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Former Vermont officer accused of pepper-spraying handcuffed, shackled man pleads guilty to assault

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A former Vermont police officer accused of pepper-spraying a handcuffed suspect who was shackled to a bench has pleaded guilty to simple assault.Joel Daugreilh pushed the suspect’s head against the holding cell wall at the St. Albans police station and pepper-sprayed the suspect in the eyes at close range in November 2017, according to the Office of the Vermont Attorney General. Daugreilh later resigned from the St. Albans Police Department.The attorney general’s office initially decided not to prosecute him but then reopened the investigation in 2020.Daugreilh pleaded guilty on Monday, and his sentence was deferred. A judge placed him on six months of probation and mandated 40 hours of community service.

Orioles suspend announcer Kevin Brown over factual comment about team’s lack of success at Tampa Bay: reports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

Baltimore Orioles announcer Kevin Brown was suspended over a comment made on July 23 about the team’s prior lack of success at Tropicana Field, according to reports. Awful Announcing first reported the news.Brown indicated during an on-air broadcast that the Orioles had won more games on the road against Tampa in 2023 than the last three years altogether. The comment was backed up in the July 23 game notes, which are put together by the team’s public relations staff, according to the Athletic. “The Orioles have won three of the first five games at The Trop this season after winning three of the 21 games played in St. Petersburg from 2020-22,” the game notes said, per the Athletic.Orioles’ ownership didn’t appreciate Brown pointing out the stat, believing it made them sound cheap, according to the Athletic. The Orioles currently rank 29th in payroll in the MLB. Despite the low payroll, the Orioles have managed to become one of the best teams in bas...

Lynn Classical High School girls’ soccer coach arrested, charged with sex-related crimes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

A coach of the girls’ junior varsity soccer team at Lynn Classical High School has been arrested on sex-related charges involving students.Oscar Juarez, 38, of Saugus, faces felony charges of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and distributing pornographic material. He’s also charged with misdemeanor reckless endangerment of a child.Juarez was arrested Monday and pleaded not guilty to the charges at his arraignment in Lynn District Court the same day. He was ordered held in the Middleton House of Correction in lieu of $10,000 cash bail.Should he post bail, he was ordered to stay away from all the alleged victims and witnesses in the case, to have no contact with minors other than his own children and to not possess any dangerous weapons. He is due back in court on Sept. 7.“Students’ safety, in school and including in LPS sports, is a top concern,” a spokesman for Lynn Public Schools said in a statement. “As charges developed, LPS acted immediately and...

Red Sox notebook: Trevor Story looked for unique good-luck charm for season debut

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

Ahead of his long-awaited season debut, Trevor Story walked through the Red Sox clubhouse.Inexplicably, he made a detour on the way to his own corner locker, stopping in front of Rob Refsnyder’s locker, instead. The outfielder was nowhere to be found while Story briefly inspected the uniforms hanging within, then walked away empty-handed.Moments later, he explained the odd moment to the Herald. “I was going to steal his pants,” he said with a smile.As a prank? Not exactly.“To wear them,” he said.For good luck then? Something like that.“Yeah, I mean, Ref’s got a lotta good luck in ’em,” he said. “If you use ’em and get hits in ’em, you want to use ’em again.”Is he superstitious? “A little bit, a little bit.”While Story agreed with the comparison to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Refsnyder found the whole situation comical, and with good reason.“He, in a straight panic today b...

Salem man allegedly admitted to killing, disposing body of his girlfriend, a mother of 2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

A Salem man charged with murdering his girlfriend allegedly admitted to choking her to death over her alleged infidelity and then throwing her body into a dumpster.Pablo Vicente, 33, of Salem, appeared in Salem District Court Tuesday where a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf for the charge of murdering Nayeli Nieves, 20. Judge Holly Broadbent held Vicente without bail and set a probable cause hearing for Sept. 8.“Like any homicide, there’s a great deal of investigation that needs to be done, even where we know who the perpetrator is,” Salem Police Chief Lucas Miller said following the arraignment. “The prevalence of domestic violence is really something that keeps me up at night and claims too many lives.”The investigation got underway when members of Vicente’s extended family contacted the Lynn PD to say that Vicente had admitted to killing Nieves and disposing of her body in a dumpster at the Salem Heights apartment complex, 12 Pope St., where Nieves lived, according...

‘You feel helpless’: Gas prices to increase this week, could reach $2 a litre by the fall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

Canadian drivers are feeling pain at the pumps yet again, as gas prices are expected to climb this week, and by the fall, they’re expected to reach close to $2 a litre.It’s yet another setback, with many Canadians already feeling the financial pinch as the cost of living rises. After a four-cent drop over the recent long weekend, gas prices are expected to go back up, with a climb of four cents by Thursday.“It’s ridiculous. I don’t have an answer, and I don’t think anybody does, but we’re captives,” said one man CityNews spoke with on Tuesday. “Oil goes up, and gas goes up. Oil goes down, and gas goes up. It’s frustrating.”It’s the long-term surge creating panic at the gas pumps. By September, prices could be 20 cents higher than they are currently.“$1.90 or $1.85 is very possible, and more importantly. We’re going to stay there,” said Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy....

Post-GOP walkout, Oregon elections chief says lawmakers with 10 or more absences can’t run next term

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 10 Republican state senators in Oregon who racked up more than 10 unexcused absences during a walkout in the most recent legislative session can’t run for reelection in 2024, the state’s elections chief said Tuesday.Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade made the announcement in a news release to clear up confusion over how reelection rules would affect those senators. Under Measure 113, which was approved by voters in 2022, lawmakers with more than 10 unexcused absences were supposed to be disqualified from being reelected for the following term. But some Republicans raised questions over the measure’s vague wording, sparking confusion over what the consequences of the walkout would be for boycotting senators.“My decision honors the voters’ intent by enforcing the measure the way it was commonly understood when Oregonians added it to our state constitution,” Griffin-Valade said.She has directed the Oregon Elections Division to impleme...

Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has shuttered 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico were offering foreigners pills they passed off as Oxycodone, Percocet and Adderall without prescriptions, authorities said Tuesday. A four-day inspection raid targeted drugstores in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum. In March, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning about sales of such pills, and the practice appears to be widespread. The Navy Department said Tuesday that irregular sales were found at 23 of the 55 drug stores inspected. The Navy said the pharmacies usually offered the pills only to tourists, and the drugstores advertised such pills, and even offered home delivery services for them.The Navy said it found outdated medications and some for which there was no record of the supplier, as well as blank or unsigned prescription forms.In February, the University of California, Los Angeles announced that researchers ...

Tennessee governor outlines agenda for special session in wake of Nashville school shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping list of public safety issues he wants lawmakers to address during an upcoming special session prompted by a shocking Nashville school shooting earlier this year that resulted in the deaths of three children and three adults. The proclamation includes 18 different topics the Republican governor wants lawmakers to consider, such as mental health, gun storage and school safety policies. But notably, it allows lawmakers to discuss Lee’s proposal to limit dangerous people’s access to guns. “As our nation faces evolving public safety threats, Tennessee remains vigilant and is taking continued action to protect communities while preserving the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens,” Lee said in a statement, adding that he has worked with the General Assembly to identify “practical measures to strengthen public safety.”Earlier this year, Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Statehouse refused...

A Texas man on a trip to spread his dad’s ashes died of heat stroke in Utah’s Arches National Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:00 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Texas man whose body was found in Utah’s Arches National Park is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes, family members said Tuesday.James Bernard Hendricks, 66, of Austin, had been hiking in the park and likely became disoriented from a combination of heat, dehydration and high altitude, sisters Ila Hendricks and Ruth Hendricks Brough said.The victim, who went by “Jimmy,” stopped in Utah while traveling across the West to the Sierra Nevada mountains, where he planned to spread his father’s ashes on a peak located outside Reno, Nevada, the sisters said.Rangers found his vehicle at a trailhead parking lot after Hendricks was reported overdue the morning of Aug. 1, according to park officials. Hendricks’ body was found about 2 1/2 (4 kilometers) miles from the trailhead during a search off the trail later that day, the sisters said.He was an experienced hiker but his water bottle was empty, Brough said.His sister...