Alabama woman wanted for armed robbery and homicide arrested in Lake Charles Amanda Buras, wanted out of Alabama for for first-degree armed robbery and felony homicide, was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. (Source: Department of Transportation) By Davon Cole | February 24, 2021 at 4:09 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 8:33 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A woman wanted in Alabama for first-degree armed robbery and felony homicide was arrested in Lake Charles Wednesday.
Amanda Buras, 33, is wanted out of Shelby County, Alabama.
Sgt. Brenda Desormeaux, spokeswoman for the Lake Charles Police Department, said officers with the Combined Anti-Drug Team received information Wednesday on Buras’ whereabouts.
/ Last summer’s police brutality protests have led the Utah Legislature to consider around a dozen police reform bills.
A Utah House committee unanimously approved four bills Tuesday aimed at gathering more data about police use of force and strengthening the disciplinary processes for law enforcement.
The state Legislature is considering around a dozen police reform bills this session in the wake of last summer’s protests against police brutality.
Under a bill sponsored by Sen. Jani Iwamoto, D-Salt Lake City, law enforcement agencies must provide information about an open investigation into an officer’s conduct to another law enforcement agency that requests it during the hiring process.
The Salt Lake City Council voted Tuesday night to lift a hiring freeze on the city’s police department. It comes despite calls from some residents to defund the police and as more than 60 officer left the department last year.
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The University of Utah Athletics Department announced Tuesday it has set up a memorial scholarship to honor a former student athlete Ty Jordan. This story and more in Tuesday evening s news brief.
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Utah Governor Addresses How State Handled Coronavirus Pandemic
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox shared his hopes for the future during his inaugural address Monday. But the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic are ongoing. A recent report from The Salt Lake Tribune shows the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, or GOMB, often butted heads with health officials over the pandemic response. Cox said GOMB has less of a role now, but he believes the tension between the health and budget officials was mostly good. Looking ahead, Cox is focused on more testing and the vaccine rollout. His goal is “that every vaccine that is received in the state of Utah will be a