Early-morning drug raids in Bridgwater and London lead to seven arrests
Multiple arrests as 100 officers and staff mobilise in Somerset, Gloucestershire and London
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Seven people have been arrested following a series of early-morning drug raids across Bridgwater and London.
The county lines probe into the supply of class A drugs saw four people in Bridgwater, two in London and one in Gloucester arrested.
Avon and Somerset Police posted dramatic footage of officers entering one of the properties by bashing a front door down and police pouring into a flat.
Officers later investigated drug use at 11 addresses in Bridgwater.
Carlsbad
As a political science student in college, Scott Chadwick wanted to be an elected official. Instead, he ended up working for five of them.
Chadwick, 46, became Carlsbad’s new city manager Aug. 1, where as the city’s top administrator his direct supervisors are the members of the City Council.
“I take my cues from the council as a whole,” he said. His job is to implement the council’s policies and stay as far out of politics as possible.
Most of Chadwick’s career has been with the city of San Diego, where he was chief operating officer from 2013 to 1018. His efforts there were praised by the California League of Cities and others for improving service, increasing transparency and boosting community engagement
TWO men from London have been jailed for their role in a county lines operation which brought class A drugs into Bridgwater. Robert Risvegli, 22, of Westminster, and 23-year-old Kane Sinclair, of Woodford Road, were both convicted of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and heroin and sentenced at Taunton Crown Court. Risvegli received six years and three months’ imprisonment while Sinclair received two years and seven months. Their arrests followed a joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and the Met Police which targeted a county lines drugs operation bringing class A drugs from the capital into Bridgwater. The pair’s offending spanned a six-month period between May and October 2020.
By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large
Internal emails from key city staff and officials in 2016 document their efforts to raise the value of a building by the City signing a 20-year lease-to-own agreement to help the sellers secure financing they couldn’t otherwise obtain, and, in an exclusive interview with La Prensa San Diego, the former City Attorney focuses attention back on current City Attorney Mara Elliott as the final backstop for the now-crumbling deal.
The lease deal has recently come under increased scrutiny and is being investigated by outside lawyers hired by Mayor Kevin Faulconer, and the current City Council is now focusing on ‘who knew what, when?’.
Vols Add Preferred Walk-On QB McDermott from North Carolina
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Jan 16, 2021
Jeremy Pruitt and company have continued to work the recruiting trail despite all of the uncertainty around his job status. Yesterday, Tennessee added a quality preferred walk-on to their quarterback room in Sully McDermott.
The 6 4, 205 pounds quarterback from Marvin Ridge (N.C.) announced his commitment via social media yesterday.
He wrote: After speaking with my family, my friends and coaches, I have decided to enroll early in college and forego my senior season at Marvin Ridge H.S. I want to thank all of my Marvin Ridge coaches, the administration, my teammates, and everyone in Mavs Nation for their support over the past few years. I also want to thank QB Country, Carolina Xposure, ROEPRO, and Scott Chadwick for pushing me and helping me grow as a player and person. I am very excited to announce that as a student-athlete my next chapter will be with The University of Tennessee Volunteers!