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Stuck in jail, waiting for a psychiatric bed. COVID-19 made an old problem worse By
While Washingtonâs system has been strained for years, state officials and disability rights advocates say it effectively ground to a halt during the pandemic.
Bill Ward didnât want to get out of bed. About the only reason he found to lift himself up was to go to his computer and check the online roster of a county jail more than 600 miles away.
The 78-year-oldâs grandson had been sitting in the same Clark County Jail cell for more than three months. The long wait left Ward perplexed.
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A former Alabama pastor and convicted child serial rapist sentenced to 15 years in prison has been released after serving more than five and a half years of his term, according to a report.
Mack Charles Andrews Jr., former pastor of United Pentecostal Church in Thomasville, was sentenced in 2015 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and attempted rape as part of a plea deal, AL.com reported Friday.
Shay Walker, one of Andrews’ victims, who said she was raped and sexually tortured by her childhood preacher between the ages of 7 and 12, had planned on attending a scheduled November parole hearing to keep the 61-year-old convicted rapist behind bars, but now won’t get the chance, the outlet reported.
Suspect arrested in Helena vandalism case
John Riley MTN News
and last updated 2021-05-19 21:35:18-04
HELENA â The Helena Police Police Department (HPD) has made an arrest regarding a string of vandalism that happened earlier this week.
Helena resident Durbin W. Tabb, 21, was arrested Wednesday after HPD identified him as a suspect and conducted an interview with him.
Tabb was booked into the Lewis and Clark County Jail on charges of felony criminal mischief and felony malicious intimidation.
There were reports of five buildings including the Cathedral of St. Helena that were tagged with symbols and vulgar imagery. HPD also received reports of 10 vehicles defaced that night, including vehicles of elderly residents and staff at Touchmark Retirement Community.