A sex offender is in jail this morning because police say he violated his restrictions.

After receiving a tip, police found that Dale Lanham, 36, lived less than 300 feet from Hopkins Elementary School in Somerset. This is in violation of the Sex Offender Residence Restriction that he must live at least 1,000 feet away from a school or daycare.

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Lanham has been a registered sex offender for 20 years because of a sexual abuse conviction.

He is now in the Pulaski County Detention Center.

A Hartford woman is facing multiple charges after she allegedly forged a business check.

South Windsor police say, Kassandra Garcia, 23, of Hartford stole a check from a local business in January 2016. The business reported to police that one of their checks was altered, making Garcia the payee for $1728.00. Investigators obtained bank records and determined that the check had been altered.

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Police state that Garcia is charged with identity theft, forgery, and larceny. She was held on a $10,000 bond and was arraigned later that day.

Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago pastor has been charged with sexually abusing a child at his church in North Aurora.

The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said Saturday that 39-year-old Ralphael J. Robinson of Aurora is charged with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

They say the abuse occurred at Kingdom Church in North Aurora on Monday, and that Robinson knew the victim.

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Robinson surrendered to police on Friday, after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He appeared in court Saturday morning and is being held at the Kane County jail on $100,000 bail.

It wasn’t clear late Saturday whether Robinson has an attorney who could comment on the charges on his behalf.

Two Allen County, Kentucky, farmers were charged by federal Informations today with crop insurance fraud announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

According to the separate federal Informations, David Manion, 53, and Henry Manion, 48, aided and abetted by others, knowingly made false statements and reports on applications for insurance. Both defendants allegedly made false statements for the purpose of influencing the actions (insurance payments) of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Producers Agriculture Insurance Company, a company insured by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.

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The alleged violations by Henry Manion occurred between August 10, 2009, and February 14, 2012, in the Western District of Kentucky, Allen County, Kentucky, and elsewhere. The alleged violations by David Manion occurred between August 25, 2009, and February 7, 2012, in the Western District of Kentucky, Allen County, Kentucky, and elsewhere.

If convicted at trial, the defendants each face no more than 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 and a five year period of supervised release.

These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Weiser and are being investigated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The Milford Police Department Special Investigation Unit is investigating a missing person complaint.

On April 27, at 3 P.M. Vera Mathews, 17, is believed to have left her home on Welches Point Road after returning from school, police said.

Vera is described as a white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 110 lbs., blonde hair, and blue eyes. Clothing description is unknown at this time.

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Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Vera is asked to contact the Milford Police Department at (203) 878-6551, or Detective William Haas at 203-877-1465 or 203-783- 4771, email whaas@ci.milford.ct.us or visit the police website at www.milfordpd.org and click “Crime Tips.”

A worker was struck during an armed robbery at the Nicholasville Dairy Queen.

It happened just after 10 Wednesday night on Main Street. Police say two men wearing masks came in with a handgun and demanded cash from the clerks.

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There was some sort of struggle during the robbery and one worker was hit in the head with the gun. The suspects made it out of the store with cash and two cell phones.

Police are reviewing surveillance footage.