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Reward increased for American Elm double homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The reward for information about the shooting deaths of two employees at American Elm has been increased, Crime Stoppers announced Friday.Emerall Vaughn-Dahler and Ignacio Gutierrez Morales were killed in a shooting inside the restaurant located on the corner of 38th Avenue and Raleigh Street in the West Highlands. Loved ones mourning after double homicide at Denver restaurant The initial reward for information was set at $2,000 and it has now been increased to $5,000.Limited details have been released about what happened, but the two were killed just after noon on Monday at the restaurant.“The American Elm team is completely devastated by today’s tragic events. We are focused on providing our staff mental health support and will be closed for the rest of the week. We are cooperating fully with the Denver Police Department in their ongoing investigation and will not be providing any further comment at this time out of respect for the families and loved ones i...

Gun owners group suing Polis, state over new laws

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Two lawsuits have been filed against Gov. Jared Polis and the State of Colorado after multiple gun bills were signed into law on Friday.The Rocky Mountain Gun Owners group is suing over two new laws - one that requires a minimum three-day waiting period before a firearm can be purchased and raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 years old. The group called the laws "unconstitutional" and is suing on the grounds of the right to bear arms, citing the Supreme Court decision NYSRPA v. Bruen. Polis signs gun control bills after massacre Members of the group are funding the lawsuits, the release said. “The idea that an 18-year-old can vote, serve on a jury that could send someone to jail for life, sign contracts, own property, and even be drafted into our nation’s military, but not be able to possess a basic hunting rifle is asinine. Regardless of age, sex, race, religion, or creed, rights are rights and can’t be cherry-picked by bigoted politicians," Dudl...

DougCo says high school clear after bomb threat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

PARKER, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Chaparral High School has been cleared after a bomb threat was investigated Friday afternoon."Students have been evacuated and are gathered in the parking lots," a tweet from DougCo Sheriff's Office said at 12:41 p.m.The sheriff's office confirmed the threat was received via phone call. The school announced early release at 1:15 p.m. and the sheriff's office said students can come pick up their belongings at the school after 3 p.m.This is a breaking story. Updates will be posted as soon as they are received.

Suspect in police custody after pursuit ends in NW Miami-Dade; suspect fled on foot, swam into canal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

A suspect has been captured by police after a pursuit ended with him swimming into a canal and fleeing into a South Florida backyard.Law enforcement later identified the suspect as 54-year-old Marc A. Anderson.A Florida Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop Anderson who is accused of ramming into a trooper in the area of Northwest 103rd Street and 32nd Avenue, Friday morning.At some point, troopers lost sight of the vehicle and called for a Miami-Dade Police helicopter, which was able to locate the truck. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where Anderson exited a white pickup and fled on foot in the area of Northwest Second Avenue, near at South Biscayne River Drive.During his escape, Anderson jumped into a nearby canal. He then fled into a backyard. Both law enforcement agencies searched for the suspect with K-9 units. Anderson was then seen again swimming through a canal. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where dive teams surrounded Anderson and brought him to shore.He is now in p...

7-year-old girl bitten by dog in Miami Gardens released from hospital, faces long recovery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

A 7-year-old girl faces a long road to recovery after she was attacked by a dog in a Miami Gardens neighborhood.K’lonie Huges spoke with 7News on Friday after she was released from the hospital.She described the moment when she realized she was in danger.“I saw the dog run past me, and then the dog came inside the gate,” she said.Surveillance video captured Huges as she ran from the canine along the 3800 block of Northwest 207th Street Road, Wednesday evening.“I tried to run, but I looked behind me, and the dog was chasing me,” she said, “and then that’s when the dog bit me.”The bites on Huges were serious enough that paramedics airlifted her to Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital.“She has injuries to her thigh, and she has injuries to her leg,” said her grandmother, Carletha Rodgers.Her left thigh bandaged, Huges is now using crutches to get around.The dog’s owner, Norberto Pass, surrendered his pet to Miami-Dade Animal Services ...

NH man appears in court after arrest in connection with Weare explosions that injured passerby

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

A New Hampshire man appeared in court Friday as he faces charges in connection with accusations that he set off a pair of pipe bombs in the town of Weare earlier this week. Less than a day after his arrest late Thursday afternoon, 54-year-old Dale Stewart Jr. pleaded not guilty and was ordered held after his attorney suggested he undergo a mental health evaluation. Weare police previously said authorities were able to identify a vehicle belonging to a suspect. By 6 p.m. on Thursday, officials said they tracked it down and detained Stewart.Officials said they executed a search warrant on Stewart’s vehicle and his residence, finding one additional fully-constructed pipe bomb in his truck. The first explosion happened on Wednesday at 6:10 p.m. in the area of Dustin Tavern Road. The other happened Thursday morning at 6:50 a.m. off Sugar Hill Road.A passerby was injured in the second explosion, suffering minor injuries from shattered glass after he stopped on his way to work to...

Workers describe pair of armed robberies at Jamaica Plain cell phone stores as police investigate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

An investigation got underway this week after multiple armed robberies along the same street in Jamaica Plain. Security cameras captured some of the crimes, which all took place at cell phone stores. As police search for one man in connection with at least one of two robberies in the area, some of the people working at the targeted stores have described their experiences to 7NEWS. “He said ‘Don’t play dumb man. I’m not having a good day. Don’t do anything stupid. I don’t want to kill you man,’” Emmanuel Sanchez said of a man he said robbed him at knifepoint Thursday afternoon on Centre Street. “I tried to calm down,” Sanchez said. “Don’t do nothing stupid — because he had two knives.”The robbery Sanchez described happened 24 hours after a man showed two knives while robbing a nearby Boost Mobile store. “My employee is left for fear,” said store manager Ashley Cruz. “All the employees I have are in fear now of working. I don’t want myself to risk them.”Cruz said ...

Teen accused of fatal rock throwing took picture of victim’s car ‘as a memento,’ affidavits say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

(CNN) — One of three teens accused of killing a 20-year-old Colorado woman after hurling a large rock through the windshield of her car snapped a photo “as a memento” of the crime, according to arrest affidavits released Thursday.Alexa Bartell was killed April 19 after her vehicle and several others were struck by rocks, said Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities believe at least seven vehicles were hit by large landscaping rocks.The 18-year-old suspects — Joseph Koenig, Nicholas Karol-Chik and Zachary Kwak — were arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder and extreme indifference, according to the sheriff’s office. They are being held without bail.CNN has reached out to the public defender’s office to see if the three suspects have attorneys assigned to them.After taking the photo of Bartell’s car, Koenig and Karol-Chik talked about being “blood brothers” ...

Maine urges against eating too much fish from more lakes, ponds and streams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

Maine (WMTW) — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says you should limit the amount of fish you eat that comes from nearly a dozen different bodies of freshwater in Maine due to PFAS contamination, also known as forever chemicals.The announcement this week adds four new bodies of water to the list and expands the advisories for two others that were issued last year.The Maine CDC says elevated PFAS levels were found in fish samples from the Limestone Stream below the dam near Route 229 in Limestone, the Kennebec River between Hinkley and Fairfield, Number One Pond on the Mousam River in Sanford, Halfmoon Stream in Thorndike, Fifteenmile Stream in Albion, and China Lake.Here is a listing of the new or expanded consumption advisories:Fifteen Mile Stream from the Yorktown Brook inlet at the Hussey Road to Route 137/202 in Albion: no more than two meals per month of brook trout China Lake: No more than one meal per month of any fish Kennebec River in Fairfield from ...

Why did Donovan Mitchell wear the LOX hat after Cavs were ousted by Knicks?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:05 GMT

He wore the LOX hat — but why?In his exit interview after the Knicks embarrassed his Cavaliers with a five-game first-round series win as underdogs, Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell wore a LOX hat to address the media.It was a carbon copy of the hat artist and New York hip-hop legend Jadakiss wore in his famous, sold-out Verzuz rap battle with Cam’ron’s rap group Dip$et at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 3, 2021.While wearing that hat and performing at The Garden, Jadakiss shouted: “New York, the real New York! I’m outside. I don’t live in Miami.”That clip was edited next to a clip of Mitchell’s exit interview.Mitchell, of course, is from Elmsford, has ties to Miami, and he almost became a Knick last summer.His hat of choice sparked an ongoing debate on social media: Why would Mitchell wear that specific LOX hat in his exit interview? Does he still want to be a Knick?Mitchell has one more year left on his deal before he can opt out and te...