Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:06 PM EDT2013-05-23 02:06:52 GMT
You might think it’s a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.“Human trafficking is happening in our own backyards,” said Sandra Self with the coalition.“It’s hard for us because we’re kind of, we think we’re insulated, here in the Midwest, you know in the middle of the country thinking that would never happen around here, but unfortunately it does,” said Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter.“We g...
You might think it’s a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.“Human trafficking is happening in our own backyards,” said Sandra Self with the coalition.“It’s hard for us because we’re kind of, we think we’re insulated, here in the Midwest, you know in the middle of the country thinking that would never happen around here, but unfortunately it does,” said Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter.“We g...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:58 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:58:57 GMT
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:54 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:54:34 GMT
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gearing up for a repair project on the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., that will impact truck traffic this summer.According to KYTC, trucks will be have to be rerouted for approximately 70 days beginning after June 24.KYTC District 1 spokesman Keith Todd said the agency wants truckers and suppliers who depend in the bridge to be aware of the coming project.“This project involves repairs on bridge deck s...
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gearing up for a repair project on the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., that will impact truck traffic this summer.According to KYTC, trucks will be have to be rerouted for approximately 70 days beginning after June 24.KYTC District 1 spokesman Keith Todd said the agency wants truckers and suppliers who depend in the bridge to be aware of the coming project.“This project involves repairs on bridge deck s...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:30 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:30:55 GMT
A man who admitted driving a stolen car into a group of joggers will spend the next 12-years behind bars.
A man who admitted driving a stolen car into a group of joggers will spend the next 12-years behind bars.
MALDEN, MO (KFVS) -
Police say a Malden man is facing rape, kidnapping and weapons charges.
According to court records filed by the prosecutor, Raymond Gene Williamson, 42, of Azbill Road was charged August 13 with forcible rape, forcible sodomy, kidnapping and two counts of armed criminal action.
Malden police received a call after 12:30 a.m. Monday from a woman saying her daughter had not returned home. She said her daughter was supposed to be home at 10 p.m. the night before.
The woman called police back shortly after 1:30 a.m. saying her daughter had been raped.
According to the police probable cause statement, the victim had been in rural Dunklin County and Williamson had asked for a ride home. The victim was driving toward his home when he reportedly told her to drive and do what he said or "he would kill her." The victim told police she noticed Williamson had a knife.
The victim told police she was forced to perform a sex act on Williamson while he drove on various roads in Arkansas.
The victim told police that Williamson stopped the car, told the victim to get out, then stripped and raped her. Afterward, she was told to get in the car and drive.
She was told by Williamson to let her out on Highway J by a bridge just outside of Malden. When he got out, police say the victim locked the doors and drove home.
The victim described Williamson to police and said she knew him through a friend. The victim positively identified Williamson from a photo.
The victim was taken to Dexter Hospital for treatment.
Williamson was arrested at a home on Matthews Road. Police say the suspect admitted to having Hepatitis B and C.
Police say he has prior convictions of first degree sexual abuse and second degree assault.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:12 AM EDT2013-05-22 15:12:30 GMT
(CNN) - The three women who were rescued this month after allegedly being held captive in a Cleveland house for close to a decade "are happy and safe." Attorneys for Amanda berry, Michelle Knight and
The three women who were rescued this month after allegedly being held captive in a Cleveland house for close to a decade "are happy and safe."
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:13 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:13:11 GMT
A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist while driving her car and then driving off tweeted about driving off and not caring much about it. But then the cops tweeted back.
The first rule of Twitter - it's not smart to tweet about a crime.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:32:31 GMT
ORLANDO, FL (RNN) – A man with possible ties to a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was shot and killed after the FBI interviewed him early Wednesday. The FBI confirmed a special agent fatally shot a man
A man killed Wednesday during questioning by the FBI said he and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev were accomplices in a 2011 slaying.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:21 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:21:12 GMT
(RNN) - British officials are saying one man is dead and two others were injured in a possible terrorist attack in London on Wednesday.According to BBC News, eyewitnesses said man was attacked in a street
One man is dead after two men attacked him in broad daylight with knives and meat cleavers.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:56:01 GMT
(RNN) – Of the 24 killed in the EF-5 tornado that decimated Moore, OK, 10 are children - two of which are infants according to a release by the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office. All the children
The last of the missing from Monday's massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore, OK, have been accounted for.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:30 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:30:20 GMT
A stop on a roadtrip turned one traveler's trip into a nightmare that lasted more than a month.. It happened in Marston, when Debbie Vallejo let her dog, Slick, go to the bathroom at Pilot's.
A stop on a roadtrip turned one traveler's trip into a nightmare that lasted more than a month.. It happened in Marston, when Debbie Vallejo let her dog, Slick, go to the bathroom at Pilot's.
Raymond Gene Williamson (Source: Dunklin County SO)
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