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Follow-up Friday: New look suspect finally freed, then put back behind bars 3 days later
March 21, 2025

Follow-up Friday: New look suspect finally freed, then put back behind bars 3 days later

The man accused of causing commotion on a public transit bus, who then portrayed some unforgettable poses for the booking photographer, was finally freed for good this week.

Photo finish – literally – to woman’s car insurance claim: ‘I messed up’
March 5, 2025

Photo finish – literally – to woman’s car insurance claim: ‘I messed up’

Accidents happen, but that’s not why a certain woman is facing a felony.

She said she swerved her 2018 Toyota Camry “to avoid a dog in the road and she hit a tree stump,” and that’s not disputed.

Both battered: ‘Very intoxicated’ couple led to fight over wife’s homemade porn on husband’s phone
March 3, 2025

Both battered: ‘Very intoxicated’ couple led to fight over wife’s homemade porn on husband’s phone

An argument over “pornographic photographs” a woman let her husband take developed into something physical – and booking photos of them both.

Senior facing a felony despite family claim: ‘All he did was ask the tow truck driver what his name was’
March 1, 2025

Senior facing a felony despite family claim: ‘All he did was ask the tow truck driver what his name was’

A grocery delivery turned into “a physical disturbance” and it wasn’t over the order. The trouble started when the driver got stuck in front of Richard Edward Fritzinger’s house.

Driving disaster: No bond for teen arrested for suspended license, then charged with stealing bike
February 24, 2025

Driving disaster: No bond for teen arrested for suspended license, then charged with stealing bike

A teenage driver has been jailed without bond for weeks, and taking care of his traffic trouble could’ve limited his time in lockup by a lot.

Driver’s seatbelt violation led to this passenger’s drug arrest, warrant for animal cruelty
February 22, 2025

Driver’s seatbelt violation led to this passenger’s drug arrest, warrant for animal cruelty

A driver not wearing his seatbelt got pulled over but it’s his passenger who was arrested for two felonies, and then found to have a warrant for a deadly case of animal cruelty.

From ‘passed out in the driver seat of his truck’ to facing more felonies for what his wife said
February 16, 2025

From ‘passed out in the driver seat of his truck’ to facing more felonies for what his wife said

A man is facing four new felonies after cops caught him “passed out in the driver seat of his truck,” and then had a word with his wife. He arrived at this point after dozens of convictions dating back to the 1980s.

This guy’s latest arrest didn’t go as smoothly as his others
February 14, 2025

This guy’s latest arrest didn’t go as smoothly as his others

A man under arrest showed up in jail with scrapes all over his face and a Band-Aid on his forehead. It followed a chase from sheriff’s deputies.

Young suspect could blame friends for his arrests, but not for his alleged drug problem
February 12, 2025

Young suspect could blame friends for his arrests, but not for his alleged drug problem

A young man’s trouble with the law may be his own doing, but he could also make a case against his friends for getting caught.

February 10, 2025

Woman arrested for drugs said she had more on her, but ‘she was not going to tell me where,’ deputy reports

A woman arrested multiple times on drug charges during traffic stops has earned a reputation for trying to stash evidence.

Suspect ‘screamed, hit his head on my vehicle and asked ‘am I going to jail’ rather than engaging in an adult conversation’
February 3, 2025

Suspect ‘screamed, hit his head on my vehicle and asked ‘am I going to jail’ rather than engaging in an adult conversation’

Folks at a bus stop got quite a scare from a man police claim was drunk, but the bus driver reportedly got the worst of it.

Teen faces 10 charges for cemetery hit-and-run, evading a traffic stop and criminal mischief: ‘That’s me’
February 1, 2025

Teen faces 10 charges for cemetery hit-and-run, evading a traffic stop and criminal mischief: ‘That’s me’

A teenager got himself a new SUV and had an eventful couple of days driving it, but he hasn’t been behind the wheel in three weeks. It’s in pretty bad shape, and the young driver has been in jail for crimes in and out of the SUV.

Follow-up Friday: This guy’s 7th arrest from a traffic stop, booked on the day his 1st story ran
January 31, 2025

Follow-up Friday: This guy’s 7th arrest from a traffic stop, booked same day his story ran

A police officer on “routine patrol” in an area where “property crimes and multiple narcotics arrests” took place arrested a man who’d been to the county jail several times before.

Drive-thru customer unsatisfied with sauce soaks Wendy’s worker, gets lip service with her fist
January 27, 2025

Drive-thru customer unsatisfied with sauce soaks Wendy’s worker, gets lip service with her fist

A woman who tried to grab a bite spent Christmas behind bars. She’s accused of throwing drinks through a Wendy’s drive-thru window, and pinning an employee against a wall, during an argument that started over the small selection of sauces.

Follow-up Friday: Another plea deal, jail sentence after ‘a small bulge in her front left pocket’ turned out to be meth
January 24, 2025

Follow-up Friday: Another plea deal, jail sentence after ‘a small bulge in her front left pocket’ turned out to be meth

A senior citizen who spent nearly a year in state prison on drug charges decades ago is back behind bars after she was sentenced for yet another.

6 traffic stops, 6 mugshots: This guy would’ve spent much less time behind bars if he only drove better
January 15, 2025

6 traffic stops, 6 mugshots: This guy would’ve spent much less time behind bars if he only drove better

They say it’s not the crime but the cover-up, or attempted cover-up in this case, that led to a convicted felon’s latest arrest. It’s one of six that started with a traffic stop.

A family fight included both parties punched in the face several times, and it ended with police and paramedics at their home, but the alleged victim wasn’t going anywhere.
January 4, 2025

He wanted a lift to work but got knocked to the ground, taken to the hospital, booked into jail

A family fight included both parties punched in the face several times, and it ended with police and paramedics at their home, but the alleged victim wasn’t going anywhere.

Bandaged woman left her latest victim ‘shirtless with her breasts uncovered,’ bleeding from lip to ankle
January 3, 2025

Bandaged woman left her latest victim ‘shirtless with her breasts uncovered,’ bleeding from lip to ankle

A woman who has been in and out of trouble for years is out of jail after taking a plea deal, rather than keep fighting her latest battery charge.

Follow-up Friday: Driver who said ‘it was better for him to get in trouble rather than his mother’ sentenced twice more
December 27, 2024

Follow-up Friday: Driver who said ‘it was better for him to get in trouble rather than his mother’ sentenced twice more

The driver who told police “it was better for him to get in trouble rather than his mother, who[se] license is also suspended,” has been arrested and sentenced twice more, in two counties, in less than three months.

Meth in her bra. Biting a cop. 5 lawyer requests to stop representing her. What could go wrong?
December 9, 2024

Meth in her bra. Biting a cop. 5 lawyer requests to stop representing her. What could go wrong?

The year 2024 won’t go down as Melany Gayle Peters’ best. Her three arrests took place this year and her various lawyers filed motions five times, requesting to be taken off her cases.

Trafficking fentanyl charge means no bail for woman facing her 15th felony case
December 1, 2024

Trafficking fentanyl charge means no bail for woman facing her 15th felony case

A woman is facing her 15th felony case, at least. Her latest started while she was on probation, and the last two started during overnight traffic stops for registration issues.

Traffic stop with 3 passengers, ‘all of which I am familiar,’ cop says, leads to K9 officer and drug charges
November 30, 2024

Traffic stop with 3 passengers, ‘all of which I am familiar,’ cop says, leads to K9 officer and drug charges

It was like a one-two punch. Ashley Lynn Finley drove through a stop sign, “pausing beyond the white stop bar,” a police officer reported, along with “a clear, unobstructed view of the front seat passenger without a seatbelt.”

Woman avoids a jail sentence, despite her trail of traffic tickets and arrests
November 23, 2024

Woman avoids a jail sentence, despite her trail of traffic tickets and arrests

A woman with a rather long driving record is facing a felony after a crash with someone who’d seen her under better circumstances.

Woman got her latest ride to jail after ‘getting into a random stranger’s car’ at a McDonald’s drive-thru
November 9, 2024

Woman got her latest ride to jail after ‘getting into a random stranger’s car’ at a McDonald’s drive-thru

A woman with the words “VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDER” stamped on each page of her latest arrest report is behind bars for crimes at a laundromat and a fast food drive-thru.

Senior woman’s troubles with the law include drug charges over the decades
November 6, 2024

Senior woman’s troubles with the law include drug charges over the decades

A woman’s drug arrests over the decades are coming to light after her latest run-in with law enforcement. She’s now a senior citizen.

Hit-and-run suspect rear-ended by victim who followed to read his license plate
November 5, 2024

Hit-and-run suspect rear-ended by victim who followed to read his license plate

A suspected hit-and-run driver got a taste of his own medicine – sort of – when the driver of a car he hit ended up rear-ending him. That suspect is now facing 10 criminal charges, including DUI.

Took a Taser to remove this angry DUI suspect from his car in Burger King drive-thru, cops say
October 8, 2024

Took a Taser to remove this angry DUI suspect from his car in Burger King drive-thru, cops say

The emergency call from outside a Burger King had nothing to do with the food.

Wanted woman accused of using grandfather’s ‘debit card without his permission,’ and he turned her in
September 29, 2024

Wanted woman accused of using grandfather’s ‘debit card without his permission,’ and he turned her in

An older man called sheriff’s deputies after he checked his bank information and “noticed multiple transactions from his account which he did not make.” In the end, his adult granddaughter was arrested.

3 arrests during traffic stops; twice, she had just left a gas station; once, she wasn’t even driving
September 28, 2024

3 arrests during traffic stops; twice, she had just left a gas station; once, she wasn’t even driving

This is one of those cases where a traffic stop led to an arrest for a felony, but that happened to one woman three times in less than two years – twice in less than two weeks – in two different vehicles.

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