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Man posing as Las Vegas hotel owner steals more than $1M in casino con job: police

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - A man is accused of posing as a Las Vegas hotel owner and convincing a casino employee to give him more than $1 million in bogus payments for fire safety equipment, according to documents obtained by Nexstar's KLAS.Erik Gutierrez, 23, is charged with theft of more than $100,000, records said.On June 17, Las Vegas Metro police said they responded to the Circa Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas for a report of a possible scam. A person from the hotel’s security office told detectives “an unknown person” had contacted the casino cage “claiming to be the owner of the hotel” and asking for $320,000 for an emergency payment to the fire department, police wrote in court documents.A restored neon sign known as "Vegas Vickie" is on display as workers finish the Circa Resort & Casino, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. The casino is scheduled to open in downtown Las Vegas in October. (AP Photo/John Locher)Police interviewed the cage supervisor, who said they r...

Mom charged after child, left at home alone during vacation, dies: prosecutors

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

CLEVELAND (WJW) - A Cleveland mother now faces murder charges after investigators say she left her 16-month-old daughter alone for over a week while she went on vacation, leading to the child's death.*The video above is from a previous report.*A Cuyahoga County grand jury returned an indictment charging 31-year-old Kristel Candelario with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and endangering children. According to a court complaint, Candelario admitted she left her daughter alone and unattended while vacationing in Detroit and Puerto Rico.As the WJW I-Team previously reported, the complaint says she left on June 8 and returned on June 16, when she found her daughter unresponsive. Airport worker 'ingested' into plane engine, death ruled a suicide The child died in a West 97th Street home. Investigators say the child was extremely dehydrated at the time of her death. “As parents, we are supposed to protect and care for our children," said Prosecutor Michael O’Malley. "Imagin...

Texas border policies take center stage in Ron DeSantis' GOP rally

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted his first presidential rally on the Rio Grande River on Monday, he made a promise to deliver on an immigration policy the state's top Republicans sought all legislative session."The states should be permitted to send people back," the second-most-popular candidate for the Republican nomination told supporters. "As president, we are going to fully deputize all state and local governments to be able to enforce immigration law. You will be able to have that authority."In the audience was State Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, who carried major legislation that would have asserted Texas' powers to police the federal border. His House Bill 20 would have established the Border Protection Unit, deputizing state police to use force against unauthorized immigrants independent of the federal government. It failed late in the legislative session among concerns that it would amount to an unconstitutional insubordination of federal power.But th...

APD: 17 year old, 3 juveniles arrested in connection with southeast Austin shooting death

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Ervin Coronado-Palacio, 17, faces a capital murder charge in the death of Brian Serrano, 19, according to an affidavit for the suspect. The Austin Police Department said three juveniles have also been arrested in relation to the case. PREVIOUS: APD searching for suspects in deadly southeast Austin robbery On May 15, APD received a 911 call about the shooting and found Serrano dead inside his car on Springfield Drive in southeast Austin. APD said a group of people - whom Serrano did not know - attempted to rob him and another woman. According to the affidavit, Coronado-Palacio's prints were found in a stolen vehicle left on the scene. The affidavit also revealed a witness called police two days after the shooting to tell investigators they knew a juvenile who was also involved.The witness told police that the juvenile's family implicated Coronado-Palacio in a conversation they had with the witness. Coronado-Palacio's attorney Jeff Peek told KXAN it's still early i...

Hutto's Will Hammond on success, focus and Texas Tech

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) - Major programs like Texas A&M, Penn State and Auburn came calling to offer Hutto's Will Hammond a scholarship late in 2022. Despite the name value of those schools, the Hippos' quarterback stayed locked in on the university that had been locked in on him."[Texas] Tech was there from day one," said Hammond. "Spring of two years ago and they text me like every day. That's really what recruiting should look like."MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersThe Lubbock-bound senior was invited to compete at the Elite 11 competition for the best quarterbacks in the country earlier in June. Hammond was able to train with some of the other most highly-recruited high schooler passers in the country."Really what it is is like a childhood dream come true," said Hammond. "I remember getting the text...and I was like this is nuts. No way."Getting to compete at Elite ...

Braves break away late to send Twins to a 4-1 loss

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

ATLANTA — Monday night’s matchup between Twins veteran starter Sonny Gray and young Atlanta ace Spencer Strider looked, on paper, as if it could be quite the pitcher’s duel.And for most of the night, the two starters lived up to the billing. Twins hitters, most getting their first look at Strider, could do little against the 24-year-old righty. Joey Gallo’s solo home run, which he hit out to dead center, was the only blemish on a night in which he otherwise dominated Twins hitters.And for most of the night, Gray matched him. It wasn’t until the seventh inning that the Braves broke through, scoring three runs to lift them to a 4-1 win on Monday night at Truist Park.Up until the seventh inning, Gray had allowed just one run, which came around to score on a fielder’s choice in the fourth inning. But otherwise, he maneuvered his way through one of the best lineups in baseball efficiently, earning himself the chance to return to the mound for the seventh.But the decision to send him back...

bill alkofer, former Pioneer Press photojournalist, dies at 61

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

bill alkofer could no longer lift a camera, but he was still a journalist.“The last time I saw him, a couple of days before he died, we looked at slides,” says Craig Lassig, a fellow photojournalist and friend. “We were looking at slides of his photos of Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols and David Byrne from Talking Heads. I was holding a light table and a loop against his eye so he could look at the slides and decide what pictures he wanted to give to friends.”alkofer, a former Pioneer Press photojournalist who had been living with a variation of ALS for about five years, died on Friday at Sholom in St. Paul. He was 61.(He had legally changed his name to a lowercase format, so we are honoring that in the styling for this obituary.)If one photograph can encapsulate his career and his determination to always get the photo, for alkofer that image might be from the Grand Forks flood in North Dakota. On April 19, 1997, as a Pioneer Press photojournalist also wor...

Weekend fire destroys popular nightclub at Lutsen Mountains resort

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

A popular North Shore bar and restaurant known for its lively music scene was destroyed by fire this weekend.The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said that the building housing Papa Charlie’s at the Lutsen Mountains resort was “considered a complete loss” in the fire early Saturday morning.In a social media post, the ski resort in Lutsen acknowledged the extent of the loss, saying: “Sadly, we lost our beloved Papa Charlie’s Restaurant today in a fire. We thank the six local volunteer fire departments that responded, keeping the fire contained to the Papa Charlie’s building and keeping everyone safe.”“Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this tragic loss,” Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen said in a statement. “Papa Charlie’s holds a special place in everyone’s heart and mind. We are fortunate that we have such a wonderful volunteer public safety response in Cook County to prevent further loss.”The Minnesota state fir...

Sex offender sentenced for attempting to entice minor

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Connecticut man was sentenced after he attempted to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. David Feeney, 57, of Bristol, Conn., was sentenced to 327 months in prison.As part of a guilty plea, Feeney admitted to exchanging sexually explicit messages online with people who he thought were a father and a 10-year-old child between March and April 2022. Feeney said he was attempting to entice the child to engage in sexual acts with him. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On April 24, 2022, Feeney traveled from Connecticut and arrived unannounced at a residence in Albany County with the intent to engage in sexual acts with a 10-year-old child. He was arrested shortly after arriving.Feeney was a registered sex offender at the time. Officials said he had raped a child he met online in 2011. As part of his sentencing, he will also be under probation for life after he is released.The case was investigate...

Albany officials react to weekend homicides

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:22 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Monday afternoon, family, friends, and neighbors gathered to remember Benjamin Rowe, one of the victims who was shot and killed early Sunday morning. Rowe was one of ten people killed in Albany just this year due to gun violence.“When you hear ten homicides, you know, obviously, that puts a lot of people on edge,” City of Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins said during a press conference. “I mean, it puts me on edge, and it should. You shouldn’t have two people die in our community as a result of violence.” Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Albany Police said that out of the remaining four homicides, two of the victims were targeted, while the other two remain under investigation.“You know, these don’t just happen in a vacuum. You know, people aren’t just waking up and just deciding that I’m gonna commit a homicide today,” Chief Hawkins said.Owusu Anane, Albany Common Council Ward 10, said that the Alb...