A bond hearing for Iron County sheriff, charged in a plot to help a friend with a parental kidnapping, spiraled into a 2½-hour event where the prosecutor hinted at an even bigger scandal brewing.
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Iron County Sheriff Jeff Burkett was charged Thursday with several crimes, including "criminal street gang activity."
Iron County Sheriff Jeff Burkett and two of his deputies were being held Friday in jail in neighboring Washington County, accused of "criminal street gang activity" in what prosecutors allege was a parental kidnapping plot to help a friend.
The former head of the Washington County, Mo., jail was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison.
Authorities haven't said what medical condition caused Thomas J. Evans to crash.
A U.S. District Court jury took roughly two hours to convict Vernon Wilson of four civil rights charges and two counts of lying to the FBI about the attacks.
Highway Patrol says evidence links Nathan Fortner to scene of Ericka Wade's death
Contaminated soil and groundwater from long-ago mining operations have caused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to propose adding 175 square miles in southeastern Washington County to its Superfund priority cleanup list.
Gary Gieselman entered the Washington County jail on a bad check charge. He left on a stretcher.