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Recent Examples of sheriff
The sheriff's office urges anyone with information to call Detective Tyler Haener at 559-670-9320 or 559-852-2818, or the Kings County Sheriff’s Dispatch at 559-852-2720.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
An Indiana man who was recently pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a sheriff's deputy Sunday.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
The sheriff's office has not yet determined whether there was any history of domestic violence calls from the home.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Several of her lobbying clients included sheriffs associations, including the Florida Sheriff's Association, the Florida Sheriff's Risk Management Fund and Major County Sheriffs of America, as well as Aiden Torch Financial, Safety Net DC, and iGas USA.
—Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
An Indiana man who was recently pardoned for his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a sheriff's deputy Sunday.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
The sheriff's office has not yet determined whether there was any history of domestic violence calls from the home.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Several of her lobbying clients included sheriffs associations, including the Florida Sheriff's Association, the Florida Sheriff's Risk Management Fund and Major County Sheriffs of America, as well as Aiden Torch Financial, Safety Net DC, and iGas USA.
—Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheriff
Noun
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The state fire marshal is currently investigating the cause of the fire.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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In June, three armed U.S. marshals arrived at Haim’s door to serve him with a felony indictment.—
Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
24 Jan. 2025
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The other trooper who arrived on the scene was able to locate the keys and turn the vehicle off.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2025
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The average length of service for a trooper is 6 years.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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Despite the significance of the other problems at AHR Distributors, which distributes and sells Don Tito’s brand products at 527 W. 27th St, all pale next to that shutdown by Florida Department of Agriculture primary inspector James Zheng and trainee Fausto Ferrer.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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The inspections are done by 26 teams of two inspectors each, according to the county Office of Emergency Management.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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According to detectives, the couple made statements that concerned them during that visit, 48 Hours reports.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Lynch played the detective, and his voice and delivery is a big part of what makes this piece such a riveting, hilarious watch.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The forum is dominated by anonymous posts about would-be applicants complaining about waiting months to hear back from background investigators.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The informant told investigators Melo planned to smuggle drugs onto the cruise.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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He was arrested in August 1975 after a highway patrolman pulled him over for speeding and found suspicious items in his car, including a ski mask and a crowbar.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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That policy is so old that Chapman remembers it from his rookie year in the NYPD as a young patrolman in East Harlem in 1968.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
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There’s also a substance abuse counselor, a music executive, and a surgeon, as well as both a fire captain and a fire lieutenant.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Musk’s lieutenant Steve Davis, CEO of the Boring Company, who has reportedly been recruiting staff to work at DOGE, also temporarily moved into Twitter HQ with his wife and newborn baby.—
Zoë Schiffer,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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Matt Jacobsen, a sergeant with the department’s major crimes init, told KPTV that investigators learned that several crimes that occurred in the area in the 48 hours after the shooting were all related, leading to the arrest of the suspects.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The inmate was captured on a security camera entering a sergeant’s office in Lowell’s annex.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Sheriff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheriff. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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