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Two arrested in Albany on gun and drug charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Two people in Albany were arrested following a traffic stop, according to state police. Arafat Ali, 43, of Albany, and Luella Swart, 24, of Saugerties, are facing gun and drug charges. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On August 10 at 11:50 a.m., troopers stopped a vehicle on Ontario Street in Albany for multiple traffic law violations. The driver was identified as Ali, and the passenger was identified as Swart. The investigation by police revealed that Ali was illegally in possession of a loaded handgun, a BB gun, felony-weight narcotics, drug paraphernalia containing drug residue and a large amount of cash. Swart was found to also be in possession of a controlled substance. DOJ: Fort Ann nurse unlawfully distributed drugs Both were arrested and transported to SP Latham for processing. They face the following charges:ChargesAliSecond-degree criminal possession of a weaponThird-degree criminal possess...

3 hog hunters die trying to rescue dog that fell into hole in Texas corn field

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The sheriff in Bastrop County, Texas, called it a "sad tragedy" while describing the lengthy recovery efforts it took to pull the bodies of three people and a dog from a hole in a corn field Wednesday. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Sheriff Maurice Cook said a man from Red Rock, Texas led three people from Florida on a hog hunt and called deputies for help at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. The man reported three people trapped in a hole in the 300 block of New Trail, which is close to County Road 461 in northern Bastrop County. The hole turned out to be a cistern that had standing water in it about six to eight feet below ground level. The sheriff said the hunting guide told deputies that a dog escaped from a truck and fell into the cistern. One man apparently jumped into the hole to save the dog, and another man and a woman removed some of their clothes and dove in later. The cistern had a high amount...

Woman identified in fatal north St. Louis St. Louis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A woman has been identified in a fatal north St. Louis shooting.Police responded to a fatal shooting in north St. Louis at the 4700 block of Riverview on August 3 at 6:20 p.m. Officers found Ametta Powell, 30, suffering from a gunshot wound. She later died at an area hospital. The Homicide Division is continuing to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Division at 314-444-5371 or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477) if they want to stay private and get a reward.

Stalled truck leads to the recovery of a stolen vehicle and gun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

CREVE COEUR -- A stalled truck led to an arrest in July. The police discovered it was stolen.Creve Coeur Police found a truck stopped in the southbound lanes of Olive near Old Olive West at 1 a.m. on July 25, 2023. Police discovered that the truck had been reported stolen the day before in St. Louis County. Jerome L. King, 35, was placed under arrest.King is charged with tampering and having a gun illegally. When King was caught, it was found that he was carrying a stolen gun and drugs.

Pedestrian killed in north St. Louis crash identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A pedestrian hit and killed in north St. Louis has been identified. A Jeep Cherokee driven by a 47-year-old woman struck Eddie Huggins, 39, at the intersection of Natural Bridge and Arlington at around 2 a.m. on August 2.The driver of the Jeep was going west on Natural Bridge Road when she went through the intersection at Arlington and hit Huggins. Huggins was in the middle of the road. The driver stayed at the scene of the accident.

MLK Bridge work postponed because of severe weather

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, MO – The Martin Luther King Bridge at St. Louis was to be closed this weekend because of construction. The deck needs to be sealed. Due to inclement weather that work has been postponed.The Illinois Department of Transportation previously said that the Martin Luther King Bridge will be closed this weekend. It is not clear when the work on the bridge will be rescheduled. St. Louis County prosecutor not licensed attorney, must resubmit 114 cases

Woodland Park school board is violating teachers’ free speech rights with gag order, lawsuit alleges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

Woodland Park’s teachers union is suing the local school district and Board of Education, alleging employees’ First Amendment rights were violated by a policy adopted earlier this year that prohibits educators from speaking to the press or posting on social media about district decisions without consent.  The Woodland Park Education Association also plans to seek a preliminary injunction to block the policy, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Denver. “If it seems that Woodland Park has been in the press an inordinate amount of times for such a small town, you can place the blame squarely on the (district) and (the board),” said Amie Baca-Oehlert, president of the Colorado Education Association, in a statement. “They are intent on politicizing all aspects of Woodland Park’s public education system, and will stop at nothing to demoralize their public school educators and negatively impact their students’ learning environments.”The Colorado Educati...

FBI offering reward 20 years after L.A. boy was kidnapped in Mexico City

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information in the 20-year-old kidnapping of a Los Angeles boy in Mexico City.Joshua Keshaba Sierra Garcia was months shy of turning 3 when he was kidnapped on Aug. 12, 2003.At the time, Garcia was with relatives who had traveled to the Mexican capital to have him baptized.He was last seen around 11 a.m. that morning, when he was wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue shorts and sandals.Garcia’s babysitter was killed during the kidnapping and after a series of ransom calls, a money drop resulted in the arrest of one suspect by Mexican law enforcement.Garcia, however, was not turned over and he has not been located.An original photo and aged-processed photos and sketches of Joshua Keshaba Sierra Garcia were provided by the FBI on Aug. 11, 2023. At the time, the boy was 3 feet tall and weighed about 25 to 28 pounds. He had black hair and brown eyes at the time, and had his ears pierced.The FBI is offering the reward for information leading to Garcia’s...

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Selena Gomez top Instagram's Rich List

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

Instagram continues to make some of the world's biggest celebrities really rich. A new list is out showing who is the highest paid for 2023 so far. According to Hopper HQ, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list with nearly 600 million followers. He's now earning $3.2 million per post. That's $900,000 more than he made last year. Another soccer superstar, Lionel Messi, is now the second highest-paid Instagram earner. He rakes in a whopping $2.6 million off each post. PSG's Lionel Messi reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Clermont at the Parc des Princes in Pari on June 3, 2023. (Michel Euler/Associated Press)In third place is Selena Gomez with just under $2.6 million for her posts. Selena Gomez, a cast member in "Only Murders in the Building," turns back for photographers at the second season premiere of the Hulu series on June 27, 2022, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)Kylie Jenner, ...

Man who bought Michael Jordan rookie card with fake signature gets $34K refund

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:17 GMT

Sports card collector Ed Yakich was refunded more than $34,000 after he bid on and won an autographed Michael Jordan rookie card that wasn't actually signed by the NBA legend. Yakich, a Florida resident, had purchased the card through the PWCC auction house along with documentation that showed the card was authentic and certified by a firm called PSA/DNA.After receiving the card, he sent it off to that same firm for grading. They later called back, informing him the signature was fake.“In our opinion, the aforementioned signature is not authentic and did not pass PSA/DNA authentication," the grading company said. Nearly 70% of MLB players polled choose same city for possible expansion team “It stopped me in my tracks, and quite honestly ruined my weekend and put the last eight to 10 weeks of my life in a spindle, because it was quite a shock,” Yakich told Nexstar's WFLA.Sports card collector Ed Yakich paid $34,200 for a Michael Jordan rookie card that he later learned had an inaut...