year ago. Patriot Front is a group with white nationalism ties.
More than two weeks ago, Coeur d'Alene Police arrested 31 members associated with the group from the back of U-haul. Police say the men planned to start a potentially violent riot at a Pride celebration.
On Tuesday, June 28, Property of the People, a non-profit, released more than 1,200 pages of public records from a request filed with the city of Coeur d'Alene regarding the Patriot Front. The documents detail the hate group's presence in the town and on the North Idaho College campus last year.
The first report mentioning the hate group dates back to May 2021. According to public records, NIC staff started noticing stickers and vandalism referencing the hate group on campus and reported them to the police. Reports of these stickers continued to come in throughout the summer months. One email from a city maintenance worker even says he removed 15 stickers from McEuen Park.
This shows that the city and CDA PD were at least aware of the group trying to establish a presence in Coeur d'Alene last year. But, the records show no indication that police knew about the group's plans to riot on June 11 during the Pride Celebration event.
That said, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations claims there's been a rise in hate group discussions and presence online in the last two years. Tony Stewart with the task force says they didn't know the plans of the 31 men who ended up arrested from the back of the U-haul. But, they knew something was brewing.
"On social media, there was a discussion particularly directed at the LGBTQ community," Stewart said. "A lot of very offensive comments. Certainly, there were comments on racism as well. And we also saw a growing tendency to attack public education, was saying that they want to interfere with trying to shut down things like study social justice."
Stewart says the task force recently held a meeting with local leaders asking to rally the community against hate groups. Something similar to what the task force did in the late 90s when the Aryan nation marched in town.
That meeting led to a series of action items, one of which is a campaign you'll likely see during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The message reads, "Coeur d'Alene Rejects Hate." The task force plans to put that message on 1,000 t-shirts and in the windows of local businesses.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Hot dog fans, rejoice! You will soon be able to drink a new seltzer with a unique flavor... hot dog water.
Fort Worth-based Martin House Brewing Company is launching the new flavor at Glizzy Fest, an event honoring the American favorite. If you're wondering what a "glizzy" is, it's slang for a hot dog.
The Awesome Sauce: Bun Length Hot Dog Water Seltzer will be 5.2% ABV.
The brewery is behind other unique flavors such as the Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer, Murph Juice, a BBQ sauce beer, Buffalo Wangz, a buffalo wing sauce sour beer, and even an "Elf"-themed beer brewed with spaghetti, syrup and M&Ms.
Glizzy Fest will happen on July 16 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Martin House Brewing Backyard.
A John Cougar Mellencamp cover band, Texan Fool, will be performing and a few hot dog-themed food trucks will be serving up "glizzies."
There will also be 25 other beers on tap at the event if hot dog water isn't your thing. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/martin-house-brewing-prepares-to-launch-hot-dog-water-flavored-seltzer/287-a3c20cf9-49dd-47f2-9231-2bcb53759d1b | 2022-06-29T22:10:27 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/martin-house-brewing-prepares-to-launch-hot-dog-water-flavored-seltzer/287-a3c20cf9-49dd-47f2-9231-2bcb53759d1b |
ARLINGTON, Texas — A man who got caught with a machine gun converter device for his pistol has been convicted on a gun charge in a Fort Worth federal court, officials announced.
Keidric Brown, 25, was found guilty of possessing a machine gun, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
Officials said an Arlington police officer pulled Brown over on Jan. 17 after seeing that his insurance had expired.
The officer then "noted the smell of marijuana" and began searching Brown's car, the news release said.
As she searched the car, she found a Glock 9mm pistol under the driver's seat. The gun had a 31-round high-capacity magazine with a red plastic switch attached to the back of the gun's slide, officials said.
When the gun was tested by an officer with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the officer "concluded it was a machine gun that fired in a fully-automatic fashion," the news release said.
Federal law classifies switch-equipped Glocks as machine guns, which are mostly banned for civilians under the National Firearms Act.
Investigators also searched Brown's phone, finding texts about the purchase of a Glock switch.
During Brown's trial, prosecutors played Brown's rap videos, which contained lyrics about "My Glock, it came with a switch" and "I aim, I don't miss," the news release said.
Judge Reed O'Connor found Brown guilty in a bench trial. Brown's sentencing date has not been announced.
“I cannot stress enough how dangerous machine gun conversion devices are and the levels at which they are being used in our communities," said Jeffrey C. Boshek II, the ATF's Dallas Field Division's special agent in charge.
Boshek earlier this month told WFAA that the rise of machine gun converters are "the scariest thing I've seen in my time as an ATF agent."
Boshek said the device kits can be imported from China and made at home in under an hour with a 3D printer.
The device makes a gun unstable so that even trained ATF SWAT members have trouble controlling it. Boshek said a suspect firing one into a crowd sends bullets flying everywhere, and that scenario happened recently in a shooting in Deep Ellum in May. Five people were shot, and some of them were innocent bystanders.
"It makes it a fully automatic machine gun," Boshek said. "So, instead of pulling the trigger once for each shot, you hold the trigger once and the whole magazine will go out." | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-texas-keidric-brown-man-who-had-a-machine-gun-converter-and-rapped-about-it-gets-convicted/287-b364d69e-597c-4efa-a15f-4105d7ad34e8 | 2022-06-29T22:10:33 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/north-texas-keidric-brown-man-who-had-a-machine-gun-converter-and-rapped-about-it-gets-convicted/287-b364d69e-597c-4efa-a15f-4105d7ad34e8 |
HOUSTON — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is ordering more truck checkpoints across the state of Texas to prevent more deaths like what we saw in San Antonio earlier this week, when 53 people who were being transported in a big rig died. But we're learning the semi-truck actually made it through two checkpoints undetected.
Four hours before first responders descended on the semi-truck in San Antonio in a desperate attempt to save lives, the driver – identified by Mexican government officials as Homero Zamorano -- was caught on camera crossing through a Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint in Encinal, Texas.
This new information was released in a press conference hosted by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexican officials released a map of the truck's alleged route. It’s believed the migrants were loaded into the truck on the U.S. side near Laredo before heading north. The truck also cleared the Cotulla checkpoint before ending up in southwest San Antonio.
Zamorano was arrested in a nearby field pretending to be one of the injured smuggled migrants, according to authorities.
In Eagle Pass Wednesday, Governor Abbott highlighted what he calls a catastrophe at the border -- record crossings at the border. There were 44,000 alone last month in the area near Eagle Pass and Del Rio. Abbott is ordering new measures.
“DPS will create and implement a checkpoint strategy beginning immediately, targeting trucks like the one used where the people perished," said Abbott.
DPS will deploy teams trained to detect cloned trucks along smuggling corridors. In addition to more checkpoints, Abbott says DPS will deploy at least two new 20-trooper strike teams to areas seeing record crossings.
And the Texas National Guard plans to put more drones in the air in the coming months.
“Our prayers are with the families who were affected,” said Gov. Abbott. “We never want to see that again.”
This is the news conference from this morning by Mexican officials.
Victims in alleged deadly human smuggling
Reporting below is from the Associated Press.
Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants. Fingerprint data has to be shared and matched by different governments.
More than a day after the discovery of a stifling trailer in San Antonio where dozens of migrants died after being abandoned in the sweltering heat, few identities of the victims have been made public, illustrating the challenges authorities face in tracing people who cross borders clandestinely.
The number of dead rose to 53 on Wednesday after two more migrants died, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. Forty of the victims were male and 13 were female, it said.
Officials had potential identifications on 37 of the victims as of Wednesday morning, pending verification with authorities in other countries.
“It’s a tedious, tedious, sad, difficult process,” said Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, who represents the district where the truck was abandoned.
The bodies were discovered Monday afternoon on the outskirts of San Antonio in what is believed to be the nation's deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border. More than a dozen people were taken to hospitals, including four children. Three people have been arrested.
The truck, which was registered in Alamo, Texas, but had fake plates and logos, was carrying 67 migrants, Francisco Garduño, chief of Mexico’s National Immigration Institute, said Wednesday.
The driver was apprehended after trying to pretend he was one of the migrants, Garduño said. Two other Mexican men also have been detained, he said.
Among the dead were 27 people from Mexico, 14 from Honduras, seven from Guatemala and two from El Salvador, he said. One of the victims had no identification, Garduño said.
The tragedy occurred at a time when huge numbers of migrants have been coming to the U.S., many of them taking perilous risks to cross swift rivers and canals and scorching desert landscapes. Migrants were stopped nearly 240,000 times in May, up by one-third from a year ago.
With little information about the victims, desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones.
Several survivors were in critical condition with injuries such as brain damage and internal bleeding, according to Rubén Minutti, the Mexico consul general in San Antonio.
Guatemala’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it had confirmed two hospitalized Guatemalans and was working to identify three possible Guatemalans among the dead. Honduras’ foreign relations ministry said it was trying to confirm the identities of four of the dead who were carrying Honduran papers.
Eva Ferrufino, a spokesperson for Honduras’ foreign ministry, said her agency was working with the Honduras Consulate in south Texas to match names and fingerprints and complete identifications.
The process is painstaking because among the pitfalls are fake or stolen documents.
Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary identified two people Tuesday who were hospitalized in San Antonio. But it turned out that one of the identification cards he shared on Twitter had been stolen last year in the southern state of Chiapas.
Haneydi Antonio Guzman, 23, was safe in a mountain community more than 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometers) away from San Antonio when she began receiving messages from family and friends. There is no phone signal there, but she has internet access.
Journalists started showing up at her parents’ home in Escuintla -- the address on her ID that was stolen and found in the truck — expecting to find her worried relatives.
“That’s me on the ID, but I am not the person that was in the trailer and they say is hospitalized," Antonio Guzman said.
“My relatives were contacting me worried, asking where I was,” she said. “I told them I was fine, that I was in my house and I clarified it on my" Facebook page.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard deleted his tweet identifying her without comment. The other victim Ebrard identified turned out to be accurate.
In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, municipal officials in San Miguel Huautla were traveling to the community of 32-year-old José Luis Vásquez Guzmán late Tuesday to find out if his mother wanted to travel to San Antonio to be with him in the hospital.
Manuel Velasco López, San Miguel Huautla’s municipal secretary, said that a cousin had been traveling with Vásquez Guzmán and was now considered missing.
Another cousin, Alejandro López, told Mexico's Milenio television that their family worked in farming and construction and that they migrated because “we don’t have anything but weaving hats, palms and handicrafts.”
“Growing corn, wheat and beans is what we do in this region and that leads to a lot of our people emigrating and going to the United States,” he said.
Miguel Barbosa, the governor of neighboring Puebla state, set off a scramble for information in the town of Izucar de Matamoros on Tuesday when he said two of the dead were from there although that was not confirmed.
In the heavily migrant town, everyone was asking if their friends or neighbors were among the dead found in Texas. Attempting to cross into the United States is such a tradition that most youths in the town at least consider it.
“All of the young people start to think about going (to the U.S.) as soon as they turn 18,” said migrant activist Carmelo Castañeda, who works with the nonprofit Casa del Migrante. “If there aren’t more visas, our people are going to keep dying.”
Migrants typically pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be taken across the border and loaded into a tractor-trailer and driven to San Antonio, where they transfer to smaller vehicles for their final destinations across the United States, said Craig Larrabee, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar told The Associated Press Wednesday that Homeland Security investigators believe the migrants boarded the truck in or around Laredo, on U.S. soil, but have not confirmed that. He said the truck went through a Border Patrol checkpoint northeast of Laredo on Interstate 35 on Monday.
Before leaving on the more than two-hour trip to San Antonio, the truck had been parked Monday in South Texas just north of the border, Garduño said.
Authorities think the truck had mechanical problems when it was left next to a railroad track in an area of San Antonio surrounded by auto scrapyards that brush up against a busy freeway, said Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff.
San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers.
Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of the city.
Other tragedies have occurred before migrants reached the U.S. In December, more than 50 died when a semitrailer rolled over on a highway in southern Mexico.
During a vigil Tuesday at a San Antonio park, many of the more than 50 people who attended expressed sadness and anger at the deaths and what they described as a broken immigration system.
Back in Puebla, farmer Juan Sánchez Carrillo, 45, was sickened when he heard of the deaths in Texas.
He narrowly escaped death when he and his friends ran away from dozing migrant rustlers in the mountains near Otay Mesa near San Diego.
“For the smugglers, we the migrants are not human,” Sánchez Carrillo said. “For them we are no more than merchandise.” | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/texas-big-rig-driver/285-30be725b-2b4e-41fd-bd16-d3512663ab9b | 2022-06-29T22:10:40 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/texas-big-rig-driver/285-30be725b-2b4e-41fd-bd16-d3512663ab9b |
A semi-truck attempting to turn westbound onto 75th Street east of Green Bay Road got its rear trailer tires caught in road construction materials Wednesday afternoon. The trailer tipped but didn't fall over in the busy area.
The semi-truck blocked westbound lanes around 60th Avenue near the Golden Corral restaurant and Aldi grocery store. The truck was still there as of 3:30 p.m.
Kenosha Police Lt. Joseph Nosalik said community service officers were on scene and a towing company was on the way to remove the truck from the area. He said no other vehicles were involved.
No additional details were immediately available. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/watch-now-semi-trailer-gets-caught-in-construction-on-75th-street/article_d13010a2-f7e7-11ec-9dc7-93d57b75d03f.html | 2022-06-29T22:18:04 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/watch-now-semi-trailer-gets-caught-in-construction-on-75th-street/article_d13010a2-f7e7-11ec-9dc7-93d57b75d03f.html |
A convicted sex offender is facing numerous possession of child pornography charges.
Karl D. Mackay, of Bristol, was charged Wednesday with 10 felony counts of possession of child pornography as a repeater in Kenosha County Circuit Court. If convicted, he faces decades in prison.
Mackay, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault of a child in 2010, and in 2011 was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision. In the 2010 case, two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under 13 were dismissed but read-in.
Investigation began with theft complaint
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department began investigating a theft complaint on May 21 after a man reported to deputies that some personal property he had stored at a residence in Bristol was missing. The man did not reside at the residence but reportedly made arrangements with one of the residents identified as Mackay to have his property stored in a detached garage there.
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While investigating the theft, a deputy made contact with Mackay at the residence as he was emerging from the basement bedroom, according to the criminal complaint. The deputy determined Mackay had taken the man’s property and sold them without the man’s permission to his roommates and arrested Mackay at the residence.
Two days later, the deputy again made contact with the man who allegedly had his belongings stolen by Mackay. After law enforcement cleared the scene, Mackay’s roommates reportedly began helping the man look for his remaining missing belongings in Mackay’s bedroom in the basement.
While looking for one of the man’s computer cords, a Samsung 512 Evo Pro micro SD card was reportedly located in a drawer under Mackay’s computer.
The SD card reportedly contained disturbing images and it was handed over to law enforcement for investigation.
On June 13, a Sheriff’s department detective obtained a search warrant for the contents of the SD card. Upon opening the SD card, the detective observed a folder that contained subfolders organizing more than 1,000 images and videos of underage girls. Several video files appeared to be “very severe and disturbing depictions of child pornography.”
Mackay’s initial appearance at Kenosha Intake Court was set for Wednesday afternoon.
Mugshots: Racine County criminal complaints, June 22, 2022
Today's mugshots: June 22
These are images of people charged with a crime in Racine County. Booking photos are provided by Racine County law enforcement officials. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
David C. Juarez
David C. Juarez, 1000 block of Villa Street, Racine, attempting to flee or elude an officer, operate motor vehicle while revoked, misdemeanor bail jumping.
Emonjae James Kinney
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Emonjae James Kinney, 1100 block of Park Avenue, Racine, first degree intentional homicide (use of a dangerous weapon), discharge firearm from vehicle.
Micah T. Lminggio
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Micah T. Lminggio, 3200 block of Kinzie Avenue, Racine, first degree intentional homicide (use of a dangerous weapon).
Sara M. Meiller
Sara M. Meiller, 1600 block of Hayes Avenue, Racine, felony bail jumping, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Carlos Antonio Oporto Ruiz
Carlos Antonio Oporto Ruiz, Gurnee, Illinois, possession of a controlled substance.
Krista M. Smith
Krista M. Smith, 1700 block of Holmes Avenue, Racine, robbery with use of force.
Jordan T. Hanson
Jordan T. Hanson, 1000 block of Main Street, Union Grove, disorderly conduct (domestic abuse assessments).
Nicole M. Hurt
Nicole M. Hurt, 2600 block of Dwight Street, Racine, fraudulent use of a credit card.
Jeffery Aaron Polcyn
Jeffery Aaron Polcyn, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, lewd and lascivious behavior, disorderly conduct.
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 1200 block of Hagerer Street, Racine, possession with intent to deliver fentanyl (between 10-50 grams), possession with intent to deliver/distribute/manufacture THC (less than or equal to 200 grams), misdemeanor bail jumping.
Terry T. Canady
Terry T. Canady, 1400 block of Villa Street, Racine, possession of THC, misdemeanor bail jumping. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/convicted-sex-offender-charged-with-10-counts-of-possession-of-child-pornography/article_ca6c93ca-f7d9-11ec-842c-bb2e9e46a209.html | 2022-06-29T22:18:10 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/convicted-sex-offender-charged-with-10-counts-of-possession-of-child-pornography/article_ca6c93ca-f7d9-11ec-842c-bb2e9e46a209.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — No major holiday in America is complete without a good parade, and if you want your fix this Fourth of July weekend, Arlington is the place to be.
The Arlington Independence Day Parade is back this Monday, July 4 at 9 a.m. in Downtown Arlington.
“Experience the oldest event in Arlington and one of the largest 4th of July parades in Texas,” as stated on the event’s website.
This historic event had a humble beginning, dating back to 1965. Officials say the parade was founded by Arlington resident Dottie Lynn and Church Women United, with the first participants riding red, white and blue-decorated bicycles around Randol Mill Park.
Now the event is a two-mile event with 150 entries riding through Arlington’s downtown and the University of Texas at Arlington’s College Park District. To learn more, visit arlington4th.org. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dont-have-fourth-of-july-plans-experience-one-of-arlingtons-oldest-traditions/ | 2022-06-29T22:20:28 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dont-have-fourth-of-july-plans-experience-one-of-arlingtons-oldest-traditions/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The Fort Worth Office of Emergency Management is warning city residents of the dangers of using fireworks within city limits.
“Tarrant County is in a severe/extreme #drought. You’re not only posing injury to yourself using fireworks but you’re increasing the risk of grass/brush fires and structure fires due to the dry conditions,” the office said on Twitter.
READ: Tarrant County under burn ban: Here’s what you need to know
Wednesday, June 29, Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved an outdoor burn ban in Tarrant County for the next 90 days. Any violators of the ban could result in a Class C misdemeanor with a fine totaling up to $500.
City officials say you can report fireworks by calling 817-392-4444, visiting reportfireworks.fortworthtexas.gov or by downloading the MyFW app. | https://cw33.com/news/local/extreme-drought-conditions-in-tarrant-county-make-fireworks-usage-dangerous-officials-say/ | 2022-06-29T22:20:34 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/extreme-drought-conditions-in-tarrant-county-make-fireworks-usage-dangerous-officials-say/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to authorize $500,000 in funding for the city’s police bureau to offer $25,000 hiring bonuses for lateral officers and $3,000 to $5,000 hiring bonuses for new Public Safety Support Specialists (PS3s) in an effort to boost the bureau’s hiring rate.
Addressing the council, Portland Police Captain Anthony Passadore described the bonuses as necessary to bring Portland in line with what other jurisdictions are offering in the highly competitive hiring market for police staff.
Portland has been struggling to fill PPB positions amid record-low staffing levels, and the bureau’s contract with the Portland Police Association currently only covers incentive offers for new officers.
The bureau will begin negotiating with the union to amend the contract to include lateral and PS3 bonuses. The bureau currently has 107 sworn officer vacancies, according to officials at the council meeting.
Lateral officers are new hires who are already certified and have prior work experience in other police departments, as opposed to newly sworn officers who begin their careers at PPB. PS3s are unarmed public safety staff who are not sworn officers but can perform non-emergency work such as responding to non-injury traffic accidents or minor theft incidents without suspect information.
“With lateral police officers, we do not have to send those police officers to the DPSST (Department of Public Safety Standards and Training) Academy, which roughly saves us about $16,000,” Passadore said. “Also they process through the field training program much quicker.”
The bonuses are contingent on lateral hires passing the hiring process, clearing background checks and being offered the job. They’re also intended to incentivize retention, Passadore said. Lateral officers will have to pay back all of the money if they leave in the first year after being hired, $20,000 if they leave in the second year, $15,000 in the third year, and so on up through five years.
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PS3s would get a $1,500 bonus upon being sworn in, $1,500 at the end of their probationary period and a final $2,000 bonus after three years of service, he said. The additional of PS3 bonuses will put the program “on par” with new officers in terms of the bureau’s ability to recruit staff, Passadore said.
The new $25,000 bonuses for lateral officers would allow Portland to stay competitive with many other nearby agencies such as the Vancouver Police Department, Passadore said, although he added that on the national level some agencies have been making even higher bonus offers.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler described the bonuses as one of three strategies to ease the bureau’s staffing pressure, the other two being a retire-rehire program and various improvements to take pressure off of existing officers such as the PS3 program and upgrades to the 911 dispatch system.
Passadore also discussed the bureau’s recruitment efforts. He said the department has been sending recruiters to local events in Portland as well as Pacific Northwest colleges and universities, and has also been seeking out military servicemembers to potentially recruit. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/council-greenlights-hiring-bonuses-lateral-police/283-93566a48-56cb-45da-b6ac-b8cb284bc56e | 2022-06-29T22:22:18 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/council-greenlights-hiring-bonuses-lateral-police/283-93566a48-56cb-45da-b6ac-b8cb284bc56e |
CEDAR FALLS — Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole more than 1,000 rounds of rifle ammunition from a Cedar Falls store.
Investigators said they arrested Jalen Malik Seals, 22, of Cedar Falls, when he returned the following day and attempted to walk away with even more ammo.
Seals is charged with two counts of felon in possession of ammunition, second-degree theft and third-degree theft, according to Cedar Falls police. Bond was initially set at $7,000.
According to police, Seals and another person entered Blain’s Farm and Fleet, 219 Brandilynn Blvd., on Tuesday and took 1,300 rounds of .223-caliber ammo, the same type used in the popular AR-15 rifle.
On Wednesday, he tried to take 3,000 rounds of .223 from the same store, police said.
Officers have recovered ammunition as part of the investigation.
Police said they believe Seals intended to sell the ammo to others.
The investigation is continuing and other charges are pending.
Seals is currently awaiting trial for an April incident where he allegedly took a $398 TV from Walmart.
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Photos: Guns in Northeast Iowa crime cases
Evidence photo of the Ruger 9mm pistol used to kill Jada Young-Mills in Waterloo in November 2020.
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Evidence photo of the .44-caliber revolver used to shoot Jean Smith at her Dundee home in March 2009.
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Evidence photo shows a 9mm Taurus PT92F handgun found in a couch during the search of 122 W. Wellington St. in January 2021.
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Hi-Point C9 9mm handgun police seized from Marcus DeShawn Harmon-Wright in April 2020.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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Court exhibit photo shows a shortened .22-caliber Mossberg Plinkster rifle and bags of marijuana seized in May 2019 that had the fingerprints of Devonner Coleman.
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A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
A SIG Sauer pistol investigators found near a truck parked at Dan Niebuhr’s Fairbank home in March 2019.
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Police seized four handguns in connection with an investigation into three shootings on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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Court exhibit photo shows military-style rifles, a handgun and ammo found in a trunk during a March 12, 2016, traffic stop in Charles City.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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Prosecutors allege Kyle Hattrup pointed this Mossberg shotgun at an officer who went to his home after Hattrup allegedly started a fire in his parents’ garage in 2015.
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One of five shotgun shells found in the street near where Gary Lee Wilson collapsed after being shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 2014.
Police found a shotgun shell after responding to a report of gunfire in the area of Linn and Cottage streets on Thursday, June 4, 2015.
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Police seized a .40-caliber Glock pistol found in Steve William Fordyce’s pickup truck shortly after Donald Harrington was shot on Locust Street in August 2015.
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A pistol and magazine sit in a squad car after police found the weapon in the backyard of a home following gunfire on West Parker Street on Sunday.
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Evidence photo shows a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Court exhibit of a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol found while searching Damon Montano’s RV in July 2018.
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Exhibit from government's sentencing memo shows photo of three pistols found on Wayne Jones' phone.
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This .22-caliber Sig Sauer pistol was stolen during an April 2011 burglary to a home on William Drive. Police recovered it when they stopped Queshandis Seals in July 2014. Seals was found guilty of firearm and drug charges following trial in August 2015.
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A .22-caliber Chiappas Firearms pistol found during a May 2014 traffic accident in Dunkerton had been stolen from a New Franken, Wis., gun shop in May 2013.
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Police seized a .25-caliber Raven Arms pistol following a shooting at the former Rumors Bar on July 22, 2012.
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Waterloo police seized a 9mm Tec-9 handgun, left, and a .380-caliber Lorcin pistol while searching a home at 525 Locust St. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Evidence photo shows an AR-7 takedown rifle ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Evidence photo of a refurbished Mosin Nagant, a Russian bolt-action surplus rifle ATF agents found when searching Michael Duane Strain’s Elma home in 2011.
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Authorities found this Ruger rifle during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 during an investigation into a shooting in Calmar.
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Evidence photo showing a rifle seized during a search of an Ossian home during the investigation into furanyl fentanyl and heroin distribution on June 6, 2017.
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Police found a handgun, sawed-off shotgun and a shortened rifle in a Lehman Circle mobile home following a shooting Nov. 23, 2013.
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Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Authorities recovered an AK-47 style rifle, a 45-caliber handgun and a .40-caliber Glock handgun from Jeremiah Mumford and William Clayton following a bank robbery, chase and shootout that spanned two counties in October. A second rifle was found in the getaway vehicle. (Contributed photos)
Evidence photo shows a shotgun that ATF agents found in an Elma home were Michael Duane Strain was living in 2011.
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Authorities found this Remington shotgun during a June 6, 2017, search in Ossian while investigating opioid sales. The same gun had been seized in October 2012 after it was used in a shooting in Calmar.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Police found this altered Mossburg shotgun in the back of a parked car in August 2013. On Dec. 31, 2013, jurors found Patrelle Green-Bowman guilty of felon in possession of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a sawed-off shotgun following trial.
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Authorities said a resident found this Smith & Wesson handgun in an alley in April 2014 a few blocks from a June 2013 fatal shooting. It was entered as evidence in the trial of Antonio Hutchins on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.
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Waterloo police said they found this .22-caliber Beretta handgun in an alley behind Travon Jones’ Iowa Street home in Cedar Falls in January 2015.
JEFF REINITZ / Courier Staff Writer
Police photo of a .45-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber handgun recovered during the investigation into the death of Ronald Randall.
Waterloo police said they seized this H&R revolver in September 2017. The weapon was an exhibit in the trial of Davionte Dashawn Barksdale in February 2018.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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An AR-15 rifle recovered by police in a traffic stop following a July 2018 shooting in Waterloo.
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The .38-caliber revolver that Vickie Butler was shot with during an argument with Michael Fristo in October 2016. Fristo was acquitted of charges in the shooting following trial on Nov. 30, 2017.
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A photograph of the .357-magnum revolver prosecutors said was used to kill Robert Shannon as he sat in a car on Dec. 14, 2011. Introduced as evidence in the trial of Montez Caples on Oct. 31, 2012. (JEFF REINITZ/ Courier Staff Writer)
Police found a sawed-off Ithaca .410-bore shotgun in the back of Adrian Zarate’s girlfriend’s SUV when it was parked at the Isle Casino Hotel parking lot in October 2018.
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Police found a Jimenez Arms .380-caliber handgun with an obliterated seriall number in Adrian Zarate’s hotel room in October 2018.
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Savage Model 67F 20-gauge shotgun found while searching Levi Farren Miller’s West Mullan Avenue in Waterloo in February 2019.
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Crime scene photo shows were police found a shotgun resting in a cat dish while searching a Waterloo apartment on Feb. 2, 2019.
Police found this Ruger handgun under Delvonn Battles’ seat during a traffic stop in Waterloo in January 2013. The weapon was used in a Des Moines shooting in December 2012. (Contributed photo)
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WATERLOO – Dr. Colin DeFord, DO, has joined Cedar Valley Primary Care & Walk-In Clinic and will begin seeing patients Monday, July 11.
“I’m very excited to begin working with the team at Cedar Valley Primary Care and Walk-In Clinic,” DeFord said. “The ability to care for patients of all ages and develop long-term, meaningful relationships is one of the reasons I went into this profession. I’m grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to continuing to help such a great community.”
DeFord most recently served as the medical director of Nashua Clinic. Prior to that, he served as a physician at U.S. Air Force bases in Montana and Nebraska. In 2015, his location was named the best PCMH clinic throughout the 75 clinics in the entire Air Force.
Originally from Perry, DeFord completed his undergraduate education at Pensacola Christian College before he received his doctorate of osteopathy from Des Moines University. He completed his family medicine residency program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb. He is most passionate about pediatric care, geriatrics and sports medicine.
Photos: 2022 Sturgis Falls Celebration and Parade
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The AMVETS American carries a large American flag at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Audri Hicks of Cedar Falls, 5, smiles as she walks out of the fun house at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls Lions Club at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders circle around in the Zipper ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Union Baptist Crusaders drumline performs at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Ruby Gymnastics Academy float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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SlideShow Bob performs at the Gateway Park Stage at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids dance as SlideShow Bob performs at the Gateway Park Stage at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders circle around in the Ferris Wheel at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids play a water race game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls High School Marching Band at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Tommy Hawk of the Waterloo Black Hawks waves to the crowd at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls Municipal Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids play a carnival game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The crowd watches as Cedar Falls Fire Department Engine 501 rolls through the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The UnityPoint Health float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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A child covers his ears as a large truck rolls through the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The North Star Community Services float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls High School robotics team float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The University of Northern Iowa New Horizons Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids jump on trampolines during the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Plenty of people marched in the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids ride bumper cars at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids ride bumper cars at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Nazareth Lutheran Church float at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Mayor Rob Green waves to the crowds at The Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids play a carnival game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Second Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders circle around in the Ferris Wheel at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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A girl in the UnityPoint Health float blows bubbles at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Ruby Gymnastics Academy float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Taylor Veterinary Hospital float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls Dance Team at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids pile out of the fun house at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The AMVETS Post 49 color guard at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Peet Junior High cheerleading performs at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The UnityPoint Health float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Cedar Valley Primary Care & Walk-In Clinic provides non-emergent care for all ages. The clinic, located at 4006 Johnathan St. in Waterloo, is open from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday for both walk-ins and scheduled appointments. To schedule an appointment or learn more, call (319)233-1540.
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WAVERLY -- Young Construction has opened nominations for its annual YC Cares Veteran Roof Giveaway. If you know a veteran in need of a roof replacement, was honorably discharged, and owns their home in Iowa -- nominate them today. Nominations will be accepted until July 22, and the winner will be revealed at the beginning of August.
Launched in 2015, the YC Cares program has been reinvesting in the communities Young Construction serves. The Veteran Roof Giveaway is an offshoot of YC Cares. The annual YC Veteran Roof Giveaway donates labor, materials, and installation of a new roof to a deserving veteran within 45 miles of the Mason City, Waverly, or Cedar Rapids offices.
In order to nominate a veteran, they must have served in any branch of the military, be honorably discharged, reside in Iowa, and own their home. In addition, the recipient will go through a Purple Heart Homes background check.
Nominations forms and full criteria can be found at youngconstructionofiowa.com .
Photos: 2022 Sturgis Falls Celebration and Parade
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The AMVETS American carries a large American flag at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Audri Hicks of Cedar Falls, 5, smiles as she walks out of the fun house at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls Lions Club at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders circle around in the Zipper ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Union Baptist Crusaders drumline performs at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Ruby Gymnastics Academy float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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SlideShow Bob performs at the Gateway Park Stage at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids dance as SlideShow Bob performs at the Gateway Park Stage at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders circle around in the Ferris Wheel at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids play a water race game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy the Tornado carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls High School Marching Band at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Tommy Hawk of the Waterloo Black Hawks waves to the crowd at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls Municipal Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids play a carnival game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The crowd watches as Cedar Falls Fire Department Engine 501 rolls through the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The UnityPoint Health float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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A child covers his ears as a large truck rolls through the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The North Star Community Services float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 21
Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 5
The Cedar Falls High School robotics team float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 27
The University of Northern Iowa New Horizons Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids jump on trampolines during the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Plenty of people marched in the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids ride bumper cars at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids ride bumper cars at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Nazareth Lutheran Church float at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Mayor Rob Green waves to the crowds at The Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
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Kids play a carnival game at the Sturgis Falls Celebration on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 11
The Second Marine Aircraft Wing Band performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Carnival 5
Riders circle around in the Ferris Wheel at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 16
A girl in the UnityPoint Health float blows bubbles at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Carnival 10
Riders enjoy a carnival ride at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 20
Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 29
The Ruby Gymnastics Academy float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 13
The Taylor Veterinary Hospital float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Cedar Falls Dance Team at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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Zounds the One Man Band and Kinetic Entertainment performs at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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Kids pile out of the fun house at the Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 10
The AMVETS Post 49 color guard at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 23
Peet Junior High cheerleading performs at the Sturgis Falls Parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls Celebration carnival on Friday evening in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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The Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
Sturgis Falls Parade 15
The UnityPoint Health float at the Sturgis Falls parade on Saturday in Cedar Falls.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer
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CEDAR FALLS -- Unite Credit Union has hired Carlos Pinto as its new president/CEO.
Pinto has 27 years experience working in financials, and previously served as an independent credit union consultant in Orlando, Fla., president/CEO of Financial Federal Credit Union in Miami, president/CEO of Media First Federal Credit Union in Miami, vice president, finance/CFO for Robins Federal Credit Union in Warner Robins, Georgia, and CFO for Pan Am Horizons Federal Credit Union in Miami.
Photos: 2022 Sturgis Falls Celebration and Parade
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Unite Credit Union, 802 W. 29th St., was formerly UNI Credit Union. Established in 1955, it serves University of Northern Iowa faculty, students, and alumni as well as Cedar Falls Community Schools faculty, students, and alumni. It also serve MidAmerican Utilities staff and retirees.
After being hired for renovation work at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, 633 Walnut St., he instead stripped copper molding and fixtures from the 111-year-old building.
After a little more than 37 years in business, owner Jim Gilgen, 66, of Cedar Falls, said: “It’s just time. I’m getting older, and it’s the right thing to do.”
CFU has agreed to lease unused land to two local companies, Simple Mining, LLC and Energy Conversion Group, LLC, for the 'placement of structures used for crypto-mining.'
The request for a Bitcoin mining site in Black Hawk County was stopped in its tracks Tuesday by a vote against the proposal by the Board of Supervisors. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/united-credit-union-has-new-president/article_6cd36574-491e-5da1-856c-9e664ce2809b.html | 2022-06-29T22:24:11 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/united-credit-union-has-new-president/article_6cd36574-491e-5da1-856c-9e664ce2809b.html |
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — A house fire forced seven people to flee on Wednesday in Stone Mountain, according to DeKalb County Fire and Rescue.
The fire was at 5432 Red Wood Court, and firefighters said the seven people inside self-evacuated before they arrived at the home.
There were three adults and four children; officials said no injuries were reported. The Red Cross is assisting with any needed medical aid.
Fire officials said the fire is under control but have not said what caused it.
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ATLANTA — Several law enforcement agencies are warning people should be wary when they hit the water this summer, especially as they've seen an increase in intoxicated boating.
Georgia's Department of Natural Resources said game wardens would be patrolling starting Saturday as part of its Operation Dry Water initiative during the Fourth of July holiday. The agency describes it as a national weekend of education about boating under the influence and code enforcement.
"Alcohol use impairs a boater's judgment, balance, vision and reaction time. Not good if you want to avoid a potentially fatal incident," the DNR said in a social media post.
Since the Memorial Day holiday, the unofficial start of summer, four people have drowned in Lake Lanier, according to a Tuesday post from the Hall County Sheriff's Office. Three of those drowning deaths happened within the same seven-day period.
Deputies also said the DNR arrested eight boat operators on BUI charges last weekend.
"All of those people ended up at the Hall County Jail," the sheriff said.
Though Georgia's statistics may seem grim, U.S. Coast Guard data for 2021 shows a record drop in boating-related deaths compared to the year prior.
There were 658 boating fatalities nationwide last year, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. In 2020, there were 767 deaths.
However, alcohol was still the leading known contributing factor in deadly boating incidents since 2021, data shows, accounting for 86 deaths.
When the cause of death was known, the coast guard said 81% of deadly boating accident victims drowned. Of those drowning victims with reported life jacket usage, a majority of victims were not wearing a life jacket. This data is if details regarding life-jacket usage were made available to the agency.
Capt. Troy Glendye from the U.S. Coast Guard said most incidents happened when there were calm waters, light to no wind and good visibility.
“A life jacket is one of the most important safety items on your boat,” Glendye said in a news release. “It is critical to wear one when underway as it may be difficult to do in an emergency. The Coast Guard reminds boaters to ensure life jackets are serviceable, properly sized, correctly fastened, and suitable for your activity.”
U.S. Coast Guard leaders also shared that property damage relating to boats in 2021 totaled $67.5 million, an all-time high. The agency cited operator inattention, inexperience, machinery failure and excessive speed were some of the main contributing factors to boating accidents.
To combat these statistics, Coast Guard officials advise people to wear a life jacket and take a boating safety course and get a free vessel safety check before hitting the water, especially with a group of people.
In addition to wearing a life jacket and taking a boating safety course, the Coast Guard recommends all boaters to attach the engine cut-off switch, get a free vessel safety check, and boat sober.
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ATHENS, Ga. — Nearly two dozen bags containing dead animals were found in a wooded area near an apartment complex, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police report. Some of the animals had been decapitated.
The discovery -- near Cedar Shoals Drive -- was made this week after a resident walking their dog noticed a black trash bag with an animal leg sticking out of it.
The management was notified and police were contacted, the report said. The neighborhood, which the report indicates is made up of two rows of apartment complexes, has a wooded area adjacent to the complexes. Officers searched and found two spots where the bagged carcasses were dumped; they were in 18 plastic trash bags and five paper bags, the report said.
In one spot, they discovered five plastic trash bags containing one to three carcasses. The bags contained "bones and decayed body matter."
"Based on the fallen foliaged and state of decomposition, those carcasses were likely dumped sometime in autumn through early spring of 2021-2022," the report said.
In the second area, officers said, they discovered about 13 trash bags and five paper bags. The police report said it appears these carcasses had been dumped there weeks ago, based on the level of decay. They added that most of the bags contained three to five chickens. There were also pigeons, goats, and a small pig.
Dead animals found bags in Athens
The report said some of the animals - the chickens, pigeons, and goats - had been decapitated.
"Some of the detached heads were in bags, or in the area," the report indicated. "One of the goat’s heads had a livestock tag attached to its ear."
Athens-Clarke County Police said this is still an ongoing investigation. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/athens/athens-animals-dead-carcass-woods/85-ca47e820-041f-48bf-9252-6943cefb3766 | 2022-06-29T22:25:51 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/athens/athens-animals-dead-carcass-woods/85-ca47e820-041f-48bf-9252-6943cefb3766 |
As inflation and soaring rent prices continue to plague Atlanta, an effort is underway to help people find affordable houses to keep them from being pushed out of a community where they've spent their whole lives.
On Wednesday, Mayor Andre Dickens, alongside several other leaders, unveiled the city's newest affordable housing unit in Grove Park. All 110 units have already been leased out at the Columbia Canopy at Grove Park, and the units range in size from 700 to 1300 square feet.
Grandmother to three, Tawana Mosley, just moved into the complex and said it's provided a way for her family to stay inside the city.
"I think many families would say this is meant to be a step forward instead of looking at it as a step backwards,” Mosley said.
She said that the cost of living in Atlanta almost forced her to look outside the city limits until she found out about the Columbia Canopy units.
“Affordability in Atlanta means a lot. So many people have been pushed out of Atlanta because they can’t afford it – and I’m excited to know that I can," Mosley said.
The grandmother is just one of the hundreds of residents now living at the complex tucked away off Holloway Parkway.
During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Mayor Andre Dickens said the goal of the development is to give people who would otherwise be priced out of living in Atlanta a chance to stay put.
“This is a blessing to be here today," Dickens said. "The grove park community is back. It’s a blessing, and it’s thriving."
Mayor Dickens plans to create 20,000 affordable units in the next eight years. His team said he has already helped open 1500 units since taking office. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/new-affordable-housing-unit-opens-grove-park-dickens/85-c3263a11-1c29-464f-82db-128d2d1cafc8 | 2022-06-29T22:25:57 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/new-affordable-housing-unit-opens-grove-park-dickens/85-c3263a11-1c29-464f-82db-128d2d1cafc8 |
LAKE CUSHMAN, Wash. — A young child was killed on the afternoon of June 27 after a car went over the embankment, submerging into the water of Lake Cushman.
Two adults got out of the car safely.
The driver was arrested and the investigation is ongoing, according to Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).
When the car first went down, the child was not able to get out of it. One of the adults involved and witnesses rescued the child from the water.
The child was airlifted to Mary Bridge Hospital in Tacoma but did not survive.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department recovered the vehicle on June 28 in what was commonly named “Party Rock” area. MCSO requested assistance in running an underwater evidence search.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man remains jailed on armed robbery and aggravated battery charges in connection with a violent robbery in May at a Bloomington pawn shop .
Antoine L. Williams, 29, was the second of two suspects in the armed robbery May 18 at McLean County Exchange, 2016 Ireland Grove Road, Bloomington.
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Williams is charged with one count each of armed robbery (Class X felony) and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony). He remains jailed in lieu of posting $50,035.
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, was arrested June 6 for his alleged role in the holdup. He is charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies). He remains jailed in lieu of posting $75,035.
Court documents said Williams struck the pawn shop owner in the head, causing a skull fracture.
The pawn shop owner also said in a previous interview with The Pantagraph that he suffered a concussion and was hospitalized for about four days.
Bloomington police responded about 2:40 p.m. May 18 to the business for a holdup alarm. Officers located evidence of a shooting — two bullet holes in the shop’s ceiling and a bullet in a backroom that trickled out of a gun when it jammed, authorities said.
Williams and Jones also stole property from McLean County Exchange, court documents allege.
Williams was ordered Wednesday to have no contact with McLean County Exchange and its owner. Jones had previously been given the same bond conditions.
An arraignment is scheduled for July 22 for Williams, while Jones is due in court Friday for an arraignment.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Joshua A. Lindsey
Joshua A. Lindsey, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of MDMA) Two counts of unlawful possession of meth (15 to 100 grams and 5 to 15 grams of meth) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of MDMA) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (amphetamine) Four counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of amphetamine, less than 15 grams of clonazepam, less than 15 grams of lorazepam, less than 15 grams of cocaine) Unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (30 to 500 grams) Unlawful possession of cannabis (30 to 500 grams)
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Ronnie Cannon
Ronnie Cannon, 43, of Chicago, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Duane K. Martin
Duane K. Martin, 34, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, three counts of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine and four counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine.
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Destinee M. Nuckolls
Destinee M. Nuckolls, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine and permitting unlawful use of a building.
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Tyler C. Neely
Tyler C. Neely, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with four counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X and Class 1 felonies), reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony) and methamphetamine possession (Class 3 felony).
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Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
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Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
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George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
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Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
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Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
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Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
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Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
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Noel R. Castillo
Noel R. Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
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Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
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Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
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Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
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Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
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Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
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Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
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Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
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Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
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Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
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Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
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Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
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Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
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Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
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Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
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Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
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Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
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Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
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Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
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Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
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Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
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Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
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Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
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Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
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Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
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Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
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David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
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Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
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Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
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Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
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Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
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Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
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Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
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Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
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Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
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Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
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James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
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Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
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Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
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Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
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Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
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Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
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David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
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Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
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Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
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Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
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Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
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Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
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Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, was sentenced to five years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 31, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 36 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated domestic battery-strangulation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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Managers at Mechanical Services & Design in Dayton have been looking for new employees for months and like many area companies are having a tough time finding candidates.
Phil Smith said the company has run into issues with people not responding to them after they apply for a job.
“We just need people who want to work, who are willing to work and want to come every day and understand it’s not easy and it’s out in the elements and you’ll be using your hands, but it’s a very fulfilling job,” Smith said. “At the end of the day you can say ‘I built that.’ It’s a great feeling.”
Smith’s company was one of nearly 150 at the Montgomery County and Greene County summer job fair on Wednesday at Wright State University’s Nutter Center.
Many employers were lined in booths ready to speak with job seekers.
Brittany Cline said MSD is a family-owned business that cares for its employees and people can make a nice living working for the company.
Tony Stephens, a training director with Sheet Metal Workers Local 24, said he is looking to find new hires and has had issues with people not answering him when he calls. He said that he hired someone recently who never showed up to the job.
“You got to recruit and recruit,” he said. “We are getting about as many applications but we are getting a lot less follow through.”
He said he’s heard from employees that employers are not getting back to them, but added that he is tirelessly working to hire more people.
“If you got a ZIP code, I’ll come talk to you,” he said.
Brandon Wallace, who recently graduated with an electrical engineering degree, came to the job fair looking for the right fit. He said it’s important to be persistent and open-minded.
“You just have to keep looking,” Wallace said.
Of the 150 local employers at the job fair, most reiterated that they need more employees.
“We have a lot of positions to fill so we are looking for a lot of different people with different skill sets,” said Betsy Frappier, human resources manager with DAP Products in Tipp City.
Frappier said DAP Product Inc. has added a sign-on bonus and a referral bonus to help get people in the door.
Montgomery County Commissioner Judy Dodge said it’s important to use every tool to connect potential employees to local employers. The Mobile Workforce Unit was on site to help people with their resumes and offer other assistance.
She said the job fair featured companies in a variety of industries including manufacturing, IT and logistics.
“There’s a lot of jobs out there in Montgomery and Greene counties,” Dodge said.
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BOISE, Idaho —
AARP Idaho announced the three organizations who will receive 2022 Community Challenge grants, on Wednesday afternoon.
The grantees were awarded to implement quick-action projects intended to help their communities become more livable long-term by improving public places with an emphasis on the needs of adults over the age of 50.
The three awarded organizations were: the Downtown Boise Association, the Emmett Public Library, and the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights.
"We are committed to working with communities to improve residents' quality of life through tangible changes," said Lupe Wissel, AARP Idaho state director. "We are proud to collaborate with this year's grantees as they make immediate improvements in their communities to jumpstart long-term change."
The local grant awards are part of a larger group of grantees with $3.4 million awarded to 260 organizations through out the country, according to AARP.
The Downtown Boise Association was awarded $7,400 for DTPlays Electric Cargo Bikes to help carry a variety of outdoor games, chairs, shade tent, water station and more to downtown Boise locations.
"We're excited to invite everyone from kids to seniors to come and PLAY! These pop-ups are a direct response to a 2021 survey asking for more family-friendly, free fun during daytime hours,” said Jenn Hensley, the Executive Director of Downtown Boise Association. “We look forward to a great summer and bringing people together in a new and enjoyable way."
The Emmett Public Library was awarded $13,518 for the construction of a remote outdoor locker system.
"Our library is the heart of the community and serves as a source of information, education and recreation, as well as a place to meet, gather and learn,” said the Director of Emmett Public Library, Alyce Kelley. “This AARP grant will expand the availability of our resources while helping the library meet the demands of increased growth and services."
The Wassmuth center for Human Rights was awarded $21,575 for a permanent sound system in the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial.
"We are grateful for the AARP Challenge Grant that will literally amplify the message of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. The sound system will provide enhanced access for onsite program participants," said Dan Prinzing the Executive Director of Wassmuth Center for Human Rights.
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Public records from the city of Coeur d'Alene detail the known presence of the Patriot Front in the community one year ago. Patriot Front is a group with white nationalism ties.
More than two weeks ago, Coeur d'Alene Police arrested 31 members associated with the group from the back of U-haul. Police say the men planned to start a potentially violent riot at a Pride celebration.
On Tuesday, June 28, Property of the People, a non-profit, released more than 1,200 pages of public records from a request filed with the city of Coeur d'Alene regarding the Patriot Front. The documents detail the hate group's presence in the town and on the North Idaho College campus last year.
The first report mentioning the hate group dates back to May 2021. According to public records, NIC staff started noticing stickers and vandalism referencing the hate group on campus and reported them to the police. Reports of these stickers continued to come in throughout the summer months. One email from a city maintenance worker even says he removed 15 stickers from McEuen Park.
This shows that the city and CDA PD were at least aware of the group trying to establish a presence in Coeur d'Alene last year. But, the records show no indication that police knew about the group's plans to riot on June 11 during the Pride Celebration event.
That said, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations claims there's been a rise in hate group discussions and presence online in the last two years. Tony Stewart with the task force says they didn't know the plans of the 31 men who ended up arrested from the back of the U-haul. But, they knew something was brewing.
"On social media, there was a discussion particularly directed at the LGBTQ community," Stewart said. "A lot of very offensive comments. Certainly, there were comments on racism as well. And we also saw a growing tendency to attack public education, was saying that they want to interfere with trying to shut down things like study social justice."
Stewart says the task force recently held a meeting with local leaders asking to rally the community against hate groups. Something similar to what the task force did in the late 90s when the Aryan nation marched in town.
That meeting led to a series of action items, one of which is a campaign you'll likely see during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The message reads, "Coeur d'Alene Rejects Hate." The task force plans to put that message on 1,000 t-shirts and in the windows of local businesses.
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Democrats continued to broadcast their message on abortion rights today at a news conference in Fort Wayne.
U.S. Senate candidate Tom McDermott and state Democratic Party Vice-Chairwoman Myla Eldridge delivered prepared remarks and took questions from reporters at the Allen County Democratic Party headquarters.
McDermott, who currently serves as the mayor of Hammond, promised bold action on abortion rights — including abolishing the filibuster — if elected to the Senate. He faces incumbent Republican Sen. Todd Young in the general election later this year.
“I’m a constitutional person. I understand the constitution. The word filibuster is not in the constitution,” McDermott said. “That’s a man-made rule that’s screwed up the U.S. Senate. It’s gummed up the U.S. Senate, where we can’t even pass a law because in America in 2022 you can’t get 60 senators to agree on anything.”
Eldridge, who also is the Marion County clerk, said the days are numbered “to get a safe and legal abortion” in the state.
“Generations of women, for the first time in 50 years, will be forced to make dangerous decisions many of us thought we left in history books so long ago,” Eldridge said. “What horrifies me the most: underprivileged women, especially Black and brown Hoosiers in urban communities, will see their futures dashed or their lives be put at risk because the nation’s highest court backed a small minority over the large majority of Americans.”
The pair of state Democrats was joined by House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta. Former Democratic representative and 2020 vice gubernatorial candidate Linda Lawson, who was initially scheduled to appear at the event, was unable to attend.
“I’m not a doctor… These issues are so complicated that they should be left up between a woman and her physician and let them make that decision,” GiaQuinta said.
The Fort Wayne lawmaker also said that Republicans are focusing on abortion instead of economic issues like gas prices and inflation. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/democrats-continue-abortion-rights-support/article_fbe368f8-f7e7-11ec-b15b-afb7a152f3bd.html | 2022-06-29T22:34:21 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/democrats-continue-abortion-rights-support/article_fbe368f8-f7e7-11ec-b15b-afb7a152f3bd.html |
Westbound East State Boulevard will be restricted today and Thursday between Inwood Drive and Coliseum Boulevard while crews work on gas lines, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/east-state-boulevard-section-limited-today-thursday/article_8586d7d4-f7cf-11ec-94ec-ebab854adc60.html | 2022-06-29T22:34:22 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/east-state-boulevard-section-limited-today-thursday/article_8586d7d4-f7cf-11ec-94ec-ebab854adc60.html |
Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana unveiled its new learning labs to the community Wednesday.
The non-profit's labs are focused on the healthcare and hospitality industries, partnering with area businesses to provide hands-on training for the organization’s clients, who include developmentally disabled students.
The healthcare lab works with American Senior Communities so students can get experience.
“The good thing about this is that it gives hands-on experience,” said Thomas Summerville, Easterseals chief operating officer. “We aren’t a true clinical facility; we don’t have long-term care designation, we don’t have hospital designation, we have to partner with those facilities to get clinical training.”
In the healthcare lab, students partner with a nurse coordinator who develops relationships and helps students learn. Summerville said this position helps meet the needs of participants as well.
Mannequins are available for students to practice giving injections or taking vitals before moving to on-site training.
“It gives the whole experience for our individuals or anyone who wants to go through this experience,” Summerville said.
Easterseals’ healthcare training helps students receive their certified nursing assistant certification, where they need both classroom and clinical hours.
In the hospitality lab, students can receive food handler certification through Ivy Tech.
The hospitality lab also gives students a chance to learn more about the restaurant industry, teaching them skills such as money management, how to prepare food and serving and waiting on tables. The lab is built like a dine-in restaurant, featuring a commercial-grade kitchen and seating area.
Summerville said they want as many people to use the labs as they can, but they teach students in smaller groups.
In the healthcare lab, students are typically in cohorts of no more than 12 people. Summerville said he hopes to see different class paces in the future.
“We have a diverse population,” he said. “Some people are already working, so they can't commit to 40 hours (a week) Monday through Friday. How can we integrate more of a self-pace option knowing there is a need in the industry?”
Sherry Ward, Easterseals director of development, said the community has enjoyed the labs so far. Two cohorts have already completed the training in the hospitality lab.
“Many say that it’s a hidden secret,” Ward said. “They are thrilled to see the resources that we have created with the support of the community to use, not just for our participants, but for others.”
Ward said Easterseals hopes to create more learning labs in the future. She said the organization is currently working on partnering with hotels to teach students about the hotel industry.
“I’m excited for our participants to have more training and find their confidence,” Ward said. “If you can get the training and experience before you are actually out on the job, you can see if it’s a good fit and be able to go in and start working much quicker.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/easterseals-arc-opens-its-new-learning-labs/article_0cb83df4-f7dc-11ec-ae5b-b3de71b1e79d.html | 2022-06-29T22:34:28 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/easterseals-arc-opens-its-new-learning-labs/article_0cb83df4-f7dc-11ec-ae5b-b3de71b1e79d.html |
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued an Air Quality Action Day for Thursday and is forecasting high ozone levels in all regions of the state.
Anyone sensitive to changes in air quality may be affected when ozone levels are high, the state agency said in a statement. It said children, senior citizens and anyone with heart or lung conditions should reduce or avoid exertion and heavy work outdoors.
The statement said Hoosiers can help reduce ozone by making changes to daily habits, such as:
- Driving less by carpooling, using public transportation, walking, biking or working from home when possible;
- Combining errands into one trip;
- Avoiding refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn equipment until after 7 p.m.;
- Keeping your engine tuned, and not letting your engine idle, such as at a drive-thru;
- Conserving energy by turning off lights and setting the thermostat to 75 degrees or above. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/idem-issues-statewide-air-quality-action-day-for-thursday/article_81b57600-f7da-11ec-b363-7b959b4ea3f1.html | 2022-06-29T22:34:34 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/idem-issues-statewide-air-quality-action-day-for-thursday/article_81b57600-f7da-11ec-b363-7b959b4ea3f1.html |
Indiana legislators will meet July 25 for the upcoming special session, top GOP lawmakers announced Wednesday.
Republican legislators are expected to introduce legislation to restrict abortion access in Indiana during the session — but the details of any potential restriction or ban remain unclear.
The legislature is also likely to hear legislation on the governor’s proposal to send $225 payments to Hoosier taxpayers, the original reason for the special session.
House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, the state’s top Republican lawmakers, announced the change in a news release.
“In light of the historic Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, legislative leaders are anticipating a multi-week special session versus one or two days,” the release stated. “Due to this extended session and to minimize logistical issues, leaders worked with (Gov. Eric Holcomb) to push the start date to July 25.”
The session will still formally begin on July 6, the original date declared by Holcomb last week. The session can last a maximum of 30 session days or 40 calendar days from that time.
That means the latest possible final day is Aug. 14, giving the legislature 21 days to conduct business.
In the release, the GOP leaders said the General Assembly “will vet bills through the full legislative process, including committee hearings and public testimony.”
House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta also released a short statement on the schedule change, reminding Hoosiers that abortion is still legal in Indiana.
“House Democrats will fight to ensure Hoosier women continue to have these protections,” the Fort Wayne Democrat said.
The state Democratic Party also reacted to the announcement. Lauren Ganapini, executive director of the state party, said in a release that Republicans are “trying to throw Indiana back to the 1950s.
“The Indiana GOP are scared because they’ve seen the protests and have heard from Hoosier women,” Ganapini said. “They are waiting for the dust to settle before they push their extreme agenda…” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/statehouse/republican-lawmakers-delay-special-session/article_c4235b38-f7e4-11ec-9619-a7b186b7e7ca.html | 2022-06-29T22:34:41 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/statehouse/republican-lawmakers-delay-special-session/article_c4235b38-f7e4-11ec-9619-a7b186b7e7ca.html |
MOOSIC, Pa. — Preparations are underway for a busy weekend on Montage Mountain as the annual Peach Music Festival returns.
People will begin pouring in on Thursday for this year's Peach Fest.
This year, it falls on a holiday weekend, and it's not the only event happening on the mountain over the next few days.
The music festival brings in hundreds of travelers from all over the area, and more people means more traffic.
"We're going to have our manpower stretched to the limits, but we'll make it just like every other event that comes through Moosic. We'll be fine," said Moosic Police Chief Richard Janesko.
Along with Peach Fest, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are also in town for a weekend series.
"This is always an interesting weekend for certain. We had games during Peach Fest or concerts at Montage over the course of the years. So it's something we are used to. It's something our fans are used to. It's one of those things; you have to work with each other," said Adam Marco, director of communications for the RailRiders.
With the two events overlapping this holiday weekend, Marco is optimistic police have everything under control.
"It'll make traffic heavy, obviously, this weekend, but when it comes to the ballpark, Moosic PD will be on the scene, on the roadways throughout the course of the week."
Signs are posted all along Montage Mountain Road to help ease traffic flow as the festivities begin.
While it's a busy weekend, Chief Janesko stresses that there's no need to rush.
"Why rush, you know? You might get pulled over, get a ticket, ruin your whole weekend. Drive a little, get there early and have fun," the chief advised.
"Other than anticipated heavier traffic, this should be a good weekend for everybody here at Montage Mountain," Marco added.
The Peach Music Festival begins Thursday and runs through Sunday evening.
You can check out the RailRiders schedule here.
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Members of Camp Freedom and Leadership Lackawanna cut the ribbon on Wednesday to open the updated trails on the property near Simpson.
Camp Freedom is a place that welcomes veterans, Gold Star families, military members, and first responders to spend time in the outdoors and connect with others who share similar experiences.
"We have 2,300 acres of land here and over 26 miles of trails that we can utilize for hiking and biking. Most of them have already been here, just needed a little cleanup and some marking out there," said Camp Freedom's Bridget Slagan.
Camp Freedom presented the idea for the trails to Leadership Lackawanna to make them easier to navigate, whether people are hunting, fishing, or hiking.
"We made 90 signs plus the stop signs to hold them up, 225 trail markers for four different trails over 26 miles of trails throughout the property," said Talia Walsh from Leadership Lackawanna's core class of 2022.
The group spent the last ten months on the project that will allow veterans and their families who spend time at Camp Freedom to find their way around the property safely.
"For staff, it's very helpful for us to be able to know where we're going as we're coming in learning different places on camp. So having the maps, having the road markers and trail markers are all very beneficial to us," Slagan said.
"For them to have just an easier time to navigate, the time that we've spent over the last ten months to make the project happen is timeless, in my opinion, and priceless from that standpoint, so that it's just can always be here," Walsh said.
Camp Freedom hopes to utilize these trails for other events in the future.
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La Casa Thrift Store opening soon in support of domestic violence survivors
LAS CRUCES - A new thrift store will soon open in Las Cruces with sales to benefit La Casa Inc., a domestic abuse treatment center.
The new store will have its grand opening July 9 at 812 Spruce Ave., near the intersection of Solano Drive and Spruce Avenue. La Casa Thrift Store will be open to everyone with finds ranging from home goods, gently used clothes, furniture, toys and more.
“La Casa is extremely grateful for the continual outpouring of community donations. Our clients always have first access to these donated items, but we recognized the opportunity to share some of these contributions with others who may be in need,” said Marcie Davis, La Casa executive director, in a news release. “We started imagining a space where community members could come to purchase clothing, home goods, and other household items at economical prices. All purchases will directly benefit our clients.”
All proceeds from the store will go toward La Casa’s mission of supporting domestic violence survivors, according to the news release.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. July 9 with the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce. Customers who purchase items the day of the opening will receive a 20% discount.
La Casa Thrift Store will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. They will also accept donations. Call 575-323-3861 to schedule a time to drop off items. Information about the work done at La Casa can be found online at www.lacasainc.org.
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DALEVILLE, Pa. — Refugee children from war-torn Ukraine are experiencing some normalcy after arriving here at a summer camp in the states.
The JCC Camp Daleville, near Moscow, welcomed two children from Ukraine with open arms, thanks to a local group that paid for them to attend. Now, those kids get to have some fun while getting used to their new life.
Artem Bazarov, age 12, and his 6-year-old sister Mahdina are originally from Ukraine and are spending their summer in Lackawanna County. The two have had quite the journey from their home in Kharkiv, less than 25 miles from the border with Russia. They left with their mother when the attacks on their city began in February.
"To Poland then Switzerland, for three months we were there, and then we came here," said Artem.
Coming to a country and not knowing the language or the culture can be a shock for anyone, but you don't need to speak the same language to have fun at summer camp.
"We just one day heard that their two cousins were coming over here, and we knew we had to get them here and help as much as we could, do anything we could to get them here," said Carli Kalinowski, program coordinator at the JCC camp.
With the help of the Schoenberg scholarship program, Artem and Mahdina were able to enroll in the camp for free.
"Happy that we were able to help them out because we knew they wouldn't be able to afford it if we weren't there," said Elliot Schoenberg, manager of the scholarship.
"These kids up here smile every day, but to see their smiles is just, you know, it's so heartwarming," said camp director Vince Kalinowski.
The kids are already adjusting despite being thrown into something new in a different country.
"It's good that I was able to go here to update faster," Artem said. "It's good practice to learn English faster."
"He's not treated like someone alien, you know? He feels like he's like one of those kids who grew up here. It's a little bit hard for him personally, but he feels accepted," said Olena Rudniy, the children's aunt.
"They are included. They kind of get submerged into a new American life. It means a lot to us and for their mom, for the kids, and they like it," added Alex Rudniy, the children's uncle.
The families are happy together here in Pennsylvania, but Artem and Mahdina's father is still in Ukraine, so they miss him and their home. For now, the kids can try their best to just be kids.
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PLAINS, Pa. — In Luzerne County, human skeletal remains have been found near a busy interstate.
Investigators are at the scene just off of Route 115 in Plains Township near Interstate 81.
State police say bones have been found.
The county coroner is on the scene and the district attorney has been notified.
The investigation is ongoing and we do have a crew at the site.
Developing story, check back for updates.
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Las Cruces City Council sets tentative GO bond questions
LAS CRUCES - Following discussion during a Las Cruces City Council work session June 27, councilors tentatively agreed on what projects they'll ask voters to fund using general obligation bonds this fall.
The city is considering asking voters to approve $23 million in GO bonds to finance a slew of projects. The city is ideally supposed to use GO bonds to fund projects that have little to no other funding sources. The bonds are paid back using a temporary increase in local property taxes. Those taxes were raised after voters approved $35.6 million in bonds in a 2018 election.
In order to keep property taxes at their current level, the city cannot issue more than $23 million in bonds. If voters do not approve of all the project funding requests this November, property taxes will come back down after the city pays off its current GO bond debt.
The city hired a firm to solicit public input on suggested projects using two online surveys, in-person town halls, virtual meetings and email canvassing.
Following Monday's discussion, councilors agreed to consider a slate of four project funding requests:
- $10 million for the construction of a new fire station in City Council District 5 on the East Mesa
- $6 million for the next phase of improvements to the East Mesa Public Recreation Complex.
- $5 million for affordable housing initiatives.
- $2 million for Parks and Recreation improvements.
Though the council agreed, the project requests aren't final until the council votes to approve them. Councilors could vote to approve this slate of requests as early as their July 18 meeting. They have until Aug. 23 to submit the project requests as ballot questions to the Doña Ana County Clerk. Voters go to the polls Nov. 8.
Michael McDevitt is a city and county government reporter for the Sun-News. He can be reached at 575-202-3205, mmcdevitt@lcsun-news.com or @MikeMcDTweets on Twitter.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — After decades of service in the Army and then working for cities in places like Colorado, Delaware, and Alaska, Randy Robertson has landed in Wilkes-Barre to take on the role of Luzerne County manager.
"With this kind of work – city management – I've moved as much, if not more, than I did in 30 years with the Army, so I think I've got about close to 40 moves in my adult career," Robertson said
For the sake of transparency and consistency, Robertson says he'll host members of the media in his office on a biweekly basis.
"Every two weeks, there's a council meeting," Robertson said.
So why not have the same schedule to answer questions?
"We were going to try we have this for you all," he added.
The new Luzerne County Manager tells Newswatch 16 that one of his top priorities is to help with staff shortages and agencies in the county like Children and Youth and the Agency on Aging. His plan to help fix that is to raise starting salaries by $4,500 with state funding.
"Our Child and Youth Services were less than 50 percent staffing, somewhere around there, and that's the death spiral because that 50 percent is still holding us up is getting discouraged," he explained.
While Robertson admits working for the county will not make anyone rich, he's hoping to make it a premier employer in the area for the impact.
"That you can make a difference in 318,000 lives. So I think that's the most important because in some areas, well, we're having some real struggles," Robertson said.
If you would like to learn more about job openings with Luzerne County, you can visit the employment section on the county's website by clicking here.
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New Mexico certifies primary election results after standoff
SANTA FE - New Mexico's state election board on Tuesday certified results of a primary that was nearly derailed by county officials amid voter anger and distrust fueled by unfounded conspiracies about vote-counting equipment and election procedures.
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, both Democrats, voted together to endorse the election results as members of the state election canvassing board, at a sparsely attended meeting in the state Capitol. A third board member, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shannon Bacon, had a scheduling conflict and was attending a retreat with chief judges and court executive officers.
County commissioners in politically conservative Otero County initially refused to certify local primary election results because of unspecified concerns with Dominion voting systems, a target of widespread conspiracy theories since the 2020 presidential election.
Two of three county commissioners relented and certified the primary results under an order from the New Mexico Supreme Court and pushback from state election regulators and prosecutors.
Outbursts from angry crowds were on display in Torrance and Sandoval counties as local boards certified their local primary results. Those county commissions later approved resolutions that highlight dissatisfaction with election procedures.
Toulouse Oliver said an independent auditor reviewed the primary results with no findings of irregularities. Responding to anger that roiled the county election certification process, Toulouse said "we are just trying to be as transparent as possible about all the different checks and balances that go into ensuring an accurate, fair election."
She urged people who are concerned about the way elections are run to learn more and volunteer to work as poll workers. She said her office is "strategizing currently about how do we better work with and educate county commissioners."
"If you have concerns about the integrity of the election, put your money where your mouth is and go work the polls and be part of making sure the election is run legally and fairly," she said.
At the same time, New Mexico's top election regulator said that the primary adhered to state and federal election law, and warned that a refusal by county boards to certify the election would disenfranchise voters.
"Had Otero County not certified, they would have just effectively flushed 7,300 votes down the drain for every candidate on the ballot that was entirely within that county," said Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat who is running for reelection in November against Republican nominee Audrey Trujillo.
In the wake of the election standoff, Torrance County commissioners have approved a resolution that seeks to "verify and audit" the outcome of the primary election using a hand-tally method.
The all-Republican commission continues to raise concerns that the current criteria for certifying state-owned Dominion machines may be outdated. The machines also are tested locally prior to each election in view of the public to ensure they provide an accurate count.
Toulouse Oliver offered assurances that New Mexico is using the most current standards available in the U.S. for certifying vote-tallying machines and related computer coding. She said that state law allows for a discretionary recount with specific procedures.
Election experts say hand-counting of ballots is not only less accurate but extremely labor-intensive, potentially delaying results by weeks if not months in larger counties. They also say it's unnecessary because voting equipment is tested before and after elections to ensure ballots are read and tallied correctly.
Automatic recounts have been ordered in six local election contests for judges, county commissioners and county assessor with narrow margins of victory.
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LARKSVILLE, Pa. — Inside and outside, the new Sheetz along Route 11 in Larksville was packed with people coming to celebrate the store's grand opening.
"Have other gas stations up and down that we have seen all the time, but now this is a brand new one here, so it's kind of like a fresh start in a way," said Kaila Hartman of Plymouth, who watched daily as the location was being built.
"It's good for the community because people need jobs, right? And it's cooler than Turkey Hill," said Leonard Smith of Plymouth, who walked five blocks to visit the store. "So Turkey Hill is going to be in trouble for some business now. So, I'm sorry, Turkey Hill, you're just out, you know what I mean?"
This location will have some new features, like non-ethanol gasoline and an updated store layout. But people tell us they come here for the classic Sheetz offerings.
"The food, the drinks, obviously, I mean, you got to have that morning coffee and all that stuff before you head out to work," said Hartman.
Along with the new Sheetz location comes a new traffic light and crosswalks. People who live close by tell Newswatch 16 that these new additions make them feel a little bit better about the added traffic that Sheetz will bring to the area.
"Yeah, it is. Especially with kids and all that stuff out and about throughout the summer. Honestly, safety is really important," added Hartman.
"But it's just good for the community," added Smith.
After the ribbon cutting at the new location, the highlight was one person who won a big Sheetz gift card for attending. Dolly Coleman of Berwick won a raffle prize of a $2,500 Sheetz gift card she says she'll use primarily for gas.
This Sheetz location offers the Unleaded 88 and the E85 gas if those are compatible with your vehicle.
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Top New Mexico elections regulator says she was threatened
SANTA FE - New Mexico's top elections regulator says she received threats to her safety via an email and telephone calls to her offices and that the FBI has been notified.
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Tuesday told The Associated Press that there have been three instances of threats against her within the last two weeks and that federal investigators have been alerted. Two threats were made indirectly in phone calls to the office of the secretary of state.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher in Albuquerque said the agency had been contacted by the secretary of state's office regarding communications it received and declined further comment.
Toulouse Oliver previously went into hiding in response to online threats by leaving her home for several weeks in December 2020 and January 2021. Investigators linked those threats on a website against multiple election officials to Iran.
"I went a nice, long period without anything" threatening, Toulouse Oliver said. "My election security officer has referred them over to the FBI. They're looking into it obviously."
Toulouse Oliver said the threatening email touched upon social media and video commentary by a conservative filmmaker in defense of his widely debunked documentary "2000 Mules" which alleges widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office has sought to dispel false assertions in the movie on the agency's "rumor versus reality" website regarding elections and misinformation, prompting a response from filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza.
Toulouse Oliver was closely involved in a standoff with local officials in Otero County in recent weeks that nearly derailed certification of election results.
The Otero County Commission initially refused to certify local results of the June 7 primary because of unspecified concerns with Dominion Voting Systems, a target of widespread conspiracy theories since the 2020 presidential election.
After an order by the New Mexico Supreme Court to certify, the commissioners voted 2-1 to sign off on the election and avert a broader crisis. Statewide results in the June 7 primary were certified Tuesday by the state canvassing board.
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HAZLETON, Pa. — The former Boyle's Funeral Home on South Wyoming Avenue in Hazleton has new life as a day center for the homeless.
"That's the purpose of this center, so they can come in and receive the services, and we are a safe zone for them, no judgment. We are just here to help," said Kerri Scheitrum, regional director of New Roots Recovery.
"It's a safe haven if you are homeless, and for people who are recovering, it's just somewhere you can call home," Sarah Bradbury said.
Staff at the Heartwood Center say a larger space was needed for people to find support and shelter after the overnight shelter closes. The center offers breakfast and lunch, housing assistance, and everyday essentials.
"We make sure they get their IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, because without any of that, they can't get a job, and that's where the struggle comes in. People come off the street, and they don't know how to go about that," Scheitrum said.
Some rooms at the day center are still a work in progress, including one which is set to be a café. All of it is made possible through grant funding.
The Heartwood Center also has certified recovery specialists on hand for those who are struggling with addiction staff members share their own personal struggles with those visiting the center.
"Basically, I took a left turn in my life and sold drugs, got involved with negative things, and I just got to the point where I kept going to prison and going to prison and coming home," said George Cope, who is now a certified recovery specialist (CRS).
CRS staff members like Cope help people get back on their feet. He also received help years ago.
"With the firsthand experience, I really have an understanding of what people are trying to go through, and what they need that helps a lot of services that are offered aren't adequate enough to fulfill the full picture," Cope said.
The Heartwood Center is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — It's a day many people thought would never come. But after more than 50 years of planning, officials celebrated the opening of the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation project.
"It's a four-lane limited-access new roadway that connects Route 147 in Northumberland County to Routes 11 and 15 in Snyder County," PennDOT's Eric High said.
The thirteen-mile thruway project has been in the works since the late 1950s, but due to funding issues, construction did not start until 2015. The project is being done in two parts. The northern section will connect Route 147 in Northumberland County to Route 15 in Union County. The southern section will be another way to connect Route 15 to Selinsgrove.
"It's the missing link in the Route 15 corridor and a lot of people have put a lot of effort into making it come to fruition," High said.
While the northern section is scheduled to open next week, work is just beginning on the southern section of the project.
"The people in Lewisburg, the people in Northumberland who are adversely impacted by the current traffic patterns, just this section alone will help them. Then when the whole project is done, Shamokin Dam will benefit," Shamokin Dam Mayor Joe McGranaghan said.
Joe McGranaghan is Chairman of the Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation project taskforce. He sees the thruway as a benefit to everyone.
"The reduction in truck traffic will make our business community a lot more accessible to people without the fear of all that traffic," McGranaghan said.
The northern section of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project is scheduled to open next week. Construction recently started on the southern section, and that part is scheduled to open in 2027.
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PIKE COUNTY, Pa. — The stage and seats inside the former Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts in Lehman Township, Pike County, have been empty and abandoned for years.
The hope is that the seats will soon be filled with fans experiencing live entertainment at the venue.
John Oakes is the new owner of the venue, now called Poconos Park.
"Whether they live in the Poconos or they vacation in the Poconos to experience the great outdoors and coming to a concert or a live event in the great outdoors is a dream come true," said Oakes.
Before Oakes bought the amphitheater, the Mountain Laurel Center had a rocky start.
In 2003, the facility was built with $15 million in taxpayer money and struggled to stay open throughout the years.
"Everybody has an opinion on what happened and why it happened, and we really look forward to the future of what we will be able to do under our leadership and management to again bring people together through music and other entertainment here on our property," Oakes said.
The owner says the venue will be able to host all different types of events and artists, hoping to get more people back in the seats.
"Our hope is to have a mixed variety of entertainment," Oakes said. "We'll do small events, medium-sized, community events, and then larger concerts and music festivals."
With more than two decades of experience in touring, managing, and producing concerts across the United States, Oakes believes he's the one who can bring the music back to the venue.
"I feel like I have been practicing my entire life since I was a 15-year-old kid putting on my first concert to now bringing large groups of people together to have a good time. It's just what I have done, you know, by and large, my entire career, and so to do it here in a beautiful setting, you know, ask us in five years," Oakes said.
Poconos Park expects to open with its first show in September.
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