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Plea hearing postponed for Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decay
Read full article: Plea hearing postponed for Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decayColorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes were expected to plead guilty Friday, but the hearing was postponed because of a snowstorm.
Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
Read full article: Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud chargesColorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds have pleaded guilty to federal charges for defrauding clients.
Bedford Co. Schools teacher placed on leave after being charged with sexually assaulting child
Read full article: Bedford Co. Schools teacher placed on leave after being charged with sexually assaulting childA Bedford County Public Schools teacher has been placed on leave after being charged with sexually assaulting a student in another district.
Bedford Co. stabbing by illegal immigrant part of bigger conversation
Read full article: Bedford Co. stabbing by illegal immigrant part of bigger conversationA teenager is facing charges after Bedford County deputies say he stabbed a man on Wednesday. The sheriff says both the suspect and victim are illegal immigrants who crossed the border through Texas.
Body found in North Fork Roanoke River in Montgomery County
Read full article: Body found in North Fork Roanoke River in Montgomery CountyThe Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found Saturday afternoon in the North Fork River near Cannery Road in Elliston. Investigators say there is no indication of foul play, but are continuing to investigate.
Michigan woman to stand trial in crash that killed young brother and sister at birthday party
Read full article: Michigan woman to stand trial in crash that killed young brother and sister at birthday partyA Michigan woman has been ordered to stand trial in a crash that killed two siblings and injured several other people who were at a boat club to celebrate a childโs birthday.
Man is found fit to go on trial in attacks that killed 4 in Rockford, Illinois
Read full article: Man is found fit to go on trial in attacks that killed 4 in Rockford, IllinoisA man has been found fit to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others during a series of frenzied attacks in northern Illinois in March.
Sheriff's deputies corral wayward kangaroo near pool at Florida apartment complex
Read full article: Sheriff's deputies corral wayward kangaroo near pool at Florida apartment complexSheriff's deputies corralled a wayward kangaroo after it was spotted hopping around in the pool area at a Florida apartment complex.
Roanoke City Sheriffโs Office creates child passenger safety campaign
Read full article: Roanoke City Sheriffโs Office creates child passenger safety campaignBuckle up, kids! Thatโs the message the Roanoke City Sheriffโs Office is promoting with their new campaign for child passenger seat safety.
FBI opens criminal investigations into violent Los Angeles County deputy encounters
Read full article: FBI opens criminal investigations into violent Los Angeles County deputy encountersThe FBI has opened criminal investigations into violent encounters involving Los Angeles County sheriffโs deputies.
LA County sheriff calls video of deputy tackling woman 'disturbing,' opens inquiry
Read full article: LA County sheriff calls video of deputy tackling woman 'disturbing,' opens inquiryThe Los Angeles County sheriff says video footage of a deputy violently throwing a woman to the ground while she filmed a man being handcuffed in a grocery store parking lot is โdisturbing."
White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor
Read full article: White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighborA white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida has been formally charged with manslaughter and assault.
Man who wanted to blow up Democratic HQ must have psych exam
Read full article: Man who wanted to blow up Democratic HQ must have psych examA judge has ordered a psychiatric examination for a California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Partyโs headquarters and other buildings in Northern California.
Franklin County Sheriff discusses school resource officers with Board of Supervisors
Read full article: Franklin County Sheriff discusses school resource officers with Board of SupervisorsThe Sheriffs department is looking for grant funding to place six school resource officers in the county this year
Man gets nearly 20 years for Colorado synagogue bomb plot
Read full article: Man gets nearly 20 years for Colorado synagogue bomb plotHolzer, now 28, was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, for plotting to bomb the Colorado synagogue last year, by a judge who described the case as "dripping with Nazism and supremacy." They also said that Holzer no longer held the supremacist-like beliefs that led him to plan the bombing at Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo. AdThe Temple Emanuel plot was one of 61 anti-semitic harassment and vandalism cases that the Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region tracked in 2019. AdHolzer was arrested Nov. 1, 2019, after receiving two phony pipe bombs and 14 sticks of dynamite from undercover FBI agents that he planned to use at the Temple Emanuel. Temple Emanuel is the second oldest synagogue in Colorado.
Report: Police granted clinic shooting suspect gun permit
Read full article: Report: Police granted clinic shooting suspect gun permitIn addition, bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device left at the clinic and others at a motel where Ulrich was staying, authorities added. Gregory Ulrich, 67, is charged in an attack on an Allina Health clinic this week that left 37-year-old medical assistant Lindsay Overbay dead and four other people wounded. Ulrich had threatened in October 2018 to carry out a mass shooting at the clinic in Buffalo, a small city about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis. The threat led Ulrich to be banned from clinic property, and the following month a restraining order was granted to prohibit him from contacting a doctor at the clinic. AdAt a news conference following Thursday's hearing, Wright County Sheriff Sean Deringer was asked about any permits Ulrich held.
Oklahoma man charged in shooting deaths of 5 kids, brother
Read full article: Oklahoma man charged in shooting deaths of 5 kids, brotherPridgeon is in custody as a suspect, after six people, including five young children, were shot to death early Tuesday at a home in Muskogee, Okla. (Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP)MUSKOGEE, Okla. โ A 25-year-old Oklahoma man was charged with murder Wednesday in the killings of his brother and five young children, police said. Jarron Deajon Pridgeon of Muskogee was charged with six counts of first-degree murder, shooting with intent to kill and possession of firearms during probation, court records show. Police identified the slain children as Jalaiya Pridgeon, 1; Jaidus Pridgeon, 3; Harmony Anderson, 5; Neveah Pridgeon, 6; and Queโdynce Anderson, 9. Neighbors told the Muskogee Phoenix that they had only recently moved to the home but that the children were often outside playing. Raven Anderson, who is an aunt to the children, told Tulsa TV station KOTV that Pridgeon was the father of three of the slain children.
Man arrested in killing of 5 children, 1 adult in Oklahoma
Read full article: Man arrested in killing of 5 children, 1 adult in OklahomaCORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME TO JARRON, NOT JARROD - This Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 booking photo provided by the Muskogee County, Okla., Sheriff's Office, shows Jarron Deajon Pridgeon. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to a call of multiple people shot at a home in Muskogee, Police Officer Lynn Hamlin said. Authorities found one man and four children dead at the scene, and a fifth child died at a Tulsa hospital, Hamlin said. Officers also encountered Jarron Deajon Pridgeon with a gun and took him into custody. Hamlin described the slain youths as โsmall childrenโ but said police do not yet have their exact ages.
Henry County Sheriffโs Office welcomes two new four-legged officers
Read full article: Henry County Sheriffโs Office welcomes two new four-legged officersHENRY COUNTY, Va. โ The Henry County Sheriffโs Office has two new members of the force. The department posted on Facebook on Saturday:โYesterday, Deputy Corey Waddell his K-9 Raja and Deputy Tyler Marinus with his K-9 Buford both graduated from K-9 school! We would like tothank Shelly Gutierrez for all of his hard work. Please help us in congratulating both of these deputies and their K-9โฒs!โBest of luck to the dogs in their new job!
Franklin County jail staff, inmates test positive for the coronavirus
Read full article: Franklin County jail staff, inmates test positive for the coronavirusFRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. โ The Franklin County Sheriffโs Office is reporting new coronavirus cases. On Monday, Sheriff Bill Overton announced that late last month, during a daily screening process, an inmate was quarantined and tested for COVID-19 after presenting sinus/allergy-like symptoms. That person did indeed test positive, which prompted more testing throughout the jail. Since then, other offenders, as well as Sheriffโs Office staff have tested positive. Some inmates have been taken to the Western Virginia Regional Jail as it has a greater capacity to house offenders, while providing any necessary medical care and isolation from their healthy population, according to the Sheriffโs Office.
Former officer who shot Rayshard Brooks sues over firing
Read full article: Former officer who shot Rayshard Brooks sues over firingIn this booking photo made available Thursday, June 18, 2020 by the Fulton County, Ga., Sheriff's Office, shows Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges. Rolfe was fired after the shooting. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Mexican American man charged with hate crime in fatal crash
Read full article: Mexican American man charged with hate crime in fatal crashThis undated photo provided by the Fond du Lac County, Wis., Sheriff's Office, shows Daniel Navarro, a Mexican American man from Wisconsin charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a motorcyclist and killed the man because he was white. (Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office via AP)FOND DU LAC, Wis. โ A Mexican American man from Wisconsin is charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a motorcyclist and killed the man because he was white. Navarro apparently didn't know Thiessen, but targeted him because he was white, said Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt. Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Robert Wirtz set bail at $1 million during an initial court appearance Thursday. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney said Navarro's crime it not reflective of the entire community.
Former Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks seeks bail
Read full article: Former Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks seeks bailIn this booking photo made available Thursday, June 18, 2020 by the Fulton County, Ga., Sheriff's Office, shows Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office via AP)ATLANTA The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is set to appear in court Tuesday to ask a judge to release him from jail while his case is pending. An autopsy found Brooks was shot twice in the back. Felony murder is punishable by a minimum sentence of life in prison.
NFL cornerbacks Baker, Dunbar released from jail on bond
Read full article: NFL cornerbacks Baker, Dunbar released from jail on bondBaker is charged with four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. He turned himself in at the Broward County Jail. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. NFL cornerbacks DeAndre Baker and Quinton Dunbar were released from Broward County Jail on Sunday, a day after surrendering on felony charges stemming from a cookout at a Miramar home. Baker and Dunbar were attending the cookout Wednesday night when a fight broke out, and Baker pulled out a handgun, the warrant said. Baker, Dunbar and two other men began robbing people of thousands of dollars, watches and other valuables, witnesses told investigators.
Giles Sheriff's Office saves Halloween for more than a thousand kids
Read full article: Giles Sheriff's Office saves Halloween for more than a thousand kidsGILES - While many Halloween celebrations got rained out last week, one local sheriff's department made sure there were plenty of treats to be had. It's what the Giles County Sheriff's office called "Operation Save Halloween"At the last minute, they transformed their own Sheriff's Office in Pearisburg into a haunted house and opened it up for local trick-or-treaters to come by and get candy. According to a Facebook post by the Sheriff's Office, the local Walmart and Dollar General along with Clarity Eye Care made donations of large bags of candy to give out to more than one thousand kids who came by dressed in their Halloween costumes. It took a lot of work from county employees to help pull it all off in under 12 hours, but they made it happen and saved Halloween for a lot of trick or treaters. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.
16 arrested on drug charges in Franklin County
Read full article: 16 arrested on drug charges in Franklin CountyFRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is cracking down on those using or distributing illegal drugs in the county. On Oct. 15, the Sheriff's Office began serving 32 drug-related indictments handed up by a Franklin County grand jury against 16 people. Mary Elizabeth Blankenship, 38, of Rocky Mount, is charged with distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance and conspiracy to distribute Schedule I or II controlled substanceAs a result of the arrests, deputies and investigators obtained and executed three additional search warrants. Several additional felony and misdemeanor charges are pending as a result of the searches, according to the Sheriff's Office. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.
Photo shows man filling plastic buckets with gasoline
Read full article: Photo shows man filling plastic buckets with gasolineA picture shared by the Highlands County, Florida, Sheriff's Office on their Facebook page shows a man filling up plastic buckets at a gas station. A pictured shared Friday by the Highlands County, Florida, Sheriff's Office on their Facebook page shows a man filling up at a gas station. However, he wasn't putting the fuel into the gas tank of his vehicle or a gas can. He was filling up seven or eight plastic buckets and placing them in the back of his vehicle. The sheriff's office concluded their Facebook post saying, "We know everyone is anxious and trying to stock up on gas, but come on!
Deputies: 'Live' hand grenade discovered during Florida traffic stop
Read full article: Deputies: 'Live' hand grenade discovered during Florida traffic stopfreeimages.com/Elvis Santana(CNN) - Sheriff's deputies in DeSoto County, Florida, say they discovered a cache of weapons during a traffic stop Saturday, including an apparent "live" hand grenade. A narcotics unit was conducting a traffic stop when the weapons were discovered, the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. Driver Donald Reid, Jr. told detectives as far as he knew, the grenade was "live," the post said. The bomb squad from neighboring Sarasota County responded to help remove and destroy the grenade, the sheriff's office said. Reid was charged with multiple counts of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon, according to the post.