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Nashville, Tennessee - Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Suspected Child Rapist

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

North Precinct Officer Tina Smith’s routine traffic stop of a car at 3 a.m. Sunday in Madison led to the arrest of a suspected child rapist.
Smith stopped the vehicle on North Gallatin Pike near Duling Avenue for traveling without its headlights on.  The driver, who did not have a license, identified himself as Jose Fransisco […]



Nashville, Tennessee - Woman Accused of Robbing Elderly Victims in Custody

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

January 5, 2008
A tip to Crime Stoppers led to the identification of convicted felon Monette Bowen, 20, as the woman suspected of robbing at least three elderly women at gunpoint outside their homes in October and November.  Bowen is currently in custody in Chattanooga on unrelated felony theft charges.  Warrants charging her with three counts […]



Nashville, Tennessee - East Precinct Detectives Investigating Domestic-Related Murder of African Immigrant

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

East Precinct detectives are investigating the domestic-related stabbing death of a woman inside an apartment at 756 Lenore Street in Nashville’s first murder case of 2009.  The call was dispatched at 4:18 p.m. 
The adult male suspect, whose formal relationship to the victim is not immediately clear, was held at the scene by an adult male […]



Knox County, Tennessee - 5 Arrested for DUI Over Holiday

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Holiday Traffic Statistics
      
Monday, 05 January 2009 
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office started its New Year holiday traffic count on Wednesday, December 31st at 6 a.m. and ended January 5, 2009 at 6 p.m. No fatalities occurred during the time period. Officers worked 19 crashes without injury and 7 with injury. Five people were charged with DUI. […]



Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office helps recover deceased female from Eagle Creek

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Posted: Jan. 4, 2009
EAGLE CREEK — On Saturday morning (Jan. 3, 2009), Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputies received a report of a missing 46-year-old female Eagle Creek resident.
At 2:30 p.m. that afternoon, a pick-up truck similar to the missing female’s described vehicle was discovered crashed and partially submerged in a section of Eagle Creek. The crashed […]



New Jersey - Newark Man Indicted on First-Degree Cocaine Charge

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

TRENTON – A Newark man was indicted today on charges including first-degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute as a result of an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice, Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced.
According to Director Gramiccioni, Juan Castro, 25, of Newark, was charged in a […]



New Jersey - Lyndhurst Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $4 Million

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Lyndhurst Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $4 Million in Funds for Real Estate Closings Which He Gambled in Atlantic City
 
TRENTON – Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced that a Lyndhurst lawyer pleaded guilty today to stealing approximately $4 million entrusted to him for real estate closings, which he used […]



Wisconsin - State ends 2008 with fewest traffic deaths since 1944

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

January 5, 2009
WisDOT launches Zero In Wisconsin traffic safety campaign to reduce traffic fatalities even more
Wisconsin ended 2008 with 589 traffic fatalities, which is the lowest total since 1944 when 526 people died in traffic crashes, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT).
State traffic deaths in 2008 also were down 148 […]



Nebraska - Trooper Stops Speeding Car; Seizes 255 Pounds of Marijuana

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

(Lincoln, NE)- A traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 80 near Kearney, in Buffalo County, Nebraska led to the seizure of 255 lbs. of marijuana.
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, January 06, 2009, a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol Troop C Headquarters-Grand Island stopped an eastbound 2005 silver, Chrysler 300 for speeding near mm 267, […]



Rutland City, Vermont - Fire Investigation

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: News

On 01/03/09 the Rutland City Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the above stated location.  The fire department requested the Vermont State Police and the Division of Fire Safety to conduct an investigation into the cause of this fire.  This origin and cause investigation was conducted on 01/05/09. 
Investigation showed that the area of […]