Some in our community believe the Fayetteville Police Department is disproportionately targeting Black drivers for stops and vehicle searches. Police Chief Gina Hawkins pushes back on the allegation, saying the data on stops can be misleading and her officers are just doing their jobs.
This issue dubbed “Driving While Black” boils down to trust. Trust is the kind of currency that community policing is meant to shore up between officers and the public.
So I was surprised to learn the Police Department this past week got rid of one of its best community liaisons, Lisa Jayne, a 10-year-veteran. She is known around churches, nonprofits, rec centers and multiple organizations in Fayetteville as the program coordinator for Operation Ceasefire. She moves deftly between diverse communities, a critical skill in a city like ours.
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A Spokane, Wash., woman suspected of being a longtime methamphetamine dealer in and around the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation admitted trafficking charges this past week, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney s Office.
Kristina Dawn Russette, 30, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. Russette faces 10 years to life in prison, a $10 million fine and at least five years of supervised release.
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. Chief Judge Morris set sentencing for June 2 and continued Russette’s detention.
According to court documents filed by the government, law enforcement officers in 2019 and 2020 learned from multiple individuals that Russette was supplying methamphetamine from the Spokane area to individuals on the Rocky Boy Reservation.
Three South Louisiana Men Sentenced forViolating Federal Firearms Laws
Three men from South Louisiana were sentenced for illegally possessing firearms by United States District Judge James D. Cain
Posted: Feb 26, 2021 2:51 PM
Updated: Feb 26, 2021 3:00 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
LAFAYETTE, La. -Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that three men from South Louisiana were sentenced for illegally possessing firearms by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr.Jaquan Smith, 27, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 3years of supervised release, for illegal possession of an unregistered firearm. On October 10, 2018, law enforcement officers in Jennings, Louisiana stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in which Smith was a passenger. Officers found Smith to have a square-shaped object bearing a Glock insigniain his possession. The device is capable of converting a firearm into a machine gun. The machine gun conv
From the Courts - Federal Court: Box Elder man sentenced for scheme to smuggle meth into Cascade County jail
From U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana GREAT FALLS – A Box Elder man who admitted his role in scheme to smuggle methamphetamine into the Cascade County Detention Center by having inmates hide the drug inside their bodies was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Franklin Troy Caplette, 36, pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2020 to possession with intent to distribute meth. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
Man who provided drugs in overdose death in Park County sentenced to 12 years in prison
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An Arizona man who admitting providing methamphetamine and heroin to a friend, who overdosed and died from the drugs, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison and to three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
According to court documents, Brandon Thomas Houdashelt, 33, of Goodyear, Arizona, pleaded guilty on Sept. 29, 2020, to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
According to court documents filed by the prosecution, on Nov. 3, 2018, Houdashelt was at the residence of two of his friends in Park County. Houdashelt had brought with him methamphetamine and heroin. He loaded a syringe with a combination of methamphetamine and heroin for himself and his two friends. One of his friends overdosed and died from the drugs. Law enforcement and medical personnel responded to the residence. An inve