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Three charged after high-cost retail thefts in St. Louis County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Prosecutors charged three adults this week in connection with two big-ticket retail thefts last year in St. Louis County. Veronica Cooper, 52; Marla King, 29; and Ronald Payne, 40, face charges in connection with two shoplifting cases from September 2022. According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Cooper and King targeted a Polo Ralph Lauren store at the St. Louis Premium Outlets Mall, while Payne targeted a Marcy's store in Richmond Heights. Series of failures? Family blames broken system for inmate’s death While both cases happened in the same month and led to thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise, they are not linked to each other. Investigators say Cooper and King worked together with two juveniles to steal more than $1,400 worth of items on Sept. 24, 2022. King and the juveniles reportedly returned the next day and attempted to steal another $500 worth of items before being stopped by an employee. Per court documents, King was arrested...

Dry Dock Brewing will close Aurora production brewery, join forces with Great Divide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

Dry Dock Brewing, which opened a massive, 30,000-square-foot production brewery a decade ago on Tower Road in Aurora, announced Friday that it will close the facility next year and shift the majority of its beer-making and packaging operations to Denver’s Great Divide Brewing.The brewery, known for its Apricot Blonde, will maintain its original taproom at 15120 E. Hampden Ave., however, where it runs a small-batch brewhouse next to its homebrew store.“We just celebrated Dry Dock’s 18th anniversary and look forward to many more. After all these years, we miss the daily interactions with customers and want to return to our roots and focus on The Brew Hut and our original taproom and brewery,” said Kevin DeLange, who co-founded Dry Dock in 2005 with Michelle Reding, in a statement.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Bud Light brewer confident it can win back US drinkers, but sales are still down after backlash Restaurants, Food and Drink | ...

Man dies after backed over by dump truck in Brighton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

One man has been pronounced dead after being backed over by a dump truck on a construction site in Brighton near East 144th Avenue and Primrose Circle at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning, according to a news release from the Brighton Police Department.No one else was harmed in the collision.Related ArticlesNovember 3, 2023Crime and Public Safety | Larimer County dealer who sold fentanyl that killed woman first to be sentenced under new law November 3, 2023Crime and Public Safety | Jurors deliberating in manslaughter trial of Aurora police officer who used neck hold on Elijah McClain November 3, 2023Crime and Public Safety | Larimer County deputy shoots at possible kidnapping suspect vehicle overnight; driver injured in crash November 3, 2023Crime and Public Safety | I-70 eastbound reopens in Wheat Ridge after late-night crash November 2, 2023Crime and Public Safety | Keanna Rosenburgh charged as an adult in Denver ba...

Does daylight saving time really create savings?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

The selling point for daylight saving time has always been, you know, savings.Historically speaking, that meant saving on candle wax, or coal, or oil for your lamp.Nowadays, those aren't really things.Hence the question: Does daylight saving time really produce savings?The answer: Maybe not so much."I know of no credible study that has documented any savings whatsoever in energy from adopting daylight saving time", William Shughart, an economist at Utah State University, told USA Today."As far as I can tell, all of the effects of daylight saving time are costs," he said.By most accounts, it was Ben Franklin who cooked up the idea in 1784 that people can save money on candles by shifting their schedules to maximize sunshine.Germany took that advice to heart as a wartime measure in 1916. And America followed suit in 1918 and again during World War II.Our modern system of daylight saving was adopted in 1966.Congress and the Nixon administration toyed with ending the time shifts during ...

New Report Covers Racial Disparities in Crime and Policing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

The Sentencing Project has released its latest report on racial disparities in policing in America. The report is called One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing. The report is another example of the longtime criminal justice reform advocates at The Sentencing Project pushing for reform. In its eyes, the battle is over effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic and gender justice.The report’s title is based on the “generational shift” as the authors described it that saw one in three Black men born in 1981 likely to see imprisonment drop to one in five in 2001. Some of the report’s biggest takeaways included Black Americans were 9.3 times as likely as whites to be homicide victims in 2020, American Indians were 4.3 times as likely, and Latinxs were 1.9 times as likely, based on age-adjusted figures. The authors noted homicide is generally an intra-racial crime, these fig...

Rider Dies in Motorcycle Crash on Oro Quincy Highway [Berry Creek, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

Man Fatally Struck in Motorcycle Collision near Chapel LaneBERRY CREEK, CA (November 3, 2023) – One male motorcyclist lost his life Sunday night in a fatal crash on Oro Quincy Highway. The incident occurred just west of Whispering Chapel around 7:30 p.m. on October 29th.The circumstances leading to the crash are currently under investigation, as the rider lost control of the motorcycle, resulting in the accident. Medics later pronounced the rider dead. Authorities, however, have not disclosed the individual’s identity at this time.In response to the incident, emergency crews temporarily closed off the surrounding area to facilitate cleanup and carry out initial tasks. Further details regarding the fatal motorcycle crash on Oro Quincy Highway will be shared as they become available.The team at Sweet James would like to take this opportunity to extend their warm and sincerest sympathies to the friends and family of the deceased victim. May you find comfort and strength dur...

‘You’re not alone,’ Biden tells residents of Maine town reeling from mass shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

By Fatima Hussein, Patrick Whittle and Colleen Long | Associated PressLEWISTON, Maine — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stood for a moment of silence and placed a bouquet of white flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the scenes of the state’s deadliest mass shooting.Biden then bent to hug Kathy Lebel, owner of the bar where eight people died in the Oct. 25 massacre. Seven more died at the nearby Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, three others at hospitals.Biden came to Lewiston on Friday for what presidents do in these moments of horror and grief: Lend comfort to the families of the victims and show support for a reeling community. It’s a trip that has become all too familiar, despite a bipartisan gun safety law passed last year after another mass shooting, and despite a series of executive orders by the president meant to curb gun violence.“Jill and I have done too many of these,” Biden said outside the bowling all...

Bay Point shooting victim and driver who died in Cummings Skyway crash after pursuit both were under 18

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

Contra Costa County authorities on Friday released publicly the identification of a person shot to death in Bay Point and a driver who died in a crash after being pursued briefly by Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Police release video of fatal September shooting at Toyota service center in Albany Crime and Public Safety | San Francisco homicide: Stabbing in Tenderloin neighborhood Crime and Public Safety | California man, 87, possibly beaten to death by random attacker, police say Crime and Public Safety | Oakland police announce arrest in August killing, but prosecutors charged suspect with gun possession, not murder Crime and Public Safety | Oakland man convicted of murder in shooting allegedly fueled by jealousy Both of them were under 18 years old.The coroner’s office identified 17-year-old Bryan Tapia Valencia as the victim of the shooting...

Revel to end shared electric moped service in San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Electric moped company Revel is ending its shared service in San Francisco, the company confirmed to KRON4 on Friday. Shared ride operations -- similar to shared electric scooter operations from Lime -- will be put to a halt after Nov. 18. How you can get thousands back from the government for buying an EV Revel said the company's plan is to install public fast-charging networks for electric vehicles in New York and San Francisco. The New York-based startup founded in 2018 will "fully focus on its all-EV, all-employee rideshare and public fast charging businesses."In San Francisco, Revel currently offers shared moped services, which are set to end later this month. The rideshare service is only available in New York City and parts of New Jersey. There are currently three Revel EV charging stations -- all in New York City.(Photo courtesy of Revel)(Photo courtesy of Revel)Revel did not provide a reason as to why it is ending shared moped operations in the cit...

Man who allegedly beheaded relative and took her head wanted by Santa Rosa PD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:58 GMT

(KRON) -- The Santa Rosa Police Department is asking for assistance in locating a homicide suspect who allegedly decapitated a woman. Santa Rosa PD officers responded to a residence in the 2500 block of Pomo Trail on Thursday at around 3:40 p.m. regarding a possible homicide.Arriving at the scene, officers located a dead woman who had been decapitated. The woman's head was not found at the residence.The investigation was taken over by detectives from the SRPD Violent Crimes Investigation team. Detectives began interviewing anyone with potential information about the incident, police said. Gaza peace activists chain themselves to U.S. ship at Oakland port An initial investigation revealed Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez, a 24-year-old Santa Rosa resident who was related to the victim, killed her before leaving the scene. Police believe Aroyo-Lopez took the woman's head with him when he left the scene and may still be in possession of it.Aroyo-Lopez is described as a Hispanic man, approxi...