Judge Indicted In Drive-By Shooting
Garfield County Associate Judge Brian Lovell, 59, has been charged with felony counts of discharging of a firearm into a dwelling and use of a vehicle to facilitate the discharge of a firearm last week in connection with the Feb. 12, 2023 shooting in the town of Bison, Oklahoma, the Enid News & Eagle reported. Two days after the alleged shooting outside brother-in-law Kenneth Markes’ home, Lovell claimed that the gun had been stolen from his vehicle, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a press release. Judge Lovell is also facing eight felony counts in Texas for allegedly using the same Glock 23 .40-caliber gun in a similar incident in Austin on Sept. 11 of last year. Brian Lovell, Garfield County, Drive-by shooting, judge
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Couple Caught Having Sex In County Jail Lobby
Desmound Cleveland and Karen Hill are facing disorderly conduct charges after being caught on surveillance having sex in the lobby of the Waukesha County Jail. The jail supervisor “called to report two individuals had sex in the jail lobby” and that the woman, who was later identified as defendant Karen Hill, was still in the building. The deputy was able to obtain video of the what had taken place around 3 a.m. that Thursday. It revealed “two individuals in the jail lobby engaged in sexual acts,” the complaint says. Hill and Cleveland made their initial appearances in Waukesha County court on the disorderly conduct charges on Friday, May 3. Each was given a signature bond of $1,000. Desmond Cleveland, Karen Hill, Waukesha County Jail
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Former Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Corruption
Scott Blair resigned as commonwealth’s attorney for Perry County after he was arrested April 12, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in London to a charge of honest services wire fraud. Blair, 52, admitted to the court that he used Facebook to send someone a message in July 2021 pledging he wouldn’t push to have the person’s probation revoked and solicited a sex act from the person. According to charging documents against Blair, there were a number of instances in which he leveraged his position to recommend probation or participation in drug treatment programs for defendants instead of prison time or refrained from pursuing parole violations “in exchange for methamphetamine, the procurement of methamphetamine, and sex acts.” Blair took office as commonwealth’s attorney in 2019 and was unopposed for another term this year. “At the end of the day, this is a textbook example of how methamphetamine corrupts your judgment,” Blair’s attorney, Ned Pillersdorf said. Scott Blair, Perry County, Methamphetamine, corruption
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Ex-Cop Wants Out Of His 19-Year Prison Sentence
Walter Pacheco, 29, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, is requesting a district court judge to reconsider the 19-year prison sentence that was imposed last month for probation violations in four of his criminal cases. Pacheco has been convicted of burglary, stalking, tampering with a witness and willful injury, but prison sentences that resulted from those convictions were initially suspended. The matter is set to be discussed during a court hearing next week. Pacheco is being detained in the Polk County Jail and a trial for his most recent criminal charge of stalking in violation of a protective order is set for April 20, court records show. The crime carries up to 10 years in prison. Pacheco was briefly a police officer in Carroll, where he was forced to resign, and in Eagle Grove, where he was fired. He surrendered his peace officer certification in September 2022, several months after his initial arrest. walter pacheco,
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Police Chief Busted For Stealing Equipment
On Friday, the GBI arrested and charged Jerald Rafferzeder with theft by taking. He was booked into the Meriwether County Jail. The former interim police chief has been arrested for a second time after authorities said he stole equipment from a police department. The investigation links back to Rafferzeder, 57, of Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia. Rafferzeder is the former Interim Woodbury Police Chief. Authorities discovered that Rafferzeder allegedly stole a department-issued tactical vest, worth more than $1,500. Investigators say that while Rafferzeder was employed as a Milner police officer, he stole two LIDAR speed guns and sold one for $800. Jerald Rafferzeder, Georgia Bureau Of Investigation, Woodbury Police, theft, Corrupt cops, corrupt cops arrested
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Woman Shoots Man Who Met Her For 'Hookup'
Latoria Matthews, 23, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon after being extradited from Houston according to authorities. Matthews is alleged to have shot a man multiple times in a Baton Rouge parking lot after meeting him off of Instagram to have sex. Police said Matthews met the man and drove him to the LaSalle parking garage on LaFayette Street and as he was preparing to have sex she shot him multiple times. The victim was able to flee and seek assistance. He was treated for multiple non-life threatening wounds. Latoria Matthews, baton rouge, Lasalle parking garage
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Man Breaks Into Ex-Girlfriend's Home, Steals Air Conditioner
Christopher Washington, 41, is facing burglary and theft of property charges after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and stealing an air conditioning unit. The female victim told authorities that her children’s father gained access to her residence through an unlocked window and took an air conditioning unit. Memphis Police say Washington was caught on a Ring camera carrying the unit away from the residence. Officers detained him nearby with the unit inside his vehicle. Washington was charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property $1000 or less. He is being held on $30,000 bond. aggravated burglary, Christopher Washington, theft, Memphis
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Local GOP Primary Candidate Guilty In Manslaughter Of His Wife
Andrew Wilhoite, the Indiana man who once won a Republican township board primary while in jail on accusations he killed his cancer-stricken wife was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Wilhoite was arrested and accused of murdering his wife Elizabeth Wilhoite in March 2022. While incarcerated Wilhoite was one of three Republican candidates who advanced in a primary election for the Clinton Township Board (Boone County). “During the course of a domestic dispute, [then] 39-year-old Andrew N. Wilhoite, Elizabeth’s husband, had allegedly struck her in the head with a blunt object causing her to lose consciousness,” state police said at the time. “He then placed her into a vehicle and drove to a nearby creek where he dumped her body.” Andrew was initially charged with murder according to WTHR, the AP and The Lebanon Reporter. The jury was given the option to consider murder or voluntary manslaughter and returned with a manslaughter verdict. Andrew Wilhoite faces up to 30 years in prison at sentencing. andrew wilhoite, elizabeth wilhoite, GOP, voluntary manslaughter
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'Zombie' Man Accused Of Eating A Victim's Face
Colin Czech is behind bars after he allegedly murdered another man and ate his face near the Las Vegas Strip, according to reports. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a report of two men fighting in front of a business in the 1100 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard near Charleston Boulevard. Cops found one of the men bleeding from the head and unresponsive. Medical personnel pronounced him dead. CBS affiliate KLAS obtained documents that said a 911 caller told cops that a man was eating another’s man’s face at a bus stop. When officers arrived, they found Czech next to the victim with “biological matter in his hair, mouth and on his clothing,” the documents reportedly stated. Colin Czech, Las Vegas, zombie
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'Sweet Talker' Shot At Blind Date In Robbery Attempt
Crystal Skiba is facing multiple charges, “including attempted first-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and possession of a controlled substance, among others,” the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators say a “seemingly innocent online connection turned into a nightmare” when a victim drove from Arcadia to a woman’s home in Wauchula. “What began as flirtatious banter quickly escalated into a harrowing ordeal. … The victim, whose identity is being withheld for privacy, was invited inside where he was met with unexpected aggression,” the sheriff’s office reported. “Skiba allegedly attempted to seduce him before revealing her true intentions. It became apparent to the victim that he was in a dangerous situation when Skiba demanded payment and brandished a handgun, blocking his exit.” He managed to escape, but Skiba then began firing shots at his vehicle as he sped away, officials said. crystal skiba, hardee county sheriff
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Man Tries To Buy Burger King With Drugs At Drive-Thru
Eugene Robertson, 40, was convicted on several counts, including eight counts of attempted murder and two counts of reckless endangerment, in relation to “a 2022 crime spree,” the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in an April 18 news release. Robertson ordered food at a Burger King in Aurora, CO at about 11 p.m. Oct. 17, 2022, but when he pulled up to the drive-thru he tried to “pay for his meal with drugs,” according to prosecutors. The Burger King employee declined the payment, and “Robertson pulled out a gun and pointed it at the employee before driving away,” prosecutors said. Afterward, a worker at a 7-Eleven across the street called 911 after Robertson “pointed a gun at his head.” “This defendant endangered countless lives that night by recklessly firing a gun,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Taylor McCreary said in the release. “It’s a miracle no one was seriously hurt or killed.” Robertson is facing up to 400 years at sentencing. Senior Deputy District Attorney Taylor McCreary, Eugene Robertson, Burger King employee, Aurora
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Ex-Wife Pays Hitman To Get Rid Of Husband's New Girlfriend
DeAnn Parkin has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to the use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. Parkin was convinced her family was destroyed by her ex-husband’s affair with another woman and attempted to hire a hitman to make his lover “disappear completely,” according to federal court documents. Parkin, 31, of Ovid, Idaho contacted who she thought was a hitman on a fake murder for hire website and submitted a request to make a woman “go away” the affidavit says. Parkin gave the name and address of the woman, who lived with Parkin’s ex-husband and met with an undercover ATF agent on several occasions to plan the “hit”, with her last meeting giving the “hitman a diamond ring worth about $1,500, $100, and promised to provide further payments to kill the woman, according to prosecutors. She was arrested quickly after the meeting. DeeAnn Parkin, Murder For Hire
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Father Poisons Newborn Daughter To Avoid Child Support
Curtis Jack of South Fulton, GA was sentenced to 50 years in prison for multiple counts including attempted murder, 40 of those years to be served in custody. Jack admitted to South Fulton Police that he put antifreeze in his newborn daughter’s breastmilk in October of 2020 when the baby started showing symptoms of poisoning within 24 hours of him delivering the breastmilk to the child’s grandmother to give to the infant. The mother of the newborn girl and Jack had been together since Jan. 2020. Police said Jack had insisted on multiple occasions throughout her entire pregnancy that the woman get an abortion. Jack was found guilty on all counts, and he was sentenced to 50 years, with 40 years to serve in custody. Curtis Jack, Antifreeze, Poisoning, Infant, Attempted Murder, child support
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GOP Candidate Chokes Child In Walmart Altercation
Brian Ormes, 53, is facing a felony first-degree strangulation charge and misdemeanors for menacing and fourth-degree assault. According to a Fort Wright police report, three kids were playing with a ball by the bike aisle at the Valley Plaza Walmart. When the ball almost hit Ormes’ son, Ormes became irate and started following them. A police officer noted in the report he saw security video footage of Ormes confronting a 17-year-old and pushing him in the back of the head. Ormes then allegedly pushed the teen against a shelf and put his hand around the teen’s neck. Ormes, a Southgate resident is running for office in District 67 in Campbell County, Kentucky. That includes Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Wilder, Highland Heights and other areas in the northwest area of the county. Brian Ormes, Fort Wright Police, District 67, Kentucky,
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HS Employee Used AI To Frame Principal For Racist Rant
Dazhon Darien faces charges of disrupting school activities, retaliation, stalking and theft as a result of the investigation into the recording about Black students, Black teachers, and Jewish parents, that was widespread on social media according to WBAL. Baltimore County Police on Thursday arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director for using AI to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert making racist and anti-Semitic comments. The manufactured rant involved a voice that sounded like Eiswert complaining he has to “put up” with “ungrateful Black kids who can’t test their way out of a paper bag” as well as Black teachers who “should have never been hired.” The voice, made to sound as if it was speaking to a woman named Kathy that many interpreted to be Vice Principal Kathy Albert, also said he was “sick of the inadequacies of these people” and if he “has to get one more complaint from one more Jew in this community, I’m going to join the other side,” The Baltimore Sun reports. Dazhon Darien, eric eiswert, Pikesville high school, Baltimore
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Meth Addict Strangled His Buddy, Thought He Saw Bigfoot
Larry Doil Sanders was found guilty by an Oklahoma judge April 17, and is facing life without parole in the strangulation death of his friend Jimmy Knighten. Sanders strangled Knighten to death in July 2022 while the two were out noodling, The Oklahoman, The Ada News and KXII reported. Sanders waived his right to a jury trial and claimed he killed his friend in self-defense. The Oklahoman reported that Sanders claimed he had seen three sasquatch-looking figures by the river while they were fishing and believed that Knighten had summoned Bigfoot to eat Sanders as a sacrifice. It was also reported that a forensic psychiatrist testified that Sanders was suffering from methamphetamine-induced psychosis and believed he was defending himself. Knighten died following a struggle, during which Sanders put him in a chokehold, KXII reported. Larry Doil Sanders, Jimmy Knighten, Methamphetamine, Bigfoot, Sasquatch,
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Boat Thief Dressed As Woman To Evade Police
Joshua Kolotka was arrested by the Glades County Sheriff’s Office deputies on two active warrants in Okeechobee County along with the theft of a John Deere Gator utility vehicle and the stolen boat. The deputies were initially investigating the theft of the boat in the Old Calusa Lodge area when they spotted Kolotka allegedly exiting a residence dressed as a woman in an attempt to hide his identity. Kolotka wearing a blonde short wig, sunglasses, and a blue patterned dress. Kolotka was processed into the Glades County Jail on no bond, pending his transfer to Okeechobee County. Joshua Kolotka, Okeechobee County, Old Calusa Lodge
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Failed GOP Candidate Indicted In Vegas Murder Case
Daniel Rodimer, 45, is expected to appear before a Nevada judge May 8 following his indictment Friday in the death of Christopher Tapp. Tapp, 47, of Idaho Falls, was injured Oct. 29 at the Resorts World hotel and taken to a hospital, where he died several days later, police said. He had served more than 20 years in prison in Idaho in a 1996 killing before receiving an $11.7 million settlement from Idaho Falls in 2022 in a wrongful conviction lawsuit. Investigators initially suspected Tapp had been fatally injured in a fall, but they later learned that he had been in an argument with Rodimer. Rodimer maintains his innocence and looks forward to his day in court. Daniel Rodimer, Christopher Tapp, Resorts World Hotel
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