Police in Swansea are turning to the public for help in tracking down a man who tried to lure two teenage girls into a car behind a Target store on Thursday. The incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. when a man approached two 13-year-old girls as they walked down the bicycle path on Milford Road, behind […]
A potentially hazardous substance detected in the sewers of a Swansea neighborhood prompted the evacuation of 52 houses Thursday. Emergency responders don’t yet know what the substance is or where it is coming from, but based on initial readings, it could be considered flammable and/or explosive, said Bryan Whitaker, assistant director of the St. Clair […]
SWANSEA — A Rhode Island-based attorney announced on Tuesday he will run as a Republican against Sen. Elizabeth Warren. A cryptocurrency advocate, lawyer specializing in asbestos cases and former Marine, John Deaton moved to Swansea into a rental home last month, according to Politico. The political news site also reported that Deaton has recently placed […]
One suspect arrested, another on the run after an attempted robbery outside Swansea bank One person was taken into person in custody Monday and police were searching for at least one more after an attempted robbery outside a bank in Swansea. Just before 1 p.m., a courier was attempting to make a delivery at BayCoast […]
A Welsh man has died after falling into a lake while kayaking in Thailand. Shanghaman Gowribalan, 24, was kayaking with his friends on the Rajjaprabha Dam in southern Thailand from about 09:00 local time on Sunday 11 February. It is believed the backpacker from Swansea fell into the deepest part of the reservoir about 500m […]
A federal jury convicted a Swansea man who was already registered as a sex offender with exploiting another minor. In 2010, Dan R. Waeckerle Jr., 44, was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Hamilton County. On Friday, a jury in the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Illinois, found him guilty […]
SWANSEA — A Swansea man has been arrested and faces multiple charges related to the serious crash on Swansea Mall Drive Thursday, Chief Marc Haslam reports. On Friday, Timothy Couturier, 53, was charged with: Operating Under the Influence of Liquor (Serious Bodily Injury and Negligent Operation); Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle; Marked Lanes Violation; […]