Bronx woman read obituaries, robbed homes during funerals
GREENBURGH, NY — A Bronx woman allegedly read obituaries so she could target homes when she knew the people who lived there were out at funerals, police said.
Police investigating a robbery pattern realized he homes of people listed as next of kin in funeral arrangements were being targeted.
New York State police gave local police information on a potential suspect’s car. Greenburgh police stopped the vehicle and found property that had been taken from a home on Feb. 22 inside. Police arrested Latonia Shelecia Stewart, 26.
She was charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and criminal possession of stolen property. Stewart was arraigned in Greenburgh Court and released on bond.
Nearly 200 free-roaming horses died searching for water on Navajos’ parched land
Nearly 200 feral horses, besieged with famine and dehydration, were found dead on a dried-up stock pond on Navajo land in Arizona.
The animals went to the pond in Gray Mountain, an unincorporated community in Coconino County in north-central Arizona, in search of water. But they somehow found themselves burrowed into the mud and too weak to escape, said Jonathan Nez, vice president of the Navajo Nation, which is the largest Native American tribe in the country and covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Some of the 191 horses were buried neck-deep in the mud, Navajo officials said. Some were buried beneath others. Pictures show the horses’ overlapping bodies, arranged roughly in a circle, as they lie on the parched earth.
The mass deaths come as Arizona experiences an exceptional drought unlike anything it has seen in more than a decade. Navajo officials say horses dying near an empty watering pond is “not a new but a seasonal issue.”
The deaths also underscore an overpopulation of free-roaming horses, a problem entangled in competing interests, scarcity of resources and tribal cultural values.
About 73,000 horses and burros roam free in the western United States; that number has far exceeded what government officials say the land can sustain. With such overpopulation, having herds of free-roaming horses has become expensive. For example, damage the animals cause cost the Navajo Nation more than $200,000 a year. According to the Navajo Department of Agriculture, one horse consumes 18 pounds of forage a day. Removing as many as 13 dozen horses would save the Navajo Nation more than 290,000 gallons of water and 1.1 million pounds of forage a year.
But the issue has been a divisive one.
The Navajo tribe reveres horses, which have become symbols of the American West and are deeply entrenched in the Navajo people’s beliefs and traditions.
“It’s a sensitive subject to begin with because horses are considered sacred animals, so you just can’t go out and euthanize them. That would go too far against cultural conditions. At the same time, we have a bunch of horses no one is caring for, so it’s a delicate balance,” former Navajo spokesman Erny Zah told the Associated Press.
40 killed in armed bandit attack in northwest Nigeria
MAIDGURI, Nigeria — Armed bandits attacked a village in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, killing at least 40 people, residents and officials said.
Police Inspector General Ibrahim Idris confirmed the bandits invaded the village of Gwaska Saturday, fighting local defense forces protecting the Birnin Gwari local government area, a community of about 3,000 people. He said 200 policemen and 10 patrol vehicles were deployed to the scene.
A resident who helped fight the bandits said at least 40 people were killed and the toll will likely climb. He spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons. He said the attackers were from Zamfara state, and that they shot at children and torched houses as residents fled.
The attack came about a week after other unidentified gunmen attacked a nearby village.
The Kaduna State government confirmed the attack but didn’t give a casualty figure.
In a statement, the local government said it is concerned by the incessant banditry attacks in the region and has been engaging with the federal government on the matter.
“The Kaduna State Government has received with sadness reports of the murder of our citizens by armed bandits in Birnin Gwari,” it said, adding that it is committed to resolving the problem.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a permanent battalion of the Nigerian Army in the Birnin Gwari area.
The State Emergency Management Agency is providing aid to those affected, it said.
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Police: Flight attendant accused of bad behavior was drunk
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SNL Prison Job
The writers at SNL are the most genius writers of all! Sometimes it’s not all about the laughs there’s a message within a joke and with in the laugh and as we all know the prison industrial complex. Affects those who are wrongly convicted or just waiting for trial for something they may or may not of done. And the next time you call to pay your smart phone bill you’re more than likely speaking to a prisoner.
12-Year-Old in Custody After Stabbing Fellow Student at Stevenson Ranch School
A student was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing a classmate at a school in Stevenson Ranch Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The call about the incident at Pico Canyon Elementary School, located at 25255 Pico Canyon Road, came in shortly after 8 a.m., Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station Lt. Ignacio Somoano told KTLA.
The suspect and victim, described by officials as 12-year-old boys in the sixth grade, were involved in a fight, officials said. At some point, one of the boys pulled out a knife and stabbed the other before school staff and other students jumped in to help stop the attack, according to authorities.
Sheriff’s personnel arrived and took the suspect into custody.
The victim suffered multiple puncture wounds, officials stated. He received medical treatment at the scene and was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were described as not life-threatening, Somoano said.
Parents said they received a message from the principal alerting them to the situation.
“I think there are things going on socially with the kids that maybe we are just not aware of,” parent Mary Tremble told KTLA. “I mean, obviously this kid must have been really angry and really upset, and I wonder why.”
“It’s very violent, and I don’t know why someone would do it,” student Logan Tremble said.
Authorities did not identify the suspect or the victim.
It was unclear how the student got the knife on campus and why he had it. The incident remained under investigation.
The Newhall School District released a statement from Superintendent Paul Cordeiro, which read in part:
“Our immediate goal is to support our students and their families. We have counselors and psychologists on site. Further, we are in direct communication with parents to assure them that we are following up in every possible way. As always, our top priority is the safety of all students and adults on campus.”
Teen accused of killing 3-year-old smiles in Georgia court, sparking near brawl
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies had to restrain the mother of a 3-year-old boy Friday when the 15-year-old boy accused of killing him appeared to smirk while waiting for his bond hearing to start.
“What’s funny? What’s funny?” yelled Roshanda Craig, as deputies rushed to separate members of the victim’s family and the defendant’s family.
Christopher Cullins, 15, an eighth grade student at Sylvan Hills Middle School, was arrested at his school 10 days after the April 1 shooting that claimed the life of 3-year-old T’Rhigi Craig. Cullins is charged as an adult with murder.
The little boy was asleep in the backseat of his mother’s SUV when he was struck by a bullet meant for someone else, police said.
According to detectives, it all started when some people in cars drove past a gas station at the intersection of Bouldercrest and Eastland roads and fired paintball guns at customers.
Cullins and his family happened to be at the gas station. Cullins, furious about being struck by a paintball, grabbed his cousin’s gun, according to police, and fired at least one shot toward the cars where the paintball fire originated. The bullet missed the people who fired the paintball guns and instead struck the boy, killing him.
The star treatment As R. Kelly’s career flourished, an industry overlooked allegations of abusive behavior toward young women
R. Kelly was in trouble again, and it was really bad this time. It was 2002, and police were investigating a sex tape that appeared to show the R&B superstar with a 14-year-old girl. Of all the scandals that had stirred around Kelly in his decade of fame, this one felt especially dire.
But Kelly remained a potent talent, a hitmaker who suavely skipped from sexy make-out jams (“Bump n’ Grind”) to inspirational tear-jerkers (“I Believe I Can Fly”), and the industry wasn’t done with him yet. Even as bad publicity swirled, Kelly could always retreat to the studio, where he wrote No. 1 hits for some of the world’s biggest stars, including Michael Jackson and Celine Dion. And that’s just where David McPherson needed him.
A rising young executive at Epic Records, McPherson had made his name by signing the Backstreet Boys and Mandy Moore and was eager to launch the label’s new boy band, B2K, with Kelly’s behind-the-scenes guidance. He did, however, ask one question about the star’s offstage life.
Is this stuff true? he asked Rocky Bivens, a Kelly assistant, according to Bivens.
“Did you watch the tape?” Bivens recalls saying.
McPherson told him he had not. Bivens said he hadn’t either.
“Because, Dave, if I watch the tape and that’s him, I’m gone and you’re not getting those records,” Bivens said he told McPherson. “I’m glad you did not watch those tapes.”
In February 2003, B2K soared to No. 1 with “Bump, Bump, Bump,” a hip-hop earworm featuring P. Diddy, written and produced by Kelly. Two months later, McPherson soared to a new job, promoted to run the new urban music division for Epic’s parent company, Sony.
McPherson, who has since left Sony, did not respond to multiple interview requests. He is far from the only industry figure who worked with Kelly and benefited from the partnership, even as a cloud of allegations — mostly involving the sexual abuse of young women — began to grow around the star.
For more than two decades, the recording industry turned a blind eye to Kelly’s behavior as his career continued to thrive and he was afforded every luxury of a chart-topping superstar…….
DC Universe Streaming Service COMING SOON
DC Universe Streaming Service
I CAN’T WAIT!! I am so geeked out right now!
Last year, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment announced they were launching a new digital streaming platform that would include both animated and live action series. Now, that service has a name — DC Universe — and an official landing page on the DC Comics website.
The landing page describes the platform as a “first-of-its kind, immersive digital experience designed just for DC fans,” with access to exclusive original series. Several shows have already been announced for the platform, including the animated Young Justice: Outsiders, the live-action adaptation of DC’s Titans comics, and an animated series focusing on fan favorite Harley Quinn. Today it was also announced that a live-action Swamp Thing series would be coming to the service…….