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Ryan Smith was arrested and charged with burglary, impersonating a peace officer, criminal trespass and tampering with physical evidence. Smith, 42, was working for Mid-American First Call — which handles body transportation, embalming, cremation and other funeral-related services in Nebraska and parts of Iowa — when he was arrested in October 2023, according to court records obtained by The Post. There was a “very real life size version of an adult female” in the room with a deceased person that he was tasked with transporting, according to the affidavit. Smith later manipulated his way back onto the property in order to get into the residence of the deceased by claiming to work for the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office. Smith planned to smuggle the sex doll out in a body bag, but property management intervened. When authorities arrived to examine the apartment a second time, they noticed that the bed had been rearranged and that a black survival case had been taken out of the closet, the arrest document stated. The sex doll, meanwhile, appeared to have been tampered with in the inner thigh area. It was “sticking to the touch,” and officers collected it for DNA processing.

Another Minnesota juror has been replaced as the panel deliberates on the fate of seven people accused of misappropriating millions of dollars in federal funds meant to feed children during the pandemic, in what prosecutors say is part of the largest fraud scheme of its kind in the nation. The juror was removed Tuesday after a family member asked them if they were being sequestered because another juror was allegedly offered a bribe of nearly $120,000 in cash over the weekend. That juror was not home Sunday night, the eve of deliberations, when a woman delivered a gift bag full of cash and left it with a relative, according to an FBI search warrant affidavit. The FBI said all seven defendants, their attorneys and the prosecutors had access to that juror’s identifying information. The FBI moved to search the defendants’ cellphones. Feeding Our Future

Beau Burchel of Gaston, Indiana was booked on several preliminary felony theft charges. Final charges will be decided by the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office. This comes after Burchel stole a box truck with over $12,000 worth of alcohol from Cheers Bar in Muncie, Indiana. Muncie Police soon after found Burchel hiding in a brush line near Meadow Farms, a mobile home park. Burchel told police that he intended to sell the liquor and beer from the truck to pay off his drug debt. The truck was hidden behind a Shriner’s club not too far from Meadow Farms along with a skid steer that was also stolen by Burchel. Beau Burchel, Muncie,

Julie Bush has arrested as prosecutors said she will likely face charges of both open murder and DUI resulting in death. This happened after Bush is accused of intentionally hitting her boyfriend, Richard Penardo, with a vehicle while high on Fentanyl in the Oakey Boulevard and Eastern Avenue section of Las Vegas in the east valley. Bush claims to have found another woman’s tampons in the trash at their home. Bush was originally charged with DUI resulting in substantial bodily harm, domestic battery, attempted murder and drug possession after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested her on Friday, May 24, but since, the charges were upgraded to open murder.

Former Kansas City, Kansas cop James Shepherd had his police license revoked by KS-CPOST following his lack of cooperation into an investigation of him being high while on duty. While tending to a child custody dispute, “Shepherd appeared to be under the influence of some type of substance as he had to lean on the wall for support, was speaking so fast that Plaintiffs could hardly understand him, his face was flush, he was blinking his eyes at an unusual frequency, was slurring his words, and just generally acting strange,” the lawsuit alleged. The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Trainings, or CPOST, which certifies officers in the state, received a complaint about Shepherd, along with the recording. Shepherd’s certification was revoked May 9th, records show. James Shepherd, KCKPD, CPOST, Kansas City

Officer Anthony Hair resigned from the San Diego Police Department after he was caught locked in the backseat of his cruiser with a female suspect who offered him sex last year. In bodycam footage released by the SDPD, the suspect was heard propositioning the officer for sex after asking him if he was married. “You’re not too bad. What’s it gonna hurt me if I work the system, you know what I mean? That’s the way I see s–t,” she told Hair. “Are you single?” she added, to which he responded, “Yeah, but you’re not.” “I’m down to f–k right now,” she told him, before he interrupts, “Don’t say that right now…Don’t say that right now because everything is being recorded right now.” About 20 minutes later, Hair called for a fellow officer to help him out of the police car over the embarrassing mishap.

Decatur, AL officials told News 19 that Lieutenant Joe Renshaw has been using a fake identity to harass Decatur community members through social media. It’s also believed that Renshaw had sought out one member of the online and gotten into an especially heated exchange with Raven Ryder and her husband using Facebook. “My husband messaged it and was basically like, leave her alone. What are you doing? And it was then that it got back and forth,” said Ryder. Ryder was alarmed by the exchange but was also relieved to find out the Decatur Police Department will be conducting an investigation into officer conduct and hopes that Renshaw will be included in the review. Ryder also stated: “I mean honestly there’s no trusting the police department,” Ryder explained. “There’s none whatsoever and as each week passes by, there’s more that comes out that shows how they are continually failing.”

Dollar Tree is facing a lawsuit after a man allegedly left bodily fluids on a shopper last December, which was at that time, the third assault in four days. The alleged incident happened around 10:30 a.m. Dec. 5 at the Dollar Tree location on 1430 W. Gray St. in Houston, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in Harris County District Court. The woman, identified by her initials of M.R. in the lawsuit to protect her identity, said she was browsing in one aisle while her friend was in another aisle. She said a man suddenly came up behind her and “started saying sexually explicit things to her.” The plaintiff found her friend and suggested they leave immediately. “As Plaintiff was getting into her car, her friend pointed out something wet and sticky all over the back of Plaintiff’s sweatshirt,” the lawsuit said. “Plaintiff realized that the perpetrator had ejaculated on her while making his vulgar remarks to her inside the store.”

Francisco Valerio was arrested for reckless endangerment after he accidentally shot a robber he was pistol-whipping during a robbery attempt inside his liquor store in the Ridgewood section of Queens. The incident started when Edwin Poaquiza and Kevin Pullutasi, both 20, entered the store and tried to swipe some liquor bottles, cops said. Valerio initially stopped them and forced them to leave the store, according to authorities. The two returned soon after and allegedly began assaulting Valerio. Valerio grabbed his pistol during the melee, and errantly let off a shot, hitting Pullutasi in the stomach. All three men were awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. Francisco Valerio, Edwin Poaquiza, Kevin Pullutasi

Garfield County Associate Judge Brian Lovell, 59, has been charged with felony counts of discharging of a firearm into a dwelling and use of a vehicle to facilitate the discharge of a firearm last week in connection with the Feb. 12, 2023 shooting in the town of Bison, Oklahoma, the Enid News & Eagle reported. Two days after the alleged shooting outside brother-in-law Kenneth Markes’ home, Lovell claimed that the gun had been stolen from his vehicle, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a press release. Judge Lovell is also facing eight felony counts in Texas for allegedly using the same Glock 23 .40-caliber gun in a similar incident in Austin on Sept. 11 of last year. Brian Lovell, Garfield County, Drive-by shooting, judge

Desmound Cleveland and Karen Hill are facing disorderly conduct charges after being caught on surveillance having sex in the lobby of the Waukesha County Jail. The jail supervisor “called to report two individuals had sex in the jail lobby” and that the woman, who was later identified as defendant Karen Hill, was still in the building. The deputy was able to obtain video of the what had taken place around 3 a.m. that Thursday. It revealed “two individuals in the jail lobby engaged in sexual acts,” the complaint says. Hill and Cleveland made their initial appearances in Waukesha County court on the disorderly conduct charges on Friday, May 3. Each was given a signature bond of $1,000. Desmond Cleveland, Karen Hill, Waukesha County Jail

Scott Blair resigned as commonwealth’s attorney for Perry County after he was arrested April 12, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in London to a charge of honest services wire fraud. Blair, 52, admitted to the court that he used Facebook to send someone a message in July 2021 pledging he wouldn’t push to have the person’s probation revoked and solicited a sex act from the person. According to charging documents against Blair, there were a number of instances in which he leveraged his position to recommend probation or participation in drug treatment programs for defendants instead of prison time or refrained from pursuing parole violations “in exchange for methamphetamine, the procurement of methamphetamine, and sex acts.” Blair took office as commonwealth’s attorney in 2019 and was unopposed for another term this year. “At the end of the day, this is a textbook example of how methamphetamine corrupts your judgment,” Blair’s attorney, Ned Pillersdorf said. Scott Blair, Perry County, Methamphetamine, corruption

Walter Pacheco, 29, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, is requesting a district court judge to reconsider the 19-year prison sentence that was imposed last month for probation violations in four of his criminal cases. Pacheco has been convicted of burglary, stalking, tampering with a witness and willful injury, but prison sentences that resulted from those convictions were initially suspended. The matter is set to be discussed during a court hearing next week. Pacheco is being detained in the Polk County Jail and a trial for his most recent criminal charge of stalking in violation of a protective order is set for April 20, court records show. The crime carries up to 10 years in prison. Pacheco was briefly a police officer in Carroll, where he was forced to resign, and in Eagle Grove, where he was fired. He surrendered his peace officer certification in September 2022, several months after his initial arrest. walter pacheco,

On Friday, the GBI arrested and charged Jerald Rafferzeder with theft by taking. He was booked into the Meriwether County Jail. The former interim police chief has been arrested for a second time after authorities said he stole equipment from a police department. The investigation links back to Rafferzeder, 57, of Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia. Rafferzeder is the former Interim Woodbury Police Chief. Authorities discovered that Rafferzeder allegedly stole a department-issued tactical vest, worth more than $1,500. Investigators say that while Rafferzeder was employed as a Milner police officer, he stole two LIDAR speed guns and sold one for $800. Jerald Rafferzeder, Georgia Bureau Of Investigation, Woodbury Police, theft, Corrupt cops, corrupt cops arrested

Latoria Matthews, 23, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon after being extradited from Houston according to authorities. Matthews is alleged to have shot a man multiple times in a Baton Rouge parking lot after meeting him off of Instagram to have sex. Police said Matthews met the man and drove him to the LaSalle parking garage on LaFayette Street and as he was preparing to have sex she shot him multiple times. The victim was able to flee and seek assistance. He was treated for multiple non-life threatening wounds. Latoria Matthews, baton rouge, Lasalle parking garage

Christopher Washington, 41, is facing burglary and theft of property charges after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and stealing an air conditioning unit. The female victim told authorities that her children’s father gained access to her residence through an unlocked window and took an air conditioning unit. Memphis Police say Washington was caught on a Ring camera carrying the unit away from the residence. Officers detained him nearby with the unit inside his vehicle. Washington was charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property $1000 or less. He is being held on $30,000 bond. aggravated burglary, Christopher Washington, theft, Memphis

Andrew Wilhoite, the Indiana man who once won a Republican township board primary while in jail on accusations he killed his cancer-stricken wife was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Wilhoite was arrested and accused of murdering his wife Elizabeth Wilhoite in March 2022. While incarcerated Wilhoite was one of three Republican candidates who advanced in a primary election for the Clinton Township Board (Boone County). “During the course of a domestic dispute, [then] 39-year-old Andrew N. Wilhoite, Elizabeth’s husband, had allegedly struck her in the head with a blunt object causing her to lose consciousness,” state police said at the time. “He then placed her into a vehicle and drove to a nearby creek where he dumped her body.” Andrew was initially charged with murder according to WTHR, the AP and The Lebanon Reporter. The jury was given the option to consider murder or voluntary manslaughter and returned with a manslaughter verdict. Andrew Wilhoite faces up to 30 years in prison at sentencing. andrew wilhoite, elizabeth wilhoite, GOP, voluntary manslaughter

Colin Czech is behind bars after he allegedly murdered another man and ate his face near the Las Vegas Strip, according to reports. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a report of two men fighting in front of a business in the 1100 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard near Charleston Boulevard. Cops found one of the men bleeding from the head and unresponsive. Medical personnel pronounced him dead. CBS affiliate KLAS obtained documents that said a 911 caller told cops that a man was eating another’s man’s face at a bus stop. When officers arrived, they found Czech next to the victim with “biological matter in his hair, mouth and on his clothing,” the documents reportedly stated. Colin Czech, Las Vegas, zombie

Crystal Skiba is facing multiple charges, “including attempted first-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and possession of a controlled substance, among others,” the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators say a “seemingly innocent online connection turned into a nightmare” when a victim drove from Arcadia to a woman’s home in Wauchula. “What began as flirtatious banter quickly escalated into a harrowing ordeal. … The victim, whose identity is being withheld for privacy, was invited inside where he was met with unexpected aggression,” the sheriff’s office reported. “Skiba allegedly attempted to seduce him before revealing her true intentions. It became apparent to the victim that he was in a dangerous situation when Skiba demanded payment and brandished a handgun, blocking his exit.” He managed to escape, but Skiba then began firing shots at his vehicle as he sped away, officials said. crystal skiba, hardee county sheriff

Eugene Robertson, 40, was convicted on several counts, including eight counts of attempted murder and two counts of reckless endangerment, in relation to “a 2022 crime spree,” the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in an April 18 news release. Robertson ordered food at a Burger King in Aurora, CO at about 11 p.m. Oct. 17, 2022, but when he pulled up to the drive-thru he tried to “pay for his meal with drugs,” according to prosecutors. The Burger King employee declined the payment, and “Robertson pulled out a gun and pointed it at the employee before driving away,” prosecutors said. Afterward, a worker at a 7-Eleven across the street called 911 after Robertson “pointed a gun at his head.” “This defendant endangered countless lives that night by recklessly firing a gun,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Taylor McCreary said in the release. “It’s a miracle no one was seriously hurt or killed.” Robertson is facing up to 400 years at sentencing. Senior Deputy District Attorney Taylor McCreary, Eugene Robertson, Burger King employee, Aurora

DeAnn Parkin has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to the use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. Parkin was convinced her family was destroyed by her ex-husband’s affair with another woman and attempted to hire a hitman to make his lover “disappear completely,” according to federal court documents. Parkin, 31, of Ovid, Idaho contacted who she thought was a hitman on a fake murder for hire website and submitted a request to make a woman “go away” the affidavit says. Parkin gave the name and address of the woman, who lived with Parkin’s ex-husband and met with an undercover ATF agent on several occasions to plan the “hit”, with her last meeting giving the “hitman a diamond ring worth about $1,500, $100, and promised to provide further payments to kill the woman, according to prosecutors. She was arrested quickly after the meeting. DeeAnn Parkin, Murder For Hire

Curtis Jack of South Fulton, GA was sentenced to 50 years in prison for multiple counts including attempted murder, 40 of those years to be served in custody. Jack admitted to South Fulton Police that he put antifreeze in his newborn daughter’s breastmilk in October of 2020 when the baby started showing symptoms of poisoning within 24 hours of him delivering the breastmilk to the child’s grandmother to give to the infant. The mother of the newborn girl and Jack had been together since Jan. 2020. Police said Jack had insisted on multiple occasions throughout her entire pregnancy that the woman get an abortion. Jack was found guilty on all counts, and he was sentenced to 50 years, with 40 years to serve in custody. Curtis Jack, Antifreeze, Poisoning, Infant, Attempted Murder, child support

Brian Ormes, 53, is facing a felony first-degree strangulation charge and misdemeanors for menacing and fourth-degree assault. According to a Fort Wright police report, three kids were playing with a ball by the bike aisle at the Valley Plaza Walmart. When the ball almost hit Ormes’ son, Ormes became irate and started following them. A police officer noted in the report he saw security video footage of Ormes confronting a 17-year-old and pushing him in the back of the head. Ormes then allegedly pushed the teen against a shelf and put his hand around the teen’s neck. Ormes, a Southgate resident is running for office in District 67 in Campbell County, Kentucky. That includes Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Wilder, Highland Heights and other areas in the northwest area of the county. Brian Ormes, Fort Wright Police, District 67, Kentucky,

Dazhon Darien faces charges of disrupting school activities, retaliation, stalking and theft as a result of the investigation into the recording about Black students, Black teachers, and Jewish parents, that was widespread on social media according to WBAL. Baltimore County Police on Thursday arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director for using AI to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert making racist and anti-Semitic comments. The manufactured rant involved a voice that sounded like Eiswert complaining he has to “put up” with “ungrateful Black kids who can’t test their way out of a paper bag” as well as Black teachers who “should have never been hired.” The voice, made to sound as if it was speaking to a woman named Kathy that many interpreted to be Vice Principal Kathy Albert, also said he was “sick of the inadequacies of these people” and if he “has to get one more complaint from one more Jew in this community, I’m going to join the other side,” The Baltimore Sun reports. Dazhon Darien, eric eiswert, Pikesville high school, Baltimore

Larry Doil Sanders was found guilty by an Oklahoma judge April 17, and is facing life without parole in the strangulation death of his friend Jimmy Knighten. Sanders strangled Knighten to death in July 2022 while the two were out noodling, The Oklahoman, The Ada News and KXII reported. Sanders waived his right to a jury trial and claimed he killed his friend in self-defense. The Oklahoman reported that Sanders claimed he had seen three sasquatch-looking figures by the river while they were fishing and believed that Knighten had summoned Bigfoot to eat Sanders as a sacrifice. It was also reported that a forensic psychiatrist testified that Sanders was suffering from methamphetamine-induced psychosis and believed he was defending himself. Knighten died following a struggle, during which Sanders put him in a chokehold, KXII reported. Larry Doil Sanders, Jimmy Knighten, Methamphetamine, Bigfoot, Sasquatch,