Former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced May 12 in Anoka County District Court on multiple felony charges for having sex or sexually explicit conversations with underage girls.

Bradley James Schnickel, 33, was sentenced to 30 months by Judge James Cunningham. A minimum of 20 months is prison time and 10 months will be on supervised release. He received credit for 197 days already served in jail, according to Amanda Vickstrom of the Anoka County Attorney’s Office.

Schnickel pleaded guilty Feb. 10 on two counts of criminal sexual conduct and two counts of engaging in electronic communication with a child about sexual conduct.

According to the complaint, Schnickel had sex multiple times with a 16-year-old Coon Rapids girl at a park and her home when her parents were gone during the summer of 2011. On four occasions between August 2010 and June 2011, he used his Minneapolis Police Officer password to look up information on the girl and her family. This unauthorized access of the Minnesota Drivers and Vehicle Services website could have let him find their home address and dates of birth, for example.

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He also put his hand under a 17-year-old girl’s shirt and bra after he picked her up near Lifetime Fitness in Coon Rapids, according to the complaint.

Authorities first became aware of Schnickel’s misconduct in October 2012 when a 14-year-old girl told the Brooklyn Center Police Department about sexually explicit conversations with a man she knew from Facebook as Brady Schmidt, according to the complaint. Authorities combed through thousands of pages of Facebook conversations and discovered the illegal activity.

Schnickel was fired Feb. 9, 2013 from the Minneapolis Police Department, according to a department spokesperson, which was the same day he was arraigned in Anoka County District Court.

He was charged in April 2013 by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. He was sentenced to one year in the Hennepin County workhouse after pleading guilty last summer to sending nude photographs of himself to teenage girls.

On May 14, 2014, at approximately 9:55am, officers with the College Station Police Department met with the parents of a 16 year old female in regards to a missing person report.

During their initial and subsequent investigation, it was found that the 16 year old female had last been seen on May 13, 2014 at approximately 1pm on the campus of A&M Consolidated High School (1801Havey Mitchell Parkway).

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It was also learned that the 16 year old female had last been seen in the company of a 17 year old female and it was learned that this female was also unaccounted for and she was last seen at the same time and place as the 16 year old.

After meeting with the parents of both females, officers and the parents believe that both females are together and are absent from home voluntarily. At this time there are no signs of foul play, but it is important to locate the females and verify their safety.

They are identified as:

Kennedy Nicole Preziosi
16 year old female
College Station resident
5’01” 105 pounds, blonde hair and blue eyes, shoulder length straight hair and braces

Madison Riley Pattillo
17 year old female
College Station resident
5’00” 100 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, shoulder length wavy hair

The College Station Police Department and the parents of the females are asking for the public’s help in attempting to locate these females.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the College Station Police Department at 979-764-3600.

Charges have been filed against the person officials say was the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a motorcyclist in Laurel County last week.

Officials say 51-year-old Anthony Raymond was the man behind the wheel of the car that pulled into the path of a motorcycle on US 25 on May 7, killing 71-year-old Randolph Scott.

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According to officials, a purple colored Dodge Neon pulled out from Hazel Patch Road to go South on US 25 and into the path of the Harley Davidson motorcycle that was traveling North bound on US 25.

Scott died at the scene. The driver of the car reportedly fled the scene on foot down Hazel Patch Road and into the woods.

Raymond is now charged with manslaughter second degree, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to stop and render aid, and driving on a DUI suspended license.

Officials say Raymond was being held in the Laurel County Detention Center since May 9 on an unrelated trafficking methamphetamine charge, and will continue in the facility after the fatal hit-and-run charges.

A Henderson County man was charged today by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green with human trafficking after allegedly recruiting two minors to engage in commercial sex acts announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

According to the two count indictment, between March 16, 2014 and March 20, 2014, in Henderson County and elsewhere, the defendant, Jathar Williams, age 31, knowingly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and maintained by any means two minor females, who the defendant knew through observation, had not attained the age of 18 years, and caused the minors to engage in a commercial sex act.

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If convicted at trial, defendant Williams faces no less than 10 years in prison, no more than life in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 for each count, and a five-year period of supervised release.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Amanda Gregory and is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Henderson, Kentucky Police Department.

Three people are facing a variety of drug and child endangerment charges after an early-morning drug raid in Sedalia.

According to Sedalia police, officers with the STING drug unit forcibly entered a Sedalia residence just after 5:00 Wednesday morning, where six adults and three children were located.  After a drug dog alerted on several locations in the house, three people were arrested for possession of drugs and endangering the welfare of three children present.

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Marcus Iman, 24, is accused of distribution of Methamphetamine, Oxycodone, and possession of schedule 2 narcotics.  Iman was also wanted on three active warrants for burglary, DWI, and stealing.

Melissa Dotson, 24, faces charges of distributing marijuana and possession of methamphetamine, and Robert Fuemmeler, 40, is charged with possession of methamphetamine and marijuana.

All three were placed on 24-hour hold in the Pettis County jail pending bond.

Police in Hopkinsville continue the investigation into a fatal shooting.

Police say Keon A. Grant, 28, was shot in the area of East First Street and Vine Street on Wednesday night. EMS took Grant to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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Officials ask anybody with any information about the shooting to call the Hopkinsville-Christian County Crime Stoppers at 270-887-TIPS(8477).

Officials in Wolfe County are searching for a man they say escaped from the courthouse on Wednesday after being served with an indictment.

Officials say 22-year-old John Trent escaped on foot from an officer at the Judicial Building after he came out of a meeting in which he was served with an indictment for a February DUI arrest.

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Kentucky State Police and the Mt. Sterling Police K-9 Units looked for the suspect Wednesday afternoon around the Judicial Building and the wooded area behind the Courthouse and the Wolfe County Senior Citizens building.

Trent is still on run. He is described as a 5-3 white man with brown hair and weighs about 160 lbs.

He is charged with fleeing and evading, DUI, driving on suspended license, reckless driving, criminal mischief, wanton endangerment and other traffic charges.

Court Security Officer Jacob Holland received minor injuries during the chase and was taken to a medical clinic and checked out.

If anyone sees Trent or know of his whereabouts, they are asked to contact the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Department at 606-668-3569 or the Kentucky State Police at 1-800–222-5555.

Jacksonville Beach police are asking the public to help them find Eric John Gattes, who is presently homeless.

Gattes is currently listed as a missing endangered person. Police found his his vehicle, which they believe he’d been living in, at a business on Mayport Road. All of his belongings were still inside the a 1994 four-door green Geo Prism.

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Family members have advised police that Gattes has medical conditions that require medication, and it’s unclear if he’s been taking them.

If someone sees Gattes or knows of his whereabouts police ask that contact is made with the Jacksonville Beach Police Department at (904) 270-1661.

Disturbing allegations have come out against a Pulaski County mother.

Sheriff’s deputies said her two underage teen daughters were having sexual relations with two men, and she knew about it.

The investigation started after the teens, 14 and 15 years old, told classmates.

Deputies said the acts took place between January and February of this year.

Anthony Hale and Ricky Robinson are charged with rape.

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Kristy Johnson is charged with several counts of unlawful transactions with a minor.

All three have been indicted by a grand jury and will be arraigned next week.

A Knox County daycare owner accused of leaving children alone in a hot attic entered a guilty plea in court Wednesday.

Larinda Tuttle stood before a judge and entered a guilty plea to one count of criminal abuse in the second degree.

Tuttle was originally facing five counts of first degree criminal abuse.

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“Criminal abuse in the first degree requires an intentional act, criminal abuse in the second degree wanton conduct,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Brandon Jones said.

State inspectors came to Tuttle’s Great Start Educational Center in 2012 originally checking on a complaint that the daycare was unlicensed.

Investigators found five children blocked inside of a hot attic.

The temperatures in the attic were hotter than 100 degrees and it was full of broken glass, exposed nails and dead birds.

After entering her guilty plea, Tuttle didn’t want to speak on camera but she claimed her innocence during an interview in 2012.

“I would never hurt children, I haven’t in the past,” she said. “I love children and this is breaking my heart.”

Tuttle implied her daughter was caring for the kids when the state inspectors paid a visit.

“My daughter was scared,” she said. “I had stepped out for little bit and she just didn’t know what to do.”

The daycare is no longer open and investigators said the children who were in the attic were not seriously injured.

Tuttle is due back in court in August for her sentencing. If convicted she could face up to two years in prison.