Statistics on gun ownership and the cost of gun violence in the United States are staggering with an estimated 270 million firearms, or 90 guns for every 100 people, and a cost of $229 billion according to 2015 numbers from SmartGunLaws.org.Since one of the central rights of every U.S. citizen is the right to keep and bear arms, it would seem that the discussion about limiting gun violence needs to center around gun responsibility and safety.The Men in Blue Firearms Training Group of [...]
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More gun laws or more training?
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Jury finds Kissel guilty on all 3 counts
Roger Craig Kissel was found guilty by a jury this afternoon in Fremont County District Court on three felony counts: Count I Sexual Abuse 2nd Degree, and Counts II and III Lascivious Acts with a Child. Sentencing will be held May 4, 2016 at 11 a.m.
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Cowboy Preacher Roger Craig Kissel found guilty of sexual abuse and lascivious acts with a child
Roger Craig Kissel, age 68, Sidney, Iowa, was found guilty by a jury of his peers of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree and two counts of Lascivious Acts with a Child.Sentencing is set for May 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Fremont County Courthouse.
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Riverton man arrested for possession of meth with intent to deliver
Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports that 35 year old Joshua Martin of Riverton, Iowa was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine with the intent to deliver on March 14, 2016.
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McCollum gets 10 years for Halloween shooting
Timothy Allen McCollum, age 40, Bartlett, Iowa, was sentenced on March 14, 2016 in Fremont County District Court to ten years in prison for Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon, a Class C Felony, in relation to a shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of Halloween 2015 in Bartlett, Iowa.
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Three arrested on Burglary and Theft charges
On March 22, 2016 the Fremont County Sheriff's Office arrested Aidan Anthony Case, age 19, Jacob Paul Cain, age 19, and Mary Beth Rhea, age 21, all from Sidney, on Burglary and Theft charges.
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100 mph pursuit ends in Omaha
Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports that deputies tried to make a traffic stop on a red 2013 Ford F-350 around 1 a.m. for a traffic violation during a narcotics investigation by Highway 2 and Interstate 29. The truck fled from deputies and headed north on I-29 at speeds of up to 100 mph. During the chase the subject, identified as 35 year old Dustin Boetel of Omaha, Neb., rammed the Fremont County K9 Unit and an Iowa State Patrol cruiser. The chase finally came to an end around 114th and Dodge in [...]
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Prank calls lead to flooded motel rooms
The Nebraska City Police Department is asking the Nebraska City Crimestoppers and the general public with assistance in solving the following crime. According to a press release, several guests recently staying at a local motel had received calls in their rooms regarding testing of the fire sprinkler system in the motel rooms. Guests were advised by the caller to break the glass in the sprinkler head to test the system. When the guests broke the glass, the rooms flooded [...]
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Vandalism reports at former St. Mary's Hospital
The Nebraska City Police Department is asking the Nebraska City Crimestoppers and the general public with assistance in solving the following crime. On April 7, the NCPD took a vandalism report at the former St. Mary’s Hospital building, located in the 1300 block of 3rd Avenue. Some of the building’s windows were broken and a screen was reported to be damaged.Anyone with information about this or any other crime is encouraged to contact Nebraska [...]
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Tabor man sentenced to 20 years in prison for meth-related crimes
Thomas Lee Knipe, age 36, Tabor, Iowa, was sentenced on Monday, May 9 in Fremont County District Court to twenty years in prison for numerous methamphetamine-related crimes.
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Davis Appeal of Murder Conviction Denied
In early 2015 in the Fremont County District Court, Brian Heath Davis was found guilty of Murder in the First Degree for the July 18, 2009 death of his girlfriend, Holly Durben, and sentenced to life in prison. Davis appealed that decision, and on January 11, 2017 the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the Court’s decision (denying Davis’ appeal), but left room for Davis to file an action for postconviction relief.
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Uber driver pulled knife, hit passenger after political spat, police say
Police in Austin, Texas, have accused an Uber driver of pulling a knife on a passenger and punching him in the face after they got into a political argument in early November.Officers responded around 12:10 a.m. on Nov. 10 to a call in the 2500 block of Spring Creek Drive from a man who’d been in a fight, according to an arrest affidavit filed this week.The man told police he had requested an Uber to take him to Spring Creek Drive, but on the way, he and the driver, who [...]
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Police: Sonic employees arrested after ecstasy pill found in boy’s meal
Police arrested three employees at a Sonic Drive-In in Taylor, Texas, after an 11-year-old girl found an ecstasy pill Thursday in a meal for her 4-year-old brother, said Taylor Police Chief Henry Fluck.The girl was unwrapping the child’s meal ordered for her younger brother at the restaurant at 1700 N. Main St. when she found the pill in a hamburger wrapper, Fluck said Friday. “She thought it was candy,” he said.Her parents were suspicious and brought [...]
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Utah lowered its DUI limit. Will other states follow?
If you’re a 200-pound man, it takes about four drinks in an hour to register a .08 blood-alcohol content level and be deemed legally intoxicated.Except if you’re in Utah.A new law that went into effect Dec. 30 in the Beehive State lowered the legal BAC to .05 from .08. That 200-pound man is now legally drunk in Utah after consuming about two drinks. A 100-pound woman could be looking at a DUI charge after a single shot of alcohol.Four other states — [...]
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Texas man accused of beheading mother's dog
A Texas man is accused of stabbing and beheading his mother’s dog last year, according to an arrest affidavit released Monday by police in Round Rock, just north of Austin.Sebastian Deen Abdullah, 18, was charged with cruelty of a non-livestock animal, a third-degree felony punishable by 10 years in prison. The Australian shepherd mix that died, named Stella, was 16 months old, the affidavit said.Abdullah’s mother, Diana Sanchez, contacted Round Rock police Nov. 9 [...]
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Fla. teacher spread feces on tables, grills before child's birthday party, sheriff says
A professional dispute between a Sarasota County, Fla., School District principal and her substitute teacher led to an arrest last month when the teacher allegedly spread human feces on the tables and grills of a local park where the principal was hosting a birthday party for her child later that day, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.On the morning of Dec. 1, Phillippi Shores Elementary School substitute teacher Heather Carpenter, 42, went to Sarasota [...]
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N.Y. man accused of killing grandmother: 'I did chop her up'
“I did do it. I did chop her up. I didn’t only chop her up, I chopped my landlord up too.”Those are the words that a double-homicide defendant said Tuesday night regarding the killing of his grandmother and her landlord during his proceeding at Oneida County, N.Y., Centralized Arraignment Court.Naythen Aubain, 29, is being held without bail on two counts of first-degree murder.Police discovered the body of 90-year-old Katerine Aubain — his [...]
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Ohio woman busted after showing up to court with backpack full of drugs, cops say
An Ohio woman who showed up in the village mayor’s court to answer to drug charges carried a backpack containing meth, Ecstasy, marijuana, pills and other drugs — and pipes used to smoke them.Stark County Jail records show Elizabeth D. Wilson, 31, of the 9100 block of Arrow Road NW in the Minerva area, was arrested at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday at the Minerva Mayor’s Court, 209 N. Market St., where she had gone to appear on unrelated drug charges.Police seized the [...]
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Texas father admits kidnapping was staged, leads police to infant's lifeless body
A Texas father who reportedly admitted to police that he staged the kidnapping of his 8-month-old son has led officers to the infant's body, authorities in San Antonio confirmed Friday.King Jay Davila was initially reported missing Jan. 4. His father, Christopher Davila, said King Jay was in a running car that was stolen from outside a convenience store by a stranger.But San Antonio Police Chief William McManus [...]
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Ill. strip-club dancer allegedly invokes Trump’s name, hurls shot glass and slaps patron
An Illinois strip-club dancer was arrested after throwing a shot glass at a customer before slapping the back of his head, police said.About 11:20 p.m. Jan. 2, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office was called to Pulse Gentleman’s Club, 3601 W. Farmington Road. Two men, ages 22 and 23, said they were sitting at the bar when a 25-year-old dancer approached them with an offer of a private dance, according to a sheriff’s report. The older man said the dancer [...]
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