A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Tuesday reduced the million-dollar bond for a teen charged in connection with the fatal group attack on Preston Lord after his lawyer argued he did not take part in the assault, which prosecutors disputed. “He didn’t participate in the beating of Mr. Lord,” said Joseph Tobler, the lawyer […]
Westbound Interstate 265 near Preston Highway has reopened following a car accident that killed two people overnight. Louisville Metro Police received a call of a motor vehicle collision around 3:40 a.m. on the Gene Snyder Freeway just past the Preston Highway exit ramps. According to the LMPD press release, a pickup truck was traveling eastbound […]
Jun. 22—Norwich, New London and Preston are hoping state leaders will pay attention to southeastern Connecticut in the latest round of grant requests submitted Friday to the state Community Investment Fund. Gov. Ned Lamont created the $875 million fund for eligible distressed municipalities to fund major capital improvements projects and grants for small-business capital projects, […]
May 21—Three Preston County residents were charged with grand larceny and conspiracy late last week after the victim and law enforcement officers found a bag of trash containing documents with the suspects’ first and last names. Sgt. S.A. Belt, with the Preston County Sheriff’s Department, was dispatched to Power Plant Road in Albright for the […]
May 8—Four high school seniors from Monongalia and Preston’s school districts are now in elite company. They were named National Merit Scholars, the scholarship’s Illinois-based corporation announced Wednesday. Nationally, more than 15, 000 seniors from across the U.S. were recognized as semifinalists earlier this year. Morgantown High had two National Scholars named: Pratham Bhanushali, who […]
A woman is dead after being struck on Preston Highway early Tuesday morning and one person is being questioned after driving away from the scene, Louisville Metro Police said. LMPD Sixth Division officers responded to a call about a pedestrian struck at approximately 12:40 a.m. in the intersection of Preston Highway and Durrett Lane, LMPD […]
Queen Creek police released recordings of a dozen 911 calls from the night 16-year-old Preston Lord was fatally beaten during a Halloween party last year. In one, a boy cries as he tells a dispatcher that one friend has a broken wrist and another is lying on the ground unconscious. He describes his attackers as […]
Mar. 22—PRESTON, Minn. — A Preston man is facing four felony charges after law enforcement searched his car and found 230 grams — about half a pound — of what is thought to be methamphetamines. On Friday, March 22, 2024, Marshall Montgomery Rolfs, 26, of Preston, was charged with two felony counts of first-degree sale: […]
You may not want to admit it, but you know why the murder of 16-year-old Arizona high-school student Preston Lord is not a national story, as is the murder in Georgia of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley. It is not because of who the victim was. No. It is because of who is accused of […]
Three juveniles and four adults were taken into custody to face murder and kidnapping charges in the fatal beating death of 16-year-old Preston Lord. Arrests came in the hours and days after a Maricopa County grand jury handed up indictments on March 6. Queen Creek police, who led the homicide investigation, executed arrest warrants in […]
More than two dozen Queen Creek and Gilbert residents dressed in orange stood outside Queen Creek’s municipal services building. Cheers erupted from inside as news of arrests in Preston Lord’s killing were made public. For many, it marked a significant moment in their monthslong endeavor for justice in the 16-year-old’s death at an Oct. 28 […]
Three people face charges in the killing of Preston Lord, the 16-year-old whose brutal beating shocked the southeast Valley and brought to light a surge in teen violence in the community. A Maricopa County grand jury on Wednesday indicted the trio on charges including first-degree murder and kidnapping in the gang-style attack that occurred during […]