Tag Archives: Background Check

Employees of Johnston County schools might face ongoing criminal-records checks to ensure they’re not getting into trouble while on the job. The superintendent’s staff introduced the measure at a school board meeting earlier this month. The board will consider it … Continue reading →

In one week, more than 8,800 firearm background checks have been submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. As of Sunday morning, approximately 10,000 background checks were in the CBI queue, waiting to be processed, said Susan Medina, spokeswoman for … Continue reading →

TRENTON — Robert Melia Jr.’s arrest in April 2008 drew international headlines, and for good reason: He was a police officer indicted on charges of sexually assaulting three young girls, and engaging in a sex act with several cows. But … Continue reading →

After his arrest for child sexual assault, Widefield School District bus driver Robert Gordon admitted he had a sexual relationship with the victim, then a 12-year-old boy, about a decade ago, authorities said Wednesday. The alleged relationship occurred at about … Continue reading →

A convicted sex offender who volunteered to work with a Clinton bible study group was arrested Wednesday after a background check revealed he was a fugitive in Pennsylvania, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office announced today. Christopher B. McGee, 42, of … Continue reading →

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is largely complying with federal mental health record-sharing standards regarding people prohibited from owning a firearm, but there are barriers that keep the state from releasing some information, a state official said. The state meets record-sharing … Continue reading →

DENVER (Reuters) – The number of people in Colorado applying for background checks to purchase firearms has surged in the aftermath of the movie theater shootings in Aurora, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. In the three days after the … Continue reading →

Aurora, Colorado (KBOI) Reports are now surfacing that all of the guns used in the Colorado shooting were purchased legally, and James Holmes passed all background checks. We know Holmes purchased two hand guns, a shot gun, and a semi … Continue reading →

MADISON — Wisconsin’s police chiefs are pushing to expand background checks on gun buyers. The Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association and the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence plan to meet with Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidates on Monday … Continue reading →