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  • Discovery Channel Star Charged with Murder in Vegas Jail – Casino.org

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    Posted on: December 28, 2025, 03:52h. 

    Last updated on: December 28, 2025, 03:52h.

    • Chad Ollinger, star of the Discovery Channel’s “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch,” has been charged with murder
    • Already in Las Vegas jail on an unrelated charge, his cellmate was found dead with blunt force injuries in their cell
    • Police allege that the man and Ollinger had a fatal physical altercation

    Reality star Chad Ollinger, who appeared on the Discovery Channel’s “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch,” faces a murder charge after his cellmate was found dead inside a Las Vegas jail, TMZ reported.

    Chad Ollinger. (Image: Facebook)

    According to the Las Vegas Metro Police, corrections officers discovered a male inmate “lying motionless inside a cell” at the Clark County Detention Center while conducting a routine check on December 26 at 11:20 p.m.

    The officers observed that the prisoner, who was Ollinger’s cellmate, sustained apparent blunt force injuries. They rendered aid and, when he couldn’t be resuscitated, requested medical personnel to respond. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Police say Ollinger, 41, engaged his cellmate in a physical altercation inside their cell. He was rebooked for open murder.

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    Ollinger has starred in every season of “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch,” which premiered in January 2021 and wrapped Season 5 in August. The show follows Ollinger and his father, Duane, as they attempt to uncover what they believe is buried treasure and ancient artifacts beneath their 160‑acre ranch in Utah’s Uintah Basin.

    Ollinger has a documented series of arrests across 2024 and 2025. According to TMZ, he was arrested in November 2024 after allegedly running a red light on his motorcycle in front of an unmarked police car and attempting to flee. Officers say he ditched his black Harley‑Davidson and tried escaping on foot before being caught and charged with evading arrest with a vehicle and evading arrest on foot.

    He posted bond shortly afterward, but his legal issues continued. In February 2025, he was reportedly arrested near Pampa, Texas, for driving with an invalid license with previous convictions and for speeding more than 10% over the posted limit. He was booked into the Gray County Jail.

    On October 27, 2025, Ollinger was jailed again — this time as a fugitive from another state, wanted for an alleged contempt of court matter. It was during this jail stint that his cellmate was found dead.

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  • Slain couple found under neighbor’s home died from blunt force trauma to head, coroner says

    Slain couple found under neighbor’s home died from blunt force trauma to head, coroner says

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    A Southern California couple whose bodies were found under their neighbor’s home after being reported missing died from “blunt force trauma to the head,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.

    Daniel Menard, 79, and his wife, Stehanie Menard, 73, had been reported missing in late August from their home on a nudist ranch in Redlands, sparking a search by police and concerns by their friends and family.

    Less than a week later, police were tipped off that their neighbor, Michael Royce Sparks, 62, in Olive Dell Ranch had admitted killing the couple to a family member and was threatening to harm himself. Police surrounded the home and took him into custody Aug. 29 and discovered the couple’s bodies in a concrete bunker under the home.

    Sparks was charged with two counts of murder Sept. 3. The couple’s cause of death was confirmed this week by the county coroner.

    The Menards and their pet shih tzu, Cuddles, were reported missing by a friend after the couple missed a church service. Their car was found unlocked down the road from their home, and Stephanie Menard’s purse and their cellphones were found inside their home.

    A neighbor told local TV stations that Sparks hated the couple and that they feuded over a tree between their properties. The Redlands Police Department gave no comment when asked for an update on a possible motive Tuesday.

    At a candlelight vigil for the couple, friends and neighbors gathered under an Olive Dell Ranch sign with candles, flowers and music to celebrate the Menards’ lives.

    “It’s disheartening, it’s uncomfortable,” one neighbor said of the killings. “In a week, we as a community of Olive Dell Ranch lost three members of our family.” He characterized Stephanie Menard, whom he played bingo with, as a spitfire. “She knew what she wanted, she meant what she said, but she always did it caringly.”

    Olive Dell Ranch is a residential RV park and “the ideal spot to enjoy the nudist/naturist lifestyle whether visiting for a day or an overnight stay,” according to its website.

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  • Former Charlotte radio personality found dead in car of ‘blunt trauma,’ sheriff says

    Former Charlotte radio personality found dead in car of ‘blunt trauma,’ sheriff says

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    Doug Maxwell, whose distinctive voice resonated with radio listeners as he updated Charlotte traffic, was found dead of “blunt force trauma” in a car outside his Davie County home Wednesday morning, the sheriff’s office said.

    Deputies arrested 29-year-old Isidro Rivera Aguero Jr., who lived in the same home in Advance as the 62-year-old Maxwell, and charged him with murder, according to a sheriff’s office statement.

    Aguero was in the Davie County Detention Center under a $2 million bond Saturday.

    Investigators aren’t saying if they know what prompted the killing.

    Deputies found Maxwell dead about 8:15 a.m. after responding to a call from 888 Underpass Road “in reference to unknown medical call,” according to the sheriff’s office statement.

    Maxwell was a divorced father of five who formerly lived in Cornelius, Charlotte lawyer and longtime friend Bob Bollinger told The Charlotte Observer on Friday.

    Bollinger said Maxwell had health issues in recent years, and Bollinger thought illness might have caused his death when a mutual friend notified him that Maxwell had died.

    “I was shocked that he had been murdered,” Bollinger said.

    The pair had been friends since their days as frat brothers in the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1980-81, Bollinger said.

    “Always outgoing,” friend said

    Maxwell was an “on-air talent” with Charlotte news talk station 1110 WBT AM and Charlotte adult hot hits station 107.9 FM for six and a half years, from October 2010 to February 2017, according to his Linkedin profile. Bollinger said that talent was as a traffic reporter with a voice like a TV station anchor.

    For the past seven and a half years, he was an executive account manager with Valuebiz Office Furniture in Charlotte.

    “He was outgoing, extroverted,” Bollinger said. “Always easy to talk to. Friendly. Always friendly.”

    Which makes his death so hard to understand, Bollinger said.

    This is a developing story that will be updated.

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  • L.A. firefighters critically injured in truck explosion are ‘making progress’

    L.A. firefighters critically injured in truck explosion are ‘making progress’

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    Two members of the Los Angeles Fire Department are “making progress” after sustaining critical injuries while fighting a semi-truck fire that led to an explosion on Thursday, according to a department spokesperson.

    Nine firefighters were injured in Wilmington by the catastrophic explosion of a tank of compressed natural gas used to power the truck, including two who were hospitalized, fire officials said.

    One of those firefighters was discharged Friday night, and another is “critical but stable” and remains in the intensive care unit at Los Angeles General Medical Center, which operates a burn unit, Los Angeles Fire Department Public Information Officer Erik Scott said in a statement Saturday.

    The latter firefighter has been taken off a ventilator, Scott said.

    “With a happy heart and a sense of relief, we are pleased to report that our most injured #LAFD #Firefighter was successfully extubated this morning. He is awake, alert and talking. Next steps will be to introduce food as tolerated,” Scott posted to X.

    The other seven firefighters “have various medical appointments and remain off duty due to their injuries,” Scott said. Some of the firefighters sustained burns, blunt-force trauma, injuries from shrapnel and hearing problems from the explosion, he said.

    The cause of the explosion, which shot 30-foot flames into the air early Thursday morning at 1120 Alameda St., is still under investigation.

    Firefighters responded after receiving a call that the truck had caught fire. The driver was unharmed and told officials she stopped driving after noticing “abnormalities” with the vehicle.

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