Christopher Waide, the last person to see 19-year-old Lea Chali Porter before she disappeared, has been arrested on first-degree murder and sexual assault charges, the Westminster Police Department said Friday.

Waide is being held without bond at the Adams County Detention Facility and will appear in court Monday morning.

Police say Porter is confirmed dead and are working on leads in an attempt to find her body. They added Waide is being cooperative in the investigation.

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Waide was taken into custody as a person of interest Thursday night and was questioned by Westminster Police because he was the last person Porter was seen with.

He was arrested at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Porter’s mother reported her missing June 5. She was last known to be visiting friends in Westminster and most recently was living in Pueblo. She graduated from Florence High School in 2013.

Westminster Police are still actively investigating the case.

It’s unclear what Waide’s connection to Porter is, but there were at least four pages related to Porter’s disappearance that were shared on Waide’s Facebook page from June 6-9.

A missing North Charleston man is back home after he was found walking naked along Highway 17 in Awendaw Thursday.

According to Charleston County deputies, the 31-year-old man told deputies he had been swimming in a pond and lost his clothes. When deputies found him after calls of a naked man on the highway, he had a towel covering his lap.

The man told deputies he was walking back to his home in North Charleston and believed he may have been walking for three days, adding he’d had very little water.

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It turns out, the man had been reported missing.

The man told deputies he had not taken his prescribed medicines in three days and asked for EMS. The man was taken to Roper Hospital in Mount Pleasant before deputies handed him over to North Charleston police who took him home.

He has since been taken off the missing person list.

The packages a Scott County man was receiving were made to resemble something coming from a pet supply store. Ironically, it was a narcotics dog who sniffed out the pot inside, confirming to police the contents of the shipments.

The Georgetown man is now charged with receiving illegal drugs by mail after police say they confiscated pounds of pot disguised to look like the shipment was from a pet supply store.

Troy Davis was caught in a sting operation set up by Georgetown Police detectives and a federal officers Wednesday. When police officers walked in on the delivery, the mail recipient bowed his head in defeat and disappointment.

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“In this specific instance, a federal agent actually handed the packages to him. And then, once he accepted them, we approached and announced ourselves and began to speak to him,” said Lt. Don Mather with the Georgetown Police Department. “I think he was a little disappointed.”

He might have gotten away with it, if not for his neighbors who were suspicious of the packages Davis and his son were receiving.

Davis allegedly admitted to the plan to sell the drugs. So far, police have seized nearly a dozen pounds.

He is charged with marijuana trafficking, buying and possessing drug paraphernalia, and is expected to face federal charges, as well.

The Garland County sheriff’s office is seeking the public’s help in finding 17-year-old Samantha Clark of Piney.

Clark, who was last seen at 4 p.m. on June 9 by her mother at Clark’s residence on Madill Street, is possibly staying with friends or her boyfriend, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

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Clark is 6 feet tall and 110 pounds with brown eyes and red hair.

Those with information regarding Clark’s whereabouts may contact Garland County sheriff’s office at (501) 622-3666.

An arrest has been made in the case of a 19-year-old woman who disappeared more than a week ago and remains missing.

Lea Chali Porter was visiting a close friend in Westminster when she left in the middle of the night. That friend — Christopher Waide — was the last known person to see her and is now the suspect in the case and in custody.

Westminster police, at this point, told CBS4 the case is “leaning toward a murder.”

Detectives searched the Waide’s apartment, which he shares with a roommate, earlier this week.

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Multiple neighbors told CBS4 that on Wednesday night a dumpster outside was searched and hauled away along with Porter’s Saturn, which was still in the parking lot, but her personal belongings were gone.

A western Missouri man has admitted leading a conspiracy to buy cheap houses and set them on fire to collect nearly $435,000 in insurance benefits.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says 27-year-old Joshua Stamps, of Independence, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges alleging arson and insurance fraud.

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Prosecutors said Stamps and his co-conspirators bought five Kansas City houses at prices ranging from $6,500 to $15,000 but insured them for as much as $307,000. After setting the houses on fire, the conspirators filed claims for insurance payments.

The scheme went on from 2007 through 2013.

Stamps’ plea agreement requires him to pay a judgment of nearly $435,000. He also faces 10 to 25 years in prison without parole. A sentencing date will be set later.

According to police, a fire started in a home after they showed up responding to a call in the area.

It all unfolded ain the 1200 block of Harris Court in Lexington.

Firefighters and neighbors said police were called to the area regarding a domestic disturbance in the area.

Neighbors said that’s when the man got scared, retreated into the house and supposedly started the fire and wouldn’t come out.

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Once inside, firefighters checked the home several times finding no one inside.

They did discover a back window that had been broken and blood on it.

According to officials, two rooms in the duplex were severely damaged.

Police then went searching with dogs for the man and eventually invstigators located him on Interstate 75.

There is no word yet on his condition.

Arson Investigators are trying to determine an official cause of the fire.

The Driver in a head-on crash in Clark County that killed a woman is heading to prison for 25 years.

Holly Britz entered a guilty plea to murder in May of this year.

She admitted taking prescription drugs before getting behind the wheel in February 2013.

Britz crashed head-on into 25-year-old Britta Richmond killing her.

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A judge sentenced Britz to 20 years for murder and 10 years for assault. Those sentenced will run concurrently.

She will serve an additional five year for wanton endangerment.

Britz originally pleaded not guilty back in July 2013 but, while out on bond, she got in a one-vehicle accident in March of this year.

She was charged with DUI and violating the conditions of her bond for that second accident.

The City of Milton Police Department is actively attempting to locate Cory W. Broetzman of Milton due to concerns regarding his personal safety.

On Wednesday, June 11, Broetzman communicated that he intended to harm himself, according to a press release from the Police Department. Law enforcement has been unable to locate Broetzman in the Milton area. Broetzman’s possible last known location may be in the Altoona, Iowa, area as of 7:37 a.m. on June 12.

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If anybody locates the vehicle or Broetzman, contact local law enforcement. An attempt to locate a missing person – endangered, has been sent to law enforcement in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.

Broetzman is described as a 41 years old, white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 280 pounds, short brown hair and blue eyes. He is believed to be driving a black, 2014 Dodge Avenger, four-door, Wisconsin license plate 647HBM.

Anyone with local information related to this incident is encouraged to contact the City of Milton Police Department at 608-868-6910 or the Rock County Communications Center at 608-757-2244