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Albany man pleads guilty to unemployment insurance fraud

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The United States Attorney's Office report Taliek Lanier, 23 of Albany pleaded guilty on March 29 in connection to a conspiracy to defraud the NYS department of labor (NYSDOL). Lanier obtained unemployment insurance benefits under the names of other people, including benefits funded by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The US attorney's office explains Lanier admitted that he provided Jamie Johnson with the personal identifying information of three other people, which Johnson used to file false claims via the NYSDOL website. Lanier also admitted that as a result of the fraudulent applications, the NYSDOL paid $113,936 in unemployment insurance benefits. As part of his plea agreement, Lanier agreed to pay $113,936 in restitution to the State of New York.Johnson previously pleaded guilty to fraudulently getting $701,441 in unemployment insuran...

Police investigate the death of Albany Med lockdown suspect's mother

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New details have emerged as NEWS10 continues to follow the investigation that sent Albany Medical Center into a lockdown this week. We have been informed that the suspect's 97-year-old mother has died. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Based on what we know about the investigation, police say Dino Savoca barricaded himself inside his mother's room on Monday, because she was scheduled to be transported to another facility for continuing care.Police tell us his mother died Tuesday but did not have a cause of death. We have also reached out to Albany Med for any information on her passing.Savoca has been charged with bringing a BB gun and shotgun into the hospital. He was also charged with kidnapping, for barricading his mother inside and not letting police or medical personnel into the room for several hours. Colonie man charged in Albany Med lockdown Savoca is currently being held in Albany County Ja...

Kohberger’s sisters lost jobs over link to accused Idaho killer

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

(NewsNation) — The sisters of Bryan Kohberger have lost their jobs over their link to the accused Idaho killer, NewsNation has learned. Kohberger's older sister was a school counselor, and his younger sister, at least at one point, was working as an actress, according to sources. Both of Kohberger's parents are retired, and sources told NewsNation the family is in very bad shape financially. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! NewsNation has also learned family members have not visited the jail where Kohberger is being held, but have spoken to him via phone. Kerri Rawson, daughter of BTK killer Dennis Rader, weighed in Monday night on "Dan Abrams Live." Watch her interview in the video player above.

Million-dollar scratch-off sold in Ballston Spa

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York Lottery reports Jeffrey Duval of Branford, Connecticut won the million-dollar top prize on a New York Lottery Multiplier Money scratch-off game on March 28. Duval purchased the ticket from Cumberland Farms on Route 67 in Ballston Spa. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Duval received a single lump sum payment of $546,840 after withholdings. The lottery explains as of March 28 there were two top prizes left on the Multiplier Money ticket. Players can check the status of any scratch-off game by downloading the Game Report on the NY Lottery website.

Kim Gardner will seek reelection despite ouster bid

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis' elected prosecutor has said she will run for reelection in 2024, even as she tries to fend off an effort by Missouri's attorney general to force her out of office.Democratic Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner spoke Tuesday night at an often-raucous public forum and made it clear that not only will she not resign, but that she plans to run again.Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey last month filed a lawsuit asking a judge to remove Gardner from office, accusing her of incompetence. Bailey cited a low rate of convictions in homicide cases, accused Gardner of failing to keep crime victims and their families updated, and said her office is too slow to take up cases brought by police. Top Stories: Officers injured in Maryland Heights crash In addition to the lawsuit, a Republican-led bill in the statehouse would give the governor authority to appoint a special prosecutor to take on violent crimes in jurisdictions with a homicide rate over...

Missouri man arrested after circuit judge receives racist threats

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been charged with making racist and abusive threats against a judge, who sought a protective order after the man said he had staked out the Jackson County courthouse and followed people home, the Jackson County Prosecutor said Wednesday.The 42-year-old defendant, of Independence, was charged Tuesday with tampering with a judicial officer and harassment. He was being held Wednesday without bond. Online court records do not name an attorney for him.Michael Deblois, who is white, made 15 to 17 calls on Monday and Tuesday to the courthouse threatening the judge, who is Black, according to court affidavits. The judge, who works in the 16th Circuit Court in Jackson County, was not identified in the complaint. Top Stories: Officers injured in Maryland Heights crash According to the complaint, a woman who answered the phone at the judge’s office told authorities Deblois left his name and phone number, was “angry, hateful and harassing,” and used...

Opinion: Backing assault weapon ban should be litmus test in vote for Denver mayor

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

Denver East High School had a student that required a pat-down search for guns before being allowed to enter the school. Somehow DPS thought that doing that without police officers was a good idea. It wasn’t. In fact, it was an idea that put the entire school population at risk.How eerie that this incompetence reared its ugly head on the two-year anniversary of the Boulder King Soopers shooting. Our elected leaders, including me, failed us then too. An assault weapons ban likely would have prevented that shooting. I was recalled in 2013 for passing universal background checks and magazine limits. That list should have included an assault weapons ban. It didn’t. It’s one of the biggest regrets in my own life.After the Boulder shooting, I publicly called on the new generation of state legislators and leaders to pass that assault weapons ban. They didn’t. Instead, they shifted the responsibility to local governments. After all, the NRA doesn’t want assault weapons banned. So, let someo...

7-year-old girl critically hurt in Oxnard fire leaves burn unit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

A 7-year-old girl who was seriously hurt in a fire that killed her father and critically injured her mother and older brother is ready for the next step in her healing journey.Gladys Solis was able to leave Torrance Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday, where she had been since a Christmas Day fire changed her life forever.She will be heading to Shriners Children’s Hospital in Sacramento, where she will continue to heal after receiving skin grafts for her third-degree burns.Gladys’ 44-year-old mother had been at the hospital with her, while her 12-year-old brother continues his recovery at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center.Her father, Sebastian Solis, 34, was killed in the fire. Oxnard family fighting for their lives after deadly Christmas morning fire More than three months later, doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital’s burn unit gathered to say goodbye to Gladys, who donned a pink unicorn shirt, a Dodgers beanie and a mask to help with scarring.Her oldest brother, Jorg...

Disney lays off multiple high-ranking employees during first wave of job cuts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

The Walt Disney Co. has laid off multiple high-ranking employees during the first round of its planned job cuts, a move that will reduce the company's workforce by 7,000 jobs or 3%. So far, Disney has laid off:Isaac Perlmutter, the former Marvel Entertainment chairman. The New York Times reported that Perlmutter's departure comes after he unsuccessfully tried to help Nelson Peltz, an activist, investor and personal friend, join the Disney board. Perlmutter sold Marvel to Disney for $4 billion in 2009.Rob Steffens, the former co-president of Marvel Entertainment, was also laid off, Variety reported.John Turitzin, the former chief counsel to Marvel EntertainmentJeffrey R. Epstein, the former vice president of corporate communications for Disney and spokesperson for Disney’s official fan club, D23, was laid off, The Wrap reported,Elizabeth Newman, the former vice president of Development and head of the Creative Acquisitions department at for Disney Television Studios. Mark Levenstein...

Jeremy Renner reveals details in snow plow accident, 'I chose to survive'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:48:11 GMT

Jeremy Renner is revealing devastating details about the snow plow accident he was involved in on New Year's Day. In an upcoming interview with Diane Sawyer, the "Hawkeye" actor gets candid about his road to recovery. When asked if he remembered the pain from the accident, he revealed that he was awake through the whole ordeal. "I (felt) all of (the pain)," he said.On Jan. 1, Renner was injured by his PistenBully snowplow while attempting to save his nephew. "I just perfectly see him, in a pool of blood coming from his head. I ran up to him. I didn't think he was alive," his nephew explained to Sawyer. "I'd do it again," Renner said about putting his life on the line for his family member. "Yeah, I'd do it again because it's going right at my nephew."The 911 call was posted in the interview trailer and as the caller talks to the dispatcher, Renner can he heard moaning in pain in the background. The "Mayor of Kingstown" actor broke about 30 bones when seven tons of machinery ran over...