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Driver in deadly Clinton Avenue crash sentenced

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An Altamont man will serve eight to 24 years in prison for hitting and killing 31-year-old Tanisha Brathwaite with his car in September 2022 on Clinton Avenue in the city of Albany. Nsikak Okure, 34, was sentenced in Albany County Court on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in February to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide and Leaving the Scene of an Accident.Prosecutors said Okure caused another crash about an hour later. His blood alcohol content at that time was nearly three times the legal limit. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Brathwaite, who was from Brooklyn, had just graduated from the University at Albany and planned to continue her studies. She was walking home from work at the time of the crash. Her family remembered her for her creativity and kindness."We have no Tanisha. We just have memories, and this is just so hard, just coming up here. I would never, ever, ever imagine my family sitting right...

AARP hosts free shredding event to prevent identity theft

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The AARP held a free shredding event in Albany on Wednesday. With spring cleaning underway and tax season behind us, the event was meant to give people the chance to safely get rid of personal financial records and other sensitive documents.Officials said improper disposal could put your information at risk. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "It's really about preventing identity theft," AARP New York Assoc. State Dir. for Community Engagement Robyn Haberman said. "If you're throwing away documents that have your name, your social security number, your birthday, your address, throwing it right in the garbage, somebody might find it and use that information to scam you out of money or steal your identity."Event organizers said they've seen documents from more than 30 years ago at previous events.

Two people die in two-vehicle crash with Arapahoe County deputy

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

Two people died in a two-vehicle crash with an Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy Wednesday afternoon.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Victim in Jefferson County rock-hurling attacks mourns the loss of life in crime spree Crime and Public Safety | Parking garage at SouthGlenn mall reopens as police investigate suspicious death Crime and Public Safety | One dead, two others hospitalized in Lakewood apartment fire Crime and Public Safety | Suspect arrested in southwest Denver fatal shooting Crime and Public Safety | Outdoor death in Denver’s La Alma-Lincoln Park neighborhood investigated as a homicide The crash happened at about 3:25 p.m. at East Broncos Parkway and South Blackhawk Street, according to the Colorado State Patrol.The 69-year-old male driver of a vehicle involved died at the scene, said CSP Master Trooper Gary Cutler. A 75-year-old female passenger in the vehicle was taken ...

L.A. rapper dies in prison stabbing

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

Rapper MoneySign Suede has died after he was stabbed in a shower at a California prison, authorities and his attorney said.Jaime Brugada Valdez, 22, of Huntington Park, was found in the shower area of the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.Despite life-saving efforts, he died at a prison medical facility.The agency didn't detail his injuries but said his death was being investigated as a homicide.“They said it was a stabbing to the neck,” Valdez's attorney, Nicholas Rosenberg, told the Los Angeles Times.Suede signed to Atlantic Records in 2021, and released his most recent album “Parkside Baby” last September, the Times said.The Monterey County prison houses more than 4,000 minimum- and medium-security inmates.Valdez was sent there after being sentenced in Riverside County last December to serve two years and eight months on two charges of being a convicte...

Former pediatrician in L.A. pleads guilty in child pornography case

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

A former pediatrician from Beverly Grove pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing hundreds of images and dozens of DVDs containing child sexual abuse material, federal authorities announced.  In Nov. 2021, 62-year-old David Goulin, admitted to having four DVDs containing sexually explicit material involving minors who were under the age of 12, as well as another 57 DVDs with child sexual abuse material.  According to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Los Angeles Office, the average run time on the DVDs was nearly three and a half hours.  “Goulin admitted that in August 2021 he used his cellphone to knowingly receive a video of (child sexual abuse material). In total, Goulin possessed more than 600 images that he knew constituted child pornography, some of which showed children engaging in sadistic or masochistic conduct,” the news release stated.  The former pediatrician, who was prohibited from practicing medicine in Nov. 2021 by the Medical Board of Cal...

Why SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler told the story of ‘the worst I’ve ever been in my career’

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Wednesday afternoon, Giants manager Gabe Kapler found himself thinking about the worst moment of his playing career.He was empathizing with Giants rookie Blake Sabol, who, despite hitting a walk-off home run in the Giants’ 5-4 win over the Cardinals on Tuesday night, has been the worst player in baseball at making contact this season.The growing pains were to be expected with Sabol, a Rule 5 pick who had just 25 games above the Double-A level before the season. Still, he’s struggled enough that Kapler has needed to remind Sabol – and himself – just how hard it is to be a rookie.It was back in 2005 that Kapler was a rookie in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization in Japan.At 29 years old, Kapler had plenty of professional experience, but none in Japan. He had just come off a season in which he won a World Series with the ‘04 Red Sox, the first team in baseball history to overcome a 3-0 series deficit in the postseason. He hit .272 with ...

Sale closed in Saratoga: $2.9 million for a condominium

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

14650 Stoneridge Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious condominium located in the 14600 block of Stoneridge Drive in Saratoga has new owners. The 3,116-square-foot property, built in 1975, was sold on April 3, 2023, for $2,900,000, or $931 per square foot. The property features two bedrooms, three baths, a garage, and two parking spaces. The backyard also has a pool. The unit sits on a 4,617-square-foot lot.Additional units that have recently changed hands close by include:On Stoneridge Drive, Saratoga, in January 2023, a 2,417-square-foot unit was sold for $1,950,000, a price per square foot of $807. The unit has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In April 2023, a 2,229-square-foot unit on Wild Berry Lane in Saratoga sold for $1,775,000, a price per square foot of $796. The unit has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,585-square-foot unit on the 14600 block of Springer Avenue in Saratoga sold in November 2022, for $1,940,000, a price per square foot of $750. The unit has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathroo...

Attorney demands Alameda DA Pamela Price’s dismissal from manslaughter case against former San Leandro officer

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

The attorney for a former San Leandro police officer charged with killing a man three years ago is demanding that Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price be removed from the case — arguing she has shown “a consistent, publicly proclaimed animosity against the police profession in its entirety.”Mike Rains, whose law firm represents police unions across the Bay Area, filed a motion Wednesday which seeks to dismiss Price and her office from the prosecution of Jason Fletcher, a veteran police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the 2020 death of Steven Taylor. Rains asked that the California Attorney General’s Office take over the case.In arguing for Price’s office to be tossed, Rains cited a roughly decade-long run of statements by the longtime civil rights attorney. They included comments from Price alleging Fletcher “executed” and “murdered” Taylor during their deadly encounter three years ago in a San Leandro Wal...

Murder charges filed against man accused of killing girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter in Oakland

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

(KRON) -- Murder charges have been filed against the man accused of killing his girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter in a shooting in Oakland on Saturday night, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced on Wednesday. This isn't the first time he has faced charges related to domestic violence. Video captures moments after a baby was shot in Oakland Authorities allege that Antonio Lamont Powell killed his girlfriend Rebecca Jenkins while her one-year-old baby was with her in bed. Miraculously, the baby survived. Rebecca Jenkins and her daughter Desiree (Photo courtesy of GoFundMe)He then reportedly shot and killed Jenkins' 13-year-old daughter Desiree, according to the DA's office. Another child visiting for a sleepover was also shot during Powell's "violent spree," the DA said. Powell is now charged with two counts of murder and four separate counts of felony child abuse because other children also witnessed the shootings. He is facing enhancements for use of a f...

Elizabeth Holmes dodges prison, again

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:34:58 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The clock is ticking for Silicon Valley's disgraced celebrity Elizabeth Holmes. The 39-year-old former Theranos CEO was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by Thursday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for fraud.Holmes's defense attorneys, however, filed an 11th-hour appeal to her prison deadline that will keep Holmes out of jail for at least a few more weeks.Holmes, 39, of Woodside, was once a self-made billionaire and a superstar in the Silicon Valley biotech industry. After Theranos whistleblowers alerted investigators that the company's blood testing technology produced false results, prosecutors charged Holmes and her co-conspirator, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani with fraud and conspiracy in 2018. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)They were convicted i...