A Pike County man has been arrested on 48 charges for domestic violence and sex-related offenses, the Illinois State Police announced this week. Austin L. Rodhouse, 30, of Pleasant Hill was initially arrested on May 8 after state police were notified that a domestic violence and criminal sexual abuse victim was at a local hospital, […]
Two men — including one from Reading — who were members of a motorcycle gang chapter in Schuylkill County have been convicted in U.S. Middle District Court of robbery and firearm charges. Solomon Rodriguez, 34, of Reading and Steven Wong, 43, of Shallotte, N.C., were convicted June 21 of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, […]
In May of last year, a pediatric nurse who worked at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital began communicating online with a covert FBI employee posing as a foster mother about having sex with her purported underage daughter. That initial online conversation on the social media platform Whisper escalated into a series of chats between Rami Rotlewicz […]
WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) — Four Ohio residents were arrested and charged with drug related federal offenses in Pike County on Wednesday. The Pike County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Thursday press release the arrests of Waverly residents Mark Anglemyer Jr., Arin Sodaro, Heather Howell, and Piketon resident Blake Mankin. All four suspects were charged with […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A now-former dean at a Florida high school is behind bars for multiple sexual offenses against several students, according to the Ocala Police Department. Gregory Ramputi, 42, who worked as a dean at Vanguard High School in Ocala, engaged in several years of misconduct on and off school property, according to […]
A southwest Missouri man charged with two felonies in connection with the Capitol riot — including assaulting an officer — and several misdemeanors pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to all counts. Kyler Joseph Bard, of Seneca, entered the plea in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Amit P. Mehta set […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia confirmed in a letter to the United Nations that a female fitness instruction who was popular online received an 11-year prison sentence but did not specify any of her alleged “terrorism offenses.” Though the kingdom insisted the case had nothing to do with the instructor’s online presence, human rights activists […]
An investigation into a former cook accused of putting his genitals into food at a Texas restaurant also revealed he possessed thousands of files depicting child pornography, law enforcement said. On April 6, 27-year-old Othello Larenzo Holmes was arrested on charges of indecent assault after the owner of Kulture Restaurant in Houston showed police videos […]
A panel of South Carolina senators investigating the existence of a $1.8 billion account wanted to recommend Treasurer Curtis Loftis’ removal from office. The leader of the panel even says Loftis committed impeachable offenses. But the group backed off of a removal recommendation at the request of Gov. Henry McMaster who wants to allow a […]
Apr. 12—SCRANTON — A state parole who attempted to escape custody without wearing pants when agents with the state Office of Attorney General’s Office, Wilkes-Barre police and U.S. Marshals served an arrest warrant in February was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking offenses. Ras Dalmar Johnson, 27, was indicted by a federal […]
A report of a teenage runaway led to the arrest of a registered sex offender. The Rockford Police Department was contacted Thursday regarding a report of a 16-year-old female runaway. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Overdene Avenue where they located the juvenile in the presence of Travis Blomgren, 29, of Rockford, a registered […]
FILE – Christian B. centre, arrives at the start of his trial, at Braunschweig district court, in Brunswick, Germany, on Feb. 16, 2024. A man who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won’t respond to unrelated charges of sexual offenses at a trial that opened last week in Germany, […]