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Groton Daily Independent
Thursday, Nov. 02, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 116 ~ 12 of 44
Attorney general wants independent holder for nuke money
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson wants a judge to appoint an inde- pendent of cial to oversee all the money collected by two utilities related to a pair of abandoned nuclear plants.
Wilson led a motion Wednesday asking for the receiver to protect ratepayers. He wants the of cial to be in charge of the money South Carolina Electric & Gas and Santee Cooper currently have in the bank and will collect for the project, including a $2 billion settlement by the reactors’ builder, Westinghouse/Toshiba.
Chief Justice Don Beatty assigned one judge — York County’s John Hayes III — to oversee all pretrial matters for several lawsuits against the utilities, including the one Wilson is involved with.
Wilson says he will be at Hayes’ hearing next Wednesday in York County.
Oklahoma trial delayed in toddler’s drowning death case
MCALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A trial for an Oklahoma man who’s facing a rst-degree murder charge in the 2015 drowning death of his daughter has been delayed until early next year.
Devin Sizemore’s trial was scheduled to begin in November at the Pittsburg County Courthouse in McAl- ester, according to court records.
The continuance comes as attorneys make legal arguments as to whether the child’s death occurred on Native American land and whether the defendant should be tried by the federal government instead of the state, the McAlester News-Capital reported.
Of cers who responded to the scene and testi ed at a preliminary hearing said Sizemore was standing in the middle of the pond in Krebs when they arrived on July 15, 2015. They said the toddler was oating face-down about 20 yards from the 22-year-old.
Of cer Jack Suter also testi ed that Sizemore lunged at him before he was cuffed.
After the preliminary hearing, a District 18 judge ordered Sizemore bound over for district court trial arraignment on the murder charge and bound over for trial on a second felony count of assault and bat- tery in Suter.
Defense attorney Matthew Sheets led court documents that said both Sizemore and his daughter were members of the Choctaw Nation. He argued that Pittsburg County is part of the Choctaw Nation and that the case should therefore be tried in federal court.
District 18 District Attorney Chuck Sullivan said Sizemore should be tried in state court.
A gag order barring the defense and prosecution from commenting on the case has been issued.
An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 14 and pre-trial motions are expected on Dec. 20. The trial
is now set to begin Jan. 8. ___
Information from: McAlester News-Capital, http://www.mcalesternews.com
Rapid City fugitive apprehended after lengthy standoff
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A fugitive wanted in several gun-related incidents in Rapid City was apprehended after a 4 1⁄2-hour standoff at a mobile home park.
The Pennington County Sheriff’s Of ce says 23-year-old Saul Crowe was arrested Tuesday night, after authorities used an explosive on a door at the home.
Crowe suffered what was described as minor injuries when a police dog was used to subdue him. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Several area residents were evacuated during the standoff, and nearby Western Dakota Tech was placed on lockdown as a safety precaution.
Crowe was wanted by both local and federal authorities.