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Advocate Publisher Hospitalised
High Desert Advocate publisher Howard Copelan was released from hospital Monday night after receiving life saving emergency transfusion of hemoglobin. Copelan was in Israel with wife Corinne visiting their daughter Anna who recently gave birth to their first grandchild. “I thought I had the flu so I went to doctor for some antibiotics,” the publisher said. “Instead he [...]
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BREAKING NEWS TABLES TURN FRATTO TAKES PLEA BARGAIN, WILL TESTIFY AGAINST PATTEN
EXCLUSIVE TONI FRATTO’S PLEA AGREEEMENT PART 1 img-120162425-0001 PART 2 img-120162425-0002 With her lover ready to betray her, confessed killer Toni Fratto agreed to a plea bargain with District Attorney Marc Torvinen that could see her out of prison in as little as ten years in exchange for her testimony against Kody Patten who is still facing a possible death [...]
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Snitch? Rat? Witness For The State? Patten Changes Mind About Testifying Against Fratto
The change of plea hearing that would have made admitted killer Kody Patten the star witness for the prosecution against girlfriend Toni Fratto was canceled at the 11th hour Wednesday morning. Both Patten and Fratto have confessed to the brutal murder of 16 year old Micaela “Mickie” Costanzo last March. Despite the confessions both have pled not [...]
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Three Seek W. Wendover JP Bench
With the Friday filing dead line passed the election for West Wendover Justice of the Peace has been set with three candidates incumbent Reese Melville, David Wiskerchen and Brian Boatman. The three names on the ballot also means that there will be a primary election for the bench on June 12 with the top two vote [...]
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No Room At White Pine County Jail?
The White Pine County Jail is bulging at the seems with a bumper crop of inmates and little extra room said under Sheriff Scott Henroid. “We have rarely seen it like this,” Henroid said last week. “usually there is an increase in population around the New Year’s holiday. But very rarely like this especially in the [...]
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Advocate Publisher Hospitalised
Posted on 31 January 2012
High Desert Advocate publisher Howard Copelan was released from hospital Monday night after receiving life saving emergency transfusion of hemoglobin. Copelan was in Israel with wife Corinne visiting their daughter Anna who recently gave birth to their first grandchild. “I thought I had the flu so I went to doctor for some antibiotics,” the publisher said. “Instead he [...] Continue Reading
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BREAKING NEWS TABLES TURN FRATTO TAKES PLEA BARGAIN, WILL TESTIFY AGAINST PATTEN
Posted on 20 January 2012
EXCLUSIVE TONI FRATTO’S PLEA AGREEEMENT PART 1 img-120162425-0001 PART 2 img-120162425-0002 With her lover ready to betray her, confessed killer Toni Fratto agreed to a plea bargain with District Attorney Marc Torvinen that could see her out of prison in as little as ten years in exchange for her testimony against Kody Patten who is still facing a possible death [...] Continue Reading
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Snitch? Rat? Witness For The State? Patten Changes Mind About Testifying Against Fratto
Posted on 20 January 2012
The change of plea hearing that would have made admitted killer Kody Patten the star witness for the prosecution against girlfriend Toni Fratto was canceled at the 11th hour Wednesday morning. Both Patten and Fratto have confessed to the brutal murder of 16 year old Micaela “Mickie” Costanzo last March. Despite the confessions both have pled not [...] Continue Reading
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Three Seek W. Wendover JP Bench
Posted on 20 January 2012
With the Friday filing dead line passed the election for West Wendover Justice of the Peace has been set with three candidates incumbent Reese Melville, David Wiskerchen and Brian Boatman. The three names on the ballot also means that there will be a primary election for the bench on June 12 with the top two vote [...] Continue Reading
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No Room At White Pine County Jail?
Posted on 20 January 2012
The White Pine County Jail is bulging at the seems with a bumper crop of inmates and little extra room said under Sheriff Scott Henroid. “We have rarely seen it like this,” Henroid said last week. “usually there is an increase in population around the New Year’s holiday. But very rarely like this especially in the [...] Continue Reading
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Our Meeting With Mr. Mowszowski
Posted on 20 January 2012
We are taking a couple of weeks off because with have a very important meeting with a certain Mr. Mowszowski in Israel. He has not quite arrived but we are certain that he will be on time being his mother’s son. Funny thing being in the news business our attention is pretty much pulled this way and that. [...] Continue Reading
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West Wendover Trials January 11, 2012
Posted on 19 January 2012
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Fratto Wants Confession Thrown Out Before Trial
Posted on 13 January 2012
Attorneys for accused killer Toni Fratto moved that her confession be thrown out of court just weeks before her trial is set to begin in February. The motion filed this Wednesday in Elko District Court expands on points originally made in response to a motion in limine made by Elko district Attorney Marc Torvinen last summer [...] Continue Reading
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UT Desperados: Hill Wants To Go Home, McFarland To Fight Extradition Request
Posted on 13 January 2012
Anjela Marie Hill, 25, appears eager to face justice in Utah, however Nevada may not so eager to let her go. Last week, Hill who also goes by a variety of other aliases waived her right to fight extradition to Utah where she has one fugitive warrant stemming from an end of the year crime spree [...] Continue Reading
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New Years Miracle, Teens Survive Horrific Car Crash
Posted on 13 January 2012
Three Wendover teens walked away with only slight to moderate injuries from accident that could have easily been worse, much worse Friday. “I was amazed there were no fatalities,” said UHP Sergeant Brenchley. “It was a miracle, thankfully. Wendover has had more than its share of tragedies recently.” According to Brenchley the accident occurred around noon when [...] Continue Reading
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