State Supreme Court rules in sex offender registry case
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says a Detroit-area man who served probation and community service after being charged with touching a girl’s breast when he was 19 can be removed from a sex offender registry.
The court released a ruling Wednesday in the case of Boban Temelkoski’s, who pleaded guilty in 1994 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The case was dismissed under a diversion program for young offenders.
Miriam Aukerman of the American Civil Liberties Union says diversion programs are “designed to give people a second chance.” But Temelkoski’s name was added to the sex offender registry when it was created.
Temelkoski says potential employers had no access to his sealed court case but could find him on the registry.
Heavily-damaged courthouse could stay closed two years
HOUSTON (AP) — The Hurricane Harvey-damaged Harris County Criminal Justice Center in downtown Houston could remain closed for two more years during flood-related repairs.
The Houston Chronicle reports county officials on Thursday received an update from an architectural firm assessing the 20-story structure.
Harvey made landfall in South Texas on Aug. 25, causing storms that dumped several feet of rain and swamped parts of Houston. The lower part of the courts building flooded, with equipment damage affecting the entire skyscraper.
An official said the courts building will likely remain closed until late 2019 or early 2020. A cost estimate for repairs could be available by March.
Court operations and hundreds of staffers, including more than 30 judges, have relocated to other buildings with some makeshift courtrooms in a jail basement.
Tons of Mardi Gras beads down the drains
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Let the good times roll — just not into New Orleans' storm drains.
That's the plea from city officials.
Local news outlets report cleaning crews have sucked out more than 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from catch basins on along a five-block stretch of St. Charles Avenue downtown, a popular parade route.
Department of Public Works Interim Director Dani Galloway says the four-month emergency program had cleaned 15,000 catch basins altogether as of Wednesday, removing roughly 7.2 million pounds of debris.
It's part of a $22 million contract to tackle city's drainage system in response to heavy August flooding.
Urban herd corralled after midnight stroll
WEST COVINA, Calif. (AP) — It was less an arrest than a roundup.
Police say a donkey led more than a dozen sheep and goats on a stroll through a suburban West Covina neighborhood east of Los Angeles.
Police were called around 12:30 a.m. Thursday by reports of a herd of animals walking the streets.
The animals were finally corralled with the help of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Authorities say the animals escaped their owners’ property in neighboring Valinda through an unsecured gate.
The owner was contacted and took the herd back home.
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