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Charges dropped for Black ranchers in El Paso County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- All charges against two Black ranchers in El Paso County have been dropped, attorneys for the husband and wife said Thursday.Courtney and Nicole Mallery were arrested on Feb. 6 after being accused of stalking, petty theft and tampering with a utility meter. Nicole was later released but Courtney remained in jail.The couple claimed they were “terrorized” by their white neighbors and others in the predominately white neighborhood, in an interview with FOX31’s Talya Cunningham in early February. Man accused of murder in Colorado ranch hand’s death The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office released some of the audio from phone calls made during the dispute with a neighbor that landed the Mallerys in jail. The neighbor and the Mallerys had an ongoing feud that included several restraining orders issued between the two sides.Statement from lawyers on behalf of Mallery familyToday, prosecutors and the Court dropped all charges against the Mallerys, det...

I-95 will close southbound at 836 tonight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

Drivers planning to travel on Interstate 95 late Thursday night will encounter southbound lane closures and a detour at State Road 836.The highway will be closed southbound starting at 11:45 p.m.Crews need to close SR 836 so they can move a crane across the interstate.They plan to be done by 5:30 a.m. on Friday.

MDPD hosts graduation ceremony for 35 new officers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

It’s graduation day for a new group of Miami-Dade Police officers who are ready to protect and serve.The department on Thursday swore-in 35 officers at the Fire Tower Miami in Doral.The new members completed 39 weeks of academic, physical and practical training.They were instructed in areas of patrol procedures, criminal law, firearms training and crisis intervention.

Court: Records of Florida grand jury’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation can be made public

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

A Florida appeals court has opened the door for the possible release of transcripts of the grand jury investigation into notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein nearly 20 years ago that ended with prosecutors negotiating a plea deal that critics have called questionably lenient.Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals unanimously agreed that Circuit Judge Donald W. Hafele had erred when he ruled he had no authority to release the normally secret transcripts of the 2006 Palm Beach County proceedings. The court cited a state law provision that says grand jury records can be made public if that is a “furtherance of justice.”The court in Wednesday’s decision ordered Hafele to review the transcripts and to release those he deems would further justice, redacting the names of victims, witnesses and those who have not been criminally charged. There is a public interest in knowing whether the wealthy and politically connected Epstein, who lived in a Palm Beach mansion, was giv...

Crews put out garbage truck fire in Fort Lauderdale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

A garbage truck went up in flames in Fort Lauderdale.Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the fire along Northeast 26th Street, west of Federal Highway, Thursday afternoon.Officials said the flames sparked in the load of the truck and damaged the hydraulic system, which prevented it from being able to dump its trash.Video provided by FLFR showed firefighters dousing the flames from a crane and on the ground.No one was hurt.

Burlington firefighter, former dog training facility owner faces animal cruelty charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

A Burlington firefighter who also used to run a dog training facility is now facing possible prison time after customers said their dogs were abused at “Falco K9” in South Boston.After a recent move by prosecutors to charge Tyler Falconer, 30, in this case, 7NEWS spoke with Lindsay Foster, whose dog is one of the animals cited in charging documents. “He could barely pick his head up because he was so hungry and so exhausted,” she said. “He looked at me and was like ‘Oh mom, thank you, thank you’ but he was almost scared to get up.”Foster said she brought her 5-month-old Rhodesian ridgeback named “Watch” to get “house trained” at Falconer’s kennel in February. She shared photos from when she picked “Watch” up two weeks later, showing the emaciated dog with his ribs visible through his coat. When she took her dog home, Foster said she noticed scrapes and cuts all over his body and a puncture wound on his foot. She immediately took “Watch” to a vet where said the doctor ...

WGA to protest BU commencement speaker as part of Hollywood writers’ strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

Pomp and circumstance will meet picket signs and strike chants next weekend at Boston University’s graduation ceremony. The Writers Guild of America announced Thursday that its members will be protesting this year’s commencement speaker David Zaslav. Its members will be outside BU’s Nickerson Field to be seen and heard by the Warner Brothers Discovery CEO Zaslav who’s recently came under fire for his $250 million pay package while more than 11,000 writers have been on strike for more than a week, whose main issue is payment for shows on streaming services.In the heart of BU, student reactions were mixed.“It’s really hard to get one commencement speaker that’s just a clean slate,” Ariel Shao, a junior said, “Like you’re all good. There’s no controversial thing about you, and I think it’s really about the people surviving the 4 years of college and making it out into the world.”Some graduating students are thinking twice about attending next weekend.“I definitely thought about it,” gr...

Trump appealing $5 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll civil suit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing the $5 million judgment awarded by the Manhattan federal jury that found he sexually abused and defamed former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.Trump’s lawyers filed the notice of appeal in the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, hours after federal Judge Lewis Kaplan filed a written ruling endorsing the jury verdict and ordering Trump to pay Carroll the full sum. Kaplan presided over the civil trial in New York.Trump had previously indicated he planned to appeal.Carroll alleged Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York in the spring of 1996 and then defamed her when he denied her claim, said she wasn’t his type and suggested she made up the story to boost sales of her book.The jury found him liable for battery based on the sexual assault claim, that he should pay about $2 million in damages to Carroll for the civil battery claim and that he should pay her nea...

Former Marine who held Jordan Neely in fatal chokehold expected to be charged with manslaughter, sources say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

(CNN) — Daniel Penny, the US Marine veteran who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a New York train, is expected to surrender to police on Friday morning following a decision by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to move ahead with a charge of manslaughter, two sources familiar with the case told CNN.Neely, 30, was restrained May 1 on a Manhattan subway by Penny, 24, after Neely began shouting he was hungry, thirsty and had little to live for. His death has ignited protests while refocusing attention on struggles with homelessness and mental illness across America.The decision regarding the charge came Thursday afternoon after the DA’s office spent the weekend and much of this week going over the accounts of witnesses who were on the train, as well as video of the incident, the sources said.CNN has previously reported that the DA was considering whether to go ahead with charges or present the evidence to a grand jury and let them decide w...

Former Marine faces manslaughter charge, to turn himself in Friday in NYC subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:41 GMT

Rocco Parascandola, Molly Crane-Newman and Emma Seiwell | New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran whose chokehold killed Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway train, is to be charged with second-degree manslaughter and will turn himself in to police on Friday, sources told the New York Daily News.Penny, 24, is expected to turn himself in at the 5th Precinct stationhouse on Elizabeth Street in Chinatown, a police official said. Manhattan DA’s office spokesman Doug Cohen confirmed the arrest charge.After he turns himself in, Penny is to be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, Cohen said.Bystander video shows Penny holding Neely, 30, in a chokehold aboard an F train on May 1. He was taken in for questioning later that day, but was released without charges.The medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide.Last week Penny issued a statement through his lawyers suggesting he acted in self-defense.“When Mr. Neely began aggressively threatening Daniel Penny and the o...