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Richmond police have charged a suspect with the burning of a pit bull named Tommie, alive.

Jyahshua A. Hill, 20, was arrested May 20 by the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force. Hill is charged with one count of felony animal cruelty.

Hill was indicted by a grand jury on May 8 and arraigned May 21.

The dog suffered burns to more than 40 percent of his body after being tied to a fence post and covered in a flammable liquid. He was then lit on fire. Tommie was treated for his injuries, but later died five days later.

Hill’s wife appeared at his arraignment and claimed his name was falsely given to police so they could collect the $25,000 reward money for capturing Tommie’s killer.

She said he had never seen the dog before.

“I can’t fathom it,” Evan Mott said.

COLUMBUS — The man accused of shooting three Auburn police officers, killing one, was a Daleville High School graduate that now serves in the Alabama National Guard.

Grady Wayne Wilkes is a current non-commissioned officer in the Alabama National Guard and has been in the National Guard since 2010, a guard spokesman told sister station news 3.

Wilkes, 29, is charged with the murder of William Buechner, a 13 year veteran of the Auburn Police Department. Officer Webb Sistrunk and officer Evan Elliott were also shot but survived.

The officers were responding to a domestic call at the Arrowhead Mobile Home complex when police say Wilkes opened fire on them.

According to the Southeast Sun, Wilkes appears in the Daleville-Sun Courier archives as being a 2011 graduate of Daleville High School. During his time there, he was a part of the school’s JROTC program and won several awards as a sporter shooter.

Wilkes is a corporal in the Alabama National Guard and an infantry fire team leader. Each nine-person squad is split into two fire teams with a leader. Wilke was assigned to the 173rd Infantry, which is headquartered in Enterprise.

He had not been deployed in his career, according to the guard spokesman.

Over 13 million students in America experience bullying to some degree.

It is a serious issue that can have awful effects on victims, and in some cases, some acts by bullies can lead to fatalities.

Tysen Benz, 11, from Michigan, chose to take his life after a prank was set up against him on social media on the 14th of March.

He was taken to a hospital in Ann Arbor and kept on life support, but passed away a month later, unable to recover.

His mother, Katrina Goss, was stricken by grief at the loss, and spoke out saying that her son had been a wonderful child who was well-rounded as a student, and had brought joy to those around him.

She used this opportunity to urge families and parents to communicate with their children about the dangers of social media and bullying, and to ensure that they were well-informed about the value of their lives.

Details regarding the prank or how Tysen attempted to end his life have not been released as the investigation into these events is still ongoing.

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In the meantime, support has been pouring in from users of social media.

Many express hopes that the kids responsible will face consequences for their actions and be taught to learn from this experience, and still more have given their condolences and are heartbroken for the family.

The support that Goss has received shows that this technology can be used for good – but when used in the wrong way, can have dire consequences.

Please listen to her pleas and ensure that your kids are aware of the dangers of cyber bullying.

Share away, people.

RICHLANDTOWN BORO, Pa. – According to Pennsylvania State Police, Dublin, a 79-year-old man has been charged after he made physical contact with a 34-year-old Allentown woman.

According to police, officers were called to a nursing home and the woman, who was a nurse’s aide, said she had been punched numerous times when she tried to help him change his clothes. The man said he had pushed the woman but could not remember why.

A witness at the nursing home confirmed the woman was punched three to four times by the man and employees stated there are ongoing issues with being struck by him.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig said an officer who was shot on the city’s west side late Saturday night is hospitalized in stable condition. We’re told the suspect is in custody and in critical condition, after being shot five times.

According to Craig, two other people were also injured in the incident, which happened just before 11 p.m. on Greenfield near McNichols.

We’re told officers from the 8th precinct found the suspect in an alley. The suspect then backed up into the officers, injuring them, the chief said. The officers were pinned between the police car and suspect vehicle.

Craig said that the suspects were driving down an alley the wrong way at a high rate of speed.

According to Craig, the suspect then got out of his vehicle and fired at police, hitting one officer. Officers fired back, striking the victim five times, according to police.

The chief also said that the suspect, after being shot, took off and broke into a residence. Officers were able to track his blood trail, and eventually took the suspect into custody.