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The BLM Bishop Field Office offers online Christmas tree cutting permits

homesafetytechpros — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:18:42 +0000

BISHOP, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office is offering personal use Christmas tree cutting permits online, from now until Dec. 24. The permits allow the public to harvest up to five Christmas trees on designated BLM-managed public lands near Benton and Bridgeport in Mono County.

“We are again offering an online purchase option for Christmas tree permits this year,” said Bishop Field Manager Sherri Lisius. “We are excited to be able to continue this holiday tradition for the community.”

Permits are available for purchase at $5 per tree and permit stipulations must be followed. To purchase a permit online, please visit forestproducts.blm.gov. The public can also review maps of designated cutting areas and read these helpful tips to plan their trip in advance and be well prepared.

To process a permit online, select the map icon of California and the Benton Range-Bridgeport cutting areas, then follow the prompts to complete the purchase. The site will direct the purchaser to pay.gov to process payment for the permit via credit card or bank transfer. The process takes just minutes, and the website will email a copy of the electronic permit. For questions, please call the Bishop Field Office at 760-872-5000.

Those interested in tree cutting in the Lida Summit area of Nevada, or other areas managed by the BLM Tonopah Field Office, call 775-482-7800 to have a permit mailed. Please allow one week for processing.

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Man fatally stabbed mother in neck after Christmas: Deputies

homesafetytechpros — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 06:46:42 +0000

Connor Crumrine fatally stabbed his mother, Jennifer Crumrine, deputies said. (Mug shot: Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office)

Authorities claim a man fatally stabbed his mother in the neck after she planned to take him to a mental health facility for his concerning behavior.

The victim, Jennifer Crumrine, 54, had initially survived her injuries but died at a hospital, documents state. As of Sunday afternoon, records in Charlotte County, Florida, show that the defendant, Connor Crumrine, 23, is only charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of resisting an officer without violence. Deputies said Friday that they are working with prosecutors to update charges to reflect the stabbing death.

Cops say the defendant attacked his mother while his elder sister called authorities and the other sister tackled him to stop the stabbing, according to the probable cause affidavit viewed by Law&Crime.

Citing interviews with the survivors, deputies describe a sequence of events going back to Monday night.

“Last night, Connor began making statements to the family trying to teach them how to get into a fetal position and making statements about heaven and hell,” investigators wrote. “During this time Connor would also make a finger gun gesture towards them. Due to a fear that Connor may cause harm to them during the night the rest of the family kept their bedroom doors locked.”

Connor, who is the youngest of the siblings, had allegedly told the younger sister to, in the affidavit’s words, “sleep face down tonight so that he can take her to heaven and keep her from going to hell.”

Fearful he might hurt them, the rest of the family slept in shifts, deputies said.

The situation escalated Tuesday morning. They had planned to go on a cruise that day. The mother decided to miss it in order to arrange for Crumrine to stay at Charlotte Behavioral Health Care for mental health care.

She told him her plans, and he procrastinated getting ready, documents said. The mother asked the older sister to call the facility. While this sister was on the phone, she heard her mother scream, “he’s
stabbing me, he’s stabbing me.”

She found her brother stabbing their mother, documents said. The elder sister tried to disarm him, but this caused a minor laceration to her finger. The younger sister woke up to the sound of her mother calling for help, documents stated. She tackled Connor and wrestled with him over the knife, authorities wrote. The older sister worked on trying to save their mother’s life.

Deputies arrived to find Connor struggling with the younger sister, who sustained a stab wound in the upper back, documents said.

“Connor still had the knife in his possession but was not actively using it at the time,” they wrote. “Connor was given multiple commands, which he ignored, and was ultimately tased, continued to be non compliant with law enforcement orders, and had to be physically removed from the bedroom, and detained on scene.”

First responders took Jennifer Crumrine to Fawcett Memorial Hospital, where she eventually died from her injuries, documents stated.

The defendant allegedly declined to speak post-Miranda and asked for an attorney. The court scheduled an arraignment for Jan. 29, records show.

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The BLM Bishop Field Office offers online Christmas tree cutting permits

homesafetytechpros — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:56:20 +0000

BISHOP, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office is offering personal use Christmas tree cutting permits online, from Nov. 17-Dec. 24. The permits allow for members of the public to harvest up to five Christmas trees on designated BLM-managed public lands near Benton and Bridgeport in Mono County.

To process a permit online, select the map icon of California and the Benton Range-Bridgeport cutting areas, then follow the prompts to complete the purchase. The site will direct the purchaser to Pay.gov to process payment for the permit via credit card or bank transfer. The process takes just minutes, and the website will email a copy of the electronic permit. For questions, please call the Bishop Field Office at 760-872-5000.

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Man shot half-brother mad over lost phone on Christmas: Cops

homesafetytechpros — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:50:46 +0000

Kendall Yarborough shot and killed his half-brother, James Watson, on Dec. 25, 2023, prosecutors said. (Mug shot: DuPage County State’s Attorney)

Illinois authorities have accused a Florida visitor of fatally shooting his half-brother while the victim was upset over a lost phone.

Kendall Yarborough, 28, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in DuPage County.

According to a news release, authorities responded at approximately 3:06 p.m. on Monday regarding a call of a person shot at a home in unincorporated Naperville on the 25W0-100 block of Wood Court.

They found James Javonne Watson in the home, suffering a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Medical staff pronounced him dead at a hospital.

“Family members stated that Watson was intoxicated and was upset that he could not find his cell phone,” authorities wrote. “His behavior had been described as increasingly obnoxious. Watson slammed a card table against the floor. After the table was slammed, the witnesses reported hearing a second noise which was later determined to be a single gunshot.”

“I think he shot me,” Watson said, according to court documents.

A relative told investigators about seeing Yarborough holding the gun seconds after she heard the shot.

“Yarborough was standing upstairs and shot down towards Watson who was downstairs,” documents stated.

Family called 911 and provided aid to the dying man.

Law enforcement claimed to find a 9 mm Sig Sauer P-365X handgun and a spent 9 mm bullet casing.

Authorities said they took Yarborough into custody at the home without incident.

“On Christmas day, James Watson lost his life after his half-brother, Kendall Yarborough allegedly shot him in the abdomen while James was looking for his cell phone,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin said in a statement. “This senseless act of violence will not go unpunished. To James’ family and friends, I offer my sincere condolences and wish them strength as they mourn the loss of a family member and come to terms with another family member accused of his murder. I thank DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and his office for their work on this sad case. I also thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Robert Willis, Helen Kapas and Michael Paup, for their work in securing charges against Mr. Yarborough.”

“It is horrible that a tragedy occurred on Christmas,” DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said. “It goes to show that domestic violence can occur in any home and that’s why we take domestic related incidents seriously at the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office. Thank you for all the hard work from first responders and State’s Attorney Bob Berlin’s office for handling this serious crime during their Christmas holiday.”

Yarborough, a resident of the Florida city of Palm Harbor, appeared in court for his first appearance on Tuesday morning, but the court granted his motion to continue the pretrial detention hearing until Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.

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Florida mom allegedly kills ex’s new girlfriend on Christmas

homesafetytechpros — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:38:46 +0000

Amanda Marie Janzen, inset on the left, against an image of a Walgreens where she allegedly shot and killed another woman on Christmas Day in 2023. (Alachua County Sheriff’s Office; Google Maps)

A Florida woman is behind bars after a planned child custody exchange in front of a drugstore left her baby’s father injured and another woman shot dead on Christmas Day, authorities say.

Amanda Marie Janzen, 38, stands accused of two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and five counts of child neglect, according to Alachua County court records reviewed by Law&Crime.

The second murder charge leveled against the defendant is for attempted murder — though the associated statute listed in her jail record is the same.

Janzen and the male victim share an 11-month-old child, according to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report obtained by Law&Crime.

On Dec. 20, a Putnam County family court ordered the defendant and the child’s father to split custody right down the middle, according to the arrest report. Under the terms of the sharing agreement, Janzen was to turn the infant over in front of a Walgreens in Gainesville at 2 p.m. on Dec. 25.

On the day in question, Janzen allegedly drove to the pharmacy with all five of her children in her vehicle. Before they arrived, however, Janzen allegedly gave her oldest son her SNAP benefits card, debit card, and instructions on how to pay a cellular phone bill. The boy allegedly said he “had never done this before,” according to the arrest report.

Janzen arrived first and, while sitting in the driver’s seat of her vehicle, pulled a gun out of her bag, “cocked” it, and waited, police said.

When the couple arrived, the 11-month-old’s father got out of the front passenger seat of his girlfriend’s vehicle, police say. Then, Janzen allegedly got out of her own vehicle and, with the gun hidden behind her back, walked up to the other woman who was still in the driver’s seat. Then, the defendant allegedly fired three shots and killed the female victim.

After that, Janzen went around the back of the victim’s car, searching for the child’s father, who had since jumped back into the front passenger seat, according to the arrest report. The man was allegedly shot three times as well.

“You made this happen,” Janzen allegedly shouted as she fired at the father of the 11-month-old.

A nearby police officer heard the gunshots and rushed over to inspect what had occurred in the Walgreens parking lot and watched the defendant’s car flee the scene, according to the arrest report. The officer began tailing the vehicle and soon several other members of law enforcement were in pursuit of Janzen for some 13 miles, police say.

Meanwhile, Janzen herself called 911 and allegedly admitted to the shooting, telling a dispatcher that she was being followed by police. According to the arrest report, all five children were still in the car, shouting and pleading for their mother to stop and pull over, as she led officers on a chase at speeds above 100 mph.

“When DEF’s vehicle came to a final stop DEF discarded the loaded firearm from the vehicle,” the arrest report reads. “Officers located two additional loaded magazines on DEF’s person. The murder was captured on surveillance video. Post-Miranda Warning, DEF stated that law enforcement already knew what happened.”

Janzen has a short — but not recent — criminal history dating back nearly two decades. She is currently being detained on $2 million bond in the Alachua County Jail. She has been assigned a public defender.

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Couple escaped Christmas burglar during home invasion: Cops

homesafetytechpros — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 22:48:45 +0000

Hiram Tanco Crispin booking photo Miami Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation

A quick-thinking husband and wife in Florida are still alive after they say they were able to disarm a man who forced his way into their Miami home on Christmas, bound them with electrical cords, held them hostage at gunpoint and robbed them of thousands of dollars.

Miami-Dade Police arrested Hiram Tanco Crispin, 53, on Dec. 26 and charged him with armed robbery home invasion and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to court records reviewed Wednesday by Law&Crime.

The alleged forced entry happened just around 8 p.m. on Dec. 25 when, according to the victims identified only as Jose and Gladys by local Fox affiliate WSVN, they said Crispin knocked on their door.

Opening it a crack, the couple claims Crispin barged in with gun in hand, telling them not to move and demanding to know how many people were inside.

Police said Crispin then forced the couple into their bedroom and tied them up with electrical cords. He allegedly searched the couple’s house for cash.

Jose told WSVN Crispin kept repeating, “I know you got money” before threatening to torture his wife in front of him if he didn’t turn over any cash.

The Miami resident said Crispin held a gun, which he believed was a .45 mm, to his head and to his temple, as he made the threats.

As Crispin kept pressing him for cash, Jose said he told the 53-year-old robber he had more money in a van parked outside of the home. And for a moment, Crispin agreed to untie Jose and his wife.

Jose said Crispin allegedly set his gun down on a table for just a moment and a scuffle ensued. In the fray, Jose’s wife Gladys said she was able to snatch Crispin’s gun away. Her husband told her to run and get help.

Once she managed her escape, Gladys said she fired the gun into the air somewhat erratically in hopes of drawing attention to herself. Police said a bullet hole was found on a car windshield near the property and the bullet itself was later found stuck in the side of the couple’s van.

“We were so afraid but thank god we are live,” Jose told reporters this week.

The couple does not appear to have had any prior relationship with Crispin, police said.

A public defender assigned to Crispin did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday.

Jail records indicate Crispin is detained and being held without bond in Miami and that as of Dec. 26, he entered a not guilty plea to both felony charges.

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Son allegedly killed dad with ax, power saw on Christmas Eve

homesafetytechpros — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 22:20:45 +0000

Gregory Meyer appears inset in two images, left and right, against an image showing the area where he was killed in Boonton, N.J. on Dec. 24, 2023. (GoFundMe; Google Maps)

A New Jersey man with a history of mental illness and addiction killed his father in particularly gruesome fashion on Christmas Eve, authorities and family members say.

Kyle Meyer, 33, stands accused of one count each of intentional murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon, for the brutal slaying of Gregory Meyer, 61, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.

The grim crime is believed to have been committed using an ax and a battery-operated pole saw, according to court documents.

On Dec. 24, authorities responded to the Meyer home on Old Denville Road in Boonton, a small town some 15 miles west of Paterson.

There, the victim was found deceased at around 1:15 p.m., authorities say. The elder Meyer lived in the residence with his son, who quickly became a suspect in the killing. The defendant was arrested and charged in Paterson at around 9 p.m. later that same day.

The victim and his alleged killer lived in the same house together — along with the victim’s mother and sister, according to a statement of probable cause filed in the case and obtained by NorthJersey.com.

Gregory Meyer’s mother was in the house while it happened. She reportedly told police that she heard an argument between her son and grandson that eventually escalated to screaming followed by silence. Then, she called her own daughter, who called 911.

At the scene, investigators allegedly found the two presumed murder weapons next to the deceased man’s body. Each of the tools appeared to be stained with blood, according to the affidavit cited by the outlet.

The victim appeared to be suffering from ax wounds to his left leg as well as saw wounds on his head, fingers, and hands, NorthJersey.com reported. The pole saw also appeared to have remnants of fabric that matched with the fabric on the back of Gregory Meyer’s jacket.

“Greg was greatly loved by his friends and family and we are grieving his death,” the Meyer family said in a statement provided to regional cable station News 12. “Our family believes it lost Greg’s son Kyle many years ago when Kyle gave himself over to alcohol and abuse of drugs legal and illegal. That abuse led to recurring periods of delusions and extreme paranoia, making him think others were out to kill him.”

“Greg was a loving father who tried to help,” the family’s statement continued. “Our family was told Kyle could not be committed against his will unless he made threats—we want to warn other families that mental illness should be taken seriously, and those with delusions of paranoia can be a violent threat waiting to happen.”

No motive has been floated by law enforcement thus far.

In an email, a spokesperson for the Boonton Township Police Department said the investigation into the murder is ongoing.

The defendant is being detained in the Morris County jail. On Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty during an initial appearance. He is slated to appear in court again on Thursday for a detention hearing.

“On behalf of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, we offer our deepest condolences to the victim’s family and friends,” Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll told Law&Crime in an email. “We understand the impact such a loss can have on the community, and we ask for respect and privacy for the family. I would like to remind the community that our investigation remains active and ongoing. I would also like to acknowledge the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Morris County Sheriff’s Office, Boonton Township Police, and Paterson Police Department for their efforts in this investigation.”

In a GoFundMe for funeral expenses and ongoing support for the victim’s 94-year-old mother, the Meyer family reiterated the pain that comes from a forever loss and their concerns about mental health.

“Our family is suddenly faced with many burdens from this unbearable tragedy,” the fundraiser reads. “We ask all families to take mental illness and addiction seriously. God bless you.”

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