A motion for change of venue was sustained in Caldwell County this week on a felony charge of stealing—motor vehicle/watercraft/aircraft for a Braymer man charged in Johnson County with two counts of first-degree murder. Garland Joseph Nelson’s case involving the stealing charge was transferred to Johnson County. A probable cause statement accuses Nelson of convincing […]
A motion hearing was held in Johnson County on December 22nd for the Braymer man charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two Wisconsin men. Twenty-six-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson’s motion for confidential contact visits was denied at this time. The state’s request for increased security levels for filings was granted, with […]
A Chillicothe man’s pickup truck has been destroyed by fire. The Chillicothe Fire Department responded Sunday evening to number 1 Calhoun where a truck was just out of the doorway of a storage barn. Upon arrival, firefighters found a fully-involved pickup burning with a diesel fuel tank rupturing. The department pulled an inch and three […]
A Trenton couple has established a “GoFundMe” page to raise donations to benefit the Grundy County Rural Fire Department. Jeannie and Doug Little organized the fund drive to show what they called “gratitude” for the fire-fighters’ response to their house fire one week ago on December 1st, just outside the Trenton city limits. “Without their […]
The Chillicothe Fire Department on Saturday afternoon extinguished a small grass fire on Livingston County Road 529. A report from the fire department quoted the resident as saying he was burning a pond embankment and the flames spread to a ditch next to the road. Approximately one-quarter of an acre was on fire when firefighters […]
A motion hearing was held in Johnson County on Tuesday for a Braymer man charged with two counts of murder in the first degree in the deaths of two Wisconsin men. The court denied a motion for confidential contact visits between the defense counsel and 26-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson until a judge hears from Caldwell […]
The United States Attorney General has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of three federal-death row inmates sentenced to death for brutal murders, including the murder of a child and, with respect to two inmates, the murder of multiple victims. Alfred Bourgeois abused, tortured, and beat to death his young daughter. […]
A Braymer man charged with two counts of murder, first degree in Johnson County, in connection with the deaths of two brothers from Wisconsin had a charge of stealing involving a motor vehicle/watercraft/aircraft bound over to the circuit court in Caldwell County November 23rd. A formal arraignment for 26-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson is scheduled for […]
In a report provided on Monday morning, the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District responded Saturday evening to a structure fire at Leisure Lake. Upon arrival, light smoke was showing at 73137 South Leisure Lake Drive and firefighter Alex Lovell noted fire damage was contained to areas in the wall and ceiling immediate to the […]
A Cainsville man has been charged in Harrison County with felony knowingly burning or exploding after an alleged incident in a field in Cainsville November 4th. Twenty-six-year-old Kevin Oliver also faces misdemeanor property damage—second degree and an infraction of trespassing—second degree. Bond is $10,000 cash only, no 10% allowed. A probable cause affidavit from Deputy […]
A Braymer man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two brothers from Wisconsin now faces a charge of stealing a motor vehicle after a semi-tractor was allegedly stolen from a residence in Braymer in September. Twenty-six-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson is being held on no bond on the recent charge, and […]
A travel trailer is considered to be a complete loss after a fire on Highway 36 west of Mooresville on Friday. Chillicothe Fire Lieutenant Jonathon Nolan reports the Chillicothe Fire Department was dispatched to a mutual aid fire call and found the trailer fully involved with fire. Mooresville Fire and law enforcement were already on […]
