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California woman feared husband who killed her, took son

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Updated 8:57 pm, Wednesday, August 23, 2017 undated California Department of Motor Vehicles photo , released by the California Highway Patrol , shows Konstantin Morozov . Natalia Morozova was killed Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at her home in Santa Maria home on the central coast, prompting a statewide Amber Alert urging the public to watch for a car that might contain her husband. He went on the run with their 9-year-old son. The alert ended after police shot and killed Konstantin Morozov on Tuesday night in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. The boy, Daniel Morozov, was unharmed. (California DMV/ California Highway Patrol via AP) Photo: AP / California DMV/ California Highway Patrol " class="portrait" /> undated California Department of Motor Vehicles photo , released by the California Highway Patrol , shows Konstantin Morozov . Natalia Morozova was killed Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at her home in Santa Maria home on the central coast, prompting a statewide Am...

Thief River Falls man who caused police standoff sentenced to 60 days in jail

Michael Roy Nelson, 46, was convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge and received a stay of adjudication for a felony terroristic threat charge stemming from an April 10, 2016, incident in which he attacked his son and father. He was sentenced Monday , Aug. 21, by Pennington County District Court Judge Kurt Maben . Nelson was initially charged with two counts of attempted arson, a felony, but those charges were dropped as part of a plea agreement. A stay of adjudication is not a conviction, but means the case is pending while Nelson is on probation. The charge will be dismissed if he makes it through a five- year probation period . Nelson will be allowed to serve his 90-day sentences in two 45-day periods, court records show , and can spend 30 days of the sentence on house arrest. Witnesses told police Nelson used a match to light an ether can and spray flames at his son, which lit his son's sweatshirt on fire. The dispute allegedly arose from a disagreement over family member...

West Carrollton strip club sues state of Ohio

A local strip club is suing two Ohio agencies to get back a $25,000 fine levied against it due to an alleged nudity violation that put its liquor license in jeopardy. WCI, Inc., which operates Cheeks Gentlemen ’s Club in West Carrollton , has sued the Ohio Liquor Control Commission and the Ohio Dept. of Public Safety in Dayton’s U.S. District Court . Cheeks’ attorney’s, Anthony Cicero and Luke Lirot, said the commission unfairly imposes “enormous and disproportionate fines” against gentlemen’s clubs for liquor license violations . SOCIAL MEDIA:  Follow  Mark Gokavi on Twitter or Facebook In March 2014, a performer at Cheeks was found to have nudity and sexual activity violations during a “private dance” for an Ohio Dept. of Public Safety Investigative Unit agent during a “ routine field investigation ” of which no surveillance footage was available. Court documents from the Tenth District Court of Appeals stated that, “While performing a private dance for one the investigators, ...

UPDATED: Casper woman awarded $28.2M in carbon monoxide poisoning case | Casper

A jury awarded $28.2 million to a woman who was poisoned by carbon monoxide at the Sunridge Apartments in Casper in what could be one of the largest civil judgments in state history. “What I have been told is it’s the largest personal injury verdict in the state of Wyoming,” said Tyson Logan, an attorney from the Jackson law firm that represented the woman, the Spence Law Firm . Amber Lompe, now 23, was poisoned by her furnace in 2011. She has a permanent brain injury that affects her memory, concentration, processing speed, attention and ability to multi-task, Lompe said Friday afternoon. “When I moved in there, I assumed everything was checked out and it was safe for me to live in,” she said. Before the poisoning, Sunridge’s owner and manager ignored warnings that the furnaces were dangerous and needed to be fixed or replaced. After the poisoning, the 30-year-old furnace in Lompe’s apartment was removed. Logan said the removal of the unit was part of a cover-up. On Dec. 20, a j...

U.S. Lawmakers Seek Kushner Company Records on Maryland Apartments

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Morningside Park, a Kushner Companies- owned housing complex , in Middle River, Maryland (Philip Montgomery for The New York Times) Maryland’s two U.S. senators and four of its U.S. House representatives , all Democrats, sent a letter today to the large real- estate company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump ’s son-in-law and senior adviser, demanding information about the company’s management of 17 apartment complexes it owns in the state. The letter to Kushner Companies came in response to a May 23 article co-published by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine investigating management practices at the rental complexes, most of which are in the suburbs of Baltimore, as well as an article this week in The Baltimore Sun that revealed additional details . The original story described the highly aggressive legal tactics that Kushner Companies has used to pursue tenants who owed back rent or had left their leases early — even tenants who left the complexes...

Coronado killings: Girl, 16, and boy, 15, executed over missing purse, new records say

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Sixteen-year-old Natalie Cano-Partida was told she would at least get to tell her family goodbye. When she didn't act quickly enough, her killers took the cell phone they had offered her and proceeded with their grim business - shooting her and 15-year-old Derek Greer at close range during a dual execution at a country roadside near Fountain. They died over a stolen purse, according to previously sealed court documents released Thursday . The shocking account of the teens' March 11 slayings, made public on orders from an El Paso County judge , marks the first public indication that the Coronado High School students died of multiple gunshot wounds at the same remote location where their bodies were found March 12 - off Old Pueblo Road, a place apparently chosen at random during a harrowing abduction that began in Colorado Springs . Cano-Partida was the target, and Greer was "only murdered because he was with (her)," one of the suspects told police . The records s...

Man accused of impersonating police officer to get into synagogu

WOODMERE - Police say a man with a badge, handcuffs and pepper spray falsely claimed to be a cop to gain entry to a Nassau temple. Officials say 28-year-old Mikhail Mikhaylov, of Queens, showed up to the Temple Young Israel of Woodmere Saturday morning just as services were wrapping up. They say he parked in a restricted spot and told a security guard he was a police officer. He wore an NYPD baseball hat and had the other gear attached to his belt. According to court documents, Mikhaylov got inside the synagogue and told people he had a gun in his car. The head of security stopped and questioned him. Mikhaylov flashed what looked like an NYPD detective shield , and was then asked to show his police identification. Detectives say that's when he went back to his car and took off. When he was apprehended, police say Mikhaylov had two knives on him. In court Monday morning , an attorney representing Mikhaylov told the judge he had gone to the temple to pray. News 12 went to Mikha...

Fairview Heights IL man pleads guilty Belleville arson crime

After setting fire to a house in 2015, a Fairview Heights man was sentenced to nine years in prison. Michael C. Newton, 25, pleaded guilty to aggravated arson July 27 , almost two years after he was charged with setting the fire. Belleville police and fire departments responded on Nov. 4, 2015, to a fire at the 200 block of N. 46th Street at the Plaza Apartments, according to court documents. Prosecutors said Newton knew someone was home in the apartment buildings at the time of the fire. Newton also was convicted of domestic battery and residential burglary, all unrelated charges. He’ll serve his five-year sentence for burglary and 100-day sentence for the domestic battery concurrently with his arson sentence .

‘Person of interest’ arrested in Pasco after woman shot in the back in Benton City

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A “person of interest” in the recent shooting of a woman at a Benton City apartment was arrested Thursday in Pasco. Christian M. Hernandez, 24, was picked up at 6:30 p.m. by the Benton County sheriff ’s gang enforcement team . Hernandez, who’s also known as “Lil Criminal” and “Phat Boy,” is being held on investigation of illegal gun possession and a hold from the state Department of Corrections. Mariah Coronado, 22, was shot in the back Aug. 18 at an apartment at Eighth Street and Della Avenue. Several other people were in the apartment at the time. Investigators have said it wasn’t clear if the shooting was an accident. Coronado was picked up by an acquaintance and driven to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. Deputies responded to the hospital after being alerted by medical staff about a gunshot victim. Hernandez is a convicted felon who is not allowed to own or be in control of a gun. He pleaded guilty in January to methamphetamine possession, residential burglary and ba...