A Cincinnati man faces 10 years in prison and a fine up to $250,000 after pleading guilty to two counts connected false federal tax returns.

Antoine Rogers, 35, pled guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and to one count of theft of government property.

According to court documents, between June 2010 and November 2012, Rogers prepared and electronically filed approximately 116 false federal income tax returns.

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A portion of the returns were filed without the taxpayer’s knowledge or consent, according to a criminal investigation by the Internal Revenue Service.

Rogers directed that the false income tax refunds be paid either by direct deposit into his bank accounts or onto prepaid debit cards that he controlled, according to the IRS.

The false income tax returns contained fraudulent items such as, Household Help Income and the American Opportunity Credit, which Rogers knew the taxpayers were not entitled to or had not received, according to the IRS.

From the 2009 through 2011 income tax years, IRS officials say Rogers caused an actual loss to the IRS in the amount of $408,535.

“Individuals who commit refund fraud and identity theft of this magnitude and with this degree of trickery, dishonesty and deceit, deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” said Kathy A. Enstrom, special Agent in charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.

Firefighters are investigating a fire at a home in Somerset.

Officials say the fire started around 2:30 p.m. at a house on Mound St. They said the owner was home when it started, but no one was hurt in the fire.

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Firefighters don’t know what caused it, but are calling the fire suspicious and investigators are being brought to the scene.

A Madison County motel was evacuated Wednesday morning after a meth lab was discovered in one of the rooms overnight.

Police say it appears a group of people rented out one motel room at the Bel Air on Lexington Road to house their meth-making operation. The group also rented out both neighboring rooms in what detectives suspect was an attempt to create a buffer between their operation and any other guests.

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Firefighters were called out to the motel around 1:00 a.m. Wednesday morning on reports of a chemical smell. Once they arrived, they found seven people across three motel rooms contaminated by “hazardous materials,” firefighters said. Officials said there were several one-step meth labs in plain view inside a room.

Those people were taken to the hospital to be decontaminated, and then taken to be questioned by authorities. Meanwhile, others in the motel also had to be removed as firefighters began cleaning up the room where the meth lab had been set up.

“I don’t think they were actively cooking,” said Richmond Police Assistant Chief Bob Mott. “There were several reaction vessels that had been in there. Looks they had been cooking over a period of days at least, maybe even longer than that.”

Authorities say most of those who were decontaminated will likely be charged. No others staying at the motel were contaminated, say Richmond Police.

Anthony Debord, 44; Carolyn Eckler, 33 and Bobbi L. Evans, 30, were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine.

Douglas Pearson, 24 and Amber Dean, 21, were charged with complicity to manufacturing methamphetamine.

A man is dead and another arrested after a deadly shooting in Floyd County Tuesday afternoon.

Kentucky State Police responded to a shooting complaint in the Bypro community of Floyd County around 3 p.m. Tuesday, where they say they found a man with gunshot wounds.

43-year-old Rodney Mullins of Melvin was pronounced dead at the scene by the Floyd County Coroner’s Office.

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Tyler Shehan, 23, of Louisville was arrested and charged with one count of murder and four counts of wanton endangerment first degree. He is being held in the Floyd County Detention Center.

KSP did not release any other information about how the incident developed or how the two men were related.

This incident remains under investigation by KSP Detective Jason Dails.

The Brown County Sheriffs office is requesting assistance in locating 21-year old Nicholas Wayne Ploeger.

Nicholas was last seen in Troy, Kansas at 1 a.m. on April 6, 2014 and has not been heard from since.   He was last seen wearing a blue Aeropostal hoodie, jeans and black NIKE shoes.  NIcholas has family members that reside in Brown County.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Brown County Sheriffs office at 785-742-7125 or the Doniphan County Sheriffs office at 785-985-3711.

Name: Aaron Walker Sr.; Age: 39; Sex: M; Race: Black; Height: 5’10; Weight: 230

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Philadelphia Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 16-year-old girl.

Nakyra Newson was reported missing by her mother after she did not return home from school on Monday.

Police say Newson’s mother states she received a call from the 16-year-old at 3 p.m. that she was on her way home on SEPTA’s Route 18 bus with a friend.

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According to police, further investigation showed that Newson and a female friend were last together on SEPTA’s Route 23 bus southbound at Broad and Erie where Newson exited the bus and her friend continued on the bus to her home.

Police say there has not been any activity on any of Newson’s social media accounts and her cell phone has been turned off. She has never gone missing in the past.

Newson was last seen wearing black jeans, a grey and black sweatshirt, a navy button-up hooded sweater and carrying a cream-colored bag with puppies on it. She is 5’9”, 285 pounds with blonde hair.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Nakyra or who comes into contact with her is asked to contact East Detectives Division at 215-686-3243 or 911