K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For December 5th, 2017 – Morning

JERUSALEM (AP) - THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF IS SUBTLY WARNING THE UNITED STATES AGAINST MOVES THAT WOULD UNDERMINE MIDEAST PEACE. FEDERICA MOGHERINI IS CALLING FOR A "MEANINGFUL PEACE PROCESS" LEADING TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. MOGHERINI SAYS THE EU BELIEVES THAT "ANY ACTION THAT WOULD UNDERMINE THIS EFFORT MUST BE ABSOLUTELY AVOIDED." SHE APPEARED TO BE REFERRING TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DELIBERATIONS ABOUT MOVING THE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO CONTESTED JERUSALEM.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS ARE VOWING TO UNITE AND TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO COURT AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MOVED TO SHRINK TWO LARGE NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN UTAH. TRUMP DECIDED TO REDUCE BEARS EARS BY ABOUT 85 PERCENT AND GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE BY NEARLY HALF. REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN UTAH HAD LOBBIED HIM TO UNDO PROTECTIONS THEY CONSIDERED OVERLY BROAD. CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL IT THE LARGEST ELIMINATION OF PROTECTED LAND IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

WASHINGTON (AP) - REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN WASHINGTON ARE COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ALABAMA'S ROY MOORE JOINING THEM IN THE CAPITAL. LOOKING PAST ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH ALABAMA TEENAGERS, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ENDORSED MOORE, AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE QUICKLY FOLLOWED SUIT LATE MONDAY, ANNOUNCING IT WAS RETURNING THE SUPPORT IT HAD PULLED LAST MONTH.

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A CASPER MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY MONDAY AFTER OFFICERS ASSISTED A DETECTIVE WITH A SEARCH WARRANT AND REPORTEDLY FOUND METH, SOME 50 USED SYRINGES AND OTHER DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

23-YEAR-OLD ERIC JAMES GRIFFIN WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL ON A CHARGE OF METH POSSESSION.

CHARGING PAPERS SAY OFFICERS AND A DETECTIVE ARRIVED AT A HOME ON GANNETT DRIVE AT ABOUT 3 A.M. MONDAY, AND OFFICERS SECURED THE RESIDENCE WHILE WAITING FOR A JUDGE TO GRANT A SEARCH WARRANT.

DURING A PROTECTIVE SWEEP OF THE HOME, AN OFFICER REPORTEDLY SAW A USED SYRINGE IN PLAIN VIEW ON THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM FLOOR.

AFTER THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS GRANTED, POLICE SEARCHED THE HOME AND ALLEGEDLY FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE PARAPHERNALIA.

IN AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM, POLICE FOUND ABOUT 50 USED SYRINGES, A LIGHTBULB PIPE AND STRAW TOOTER EACH WITH SUSPECTED METH RESIDUE, A METAL PIPE WITH BURNT RESIDUE AND UNSPECIFIED ADDITIONAL PARAPHERNALIA.

POLICE SAY THEY ALSO FOUND A BANK CARD AND BANK DEPOSIT SLIP FOR GRIFFIN. OTHER PARAPHERNALIA WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE HOUSE.

FIELD TESTS RETURNED PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE RESULTS ON THE SUSPECTED METH PIPE AND SPOONS.

GRIFFIN WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO JAIL.

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CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP) - CHEYENNE'S MAYOR SAID THE CITY IS WILLING TO PAY $2 MILLION TO DEMOLISH THE HITCHING POST INN, WHICH SHE CALLED A BLIGHTED GATEWAY TO THE COMMUNITY. THE CHEYENNE TRIBUNE-EAGLE REPORTS THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING INTO DEMOLISHING FOUR OF THE INN'S FIVE BUILDINGS.
CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP) - A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND IN A RESERVOIR IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE REPORTS 21-YEAR-OLD ARMANDO RAUL RAMIREZ-SERNA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN KIMBALL, NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY EVENING. HE DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH INVESTIGATORS ABOUT HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN THE DEATH OF 19-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN ROBINSON, WHO WAS FOUND IN THE WATER NOV. 26 AFTER A BURNED SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE WAS DISCOVERED NEARBY. HE HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD.

CASPER, WYO. (AP) - A WYOMING COUPLE HAS STARTED A FUNDRAISER FOR A MAN WHO SPENT NEARLY 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A RAPE HE DID NOT COMMIT.

DNA TESTING LED A JUDGE TO ISSUE AN ORDER IN 2013 SAYING ANDREW JOHNSON WAS INNOCENT OF THE 1989 RAPE. HOWEVER, THE STATE OF WYOMING DOES NOT PAY RESTITUTION TO PEOPLE INCARCERATED FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS.

CHRIS AND REBECCA MERRILL OF LARAMIE HAVE BEEN HELPING JOHNSON FINANCIALLY FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, INCLUDING BUYING HIM A USED VEHICLE SO HE CAN GET TO WORK AND MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

CHRIS MERRILL SAYS HE BELIEVES THE CITIZENS OF WYOMING OWE THE 67-YEAR-OLD MAN A DEBT SO HE STARTED AN ONLINE FUNDRAISER WITH THE GOAL OF RAISING $100,000 FOR JOHNSON. DONORS HAD PLEDGED NEARLY $5,000 BY MIDMORNING MONDAY.