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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Safe2Tell report involving sexual misconduct leads to arrest
DENVER (KDVR) — Safe2Tell reports last month led to a school staff member's arrest for alleged sexual misconduct, according to the Colorado Attorney General's Office. Safe2Tell is a violence intervention program that allows students in Colorado to report safety concerns anonymously. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The AG's Office released its monthly Safe2Tell summary for May on Tuesday. It said concerns involving a staff member who allegedly 'made inappropriate remarks to students and was having sexual relations with them' sparked an investigation. The staff member was placed on leave while the district conducted an internal investigation, which led to the arrest. A spokesperson for the AG's office told FOX31 that it could not release any other information about the arrest, including in which district the alleged incident occurred, due to the anonymity of Safe2Tell reports. 'Safe2Tell helps ensure that concerns don't go unheard,' said Attorney General Phil Weiser. 'By providing a confidential way to speak up, we are fostering safer schools and empowering students and community members to take action when something feels wrong.' School officials were alerted that a student was selling vape devices to other students via a Safe2Tell report. The AG's office said that it was confirmed after an investigation and search of the student's belongings, and the school notified their parents and took disciplinary action. Students and community members are using the program more. There have been 29,619 reports so far during the 2024-2025 school year, surpassing last year's total with two months to go. There were 2,890 Safe2Tell reports in May, a 9% decrease from April. The top categories were: School safety concern: staff – 333 Suicide threats – 283 Bullying – 236 Other top reporting themes were: School safety: 19.5% Bullying: 15.3% Mental health concerns: 14.5% Substance use: 10.4% Abuse and exploitation: 8.3% Community safety: 9.5% Violence: 4.4% According to the summary, 1187 reports led to parents being notified, 504 led to counseling and 376 led to welfare checks. So far for the school year, 96.5% of reports were found to be valid, only 2.2% were false reports and 1.3% were misuse reports. Reports can be made any time of any day by calling 1-877-542-7233, texting S2TCO to 738477, or using the Safe2Tell website or app. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
Sayre man sentenced for driving while impaired by meth
SAYRE, Pa. (WETM) — A Sayre man was sentenced recently to months in county jail after several incidents stemming from an initial arrest in May 2023 where he was found driving while on meth, according to a release from the Bradford County District Attorney's Office. Tiler Wayne Roberts, 21, was sentenced to no less than one month to a maximum of six months in the Bradford County Correctional Facility, alongside 18 months of concurrent probation. Roberts' sentence comes from an arrest where he was charged with driving under the influence of meth and marijuana and flight to avoid apprehension. Chemung man sentenced for fleeing from police on motorcycle in Pa The DUI stems from an arrest in May 2023 when he was pulled over on Loder Street in South Waverly, Pa. The AG's office said Roberts was stopped due to warrants he had out against him. During the stop, officers noticed Roberts showed signs of impairment. Following his arrest Roberts was placed in a rehab program, known as ARD, but failed to complete the program when he was charged on flight to avoid apprehension in August of 2024 after he used a false identity during a traffic stop, the AG's office said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
AG Campbell awards funds to organizations for gun violence prevention programs
BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Campbell has awarded approximately $1 million to ten organizations across the state, to be used on gun violence prevention and education programs. This funding was provided through the AG Office's Public Health Models for Gun Violence Prevention Grant, as part of AG Campbell's ongoing efforts to curb gun violence in the community and increase awareness of the issue as a public health concern. The AGO said that each year, an average of 257 people die from gun violence in Massachusetts, and another 648 are wounded. Black individuals are 20 times more likely to die by gun homicide in Massachusetts, and from 2019 to 2023, 53% of gun deaths in the state were suicides. AG Campbell said that she is committed to combating these numbers across the Commonwealth, using evidence-based programs to implement public health approaches and interventions that she hopes will become mainstream practice in healthcare settings. 'Everyone deserves to live in a safe community free from the horrors of gun violence, and I'm proud to support these ten organizations doing the work to prevent gun violence across our state,' Campbell said. 'Through these grants, we're empowering community organizations with the tools and resources they need to address this public health crisis and working towards a future where no family has to feel the pain of losing a loved one to firearms.' The AGO selected the following ten organizations to receive funding: Behavioral Health Network – Springfield Berkshire Medical Center – Pittsfield Boston Medical Center – Boston Brockton Public Schools – Brockton Making Opportunity Count – Fitchburg Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence – Boston Open Sky Community Services – Worcester Pa'lante Transformative Justice – Holyoke Samaritans – Boston We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project – Roxbury WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
