SOUTH BEND – The St. Joseph County Democratic Party is calling for the termination of St. Joseph County Assistant Prosecutor Loris Zappia as county employee and the immediate investigation by a special prosecutor into the alleged assault on his brother. On Aug. 9, St. Joseph County police were called to a Granger family home in […]
LOS ANGELES, California — A former San Luis Obispo County deputy sheriff has been sentenced to seven months in a federal prison for mistreating an inmate in the county jail, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Joshua Fischer, 42, of Grover Beach, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. […]
VENTURA, California — Investigators with the Ventura County Cold Case Unit have arrested Warren Luther Alexander of Diamondhead, Mississippi, on triple murder charges stemming from a series of strangulation murders that occurred in 1977. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office has filed three counts of first-degree murder against Alexander, who was transported to California from […]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – Authorities on Saturday charged an East St. Louis man with attacking a police officer who was “fighting for his life” following a protest marking the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Elijah Gantt, 28, was charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault, first-degree assault and criminal damage to property. He was […]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – Authorities on Saturday charged an East St. Louis man with attacking a police officer who was “fighting for his life” following a protest marking the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Elijah Gantt, 28, was charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault, first-degree assault and criminal damage to property. He was […]
UPDATE: The fourth day of the retrial of the man previously convicted of a fatal 2021 shooting at a Lee Highway bar is scheduled to begin Friday. In the retrial against Kristijan Mrkonjic, eight witnesses testified. Two forensic investigators from the Chattanooga Police Department testified about the evidence found at the crime scene. Another witness […]
