Slain Casino Official Planned to Quit
The wife of the California casino official killed by an ex-employee says her husband was about to leave his job because he didn’t like being ordered to fire people. Raymundo Casillas Jr. was the head of the Barona Gaming Commission in San Diego County. He was killed Tuesday when Donnell Roberts went to his office [...]
Gunman, One Other Dead at Casino Office
Authorities say Donnell Roberts, former investigator for the Indian tribal casino’s gaming commission, shot and killed a man in the office before fatally turning the gun on himself Tuesday. “Our worst fears were confirmed,” San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore told reporters outside the convention center of the Barona Resort and Casino. “It appears to [...]
Woman Gives Three-Year-Old Granson Pot Cookie
A Denver grandmother who recently took her own lifecriminal law was under investigation for giving her 3-year-old grandson a marijuana cookie. Family members say 44-year-old Erin Marcove gave the toddler at least one peanut butter cookie made with cannabis butter on Dec. 4. The next day, she had trouble rousing the boy and called an [...]
Four Slain in Utah Apartment
Police say that four members of a Utah family were killed in what could be a murder-suicide case. West Jordan Police Sgt. Drew Sanders says the bodies of two adults and two children were found dead around 8:45 p.m. Thursday in a unit at the Willow Cove Apartment complex. Sanders says police received a call [...]
Authorities Conclude Probe into Kentucky Census Worker’s Death
Authorities are expected to release investigation information regarding the death of the Kentucky census worker who was found hanging from a tree with the word “fed” scrawled on his chest. It is not clear what the word was written in or with. State Police Lieutenant David Jude has said a news conference is set in [...]
Kentuckey Census Worker Died of Asphyxiation
An autopsy on the recently deceased census worker Bill Sparkman revealed that he had died from asphyxiation. Few other details have been released about this case, though he was found hanging from a tree near a family cemetery near the Appalachian forest. Sparkman, aged 51, was found in a patch of forest in Clay County, [...]