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Miami Herald
12-06-2025
- Miami Herald
Man fled cops on mule, later released raccoon in bar he was banned from, KY cops say
A Kentucky man accused of taking police on a chase while riding a mule was arrested after police said he released a raccoon into a bar he was banned from. Around 9:15 p.m. June 6, the Murray Police Department was called for reports of a man who intentionally released a raccoon into a business, according to a June 10 Facebook post by police. Police found the 40-year-old man driving his car and pulled him over, but he refused to roll his window down for officers, police said. They then removed him from his vehicle, according to police. Mary Hafner, a bartender who works at the business, told the New York Post the man had already been drinking when he showed up, and he was asked to leave since he was previously banned from the bar. That's when the man decided to release the raccoon, police said. 'Apparently he had trapped a raccoon earlier in the day on his farm and he had been carrying it around with him,' Hafner told The Post. Police learned the raccoon bit someone inside. 'It was more scared than anything,' Hafner told the New York Post. 'It was pretty upsetting for him.' The man was arrested and charged with assault, criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and failure of owner to maintain required insurance. The man was involved in an incident at the same bar in December involving a mule, according to WDKY. On Dec. 7, police were called to the bar for an 'unruly individual,' a Dec. 9 Facebook post by police said. The man was asked to leave but wouldn't, police said. When police arrived, the man was drunk and on a mule he had ridden to the bar, according to officers. Police ordered him to stop, but he refused, the release said. Eventually, the man was arrested and witnesses told police they saw the man 'whip the mule at a different establishment an 'unnecessary amount' of times,' police said. The man was taken to jail and the mule was stabled. However, two days later, the man showed up drunk to where the mule was stabled and began riding it down the street, police said. Officers tried to stop him, but he took off on the mule and refused to stop, according to police. He was arrested.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Daycare employee charged with sexually abusing children, documents say
Charges are allegations only. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. MURRAY, Utah () — A Magna man has been charged with sexually abusing children at the daycare where he was an employee. It is currently unknown whether he is still employed at the daycare. Shawn David Beebe, 38, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree aggravated sexual abuse of a child. According to a detective with the Murray Police Department, on Feb. 19, 2025, the detective was made aware that a daycare employee may have been sexually abusing children. He took reports from the parents of three children who told their parents about what happened. Three children, all aged six years old or younger, told their parents that Beebe had touched them inappropriately while at daycare. One child, in a Children's Justice Center interview, said that they didn't tell their mother what happened because they were afraid Beebe would be fired. A warrant has been issued for Beebe's arrest; he is not in custody at this time. The daycare has not been identified by officials, and ABC4 is investigating where he was or is employed. There is no further information at this time. BMW's new flagship SUV to debut in US Police arrest more than 20 people on first night of curfew in Los Angeles Daycare employee charged with sexually abusing children, documents say Teen charged as juvenile in 2022 West Jordan triple homicide now facing adult charges Don't be late to this spin on Alice in Wonderland from West Valley City Arts Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Why are police asking for help with finding a woman who vanished nearly 50 years ago?
Related video: This Utah woman was last seen in 1978 — Police are still looking for answers MURRAY, Utah () — On Sept. 16, 1978, 29-year-old Linda Peterson — who was five-and-a-half months pregnant at the time — told her husband she was leaving on a trip to Kentucky with some friends. She hasn't been seen since. On May 20, 2025 — nearly 50 years after Peterson disappeared — the Murray Police Department to ask for help from the public. Here's why. According to detectives with Murray PD, new developments with DNA samples and adoption records have renewed the investigation into Peterson's disappearance. PREVIOUSLY — This Utah woman was last seen in 1978. Nearly 50 years later, police are still searching for answers 'Early on in our investigation in 1978, we treated it like any other missing persons report and gathered the details of it,' Detective Gruendell with the Murray Police Department said. 'Over the years in reassigning it, we ran into new technology like DNA.' Peterson was adopted in Glendale, California, in 1949. Detective Gruendell said it took some time to get unredacted adoption records from California — the department didn't get those records until 2012, and learned that only Peterson's birth mother (not her father) was identified in the records. Around the time Murray PD obtained the adoption records, detectives were later able to identify a first cousin of Peterson's and obtain a DNA sample to put into a database. However, the case stalled because detectives needed a DNA match to a sibling or birth parent. In 2025, the case reopened, and Gruendell said detectives were able to identify 'natural siblings' of Peterson. Her siblings agreed to provide DNA samples, and Murray PD is working to put a DNA profile together. 'This is a huge thing for this case, and the reason is… any unidentified body that we have had between 1978 and now, we've never been able to test to find out if it is our missing persons case,' Gruendell said. Gruendell continued: 'Now we have the technology and the resources to push this case forward to actually reach out to other departments and go on NamUs and try to identify if she has passed away or maybe she just packed up and moved.' Murray detectives said Peterson's family is interested in bringing her home. Detectives also said that any details, no matter how small, may help find Peterson. 'We are running out of time to find anyone who knew her that we could possibly interview,' Gruendell said. According to the , Linda was first reported missing by her husband, William Peterson, on Sept. 30, 1978. He told police that his wife had left home with friends in a station wagon. William said Linda was heading to Kentucky to meet with some other friends, but he 'became worried when he didn't hear from Linda,' according to the DPS. Detectives with Murray PD said that Linda had lived in Kentucky for four months in 1974, but officials have not been able to identify the friends that she left with for the trip in 1978. 'We have not [been] able to have enough evidence to corroborate that she actually went to Kentucky for that trip,' Detective Gutierrez with Murray PD told Linda is described as being 5'8″ tall, weighing 130 pounds, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. According to the (NamUs), she was last seen wearing an orange maternity top and blue jeans. Linda worked as a nurse at the University of Utah in 1977 and 1978. She would now be 76 years old. Her husband worked as a pharmacist, and told police his wife was with a woman he did not recognize, named Susan or Suzanne, in the station wagon. Anyone with information or memories has been asked to call 801-264-2673 or email Detective Gruendell at kgruendell@ Trump pardons former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm amid clemency spree Why are police asking for help with finding a woman who vanished nearly 50 years ago? Orem man charged for threatening to kill a family who visited neighboring for-sale house Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy provides updates on Newark airport Street performers ready to thrill audiences at SLC's Busker Fest Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
