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Moments before murder trial over fatal beating of 75-year-old man, Alameda DA’s office dismisses enhancements

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

OAKLAND — Just minutes before presenting his overview of a murder and robbery case to jurors, an Alameda County prosecutor dropped enhancements that would have led to longer prison terms if both defendants are convicted.Deputy District Attorney Peter McGuiness moved to dismiss special circumstances enhancements and allegations that both defendants have prior convictions that amount to a strike under California law. McGuiness described it as a decision by his office but didn’t go into detail.The defendants, Teaunte Bailey, 28, and Demetrius Britton, 58, are both charged with murdering 75-year-old Pak Ho during his morning walk on March 9, 2021, in Oakland’s Adams Point neighborhood. Bailey has prior strike convictions for burglary and Britton has prior robbery convictions, according to court records.When it was time to make his opening statement, McGuiness told jurors that Bailey and Britton spent the morning driving around Oakland in search of people to rob. Ho, a ...

Monday is back to school day for Oakland public school children

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

(BCN) -- Tens of thousands of children returned to school Monday for the first day of the 2023-24 school year in the Oakland Unified School District, a spokesperson for the school district said. Children have big smiles and are enjoying friends that they haven't seen in a while, along with new playgrounds, spokesman John Sasaki said Monday morning. Angus Cloud memorial grows in Oakland The new playgrounds, like the one unveiled Saturday at Hoover Elementary School, were made possible through partnerships with groups like Eat. Learn. Play., a foundation started by Stephen and Ayesha Curry that helps Oakland children. School district officials are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to linger. Sasaki said schools are following health recommendations and anyone who becomes infected should stay home for their health and others. The school district is still handing out COVID-19 home testing kits and hopes students and parents will take precautions. Co...

Elderly woman and boy stabbed to death in San Jose home

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

(KRON) -- An elderly woman and a young boy were found dead inside a home in San Jose on Friday, according to the San Jose Police Department. San Jose police officers described the grisly double homicide scene as traumatizing. The woman and boy had been stabbed. Both victims were declared dead at the scene. Officers were initially called to the Parkmore Avenue home in Vista apartment complex at 10:06 a.m. on Friday to conduct a welfare check, SJPD Sgt. Steve Aponte said. "Upon arrival it was very clear that there was a crime scene. There was an elderly female victim, as well as a juvenile victim," Aponte said. "This type of loss can be traumatic. We are seeking justice," Aponte told reporters at a news conference Monday. The boy was reportedly just six years old. "The motive and circumstances of this incident are still under investigation," Aponte said. Aponte declined to tell reporters if a suspect has been identified or apprehended.Detectives are asking the public for additional ev...

Penguins’ Kyle Dubas says confidence in those around him led him to take on additional role as GM

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

Kyle Dubas spent his first two months as the Pittsburgh Penguins director of hockey operations watching the staff around him adjust almost seamlessly to a new work environment.So seamlessly, it turned out, that Dubas feared any more change would affect the synergy he’s felt since joining the club on June 1. So rather than add another external voice to the mix, he opted to take on the role of general manager last week, confident there are enough checks and balances around him to put the Penguins in a position to return to contention in a crowded Eastern Conference.Pittsburgh’s revamped front office included promoting Andy Saucier to director of professional personnel, naming former NHL defenseman Trevor Daley and U.S. women’s national hockey team icon Amanda Kessel as special assistants and shifting Erik Heasley’s duties to director of minor league and amateur scouting operations.The 37-year-old Dubas called the workflow during a very busy offseason that inclu...

MLB suspends Chicago’s Tim Anderson 6 games, Cleveland’s José Ramírez 3 for fighting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Chicago’s Tim Anderson has been suspended six games and Cleveland’s José Ramírez for three games by Major League Baseball for fighting and touching off a lengthy, wild brawl between the White Sox and Guardians on Saturday night.MLB announced the discipline for Anderson and Ramírez on Monday along with other suspensions and fines following one of baseball’s ugliest fights in several years.Anderson and Ramírez were also fined an undisclosed amount. Both players are appealing.Also, Cleveland manager Terry Francona, closer Emmanuel Clase and third base coach Mike Sarbaugh have been suspended one game each. Chicago manager Pedro Grifol was also suspended for one game.In addition, White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech and Guardians rookie Gabriel Arias have been fined an undisclosed amount for his actions.Francona and Clase will serve their suspensions Monday when the Guardians open a four-game series with Toronto. Grifol will also serve his suspension Monday...

MLB suspends Chicago’s Tim Anderson 6 games, Cleveland’s José Ramírez 3 games for fist fight during game

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — MLB suspends Chicago’s Tim Anderson 6 games, Cleveland’s José Ramírez 3 games for fist fight during game.Source

Man sentenced to 97 years for killing 2 people and a dog

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A 31-year-old man was sentenced to 97 years in prison Monday for shooting and killing his sister, his sister's boyfriend and a dog in Douglas County in early 2022.Casey Devol pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty on July 19, according to a release from the District Attorney's Office.On Feb. 8, 2022, a man walked into the garage of a home in unincorporated Douglas County and found two people dead.The two victims were identified as 32-year-old Jessica Mitchell and her boyfriend, 34-year-old Bryan Gray. An autopsy reported that both were shot to death.Detectives were able to access surveillance cameras on the property and were able to see a suspect carrying multiple guns enter the garage where the two victims were found. Motorcycle deaths on the rise on Colorado roads After the murders, a friend of Mitchell called detectives to suggest that the suspect might be Mitchell's brother, Casey Devol.Additionally, a recording d...

Man who forged document accepts plea deal to testify against ex-Hialeah Police officers accused of beating homeless man

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

A South Florida man accepted a plea deal to testify against former officers in exchange for five years of probation. Juan Prieto Confina is accused of notarizing a document that forced the victim of a brutal beating not to press charges against two former Hialeah officers.The victim, Jose Ortega Gutierrez, was seen on video with bruises to his face and claimed Rafael Otano and Lorenzo Orfila allegedly kidnapped and beat him in December of last year.Jury selection began Monday as a judge agreed to let officer Otano stand trial by himself.

Fort Lauderdale woman scammed out of $5,000 after receiving threatening voicemail

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

A Fort Lauderdale woman was conned out of $5,000 after she received a threatening voicemail informing her of an active arrest warrant against her.The victim, who spoke to 7News on the condition that she remain anonymous, received the voicemail back on July 18. She saved the voicemail on her iPhone. “Yes, this is Captain William Schultz with Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Please contact me back immediately.” Upon returning the call, the person on the other end identified themselves as Captain William Schultz from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, adding credibility to the ruse, and confirmed the warrant. “He told me that I was subpoenaed on Monday, May 22, to appear in court as a main witness for a trial involving juveniles. I informed him that that was not me. I had never signed a subpoena,” said the woman. “Then he informed me that the warrants for my arrest totaled $10,000, post bond $5,000, Florida statute 84301 failure to show.”The im...

Parents of Parkland school shooting victims claim reenactment suggests former deputy heard gunshots

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:57 GMT

Families of the victims killed at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School back in 2018 say a reenactment of the shooting clearly demonstrated that a former school resource officer could have heard and determined the origins of the gunshots. On Friday, gunfire erupted again at the school as part of the reenactment by ballistics experts of the massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead.The reenactment was part of a civil lawsuit by the victims’ families and the wounded that accuses the Broward County deputy assigned to the school, Scot Peterson, of failing in his duty to protect them and their loved ones. Peterson, who was acquitted at a criminal trial in June, has said that because of echoes he could not pinpoint the shooter’s location.However, David Brill, an attorney representing the families, said the reenactment debunks that notion.“There is no dispute, none, zero, that the shots were clearly audible to Peterson,” sai...