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Recent Examples of sheriff
The sheriff cautioned that the numbers are preliminary and reflect only animals documented in records reviewed by investigators so far.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
And now, the sheriff's office has two more of them thanks to longtime Hennepin County citizen Lisa Paulson.
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Hogan recounted driving to King’s house, where the sheriff, the lieutenant and their wives listened to the recording.
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Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Dateline’s request for the report was declined, and the sheriff’s office has yet to respond to our request for an interview.
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Meghan O'Brien,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
And now, the sheriff's office has two more of them thanks to longtime Hennepin County citizen Lisa Paulson.
—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Hogan recounted driving to King’s house, where the sheriff, the lieutenant and their wives listened to the recording.
—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Dateline’s request for the report was declined, and the sheriff’s office has yet to respond to our request for an interview.
—
Meghan O'Brien,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheriff
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The state fire marshal also sets rules about shooting fireworks into or from cars.
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The fireworks sold by them are safe, sane and given a green light by the state fire marshal.
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During the holiday weekend in 2025, troopers responded to 5,110 calls for service, 528 traffic services, 1,219 traffic stops, 29 DUIs and 330 motor vehicle crashes, 35 with injuries and three with fatal injuries in Southbury and Prospect.
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When the vehicle sped away instead, the troopers pursued the Dodge.
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Health Department complaints, other closure In March, the Kansas City Health Department temporarily shut down the store after an inspector found the business sold food kept in broken freezers.
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Ursula loves the dashing Rupert (Bates), a school inspector, and Gudrun loves Gerald (Reed), a local industrialist and Rupert’s close friend.
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My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
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Police ask any witnesses who were not contacted by authorities at the scene to contact detectives at (805) 654-9511.
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Hinds County’s chief death investigator, Jeramiah Howard, attributed her death to the heat.
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Carla Walker cold case The 1974 murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker in Fort Worth, Texas, went unsolved for more than four decades before advanced DNA testing helped investigators identify her killer.
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The patrolman has not been identified.
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Billups-Taylor’s LinkedIn page states that his employment in Winfield ended in February 2026, and he is currently employed as a part-time patrolman with the Ogden Dunes Police Department and as a senior investigator with Veracity IIR, a security firm headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
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Fifteen defendants have been sentenced in a domestic terrorism case tied to a July 4, 2025, protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in North Texas, where an Alvarado police lieutenant was shot and wounded.
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Five, including the company owner and a former Yolo County sheriff’s lieutenant, have been charged with murder.
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged a 36-year-old man accused of killing an LAPD sergeant and another driver in a high-speed crash last year.
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In his time with LRPD, Finks was the first Black sergeant in the narcotics division and the first Black captain in the Special Investigations Division.
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“Sheriff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheriff. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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