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Local cops unmask international suspects' clever crime tricks

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

ARNOLD, Mo. – The suburbs appear to be the target of international criminals, reportedly using hand tricks to steal thousands. But they’re not getting away with it here in the St. Louis area.Arnold Police reportedly took down two separate international crime plots recently. They sold one with a suspect’s surveillance picture and a Canadian newspaper.“We didn’t know who he was,” Detective Corporal Josh Wineinger said.Investigators had been tracking the suspect, who was reportedly stealing thousands of dollars from local Walmart stores, including five days this past June, which netted more than $16,000.“An international suspect, and at that point we knew we have him identified, now we can dive further into the investigation,” Wineinger said.The facial recognition match gave the police a name, listed in the Canadian newspaper article. The suspect, identified as Mohsen Akbari, has been charged with a scheme to defraud. Federal court records say the suspect targeted at least 13 states, s...

Missing macaw stirs up sights and sounds in O’Fallon, Missouri

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

O’FALLON, Mo. – A one-and-a-half-year-old macaw remains on the loose after escaping days ago. The bird’s owners and local avian specialists are discussing how the bird will cope with the approaching cold front.“With Louie, he kind of just called to us in the pet store, and he kind of just called out to us,” owner Chris Harsy said.Since adopting Louie, the macaw has become a family member. He even gets along with their three dogs.Harsy was cleaning Louie’s cage a couple of days when the bird flew the proverbial coop and went out the door.Louie went from tree to tree as Harsy and others attempted to fetch him. It’s made Harsy and his family wonder why Louie escaped and hasn’t yet returned home. They believe it could have something to do with the bird’s friendly nature. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

In wake of CVPA shooting, millions spent to bolster school district security

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Public School District has beefed up security in the year since the tragic shooting at Central Visual Performing Arts High Schools.Prior to the October 2022 mass shooting, the security budget was $8 million. It’s grown to $11.5 million at present.DeAndre Davis, the school district’s head of safety and security, said there were no holes in security at CVPA on the day of the shooting, but lessons were learned.“Our job, every day, is to do our best to take away the opportunity (for violence),” he said, adding that entry doors and other doors throughout the building have been replaced.“More resistant doors. Different doors. Different locks. Steel. Less glass; more durable. They don’t have handles on the outside, just on the inside,” Davis said.The first person who confronted the shooter was an unarmed security guard. He alerted others by radio and let them know of the danger. Local cops unmask international suspects’ clever crime tricks And while police were ...

Keeler: Bow to the new king, LeBron James! Nikola Jokic, Nuggets are the Lakers’ daddies. And the world knows it.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

Daddy 119, Lakers 107.“Who’s your dad-dy?” the fans cried as a line of LeBron James replica jerseys filed out of Ball Arena early Tuesday night.“Who’s your dad-dy?”The Nuggets are.The only thing more beautiful than that banner in the rafters is the bragging rights. The NBA champs have beaten the Lakers five straight, now, playoffs and regular season.The Nuggets’ 12-point win on Ring Night confirmed the longest Mile High run over the West’s oldest, crustiest money since December 2012-November 2014, when Denver took seven in a row. And sealed the first five-game losing streak for King James against the Nuggets since he was with the Cavs from January 2006-February 2008.“There’s no statement win,” Michael Malone said Tuesday night, “in the first game of the season.”Sorry, coach.Kinda was.“We’re not going to make too much of this,” Malone continued. “We’ve got to turn the page and ...

Denver Referred Question 2P asks voters to make the city’s preschool tax permanent

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

If Denver Referred Question 2P look familiar, that’s because Denver voters twice before have had their say on a sales tax that provides tuition support for families seeking to enroll 4-year-olds in preschool.The new measure on ballots for the Nov. 7 election is aimed at authorizing the now-17-year-old tax in perpetuity, without a need to ask voters to renew it.A narrow margin of Denverites in 2006 approved the initial 0.12% sales tax that launched the Denver Preschool Program, setting a rate that amounts to 12 cents on a $100 purchase. That tax came with an expiration date 10 years later.In 2014, two years ahead of that, the Denver City Council referred a measure to the ballot that proposed to increase the tax to 0.15% — 15 cents on a $100 purchase — and extend the expiration by another decade, to 2026. Voters approved that measure with 55% support.Now, three years ahead of time, the City Council is asking voters to vote on the tax a final time — unless there...

PHOTOS: Denver Nuggets hoist championship banner, open new season at Ball Arena

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

The Denver Nuggets raised last season’s NBA championship banner at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday night, October 24, 2023. Denver beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-107 to open the new season amid national media fanfare.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | Nikola Jokic’s triple-double brings playoff magic back to Denver in Nuggets’ opening-night win over Lakers Denver Nuggets | See the Denver Nuggets’ 2023 NBA championship rings Denver Nuggets | Opening night notes: Nuggets ring ceremony scenes from Ball Arena, a new Denver jersey sponsor and Lakers’ offseason beef Denver Nuggets | Nuggets Podcast: 10 questions as Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray prepare to defend NBA title Denver Nuggets | Keeler: TNT’s Ernie Johnson on Nikola Jokic, Shaquille O’Neal, Deion Sanders and how Denver went from cowtown to NBA cool: “The ring validates a lot of things.”

Violent soccer brawl caught on camera in Irvine under investigation by police

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

The Irvine Police Department is investigating a brawl that broke out between two soccer teams that brought spectators, parents and family members onto the field and into the melee over the weekend.  The Saturday night, Oct. 21, fight at Great Park in Irvine reportedly came at the end of the game between Club Garrafones from South Los Angeles and Irvine Zeta FC II, both of whom are a part of the professional development United Premier Soccer League.  The nearly four minute video obtained by KTLA shows the two teams and others in a violent altercation that moved back and forth across the field, with several people taking blows to the face, as well as one person ganged up on and kicked while they were down. Bryan Wallace, head coach of Irvine Zeta, believes his lower-ranked and younger team’s upset victory over the undefeated Club Garrafones is what sparked tempers and led to a dispute between two players that turned into an out-and-out fight that cleared the bleachers.  ...

The top 10 most expensive home sales in Los Gatos, reported the week of Oct. 16

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

A house that sold for $6.8 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past two weeks.In total, 20 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past two weeks, with an average price of $2.8 million. The average price per square foot was $1,106.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded from the week of October 9 to the week of Oct. 22 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2.9 million, single-family home in the 800 block of Cherrystone DriveThe sale of the single-family house in the 800 block of Cherrystone Drive, Los Gatos, has been finalized. The price was $2,890,000, and the new owners took over the house in October. The house was built in 1962 and has a living area of 1,840 square feet. The price per square foot was $1,571. The house features four bedrooms and three bathrooms.Cherrystone Drive9. $2.9 million, single-family residence in the 16400 block of...

Alameda: Man charged with burglarizing USS Hornet Museum

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

ALAMEDA – The Alameda City Attorney’s Office is pursuing criminal charges against a man arrested last week on suspicion of burglarizing the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space museum.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Authorities release identity of teen killed in Oakley house-party shooting Crime and Public Safety | Shock over off-duty Bay Area pilot accused of trying to shut off plane’s engines in flight Crime and Public Safety | ‘He shed very sincere and real tears’: Oakland man acquitted in hectic gas station shootout that killed bystander Crime and Public Safety | Leaked video shows Antioch cops fire dozens of shots at man as he runs away Crime and Public Safety | East Bay gun store owner fatally shoots suspected robber The incident happened Oct. 17 at the World War II-era aircraft carrier docked on the southernmost pier of former Naval Air Station Alameda, the city said in a ne...

First major snowstorm of the season hitting the northern Rockies after a warm fall

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:25:31 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season is expected to hit the northern Cascades, Rockies and North Dakota this week, sending residents searching for their winter coats, gloves and boots and facing much different driving conditions after a warm fall in many places.The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous travel on snowy mountain passes and ice on some highways when snow initially melts and then freezes as road temperatures drop. The storm was forecast to come in waves, beginning with rain that fell Tuesday at lower elevations in Washington and snow in the mountains and spreading snow across northern Idaho, Montana, northwestern Wyoming and North Dakota into Friday morning.Cold air moving down from northwestern Canada has combined with a moist Pacific weather system, leading to freezing temperatures and snowfall amounts up to 18 inches (46 centimeters) in the mountains of Montana, the National Weather Service forecasts. Some higher elevations in the n...