A Silver Alert has been issued for a two-year-old girl missing from Hamden.

Police say Hailie Sierra’s mother, 22-year-old Jasmine Hernandez, took the girl from her home at 33 Webb Street. They say Sierra has a restraining order against her mother. While the alert says Sierra is endangered, police say they don’t have any information that tells them she is in danger.

Authorities describe Sierra as a Hispanic female with black hair, brown eyes, and a light-brown complexion. Officials say the 25-pound girl was last seen wearing a brown hoodie, blue jeans, and grey Jordan sneakers.

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According to police, Hernandez is a 5’5″ tall, 145-pound, dark-skinned Hispanic woman with dark red hair. They say she was last seen wearing black and white sneakers, ripped jeans, a black shirt, and a black leather jacket. She has a tattoo on her chest that says “RIP CARLOS.”

Hernandez and Sierra could be heading to the Bronx, N.Y., according to officials. They say there are no known vehicles involved in the incident.

Anyone who sees Sierra or Hernandez or knows their location is asked to call Hamden police at (203) 230-4000.

Gabrielle Capodicasa, 16, has been reported missing and has an active Erie County Family Court PINS warrant. She is known to frequent the Lackawanna, NY area and the West Side of Buffalo.

She is approximately 5′ 7″ tall, 150 lbs., with brown, shoulder-length hair. Distinct black eyebrows. Last seen wearing a green army jacket and black leggings, carrying a large saddle color purse.

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Anyone with information about where she can be found is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 867-6161. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to her recovery.

Troopers are continuing their investigation into a missing Sheridan man whose vehicle was located at Cape Lookout State Park.

On Tuesday, May 19 at 1 p.m. troopers responded to the report of an abandoned vehicle located at the Cape Lookout State Park – day use area south of Tillamook. Investigation revealed the registered owner, James Shook, 49, of Sheridan, had not been seen since May 13, in Lincoln City. Police learned Shook has a history of mental illness and had recently been working in Depoe Bay and residing in Sheridan.

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The vehicle, a 1999 Chevy Venture Van was removed from the scene and Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue conducted a search of the immediate area.

On May 18, Oregon State Police located family and friends whom had not heard from Snook since May 13 and advised that he may be suicidal.

On May 19, Tillamook County Search and Rescue crews began searching Cape Lookout State Park including the beach areas north to the Netarts Bay entrance for Shook Shook’s vehicle was reported to 911 by park personnel after it found parked in the area for several days.

“Today (May 20), in addition to ground search personnel, the Coast Guard will fly the shoreline area, weather permitting. We are coordinating for search dogs as soon as tomorrow,” Tillamook County Sheriff Andy Long said. “Searching dense growth areas thoroughly is challenging, especially a large area such as Cape Lookout. If we are able to find evidence that indicates a last know location, that would help search teams focus on a smaller areas and sometimes aid in tracking a person’s path.

Long said a person who may be suicidal can present additional challenges.

“We have to consider that a person may have made efforts to not be found, and maybe deceased,” he said.

OSP is asking for the public’s help for information on Shook’s whereabouts. Call OSP Northern Command Center with information, at 503-375-3555.

A sex offender who admitted to downloading videos of young girls being raped was given a 20-year prison sentence.

Mario Castaneda Jr., 40, pleaded guilty in February to two counts of child pornography. He originally faced five counts, but prosecutors dropped three counts in exchange for his guilty plea.

“Honestly, there is no excuse for what I did,” Castaneda said in court. “I know what I did was wrong. What I realize is that I need help and what I am asking for is help.”

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Prosecutors say Castaneda downloaded two videos showing young girls between the ages of 6 and 8 being raped. It’s not known if more images were found on Castaneda’s computer.

The Rapid City Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in September came across an IP address that was keeping and distributing child pornography.

A subpoena was issued for the IP address, which traced back to Castaneda’s Sioux Falls home.

Detectives with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a warrant at Castaneda’s home in the 4800 block of South Louise Avenue, and two computers were seized.

“There is no dispute that your behavior is the worst of the worst there is,” Judge Robin Houwman said.

Castaneda was a registered sex offender at the time of his arrest. He was convicted of sodomy of a child under the age of 12 and indecent acts with a child in 2004 in Kentucky.

It’s been two years since the murder of a Bardstown Police officer and now members of the Bardstown Police Department are hoping a video plea will provide fresh leads about the case.

KSP Public Affairs Officer Trooper Jeff Gregory hopes releasing the video on social media will encourage people to come forward.

“Social media is another platform that we can use to solve crimes by connecting immediately with a local, state and national audience through the Internet,” says Trooper Gregory.

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The video features Officer Ellis’ wife, Amy, making a plea for information.

“He has moved on to a better place, yet we remain here with the emptiness of our heartbreak,” Ellis’ wife Amy says in the plea.

Trooper Gregory encourages the public to submit tips by contacting the KSP Elizabethtown Post at 270-766-5078. An email address has also been established at EllisCaseETips@ky.gov.

A reward fund for this case has reached $185,000 for tips leading to an arrest and conviction.

You can watch the video by clicking here.

Lexington police are searching for a woman who, while dressed in a wig and carrying a large bag, made off with several pairs of designer sunglasses from the Lexington Green Lens Crafters. Store employees say the woman was chatty when she visited just before noon on April 28. She even made small talk with employees, but later stole a key ring and set to work.

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When store employees had their backs turned she accessed a case and removed designer items including Ray Ban and Versace sunglasses. Once employees realized what was missing, they tried to find her in the parking lot. They saw she had a temporary tag on her car. When they went to get the number, something about it didn’t look right and we’ve learned the temporary tag was fake.

The woman is suspected of being a career criminal and could be doing this in other places. Bluegrass Crime Stoppers asks you to be on the lookout for a woman with a wig and a large metallic gold bag where she likes to stash her loot. If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at (877) 970-2020.

It took six years for police to make an arrest in the murder of Mark Dunn but when they did, they charged two Nicholasville men.

In a courtroom Friday, one of those men owned up to his role in the death. Odis Henson, stood with his head down as the judge read his signed confession about the day in 2008, when he says he watched David Peel shoot and kill Mark Dunn in Peel’s Nicholasville garage.

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In taking the plea deal he was offered, Henson agrees to offer information he has in his co-defendant’s trial. Henson was charged with arson and evidence tampering in the 2008 shooting death of Mark Dunn. His truck was found set on fire with his body inside. Police say Peel is the one who pulled the trigger.

For the first time, Dunn’s family heard details of exactly what happened that day.

Henson will have to do 10 years on the arson charge and 5 for evidence tampering. Those are to run concurrent for a total of 10 years. It’s not enough for Dunn’s family, but it’s one step closer to finishing the saga.

A 25 year sentence has been handed down for a Lincoln County teen accused of killing her grandparents in a house fire.

Allison Wilson did apologize in the courtroom for killing Linda and Everett Garland and setting fire to their home, but family members say right now they just can’t accept it. Wilson plead guilty but mentally ill to two counts of murder back in April.

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In a taped confession, Wilson told state police she started the fire because her grandfather had slapped her when she was 12 years old. Even with an apology to the family in the courtroom, Wilson’s great aunt says she isn’t ready to forgive her.

“This has had an effect on all of us. We don’t want to come back here again and our roots were here and have no desire to return here due to the horror that took place,”  said Lora Harbaugh, the great-aunt of the defendant.

Wilson’s attorney requested the judge make sure that counseling is available to her while she is incarcerated.

The driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal accident in Jessamine County earlier this week now faces a manslaughter charge.

Deputies say Marlene B. Chaffin, 56, died after Jeffery Tuggle lost control of his pickup truck Monday along Frankfort-Ford Road and went into a ditch. Chaffin was ejected from the vehicle and ended up pinned under the truck. She was airlifted to UK Hospital where she later died.

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Deputies arrested Tuggle after the crash and initially charged him with DUI. Officials announced the additional manslaughter charge Friday. Tuggle is being held in the Jessamine County Detention Center on a $25,000 bond.