Man killed in Seminole County shooting; suspect in custody
THE ROADS ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE ARE ALSO STAYING ON TOP OF MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. A MAN IS DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR SANFORD, WESH TWO, BOB HAZEN LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NOW, SO BOB DEPUTIES SAY THEY DO HAVE THE SHOOTER IN CUSTODY. THAT PERSON APPARENTLY STAYED HERE AT THE SCENE AFTER THE SHOOTING, AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL DEPUTIES, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS AND DETECTIVES WHO ARE HERE ON THE SCENE AT THIS HOUSE. AND THIS IS A VERY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS THE LAKE MARKHAM WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST OF SANFORD. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY WERE CALLED TO THIS HOUSE HERE CLOSE TO 1130 LAST NIGHT FOR A SHOOTING. ONE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. AND THAT MAN DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THE PERSON THEY BELIEVE FIRED THE SHOT DID STAY HERE AT THE SCENE, AND THAT PERSON IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. THEY ALSO SAY THIS APPEARS TO BE A DOMESTIC INCIDENT, BUT THEY HAVEN’T EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHAT THEY THINK LED UP TO THAT SHOOTING OR WHO THAT PERSON WHO IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. WE’RE GOING TO STAY OUT HERE AND GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VICTIM. AGAIN, NOTHING’S BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THAT PERSON OR WHO IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. AND AS WE GET THAT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, WE WILL BRING I
Man killed in Seminole County shooting; suspect in custody
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting on Colonial Court near Sanford.One man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.The suspect is in custody. They have not been identified.Deputies believe this is an isolated, domestic incident. They say there is no danger to the area. This is a developing story. Stay with WESH 2 for updates.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting on Colonial Court near Sanford.
One man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
The suspect is in custody. They have not been identified.
Deputies believe this is an isolated, domestic incident. They say there is no danger to the area.
This is a developing story. Stay with WESH 2 for updates.
A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City killed two people and injured six others Wednesday, police said.The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church.Dozens of people were attending a funeral inside at the time. All the victims were adults.Police said they do not believe the shooter had any animus toward a particular faith.“We don’t believe this was a targeted attack against a religion or anything like that,” Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said.Police also do not believe the shooting was random. Authorities said no suspect was in custody.Brennan McIntire said he and his wife, Kenna, heard the gunshots from their apartment next to the parking lot while watching TV. He jumped off the couch and ran outside to check on things.“As soon as I came over, I see someone on the ground,” McIntire said. “People are attending to him and crying and arguing.”About 100 law enforcement vehicles were at the scene in the aftermath, and helicopters flew overhead.“This should never have happened outside a place of worship. This should never have happened outside a celebration of life,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall said.The church was cooperating with law enforcement and was grateful for efforts first responders’ efforts, a spokesperson said.“We extend prayers for all who have been impacted by this tragedy and express deep concern that any sacred space intended for worship should be subjected to violence of any kind,” Sam Penrod said in a statement.The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, and about half of Utah’s 3.5 million residents are members of the faith. Churches like the one where the shooting occurred can be found in towns throughout the city and state.The faith has been on heightened alert since four people were killed when a former Marine opened fire in a Michigan church last month and set it ablaze. The FBI found that he was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against the church.
SALT LAKE CITY —
A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City killed two people and injured six others Wednesday, police said.
The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church.
Dozens of people were attending a funeral inside at the time. All the victims were adults.
Police said they do not believe the shooter had any animus toward a particular faith.
“We don’t believe this was a targeted attack against a religion or anything like that,” Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said.
Police also do not believe the shooting was random. Authorities said no suspect was in custody.
Brennan McIntire said he and his wife, Kenna, heard the gunshots from their apartment next to the parking lot while watching TV. He jumped off the couch and ran outside to check on things.
“As soon as I came over, I see someone on the ground,” McIntire said. “People are attending to him and crying and arguing.”
About 100 law enforcement vehicles were at the scene in the aftermath, and helicopters flew overhead.
“This should never have happened outside a place of worship. This should never have happened outside a celebration of life,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall said.
The church was cooperating with law enforcement and was grateful for efforts first responders’ efforts, a spokesperson said.
“We extend prayers for all who have been impacted by this tragedy and express deep concern that any sacred space intended for worship should be subjected to violence of any kind,” Sam Penrod said in a statement.
The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, and about half of Utah’s 3.5 million residents are members of the faith. Churches like the one where the shooting occurred can be found in towns throughout the city and state.
The faith has been on heightened alert since four people were killed when a former Marine opened fire in a Michigan church last month and set it ablaze. The FBI found that he was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against the church.
A former California Highway Patrol captain will not serve jail time after admitting to exposing himself and sexually touching flight attendants aboard a JetBlue flight last year.
Dennis Woodbury, 50, will instead receive three years of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of simple assault on an aircraft. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ordered Woodbury to complete 100 hours of community service and undergo mental health and substance abuse treatment and testing, according to court records.
“That the defendant was once in a position of public trust and committed these acts is disturbing and should be taken seriously,” Assistant U.S. Atty. Brenda Galvan wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
Woodbury had previously been dismissed from the CHP after serving in the San Gabriel Valley, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release.
He was initially arrested on a more serious felony charge of abusive sexual contact within federal jurisdiction but was allowed to plead to a lesser charge of simple assault under a plea agreement accepted by the court in October.
The U.S. attorney’s office argued that a sentence of 90 days in custody “reflects the seriousness of the offense given the defendant’s history,” according to the memorandum.
The victims, two male flight attendants, testified that Woodbury’s actions left them fearful for their safety and disrupted their ability to do their jobs during a cross-country flight in April 2025, according to prosecutors.
On the flight, Woodbury downed a bottle of Prosecco and showed one flight attendant a pornographic picture, according to court records.
Woodbury then suggested the two men go on a cruise together.
“When [the attendant] demonstrated how the plane’s oxygen masks worked, he saw Woodbury looking at him and [making] a hand-pumping motion,” the criminal complaint states.
Shortly after, he slapped an attendant’s butt and yelled, “I love you.” The incident prompted flight staff to swap sections on the plane, but Woodbury’s behavior persisted.
He walked to the plane’s front galley, pulled down his pants and exposed himself to the second flight attendant. After he was urged to take his seat, Woodbury circled back to the front of the plane, demanded wine and exposed himself again.
The government said the incident compromised the attendants’ ability to perform safety-critical duties during the flight. In a victim impact statement, one flight attendant said Woodbury’s conduct caused “significant emotional, professional and reputational” harm.
“No one should have to feel threatened merely for doing their job,” prosecutors wrote.
Despite those arguments, the court declined to impose a jail sentence.
Anderson also waived a $2,000 fine proposed by prosecutors, citing Woodbury’s financial circumstances, and ordered him to pay a mandatory $10 special assessment, according to the judgment.
A 29-year-old man was hospitalized after a shooting in Lodi on Saturday night, according to the police department. Officials said a man who admitted to the shooting is in custody.Officers responded to a warehouse on Houston Lane around 9:47 p.m. after a 911 caller reported a shooting before hanging up.Lodi police said the victim was found in a warehouse with a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital and is in critical, but stable condition. Officials said officers made contact with 27-year-old Vladimir Flores at the shooting scene, and he admitted to the shooting. The police department also noted that a search warrant at the warehouse uncovered additional evidence, including a loaded rifle. Lodi police said the motive in the shooting is unclear, but that Flores and the victim knew one another. Flores was arrested and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail for attempted murder and weapons violations. He is set to appear in court on Tuesday. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact Detective Sanchez at the Lodi Police Department at 209-333-6727 or by emailing msanchez@lodi.gov. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
LODI, Calif. —
A 29-year-old man was hospitalized after a shooting in Lodi on Saturday night, according to the police department. Officials said a man who admitted to the shooting is in custody.
Officers responded to a warehouse on Houston Lane around 9:47 p.m. after a 911 caller reported a shooting before hanging up.
Lodi police said the victim was found in a warehouse with a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital and is in critical, but stable condition.
Officials said officers made contact with 27-year-old Vladimir Flores at the shooting scene, and he admitted to the shooting. The police department also noted that a search warrant at the warehouse uncovered additional evidence, including a loaded rifle.
Lodi police said the motive in the shooting is unclear, but that Flores and the victim knew one another.
Flores was arrested and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail for attempted murder and weapons violations. He is set to appear in court on Tuesday.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact Detective Sanchez at the Lodi Police Department at 209-333-6727 or by emailing msanchez@lodi.gov.
Police responded to an active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, according to the school’s alert system. Police said there were multiple gunshot victims.The school sent a message warning of an active shooter near Barus & Holley — a building that houses the School of Engineering and the Physics Department. Another alert warned of shots fired near Governor Street.Earlier, the school said a person was taken into custody and then later corrected the alert, saying a suspect had not been detained. See the scene in the video above “Lock doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice. Remember: RUN, if you are in the affected location, evacuate safely if you can; HIDE if evacuation is not possible, take cover; FIGHT as a last resort, take action to protect yourself,” the alert read.Dozens of law enforcement officials, some with guns drawn, were seen in the area, escorting students to safety.”There is currently heavy Providence Police and Fire presence on Hope Street near Brown University. Please exercise caution and avoid this area until further notice,” Providence police posted on X.It’s not clear if anyone was injured.The Ivy League school is a private, nonprofit institution with about 7,300 undergraduates and just over 3,000 graduate students, according to its website.The Boston-area Hearst TV station WCVB will have more information as it becomes available.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Police responded to an active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, according to the school’s alert system. Police said there were multiple gunshot victims.
The school sent a message warning of an active shooter near Barus & Holley — a building that houses the School of Engineering and the Physics Department. Another alert warned of shots fired near Governor Street.
Earlier, the school said a person was taken into custody and then later corrected the alert, saying a suspect had not been detained.
See the scene in the video above
“Lock doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice. Remember: RUN, if you are in the affected location, evacuate safely if you can; HIDE if evacuation is not possible, take cover; FIGHT as a last resort, take action to protect yourself,” the alert read.
Dozens of law enforcement officials, some with guns drawn, were seen in the area, escorting students to safety.
“There is currently heavy Providence Police and Fire presence on Hope Street near Brown University. Please exercise caution and avoid this area until further notice,” Providence police posted on X.
It’s not clear if anyone was injured.
The Ivy League school is a private, nonprofit institution with about 7,300 undergraduates and just over 3,000 graduate students, according to its website.
The Boston-area Hearst TV station WCVB will have more information as it becomes available.
Police responded to an active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence, according to the school’s alert system. Police said there were multiple gunshot victims.Earlier, the school said a person was taken into custody and then later corrected the alert, saying a suspect had not been detained.See the scene in the video aboveJust before 5 p.m., the school sent a message warning of an active shooter near Barus & Holley — a building that houses the School of Engineering and the Physics Department. “Lock doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice. Remember: RUN, if you are in the affected location, evacuate safely if you can; HIDE if evacuation is not possible, take cover; FIGHT as a last resort, take action to protect yourself,” the alert read.Dozens of law enforcement officials, some with guns drawn, were seen in the area, escorting students to safety.”There is currently heavy Providence Police and Fire presence on Hope Street near Brown University. Please exercise caution and avoid this area until further notice,” Providence police posted on X.It’s not clear if anyone was injured.The Ivy League school is a private, nonprofit institution with about 7,300 undergraduates and just over 3,000 graduate students, according to its website.WCVB will have more information as it becomes available.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Police responded to an active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence, according to the school’s alert system. Police said there were multiple gunshot victims.
Earlier, the school said a person was taken into custody and then later corrected the alert, saying a suspect had not been detained.
See the scene in the video above
Just before 5 p.m., the school sent a message warning of an active shooter near Barus & Holley — a building that houses the School of Engineering and the Physics Department.
“Lock doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice. Remember: RUN, if you are in the affected location, evacuate safely if you can; HIDE if evacuation is not possible, take cover; FIGHT as a last resort, take action to protect yourself,” the alert read.
Dozens of law enforcement officials, some with guns drawn, were seen in the area, escorting students to safety.
“There is currently heavy Providence Police and Fire presence on Hope Street near Brown University. Please exercise caution and avoid this area until further notice,” Providence police posted on X.
It’s not clear if anyone was injured.
The Ivy League school is a private, nonprofit institution with about 7,300 undergraduates and just over 3,000 graduate students, according to its website.
WCVB will have more information as it becomes available.
Paris prosecutor reports 4 more arrests in connection with Louvre jewel heist
Paris prosecutor has been giving more details about the latest on the investigation into the heist at the Louvie Museum, confirming many of the details that we had understood already about the two men currently in custody that they are in their 30s, that they were known to police before the heist for things like low level delinquency, petty thefts, and that they had been tracked down thanks to DNA that had been found on one of the helmets they left behind. They are of Algerian nationality. And come from the outskirts of Paris. What the prosecutor said though is that they do believe that there were 4 people involved in the heist on the day itself. 2 others remain at large, and that she wouldn’t give that many details because this was an ongoing investigation. She also pointed out that whilst these other two were at large and they were looking for altogether they had not excluded the possibility that someone else may have been involved, whether to commission the theft or in other ways. She also added that there was no suggestion that anyone on the inside of the Louvre had been complicit in the heist. The latest details then an investigation that continues and no sign yet, she explained of the jewels themselves. Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.
Paris prosecutor reports 4 more arrests in connection with Louvre jewel heist
The Paris prosecutor is reporting four more arrests in connection with the jewel heist at the Louvre Museum in October. Two men and two women from the Paris region were taken into custody on Tuesday morning.The loot, valued at around $102 million, hasn’t been recovered. It includes a diamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense, and Empress Eugénie’s pearl-and-diamond tiara.This is a breaking news story and will be updated.Video below shows Louvre thieves escaping via truck-mounted lift
PARIS —
The Paris prosecutor is reporting four more arrests in connection with the jewel heist at the Louvre Museum in October. Two men and two women from the Paris region were taken into custody on Tuesday morning.
The loot, valued at around $102 million, hasn’t been recovered. It includes a diamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense, and Empress Eugénie’s pearl-and-diamond tiara.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
Video below shows Louvre thieves escaping via truck-mounted lift
WASHINGTON — No one seems to know what happened to Vicente Ventura Aguilar.
A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn’t have lawful immigration status, was taken into custody by immigration authorities on Oct. 7 in SouthLos Angeles and suffered a medical emergency.
But it’s been more than six weeks since then, and Ventura Aguilar’s family still hasn’t heard from him.
The Department of Homeland Security said 73 people from Mexico were arrested in the Los Angeles area between Oct. 7 and 8.
“None of them were Ventura Aguilar,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant Homeland Security public affairs secretary.
“For the record, illegal aliens in detention have access to phones to contact family members and attorneys,” she added.
McLaughlin did not answer questions about what the agency did to determine whether Ventura Aguilar had ever been in its custody, such as checking for anyone with the same date of birth, variations of his name, or identifying detainees who received medical attention near the California border around Oct. 8.
Lindsay Toczylowski, co-founder of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center who is representing Ventura Aguilar’s family, said DHS never responded to her inquiries about him.
The family of Vicente Ventura Aguilar, 44, says he has been missing since Oct. 7 when a friend saw him arrested by federal immigration agents in Los Angeles. Homeland Security officials say he was never in their custody.
(Family of Vicente Ventura Aguilar)
“There’s only one agency that has answers,” she said. “Their refusal to provide this family with answers, their refusal to provide his attorneys with answers, says something about the lack of care and the cruelty of the moment right now for DHS.”
His family and lawyers checked with local hospitals and the Mexican consulate without success. They enlisted help from the office of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles), whose staff called the Los Angeles and San Diego county medical examiner’s offices. Neither had someone matching his name or description.
The Los Angeles Police Department also told Kamlager-Dove’s office that he isn’t in their system. His brother, Felipe Aguilar, said the family filed a missing person’s report with LAPD on Nov. 7.
“We’re sad and worried,” Felipe Aguilar said. “He’s my brother and we miss him here at home. He’s a very good person. We only hope to God that he’s alive.”
Felipe Aguilar said his brother, who has lived in the U.S. for around 17 years, left home around 8:15 a.m. on Oct. 7 to catch the bus for an interview for a sanitation job when he ran into friends on the corner near a local liquor store. He had his phone but had left his wallet at home.
One of those friends told Felipe Aguilar and his lawyers that he and Ventura Aguilar were detained by immigration agents and then held at B-18, a temporary holding facility at the federal building in downtown Los Angeles.
The friend was deported the next day to Tijuana. He spoke to the family in a phone call from Mexico.
According to Felipe Aguilar and Toczylowski, the friend said Ventura Aguilar began to shake, went unconscious and fell to the ground while shackled on Oct. 8 at a facility near the border. The impact caused his face to bleed.
The friend said that facility staff called for an ambulance and moved the other detainees to a different room. Toczylowski said that was the last time anyone saw Ventura Aguilar.
She said the rapid timeline between when Ventura Aguilar was arrested to when he disappeared is emblematic of what she views as a broad lack of due process for people in government custody under the Trump administration and shows that “we don’t know who’s being deported from the United States.”
Felipe Aguilar said he called his brother’s cell phone after hearing about the arrests but it went straight to voicemail.
Felipe Aguilar said that while his brother is generally healthy, he saw a cardiologist a couple years ago about chest pain. He was on prescribed medication and his condition had improved.
His family and lawyers said Ventura Aguilar might have given immigration agents a fake name when he was arrested. Some detained people offer up a wrong name or alias, and that would explain why he never showed up in Homeland Security records. Toczylowski said federal agents sometimes misspell the name of the person they are booking into custody.
Vicente Ventura Aguilar, who has been missing since Oct. 7, had lived in the United States for 17 years, his family said.
(Family of Vicente Ventura Aguilar)
But she said the agency should make a significant attempt to search for him, such as by using biometric data or his photo.
“To me, that’s another symptom of the chaos of the immigration enforcement system as it’s happening right now,” she said of the issues with accurately identifying detainees. “And it’s what happens when you are indiscriminately, racially profiling people and picking them up off the street and holding them in conditions that are substandard, and then deporting people without due process. Mistakes get made. Right now, what we want to know is what mistakes were made here, and where is Vicente now?”
Surveillance footage from a nearby business reviewed by MS NOW shows Ventura Aguilar on the sidewalk five minutes before masked agents begin making arrests in South Los Angeles. The footage doesn’t show him being arrested, but two witnesses told the outlet that they saw agents handcuff Ventura Aguilar and place him in a van.
In a letter sent to DHS leaders Friday, Kamlager-Dove asked what steps DHS has taken to determine whether anyone matching Ventura Aguilar’s identifiers was detained last month and whether the agency has documented any medical events or hospital transports involving people taken into custody around Oct. 7-8.
“Given the length of time since Mr. Ventura Aguilar’s disappearance and the credible concern that he may have been misidentified, injured, or otherwise unaccounted for during the enforcement action, I urgently request that DHS and ICE conduct an immediate and comprehensive review” by Nov. 29, Kamlager-Dove wrote in her letter.
Kamlager-Dove said her most common immigration requests from constituents are for help with visas and passports.
“Never in all the years did I expect to get a call about someone who has completely disappeared off the face of the earth, and also never did I think that I would find myself not just calling ICE and Border Patrol but checking hospitals, checking with LAPD and checking morgues to find a constituent,” she said. “It’s horrifying and it’s completely dystopian.”
She said families across Los Angeles deserve answers and need to know whether something similar could happen to them.
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office says a man wanted after a video showed him allegedly beating and dragging his girlfriend in Daytona Beach earlier this week is now in custody.That man, 31-year-old Scott Knowlton, was taken into custody outside a residence in Ormond Beach on Saturday. The sheriff’s office released video on Friday that allegedly shows Knowlton beating and then dragging his girlfriend outside a business in Daytona Beach on Thursday. VSO Chief Deputy Brian Henderson witnessed the incident on Thursday and stepped in to interrupt the attack.Detectives received an anonymous tip about Knowlton’s location, and after several hours of surveillance, they spotted him exiting the home. VSO said Knowlton ran back inside after he realized he was spotted, before he then jumped out of a rear window.Knowlton was then arrested in the backyard by deputies who had surrounded the house.This is not Knowlton’s first run-in with law enforcement. In 2023, Knowlton pleaded no contest to drug trafficking and grand theft auto charges stemming from a 2022 arrest.Knowlton is now facing charges including kidnapping, possession of a weapon by an in-state felon, obstructing an officer without violence and tampering with evidence as well as being in violation of his probation.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office says a man wanted after a video showed him allegedly beating and dragging his girlfriend in Daytona Beach earlier this week is now in custody.
That man, 31-year-old Scott Knowlton, was taken into custody outside a residence in Ormond Beach on Saturday.
The sheriff’s office released video on Friday that allegedly shows Knowlton beating and then dragging his girlfriend outside a business in Daytona Beach on Thursday.
VSO Chief Deputy Brian Henderson witnessed the incident on Thursday and stepped in to interrupt the attack.
Detectives received an anonymous tip about Knowlton’s location, and after several hours of surveillance, they spotted him exiting the home.
VSO said Knowlton ran back inside after he realized he was spotted, before he then jumped out of a rear window.
Knowlton was then arrested in the backyard by deputies who had surrounded the house.
This is not Knowlton’s first run-in with law enforcement. In 2023, Knowlton pleaded no contest to drug trafficking and grand theft auto charges stemming from a 2022 arrest.
Knowlton is now facing charges including kidnapping, possession of a weapon by an in-state felon, obstructing an officer without violence and tampering with evidence as well as being in violation of his probation.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office says a suspect is in custody following a shooting investigation in Port St. John on Sunday.BCSO said the incident appears to be isolated, but there is still a heavy law enforcement presence in the area of Curtis Boulevard and Carlowe Avenue in Port St. John. The sheriff’s office did not say whether anyone was injured in the incident. >> This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
PORT SAINT JOHN, Fla. —
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office says a suspect is in custody following a shooting investigation in Port St. John on Sunday.
BCSO said the incident appears to be isolated, but there is still a heavy law enforcement presence in the area of Curtis Boulevard and Carlowe Avenue in Port St. John.
The sheriff’s office did not say whether anyone was injured in the incident.
>> This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
A unique suspect was taken into custody after showing off impressive speed on Interstate 40.On Tuesday, Nov. 11, officers were called to the area of I-40 and the Louisiana offramp in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a pig on the loose.”It was odd, but most of the time, we get stuff like that, and we get there and there’s nothing there,” said Lt. Ramon Candelaria with the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department. “I didn’t think much of it until I was getting there and I seen the traffic start backing up.”As Candelaria showed up, ready to lasso the pig, he spotted Albuquerque police officers chasing him.”I seen the pig running and then I seen officers right behind it,” Candelaria said.After a short foot pursuit, the culprit was in custody.”Pretty soon, I seen them all start high-fiving each other,” Candelaria said. “They had the pig in the back of a unit. I give it to the APD officers. They were hustling to catch this little guy and they were moving.”APD shared this video on its social media pages.Albuquerque Animal Welfare believes the pig is about a year old and roughly 50 pounds. They suspect he’s domesticated and that he fell out of someone’s truck.”He grabbed it, handled it and put it in the back of a unit. If that would have been any kind of a wild animal, it would have definitely bit him,” Candelaria said. “Then his colors. His colors were not normal for a pig if it was wild.”Staff did scan him for a microchip, but didn’t find one. The pig is at the Westside Shelter waiting for its owners to claim him. Hearst sister station KOAT visited the shelter Thursday and learned the pig loved attention and being pet.It’s not uncommon for Albuquerque Animal Welfare to rescue animals on the interstate.”We’ve gotten porcupines on the freeway. I’ve gotten a badger on the freeway, you name it. We’re in New Mexico, so it’s expected. But I didn’t expect a pig,” Candelaria said. But Candelaria does ask drivers to slow down when flashing lights are present. Video shows the pig almost being clipped by a car driving by.”We’re out there trying to save the animal and watch out for ourselves. It gets dangerous out there, and some people just do not respect the lights,” Candelaria said.The pig is being held at the Westside Shelter. For details on adopting him, click here.
A unique suspect was taken into custody after showing off impressive speed on Interstate 40.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, officers were called to the area of I-40 and the Louisiana offramp in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a pig on the loose.
“It was odd, but most of the time, we get stuff like that, and we get there and there’s nothing there,” said Lt. Ramon Candelaria with the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department. “I didn’t think much of it until I was getting there and I seen the traffic start backing up.”
As Candelaria showed up, ready to lasso the pig, he spotted Albuquerque police officers chasing him.
“I seen the pig running and then I seen officers right behind it,” Candelaria said.
After a short foot pursuit, the culprit was in custody.
“Pretty soon, I seen them all start high-fiving each other,” Candelaria said. “They had the pig in the back of a unit. I give it to the APD officers. They were hustling to catch this little guy and they were moving.”
Albuquerque Animal Welfare believes the pig is about a year old and roughly 50 pounds. They suspect he’s domesticated and that he fell out of someone’s truck.
“He grabbed it, handled it and put it in the back of a unit. If that would have been any kind of a wild animal, it would have definitely bit him,” Candelaria said. “Then his colors. His colors were not normal for a pig if it was wild.”
Staff did scan him for a microchip, but didn’t find one. The pig is at the Westside Shelter waiting for its owners to claim him. Hearst sister station KOAT visited the shelter Thursday and learned the pig loved attention and being pet.
It’s not uncommon for Albuquerque Animal Welfare to rescue animals on the interstate.
“We’ve gotten porcupines on the freeway. I’ve gotten a badger on the freeway, you name it. We’re in New Mexico, so it’s expected. But I didn’t expect a pig,” Candelaria said.
But Candelaria does ask drivers to slow down when flashing lights are present. Video shows the pig almost being clipped by a car driving by.
“We’re out there trying to save the animal and watch out for ourselves. It gets dangerous out there, and some people just do not respect the lights,” Candelaria said.
The pig is being held at the Westside Shelter. For details on adopting him, click here.
A piano teacher to the stars who fled the country last month just before a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing a student was arrested in Australia, authorities said.
John Kaleel, 69, was taken into custody by Australian Federal Police on Oct. 31, according to Nicole Nishida, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the agency investigating him in the United States.
It was not clear where Kaleel was arrested, and Australian authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kaleel, an Australian national, was facing a retrial on multiple counts of sexually abusing a student last month when he fled the country on Oct. 8, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Kaleel disappeared while jurors were deliberating at the Airport Courthouse. His attorney, Kate Hardie, said she last saw Kaleel after driving him home from court on Oct. 7. She declined to comment on his arrest.
It is expected that Kaleel will be returned to the U.S., where he faces a lengthy prison sentence after he was convicted of multiple counts of committing lewd acts with a child.
Kaleel taught private piano lessons in the U.S. for more than 25 years, and his clients included the children of the creators of beloved television series such as “Mad Men” and “Orange Is the New Black.” But he became the subject of a Sheriff’s Department investigation in 2015 when a student told detectives Kaleel had been acting inappropriately toward him for years.
The boy said he was 12 when Kaleel asked “to take measurements of [the victim’s] body parts, including his penis,” according to court records. Kaleel later convinced the boy that they should masturbate together while on a FaceTime call because that’s “what friends do,” records show.
When the victim was 15, prosecutors allege, Kaleel invited him over in September 2013 and they smoked marijuana together before having oral sex.
Kaleel initially pleaded no contest to one count of committing lewd acts with a child in 2016, but later appealed the deal on the grounds that he didn’t know how it would affect his immigration status. Kaleel has been a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. since the 1980s, according to Hardie, but found himself in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the plea.
Kaleel successfully appealed a deportation order and convinced an L.A. County judge to throw out the plea deal, but the L.A. County district attorney’s office decided to retry him.
“Mr. Kaleel has always maintained his innocence and that he took his initial plea bargain on the advice of counsel to avoid a harsher sentence should he lose at trial,” Hardie previously told The Times.
The district attorney’s office did not respond to a request for comment and has not discussed what, if any, efforts it has taken to return Kaleel to the U.S. since his arrest.
Court records show prosecutors filed an application for an extradition warrant last month.
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most visited museum that stunned the world.The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport.French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether jewels had been recovered.Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) last Sunday morning. French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled. The museum’s director called the incident a “terrible failure.”Beccuau said investigators from a special police unit in charge of armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests. She rued in her statement the premature leak of information, saying it could hinder the work of over 100 investigators “mobilized to recover the stolen jewels and apprehend all of the perpetrators.” Beccuau said further details will be unveiled after the suspects’ custody period ends.French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised “the investigators who have worked tirelessly, just as I asked them to, and who have always had my full confidence.”The Louvre reopened earlier this week after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.The thieves slipped in and out, making off with parts of France’s Crown Jewels — a cultural wound that some compared to the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019.The thieves made away with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.They also took an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, as well as a reliquary brooch. Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch — an imperial ensemble of rare craftsmanship — were also part of the loot.One piece — Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown with more than 1,300 diamonds — was later found outside the museum, damaged but recoverable.
PARIS —
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most visited museum that stunned the world.
The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport.
French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether jewels had been recovered.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) last Sunday morning. French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled. The museum’s director called the incident a “terrible failure.”
Beccuau said investigators from a special police unit in charge of armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests. She rued in her statement the premature leak of information, saying it could hinder the work of over 100 investigators “mobilized to recover the stolen jewels and apprehend all of the perpetrators.” Beccuau said further details will be unveiled after the suspects’ custody period ends.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised “the investigators who have worked tirelessly, just as I asked them to, and who have always had my full confidence.”
The Louvre reopened earlier this week after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.
The thieves slipped in and out, making off with parts of France’s Crown Jewels — a cultural wound that some compared to the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019.
The thieves made away with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.
They also took an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, as well as a reliquary brooch. Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch — an imperial ensemble of rare craftsmanship — were also part of the loot.
One piece — Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown with more than 1,300 diamonds — was later found outside the museum, damaged but recoverable.
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most visited museum that stunned the world.The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport.French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether jewels had been recovered.Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) last Sunday morning. French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled. The museum’s director called the incident a “terrible failure.”Beccuau said investigators from a special police unit in charge of armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests. She rued in her statement the premature leak of information, saying it could hinder the work of over 100 investigators “mobilized to recover the stolen jewels and apprehend all of the perpetrators.” Beccuau said further details will be unveiled after the suspects’ custody period ends.French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised “the investigators who have worked tirelessly, just as I asked them to, and who have always had my full confidence.”The Louvre reopened earlier this week after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.The thieves slipped in and out, making off with parts of France’s Crown Jewels — a cultural wound that some compared to the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019.The thieves made away with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.They also took an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, as well as a reliquary brooch. Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch — an imperial ensemble of rare craftsmanship — were also part of the loot.One piece — Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown with more than 1,300 diamonds — was later found outside the museum, damaged but recoverable.
PARIS —
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most visited museum that stunned the world.
The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport.
French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether jewels had been recovered.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) last Sunday morning. French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled. The museum’s director called the incident a “terrible failure.”
Beccuau said investigators from a special police unit in charge of armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests. She rued in her statement the premature leak of information, saying it could hinder the work of over 100 investigators “mobilized to recover the stolen jewels and apprehend all of the perpetrators.” Beccuau said further details will be unveiled after the suspects’ custody period ends.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised “the investigators who have worked tirelessly, just as I asked them to, and who have always had my full confidence.”
The Louvre reopened earlier this week after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.
The thieves slipped in and out, making off with parts of France’s Crown Jewels — a cultural wound that some compared to the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019.
The thieves made away with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.
They also took an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, as well as a reliquary brooch. Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch — an imperial ensemble of rare craftsmanship — were also part of the loot.
One piece — Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown with more than 1,300 diamonds — was later found outside the museum, damaged but recoverable.
A judge denied bond for Robin Severance Lopez after her second arrest on charges related to bond issue.After spending Thursday night in the Osceola County Jail, Severance Lopez was transferred to the Lake County Jail on Friday morning. The estranged wife of the suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez will no longer appear before an Osceola County judge on Friday afternoon.Her attorney, Michelle Yard, told WESH 2 that statewide prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke Severance-Lopez’s $400,000 bond from her original arrest in June on a conspiracy to commit racketeering charge.Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez testified falsely about her financial status at the hearing in August to remove her GPS ankle monitor, according to her attorney Michelle Yard, who got the probable cause affidavit Friday afternoon.The judged ruled to revoke bond after prosecutors says she violated pretrial release conditions by failing to refrain from criminal activity. Yard said she fully intends to defend Robin Lopez at her trial, which is set to begin on Nov. 10 in Lake County before Judge Brian Welke.What is she accused of?Robin Lopez was arrested in connection with the illegal Central Florida gambling enterprise that her estranged husband is accused of protecting, expanding and profiting between $600,000 and $700,000.Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez helped facilitate the movement of illicit money from the $21-million illegal gambling operation.Yard said she still has not received the new probable cause affidavit to rearrest Robin Lopez on a third-degree felony charge of providing false or misleading information, or omitting material information, in connection with an application for bail or a bail modification.”They sent me the charge and said that everything else is sealed, but there’s a Florida rule of criminal procedure that says they have to produce it,” Yard said in an exclusive interview with WESH 2 Thursday night.Osceola County sheriff’s deputies took Robin Lopez into custody just after 3 p.m. Thursday.”She was home with her child, and you know, just a normal afternoon, and we had no idea that deputies would be arriving to her house or that statewide was pursuing any additional charge,” Yard said.While Marcos Lopez’s attorneys have filed a motion to continue his case and he has waived his right to a speedy trial, a Lake County judge has set a trial date for Robin Lopez in November.The suspended sheriff’s attorneys are also asking the court to move his case from Lake County to Osceola County.A hearing on this motion this week was canceled, and the state has fired back with a motion on why it wants the criminal proceedings to continue in Lake County.
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. —
A judge denied bond for Robin Severance Lopez after her second arrest on charges related to bond issue.
After spending Thursday night in the Osceola County Jail, Severance Lopez was transferred to the Lake County Jail on Friday morning.
The estranged wife of the suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez will no longer appear before an Osceola County judge on Friday afternoon.
Her attorney, Michelle Yard, told WESH 2 that statewide prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke Severance-Lopez’s $400,000 bond from her original arrest in June on a conspiracy to commit racketeering charge.
Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez testified falsely about her financial status at the hearing in August to remove her GPS ankle monitor, according to her attorney Michelle Yard, who got the probable cause affidavit Friday afternoon.
The judged ruled to revoke bond after prosecutors says she violated pretrial release conditions by failing to refrain from criminal activity.
Yard said she fully intends to defend Robin Lopez at her trial, which is set to begin on Nov. 10 in Lake County before Judge Brian Welke.
What is she accused of?
Robin Lopez was arrested in connection with the illegal Central Florida gambling enterprise that her estranged husband is accused of protecting, expanding and profiting between $600,000 and $700,000.
Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez helped facilitate the movement of illicit money from the $21-million illegal gambling operation.
Yard said she still has not received the new probable cause affidavit to rearrest Robin Lopez on a third-degree felony charge of providing false or misleading information, or omitting material information, in connection with an application for bail or a bail modification.
“They sent me the charge and said that everything else is sealed, but there’s a Florida rule of criminal procedure that says they have to produce it,” Yard said in an exclusive interview with WESH 2 Thursday night.
Osceola County sheriff’s deputies took Robin Lopez into custody just after 3 p.m. Thursday.
“She was home with her child, and you know, just a normal afternoon, and we had no idea that deputies would be arriving to her house or that statewide was pursuing any additional charge,” Yard said.
While Marcos Lopez’s attorneys have filed a motion to continue his case and he has waived his right to a speedy trial, a Lake County judge has set a trial date for Robin Lopez in November.
The suspended sheriff’s attorneys are also asking the court to move his case from Lake County to Osceola County.
A hearing on this motion this week was canceled, and the state has fired back with a motion on why it wants the criminal proceedings to continue in Lake County.
Illinois inmate shot and killed at federal prison in Sumter County
WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT, HALEY, THANK YOU. MEANTIME, A FAMILY SAYS THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THEY SAY ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN PRISON. THIS MAN, 33 YEAR OLD DWAYNE TOTTLEBEN, DIED ON OCTOBER 10TH. WESH TWO. TONI ATKINS IS LIVE AT FCC COLEMAN IN SUMTER COUNTY, WHERE TOTTLEBEN WAS SERVING TIME AND TONY. HIS FAMILY JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, IT’S BEEN 12 DAYS SINCE THE INCIDENT HERE AT THE PRISON RIGHT BEHIND ME. THIS FAMILY, HOPING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING SOON. 33 YEAR OLD DWAYNE TOTTLEBEN OF ILLINOIS WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE INSIDE U.S. PENITENTIARY COLEMAN IN SUMTER COUNTY. LOVED ONES POSTING ON GOFUNDME SAYING THEY’RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. NBC NEWS REPORTS. TOTTLEBEN WAS SERVING 15 YEARS AT THE FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. THE CHARGES, RELATED TO A 2020 TRAFFIC STOP IN SAINT LOUIS. THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, WHICH ALSO SHARES INFORMATION ON INMATES DEATHS, HAS NOT RELEASED INFORMATION ABOUT TOTTLEBEN. IN THE MEANTIME, LOVED ONES SPOKE WITH NBC NEWS DWAYNE TOTTLEBEN SENIOR SAYS OFFICIALS INFORMED HIM HIS SON WAS SHOT. HE SAID, QUOTE, I WAS DISTRAUGHT. I DIDN’T KNOW IF SOMEONE STABBED HIM. I DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING. THE PRISON SENT THIS STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS SAYING THE FACILITY WAS PLACED ON ENHANCED MODIFIED OPERATIONS ON OCTOBER 10TH, AND THAT WARDENS MAY ESTABLISH CONTROLS OR IMPLEMENT TEMPORARY SECURITY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE GOOD ORDER AND SAFETY OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CUSTODY. END QUOTE. TOTTLEBEN SENIOR TOLD NBC NEWS, QUOTE, WHEN PEOPLE GET INTO FIGHTS IN PRISON, THEY LOSE TIME, CREDIT. THEY DON’T LOSE THEIR LIVES. AND I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS TO SEE IF THEY HAD A STATEMENT ABOUT HIS DEATH. THEY I DID RECEIVE AN AUTO REPLY, AND IT SAID THAT THEY WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO RESPOND DUE TO A LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. FOR NOW, I’
Illinois inmate shot and killed at federal prison in Sumter County
Dwayne Tottleben, a 33-year-old inmate from Illinois, was shot and killed while inside U.S. Penitentiary Coleman in Sumter County, according to loved ones who are trying to understand the situation.Tottleben was serving a 15-year sentence at the federal prison for possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute, stemming from a 2020 traffic stop in St. Louis.The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which often shares information about inmate deaths, has not released details about Tottleben’s death.Meanwhile, loved ones spoke with NBC News, with Dwayne Tottleben Sr. saying officials informed him his son was shot.”I was distraught. I didn’t know if somebody stabbed him. I didn’t know anything,” Tottleben Sr. said.The prison sent a statement to NBC News, indicating that the facility was placed on enhanced modified operations on Oct. 10.It stated that wardens may establish controls or implement temporary security measures to ensure the good order and safety of employees and individuals in custody.”When people get into fight in prison, they lose good time credit… they don’t lose their life,” Tottleben Sr. said.
Tottleben was serving a 15-year sentence at the federal prison for possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute, stemming from a 2020 traffic stop in St. Louis.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which often shares information about inmate deaths, has not released details about Tottleben’s death.
Meanwhile, loved ones spoke with NBC News, with Dwayne Tottleben Sr. saying officials informed him his son was shot.
“I was distraught. I didn’t know if somebody stabbed him. I didn’t know anything,” Tottleben Sr. said.
The prison sent a statement to NBC News, indicating that the facility was placed on enhanced modified operations on Oct. 10.
It stated that wardens may establish controls or implement temporary security measures to ensure the good order and safety of employees and individuals in custody.
“When people get into fight in prison, they lose good time credit… they don’t lose their life,” Tottleben Sr. said.
A man was taken into custody late Tuesday after driving his car into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said.The U. S. Secret Service said the man crashed into the security gate at a White House entrance at 10:37 p.m. on Tuesday. The man was immediately arrested by officers from the Secret Service’s uniformed division, the agency said.Investigators searched his car and deemed it to be safe, Secret Service officials said in a statement.Authorities did not immediately provide any additional information about the crash, the driver’s identity, or any potential motivation.
WASHINGTON —
A man was taken into custody late Tuesday after driving his car into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said.
The U. S. Secret Service said the man crashed into the security gate at a White House entrance at 10:37 p.m. on Tuesday. The man was immediately arrested by officers from the Secret Service’s uniformed division, the agency said.
Investigators searched his car and deemed it to be safe, Secret Service officials said in a statement.
Authorities did not immediately provide any additional information about the crash, the driver’s identity, or any potential motivation.
Des Moines police have taken a 13-year-old into custody after the teen allegedly stole a delivery van.Police say an investigation began Wednesday afternoon when an Amazon delivery driver reported their van had been stolen from the 600 block of Walker Street. The van was later spotted by officers near Southeast 14th Street and Park Avenue.The stolen van fled from a traffic stop and crashed into a pick-up truck on Southeast 14th Street. Two occupants in the van ran from the crash but were taken into custody, according to police.The driver, a 13-year-old, was referred to juvenile court for charges of first-degree theft, second-degree theft and eluding.The passenger was not charged.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Des Moines police have taken a 13-year-old into custody after the teen allegedly stole a delivery van.
Police say an investigation began Wednesday afternoon when an Amazon delivery driver reported their van had been stolen from the 600 block of Walker Street. The van was later spotted by officers near Southeast 14th Street and Park Avenue.
The stolen van fled from a traffic stop and crashed into a pick-up truck on Southeast 14th Street. Two occupants in the van ran from the crash but were taken into custody, according to police.
The driver, a 13-year-old, was referred to juvenile court for charges of first-degree theft, second-degree theft and eluding.
For more than a month, federal immigration officials surveilled Bayron Rovidio Marin in a hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he lay recuperating from serious injuries to his leg after an encounter with agents at a Carson car wash they raided. He was never charged and his lawyers say he was shackled to his bed for several days and couldn’t speak privately with doctors or legal counsel.
Over the weekend, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring immigration officials to remove the guards watching over Bayron Rovidio Marin, take off the handcuffs and leave him unrestrained.
“He is presently detained under restrictions that limit his access to counsel, medical providers, and family,” U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela wrote in her Oct. 4 order. “He has been questioned by government officials while in pain and under the influence of medication. He cannot place phone calls and remains handcuffed to a hospital bed despite a broken leg that prevents him from walking. He has received no more than a vague explanation for his detention, and Respondents’ proffered excuses for delaying a formal notice are unsupported by facts.”
Despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s insistence on holding the man, Valenzuela said the government failed to provide any proof that he had “violated any law or regulation” or show that he was a “flight risk.”
To date, ICE has not placed Rovidio Marin in removal proceedings, charged him with violating immigration law, set bond, issued a Notice to Appear or otherwise processed him, according to the order. The government told the court that they would determine the immigration status of Rovidio Marin once he was released from the hospital. His attorneys argued being indefinitely held without any charges is a clear constitutional violation.
The Department of Homeland Security and the medical center did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Under federal law, officers initiating warrantless arrests must provide the person in custody a reason why they were arrested or detained and within 48 hours determine if the person will remain in custody, released on bond or given a notice to appear in court and an arrest warrant issued. Those rules are only waived in extraordinary circumstances. The judge noted that the September 11 attacks previously qualified as an “extraordinary circumstance” in delaying notices to appear to noncitizen detainees, but said that Rovidio Marin has been held “substantially longer.”
It’s unclear exactly how he was injured, but his lawyers say that Rovidio Marin had been at the car wash on Aug. 27, when immigration agents doing a “roving patrol” stormed in and raided it.
In an emailed press statement, Cynthia Santiago, Attorney for CLEAN Carwash Worker Center and Nicolas Thompson-Lleras, Attorney for CHIRLA said he suffered severe injuries and was arrested by Border Patrol agents who transferred him into ICE custody.
“For 37 days, our client was forced to endure medical treatment and recovery with ICE agents in his room, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” the statement read. “ICE agents listened to every conversation between him and his doctors,” they stated. “They interrogated him while he was in pain and under the influence of medication. They did not permit him to see his family and removed his access to phone calls.”
According to the judge’s order, Rovidio Marin has been under the supervision of ICE, which contracted with Spectrum Detention Services to provide guards at the hospital where he was taken.
Once admitted he was placed under what is known as a “blackout” procedure for patients in law-enforcement custody, making it harder for anyone to find him. He was registered under the pseudonym “Har Maine UNK Thirteen.”
Two to four uniformed guards —either Spectrum employees or ICE agents— “have been continuously stationed in Petitioner’s hospital room, monitoring him at all times, including while he sleeps, eats, uses the restroom, or receives medical care,” according to a declaration referenced in the order.
“It’s fundamental that you can’t be detained indefinitely without charges,” said Jean Reisz, co-director of the USC Gould School of Law Immigration Clinic, who is representing Rovidio Marin in the habeas case. “Freedom from restraint is the cornerstone of our society and so to arrest someone and withhold their liberty for an extended period of time without any charges, it’s antithetical to our constitutional system and our immigration laws. Our immigration laws do provide for the rights of immigrants as well.”
Federal officials announced Monday that investigators found DNA and other evidence linking Tyler Robinson to the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk as FBI Director Kash Patel faces increasing scrutiny over his leadership during the probe.
Patel said Monday that Robinson had sent a text before the shooting, saying he had an opportunity to “take out” Kirk and “he was going to do it because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for.” It is unclear who Robinson sent the text to, or whether that person alerted law enforcement. A similar message had allegedly been contained in a note that was destroyed, but recovered by law enforcement, Patel told Fox News.
“We learned some shocking things when we spoke to his family and friends,” Patel said in the interview.
The FBI collected a screwdriver containing Robinson’s DNA on the rooftop of a building at Utah Valley University and a firearm wrapped in a towel that had been discarded in a nearby wooded area. The towel also had Robinson’s DNA on it, Patel said, adding that the firearm was still being processed for forensic evidence.
Kirk, 31, was a beloved figure in the conservative movement who in death won praise for using dialogue to make his case. He was known for his unfiltered, hard-right opinions on heated topics such as abortion, immigration and gender identity, comments that frequently drew fierce criticism, particularly on college campuses he visited. His death by a single gunshot during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University shocked the nation and has led to vigorous debate over the motivations allegedly driving Robinson, the 22-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox pauses as he speaks at a news conference Friday in Orem, Utah.
(Lindsey Wasson/AP)
During a round of interviews Sunday morning, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox claimed that Robinson subscribed to a “leftist ideology” and became radicalized after he dropped out of Utah State University in 2021. Robinson’s parents are registered Republicans. Their son is not affiliated with any political party and apparently holds more liberal views, authorities said.
Robinson has not been cooperating with investigators, but the people closest to him have been working with police, Cox said. So far, Robinson’s friends have painted a picture of a young person radicalized in the dark corners of the internet, according to the governor.
“Clearly, there was a lot of gaming going on, friends that have confirmed that there was kind of that deep, dark internet, Reddit culture and these other dark places of the internet where this person was going deep,” Cox said.
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino said Robinson had an “obsession” with Kirk based on information the FBI has discovered so far, and it is looking at whether others knew of the threat he posed.
“Did they … hear it and think it was a joke? That is what we’re trying to find out now,” he told Fox News. “If there is a larger network here, we will get that out to the public as soon as we can.”
There has been much discussion over Robinson’s partner, whom he lives with and who Cox said is “transitioning from male to female.” Cox emphasized in a television interview over the weekend that the person did not have any knowledge of the attack and “was shocked when they found out about it.”
Moments before he was fatally shot on the Utah campus on Wednesday, Kirk was asked by an audience member how many mass shootings were carried out by trans people in the United States.
“Too many,” Kirk responded.
The Violence Prevention Project at Hamline University found that the majority of shootings where four or more people were wounded in a public location were carried out by men. Just 2% of shootings in the last decade were carried out by women and less than 1% were by transgender people, according to the data.
Robinson turned himself over to police after his father saw images of him in a long-sleeved T-shirt and jeans flashing across television and computer screens amid the FBI’s sweeping manhunt for the shooter. The family called their church bishop — also a neighbor — when Robinson threatened to take his own life, according to a law enforcement source who was not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Cox has emphasized that authorities are still trying to determine what led to the fatal shooting and what role, if any, political ideology played in the incident. More information may come to light Tuesday when Robinson is expected to be criminally charged.
“The why behind this … we’re all drawing lots of conclusions on how someone like this could be radicalized. And I think that those are important questions for us to ask and important questions for us to answer,” Cox told “Meet the Press.”
FBI Director Kash Patel makes remarks about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s slaying as Utah Gov. Spencer Cox looks on.
(Chris Samuels/The Salt Lake Tribune via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Patel has faced criticism for his postings on X in the hours after the shooting saying that the “subject for the horrific shooting” had been taken into custody. Less than two hours later, investigators said they had ruled that person out as a suspect and released them after questioning. Robinson would not be arrested for another day.
The announcement was in sharp contrast to how the FBI and other law enforcement agencies typically handle the arrest of a potential suspect in high-profile cases, especially one where the identity of a suspect may not be immediately clear. In similar incidents in the past, law enforcement agencies will often not confirm whether anyone in custody is a suspect until several hours after their detention in an effort to solidify their involvement.
Law enforcement and political sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Patel’s message did not align with the cautious approach officials typically take in such situations and led to many questioning the director’s judgment.
Art Acevedo, former Houston and Austin police chief, said Patel’s lack of experience was evident in how he handled communications after the shooting.
“It’s unconscionable that at a historical high point for domestic and foreign threats, the FBI, the lead agency in combating them, is led by someone over his head. Our nation, the FBI, and the president deserve better,” Acevedo said.
Even before flying to Utah on Thursday, Patel held a meeting with senior agents and unleashed on them. Patel and Bongino said on the profanity-laced call Thursday morning that they were under intense pressure to arrest the killer, according to the New York Times, which cited three people familiar with the exchange. Patel also called out agents in Salt Lake City for not having shared photos of the suspect with him sooner.
Patel’s actions seemed to spark confusion and frustration, even among conservative and right-wing pundits and politicians.
“Suspect still on loose,” Fox News host Laura Ingraham posted on X after news that Patel’s initial announcement of a suspect being in custody was incorrect. “Unreal. Get him.”
Joseph Biggs, a member of the right-wing Proud Boys who was convicted and sentenced for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the capital, blasted Patel on social media.
“Stop all this click bait s— you keep doing,” he wrote. “It’s unbecoming of the office in which you represent.”
In an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Monday, Patel defended his handling of the investigation, including social media posts he made the day of the shooting.
“Could I have worded it a little better in the heat of the moment? Sure. But do I regret putting it out? Absolutely not,” he said. “I was telling the world what the FBI was doing as we were doing and I’m continuing to do that.”
Patel is scheduled to testify before the Senate and House judiciary committees Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, about Patel’s oversight of the FBI.
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