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Only Aurora police officer convicted in Elijah McClain’s death receives 14-month jail sentence

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

Elijah McClain (Courtesy of McClain family)The only Aurora police officer convicted in Elijah McClain’s death was sentenced Friday to 14 months in jail and four years of probation.Adams County District Court Judge Mark Warner sentenced former officer Randy Roedema during a two-hour hearing in Adams County District Court.“This is not justice,” Sheneen McClain, Elijah’s mother, said afterward. “This is not about accountability. This is a slap on the wrist.”The 41-year-old former police officer was convicted in October of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in the 2019 death. Roedema faced between one and three years in prison on the homicide conviction and up to 24 months in jail on the assault conviction.Warner sentenced Roedema to four years of probation with 90 days in jail, during which he will be eligible for work-release, on the homicide charge, and 14 months in jail, also with work-release eligibility, on the assault charge...

Supreme Court will take up Colorado case, decide if Trump can be kept off 2024 ballots

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

By MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign.The justices acknowledged the need to reach a decision quickly, as voters will soon begin casting presidential primary ballots across the country. The court agreed to take up a case from Colorado stemming from Trump’s role in the events that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.Arguments will be held in early February.The court will be considering for the first time the meaning and reach of a provision of the 14th Amendment barring some people who “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office. The amendment was adopted in 1868, following the Civil War. It has been so rarely used that the nation’s highest court had no previous occasion to interpret it.Col...

Illenium’s $15M Cherry Hills mansion tops local home sales in December

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

December’s top sale signaled a changing of the guard in Cherry Hills Village.Nicholas D. Miller — a musician, DJ, producer and songwriter known professionally as Illenium — spent $15 million last month to buy a 23,000-square-foot mansion from private equity executive Charlie Gallagher.The eight-bedroom, 14-bath mansion on Cherry Hills Drive sits adjacent to the 10th green at Cherry Hills Country Club.Chicago architect Gregory Maire designed the brick and stone mansion to resemble a 14th-century French country home. Constructed in 1993, the house, with a circular drive, features painted ceilings, plastered walls, eight fireplaces and 18 sets of French doors.Gallagher and his wife, Diane, listed the property for $18.5 million in August.Gallagher was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2011 and has served on numerous boards locally, including those of the Denver Art Museum, Regis University and the Archdiocese of Denver’s Catholic Foundation.Miller, meanwhile, has relea...

Fugitive on the run for 2 years arrested after trying to ram sheriff's vehicles in Woodland Hills

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

A man wanted for nearly two years after he rammed his vehicle into law enforcement in Los Angeles County was arrested Thursday after he attempted to escape again by utilizing the same tactics.George "Rand" Akrey, 38, of Woodland Hills, was taken into custody Thursday around 12:20 p.m. on the 21000 block of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.Akrey was wanted by authorities since April 2022 after he failed to appear for a scheduled court date for 21 counts of grand theft, leading to five felony warrants being issued for his arrest.The following month, Akrey was located by detectives from the Moorpark Investigations Unit in a remote area of Lancaster. When detectives attempted to take him into custody, Akrey rammed one of their vehicles with a "large truck," causing serious injury to one deputy and giving him enough time to escape.That led to an additional warrant to be issued in L.A. County for assault with a deadly weapon on a police...

Video shows earthquake's impact in San Bernardino County

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, were jolted by a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that struck Southern California Friday morning.Among them: Ernesto & Jeanie Moreira of North Fontana.The couple shared security camera footage from inside their living room which recorded the quake shaking their Christmas tree, holiday decorations and furniture – and frightening their dog, Coco.“He was so scared,” Ernesto told KTLA.Ernesto & Jeanie Moreira's dog, Coco, was startled by the magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Jan. 5, 2024. (Ernesto Moreira) North Fontana is only about two miles from the quake’s epicenter in the San Gabriel Mountains, so the Moreira’s home likely bore the full brunt of its force.No damage was reported to their home, or any other property across the Los Angeles area, and no injuries were reported, officials said. Latest California Earthquakes - Interactive Map The temblor, which struck at 10:55 a.m. local time, sent shockwaves across Southern California and was f...

Charcuterie meats linked to salmonella outbreak, CDC warns

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

Could your festive holiday meat arrangement be making you sick? For at least 24 Americans in 14 states, the answer is yes.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning consumers about a salmonella outbreak linked to specific charcuterie meat products sold across the U.S.More than 11,000 pounds of Bussetto Foods brand meat products are being recalled due to potential salmonella contamination, the CDC says.The affected products include 18 oz. plastic tray packages of "Busseto Foods Charcuterie Sampler Prosciutto, Sweet Soppressata, and Dry Coppa." The products are sold as a twin pack with two 9 oz. packages and have the LOT Code L075330300 and a best-by date of April 27, 2024.The front and back of meat product packages that were recalled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan. 3, 2024. (CDC)They were shipped to Sam's Club distribution centers in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas, but the CDC has already confir...

Disney bringing back nighttime spectacular

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

Disney’s “World of Color – One” will return to Disney’s California Adventure Park beginning on Jan. 19, the resort announced on Friday.The show, which debuted during the Disney100 celebration, is the first Disneyland Resort nighttime spectacular to feature characters and music from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, the Avengers and Star Wars all in the same production. Disneyland to resume Magic Key annual pass sales next week “World of Color-One” tells the story of how a “single action – like a drop of water – creates a ripple that can grow into a wave of change,” a news release said.“Hurry Home – A Lunar New Year Celebration,” a water show, will be shown before “World of Color-One” during the resort’s Lunar New Year celebration. Lunar New Year at Disney’s California Adventure Park will run from Jan. 23 through Feb. 18."Hurry Home – A Lunar New Year Celebration" returns, presented before "World of Color – One" in Disney California Adventu...

Biden rips Trump over Jan. 6 riot: ‘We nearly lost America’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

By Colleen Long and Zeke Miller | Associated PressVALLEY FORGE, Pa. — President Joe Biden warned Friday that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol by then-President Trump’s supporters aiming to keep him in power.Speaking near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington and the Continental Army spent a bleak winter nearly 250 years ago, Biden said that Jan. 6 2021, marked a moment where “we nearly lost America — lost it all.” He said the presidential race — a likely rematch with Trump, who is the far and away GOP frontrunner — is “all about” whether American democracy will survive.The speech, the president’s first political event of the election year, was intended to clarify the expected choice for voters this fall. Biden, who reentered political life because he felt he was best capable of defeating Trump...

Ahead of Warriors return, James Wiseman harbors no resentment

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Breaking the huddle inside the cramped gymnasium tucked inside the Detroit Pistons’ posh hotel, James Wiseman’s seven-foot frame strode toward a group of reporters on the sideline, slunk against the wall and slid down to the court, beginning to remove his bright green sneakers.In about eight hours, Wiseman’s name will be announced over the loudspeakers across town, where the former No. 2 overall pick will play his first game against the team that drafted him, failed to develop him, then sent him packing almost 11 months ago, to the day.If there was any ounce of resentment, any inclination to exact revenge on the court later that night, it didn’t come across from Wiseman, whose youthful face offered a reminder that he still is only 22 years old, wearing his nappy black hair in the same messy afro he had when the Warriors traded him to Detroit last February.“It’s a business,” Wiseman said, crouched on the ground. “It feel...

‘Who was the boss?’ Mary Kay Letourneau interview goes viral as husband decries ‘May December’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:45:23 GMT

“May December,” the darkly comic drama loosely inspired by the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal, has been racking up acclaim, awards and nominations, especially for its break-out star, Charles Melton, who plays a 36-year-old man married to the older woman who seduced him as a 13-year-old boy.Melton’s role has been described as the “heart” of Todd Haynes’ movie, but Letourneau’s former husband, Vili Fualaau, who serves as the model for Melton’s Joe Yoo, is not happy about “May December’s” depiction of “my original story,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. In particular, Fualaau is not happy that the director, screenwriter and actors failed to consult him before making the movie.“I’m offended by the entire project and the lack of respect given to me — who lived through a real story and is still living it,” Fualaau told THR.Fualaau could also be concerned that the film has prompted renewed interest in his scand...