Category: Crime
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Mumford swimming teacher charged in 15-year-old student’s drowning
An autopsy report from the case showed there was a bruise on Blanding’s head, which caused the family’s lawyer to ask what really happened. “He was killed. That’s horrific. That should not have happened,†attorney Johnny Hawkins said. Since late February, Blanding’s family has been looking for answers on what happened in the untimely drowning of the student at…
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Quad-City police: Swimmer in ACLU lawsuit resisted arrest
Quad-City area police being sued by the ACLU in the case involving a collegiate swimmer who was mistakenly taken into custody at an area rest stop are saying the young man was resisting arrest. The ACLU filed suit earlier this year on behalf of Jaylan Butler, a 19-year-old member of the Eastern Illinois University swim team mistaken…
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MCSO arrests Valley swim coach for alleged sex crimes
Nathan Moore has been arrested after MCSO got a tip from a parent claiming their child had been having sex with Moore. Police believe there may be other victims.
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Popular swim club volunteer accused of recording girls in locker room
A popular swim club figure from Plainville is accused of recording girls who were changing in a locker room. Kyle Fasold, 49, was arrested on Friday, the U.S. states attorney for the District of Connecticut announced. Fasold was described by the Town of Plainville as a vice president of the Plainville Blue Dolphins Swim Team…
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Chanel Miller: Emily Doe in the Brock Turner sexual assault trial speaks out | 60 Minutes Australia
Before the Me Too movement, Chanel Miller was fighting her own incredible battle. She went to a party at a prestigious university, thinking it would be safe and expecting to have a good time. Late in the evening a student, well-known because he also happened to be a champion athlete, sexually assaulted and then discarded…
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EIU Issues a Statement on Swimmer Butler’s Lawsuit
Eastern Illinois University president David Glassman issues a statement on the ongoing lawsuit filed by Jaylan Butler, an EIU swimmer, in conjunction with the ACLU against six law enforcement officials Butler claims unfairly detained and threatened him.
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Mentor Police Department clears Lake Catholic swim coach of student sex allegations
Police have formally cleared a high school swim coach of accusations of sexual conduct with a student. No criminal charges will be filed in the case.
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EIU Swimmer Files a Lawsuit After Being Threatened with a Firearm by Law Enforcement
The ACLU is representing Eastern Illinois University swimmer Jaylan Butler in a federal lawsuit after he was threatened by a firearm by law enforcement, which the ACLU believes was unjust.
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Former swim teacher charged with secretly recording employees
Prosecutors charged Jacob Masbruch, 21, of West Allis, with five felony counts of secretly recording someone without their consent.