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Inmate: Jail Won’t Provide Proper Medical Care
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing Monday for a paraplegic inmate who says he should be released from detention because he’s not receiving proper medical care at the Madison...
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Central Missouri Sheriff Says Harassment Allegations are “Baseless”
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A central Missouri sheriff facing charges that include harassment and stalking says he intends to keep doing his job. The Jefferson City News Tribune reported Saturday...
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Western Illinois Sheriff Charged with Misconduct
PITTSFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A western Illinois sheriff is facing a felony misconduct charge for a 2012 death investigation of a woman who overdosed on heroin. Pike County Sheriff Paul Petty is also the...
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Sheriff Resigns After Accusations of Taking Inmates to Bars
LANCASTER, Mo. (AP) - A rural northern Missouri sheriff is resigning after being accused of taking inmates to bars and having them work at his home. KTVO-TV reported Tuesday that Schuyler County...
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Cold Case Reopens: Headless, Handless Man to be Exhumed in Warren County
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Clifford Watt was squirrel hunting near Warrenton and Foristell when he parted the brush and saw the body. He backed away and called the Warren County Sheriff’s Department, which...
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Funeral Services Planned for Victims of Tyrone Shooting
TYRONE, Mo. (KMOX) – Relatives will begin burying victims of a southern Missouri shooting spree this week. Joseph Jesse Aldridge, 36, killed seven people late Thursday in four homes in the tiny town of...
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Missouri Sheriff Stored Food for ‘End-of-Times’ in Jail Basement
OZARK, Mo. (AP) – A former southwest Missouri sheriff stockpiled 3 tons of food in the basement of the Christian County Jail in what his replacement suspects was part of an effort to prepare for the...
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Man Shot by Police in Franklin County Charged with Assault
UNION, Mo. (AP) – A man who was shot during a struggle with Franklin County police has been charged with assaulting an officer. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s office, 57-year-old Franklin...
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Illinois Lawmaker Wants Chicago Police Under County Control
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (IRN) – The shooting of Laquan McDonald has one state lawmaker suggesting it’s time for the Chicago Police Department to be “broken up” by putting it under the control of a different...
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STL Alderman Vaccaro Plans to Run for City Sheriff
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Next year at this time, there will be a new sheriff in St. Louis, and Alderman Joe Vaccaro wants the job. He tells KMOX’s Maria Keena that a lack of security is causing concern among...
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Fredericktown Inmates Escape, One Still At Large
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – An inmate is on the run after he, and a second inmate, escaped a jail in Fredericktown Missouri. The Madison County Missouri Sheriff’s Department says two inmates escaped between 4...
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Sheriff Waives Concealed carry Fees After Orlando Shooting
BUTLER, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri sheriff says he’s waiving fees for the rest of June for residents seeking concealed carry permits after last weekend’s nightclub massacre in Florida. Bates County Sheriff...
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Mental Health Department Investigates State Hospital Suicide
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Mental Health is investigating a patient suicide at a state psychiatric facility. Callaway County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Clay Chism says the 52-year-old...
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10 Years Since ‘Missouri Miracle’ 2 Kidnapped Boys Found Safe
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – It’s been ten years since Franklin County authorities made a startling discovery, finding a recent kidnapping victim, and a long-term missing child in the same place. (Courtesy of...
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Judge: No Cameras in Court for Chicago-Area Beating Case
CHICAGO (AP) – A judge in Chicago won’t allow cameras in court for a preliminary hearing in an attack caught on cellphone video showing four people taunting and beating a mentally disabled man....
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Southeast Missouri Sheriff Charged with Assault, Forgery, Robbery
ST. LOUIS (AP) A southeast Missouri sheriff was charged Wednesday with assault for allegedly handcuffing a 77-year-old woman with enough force to cause her to have a heart attack. Mississippi County...
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Missouri Sheriff in Office While Facing 18 Charges
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri sheriff was back in office Thursday despite his arrest on 18 counts, including an allegation that he handcuffed an innocent 77-year-old woman with so much force that she...
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Top Prosecutor Calls for Mo. Sheriff’s Dismissal
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s top prosecutor says a sheriff participated in a jail altercation in which an inmate died and that he should be fired. Attorney General Josh Hawley says in a news release...
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Georgia Sheriff to Cut Sentences for Inmates Who Saved Correctional Officer
POLK COUNTY, Ga. (CBS) — The Polk County sheriff said he will reduce the sentences of six prisoners who jumped to action when a correctional officer fainted during a work detail. The officer, who...
View Article‘If You Kill Someone, We Might Kill You Back’: Sheriff’s County Welcome Sign...
CBS Local — A small county in Georgia is making big waves on social media after its sheriff posted a sign warning armed criminals that they may be shot by local residents. Harris County Sheriff Mike...
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