23-year-old Ryan Dean Morris of Fort Smith, Arkansas has been arrested by Taylorsville Police on three counts of indecent liberties with a child and one count of third-degree exploitation of a child.

Two Laurel County homes were burned to the ground in a matter of hours. Now the state fire investigator is stepping in to help with the investigation.

The two fires broke out at two different homes both on the same road within hours, which made the Laurel County fire chief rule them suspicious.

Firefighters say the first home had its electricity shut off and they don’t understand how it could’ve caught fire. The second one they say is been vacant for months.

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“Not a coincidence,” said Debbie Nelson, who lives near. “I think someone is running around doing it.”

“That tells me that somebody is setting fires,” said another neighrbor, Polly Hamblin said. “It don’t tell me that the weather has anything to do with it.”

Investigators are asking everyone to be extra cautious and report any suspicious activity.

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is asking for the public’s help in identifying potential victims of an alleged insurance fraud scheme, his office said in a news release.

Goodwin’s office said Clarence Jackson, 46, is accused of defrauding insurance companies on three occasions between August and late October 2013 by staging water damage in homes and helping the homeowners make false or exaggerated insurance claims to his benefit.

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A man being held in the Madison County Detention Center woke up with a long list of new charges for several robberies and burglaries Tuesday morning.

Christopher Lainhart, 28, had been arrested and charged in January for a Christmas Day robbery at a gas station on Berea Road and an attempted break-in at a the Redi Mart on Irvie Road a few weeks later.

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Now police have charged him for several armed robberies that happened in December and burglaries in January.
Lainhart is now charged with first degree robbery in connection to an armed robbery at the D&G Food Mart on E. Main Street on Dec. 6, an armed robbery at the Redi Mart on Dec. 8 and another at D&G Food Mart on Dec. 20. He is also charged with burglary in the break-in of Parrot’s Nest Pet Store on Jan. 3, another at L&P Liquor Store on Jan. 3, and at Carrington’s Hair Salon on Jan. 11.

Lainhart had been charged on Jan. 17 in connection with a break-in at the Bluegrass BP Food Mart on Berea Road that happened on Dec. 25 and an attempt to break-in Redi Mart on Irvine Road on Jan. 12.

Police are still looking for more evidence in the cases.

A Michigan City man is expected to admit he helped lead a car insurance fraud ring that took at least $120,000.

According to a plea agreement filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond, Robert Lemon, 48, will plead guilty to one count of mail fraud, which comes with a maximum of five years in prison.

A change of plea hearing is set for May 7.

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Lemon was charged in December, along with eight other defendants, of staging fake car crashes to collect insurance money. Lemon was accused along with Dwayne Ashford, 52, of Michigan City, of using their shop at 1026 Michigan Boulevard, Michigan City, to buy cars used in the scheme and as the owner’s address on insurance policies and other documents related to the vehicle.

Ashford has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Lemon now says in the agreement that the scheme ran from December 2005 until July 2009 and involved him and others reporting alleged vehicle crashes to various police departments in Indiana and Illinois. They would then submit the crashes to insurance companies for money. None of the crashes actually happened, however.

Federal prosecutors say an Atlanta couple has been sentenced in an identity theft and income tax fraud scheme.

Officials said in a statement Monday that 33-year-old Justin Cody and his 25-year-old wife Aeshia Wilmore each pleaded guilty to theft of public funds. Cody has been sentenced to seven years and three months, and Wilmore has been sentenced to two years.

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Authorities say the two used stolen identities to file hundreds of fraudulent federal tax returns for a total of more than $600,000.

Prosecutors say Cody had the money funneled into blank prepaid debit cards that he and Wilmore used at various ATMs in the Atlanta area.

An Arkansas man was charged with sex offenses against an Alexander County child after the child’s mother alerted police.

Ryan Dean Morris, 23, of 4720 South P Street, Ft. Smith, Ark., was charged with three counts of indecent liberties with a minor and one count of third-degree sexual exploitation of a child.

Morris was charged after investigators said a mother reported that her 12-year-old child was having an online relationship with a 23-year-old man in Arkansas, according to information from Taylorsville Police Department.

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Detectives discovered illicit sexual images of the child and the suspect during the investigation, according to Taylorsville police. Police also found numerous text message conversations between the man and the child from August to April, according to the information.

 Detectives from Taylorsville went to Arkansas to bring Morris, who waived extradition, back to town, according to police.

 Morris was taken to Alexander County Detention Center under a $400,000 secured bond.

 Anyone with information about the case can call Detective Sgt. Lisa Johnson or Detective Lynne Martin 632-2218 or CrimeStoppers at 632-8555.

Montgomery County police have arrested Walter Reed’s former pediatrician, who they say is responsible for decades of child abuse.

Police say 83-year-old Leslie Boyd Altstatt abused three female victims between 1964 and 1996. Police say the three female victims were related to Altstatt.

Altstatt was employed as a pediatrician and researcher at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Northwest, D.C from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s. Police say they are concerned that there may be additional victims given his occupation.

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In late February 2014, police say they were notified by the three victims who said they were sexually abused by Altstatt when they were younger. One victim reported that her abuse occurred between the ages of six to 15 and that she was abused hundreds of times, according to police.

On April 25, Altstatt was arrested by Family Crimes detectives. He has since been released on bond.

Altstatt has been charged with with five counts of committing a third degree sex offense, child abuse, and six counts of committing an unnatural and perverted sex practice.

Anyone who feels that he/she was victimized by Altstatt is asked to contact the Family Crimes Division at 240-773-5400.

Authorities also say there were signs of struggle at the girl’s residence.

Individuals with additional information are being urged to contact local authorities or Rawlins Police at (307) 328-4539.

 

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A teenager with special needs has been missing since last week.

Alejandra Gonzalez, 18, was last seen at Sunset High School on Jefferson Boulevard around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police believe she left school unsupervised and are calling her a “critically missing person.”

Gonzalez is 5’4″ and weighs 140 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair. Police say she was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue striped basketball shorts and navy blue Nike tennis shoes.

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She may have been spotted in the West End area, police say.

If you have any information on her whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 or Dallas police at (214) 671-4268.