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St. Charles County Police capture suspect in Nevada stolen vehicle case

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

LAKE ST> LOUIS -- In Lake St. Louis, a traffic-monitoring camera captured footage of a stolen vehicle reported missing in Nevada. In response, the police were notified, they approached the vehicle and a car chase started.A FLOCK camera in Lake St. Louis recorded a stolen vehicle from Nevada that had a gun in it that was used in the crime. The St. Charles County Police Department spotted the vehicle near Bent Oak Apartments in Lake St. Louis and attempted a traffic stop.During the encounter, the suspect rammed an O'Fallon Police car, starting a car chase. O'Fallon officers, aided by spike strips, brought the vehicle to a stop.A passenger and a two-year-old child safely exited the vehicle, guided to safety by officers. With support from Lake St. Louis Police, the suspect was apprehended after a foot chase. Law enforcement recovered a stolen firearm from Nevada.Following the incident, the suspect was taken to Progress West Hospital for an evaluation. The suspect then attempted to escap...

How the trio of “Jersey boys” have bonded on and off the ice for the Avalanche

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

Miles Wood and Tomas Tatar just could not believe what they were hearing.Here they were, sitting with one New Jersey’s own, Ross Colton, and one of the Garden State’s native sons did not know about the Pulaski Highway. Wood and Tatar peppered Colton with questions and chirps while the three of them removed their equipment after a morning skate in Pittsburgh last month.If it wasn’t all just good-natured needling of one of their teammates, the shock and utter disappointment in their voices would have seemed quite sincere.“We were teasing him,” Tatar said. “We thought as a (New Jersey) homeboy, he should probably know that.”Wood, Tatar and Colton are all first-year members of the  Avalanche. They share a simple connection – Wood and Tatar both played for the New Jersey Devils before arriving in Denver. Colton grew up in Robbinsville, N.J., and was a Devils fans as a kid.They began their first season with the Avalanche on a line together. While Colton and Wood have mostly remained toget...

California man swept out to sea in Hawaii

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

Authorities in Hawaii have called off the search for a California man who was reported missin on Monday, multiple sources report. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the Maui Fire Department first responded to an emergency call for the missing swimmer just before 3:40 p.m. Monday afternoon. The 42-year-old was reported to have been jumping into the ocean from rocks near the Cliff House in Kapulua, located on the northwestern coast of Maui.  Man fatally stabbed outside of liquor store; suspect remains on the loose Ocean conditions were “very rough” at the time, Maui authorities said. Search and rescue operations were officially suspended at dark on Thanksgiving, but officials told local news outlet Maui Now that the search will resume if any new information develops or if any potential sighting is made. The identity of the man and where in California he is from has not been released. 

‘He shot my dad’: 10-year-old Oakland boy comes face to face with father’s alleged killer in courtroom

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

OAKLAND — In a recent harrowing courtroom hearing, a 10-year-old boy took the stand to identify the man he allegedly witnessed shoot his father at point-blank range more than two years ago.It all centers on the June 21, 2021 killing of 44-year-old Cesar Parrilla, who took his two sons to help a friend jumpstart a car on the 400 block of Capistrano Avenue in Oakland when he was shot. The suspect, 35-year-old Luis Estrada, allegedly confessed to police but claimed that Parrilla made a threatening gesture and had pulled guns him before during a longstanding feud, according to witness testimony.The first witness of Estrada’s preliminary hearing in late October was Parrilla’s 10-year-old son, who testified he was playing on his phone when a green vehicle pulled up and the driver asked Parrilla, “Are you Cesa?” When Parrilla answered affirmatively, the driver pulled out a firearm, and the boy testified what happened next.“He shot my dad,” Parrilla...

San Ramon Valley quarterback injured in NCS title game loss to Pittsburg

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

San Ramon Valley quarterback Luke Baker told the Bay Area News Group early Saturday morning that a trip to an emergency room revealed that he suffered a broken fibula in his team’s championship game loss on Friday night to Pittsburg.Baker, last season’s Bay Area News Group player of the year, said the injury happened on a play at the start of the fourth quarter.The senior continued to play until the outcome was decided in the final two minutes. He then hobbled through a postgame award ceremony, a team picture and a media interview before going to the hospital.A class act throughout high school, Baker did not break from character in a direct message to the Bay Area Area News Group a couple of hours after his team’s season-ending 37-21 loss in the North Coast Section Division I championship game at Dublin High.He thanked the news organization for its coverage over the past two years before saying that he broke his fibula during the game and was in the ER.Baker had a spectacular run un...

Walnut Creek dentist avoids federal prison in painkiller prescription for cocaine scheme

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

OAKLAND — A Bay Area dentist was sentenced to one year of federal supervised release, avoiding jail or prison altogether, to resolve charges that he distributed prescriptions for opiate painkillers in exchange for cocaine from two Antioch drug dealers.Dr. Alireza Moheb was sentenced earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, after pleading guilty to a federal drug conspiracy count. The sentence was agreed upon by prosecutors, who noted that the “mitigating” factors behind Moheb’s crime — like his own struggles with addiction — warranted leniency.Moheb was charged in 2021 with writing prescriptions for approximately 555 Norco pills two men who were involved in a drug ring. His co-defendants are identified in court records as Kevin Ramirez and Ramon De La Torre Ramos, and Moheb wrote in an apology letter that Ramirez offered him cocaine after Moheb complained of his own chronic pain while Ramirez was doing home construction for him.Moh...

Arrest led to suspect kicking officer in the face in San Rafael 

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

(KRON) – A man violating his prohibition kicked an officer in the face while being detained on Thursday.San Rafael officers noticed a convicted felon known by law enforcement to be on Marin County probation in the 400 block of Francisco Boulevard East on Nov. 23. According to police, the officers contacted the man to conduct a probation compliance check and noticed he began to reach for his waistband. The officer placed him in handcuffs before he could reach for a weapon, police said.  Mother of San Jose toddler who died of fentanyl toxicity arrested While searching the suspect, the officers found a concealed handgun in a pant leg, police said. According to police, the gun did not have a serial number and was unloaded. The suspect grew physically uncooperative once the gun was found, according to police. The suspect kicked an officer in the face while being placed in the backseat of the police car. The assault caused a minor injury to the officer. The suspect w...

F1 champion Verstappen takes pole position for season-ending Abu Dhabi GP

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Max Verstappen took pole position for the season-ending Abu Grand Prix on Saturday and will look to finish a crushingly dominant year with a 19th win.Victory on Sunday would take the Red Bull driver onto 54 career wins, past Sebastian Vettel and into third place all time.The three-time F1 champion’s 12th pole of the season took him to 32 overall. He starts the race ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second place and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in third.“Never bet against me,” Verstappen said afterward, jokingly referring to a comment made by his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.Horner informed Verstappen that he had won a bet for 500 euros ($547) made with Red Bull boss Helmut Marko as to where Verstappen would qualify.“You’ve just won me 500 euros,” Horner told Verstappen over radio when he crossed the line.With a few minutes left, Verstappen led from McLaren’s Lando Norris and Piastri under floodlights at ...

La ciudad que no dejó morir a Diego Maradona

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

(CNN Español) — “La muerte no existe, hija. La gente solo se muere cuando la olvidan”, escribe Isabel Allende en “Eva Luna”, una de sus obras más reconocidas. Y es precisamente por eso que, tres años después de su fallecimiento, Diego Maradona sigue vivo en Nápoles: la ciudad lo recuerda en una cantidad casi infinita de fotografías, dibujos, altares, bustos y mensajes que evocan la gloria pasada y acompañan la gloria presente de su equipo de fútbol.En Nápoles, Maradona tiene estatus de santo popular: su imagen se puede ver en altares construidos en su honor y en otros donde convive con imágenes religiosas y de integrantes de familias que veneran al astro, quien jugó en el Partenopei entre 1984 y 1991. Su cabeza, en múltiples retratos, está rodeada por esa aureola dorada que identifica a santos (y en ocasiones a emperadores). Su presencia parece competirle a la de San Genaro, el santo oficial de la ciudad. Y aunque en las calles los carteles y las voces ...

Local businesses participate in Small Business Saturday despite snow, cold

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:38:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Businesses across the Denver metro celebrated Small Business Saturday on Nov. 25, a day created to celebrate and support small businesses.The celebration was first started by American Express in 2010 and has been sponsored by the Small Business Association since 2011. American Express created a map of the local small businesses participating in the tradition.Businesses open despite snow, cold tempsTemperatures in Denver will not get above freezing all Saturday, according to the forecast by Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Greg Perez. Some light snow also fell Saturday morning, adding to the snowfall that the metro area saw over the Thanksgiving holiday.Despite this, small businesses in the metro were open, including in Denver's West Highland neighborhood. Why are flags in Colorado at half-staff? FOX31's Greg Nieto observed several businesses shoveling sidewalk snow and opening their doors, as well as customers already out despite the snow and cold.The City and Count...