NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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City council members, along with a grateful family, honored a Taylorsville police officer Wednesday night. November 2, 2005 Samantha Hayes reporting City council members, along with a grateful family, honored a Taylorsville police officer Wednesday night. The officer found a kidnapped baby inside a stolen car shortly after a recent Amber alert. Officer...
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Text Messages Used To Track Down Teen, Man She Was Going To Meet November 1, 2005 HOUSTON — An Amber Alert for a missing Fort Bend County teen was called off Tuesday after the girl was found on a bus in Georgia, KPRC Local 2 reported. Meagan Minton, 16, was found safe and...
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By Mazie Aldrich Published October 24, 2005 It’s been a long time coming for Dana Smith of Bryant but this weekend she will be reunited with her five year old son after more than a three year separation. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department has been searching for a child since 2001. According to...
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By Jason Cato TRIBUNE-REVIEW Friday, October 14, 2005 Cases of children being ripped from the womb and kidnapped are shocking, but rare. Since 1987, there have been eight documented cases in which fetuses were stolen, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Seven of those eight mothers died; all but...
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The Associated Press NAPERVILLE – Authorities on Friday released a forensic artist’s sketch of a small boy whose remains were discovered in a field earlier this month and who police say might have been a homicide victim. The sketch shows a boy, three to four years old, with short black hair and wearing...
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October 1, 2005 By JIM HOOK and KEITH PARADISE Staff writers Many states are taking a hard look at their public registries that list convicted sex offenders who are free and living in communities. Some of the offenders are missing. State Web sites serve as community alerts. Offenders’ names, photographs, birth dates and...
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By Akilah Johnson Staff Writer September 27 2005 The 10-day search for a missing 15-year-old Port St. Lucie girl ended Monday when she walked into the Opa-locka police station, officials said. Erin Nembhard turned herself in to authorities at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. “She appeared to be in good health,” said Officer Robert...
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By Ian Bauer August 09, 2005 Gishelle Alvarez, a Milpitas teen who has been missing for nearly two months, called her mother from Mexico Saturday saying she was ready to come home. “She was at some airport in Mexico,” said Milpitas police Lt. Steve Pangelinan. Alvarez, 15, was last seen in Milpitas June...
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