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TCSO launches cold case webpage in hopes of finding answers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- The Travis County Sheriff's Office launched a cold case page on its website in hopes of reaching "people who can help solve these decades-old mysteries," according to a TCSO release. DNA technology helps solve 2004 San Marcos cold case The page, on the TCSO website, is organized by decade, the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, and will periodically feature specific cases at the top, the release said.The categories include photos of each victim and a description of the case, TCSO said. An "unidentified" category is also listed for cases where the victim's identity is unknown.The featured cases will have video vignettes with additional information about the case. Those videos will be shared across TCSO's social media, TCSO said.“While these cases may have gone cold, the Cold Case Unit’s mission to solve them has not,” Sheriff Sally Hernandez said in the release. “We feel deep compassion for the loved ones of these victims. Some of them have gone most of ...

Woodbury man, 18, faces felony charge for allegedly stealing $20,000 from Egg Roll Queen food truck

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

An 18-year-old Woodbury man faces charges for allegedly stealing $20,000 to $30,000 in cash from the popular Egg Roll Queen food truck, which had been parked in South St. Paul.Frank Gums III was being held Wednesday at the Dakota County Jail in Hastings in lieu of $20,000 bail on a single county of felony theft.Frank Gums III, 18, of Woodbury, was being held on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in the Dakota County Jail in Hastings. Gums faces a felony count of theft for allegedly stealing $20,000 to $30,000 from the Egg Roll Queen food truck when it was parked in South St. Paul on Sept. 13, 2023. (Dakota County book photo)According to charges filed by the Dakota County attorney’s office, the proprietor of the Egg Roll Queen called police on Sept. 13 to report that a man had opened the driver’s side door of her food truck and grabbed a backpack containing the previous month’s business proceeds, as well as two electronic boxes, jewelry and checkbooks belonging to her and th...

Narcan helped save a toddler in St. Paul. Anyone can carry it and health officials say they should.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

After an unresponsive 2-year-old was revived by St. Paul paramedics using Narcan, a public health official said Wednesday it highlights the need for community members to have access to the medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.There are places where people can pick up naloxone, more commonly known as Narcan, for free, and St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health officials say they’re planning a pilot program to make it more readily available “for situations just like this.”Five children who were age 5 or younger died of fentanyl-involved overdoses in the state between 2017 and 2022, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The Minnesota Poison Control System was contacted about more than 60 children under the age of 3 who were exposed to opioids since 2022, the agency said in July.“With so much fentanyl out there on the street, obviously it’s very dangerous” if children are exposed, said Ryan Rasmussen, public health educator with St. P...

NYS Board of Education bans Facial Recognition Technology in schools

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Starting today, all schools within New York State are prohibited from buying or using facial recognition technology. News10 went through the report that the Board of Education based its findings on and found that the concerns revolved around the difference between safety and privacy. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! According to New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty A. Rosa, the report on the technology:“…identifies serious concerns regarding the use of facial recognition technology in schools, including a higher rate of false positives for people of color, nonbinary and transgender people, women, the elderly, and children, as well as the ability of schools to use such technology without parental consent.”In 2020, civil rights advocates wanted to stop the Lockport School District in Western New York from using the technology and claiming that it infringed on student privacy.The schoo...

Native American mural vandalized at school

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -The Mohonasen Central School District has until the start of the Fall 2025 school year to remove its Native American Imagery. In the early hours of September 22, an unidentified group decided to make their own changes. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! A school spokesperson says a mural on the school athletic shed depicting Native American imagery was done by Former Art Teacher, Jennifer Spath, in 2001. Security cameras captured someone who first came to the shed at 4:37 a.m. and painted over the mural. Later at 4:54 a.m., a vehicle let out two people who also went to the shed.NEWS10's Anthony Krolikowski spoke with parents on the nearby fields for practice; both local families and those from Fonda-Fultonville Central School, which is also going through similar changes. Neither group would go on camera and some said though this was vandalism, the school was going to remove it anyway. Others either spok...

Candidates in the second GOP debate attack each other and Trump — even though he's absent

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump's rivals were quick to lay into him during the second presidential debate on Wednesday, ripping the former president for skipping the event as they sought to blunt the momentum that has seen him build a commanding early lead in the Republican primary. “He should be on this stage tonight,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was at center stage despite recent struggles to emerge as the field’s top Trump alternative. “He owes it to you to defend his record where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation we have now.”Seven GOP candidates squared off at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California for an event hosted by Fox Business Network. Trump was in Michigan, delivering a prime-time speech that continued through the start of the debate, attempting to capitalize on the Auto Workers Union strike and trying to appeal to rank-and-file union members in a key state that could help decide the general election...

Kiszla: Jamal Murray, strawberry Starburst and why the Nuggets don’t care if the Bucks traded for Damian Lillard

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

They’re all out to get the Juggernuggets. But anyone who thinks the defending champs are worried about Damian Lillard joining the Bucks or the Suns acquiring Bradley Beal has never seen Jamal Murray devour a Starburst.While they’re assembling super teams in Milwaukee and Phoenix to stop the Nuggets from repeating, I say a bigger challenge will only make the chip on Murray’s shoulder grow larger.Here’s the best reason I can give you to believe Denver can win back-to-back championships: This season is the chance for Murray to be truly recognized as the All-NBA player he has audaciously strived to become.While we all know Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the best basketball player on the planet, it’s Murray who instills Denver with its defiant, mess-around-and-find-out edge that every champ needs.I call it the Starburst Effect.My favorite moment from the NBA Finals, when the Heat was as good as beat, was on the eve of Game 3 in Miami, with the best-of-seven series tied at one victo...

Norwalk woman recovering after being beaten unconscious during armed home invasion, kidnapping 

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

A woman who was brutally beaten by an armed home invader who then kidnapped her son is beginning the long road to recovery.The break-in occurred on Aug. 2 at the home of Maria Romero in Norwalk, located near Studebaker Road and Alondra Boulevard. The armed man used a tool he found in the home’s yard to smash a sliding glass door and proceeded to beat Romero with the same tool. The former LAUSD teacher suffered a fractured skull and several facial bones, a broken wrist and finger and damage to her eye socket. “I’ve had reconstructive surgery twice. I guess part of my bone I needed was found in my cheek,” she told KTLA 5’s Kimberly Cheng. “My nerves were severed; there’s no chance of me getting my eyesight back in my left eye.”  Stolen $1.5M ancient Buddha statue recovered; suspect arrested Despite fighting back against the intruder with all her strength, Romero eventually fell unconscious, and that’s when the armed robber kidnapped her adult son, who has special need...

Four-bedroom home sells for $7.7 million in Saratoga

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

22000 Rolling Hills Road – Google Street ViewA 5,401-square-foot house built in 1989 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 22000 block of Rolling Hills Road in Saratoga was sold on Sept. 12, 2023, for $7,700,000, or $1,426 per square foot. This two-story house offers a capacious living environment with its four bedrooms and six baths. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. In addition, the house is equipped with a four-car garage, accommodating vehicles and storage needs efficiently.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:In September 2022, a 3,480-square-foot home on Arrowhead Lane in Saratoga sold for $5,125,000, a price per square foot of $1,473. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 2,850-square-foot home on the 21700 block of Prospect Road in Saratoga sold in May 2023, for $3,950,000, a price per square foot of $1,386. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Parker Ranch Road, Saratoga, in Apr...

San Jose: Woman pleads guilty to firing shotgun at police during February 2019 chase

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:51:28 GMT

SAN JOSE – A 27-year-old woman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to firing a shotgun at authorities during a high-speed chase on Valentine’s Day in 2019, as well as later carjacking a UPS truck driver and taking him hostage, according to prosecutors.Joanna Mae Macy-Rodgers faces a potential life sentence after pleading guilty to charges of attempted murder of a peace officer, carjacking and false imprisonment of a hostage, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.Macy-Rodgers’ accomplice – Mark Morasky, 33, of Saratoga – was shot and killed by San Jose police Officer Nicholas Bronte during the incident. Bronte was later cleared of criminal liability.“The Sheriff’s and San Jose Police Department stopped a violent couple from further mayhem,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “My office has taken a reckless and dangerous person off the streets for a long time. None of this county’s public safety agencies will allow criminals to turn our safe streets into the Wi...