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Rockton-Roscoe News: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025

Rockton street celebration, back in jail

Michael McGinnis

Oct 27, 2025 — 3 min read

Trunk or Treat at Rockton United Methodist Church, with Roscoe Gardening Club. Photo: Lisa Brown

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Rockton Main Street’s 2025 Trunk or Treat brought big smiles and creative costumes to downtown Rockton. Watch our video on Facebook.

A Rockton man is back in jail after being released in August, but this time on unrelated charges of aggravated sexual assault and strangling from 2024. Anthony Moe was released after pleading not guilty to reckless homicide and aggravated DUI. One of his passengers died on August 21, 2025 after Moe rolled his car into a ditch off Route 173. He remained free until Monday morning, when he was jailed on the earlier domestic battery allegations. In November 2024, an emergency order of protection had been filed against Moe but was terminated by mutual consent in January, after a no-contact order from the judge.

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