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Athol man gets more than 5 years in prison for participating in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

An Athol man shown in surveillance footage at the riot on the Capitol battering police with a riot shield will spend more than five years in prison for his role in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.“It was just fun, exciting, enjoyable. I mean, we were all — we were just having a relaxed, nice time,” said Vincent Gilespie during his jury trial in December of 2021, as transcribed in a prosecution sentencing memo filed on March 31.On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell in federal court in Washington, D.C., sentenced Gillespie to 68 months in prison, which amounts to five years and eight months, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Gillespie also has to pay a $25,000 fine and $2,000 in restitution.A D.C. jury convicted him on Dec. 23, 2002, on charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers; civil disorder; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. The feds say that more than 1,00...

Crime Briefs: Authorities seek help finding 2 Medford men missing since last month

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

The Middlesex District Attorney’s office said that two men last heard from on March 30 remain missing and they need the public’s help in finding them.Friends and co-workers reported that Pavel Vekshin, 28, and Kiryl Schukin, 37, who lived in an apartment on Locust Street in Medford, missing on April 9, but that they hadn’t heard from them for more than a week beforehand.“Since the time of their reported disappearance, police have been actively investigating this case and believe the men’s cell phones are off,” the DA’s office wrote in a Friday statement, adding that police had located a vehicle belonging to one or both of the men, “their whereabouts remain unknown.”Investigators ask that anyone with any information contact State Police detectives in Middlesex County at 781-897-6600 and/or Medford Police detectives at 781-391-6767.‘Prison’ is the word for California man who threatened Merriam-Webster HQThe 34-year-old California man who wrote threats like “I am going to shoot and bom...

Knicks’ Julius Randle eyeing Game 1 return from ankle injury in first round vs Cavaliers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

Julius Randle has his eyes on Game 1.The power forward is officially listed as questionable for Saturday’s contest against the Cavaliers, and he’ll warm up pregame with the idea of returning to the lineup, according to ESPN’s Adrian WojnarowskiRandle sprained his ankle on March 29 and the Knicks claimed he wasn’t cleared for contact as recently as Thursday’s practice. Still, coach Tom Thibodeau acknowledged Randle had begun sprinting and he wasn’t worried about conditioning after such a long layoff.“I think he’s done a good job with that,” Thibodeau said. “He’s done a lot of cardio-type stuff. But again, you can do whatever it is, it’s not the same as the intensity of an NBA game. The contact, the strength part of it, the conditioning part of it, that’s where you see it. But whatever he can give us, he’ll give us. I’m confident in that.”Assuming Randle goes through warmups without a setba...

Trolley service in Old Town impacted due to investigation of apparent suicide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Trolley service in Old Town Friday afternoon has been impacted due to an investigation of an apparent suicide, San Diego police confirmed to FOX 5.The incident occurred at Congress Street and Taylor Street near the Old Town Transit Center, according to police.Around 3:26 p.m., San Diego Metropolitan Transit System tweeted riders should expect delays on the Green and UC San Diego Blue Lines in both directions. Multiple car crash prompting significant delays on I-5 As of 3:38 p.m., the Green Line will operate a bus bridge between Old Town and Fashion Valley while UC San Diego Blue Lines will single-track through the station.No other information has been released at this time.If you know anyone that needs help, Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available at 988.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Can't go to Coachella? This local brewery has music lovers covered

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

VISTA, Calif. -- The first weekend of Coachella is underway and thousands have already made the trek out into the Southern California desert to experience their favorite artists live at the three-day festival.With a stacked line-up for this year's event, it might be hard for San Diegans that aren't able to venture to Indio to quell the fear of missing out.But those music lovers sticking at home should not fret: a local kombucha brewery is bringing a little bit of Coachella right to their Vista taproom.Local Roots Kombucha, located at 1430 Vantage Court, will be hosting a live stream watch party every day this weekend from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.People will be able to sip on delicious hard kombucha while enjoying broadcast sets from some of the biggest names in music right now. Coachella-themed trivia will also be going on. Music festivals in San Diego this summer: A complete guide for concertgoers Drink specials will be available, from $3 kombucha shots to $5 desert-themed drinks. Anyo...

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp charged in parking lot shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp on Friday with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cellphone, saying that in a text message just before the shooting, Kemp wrote, “I’m about to shoot this (expletive).”Kemp was arrested after the shooting outside the Tacoma Mall on March 8. No one was injured, and Kemp’s lawyers have insisted he returned fire in self defense after tracking and trying to retrieve a cellphone that had been stolen from him earlier that day.One, Tim Leary, did not immediately return a text message seeking comment on the charge.A probable cause statement by Tacoma police, filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday, did not indicate Kemp was shot at. It said some of his statements were not corroborated by surveillance video, and that the text message sent just 13 minutes before he arrived at the mall showed his intent.The probable cause document said Kemp told police that after being ...

Mexico arrests 3 more officials in deadly March 27 fire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors said Friday they have arrested three more officials of the country’s immigration agency for a fire at a detention center last month that killed 40 migrants.Among those arrested were the local head of supplies for the immigration agency and an official of the Grupo Beta migrant protection service, the the Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.The director of agency for the northern border state of Chihuahua has been ordered to appear in court, but has not been arrested. The fire occurred March 27 in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, after a migrant allegedly set fire to foam mattresses to protest a supposed transfer.The immigration agency’s top national official, Francisco Garduño, is scheduled to make a court appearance April 21. At that point prosecutors will make their formal accusations and present evidence.Prosecutors had announced Tuesday that Garduño would face unspecified criminal charges in the case.President Andrés Manuel...

Video: Police shoot man after responding to wrong address

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in northwestern New Mexico on Friday released body camera footage of police officers opening fire and killing a homeowner after they showed up at the wrong address in response to domestic violence call. The video released by the Farmington Police Department — just over a week after the April 5 nighttime shooting — showed officers arriving at the home. They walked up to the front door, passing the address that was posted on the home and illuminated by an exterior light, knocked on the door and announced themselves. They also can be heard asking a dispatcher to confirm the address and to tell the caller to come to the door. The dispatcher states the address of a home across the street. The officers knocked again several times. Less than a minute later, the homeowner, armed with a handgun, opened the door and the officers immediately began shooting, firing multiple rounds as they backed away. The man can be seen dropping to the ground.About a minute...

On Nevada trip, Haaland celebrates ‘new era’ of conservation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined members of Nevada’s congressional delegation and tribal leaders on Friday to celebrate Avi Kwa Ame, the state’s newly designated national monument, saying the recognition of the desert mountain heralds a “new era” of environmental conservation in which the federal government and tribal nations will work together to maintain protected areas. Haaland, the nation’s first Native American Cabinet member, said she visited Avi Kwa Ame on Friday to watch the sunrise and was moved by the desert mountain’s rich history.“I was struck by the power and presence of the ancestors in tribal communities who have prayed on, protected and drawn strength from this special place for thousands of years,” Haaland said later in Las Vegas at a celebration attended by tribal leaders and members of Congress.President Joe Biden established the monument last month, nearly a year to the day after U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Nevada Democrat, introduced legis...

Gov. vetoes Kansas bill on live deliveries during abortion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:05 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures. In a statement on her website, Kelly, a Democrat, called the legislation “misleading and unnecessary.” The legislation could have subjected doctors to lawsuits and criminal charges in certain kinds of abortions and in circumstances when doctors induce labor to deliver a fetus that is expected to die within minutes or even seconds outside the womb. Kelly vetoed a similar bill in 2019. “Federal law already protects newborns, and the procedure being described in this bill does not exist in Kansas in the era of modern medicine,” Kelly said Friday. “The intent of this bill is to interfere in medical decisions that should remain between doctors and their patients.”Kansas’ Republican-controlled Legislature gave final passage to the bill earlier this month, and in both ch...