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Yahoo
15-05-2025
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'DO NOT let them inside': Police warn of pest control company asking to use your bathroom
A Massachusetts police department is warning of a 'suspicious' company going door-to-door asking to use the bathroom. The door-to-door solicitor claims to work for a pest control company but the company isn't registered in Grafton, where they've been soliciting, the Grafton Police Department said. They have also been asking to enter homes to 'use the bathroom.' 'Asking to come into to use the bathroom at multiple residences seems a bit unusual and suspicious,' the police department warned. 'DO NOT let them inside.' As of Thursday morning, there were no current permits for pest control solicitors in the town. However, police said it is possible that they are working for a pest control company, but have not registered for the proper permits with the town. Those with permits will have an official town-issued ID badge on their outer clothing. 'You are NOT required to answer the door,' police reminded residents. Instead, Grafton police are asking residents to call them immediately at 508-839-5343 to report the sellers. You'll be asked to provide a description and their direction of travel. 25-year-old man held woman at gunpoint in Holyoke home, police say Gov. Healey: SNAP cuts will 'force Mass. families to go hungry' Well-known James Bond actor, star of 'Walking Tall' dies at 89 Mass. teen worked with Maryland man to sex traffic minors, officials say Mass. weather: High humidity, isolated showers and thunder expected Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Yahoo
Grafton police rescue ducklings from sewer: video
The Brief Grafton police officers rescued ducklings that fell through a sewer grate. It happened behind the Pick 'n Save on Falls Road. Officers rescued 12 ducklings while a 13th duckling found its own way out. GRAFTON, Wis. - Grafton police officers rescued a dozen ducklings that fell through a sewer grate on Friday, April 18. What they're saying The ducklings were found behind the Pick 'n Save on Falls Road, just east of Wisconsin Avenue. Twelve of the 13 ducklings were rescued with help from two officers, while the 13th found its own way out. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android The Ozaukee Central Fire Department helped get the ducklings out, too. The Source Information in this report is from the Grafton Police Department.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
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Woman charged after allegedly killing her mother by insulin injection in Taylor County
GRAFTON, (WBOY) — A woman has been charged with murder after allegedly injecting her mother with insulin that had not been prescribed to her, causing her death in 2023. Just before midnight on May 25, 2023, officers with the Grafton Police Department were dispatched to assist with a call of a cardiac arrest at an apartment on Howard Street where EMS had found the patient dead, according to a criminal complaint. When officers arrived, they spoke with Kelly Moore, 61, of Arthurdale, who said that 'her mother's blood sugar was 250, so she gave mom 20 units of her [Moore's] insulin,' officers said. Upon entering the apartment, officers heard Moore 'on the phone stating 'It's bad'' and said Moore 'appeared angry and annoyed' when she got off the phone; at that point, Moore gave officers her identification and the identifying information for the deceased, 81-year-old Ethel Lucille Moore, according to the complaint. New details released in Clarksburg stabbing death Officers photographed the scene before returning to speak with Moore, who said she 'had gone to bed around 8:30 p.m. because her sugar was really low,' officers said. Moore told officers that Ethel 'had been feeling bad for a couple of days,' and had received a hip replacement on May 19, 2023, before returning home on May 22, and that Ethel's 'blood sugar was really high today,' so Moore said she 'gave her some of my insulin,' which she said was a total of 20 units, according to the complaint. During that conversation, Moore told officers that Ethel ''had all kinds of s*** wrong with her',' including 'heart problems, arthritis all over and dementia,' and when Moore talked about Ethel's dementia, she 'seemed very annoyed and stated, 'That's why I'm here with her.'' Officers located the used insulin vial on the kitchen table and noted it to be an empty Lilly LisPro Injection Kwik Pen U-100, which comes with 100 units of insulin when unused, but Moore told officers the pen was not full when she injected Ethel with it, according to the complaint. A medical examiner arrived on scene, and when speaking with Moore learned that 'the insulin she had injected Ethel with was prescribed to [Moore] and that Ethel had never been prescribed insulin,' officers said. When Moore was asked why she would give Ethel insulin when it had not been prescribed to her, she said 'Ethel had taken her blood sugar readings twice [that day] and that it was really high and that Ethel had told [Moore's] sister that she 'wasn't doing nothing for her',' according to the complaint. According to Moore, Ethel's blood sugar reading was 'was '250 or 260 something'' at 8:30 p.m. that day after Ethel had eaten two small scoops of ice cream 'because her blood sugar was high and [Ethel] was convinced it would lower [it].' Moore 'indicated that she administered 30 units of fast-acting insulin to herself in the belly,' and that she had given Ethel 20 units 'at the left deltoid,' according to the complaint. Clay County man, woman charged in infant abuse case Officers noted that Ethel's listed weight was 130 pounds and that Moore's was 275, and that the instructions listed on the insulin container said for Moore to inject herself with 30 unites three times daily, officers said. Moore told officers she had lived with Ethel since 2022 and 'went on to explain that she was the only one not married, so she 'got elected' to stay with Ethel because there 'wasn't anybody else' to do it,' according to the complaint. On Aug. 22, 2024, the Taylor County Prosecutor's Office received a fax from the West Virginia Chief Medical Examiner's Office with the death investigation and post-mortem examination for Ethel which showed she had died as a result of 'insulin shock,' showing an insulin assay of 93mcIU/mL when a reference range was meant to be from 2-25mcIU/mL, officers said. On March 10, 2025, officers received the West Virginia Death Certificate for Moore which lists the cause of death as 'Insulin Shock' from a relative of Ethel who stated that 'she had believed [Ethel] died as a result of complications from her hip replacement surgery' and that Moore had 'never mentioned to her anything about injecting [Ethel] with insulin,' according to the complaint. Moore has been charged with murder. She is being held in Tygart Valley Regional Jail without bond. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
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Man charged after allegedly attacking woman with knife at Grafton home
GRAFTON, (WBOY) — A Grafton man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly attacked a woman with a knife during an argument and threatened to cut out her tongue 'so she couldn't talk to anyone else.' On March 1, officers with the Grafton Police Department spoke with an individual requesting a domestic violence prevention order due to a fight, according to a criminal complaint. The victim stated that the fight was between her and Steven Barker, 29, of Grafton; she showed 'her hand with bandages' and said that Barker 'went after her with a buck knife,' officers said. During the argument, Barker allegedly punched the victim 'because she wouldn't look at him,' according to the complaint, and then ''struck her on the top of her head and on the side near her temple with his fist.' 87 arrested in Marion County-based drug bust, more arrests pending Barker then 'obtained the buck knife and charged her to cut her with it,' and the victim 'grabbed the knife to try to get it away from him,' officers said. While holding the knife, the victim 'wouldn't let go,' and Barker 'headbutted her on the forehead' and then Barker 'put the knife in her hands and told her to shove the knife up to his throat and told her she could kill him,' according to the complaint. However, the victim 'tossed the knife and told [Barker] she is not going to do so,' officers said. Barker retrieved the knife, while he 'was approaching her' he 'stated he would kill her or cut her tongue out so she couldn't talk to anyone else,' officers said. When the incident finished, Barker 'apologized and stated that the injuries [the victim] sustained were her fault and she is the reason he drew the knife,' according to the complaint. Barker has been charged with malicious assault. He is being held in Tygart Valley Regional Jail on $10,000 bond. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
