LAWRENCE CO. - In February 2023, two officers were shot during a traffic stop, and the suspect was killed; Lawrence County mourned the loss of former BNL Band Director and community leader Roger Gales and longtime Lawrence County Surveyor Michael D. Arena Two Lawrence County Sheriff's deput .
Attorneys representing Jose Carlos Morales-Acevedo, 28 who was charged with first-degree murder for his alleged role in a downtown Mitchell shooting are arguing his Spanish language interpreter made errors in translating Miranda rights to him prior to the interrogation process, which they claim led Morales-Acevedo to waive his Miranda rights without “fully understanding the legal ramifications of it.”