Yankton Reservation ( 2 year OLD found Dead) In closet for 36 Hours

Crews Clean Up Wagner Meth House

By Hailey Higgins
Published: August 22, 2012, 6:18 PM

 The death of 2-year-old Reilee Lovell on the Yankton Reservation in Wagner has put a renewed focus on meth use by Native Americans.

Authorities say Taylor and Laurie Cournoyer were using meth and other drugs while Lovell was in their care. Her body was found inside a closet in a home on the reservation, at least 36 hours after she died.
The Yankton Sioux Tribe isn't alone in its struggle against methamphetamine abuse. And while local statistics are hard to come by, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report shows meth is disproportionately devastating Native American communities like Wagner.
According to the report, 74 percent of tribal police officer rank meth as the number one drug problem on reservations.
The Reilee Lovell case simply puts a face on what is believed to be a bigger problem. Because nearly half of all tribal police believe an increase in child neglect and abuse cases are linked to increased meth use.
Nationally, 40 percent of all violent crime on tribal land is also believed to be linked to meth use.
And officials as many as two-thirds of all domestic violence cases on the country's reservations could be linked to the use of the drug.
On Wednesday, a cleaning crew armed with coveralls and breathing masks is fighting back.
Joe Newcomb, with Santi-Kleen Environmental Solutions, oversees the cleanup and says traces of meth have contaminated nearly every surface of Taylor and Laurie Cournoyer's former home.

KILLER (Denied Parole) John Lennon Story

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said.

Mark David Chapman, 57, was denied parole by a three-member board after a hearing Wednesday, the state Department of Corrections said Thursday. The transcript of his latest hearing wasn't immediately released.

Chapman shot Lennon in December 1980 outside the Manhattan apartment building where the former Beatle lived. He was sentenced in 1981 to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. The musician, singer and songwriter was 40.

"Despite your positive efforts while incarcerated, your release at this time would greatly undermine respect for the law and tend to trivialize the tragic loss of life which you caused as a result of this heinous, unprovoked, violent, cold and calculated crime," board member Sally Thompson wrote. Board members Joseph Crangle and Marc Coppola agreed

TUCSON (Police Officer) will be charged in k-9's Death

DPS officer to be charged in dog's death

 

 

 

TUCSON - The DPS officer who left his police dog in a hot patrol car will face an animal neglect charge in Tucson.

City Attorney Mike Rankin tells News 4 Tucson Officer Kory Lankow will face the misdemeanor charge, but it has not yet been filed.
Pima County chose not to pursue charges against Lankow for leaving his dog, Jeg, in the hot car for more than an hour.
Jeg later had to be euthanized.
A class one misdemeanor can carry a fine of up to $2,500 and up to 180 days in jail.

I Little Music Nickelback (Photograph)

DALLAS (911 call Police Refuse to check house) Woman found dead 2 days later

 

Deanna Cook

Photo: Facebook

Delvecchio Patrick

On the 911 recording, Deanna Cook pleads to her ex-husband to stop attacking her.
“Delvecchio, why are you doing this?” she screams during the Friday morning call, according to police documents. “Red, please stop, I didn’t do anything to you.”
Two Dallas police officers were sent to her home in the Rylie area of southeast Dallas. No one answered the door, and they left.
Two days later, her family found Cook, 32, dead in her home. Her ex-husband, 35-year-old Delvecchio Patrick, who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and been convicted of prior family violence attacks on her, finally succeeded in taking her life, authorities say. He is being held at Lew Sterrett Justice Center in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Friends and family of Cook, who said she went by “De-de,” criticized police for not doing more to try to help her on Friday.
“That’s negligence,” said friend Lakesha Davis, 37. “They kick in your door for everything else … It needs to be investigated.”
Dallas Police Chief David Brown did not respond to a request for comment, but the department issued a statement Monday evening stating that it is conducting a “comprehensive review” of how communications personnel and patrol officers handled the call.

BODY of (MISSING Woman Found) California Diver

• Rebecca Weiss: Body of Missing …

A body that was recovered off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., this weekend has been identified as missing diver Rebecca Weiss.

Recreational divers Saturday found the body of 50 year old Weiss just 200 yards off her favorite beach.
An autopsy is expected to be conducted today.
Weiss, 50, was free diving in a cove near Rancho Palos Verdes on Aug. 11, her husband, Alan Weiss, told police. The experienced diver had gone alone, he said.
After divers, life guards and a Coast Guard helicopter spent four days searching for Weiss but failed to find a body, homicide detectives turned their attention to her husband.
When Rebecca Weiss did not return, Alan Weiss, 60, told detectives he went to search for her in areas where the two would frequently dive.
He told authorities that he found his wife's car in a parking lot and her dive bag on the shore where she presumably entered the water.
Rebecca's mother, Vilma Causey, told ABC News that her daughter is an experienced diver who was swimming in calm waters near a popular beach.
"I was there yesterday because I wanted to see where this happened, and it's in a cove, it's nice water. There's no strong waves or anything like that. It is a very, very busy place, a big hotel and restaurant. It's for tourists and everybody. There are a lot of people. If she was there, somebody would see her," Causey said.
Causey declined to speculate about whether something suspicious happened to her daughter, saying that she would wait for the investigation to be completed. She said that Rebecca and Alan have been together for 25 years, married for more than 18, and that they seemed to be happy.

A Little Music Red Hot Chili Peppers (under the bridge)