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☆ Home Depot to pay $2 million settlement for overcharging customers and false advertising
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Home Depot will pay nearly $2 million to settle a civil enforcement claim from California district attorneys that the home improvement company was engaging in false advertising and unfair competition. Such violations are called “scanner violations,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said in a press release Thursday. “False advertising and unfair competition are serious offenses that undermine consumer trust and distort the marketplace,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. The Los Angeles DA’s office said the company was cooperative in the investigation. The civil penalties are a drop in the bucket for the nation’s fifth-largest retailer.

Persons: George Gascón, CNN’s Nathaniel Meyersohn Organizations: New, New York CNN, San Diego Superior Court, Home Depot, Angeles County Locations: New York, California, San, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

☆ Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones won’t face charges in 2020 election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A special prosecutor announced Friday that Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will not be charged over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s electoral defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Jones had denied wrongdoing in the case and blasted Willis in a statement Friday. Trump and more than a dozen other people were indicted in August 2023 on state felony charges in Georgia tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The case remains on hold over efforts to disqualify Willis in her role as prosecutor.

Persons: Burt Jones, Donald, Peter Skandalakis, Jones, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, ” Skandalakis, Fani Willis, Skandalakis, Willis, “, ” Jones, Trump Organizations: Gov, ’, of, Trump, College, Atlanta Judicial, Attorney’s Office, Futon, Attorney’s Locations: Georgia, of Georgia, Fulton County

Justin Timberlake entered a guilty plea Friday in connection to his DWI case. Timberlake arrived in the morning at the Sag Harbor Village Justice Courthouse in Long Island, New York, alongside his attorney Edward Burke Jr.As part of a deal struck with the court, Timberlake pleaded guilty to a noncriminal traffic violation of driving while impaired. “I’d be willing to,” Timberlake responded, agreeing to 25 to 40 hours of community service. Following the hearing, Timberlake spoke outside the courthouse and told reporters, that he tries to hold himself “to a very high standard.”“This was not that. Timberlake's court hearing stems from the Grammy winner's arrest on June 18 on suspicion of intoxicated driving in the affluent Hamptons area of Long Island.

Persons: Justin Timberlake, Timberlake, Edward Burke Jr, Carl Irace, “ I’d, ” Timberlake, “, ”, don’t, Lokman Vural, report.Timberlake Organizations: Justice, American, Getty, BMW Locations: Sag, Long Island , New York, Long, Anadolu, Sag Harbor, Florida

SAN ANTONIO — In the three weeks since Texas’ attorney general executed raids at the homes of several Latino election activists, the state’s oldest civil rights organization has been marshaling members to step up voter registration for what they say is a stand against voter suppression. A voter at news conference to respond to allegations by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on Aug. 26 in San Antonio. A contingent of LULAC members and other Hispanic activists attended the hearing in support of Medina. Texas LULAC President Gabriel Rosales said in a phone interview that along with the fear, the raids “kind of lit a fire from Hispanics around Texas. “Councils have been doubling their efforts to engage Latino voters across Texas and across the country,” Proaño said.

Persons: ANTONIO —, “, ”, Juan Proaño, Paxton, Ken Paxton, Eric Gay, Juan Manuel Medina, Geoffrey Goldstein, ” Medina’s, Medina, Lidia Martinez, Martinez, ” Martinez, Gabriel Rosales, ” Rosales, Houston, LULAC, Proaño, ” Proaño, Lidia Organizations: ANTONIO, League of United Latin American, Texas, NBC, Tejano Democrats, LULAC, American GI, Latinos Locations: Texas, South Texas, Frio County, county's, San Antonio, Medina, America, “, Mexican

☆ Trooper suspended over Karen Read investigation won't testify in another high-profile murder case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Gemma Dicasimirro | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Proctor, the Massachusetts state trooper suspended over his conduct while he was investigating Karen Read, will not testify in another high-profile case on which he was a lead investigator, prosecutors said. The department devoted dozens of additional officers to investigating the case, the filing says. The filing cites Proctor’s testimony in the Read case, in which he testified that he made derogatory comments about Read to his family, friends and supervisors, and it says the prosecutor’s office is reviewing data extracted from the trooper’s cellphone. The agency had opened an internal affairs investigation into allegations of "serious misconduct" raised at trial, a state police official said at the time. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud, interstate transportation for a scheme to defraud and unlawful monetary transaction, the prosecutor's office said.

Persons: Michael Proctor, Karen Read, Proctor, Brian Walshe, fraudster, Ana Walshe, Read, Read’s, Andy Warhol Organizations: Attorney’s, Prosecutors, Massachusetts State Police, Attorney's Office, New, U.S Locations: Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Boston

A suburban Philadelphia man has been accused of drugging at least five women and a teenage girl he met on a dating site and sexually assaulting them at his home while they were impaired, authorities said. Andrew Gallo of Levittown, Pennsylvania, was arrested Wednesday, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. “This is a young woman’s worst nightmare,” Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said at a news conference Wednesday announcing the charges. All of them described feeling strange after consuming the drinks, according to the criminal complaint and the district attorney’s office. Several items were collected during a search at Gallo’s home last month — including a bottle of tequila — and submitted for forensic analysis, according to the district attorney’s office.

Persons: Andrew Gallo, Jennifer Schorn, Gallo, Schorn, “, ” Schorn, ”, Terrence Hughes Organizations: Attorney’s, Bucks County Correctional, Authorities Locations: Philadelphia, Levittown , Pennsylvania, Bucks County, ”, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

☆ Caroline Ellison seeks to duck prison sentence for role in FTX collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | Mackenzie Sigalos Is A Technology Reporter For Cnbc With A Focus On Cryptocurrency | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Lawyers for Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, are recommending no prison time for their client’s role in the implosion of the crypto empire that was run by her former boss and ex-boyfriend. Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over Bankman-Fried’s case, cited Ellison’s testimony when he decided in March to sentence the FTX founder to 25 years behind bars. Ellison, who ran Alameda Research, agreed to a plea deal in December 2022, a month after FTX spiraled into bankruptcy. Bankman-Fried forced Ellison into a sort-of isolation, culminating in her moral compass being “warped,” the lawyers say. Her former roommates and ex-FTX executives, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, will be sentenced in October and November, respectively.

Persons: Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman, Ellison, Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX spiraled, “ Caroline, John Ray, “, Fried, disentangling, ”, ” She’s, that’s, ” Ellison, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, — CNBC’s Dan Mangan Organizations: U.S, Alameda Research, court’s, Department, ”, Bankman Locations: FTX’s Bahamas, Alameda, Boston, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Bankman

☆ California officials say mom who pushed for DUI laws was drunk, unconscious with dead toddler inside SUV
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The vehicle was parked outside Hernandez-Cazares’ apartment in Anaheim, southeast of Los Angeles, and temperatures at the time were roughly 104 degrees, the prosecutor’s office said. She is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail and faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison, according to the DA's office. The family members broke the Expedition's window and found Hernandez-Cazares passed out, the DA's office said. She was later found to have a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit, the prosecutor’s office said. The toddler was pronounced dead after efforts to resuscitate her failed, the prosecutor’s office said.

Persons: Sandra Hernandez, Hernandez, Cazares, Todd Spitzer, Spitzer, ” Organizations: mom’s Ford Expedition, Attorney’s, Hernandez, Orange County Public, Office, Medical Locations: California, Orange County, Anaheim, Los Angeles, North Dakota

☆ Justin Timberlake to enter plea to lesser charge in DWI case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Brynn Gingras | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Justin Timberlake is expected to enter a plea in a driving while intoxicated case related to his June arrest in Sag Harbor, New York, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. Timberlake will appear at a hearing this Friday, marking the singer’s first return to the Hamptons enclave since his arrest. The singer pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated last month, through a virtual court appearance, where the judge suspended his license. Timberlake will plead to a lesser charge, according to the Associated Press. Timberlake has been performing on tour for much of the summer, promoting his most recent album, “Everything I Thought It Was.”This story has been updated.

Persons: Justin Timberlake, Timberlake, Edward Burke, ”, ” Timberlake, “, ” Burke, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Sarah Boxer, Kristina Sgueglia Organizations: CNN, Associated Press, Prosecutors, BMW, Sag Harbor Police Locations: Sag Harbor , New York, Suffolk County, Sag Harbor

A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in federal prison for kicking a cat “as if kicking a football field goal” in a case of abuse that was recorded and shared on social media, prosecutors said. Donaldvan Williams, 30, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas said in a statement. “Williams did not render or try to procure aid for the cat, but instead kicked the cat as if kicking a football field goal,” prosecutors wrote in a statement that Williams signed. The kick was recorded by another man, Decorius Mire, who encouraged Williams to kick the cat, prosecutors said. Each man's guilty plea dealt with kicking the cat and recording it, not the animal's being set on fire, records show.

Persons: Donaldvan Williams, “ Williams, ”, Williams Organizations: Attorney’s, Eastern, Eastern District of Locations: Texas, U.S, Eastern District, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont

(CNN) — Marcee Gray was 200 miles away from Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when her gut told her something was not right. It was Wednesday morning – before the shooting at the school that killed two students and two teachers. Marcee Gray told ABC News she hadn’t spoken to her son since the shooting. Marcee Gray told CNN in a text Wednesday she is set to speak with Barrow County investigators on Thursday. Warning signs before tragedyMarcee Gray’s call to Apalachee High was not the only warning made that Wednesday morning.

Persons: — Marcee Gray, Colt Gray, “ I’m, ”, Colt, ” Marcee Gray, “, Charles Polhamus, Marcee, Marcee Gray, Jesus, ‘, It’s, ” Colt Gray, Colin Gray, Dallas LeDuff, Gray, Lyela Sayarath, –, Gray –, Sayarath, Rabecca Sayarath, Jud Smith, ” Colin Gray Organizations: CNN, Apalachee High School, ABC News, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Associated Press, FBI Locations: Winder , Georgia, Fitzgerald , Georgia, Winder, Georgia, Barrow, Apalachee, ” Barrow, ” Barrow County, Barrow County, Jackson County

CNN —Harvey Weinstein was “rushed” to Bellevue Hospital in New York on Sunday night “due to several medical conditions,” according to representatives for the disgraced former movie producer. “We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart today,” Weinstein’s spokesman Juda Engelmayer and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld said in a statement to CNN on Monday. “As we have extensively stated before, Mr. Weinstein suffers a plethora of significant health issues that need ongoing treatment,” they added. Weinstein has experienced a number of health problems in recent years and has appeared in court in a wheelchair. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison, but his conviction was overturned on appeal in April.

Persons: CNN — Harvey Weinstein, “, ”, Weinstein, Juda Engelmayer, Craig Rothfeld Organizations: CNN, Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan, Attorney’s Locations: New York, Los Angeles

A 37-year-old Tennessee man was charged over alleged social media threats against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Kyl Alton Hall was indicted Tuesday on two counts of threatening a sitting president or vice president and one count of a threat to a former president. The U.S. Secret Service investigated the case, which will be prosecuted by the national security and civil rights unit in the local U.S. attorney’s office. A spokesperson for the Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The charges come the same week that all three officials — Biden, Harris and Obama — appeared in Chicago to speak at the Democratic National Convention, where Harris accepted her party’s presidential nomination.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Kyl Alton Hall, Biden, Harris, Obama, — Biden, Obama — Organizations: Department of Justice, DOJ, Authorities, Secret Service, Service, Democratic National Convention Locations: Tennessee, Memphis, U.S, Chicago

☆ U.S. border agent accused of ordering women to show him their breasts
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A U.S. border patrol agent in New York has been accused of ordering women to show him their breasts and claiming that it was part of his officials duties, authorities said. According to prosecutors, Millan told three women to expose their bare chests to him over a web camera while he was processing their applications to enter the country. A fourth woman was ordered to show him her breasts with her bra on, prosecutors said. Millan told the women that exposing their breasts was part of the process of being admitted into the United States, but it was actually for his own gratification, the prosecutors said. A message seeking comment was sent to the federal public defender’s office for northern New York, which represented Millan at his arraignment.

Persons: Shane Millan, Millan Organizations: Attorney’s, Northern, of Locations: SYRACUSE, N.Y, —, U.S, New York, of New York, United States, Syracuse

CNN —A second former Memphis police officer facing federal civil rights charges in the violent arrest and beating death of Tyre Nichols changed his plea to guilty on Friday in federal court. Mills and Martin are among five former officers charged in the death of Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. He admitted he “willfully used unreasonable force against Tyre Nichols,” “aided and abetted” other officers in assaulting Nichols and “failed to intervene” in other officers’ use of force. Police said the unit was permanently deactivated shortly after Nichols’ death. The beating and Nichols’ death led to protests and vigils in Memphis and other major US cities, reigniting the contentious debate over policing and the ways that law enforcement treat Black people.

Persons: Tyre Nichols, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Nichols, Martin, Mills, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, ”, “, ” “, abetted, ” RowVaughn Wells, “ Tyre, Martin’s, ” Wells, ” Ben Crump, Rodney Wells, we’ll, Derek Chauvin’s, George Floyd, ” Crump, Crump Organizations: CNN, Memphis, Force, Memphis Police Department, Police Locations: Memphis, Minneapolis, America, Shelby County

☆ Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +34 min

Here is a fact check:CrimeTrump claimed, “Our crime rate’s going through the roof.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. Facts First: Trump did express uncertainty about the number, but his “like 60 million or something” claim is false. They take ‘em out, and they bring them to the United States.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is baseless. He said, “With Ukraine, so we’re in for $250 billion and they’re in for about $71 billion.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. But Trump’s claim that the US has committed or provided far more aid than Europe is not true regardless.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, Trump, Jeff Asher, ” Anna Harvey, “, we’ve, ”, Biden, Gary Griggs, Griggs, Harris, Harris “, ” Trump, wasn’t, Alejandro Mayorkas, Breitbart, ” Roberto Briceño, Venezuela’s, León, Joe Biden, ” Michelle Mittelstadt, can’t, Steven Cheung, Congo ’ Trump, Patrick Muyaya Katembwe, ” Serge Mombouli, Barack Obama’s, Obama, Obama’s, We’ll, Ukraine Trump, Europe Trump, Trump’s, Mike Pompeo, ” Pompeo, China, you’re, ‘, Iran haven’t, ” Matt Smith, Biden’s, Smith, Ali Vaez, Ronald Reagan’s, Barack Obama, George W, they’d, Scott Gottlieb, ” Gottlieb, General Merrick Garland, Musk, Alvin Bragg’s, Matthew Colangelo, Colangelo, Bragg, CNN’s Tami Luhby, William Montes Organizations: Washington CNN, Republican, Democratic, Public, New York University, CNN, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Biden, Global, Trump, NASA, Meteorological Organization, University of California, Oceanic, Fox News, The New York, White, Homeland, Central, “, Border, Venezuelan, of, Patrol, Republicans, Migration, Institute, Breitbart, Congo, PAC, Central America Trump, Obama, Customs Enforcement, Policy Institute, ICE, El Salvador, Electoral, Ukraine, Kiel Institute, European Union, European Automobile Manufacturers ’ Association, State, Americas, Crisis, Federal, Defense Department, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Justice Department, New Locations: Trump’s, Santa Cruz, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Mar, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, United States, Mexico, Venezuela, “ Venezuela, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Africa, Republic of, Washington, Europe, Ukraine, Germany, Kiel, ”, EU, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, China, that’s, Kpler, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Asia, Fulton County , Georgia, Manhattan, New York

☆ 4 former officers accused of staging sham raid to extort nearly $37 million from California man
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

According to prosecutors, the victim and his business partner had a yearslong dispute over their ownership in the rubber chemical manufacturer. In December 2018, the unindicted co-conspirator allegedly contacted Turbett to help with her business dispute. Turbett and Hart flew from Australia to Los Angeles, where they met with Cozart and Lankford to plan out the sham raid, prosecutors said. During the hoax raid, the defendants forced the victim and his family into one room. The unindicted co-conspirator paid Turbett’s company about $419,813 and emailed Turbett to thank him for a “very good job,” prosecutors said.

Persons: ”, Steven Arthur Lankford, Glen Louis Cozart, Max Samuel Bennett Turbett, Matthew Phillip Hart, Lankford, Hart, Martin Estrada, Turbett, Cozart Organizations: Attorney’s, Central, Central District of, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Crime Information Locations: California, Irvine, U.S, Central District, Central District of California, Jiangsu Sinorgchem, Country , California, Upland , California, Australia, United Kingdom, Los, Santa Clarita, Angeles, China, Atlanta, Jiangsu, —, Los Angeles

☆ His Murder Conviction Was Overturned. Why Is He Still in Prison?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Jesse Mckinley | Danny Hakim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last summer, an Erie County judge threw out his conviction in a 1993 murder that had set off a raft of accusations involving bad cops, famous killers and prosecutorial misconduct. Nearly a year later, the crime is still unsolved and Mr. Lorenz remains behind bars. In 1994, Mr. Lorenz and a co-defendant were found guilty of the savage slaying of a young mother, Deborah Meindl, in the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda. But the Erie County district attorney’s office continues to appeal the overturned convictions, raising the prospect of a second trial despite a paucity of physical evidence or potential prosecution witnesses. “It just seems like it’s never going to end,” Mr. Lorenz, 54, said in a recent interview from jail in Erie County.

Persons: Brian Scott Lorenz, Lorenz, Deborah Meindl, it’s, Mr, “, ” Locations: Erie, Buffalo, Tonawanda, Erie County

A still image from a video shows former Milwaukee hotel workers holding down D'vontaye Mitchell at the downtown Hyatt Regency on June 30. Turner told authorities he “observed DM begging and harassing a guest of the hotel,” according to the criminal complaint. In the complaint, Turner said he told Mitchell not to enter the hotel but saw him do so and beg for money. Mitchell gets up and attempts to reenter the hotel but is pushed back outside, where Turner, Johnson-Carson and Williamson surround him. Hotel security footage appeared to show him striking Mitchell once with a closed fist, according to the document.

Persons: D’Vontaye Mitchell, Todd Alan Erickson, Devin W, Johnson, Brandon LaDaniel Turner, bellman Herbert T, Williamson, Ben Crump, William Sulton, Mitchell’s, ” Sulton, “, ” Erickson, Carson, Turner, D'vontaye Mitchell, CNN Todd Alan Erickson, Erickson, Todd Erickson, “ Erickson, one’s, Carson “, Mitchell, Mitchell “, DM’s, Herbert T, bellman Herbert Williamson, bellman, ” Williamson, ”, “ Williamson, DM, ’, I’m, ” Brandon LaDaniel Turner, D'Vontaye Mitchell, Matt Last, ” Last, Devin Johnson, “ Johnson, CNN’s Emma Tucker, Ray Sanchez, Raja Razek, Alisha Ebrahimji, Amy Simonson Organizations: CNN, Milwaukee County Medical, Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee County, Office, Aimbridge Hospitality, Hyatt, Milwaukee, Attorney’s, Sheriff's, Milwaukee Police, WISN Locations: Milwaukee, Carson, Hyatt Regency, Johnson

☆ A Massachusetts man wanted for rapes 35 years ago arrested in LA
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Alaa Elassar | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A man wanted in the 1989 rapes of two Massachusetts women is in custody following an hourlong police chase in Los Angeles Thursday. Stephen Paul Gale, 71, was arrested after leading police on the chase, US Marshals Service spokesperson Brady McCarron told CNN. Massachusetts officials charged Gale in May with four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping and one count of armed robbery, according to the news release. “None of this has ever left our lives,” one of the victims told CNN affiliate WFXT. A 1995 photo of Stephen Paul Gale is seen from a US Marshals wanted poster.

Persons: Stephen Paul Gale, Brady McCarron, Gale, Marian Ryan, “, ‘, ’, ’ ”, WCVB, McCarron, Stephen Pisarcik, John Rossi, Paul Costa, Lester Baker, “ It’s, ” Baker Organizations: CNN, US, KABC, Boston –, Middlesex, WFXT, WCVB, of Massachusetts, Framingham Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, US Marshals Service, Framingham Police Locations: Massachusetts, Los Angeles, Framingham , Massachusetts, Boston, ”, khakis, Framingham

☆ DNA leads police to arrest of mother in 1987 California baby death
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Melissa Alonso | Steve Almasy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Cold case investigators have arrested a 55-year-old woman in North Carolina in connection with the death of a newborn girl found in a California dumpster 37 years ago, according to the Riverside Police Department. Through DNA testing, detectives identified the baby’s mother as Melissa Jean Allen Avila, police said in a Thursday news release. In 2020, the department’s new homicide cold case unit reopened the case. “Othram assisted with investigators’ reference testing efforts using (a method of testing that) allows investigators to infer kinship in closely and distantly related individuals,” the company said. “Thanks to the persistent efforts of our investigators and partners, this victim now has an identity, bringing resolution to the case,” Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said.

Persons: Melissa Jean Allen Avila, Avila, Othram, ” Melissa Jean Allen Avila, “ Othram, Charlotte . Avila, Larry Gonzalez, “, ” Avila’s Organizations: CNN, Riverside Police Department, Avila, City News Service, Attorney’s, Police, ” Melissa Jean Allen Avila Riverside Police Department, ” Riverside Police Locations: North Carolina, California, Riverside County, Riverside, recyclables, Shelby , North Carolina, Charlotte

☆ Columbia University exec's New York apartment building vandalized with red paint and crickets
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized with red paint and crickets, police said. The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized Thursday with red paint and crickets, police said. A preliminary investigation determined that two people threw red paint inside the building’s vestibule and unleashed a box containing crickets and mealworms, police said in a statement. Several other people involved caused “damage to the front of the building by throwing paint on the building and sidewalk,” according to police. Photos released by police showed red paint splattered across the sidewalk and on the wall of the building.

Persons: Cas Holloway, Holloway, Ben Chang, “, ” Chang, Cas, ”, Kathy Hochul, Anne Pasternak, Taylor Pelton, Kimberly Panicek Trueblood Organizations: Columbia University’s, The New York City Police Department, NYPD, Ivy League campus, NBC, Manhattan, Attorney’s, Columbia University, ” New York Gov, Brooklyn Museum Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Columbia, Orange, Israel, York, NBC New York, “, New York, U.S

☆ Florida man who attacked a postal carrier in a hijab gets 3 years in federal prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Postal Service carrier was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison. “No one should live in fear of being targeted because of their religious beliefs,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Davis said said in the attorney’s office statement. The carrier, identified only as a 47-year-old woman of Muslim faith, took note, prosecutors and investigators said in the criminal complaint filed against Pinkney. "Go back to your country," the defendant allegedly told the carrier, according to the U.S. attorney's statement on Friday. She got inside the truck, where Pinkney grabbed her neck and, after a struggle, pulled off her hijab, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Persons: Kenneth Pinkney, “, ”, Michael Davis, Prosecutors, Pinkney, Jeffrey B, Veltri Organizations: U.S . Postal Service, Attorney's, Southern, Southern District of, Prosecutors, FBI Locations: Florida, U.S, Fort Lauderdale, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Broward County, Israel, FBI Miami

☆ For Years, He Demanded to See the Video. Finally, It Set Him Free.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Hurubie Meko | Olivia Bensimon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As his murder trial began in December 2009, Arvel Marshall made a desperate plea to his lawyer: Ask for surveillance videos of the Brooklyn street where he was accused of fatally shooting a 22-year-old man. Mr. Marshall’s lawyer made a halfhearted request for the footage. The prosecutor said initially that it did not exist, then that it was not accessible, and the judge moved the trial along. Mr. Marshall was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. The video in question, captured from a nearby building, showed two men, neither of them Mr. Marshall, walking down a Crown Heights street toward where Moustapha Oumaria was sitting outside his home with three friends.

Persons: Arvel Marshall, Marshall, Oumaria Locations: Brooklyn

☆ Travis Scott arrested in Paris after hotel fight with his bodyguard, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —American rapper Travis Scott was arrested in Paris early Friday morning after getting into a fight with his bodyguard, authorities in the French capital said. Scott was subsequently arrested for “violence against another person,” according to a police spokesman. Scott, who was in Paris for the Olympic Games, on Thursday attended the men’s basketball semi-final that saw the United States beat Serbia. He was arrested for “violence against a security guard,” the Paris prosecutor’s office said later on Friday. Scott was arrested and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail in June on charges of trespass and disorderly intoxication.

Persons: Travis Scott, George, Scott, Jacques Bermon Webster, Kim Ogg Organizations: CNN, Police, Olympic, North, Tottenham Hotspur’s, Miami, Houston District Locations: Paris, United States, Serbia, Lisbon, Portugal, North America, Europe, London, Dade

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