Boone County, WV

Irish Star

Maurnice Declue, the teenager who was captured on camera beating a fellow student and went viral earlier this year, was sentenced to court-supervised probation

Teen who 'beat' Kaylee Gain in brutal school fight released on court supervision

Ohio State

A 72-year-old Ohio man has been taken into custody two decades after he was charged in a 2004 shooting death, and allegedly fled the country -- even after his story was profiled on America's Most Wanted. An Ohio man whose story was told on TV's America's Most Wanted in 2005...

Ohio Murder Suspect on Run for 20 Years Found Working as Police Officer in His Hometown

Georgia State

Blairsville, PA

Oxygen

John Yelenic predicted he was going to be killed. The beloved Pennsylvania dentist was so convinced he'd be murdered — and that the crime would go unsolved — that before he was found brutally killed in his home, he had asked his attorney to hold $10,000 to pay for a private investigator to look into his own murder.

Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Slashes Throat of Girlfriend's Estranged Husband

Oklahoma State

Chrisean Rock has been transferred from a prison in California to a facility in Oklahoma to stand trial for drug charges for which she could be sentenced to as much as eight years behind bars. According to TMZ, the rapper’s inmate file from the Craig County Sherriff’s Office shows she...

Chrisean Rock Extradited To Oklahoma To Face Drug Charges Carrying Up To 8 Years

Alabama State

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Centre, AL

The World Around Jae and Beyond

(Alabama)- On August 15, 2024, the Alabama Department of Justice reported a former police officer was charged with participating in a scheme to plant drugs on innocent motorists to fabricate drug arrests.

Former Alabama Officer Charged in Drug-Planting Scheme Targeting Innocent Motorists

Illinois State

Sangamon County, IL

The Independent

 The Illinois sheriff whose deputy shot Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 for help said Thursday that it will take the rest of his professional life to rebuild trust in his agency. Former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson killed Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, over a pan of hot water on July 6. In an interview with The Associated Press, Sheriff Jack Campbell said he was horrified by the body camera video that shows Grayson, who is white, shooting Massey just below the eye. “We will spend the rest of my career, certainly, trying to...

Illinois sheriff whose deputy shot Sonya Massey says it will take rest of his career to regain trust

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

The Guardian

Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses

‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates

Fort Smith, AR

ABC News

An ABC News Studios docuseries now streaming on Hulu, "At Witt's End: The Hunt for a Killer" chronicles the investigation to find the murderer of Melissa Witt.

New doc shows multiple enforcement agencies teaming up to solve a murder mystery

Atlanta, GA

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Tulsa, OK

TooFab

The Tulsa Police Department has released bodycam video of the moment Rachel Morin's suspected killer, Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, was apprehended 10 months after her brutal murder.

Video Shows Moment Rachel Morin's Suspected Killer Is Arrested In Tulsa Bar

Kansas State

Augusta, KS

While the victim's family said the girls' "punishment should be severe," one of their fathers claims the teens were "coerced" to enter the victim's home by another man -- who then killed her in front of them with an axe. In a shocking twist, two 14-year-old girls have been arrested...

Two 14-Year-Old Girls Arrested for 'Brutal and Calculated' Murder of 93-Year-Old Woman

Arkansas State

Jonesboro, AR

The Jonesboro Police Department in Arkansas has terminated an officer after he was seen on video physically assaulting a detainee in the back of a patrol vehicle.

Arkansas police officer fired after video captures him beating a detainee in the back of a patrol car

Florida State

A Florida physician and her granddaughter were sentenced to federal prison for charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs. In July 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration restricted Janet Pettyjohn, DO, from prescribing opioids due to complaints about the manner in which she prescribed controlled substances, according to an Aug. 1 release from the Justice Department. Despite this, she continued to prescribe opioids in violation of the order until the restrictions were lifted in March 2021.

Physician, granddaughter sentenced for unlawful opioid distribution

West Virginia State

In the summer of 1992, a young mother celebrated her son’s first birthday at her home in a small West Virginia town and then mysteriously vanished without a trace. The party for Brenda Lambert’s one-year-old, nicknamed “June bug,” wrapped up around 9pm on July 26, 1992, according to the West Virginia State Police.

A West Virginia mother vanished from her small town. Six months later, another local disappeared

Burlington, CT

A woman from Connecticut killed herself just hours before she was supposed to be sentenced for the death of her husband. The 76-year-old Linda Kosuta-Bigazzi was discovered dead in her Burlington home on the morning of July 24. She had killed herself, the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told PEOPLE on August 12. The office of the medical examiner says that she died because she was poisoned by ethylene glycol.

Conn. Woman Who Admitted to Killing Her Husband Killed Herself Hours Before She Was Sentenced

Siloam Springs, AR

A Missouri woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting in court that she kidnapped and killed a pregnant Arkansas woman in what prosecutors say was an attempt to claim her baby.

Missouri woman admits kidnapping and killing a pregnant Arkansas woman

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

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