Jan 19, 2021
WHITLEY COUNTYâThe Whitley County Sheriffâs Office released the department s year-end review, as Sheriff Toddy Shelley looks back at 2020 and the work his department has done in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
âAs the year 2020 comes to a close, our department wanted to thank the community for the overwhelming support that we have received this year,â Shelley stated in the report.
In December alone, the sheriffâs office arrested approximately 80 people on mostly theft and drug-related charges, while also working numerous collisions and criminal cases.
Shelley said the employees of the sheriffâs office worked each day throughout last year to improve their department and therefore, improve their county.
60-year-old man reported missing in Campbell County found safe
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CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. –
Authorities say a 60-year-old man reported missing on Thursday has been found.
According to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, he is safe and at home with his family.
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The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating a missing 60-year-old man.
James David Pruitt was last seen Thursday in the Spring Hill area near US 29N.
Authorities describe Pruitt as a six feet and one-inch tall man who weighs about 195 pounds with short salt and pepper hair and facial hair.
By Jennifer Kocher and Mark Christensen, County 17
New Campbell County Attorney Mitch Damsky is making good on his promise to look into some of the more nefarious dealings by out-of-state coal companies, setting his sights first on former Blackjewel CEO Jeff Hoops.
On top of leaving the county on the hook for $16 million in ad valorem taxes after the company’s bankruptcy in 2019 that exposed the tangled – and alleged deceitful – underpinnings of his fossil fuel empire traversing 32 mines, several states and an undisclosed number of shell companies, Damsky said that Hoops left a lot of ruined lives in his wake as he and his family profited handsomely.
In-patient services resume at Riverton hospital
RIVERTON (WNE) â In-patient services have resumed at the SageWest Health Care Riverton hospital.
Hospital administrators said an initiative by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has provided supplemental staffing resources to support the influx of hospital patients due to the rapid acceleration of COVID-19 in the community.
âWe would like to thank Gov. Gordonâs initiative, the Department of Health and the Wyoming Hospital Association for their staffing resource support,â SageWest Health Care CEO John Ferrelli said in a prepared statement.
All patients temporarily had been moved to Lander earlier this month.
Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and recent statewide hospitalizations, last week Gordon issued a statewide public-health order requiring the use of face coverings in almost all places outside of the home.
GILLETTE (WNE) â A Campbell County man already accused of kidnapping his wife and leaving her naked at Walmart in September now faces voyeurism charges.
John Jesse Crump, 37, allegedly put a camera in a bedroom and a bathroom at his house to record family members staying there.
An SD card provided to the Campbell County Sheriffâs Office shows Crump placing a hidden camera in a closet, positioning it and capturing images of family members undressing and having intercourse. A different hidden camera in a bathroom showed a family member getting out of the shower, according to an affidavit of probable cause.