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Protective Custody

Middletown, CT
Police & Fire
Missing Middletown Teen Found 750 Miles Away In NC With Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Her Missing Middletown Teen Found 750 Miles Away In NC With Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Her
Missing Middletown Teen Found 750 Miles Away In NC With Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Her A missing Connecticut teenager was found hundreds of miles from home with a North Carolina man now charged with kidnapping and sexual assault, authorities said.  The case began on April 9, when a 15-year-old Middletown girl was reported missing. Her family did not know she had left the state or that she was with an older man. Middletown police say that man, 51-year-old Justin Newman of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, arranged for the girl to travel nearly 750 miles south to meet him. Middletown investigators alerted authorities in North Carolina after learning she may be with Newman…

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by Josh Lanier
Harrisburg, PA
News
PA's Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence PA's Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence
PA's Bryan Kohberger Moved To Solitary At Idaho’s Most Secure Prison After Life Sentence Bryan Kohberger has been transferred to long-term restrictive housing in J Block at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, prison documents confirmed on Saturday, Aug. 2.  The move comes less than a week after Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the savage stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Life Behind Bars Kohberger, 30, will now spend nearly all his time alone. IDOC officials said inmates in long-term restrictive housing are confined to single-person cells, allowed one hour of outdoor recreation daily, and permitted to shower every…

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by Jillian Pikora
Reading, PA
News
PA Parents Sold NJ Heroin From Filthy Home With Kids Inside: DA PA Parents Sold NJ Heroin From Filthy Home With Kids Inside: DA
PA Parents Sold NJ Heroin From Filthy Home With Kids Inside: DA Two parents in Stroud Township are accused of selling heroin and fentanyl from their home while their young children lived in dangerous, squalid conditions, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 7. Jessica Walters, 35, and Robert Nochella, 35, were arrested after Monroe County detectives and Children and Youth Services discovered drug paraphernalia, scales, and packaging materials scattered throughout their home on Thursday, Feb. 6, officials said. Walters was reportedly withdrawing from fentanyl during the investigation, according to the criminal complaints. The home, where Walters and Noc…

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by Jillian Pikora
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Missing Morris County Girl Found Safe On Train In North Carolina: Prosecutor Missing Morris County Girl Found Safe On Train In North Carolina: Prosecutor
Missing Morris County Girl Found Safe On Train In North Carolina: Prosecutor A 15-year-old Morris County girl, who had been missing since last month, was found safe on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 13, authorities said. Investigators determined the girl was on an interstate train heading south and contacted police in North Carolina, who were able to locate her on a train, unharmed, and took her into protective custody, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Morris County Sheriff James  Gannon said. The girl was first reported missing on Saturday, July 27, authorities said.  An initial search utilizing K-9’…

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by Sam Barron
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Cruel Parents Accused Of Padlocking Fridge Facing New Troubling Charges In PA: Court Docs Cruel Parents Accused Of Padlocking Fridge Facing New Troubling Charges In PA: Court Docs
Cruel Parents Accused Of Padlocking Fridge Facing New Troubling Charges In PA: Court Docs A Pennsylvania couple accused of padlocking their fridge and raising seven children among rats are facing additional charges, according to court records.  Shane and Crystal Robertson, of West Rockhill Township, were previously charged with seven felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child in May, Daily Voice reported.  Each is now accused of simple assault and conspiracy, and Shane Robertson faces an additional charge of strangulation, legal filings show.  Authorities first visited the family's home after three of their children were seen entering an abando…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Padlocked Fridge, Rats Found In Bucks House Of Horrors Where 7 Kids Were Living: Police Padlocked Fridge, Rats Found In Bucks House Of Horrors Where 7 Kids Were Living: Police
Padlocked Fridge, Rats Found In Bucks House Of Horrors Where 7 Kids Were Living: Police Seven children are in protective custody after police found them living in squalor in a Bucks County trailer, according to authorities.  Their parents, 43-year-old Shane Robertson and 37-year-old Crystal Robertson, are each charged with seven felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child, said Pennridge Regional Police Department in a release.  The investigation began on April 23, when PRPD was called to the 600 block of Roseann Lane in West Rockhill Township for a report of three children entering an abandoned trailer, the department said.  Officers brought the trio h…

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by Mac Bullock
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Drunken, Bloodied Bus Passenger From Hawthorne Taken Into Custody In Glen Rock Drunken, Bloodied Bus Passenger From Hawthorne Taken Into Custody In Glen Rock
Drunken, Bloodied Bus Passenger From Hawthorne Taken Into Custody In Glen Rock A blood-soaked drunken bus passenger from Hawthorne who’d been cutting herself was taken into protective custody by Glen Rock police, authorities said. Officers found the 29-year-old woman when they responded to the Harding Plaza station on a report of a disturbance onboard an NJ TRANSIT bus, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She was “in a highly intoxicated state, covered with blood, with apparent self-inflicted knife wounds on her arms,” the chief said, adding that she “could not care for herself.” An ambulance took her to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center for detox and medical care, he s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newtown, CT
Police & Fire
Police Conduct Crisis Intervention After Suicide Threats In Newtown Police Conduct Crisis Intervention After Suicide Threats In Newtown
Police Conduct Crisis Intervention After Suicide Threats In Newtown Patrol officers from the Newtown Police Department were sent to a residence in the Botsford area of Newtown last week to conduct a crisis intervention on an individual who had made suicidal threats.  It was decided that based on this specific situation and out of an abundance of caution to both area residents and this individual’s personal safety, the Danbury Regional Emergency Unit was activated and responded to assist Newtown patrol officers on scene.  "We are happy to report, that shortly thereafter, this suicidal individual was taken into protective custody and transported to a loc…

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by Jon Craig