Following an 8-month-long investigation by a DEA task force which netted $2.4 million in cash and 31 kilos of cocaine in the Baltimore area, four men are now facing federal drug charges. According to news reports at CBS in Baltimore, the major drug trafficking ring has ties to a Mexican…
On April 3, Debra Gately, Principal at Dedham Middle School was arrested at approximately 12:45 a.m. by Weston police for driving while intoxicated. According to news reports, Gately’s blood alcohol content at the time of her arrest was .19 percent, more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent. Gately,…
On Saturday, April 2, a woman was speeding along on Michigan Avenue near Trumbull on a stretch of bumpy and deteriorated road when she allegedly stuck another car that in turn struck a man who came to Detroit from Pelkie. His body was thrown over a fence, where he was…
In June of 2014, Loretta Hawks, who was 35 years old at the time, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 47-year-old Arthur Strozewski in August of 2012. News reports call the incident a “home invasion style murder.” Hawks allegedly participated with two others, all three…
On Sunday, April 3, a 19-year-old Cincinnati man was arrested on drug charges after he drew the attention of Madison County Sheriff’s Dept. deputies by stopping suddenly on Interstate 75. According to news reports, Christian Michael Spaulding was traveling in a southbound direction on the interstate when he went off…
On Friday, April 1, an 18-year-old man was charged with one count each of DUI, possession of a forged instrument, reckless driving, and two counts of vehicular homicide after a crash on Colorado Boulevard resulted in the deaths of two women. Taden Jones was reportedly crashed into another vehicle just…
In August of 2015, 20-year-old Jared Gerhardt was charged with a single count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing serious injury. The accident took place in March, when Gerhardt was allegedly driving 100 mph before his Camaro veered toward a sign and ultimately left the road before rolling…
On Saturday, March 26,a 25-year-old Odessa, NE woman was arrested after a police K-9 unit detected methamphetamine in the vehicle she was driving. Ashley Foged was stopped by Beatrice police after she failed to signal while making two right turns. According to court documents, an officer observed Foged’s vehicle as…
Recently, 27-year-old Jose A. Ortiz of Napa was stopped by St. Helena Police officers after failing to stop at a stop sign. Now, Ortiz faces a felony DUI charge after it was determined it was Ortiz’s fourth arrest for driving under the influence within the last 10 years, according to…
Recently, a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the 2014 arson conviction of 44-year-old Mark Misgen, owner of two pizza restaurants who was found guilty of burning down his family home in 2011. According to news reports, Misgen and his wife owned restaurants in Ellendale and Lonsdale,…