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Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a dozen children, including a 1-year-old, have overdosed on fentanyl since June in Portland, Oregon, its police bureau said Thursday, intensifying alarm in a city like so many others that has struggled to address the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history.Police said 10 minors have overdosed since June and that fentanyl is suspected in all but one of the cases. Half of the incidents were fatal. A 1-year-old, 2-year-old, 5-year-old and two 15-year-olds are among the dead, the Portland Police Bureau said in a news release.A growing number of children are dying of fentanyl overdoses across the country amid an escalating opioid crisis that last year claimed nearly 80,000 lives, according to federal data. In the past month, a 2-year-old with a significant amount of fentanyl in her system died at her home south of Seattle, a 1-year-old died of a suspected fentanyl overdose at a day care in New York City and a 15-month-old in California died after being expo...

La Policía acudió a la casa de Britney Spears tras el video en el que baila con cuchillos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

(CNN) –– Las autoridades respondieron a un llamado para ir a la casa de Britney Spears, en el sur de California, este miércoles y revisar que ella estuviera bien después de que la cantante publicara un video en sus redes sociales en el que aparece bailando con cuchillos.Una persona cercana a Spears, que estaba “realmente preocupada por su bienestar”, llamó a las autoridades, dijo a CNN Dean Worthy, capitán de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ventura.“Algunos podrían decir que simplemente ella (Spears) está expresando su libertad creativa, y otros podrían argumentar que esto es peligroso y que hay un problema de seguridad o de salud mental”, indicó Worthy. Sin embargo, las autoridades decidieron verificar el bienestar de la cantante debido a la llamada inicial de alguien cercano a Spears.CNN se comunicó con un representante de la artista para solicitar comentarios.Britney Spears pide a sus admiradores que respeten su privacidad tras ‘llamadas telefó...

Photos released of 2 people of interest in deadly carjacking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Law enforcement released photos of a man and woman wanted for questioning in a deadly carjacking last week in Arapahoe County.Ahmed Zainuldeen, 23, was shot and killed in a carjacking outside an apartment complex at East Harvard Avenue and Quebec Street. It happened around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19.Now, investigators say they want to question two people linked to another stolen vehicle found in the area that night.Persons of interest in carjackingThe man and woman were seen on video using or trying to use a stolen debit card, which was later found in a stolen vehicle recovered near the crime scene, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.Investigators released the following photos and descriptions.A person of interest wanted for questioning in a deadly carjacking in Arapahoe County on Sept. 19, 2023 (Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)Hispanic male in his early 20sBlack short hair, mustache/goateeSunglasses, gray Pokémon "Kanto Region" hoodie with Pok...

17-year-old girl, woman arrested, charged in brutal Lincoln Road beating caught on video

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

A 17-year-old girl and a woman were arrested and charged after, police said, they beat up two store employees following a brazen theft at a popular Lincoln Road store, a brutal takedown that was caught on camera.A cellphone camera rolled as one of the suspects repeatedly punched a man and another grabbed a woman by the hair, Sept. 19.The footage showed the perpetrators as they slammed the woman’s head against a garbage can and then threw her to the ground. The older suspect is seen kicking the victim at least once.Miami Beach Police said the suspects, a Miami Beach Senior High student and a 26-year-old woman, were taken into custody arrested and charged with battery.Speaking through a translator on Thursday, the female employee who was attacked opened up about the incident.“We shouldn’t feel scared in our workplace,” she said.This employee showed 7News bruises on her neck from the beating.“It was just so fast, I didn’t understand why this happened...

Surfside commission approves luxury condo plan at Champlain Towers collapse site

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

The Surfside commission voted 3-1 in favor of approving a luxury condo site plan for the location once occupied by the ill-fated Champlain Towers South. The contentious meeting saw intense exchanges between Commissioner Nelly Velasquez and Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger, who has been accused of voicing racially insensitive comments towards Velasquez. After Mayor Danzinger adjourned the meeting, Commissioner Velasquez continued to voice her opinion. “I’d like to speak before we adjourn,” she stated. Before she could finish her sentence, Mayor Danzinger continued with a vote. “You see this?” Commissioner Velazquez exclaimed. “He wants to make a motion to adjourn so I can’t make another motion to change. You see this?” Emotions ran high as former and current commissioners, Surfside residents, and the families of the victims turned out to protest the proposal. They gathered outside the chambers, voicing their concerns and demanding respec...

Former Methuen police chief, former officer indicted on fraud, other charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

Former Methuen Chief of Police Joseph Solomon and former Methuen police officer Sean Fountain have been indicted on several charges including fraud, officials said Thursday. The Essex County District Attorney’s office and the state Attorney General’s office announced indictments Thursday afternoon.The DA’s office in a statement said the charges are “related to fraud and corruption.” The indictments, in turn, come after a monthslong investigation that started in January after a review of “various reports from the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission and Office of the Inspector General’s Office outlining past serious misconduct by Methuen Police Department officials,” the DA’s office said.The AG’s office said charges against Solomon “arise from Solomon’s deployment of part-time intermittent officers into full-time positions in circumvention of the civil service laws and his subsequent efforts to deceive others into believing that part-time intermittent officer Sean Fountain had...

Two Sharon police officers fined thousands for entering exclusive suite at Pats game without tickets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

Two Sharon police officers have paid civil penalties for using their position to get into an exclusive suite at a New England Patriots game without tickets last year, officials announced.The State Ethics Commission announced Thursday that Officers John Avelar and Robert Awad paid $8,000 and $4,000 respectively for violating the state’s conflict of interest laws by their positions to obtain privileges and benefits.Avelar asked Award, who was working the security detail at the game on Dec. 1, 2022, to get him and his friend into the Gillette Stadium Putnam Club – a high-end indoor suite with tickets ranging from $6,000 to $10,000.Awad, who had been an officer for less than a year and was in his probationary period, met Avelar and his friend outside Gillette before escorting them to the club. Once in the club, security tried to remove Avelar and his friend. The State Ethics Commission said Awad said, “What’s wrong, don’t you like cops?” and, “Why don’t you trust me?” to the securi...

Former Methuen police chief indicted on 17 fraud counts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

The former police chief for Methuen, described as akin to a mafia “Don,” was indicted by a statewide grand jury on 17 fraud-related charges.A 203-page report, released March 27vand commissioned by Methuen, alleged that former Chief Joseph Solomon, which it described as running the department like a “‘Don’ of an organized crime family,” conspired to get Sean Fountain, an unqualified city council president, a police detective job that defrauded the city out of $400,000.“On 1 July 2016, Fountain was appointed an Intermittent Police Officer by the City of Methuen’s Police Chief Joseph Solomon. Fountain was the beneficiary of a level of preferential treatment that was so blatant that it was criminal,” the report states. “He was treated differently from the four intermittent officers hired when he was.”The offices of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker partnered to further investigate reports of “past serious misconduct ...

Sharon police officers fined for plan to get into Gillette Stadium suite without tickets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

A pair of Sharon police officers are paying up after the two tried to devise a plan that would have allowed one of them and a friend to enjoy a Patriots game at Gillette Stadium from a high-end suite without tickets.Officers John Avelar and Robert Awad have paid $8,000 and $4,000 civil penalties, respectively, for violating the conflict of interest law, as the two tried to sneak their way into the Putnam Club without tickets last December, according to the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.Tickets to the Putnam Club, a suite where fans can watch the game from the indoors as well as exclusive outdoor seats, and enjoy upscale food and drinks, range from $6,000-to-$10,000 per season and are only available to the general public as part of season ticket packages.But officials say Avelar tried to ignore that by seeking assistance from Awad who had been scheduled to work security detail at the Dec. 1 game against the Bills.Several weeks before that Thursday night tilt, Avelar contacted...

Trump won’t try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:02 GMT

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY (Associated Press)ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to state court, his attorneys said in a filing Thursday, three weeks after a judge rejected a similar attempt by the former president’s White House chief of staff.The notice filed in federal court in Atlanta follows a Sept. 8 decision from U.S. District Judge Steve Jones that chief of staff Mark Meadows “has not met even the ‘quite low’ threshold” to move his case to federal court, saying the actions outlined in the indictment were not taken as part of Meadows’ role as a federal official. Meadows is appealing that ruling.Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges, including an alleged violation of Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He was indicted last month along with Meadows and 17 others.The notice, fi...