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Caregiver for disabled people charged with sexual assault, police seeking other victims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Arvada Police Department is asking any possible victims of a caregiver who was arrested and charged with an alleged sexual assault at a day program facility for individuals with disabilities to come forward.An investigation of Eugene “Gene” Gillespie, 71, began in February after police received accusations of ongoing sexual abuse at a facility that cares for people with a "degree of cognitive impairment," Arvada police said. Repeat offender bear euthanized in Boulder Gillespie was arrested on April 6. The First Judicial District Attorney’s Office charged him with four counts, including sexual assault against an at-risk person, unlawful sexual contact against an at-risk person, neglect of an at-risk person, and stalking. Police said Gillespie is also facing similar charges from 2015 related to an at-risk victim in Lakewood. Since Gillespie has been a caregiver for about 25 years, police are asking anyone with information or possible victims to contac...

Caesars Palace hostage suspect will be extradited to Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Matthew Mannix, the man accused of holding a woman hostage for several hours in a Caesars Palace hotel room will be extradited to Colorado to face charges there, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. ‘I’m never doing drugs again,’ Man arrested after Caesars Palace standoff speaks from jail However, before he is extradited, his Nevada charges must be resolved. Mannix, 35, faces charges of kidnapping, coercion with threat of force, destroying property, resisting a public officer with a deadly weapon, and disregarding the safety of people and property.Las Vegas Metropolitan police respond to Caesars Palace on July 11, 2023, after reports of a man holding a woman against her will. (KLAS)During the Tuesday, July 11 incident, numerous Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers and SWAT responded to the hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and attempted to get Mannix to leave the room but he threatened he would shoot, according to the arrest report. Suspect in custody a...

Skateboarder killed in Miami Gardens street shooting ID’d amid search for gunman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

Police have identified the skateboarder who was shot and killed in broad daylight in Miami Gardens, as the search continues for the man who was caught on video pulling the trigger.Miami Gardens Police on Thursday said that 18-year-old Jacob Alexander Zamora is the young man captured in the cellphone video being shot in traffic on Tuesday afternoon. Detectives have been searching for the shooter ever since.Investigators said the shooting happened at around 2:15 p.m. near Northwest 167th Street and 17th Avenue, just off the Palmetto Expressway.A witness from inside a car pulled out a cellphone and recorded the moments leading up to the gunshot.Zamora is seen backing up while holding his skateboard while the gunman charges toward him. and fires the fatal shot.The video also shows a white car with its driver’s side door wide open.Sources told 7News that car has since been impounded and is considered evidence.Detectives hope the cellphone video and still images can help them identi...

Drummer and singer Sheila E. honored with her own star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

Sheila E. became famous for making music with Prince, but now the pop queen is a star in her own right.Believe it, because Sheila E. has the star to prove it!From collaborating with Prince during his “Purple Rain” era to dropping her own music, Sheila E. has proven she’s a star in her own right.The drummer and singer is now being honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Ringo Starr: “Sheila, we love you. Peace and love.”Ringo Starr and singer H.E.R. were there to sing her praises.Ringo Starr: “Sheila was only 5 years old when she knew she wanted to be a percussionist, way ahead of me. I was 13 when I realized I only wanna be a drummer, so you win.”H.E.R.: “I thank you so much for representing women, for representing artists, for musicians, for women who are musicians. And getting that respect, that we deserve because, you know, sometimes we’re underestimated.”Sheila’s friends and family were there, too,...

Think pink! 2 hotels in Miami are embracing summer trend with ‘Barbie’ theme

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

In case you haven’t heard or seen, this is the summer of pink.Thanks to the “Barbie” movie, we’re seeing this blush color everywhere — especially at two hot spots in Miami, where they are embracing their inner pink, and doesn’t that sound nice?Ariana Greenblatt (as Sasha): “Where are we?” Margot Robbie (as Barbie): “This is Barbie Land.”Everything is perfect in Barbie’s world, and it can also be perfect for living dolls like you.Over at the Epic Hotel, life’s a dream.Erica Nelson, general manager, Epic Hotel: “The Dream Cabana hosts up to seven people in our poolside cabana. It’s all decked out in pink, we’ve got pink flip-flops, bubbles. We’ve got a special cocktail menu with zero-proof cocktails — everything with a little shade of pink.”And there are yummy eats.Erica Nelson: “Dance to the Beet of Your Own Drum with fresh beet puree. We have our California Dreaming...

Hollywood actors vote to join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of a Hollywood’s actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with studios and streaming services broke down.It’s the first time two major Hollywood unions have been on strike at the same time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was the actors’ guild president.In an impassioned speech as the strike, which begins at midnight, was announced, actors’ union president and former “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher chastised industry executives.“Employers make Wall Street and greed their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run,” Drescher said. “It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history.”Hours earlier, a three-year contract had expired and talks broke off between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists&nb...

Kentucky man arrested in connection with case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

A 40-year-old man has been arrested at his Kentucky home, accused of participating in a ring of purchasing and selling stolen human remains from Harvard Medical School, officials said. The man was arrested on Wednesday after the FBI said it found dozens of human bones, including 40 skulls in his residence in Mount Washington, Kentucky.Officials said some of the body parts were tied back to the Harvard Medical School scandal. A former morgue manager at the medical school has been accused of moving, selling and purchasing body parts that were donated for educational purposes. Several other people are also facing charges.Harvard is working with federal authorities in the case.

Illinois surveys storm damage after tornadoes hit Chicago area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and RICK CALLAHAN (Associated Press)CHICAGO (AP) — National Weather Service teams were surveying storm damage Thursday in the Chicago area and northeast Illinois, where fierce winds from tornadoes ripped roofs from buildings, downed trees and sent residents scrambling for safety as sirens sounded.Four teams from the weather service headed out Thursday morning to inspect storm damage reported Wednesday across numerous areas of the Chicago metropolitan area and points farther west to determine if tornadoes caused that damage, said Zachary Yack, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Chicago area office.As of Thursday afternoon, the weather service confirmed at least seven low-grade tornadoes, including one that touched down in the Cicero area, near O’Hare International Airport. The twister sent passengers dashing for shelter at the airport and disrupted hundreds of flights, but no injuries were reported.Teams continue to examine damage, the weath...

Gov. Moore, Orioles’ John Angelos promise new Camden Yards lease ‘soon’ after falling short of ‘All-Star break gift’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

Both baseball season and the calendar year have passed their respective midpoints. The Orioles remain without a long-term lease to keep them at Camden Yards.In February, Orioles CEO and Chairman John Angelos said he would “love to have [a new lease] as an All-Star break gift for everybody, really, in the community.” The All-Star break ends Friday, when the Orioles begin the second half of their season against the Miami Marlins, but no new deal has been struck between the team and the Maryland Stadium Authority, which serves as its landlord at Oriole Park.In a joint statement Thursday from Democrat Gov. Wes Moore and Angelos, the two sides did not provide particulars on lease negotiations, but said progress is being made on their “vision to expand and revitalize the Camden Yards campus.”“We are determined to make it happen, and soon,” said the statement, which was originally credited to Moore and the Orioles before the team issued an amendment abou...

Steph Curry vouches for new Knicks signee Donte DiVincenzo: ‘They got a good one’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:17 GMT

The Knicks “got a good one” in Donte DiVincenzo, who fulfilled his aspirations in Golden State, earned a substantial new contract, and was showered with praise Thursday by former teammate Steph Curry.“We had a good conversation last offseason when he was trying to figure out what he was going to do,” Curry said at the American Century Championship. “I know he was coming off of an injury and trying to find a situation that could help him establish who he is as NBA player and how much value he brings to winning teams.“And he proved that above and beyond with us all year. He knows how to play the game. You can tell he won at the highest level in college. The Knicks got a good one and I’m happy that he got his fair share of that CBA, too. So it was good.”DiVincenzo’s stint as Curry’s teammate lasted just one season and officially ended last week when the Villanova guard signed a four-year, $47 million deal with the Knicks. The ...