Janesville Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing person.

James Brieske was last seen on May 23, 2016. Brieske is 5’11,” around 175 lbs., and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a bright green T-shirt, khaki shorts, and white tennis shoes.

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Anyone with information about Brieske’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Janesville Police Department at (608)755-3100 or Rock County Dispatch at (608)757-2244.

The Baltimore County Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing person.

Robert Staicos is a 73-year-old Caucasian male, 6 feet tall, weighing 180 pounds. It is unknown what he might be wearing.

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Staicos is homeless and was last seen in the area of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The search for Robert Staicos is being led by the Baltimore County Police Missing Persons Unit.

Anyone with information on Robert Staicos is asked to call police at 410-307-2020.

Houston-based Insurance agent Celia Castillo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for defrauding seniors of a total of almost $3 million.

According to a statement by the Texas Department of Insurance, investigators built their case against Castillo after they had received consumer complaints regarding the legitimacy of her investment products.

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Investigation records revealed that Castillo had created a bank account that she used to divert the investments of her clients, whom she tricked into thinking they were purchasing annuities.

TDI investigator Geneva Titus underscored how treacherous Castillo’s scam was, as the insurance agent carefully chose victims who were not just elderly, but also had no nearby relatives. Records show that most of Castillo’s victims were all over the age of 70, with a couple of them over 80 years old.

“She would really become part of their lives, carefully building relationships with each of these folks,” Titus stated. “She would visit with them, give them rides, have dinner with them  ̶  all with the goal of gaining their trust and eventually stealing their life savings.”

The TDI’s investigators coordinated with Special Assistant District Attorney Jesse McClure on the case.
Castillo begins serving her sentence this month.

After sketches were released of two victims found stabbed and burned in an abandoned Louisville home, two people have been arrested.

A woman named Marie Wren told WAVE 3 News that the murder victims were her children, Maurice Gordon and Larry Ordway. The two teens were only 14 and 16 years old. Other family members said that one of them was an honor roll student and the other was starting to go down the wrong path.

The teens’ mother has gotten hundreds of posts on her Facebook page. Many of the posts are supportive; Several others are critical asking why the boys were not reported missing.

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WAVE 3 News reports that an arrest has been made in the double homicide. Brice Rhodes has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to their deaths. A motive has not been released. A juvenile co-defendant has also been arrested.

In a news conference, police say that Rhodes murdered the boys elsewhere and disposed of their bodies at the home. Police believe he  may have been a family friend who had a relationship with the teens.

In addition to the two murder charges, Rhodes is also facing charges of abusing a corpse and is also charged in another murder of a man named Christopher Jones earlier this month.

According to a post on Wren’s FB page, she claims her children were in the car when Rhodes killed someone but police would not confirm if the boys witnessed a murder or if so, if that was the murder of Christopher Jones. They would only confirm that they were investigating other motives.

It’s been two years since Relisha Rudd went missing. As time passes with no sign of her, the question remains: where is Relisha Rudd?

Relisha Rudd was last seen on March 1 with her alleged abductor Khalil Tatum, 51, a janitor who worked at the homeless shelter Relisha and her mom lived in.

Just days after Relisha’s disappearance in 2014, her stepfather posted photos on Facebook, flaunting a new cell phone, expensive shoes and large stacks of money.

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Images of these expensive goods made many people wonder if the Relisha was sold into child sex trafficking — it’s a lucrative industry worth over $100 million in Washington D.C. alone.

“Those images are things that alarmed us.” said Natalie Wilson, co-founder of the Black and Missing Foundation. She believes Relisha was groomed into sex child sex trafficking.

“We know that the DMV is a hub for sex trafficking and we are seeing an increase in the number of kids from homeless shelters and foster care that are being lured into sex trafficking,” said Wilson.

“One of the working theories was that she was sold into child sex trafficking; even possibly down in Atlanta Georgia. Obviously, that has not been proven but that is what a lot of people were thinking could have been the case,” said Nikki Burdine, a WUSA9 Reporter who covered Rudd’s disappearance in 2014.

Child sex trafficking victims are often transported far from their homes and isolated from family and friends, forcing them to depend on the person victimizing them. Traffickers force drug use and use emotional manipulation, violence, and abuse to control their victims.

The average age for entry into child sex trafficking is between 12 and 14 years old. Relisha was only 8 years old when she went missing, but it is not uncommon for children as young as 5, 6, or 7 years old to be exploited.

There is also a large possibility that Rudd was murdered by Tatum.

Relisha was not reported missing until March 19 when her school officials notified police that she missed 30 days of school.

Tatum’s wife was found dead by a gunshot wound to the head on March 20. Days later, Tatum was found dead in Kenilworth Park. He shot himself, taking everything he knew about Relisha to the grave.

“I can’t help but feel for Relisha’s family. They are left with so many questions…they don’t know where their little girl is and they don’t know if she is ever coming home,” said Burdine.

“We like to hold onto hope that she is still alive until there is a body that would lead us to believe otherwise,” said Wilson. Her organization that brings awareness to missing children of color. Visit www.bamfi.org to see images of missing children. If you recognize any of the kids, you can make a report and help bring a child home.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the location and return of missing 8-year-old Relisha Rudd. If you have any information concerning this investigation, please contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI FREE, or the nearest FBI office.

If you or someone you know is a victim of trafficking, you can get help by contacting the National Human Trafficking hotline. The number to call is 1-888-3737-888 FREE.

A Coldwater chiropractor is scheduled to be sentenced on August 1, 2016 after he entered into a plea agreement with the Branch County Prosecutors Office Monday.

Branch County Circuit Court officials say 49-year-old Sebastian Wilson entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of health care fraud. In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors have agreed to dismiss 22 other health care fraud charges.

Wilson was scheduled to go on trial in Branch County Circuit Court on August 2, 2016.

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The 23 charges covering three cases were filed after Wilson was convicted by a Branch County Circuit Court jury on eight counts of health care insurance fraud involving Blue Cross/Blue Shield last August.

He was sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to serve 30 days in jail.

Wilson had been operating out of the Healing Hands Chiropractic Clinic on North Marshall in Coldwater before he ran into legal trouble.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is conducting a missing person investigation involving Hailey Burns.

Officers said they responded to a missing person call at 8:28 a.m. Monday, May 23 in the 17000 block of Baldwin Hall Drive in the South Division.

The mother told police her daughter, Hailey, was last seen at the home around 12:30 a.m. Monday, May 23.

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Hailey has not made contact with family members since then and there is concern for her safety.

Hailey is described as a white female, 5’5″ tall, around 130 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black long sleeve t-shirt with Marilyn Monroe on it and Converse tennis-shoes.

There is information that Hailey left on her own accord. It is unclear if she had assistance by others or if she is still in the Charlotte area.

Anyone who sees or has information about Hailey Burns is asked to call 911 immediately. In addition, you may also call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. For additional information please refer to CMPD report number 20160523-0828-04.

Authorities in Wisconsin said Thursday that the mother who vanished with her three sons after she rented a van two weeks ago were found ‘safe and sound’ in Savannah, Ga.

Lt. Ed Gritzner of Lake Geneva police told FoxNews.com that Michalene Melges and her sons were first spotted by a person who recognized the family from news reports. Authorities from Lake Geneva contacted police in Savannah, who were able to positively identify the family.

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“I can confirm that they are safe and sound,” Gritzner said.

The Chicago Tribune reported that Melges, 40, had called her sons’ school earlier this month and asked administrators that her sons be excused from May 10 through 13.

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(Michalene Melges, 40, Hans Melges, 14, Maverick “Buddy” Melges, 10, and Kristian “Max” Melges, 12.)

She rented a van on May 9 in Lake Bluff, Ill. What happened in-between is a mystery, but the van was returned to a rental company in Plano, Texas. The workers there said they never saw the family.

The four were last seen leaving their home in Lake Geneva, outside of Milwaukee. Their phones and her credit cards have not been used since the disappearance.

The sons were identified as Hans, 14, Kristian, 12 and Maverick, 10.

Melges is divorced and is reportedly in violation of child custody rules, authorities said. Authorities said foul play is not suspected. Police also said there is no evidence that she is keeping her children from her husband.