From STAFF REPORTS
A McMechen man accused of fatally shaking his infant son in 2019 was indicted by a Marshall County grand jury this week.
Daniel Messner was indicted on one county of death of a child by a parent, guardian or custodian. Messner was originally charged in November 2019, accused of allegedly shaking his 3-month-old son, causing brain bleeds that investigators said eventually killed the child three days later.
Doctors at Wheeling Hospital, where the boy was originally taken, told police the child suffered from bleeding in the brain and they suspected skull fracture, according to investigators.
Also indicted in Marshall County was former Boggs Run VFD Chief Kevin Crown on one count of embezzlement and 27 counts of fraudulent use of an access device.
Sunday, March 21
INCIDENT â At 9:42 a.m., Lompoc Police received a report of a warrant service in the 400 block of West Maple Avenue that resulted in an arrest.
INCIDENT â At 3:25 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of a warrant service in the 1300 block of North H Street that resulted in an arrest.
INCIDENT â At 6 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of a death investigation in the 400 block of West North Avenue.
Saturday, March 20
INCIDENT â At 8:27 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of shots fired/heard in the 100 block of North L Street
INCIDENT â At 6:30 p.m., Lompoc Police received a report of shots fired/heard in the 400 block of East Airport Avenue.
Two women and a man from Santa Maria pleaded not guilty last week to fraud-related charges in which theyâre accused of using a California home to collect more than $390,000 in state medical benefits over more than a decade while living in Nevada.Â
Seferino Hernandez and Eden Bautista, both 59, and Thelma Pedroche, 62, appeared via Zoom before Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Patricia Kelly on Dec. 7 and entered their pleas to the charges, including presenting a false Medi-Cal claim and criminal conspiracy.
Additionally, Bautista and Pedroche each received an enhancement accusing them of stealing more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits.
Specifically, Hernandez, Bautista and Pedroche are accused of fraudulently collecting funds from January 2005 to December 2016 for the state s in-home support services program, which allows non-medical personal care for elderly and disabled individuals in their own homes, instead of long-term care facilities, according
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