here are the top stories you need to know as you start your day your Friday morning Rush starts right now and we begin in hermo this morning where bond has been denied for a man facing kidnapping and rape charges on a woman in a wooded area near the Town police are telling us that they are looking for to see if 35-year-old dcoin Williams could be connected to other cases in that area now according to the incident report Williams met the victim at a Walmart store Tuesday night and they say she we
nt with Williams to this tent in the Woods well police say she woke up to Williams beating her and holding a knife to her throat before sexually assaulting her Williams is being held at the Richland County jail this morning well now former DJJ officer has been arrested on Contraband charges investigators say 24-year-old quasa KY gave a cell phone to one of the juvenile inmates an investigation also found she was planning to bring in more Contraband KY resigned from her position back in November
after having been employed for only 6 months she's been booked into the Richland County jail and a developing story this morning news9 has received a lawsuit filed against Richland County by a former inmate of the Richland County Jail the lawsuit alleges the county was negligent in preventing assaults that occurred in the jail former inmate Ralph Gunter cites multiple incidents where he says he was assaulted by other inmates causing severe injuries the alleged assaults took place in August and S
eptember of 2021 involving two stabbings which the lawsuit claims jail employees were in notified of then just last month Gunter says he was attacked Again by other inmates following threats and alleges that no officers were present during that assault the lawsuit is requesting a jury trial as well as monetary damages now we've reached out to the county about a response to the suit and they declined to comment since it's pending litigation and there's your morning rush for details on these stori
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