Man jailed for drugging and raping 12-year-old girl in Alloa
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image captionAlexander Keenan was told by a judge that he had shown no remorse whatsoever
An Alloa man who raped a 12-year-old girl after giving her lemonade laced with street valium has been jailed for nine years.
Alexander Keenan, 40, claimed the girl molested him and got a teenage boy to help him cover up the crime.
The cover-up included Keenan setting up a role-play by posing as a lawyer to get the teenager used to the questions he might face.
Keenan was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
December 14, 2020 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Members of the Electoral College meet today to officially elect Joe Biden, a moment some Republican lawmakers have targeted as the end of President Donald Trumpâs attempts to overturn the results as far as theyâre concerned.
The constitutionally mandated procedure across the 50 states and the District of Columbia usually passes with little notice. But this year, it may help conclude a chaotic election season punctuated by Trumpâs refusal to concede and his frequent insistence, without evidence, that the vote was âriggedâ against him.
Many prominent Republicans joined the president in declining to recognize Bidenâs victory a month ago, saying Trump had a right to pursue legal challenges. That process will have played out once the electors reach a majority of 270 ballots for Biden. Congress will then officially count the Electoral College votes and declare the winner on Jan. 6.
Published: 12/13/2020 10:00:15 PM
Modified: 12/13/2020 10:05:15 PM
Thanks to humble mastermind of Thanksgiving meal
Len Angelli, who coordinated the Thanksgiving day meal at Sacred Heart Church in Lebanon, is the mastermind and master chef who organized the logistics of preparing, packaging and delivering 2,070 (count them!) Thanksgiving meals this year to the shut-ins, homebound, sick, poor, forgotten, quarantined and others in our Upper Valley community complete dinners of turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, squash, carrots, gravy, cranberry sauce, rolls, apple pie and assortment of homemade desserts. (“Out & About: Thanksgiving meal programs busy this year,” Nov. 8).
To get a grasp of the magnitude of this undertaking: 130 turkeys, 300 pounds of ham and 10 bushels of apples, just to mention a few of the servings.