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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — On Monday, police arrested the suspect accused of shooting and seriously injuring two officers in the Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood of Northeast Portland a week ago.

The former resident Worship Leader of the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum was sentenced to one count of sodomy and 28 counts of sexual abuse after being found guilty of repeatedly raping a young teen over a period of four years. Michael Howard, 36, was one of the founding members of TrueSong, a worship collective formed in 2022, whose Tell Someone album was nominated for the 2024 Inspirational Album of the Year at the Dove Awards. The band held concerts Monday through Friday at the Ark Encounter and on select days at the Creation Museum, along with singing most nights...

CLINTON — An East Feliciana judge denied an early release for a man who killed seven people in a 2012 drunk driving crash. Brett Gerald pleaded guilty to seven counts of vehicular homicide after he drunkenly drove on La. 67 in Slaughter, causing a head-on collision that killed a family of six and their friend. His blood-alcohol concentration at the time was nearly twice the legal limit, and he has a history of DUI arrests. Gerald was originally sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for each count, a total of 70 years. However, his sentence was cut in half...

Hate found its way to Mississippi’s largest Jewish house of worship, Congregation Beth Israel, when an arsonist intentionally set fire to the synagogue at about 3 a.m. Saturday, damaging the only synagogue in Jackson. The alleged suspect’s name, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was released late Monday. According to the FBI, he faces charges of maliciously damaging or destroying a building by fire or an explosive. Russ Latino, a native Mississippian and founder of the Jackson-based Magnolia Tribune Institute, said an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi alleges Pittman admitted to law enforcement that he set...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Prosecutors charged a 20-year-old man with killing a Kansas City woman while driving drunk in Independence. Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Tuesday, Dec. 30, revealed that Mason R. McIntyre faces one count of DWI causing death and two counts of second-degree assault. Court documents show that McIntyre’s blood alcohol level was more than double the legal limit. The charges stem from a Saturday night crash that killed 36-year-old Jennifer Jensen and critically injured 2 others.

Prosecutors announced they will be seeking the death penalty for a Pennsylvania man accused of raping and killing his 2-year-old son in August. The McKean County District Attorney’s Office announced the filing on Monday against 33-year-old Tyler Prescott of Bradford, citing four reasons that support the commonwealth’s first execution this century. That sentence, however, would hinge on Prescott being convicted of first-degree murder, which is the only crime that can be punished by death according to PA law, but also comes with an alternative sentence of life in prison. McKean County DA Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer said the Commonwealth will list the...

Fire and sheriff's officials are seeking the public's help in an investigation into William Reed Brock, 44, who was arrested Oct. 24 on suspicion of impersonating a firefighter at the Rice fire. Brock was detained in North County driving an older-model Ford pickup with personalized firefighter license plates. Inside the truck, authorities found fire equipment, including hoses, and clothing from fire agencies. Authorities want to know if anyone has seen Brock at the fires or at fire stations. Contact sheriff's Detective Clayton Lisk, (760) 451-3110, or Cal Fire investigator Gary Eidsmoe, (800) 468-4408.