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LAWRENCE — A man and woman who live 46 miles away in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, were among 43 people teams of detectives arrested on Wednesday during another targeted drug suppression sweep throughout the city.  Teams of local detectives, state troopers and federal agents descended on various neighborhoods in Lawrence in the third organized operation of its kind this summer.  Previously, 80 arrests were made in July and August during similar sweeps. Wednesday's operation may be the last such operation involving local , state and federal authorities this summer, said police Chief James Fitzpatrick .  Detectives from Lawrence, Methuen, Andover and North Andover along with state troopers, county correctional officers and federal agents were involved in Wednesday's efforts, police said.  Randy Cheever, 26, and Hallie Wilson, 28, both of 16 Mobile Coach Lane , Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, were both arrested and charged with heroin offenses after an investigation in the ...

A mother accused of dumping her baby girl in a bush told prosecutors she didn't want to be a mother and doesn't want to see her child.  Sidney Woytasczyk, 21, is charged with child abandonment after abandoning her newborn in a flowerbed near her Houston apartment. Prosecutors say she gave birth to the child in her kitchen, cut the cord and left it exposed to the elements in a flowerbed to stop her oblivious boyfriend from being scared away, according toABC 13.  She was arrested arrested a passerby spotted the baby, covered in ants and called the cops.  During the 21-year-old's second court appearance, at Harris County, on Wednesday she told investigators she did not want to be a mother and did not want to see her baby.     Sidney Woytasczyk, 21, (pictured in court on Wednesday) is charged with child abandonment after abandoning her newborn in a flowerbed near her Houston apartment Video (pictured) shows the child being found at 5am Thursday. Prosecutors say she claims not...

SPRINGFIELD -- The complex, multi- defendant case involving  the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Kenneth Lopez was back in court Wednesday , with four defense lawyers arguing police should not have been granted a warrant to search an apartment where the accused shooter was arrested. While the murder warrant that led to the arrest of Lee Rios isn't in dispute, the attorneys have taken issue with the broader search warrant , which led to the arrest of three other people on gun charges. But a prosecutor in the case told Hampden Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney Wednesday the search warrant was justified because the 196 Nursery St. apartment was the first place Lee Rios went after the slaying -- making it he most likely location for investigators to find forensic evidence .  Lee Rios, 24, is charged with murder in the killing of Lopez, whose body was found around noon on March 25, 2015, in the yard of a house at Dwight and Calhoun streets in the city's North End. Wednesda...

Callaway, Fla. - A Panama City man is in custody for a suspected shooting in Callaway early Wednesday morning . Jivaro Smith, 29, was arrested at Foxwood Apartments. Bay County Sheriff 's investigators say they caught Smith in the parking lot after he tried to run away. Authorities believe Smith was involved in the shooting that injured one man at an apartment near the intersection of Cherry Street and North Kimbrel Avenue . The victim was reportedly shot in the leg and is expected to be okay. BCSO Lt. Jeremy Mathis believes an argument led to the shooting. "We believe that there may have been some issues between the suspect and the victim earlier, but we're trying to confirm that through witness statements," said Mathis. Smith is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm. === A suspect was charged Wednesday in the shooting of a Callaway man. Bay County Sheriff 's deputies said the victim was shot in the leg shortly before 7 a.m. at an apartment complex i...

WARNING: Disturbing content By Hannah Parry and James Wilkinson A mother accused of dumping her baby girl in a bush told prosecutors she didn't want to be a mother and doesn't want to see her child. Sidney Woytasczyk, 21, is charged with child abandonment after abandoning her newborn in a flowerbed near her Houston apartment, the Daily Mail reported . Advertisement Prosecutors say she gave birth to the child in her kitchen, cut the cord and left it exposed to the elements in a flowerbed to stop her oblivious boyfriend from being scared away, according to ABC 13. Woytasczyk, 21, is charged with child abandonment. Photo / Supplied Woytasczyk, 21, is charged with child abandonment. Photo / Supplied She was arrested arrested a passerby spotted the baby, covered in ants and called the cops. During the 21-year-old's second court appearance, at Harris County, on Wednesday (US time) she told investigators she did not want to be a mother and did not want to see he...

All charges against Terrell Walton, one of two men accused of committing a double homicide in Aberdeen in June 2016, have been dropped, but police and prosecutors say they have not ended their pursuit of justice for the victims and their loved ones. "We're still working it as an open and active investigation," Lt. Will Reiber, a spokesperson for the Aberdeen Police Department , said Wednesday. Twenty-three charges filed against Walton, 31, of Aberdeen, were dropped Aug. 15, according to online court records . He had not been to trial. He was charged with the shooting deaths of Jumal Rodale Dudley , 43, of Havre de Grace , and Taneisha Chenay Smothers , 31, of Aberdeen. Prosecutors were concerned they could not secure a conviction for murder against Walton after his co-defendant — who faced the same charges based on the same evidence — was only convicted of second-degree assault in a trial earlier this year. "By dismissing it prior to trial, we keep it an open case a...

Devastated relatives will say their final farewells to little AbbieGail Smith next Monday — and her Jamaican father hopes to be among them. "I want to see my daughter for the last time, please, one last time before she goes down into the earth," distraught dad Kenroy Smith , 50, told the Daily News Monday , breaking down with emotion. The 11-year-old New Jersey girl vanished from her mom's Keansburg apartment last Wednesday and was stabbed to death by an upstairs neighbor who dumped her body in a hiding spot on the property, prosecutors said. The medical examiner confirmed that Smith died from a stab wound to the neck. 11-year-old girl found dead behind New Jersey apartment complex Accused killer Andreas Erazo , 18, was arrested hours after her body was found Thursday. He was charged Friday with first-degree murder and illegal weapons possession . "I want to see the perpetrator. I want to see him brought to justice and would like to confront hi...

NEWS HERALD STAFF REPORT @The_News_Herald CALLAWAY — Authorities say a Panama City man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with a shooting earlier in the day in Callaway. Jivaro Smith, 29, of 6220 Cedar Lane, is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm in connection with the shooting at 6201 Cherry St. in Callaway. The Bay County Sheriff 's Office reported finding a man shot in the leg at that location just before 7 a.m. Wednesday. BCSO reported its field services, criminal investigations and special investigations teams found Smith at Foxwood Apartments, 1701 Hamilton Ave., after the shooting and brought him in for an interview. "Investigators believe a verbal altercation between the two men escalated into a shooting," a BCSO news release stated . "The victim remains in a local hospital." ORIGINAL STORY BCSO investigating Callaway shooting CALLAWAY — The Bay County Sheriff ’s Office (BCSO) is investigating a shooting at an apartment com...

ORLANDO, Fla. — After three days, Orlando police have yet to find any sign of Baby Willow. Investigators, along with city of Orlando crews searched sewer lines for any sign of the missing infant on Wednesday. Those searches and the reexamination of dumpsters from the Willow Bend Apartment Complex failed to yield any evidence, police said. Advertisement Related Content Officers were called to the Willow Bend Apartments , off Silver Star Road and Coast Line Drive , for a report of a placenta and afterbirth found in the parking lot Monday . Homicide and crime scene investigators arrived at the scene, and multiple teams of dogs and searchers canvassed the area, including every dumpster. They were ultimately unsuccessful in finding the baby, now dubbed "Baby Willow." According to a police report, bloody shoe prints led them to a home where neighbors said a pregnant woman lived . "We were consistently told how the female's pregnancy appeared to be nearly full term,...

Related Coverage Friday, August 11 12:30 a.m. – 900 block of East Ave. SE, police responded to a home burglary. The victim said a man forced her door open but she was able to shut it. She said after that, he ran away. 2:49 p.m. – 18-year-old Richard Robson, arrested on child rape charges . Robson is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl multiple times over the course of several years. Saturday, August 12 8:57 a.m. – 500 block of Kenmore Ave. SE, a woman reported finding a bullet in her baby’s playpen. She said someone must have shot at her house sometime overnight but she never heard any gunshots. The baby was not in the playpen at the time. Sunday, August 13 1:05 a.m. – 100 block of High St. NW, 36-year-old Shawn Stambolia, arrested on warrants out of Warren, including one for robbery. 8:50 a.m. – 2000 block of Milton St. SE, a woman said someone shot at her house. She said the bullet came in through the bathroom window and went through a wall into the bedroom. 3:30 p.m....

One of the most watched recent murder cases in the Philadelphia area in years wound to a close on Wednesday with David "DJ" Creato, 23, admitting to killing his three-year-old son, Brendan, in October 2015. He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the case after a 10-day trial on a first- degree murder charge ended in a hung jury and mistrial in May. THE LATEST:   DJ Creato admits he killed son Brendan , takes manslaughter plea deal Here's a day-by-day timeline of the significant events surrounding the case. TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2015:   David “DJ” Creato reports his son,  Brendan, missing  around 6 a.m. He suggests the three-year-old may have opened the door and left the second-floor apartment they shared. A large community-wide search in Haddon Township ends three hours later when a K-9 located the boy’s lifeless body in Cooper River Park . A death scene investigator from the office of medical examiner   Dr. Gerald “Buck” Feigin  goes to the  scene and subseque...