Author - Holly Matkin

Holly is a former probation and parole officer who is married to a sheriff’s deputy. She is a regular contributor to Signature Montana magazine, and has written feature articles for Distinctly Montana magazine.
Dec 21
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SF Mayor Uses Position To Push Governor To Free Her Convicted Killer Brother

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San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Mayor London Breed has written a letter to outgoing Governor Jerry Brown in an effort to have her brother, a convicted killer, released from prison. Gov. Brown has doled out more commutations than any other California governor since the 1940s, The Washington Post reported. Napoleon Brown already had one […]

Dec 20
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Cincinnati PD Vice Sergeant’s Body Found By Colleagues At Park

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Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Police Department Sergeant Arthur Schultz was found dead inside his vehicle near Eden Park early Thursday afternoon. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that I announce here today that we are investigating the death of one of our own,” Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac told reporters during a press conference. […]

Dec 20
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: West Sacramento Officer Rinaldo Monterrosa Dies After Beating Cancer

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Charleston, SC – West Sacramento Police Department Officer Rinaldo “Monty” Monterrosa died in his hotel room while attending an out-of-state training on Dec. 15, following a yearlong battle with lymphoma. Officer Monterrosa, an Army veteran who served the West Sacramento Police Department for 11 years, had just returned to work after successfully beating cancer, and […]

Dec 20
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Sanctuary State Law Forced Jail To Release Man Before Killing Spree

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Tulare County, CA – The twice-deported illegal alien accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding several others before leading police on a high-speed pursuit into oncoming traffic was able to commit his random attacks because the detainer placed on him by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was ignored. The suspect, 36-year-old Junior Gustavo Garcia-Ruiz, […]

Dec 20
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GoFundMe For Border Wall Skyrocketing Over $500k Per Hour

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Miramar, FL – An Air Force veteran’s crowdfunding campaign to gather funds to build the wall President Donald Trump promised on the U.S. southern border with Mexico has raised over $5 million in just four days. The GoFundMe campaign was launched on Sunday by retired U.S. Air Force Special Forces Senior Airman Brian Kolfage, according […]

Dec 19
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: Davidson County CO Lawanda Steele-Williams Killed In Murder/Suicide

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Nashville, TN – Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Officer Lawanda Steele-Williams was murdered on Sunday, after her husband shot her in their kitchen and turned the weapon on himself. Corrections Officer Steele-Williams, 53, had been married to her husband, Kirk Williams, 49, for just 18 months, the Tennessean reported. “It is with extreme sadness the […]

Dec 19
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Accused Child Rapist Walks Free After Prosecutor Shows Up To Court Drunk

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Osceola, IA – An accused child rapist who was scheduled to plead guilty to charges that he sexually abused a 13-year-old boy was released from jail on Monday. Clarke County Attorney Michelle Rivera, 42, was arrested on Oct. 18 for being drunk in court, just moments before 23-year old Dennis Simmerman was scheduled to plead […]

Dec 19
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: Cook County Corrections Officer Zachary Perry Killed By Drunk Driver

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Woodridge, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Corrections Officer Zachary Perry was killed in an off-duty crash with an alleged drunk driver on Monday evening. The incident occurred near Davey Road and Joliet Road just after 4 p.m., and involved two vehicles and a light duty-box truck, WGN reported. Corrections Officer Perry, 27, succumbed […]

Dec 19
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Judge Orders Illegal Aliens Deported Under New Asylum Policy Be Returned To U.S.

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Washington, DC – A federal judge declared that many of new restrictions that have made it more difficult for aliens to receive asylum on the basis of gang-relations or domestic violence are illegal. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan also ordered that those who have been deported due to the restrictions be returned to the […]

Dec 19
Fallen Heroes, imported
Allegedly Drunk Corrections Officer Kills Fellow Corrections Officer In Crash

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Woodridge, IL – A Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) corrections officer has been charged in connection to the three-vehicle crash that took the life of a fellow correctional officer on Monday evening. The incident occurred near Davey Road and Joliet Road just after 4 p.m., and involved two vehicles and a light duty-box truck, WGN […]

Dec 19
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Detective Seen In ‘Making A Murderer’ Sues Netflix For Defamation

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Manitowoc, WI – A Manitowoc County sheriff’s detective who helped convict Steven Avery for the murder of Teresa Halbach is suing those who produced the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” for defamation. The Netflix series focused on whether or not Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, had been framed for the 2005 murder of Halbach, […]

Dec 18
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Charges Dismissed On Gunman Accused Of Murdering Sgt. Collin Rose

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Detroit, MI – A district court judge dismissed all charges against the man accused of murdering Wayne State University Police Sergeant Collin Rose, after the gunman was again found incompetent to stand trial on Tuesday. Sergeant Rose, 29, was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 22, 2016, after he called out with a […]

Dec 18
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VIDEO: Mom Yanks Car Thief Out Of Her Vehicle, Whoops Him Down Until Cops Arrive

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Bronx, NY – A 49-year-old mother yanked a would-be vehicle thief out of her SUV on Tuesday morning, then wrestled him to the ground and held him down until police arrived (video below). The altercation began at approximately 7:30 a.m., after Tihisha Jones auto-started her 2005 Honda Pilot in preparation to take her son to […]

Dec 18
Fallen Heroes, imported
Hero Down: Lumberton Officer Jason Quick Killed By Car At Collision Scene

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Lumberton, NC – Lumberton Police Department Officer Jason Quick was killed in the line of duty on Saturday morning, when a car slammed into him as he was helping a stranded driver at another crash scene. “He was investigating a totally different crash,” Lumberton Police Deputy Chief Tommy Barnes told WLOS. “It was a rear-end […]

Dec 18
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City Pays Man After Warrant Arrest Over Post About Shooting Up Kindergarten

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Jackson, MO – A social media user who was arrested by Jackson police after he posted a “joke” comment about opening fire on a kindergarten classroom will receive an $80,000 settlement from the city, his attorney announced on Friday. Cape Girardeau resident James Robert Ross filed the federal lawsuit in June of 2015, alleging that […]

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