19-Year-Old Killed in Fiery Car Crash on Pulaski Highway Near Glasgow

by Dinesh Patel October 11, 2020

By: Dinesh Patel

Glasgow, DE – Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Pulaski Highway (Rt 40) westbound at LaGrange Parkway.

On October 8, 2020, at approximately 4:36 p.m., a 2004 Ford Explorer was stopped in the inside left turn lane of southbound LaGrange Parkway, waiting to turn left onto Pulaski Highway eastbound. A 2010 Saab operated by a 19-year-old male from Newark, DE, was traveling westbound on Pulaski Highway within the right lane of travel. The traffic signal for LaGrange Parkway turned green, and the Explorer proceeded into the intersection. A non-contact vehicle came to a stop in the right thru lane of westbound Pulaski Highway at LaGrange Parkway for a solid red light. The Saab was approaching the stopped vehicle, merged to the right and into the right turn lane for LaGrange Parkway, and proceeded into the intersection, striking the Explorer’s driver side. As a result of the collision, the Explorer and Saab caught fire. The Explorer operator was unable to get out of the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Saab operator was able to exit the car and was transported to a nearby hospital by ambulance, where he was admitted for non- life-threatening injuries.

At this time, the identity of the Explorer operator is pending identification.

Pulaski Highway westbound between the area of Peoples Plaza and Pleasant Valley Road was closed for approximately 3 hours while the collision was investigated and cleared.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to contact Detective J. Breen of the Troop 2 Collision Reconstruction Unit by calling 302-365-8486. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at http://www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com

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Multiple Charges Filed After Milton Man Pointed Gun During Argument

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

Milton , DE – The Delaware State Police have charged 33 year-old Djuan Sheppard of Milton, DE with Aggravated Menacing and weapon charges after threatening a man with a gun.

The incident occurred on October 09, 2020, at approximately 2:18 p.m., when Troopers responded to the 28000 block of West Springside Drive, Milton, DE in reference to a 42 year-old male victim of Milton, who advised Sheppard pointed a gun at him during an argument and drove off on a moped. Troopers canvassed the area and located the suspect’s vehicle in front of a nearby residence. Troopers took Sheppard into custody without incident.

A subsequent search of Sheppard and his moped led to the discovery of a black handgun and approximately 3.07 grams of marijuana.

Sheppard was also wanted for felony weapon charges stemming from a similar incident involving the same victim on previous date.

Sheppard was transported back to Troop 7 where he was charged with the following:

Aggravated Menacing (Felony) – 4 counts
Possession of a Firearm by Person Prohibited (Felony) – 2 counts
Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (Felony) – 4 counts
Terroristic Threatening
Criminal Trespass 3^rd Degree
Possession of Marijuana
Driving While Suspended
Operation of an Unregistered Motor Vehicle
Fictitious Registration Card

Sheppard was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court #3 and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $277,300 cash bond.

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Delaware News Police Blotter

Claymont Man Charged for Brandishing Gun at Two Young Women in Townsend

by Dinesh Patel October 11, 2020

By: Dinesh Patel

Townsend, DE – The Delaware State Police have charged 30 year-old Nicholas Turcol of Claymont, DE with Aggravated Menacing and weapon charges after displaying a handgun at two female victims.

The incident occurred on October 10, 2020, at approximately 12:48 a.m., when Troopers responded to a residence on Harvey Straughn Road, Townsend, DE in reference to two female victims/acquaintances ages 26 and 24 years-old who advised Turcol displayed a gun at them after they refused to allow him to drive his vehicle due to him being intoxicated. Upon Troopers arrival Turcol removed the handgun from his waistband and placed his hands in the air. Turcol was taken into custody without incident.

Troopers recovered a loaded Glock 9mm handgun with 5 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber.

Turcol was transported back to Troop 9 where he was charged with the following:

Aggravated Menacing (Felony) – 2 counts
Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (Felony)
Possession of a Firearm while Under the Influence (Felony)

Turcol was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court #11 and released after posting bail on $23,000 cash bond.

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Delaware News Police Blotter

Millsboro Man Breaks Into Woman’s Home, Threatened to Kill Her With Gun

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

Millsboro, DE – The Delaware State Police have charged 62 year-old Linwood Shields (no photo available) of Millsboro, DE with Aggravated Menacing and other related charges after threatening a female acquaintance with a gun.

The incident occurred on October 09, 2020, at approximately 07:10 p.m., when Troopers responded to a residence on Screenhouse Lane, Millsboro, DE in reference to a 64 year-old female victim who advised Shields pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill her. Upon arrival Troopers learned Shields had a verbal argument with the victim inside of the residence and broke through a bedroom door to confront the victim. Once inside of the bedroom Shields recovered a firearm from the closet and threatened the victim.

Troopers located Shields operating a vehicle near the residence and initiated a traffic stop. Shields was taken into custody without incident. During contact an odor of alcoholic beverages was detected emitting from Shields, and subsequently a driving under the influence investigation ensued.

Troopers canvassed the area but were unable to locate the firearm.

The victim was not injured in the incident and did not require medical attention.

Shields was transported back to Troop 4 where he was charged with the following:

Aggravated Menacing (Felony)
Failure to Comply with Taking Photos and Fingerprints
Offensive Touching
Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol
Criminal Mischief
Failure to Have Insurance Card in Possession
Failure to Have Registration Card in Possession

Shields was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court #3 and committed to the Sussex Correction Institution on $6,302 secured bond.

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Delaware News Police Blotter

Selbyville Teen Charged for Felony Drug and Weapons Charges

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

Selbyville- Delaware State Police have charged 19 year-old Darren Leager of Selbyville, DE with felony drugs and weapon charges.

The incident occurred on October 10, 2020, at approximately 9:15 a.m., when Troopers responded to a residence on Beachview Ct., Selbyville, DE in reference to a theft and possession of an illegal firearm. Upon arrival Troopers learned the 73 year-old victim from Selbyville had money stolen from his wallet and suspected Leager, who is currently residing with victim. When the victim confronted Leager about the missing money, he stopped after locating a sawed off shotgun next to his bed. The victim took possession of the illegal firearm, and hid it until Troopers responded and were able to take possession of the 12 gauge shotgun.

Troopers contacted Leager inside of his bedroom and took him into custody without incident. Upon taking Leager into custody, Troopers discovered a portion of the suspected stolen money and approximately .455 grams of heroin.

Leager was transported to Troop 4 where he was charged with the following:

Possession of Destructive Weapon (Felony)
Possession of a Controlled Substance Tier 1 Quantity (Felony)
Theft Under $1500 and Victim is 62 Yrs or Older (Felony)
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Leager was arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court #3 and released on $10,100 unsecured bond.

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Delaware News Politics

Boyfriend Charged for Murder of Missing Delaware Teen Madison Sparrow

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

NEWARK, DE – Delaware State Police have arrested 19-year-old Noah M. Sharp of Newark in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Madison Sparrow. On Friday, October 2, 2020, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Madison was reported missing by a family member after not returning home. Delaware State Police detectives obtained information through investigative interviews that Madison responded to an area in Newark where her ex-boyfriend, Noah, was located. The investigation revealed the homicide occurred in the Newark area due to blunt force trauma to her body. After the homicide occurred, she was transported to a secluded wooded location in Newark, where law enforcement officers discovered her body.

At this time, there is information indicating additional individuals may be involved in this homicide.

Sharp was taken into custody and charged with the following crimes:

Murder 1st Degree (felony)
Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony (felony)
Conspiracy 1st Degree (felony)

He was arraigned in the Justice of the Peace Court #2 and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on a $1,021,000.00 cash bail.

This case remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Detective M. Csapo with the Delaware State Police Homicide Unit at 302-741-2729. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware crime stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at http://www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com .

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Delaware News Police Blotter

Newark, Delaware Police Searching for Armed Robbery Suspects

by Dinesh Patel October 11, 2020

By: Dinesh Patel

NEWARK, DE – On October 9, 2020, at about 0055 hours, a male was walking on Courtney Street in the area of Haines Street. Three suspects approached the victim and ordered him to turn over personal property. The victim immediately fled on foot. As the victim ran away, he heard the sound of the slide of a firearm being racked. The victim fell to the ground as he fled and sustained minor injuries that did not require medical attention. The suspects did not obtain any property from the victim.

The suspects are described as three black males wearing dark clothing. One suspect had light-colored jeans.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Sgt. G. Micolucci at (302) 366-7100 x. 3412 or [email protected]. Additional methods for providing information to Newark Police can be found on our tips page, where reward information may also be available.

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California News Police Blotter

Menifee Woman Arrested for Fraudulent $500,000 COVID-19 Unemployment Relief, Identity Theft

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

SANTA ANA, California – A Riverside County woman was arrested today on federal charges that she defrauded California’s unemployment insurance system by using stolen personal information obtained from the darknet to fraudulently receive more than a half-million dollars in COVID-19 unemployment benefits.

Cara Marie Kirk-Connell, 32, of Menifee, was named in a federal criminal complaint that charges her with identity theft, mail fraud, and access device fraud. She is expected to make her initial appearance on October 13 in United States District Court in Riverside.

According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, on September 11, Murrieta police conducted a traffic stop of Kirk-Connell. A search of the car resulted in the seizure of eight debit cards that contained unemployment benefits in other people’s names, as well as more than $30,000 in cash and several driver’s licenses for other motorists, the affidavit states. When interviewed by police, Kirk-Connell allegedly admitted that she and others would go onto the “dark web” to gather identifying information of other individuals.

She allegedly then used this information to apply for unemployment benefits from the California Employment Development Department, which distributes the benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, passed by Congress in March. The CARES Act expanded unemployment benefits to cover those who were previously ineligible, including business owners, self-employed workers, and independent contractors, who were put out of business or significantly reduced their services because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, Kirk-Connell admitted that once she had applied for those benefits in other people’s names, she would have the debit cards sent to an address where she would receive them, the affidavit states. Once she received the debit cards, she said, she would activate them by using the victims’ Social Security numbers as well as PINs she had chosen, and then make numerous ATM withdrawals and other expenditures, according to the affidavit.

EDD records showed that the cards and identities that Kirk-Connell possessed had been used to apply for and authorize approximately $534,149 in COVID-related unemployment benefits from California’s EDD program, of which nearly $270,000 had already been spent, the affidavit states. Further, EDD records showed that some of the individual cards had more than $17,000 loaded on them when issued, according to the affidavit.

A complaint contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

If convicted of these charges, Kirk-Connell would face a statutory maximum sentence of 32 years in federal prison.

This investigation, which is a result of the Department of Justice’s National Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force, was conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the United States Postal Inspection Service. California EDD Criminal Investigations and the Murrieta Police Department provided substantial assistance.

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Maryland News Police Blotter

Oxon Hill El Salvadorian MS-13 Gang Member Arrested for Gun Trafficking

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

OXON HILL, MD – Wilber Vigil-Benitez, also known as “Solitario,” of El Salvador, was arrested today on an outstanding arrest warrant from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, announced Michael R. Sherwin, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; John J. Durham, Director, Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV); Robert E. Bornstein, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division; and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

On August 25, 2020, Vigil-Benitez, 25, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was charged in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in case number 20-cr-170, in a nine-count indictment with conspiring to engage in the illegal trafficking of firearms, engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, and seven counts of possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year. If convicted of all counts, Vigil-Benitez could face up to 85 years in prison.

According to the indictment and additional court documents filed by the Government, Vigil-Benitez, who also goes by the gang name “Solitario,” is a leader of the Delicias Locos Salvatruchas Clique de La Mara Salvatrucha, commonly referred to as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization. From approximately September 2017 through July 2018, Vigil-Benitez led a firearms trafficking conspiracy where, according to the indictment, he obtained firearms from an MS-13 associate and then illegally sold them on the streets of Washington, D.C., for profit. Vigil-Benitez was prohibited from possessing firearms due to his prior Maryland felony conviction, a firearms offense. Vigil-Benitez traveled from Maryland into the District of Columbia to sell firearms illegally on at least eight occasions. In total, Vigil-Benitez sold at least ten firearms, including an assault rifle.

On October 9, 2020, the Honorable Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey held Vigil-Benitez without bond pending a detention hearing on October 14, 2020. An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, for the purpose of establishing probable cause, not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

“Today’s arrest of a member of a transnational criminal organization represents the successful coordination of multiple federal and local law enforcement partners.” said Acting United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin. “Our office is committed to disrupting the financial lifeline of criminal organizations such as MS-13 and bringing to justice those individuals who would bring firearms into our jurisdiction and inject fear and violence into our communities.”

“This case is another example of the strong partnership between the FBI and our local, state and federal partners to identify, investigate and ultimately prosecute members and associates of MS-13,” said Robert E. Bornstein, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division. “MS-13, known for their violence, is a transnational gang which primarily preys and takes advantage of fellow immigrants from Central America. The FBI will continue to work collaboratively with our partners to identify, disrupt, and dismantle MS-13 in our communities.”

“In order to effectively combat the MS-13, we must not only prosecute violent crimes committed by the organization, but also must target its sources of revenue, including illegal firearms trafficking,” stated JTFV Director John J. Durham. “Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the FBI and MPD during this investigation, numerous illegal firearms were seized and an MS-13 leader will face justice.”

This investigation was carried out in partnership with JTFV. In August 2019, Attorney General Barr created JTFV to carry out the recommendations of the MS-13 subcommittee formed under the Attorney General’s Transnational Organized Crime Task Force, which was the result of President Trump’s February 2017 Executive Order directing the Departments of Justice, State, and Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate a whole-of-government approach to dismantle transnational criminal organizations, such as MS-13, and restore safety for the American people. The principal purpose of JTFV is to coordinate and lead the efforts of the Justice Department and U.S. law enforcement agencies against MS-13 in order to dismantle the group.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Cross Border Task Force, which is composed of FBI agents from both the Washington Field Office and the Baltimore Field Office, with task force officers from the U.S. Park Police, Prince George’s County Police, Montgomery County Police, and MPD. The task force works in partnership with the ATF, DEA, USMS, the Department of Homeland Security, Enforcement Removal Operations, and other local, state and federal agencies. The task force is charged with investigating the most egregious violent gangs and street crews operating between the District of Columbia and Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, Maryland. Significant investigative assistance was provided in this case by the MPD’s, Narcotics and Special Investigative Division (NSID).

This case is being investigated by the FBI and MPD with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin L. Rosenberg of the Violent Crime and Narcotics Trafficking Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Patterson detailed to JTFV.

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US and World News

Man Charged for Setting Off Explosive Device at Egg Harbor Cafe in Napperville

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

NAPPERVILLE, IL — A man has been arrested on a federal criminal charge for allegedly using an explosive device to damage a suburban Chicago restaurant. DIEGO VARGAS, 24, is charged with one count of maliciously attempting to damage and destroy a building by means of an explosive device, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Vargas allegedly used the explosive device at the Egg Harbor Cafe in Naperville, Ill., on June 1, 2020.

The federal charge is punishable by a minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a maximum of 20 years.

Vargas, whose most recent address is unknown, was arrested Wednesday night. A detention hearing is scheduled for today at 1:00 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain in Chicago.

The indictment and arrest were announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. The Naperville Police Department and Aurora Police Department provided valuable assistance. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas.

The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, the Court must impose a reasonable sentence under federal statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.

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Business News New Jersey News

Shore News Rated Higher than Fox News, MSNBC By NewsGuard, Enters Top 1,000 News Sites in America

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Newsguard, an internationally recognized leader in news fact-checking and fake news filtering has rated Shore News Network higher than Fox News and MSNBC, according to the company. Shore News Network, New Jersey’s largest conservative-leaning news platform received the coveted NewsGuard “green” shield, rating 75/100, topping most conservative news media outlets in America.

“In a time when conservative media is being judged harshly by social media giants like Twitter and Facebook, rising up above our competitors has been our goal at Shore News Network since day one,” said editor Phil Stilton. “When you’re a news service hated by both the left, the right and all of the in between political factions in your service area, you know you’re doing something right.”

NewsGuard is a browser extension created by NewsGuard Technologies. It labels news sources with either a green or red icon, indicating its general trustworthiness and whether it has a history of running stories labeled as fake news. Supported browsers include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari. It is included by default in the mobile version of Edge, though users must enable it.

NewsGuard has been on the frontlines of COVID-19 misinformation and this month, partnered with the Mount Sinai Health System to combat COVID-19 misinformation, which the company calls an “infodemic”. The company has provided healthcare workers with a browser extension called, “HealthGuard”.

“By providing website ratings at the domain level, HealthGuard ‘prebunks’ false articles before they go viral, acting as a ‘vaccine’ against health hoaxes,” said Gordon Crovitz, NewsGuard co-CEO.

According to Wikipedia, NewsGuard Technologies was founded in 2018 by Steven Brill and L. Gordon Crovitz, who serve as co-CEOs. Investors include the Knight Foundation and Publicis.The NewsGuard extension is installed in browsers and warns users when they view content from what it considers fake news websites. Journalists employed by NewsGuard Technologies score news sites on their reliability and general trustworthiness. The analysis is designed to be transparent and includes the name of the staffer who analyzed the site. Sites that score at least 60 out of 100 points based on nine criteria display a green icon next to their name, and ones that score lower get a red. Users can optionally read more information, including how the sites fared in each criterion.[4] The extension can also highlight potential conflicts of interest, such as websites that do not disclose that they are financed by lobbying groups.

Shore News Network scored 75/100 on NewsGuard’s rating scale. In comparison, Fox News scored 69.5/100, MSNBC scored 70/100 and CNN, scored 87.5 out of 100.

“You never want to score 75 on a test, but when you learn how rigorous the NewsGuard test really is against even the nation’s largest news networks, then factor in the fact that we’re viewed as ‘conservative news’, it might as well be a 100,” Stilton added. “This ranking solidifies Shore News Network’s next step at going from a regional news provider to a national news provider that covers the entire east coast of the United States.”

Evan Haddad, one of the fact-checking analysts for NewsGuard said the company only checks news websites that entire the nation’s top 1,000 news websites, based on traffic and readership. Haddad conducted a month-long audit of Shore News Network that began in late August and ended this week, awarding Shore News with the company’s “green shield”.

“We’d like to thank our fans, who submitted our website to NewsGuard for review,” Stilton added. “We have some of the best fans in the news business and we couldn’t be here without them.”

Shore News Network reaches over 6,000,000 readers each month through its news website, www.shorenewsnetwork.com, Facebook, Twitter, Newsbreak and dozens of other social media platforms and mobile breaking news apps.

You can install the NewsGuard extension in your web browser today to start filtering out fake news by visiting the Newsguard website.

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New Jersey News Politics

Republicans: Murphy Used Cares Act Funding Event to Promote Political Campaign of Andy Kim

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Last week, Governor Phil Murphy held a press conference with New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim to announce the release of a small portion of the CARES act funding to municipalities in New Jersey. Now, Republicans, except for Ocean County GOP Chairman Frank Holman, who’s hunting deer in Kansas, are crying foul. It turns out that the $60,000,000 released by Murphy was not even 25% of the funding the Governor had previously promised.

In April, New Jersey received $2.4 billion in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act money, and six months later, Governor Murphy is just now releasing a small portion of the money to local governments. At a public event in Evesham Township in Burlington County that resembled a campaign photo-op for Democrat Congressman Andy Kim, Murphy said he was releasing $60 million to municipal governments, a drop in the bucket compared to what New Jersey towns have spent during the pandemic.

Kim, a staunch supporter of Nancy Pelosi and the “Squad” is facing a tough re-election campaign against CEO and businessman David Richter. Kim, who operated a radical left-wing anti-government organization prior to running for office is now trying to appeal to the public as a moderate, which he is not.

“The Governor sat on this money for six months. He originally proposed $250 million for local governments, and by August, he had downgraded the commitment to $120 million,” said Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean. “Now, a half year later, we see the actual allotment is less than one quarter of what he promised, and he still has not made any meaningful money available to small businesses and nonprofits.

“This is a classic example of ‘too little, too late.’ The time when our municipalities desperately needed help was months ago, when they were struggling to reopen public facilities and needed help addressing unexpected revenue losses, increased cleaning and sanitizing expenses, and other costs related to reopening for business,” Kean said.

Senate Republicans immediately began calling on the Murphy to quickly distribute CARES Act funding to local governments back in April when Federal guidance made it clear that was not only possible but encouraged. The Murphy Administration, however, delayed and rejected efforts to help towns and businesses, and continue to hold onto the bulk of the $2.4 billion in the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund.

“The Governor’s delay of timely and meaningful help local governments was inexcusable,” Kean said. “It’s matched only by his failure to make substantial CARES Act funds available to businesses and nonprofits – more and more of which are giving up and closing their doors every day that help is denied them.”

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New Jersey News Schools

Lawmakers Seek Immediate Shutdown of Corrupt Phil Murphy, Rob Nixon SDA

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

JACKSON, NJ – Former Jackson Township resident and town councilman Robert Nixon, a Republican heads the corrupt School Development Authority in New Jersey. Under Nixon’s watch, countless scandals within the SDA have occurred, including illegal hiring, patronage hiring and wasteful spending of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. Nixon has remained silent on the affair since it began, but now his fellow Republicans are clamoring for its demise.

In 2019, Nixon, a New Jersey State PBA lobbyist resigned from his elected councilman position in Jackson after the township was sued for civil rights violations. Nixon, a so-called Republican, was appointed by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine to the job and was made chairman of the SDA during Murphy’s administration.

Now, amid new allegations of nepotism and cronyism, Senator Kristin Corrado and Senator Declan O’Scanlon are calling for the closure of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA).

“To quote Ronald Reagan, ‘a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.’” said Corrado (R-40). “After news of this latest scandal and subsequent lawsuit, the School Development Authority is past the point of no return. I stand with Senate President Sweeney and call for the termination of this corrupt entity that has demonstrated its existence achieves more harm than good.”

Published reports allege that leaders of the SDA, which is currently entangled in multiple lawsuits, created a “discriminatory, hostile, and bigoted environment.”

Corrado and Sweeney are primary sponsors of S-859, legislation that would eliminate the SDA and transfers its school construction responsibilities to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA).

O’Scanlon is a co-sponsor of the measure.

“This agency is the epitome of what gives State workers and their bosses a bad name,” said O’Scanlon (R-13). “Not only is this agency the butt of jokes, it also contributes to the public’s skepticism of government as a corrupt patronage pit. The SDA has got to go.”

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New Jersey News Politics

NJ Automatic Voter Registration Law Has Completely Screwed Up 2020 Mail-In Ballot Election, Lawmakers Say

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

MORRISTOWN, NJ – Two New Jersey lawmakers are blaming automatic voter registration in New Jersey for the mail-in ballot fiasco currently plaguing the state of New Jersey. Tens of thousands of voters are getting duplicate ballots, ballots of deceased relatives and even ballots for people that never lived in their homes…or may have lived there decades ago.

Senator Anthony M. Bucco has introduced legislation, which Senator Kristin Corrado will join as a prime sponsor, that would suspend automatic voter registration at State government agencies in response to evidence that some voters are receiving multiple ballots after visits to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC).

New legislation by Sen. Tony Bucco and Sen. Kristin Corrado would suspend automatic voter registration at State government agencies in response to evidence that some voters are receiving multiple ballots after visits to MVC agencies. (SenateNJ.com)

When automatic voter registration was enacted, we raised red flags that New Jersey’s creaky voter database wasn’t designed to filter duplicate registrations submitted by a slew of government agencies,” said Bucco (R-25). “We now have confirmation from election officials that many of the duplicate ballots that voters have reported receiving can be traced directly to automatic voter registration at the MVC. After our warnings, this shouldn’t be a shock to anyone.”

Under a 2018 law signed by Governor Phil Murphy, the MVC and other State agencies are required to automatically register to vote any eligible person who applies for a permit, license, or ID card unless the applicant declines the automatic voter registration.

According to election officials interviewed by NJ.com, that law has “wreaked havoc” with voter rolls. They said it’s “not uncommon” for an already registered voter to get a duplicate ballot after conducting a transaction at the MVC.

To address this issue, the new legislation (S-3025) would suspend automatic voter registration at the MVC, and at other government agencies that may have established automatic voter registration, until the implementation of standards and procedures to maintain the accuracy of the voter rolls in the Statewide Voter Registration System.

“We simply don’t know how many people will end up with extra ballots for the upcoming general election, but it could be a lot, especially since the governor has ordered everyone to vote by mail,” said Corrado (R-40). “We trust that most people will do the right thing and destroy or return any extra ballots they receive. Still, if we want to be diligent about maintaining the integrity of our elections, we need to pause automatic voter registration until this problem is fixed.”

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New Jersey News Politics Sports

Youth Ice Hockey Caught in Murphy COVID-19 Quagmire of Inconsistent Science; Now Republicans Want it Fixed

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – While most sports in New Jersey have resumed, one that has not is youth hockey. Now, New Jersey Senator Kristin Corrado and Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips are urging the Murphy Administration to loosen restrictions on indoor athletics and allow ice hockey games to resume.

“Ice Hockey is caught up in confusing COVID rules coming out of Trenton,” said Corrado (R-40). “The emphasis on public health is understandable, but the evidence indicates hockey games can be played with minimal risk. Players, coaches, officials and parents can all safely come to the rink for games and follow sensible precautions. If they consider the data, the Administration will see the competition ban on hockey in unwarranted.”

The state classifies ice hockey as a medium-risk sport for COVID transmission, along with soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball and others that have been cleared for outdoor practice and competition. Sports played indoors have been approved for non-contact practice, only. This effectively shuts down the ability for kids across New Jersey to actually play a game of Hockey. Hockey is an indoor sport, played in large, environmentally controlled facilities with outstanding ventilation systems necessary to maintain ice quality.

“With its unique circumstances, it’s not fair to compare hockey with other indoor sports,” said DePhillips (R-40). “During games, the players are spread out on the ice, and they are shielded from head to skates with protective equipment. Players don’t share equipment or touch the puck, and there is very little direct physical contact during a game. Like all of us, the sport is suffering because of the pandemic, but the ban on games is going too far.”

USA Hockey, the national governing body for the sport in the United States, states the risk of contracting COVID while playing hockey is minimal. The organization published detailed guidance for rink owners, leagues, teams and parents, including a series of resources for safely returning to rinks and mitigating risks.

“The goal here is to keep the players and their families safe, and USA Hockey has determined we can accomplish that and play hockey, too. It’s time to put the Governor’s restrictions on ice and let the games begin,” said Corrado, who will be meeting with a group of hockey parents next week.

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Spitting at Police Officer, or in Cop’s Coffee Could Become Felony in New Jersey Under New Law

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

FREEHOLD, NJ – A new law proposed by New Jersey Assemblyman Ron Dancer could make it a felony if passed in Trenton and signed by Governor Phil Murphy to spit on a police officer. Sadly, Dancer will now have to convince the state Democrat majority that this law is a good idea and work overtime to get support in one of America’s bluest states.

“A person who throws a bodily fluid at a Department of Corrections employee, county correctional police officer, juvenile correctional police officer, State juvenile facility employee, juvenile detention staff member, probation officer, any sheriff, undersheriff or sheriff’s officer or any municipal, county, or State law enforcement officer while in the performance of the person’s duties or otherwise purposely subjects [such] an employee to contact with a bodily fluid commits an aggravated assault,” Dancer’s law reads. “If the victim suffers bodily injury, this shall be a crime of the third degree. If the victim’s food was spit upon or beverage spit into, this shall be a crime of the third degree, and, notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:43-3, the person shall be fined $15,000. Otherwise, this shall be a crime of the fourth degree. A term of imprisonment imposed for this offense shall run consecutively to any term of imprisonment currently being served and to any other term imposed for another offense committed at the time of the assault. Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence so warrants, an indictment and conviction for a violation or attempted violation of chapter 11 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes [or] , subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:12-1.”

This bill clarifies that spitting on the food or into the beverage of a law enforcement officer constitutes aggravated assault. The bill also requires restaurants to impose certain sanctions on an employee who engages in this conduct.

Under current law, a person who throws a bodily fluid at a law enforcement officer while in the performance of the person’s duties or otherwise purposely subjects the officer to contact with a bodily fluid commits aggravated assault. It is a crime of the third degree if the officer suffers bodily injury. Otherwise, it is a crime of the fourth degree. A third degree crime generally is punishable by a term of imprisonment of three to five years, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. Fourth degree crimes are punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months, a fine of $10,000, or both.

Dancer’s bill clarifies that subjecting a law enforcement officer to contact with a bodily fluid includes spitting on an officer’s food or into the officer’s beverage and that this is a crime of the third degree. In addition to the three to five-year term of imprisonment, the bill provides for a mandatory fine of $15,000.

The bill also requires a restaurant employer to suspend an employee who is charged with aggravated assault for spitting in an officer’s food or drink and fire the employee if convicted of the crime. A restaurant employer who violates this provision is to be civilly fined up to $500 for the first violation and up to $1,000 for each subsequent violation. The bill defines a restaurant as “any facility or part thereof in which food is prepared and provided or served for consumption on the premises, but shall not include mobile food establishments or any temporary food establishment which operates at a fixed location for a limited period of time in connection with a fair, carnival, public exhibition, or similar transitory gathering or charitable fund raising event.”

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New Jersey News Politics

New Jersey Democrats Push Bill to Officially End Columbus Day, Erase American History

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The New Jersey Democrats are officially wasting everyone’s time in Trenton. As the state deals with high unemployment, a second wave of the coronavirus, a budget nightmare and a tanking local economy that is seeing hundreds of businesses each month close their doors for good, state Democrats are working overtime to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Many feel the bill is nothing more than an attempt for the New Jersey Democrat Party to get news headlines ahead of the November election. New Jersey is suffering through one of the most challenging times in recent history. Residents have had a complete shutdown of the economy and the state is in the rebuilding process with many more hurdles to still overcome.

“Yet, somehow, Trenton Democrats believe now is the appropriate time to rename holidays in an attempt to change our nation’s history,” state Republicans said. this week.

“We must use our time in Trenton wisely and help the people of New Jersey recover from the shutdown. Take a look at the Democrat’s refusal to investigate the deaths of thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes because of Murphy’s policies. Do Democrats realize we still have small businesses that are on the brink of closing and restaurants that are barely making ends meet with only 25 percent indoor capacity? We need to immediately go to 50 percent capacity with the goal to reopen completely as the colder weather approaches. Instead, their focus remains on erasing our nation’s history,” Republicans said this week in a statement. ““To Trenton Democrats, it’s all about attention-grabbing headlines. Our delegation will always put our constituents first and focus on solving the real problems in this state and not be easily persuaded by what’s trending on Twitter.”

Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed in 1977 by a delegation of Native Americans to the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations in the Americas and serves as a way to honor and recognize the unique contributions made by indigenous people to our nation. South Dakota became the first state to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 1990 with hundreds of municipalities and 14 states now observing the day each year.

The City of Newark became the first municipality in New Jersey to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2017 while Princeton became the second to do so in 2019.

“Although at one time a widely celebrated figure of American history, Christopher Columbus’s legacy has become controversial as his harsh treatment of indigenous people has become more widely known,” said New Jersey Democrat legislator Brian Stack, sponsor of the bill. “In his voyages to the New World, Columbus and his men inflicted violence on the indigenous people of the Caribbean while inadvertently bringing many new diseases that decimated native populations.”

Stack blamed Christopher Columbus for the eventual relocation of Native American tribes across America.

“Prior to arrival of the Europeans, the area now known as New Jersey was first settled over 10,000 years ago by the Lenape, a confederation of Algonquian-speaking people whose lands also included present-day Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York,” Stack added. “Over time, Lenape tribal lands were lost as a result of European settlement and the Lenape soon found themselves moving westward to Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas before eventually being removed to Oklahoma in the late-1860s. Along the way, the Lenape faced cultural suppression, forced assimilation, and devastation of their population through the spread of disease.”

Currently, three indigenous tribes are recognized in the State: the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape of Cumberland and Salem Counties, the Powhatan Renape of Burlington County, and the Ramapough Lenape of Mahwah and Ringwood. Nearly 20,000 New Jerseyans belong to one of these tribes while 50,000 more belong to tribes recognized in other jurisdictions.

Stack made sure state unions would not be impacted by the holiday change. Under his new law, unions that have off for Columbus Day will automatically have off for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

“This bill would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day to honor New Jersey’s indigenous heritage and to foster a greater sense of inclusiveness towards indigenous people. The legacy of Christopher Columbus has become more controversial as his harsh treatment of indigenous people has become more widely known,” Stack said. “An increasing number of Americans have come to recognize Columbus’s journeys into the New World as the beginning of an era of European colonization and conquest. In response, many states and municipalities have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day to bring greater attention to the plight of indigenous people and to celebrate indigenous cultures.”

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New Jersey News Schools

Toms River School Board Wants Your Feedback to Handle “New Era of Leadership” After Healy

by Breaking Local News Report October 11, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Toms River Board of Education is seeking input from the community about how to proceed in an era of COVID-19 and in the absence of Superintendent David Healy. The district has created a community survey for residents to take. That survey, the board says, will help guide the future decisions of the district.

In a press release, the district announced it has scheduled a series of virtual meetings and released a survey in order to solicit stakeholder input and feedback with regard to our community’s collective aspirations for the school district as it moves into a new era of leadership.

“It is the board’s hope that stakeholders will use these opportunities to share what they appreciate about our district and to help our leaders understand how they can better serve the community in the future,” the board said in a statement.

A staff-only version of the 2020 Toms River Regional Schools Survey was issued by the board to all TRRS staff members this week. The community version of the survey was shared via email with school families, but can also be accessed here and completed by families with children in the district, as well as other community stakeholders. Through the survey, stakeholders will have the opportunity to register for upcoming virtual community meetings.

The last such survey conducted in 2013 informed the goal-setting process through today and helped spur core initiatives in technology and facilities, as well as develop programs such as full-day kindergarten and Career Academies at each of our high schools. These methods of soliciting feedback will likewise help our next superintendent and the board of education set goals for the coming years.

For the upcoming virtual meetings, stakeholders can participate either by video or phone call, with each speaker receiving three minutes. Each session– with the exception of the one for TRRS staff– will be capped at 45 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis. In an effort to hear from as many community members as possible, each stakeholder will only be permitted to speak once. If there is incredible demand, the board will add sessions.

Meetings will be streamed from Conference Room A at 1144 Hooper Avenue and will be available for the public to view on the district’s YouTube channel. Community members interested in participating can, again, RSVP via the community survey or call 732-505-5500, extension 500005 or 500007. The virtual meeting dates are as follows:

Oct. 15, 3 p.m.: for ALL staff only
Oct. 16, 3 p.m.: for TRRS families with children in the district
Oct. 19, 6 p.m.: for TRRS families with children in the district
Oct. 20, 6 p.m.: for TRRS families with children in the district
Oct. 22, 6 p.m.: for community members without children enrolled in the district
Oct. 23, 3 p.m.: for TRRS families with children in the district

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US and World News

Chicago Businessman Charged With Illegally Exporting Arms to Ukraine

by Breaking Local News Report October 10, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

CHICAGO —A suburban Chicago businessman has been indicted on federal criminal charges for allegedly illegally exporting gun parts and other defense articles from the United States to a company in Ukraine.

GLENN STEPUL owned a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based business that distributed horizontal directional drilling equipment. From 2014 to 2016, Stepul conspired with a Ukranian resident – ANDRIY YAKIN – and an unindicted co-conspirator in Ukraine to violate the Arms Export Control Act by exporting or attempting to export pistol slides and stainless steel gun barrels from the United States to Ukraine, without obtaining the required authorization from the U.S. Department of State, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Stepul, Yakin, and the unindicted co-conspirator also conspired to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by exporting or attempting to export rifle scopes and night-vision cameras from the United States to Ukraine, without obtaining the required authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the indictment states.

The charges allege that Stepul commingled and concealed some of the export-controlled items inside shipments of drilling equipment sent to Ukraine. One such shipment was intercepted by customs officials in Lviv, Ukraine, in September 2014, the indictment states. Stepul had completed a customs declaration falsely describing the items inside the parcel as “household goods,” “cosmetics,” “toys,” “stationary,” and “cassettes,” the indictment states.

The indictment charges Stepul, 33, of Miami Beach, Fla., and formerly of Wheeling, Ill., and Yakin, 38, of Poltava, Ukraine, with conspiracy to violate the AECA and IEEPA and knowingly impede and obstruct the functions of the Commerce and State Departments. Stepul also faces additional export-control, smuggling, and false statement charges. Stepul pleaded not guilty to all charges during his arraignment Thursday before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey in Chicago. Judge Blakey scheduled a status hearing for Dec. 16, 2020, at 1:00 p.m.

Yakin is believed to be residing in Ukraine, and a warrant for his arrest has been issued.

The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI; James M. Gibbons, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; Dan Clutch, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security-Office of Export Enforcement, Chicago Field Office; and Cynthia Bruce, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Southeast Field Office. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Grayson S. Walker.

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Police Blotter

Five Defendants Charged in Tulsa Methamphetamine Conspiracy

by Breaking Local News Report October 10, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

TULSA, OK – A fourth defendant involved in a methamphetamine drug conspiracy was arrested by U.S. Marshals Thursday in West Tulsa and made an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.

Tina Marie Tankersly, 33, of Tulsa, was one of five defendants named in an August 2020 indictment charging the defendants with drug conspiracy and other crimes.

Also charged with drug conspiracy were Charles Dean Studie, 36; Albert Douglas Parker, 35; Sydney Daloise Courtney, 28; and Marty Jay Foster, 52, all of Tulsa. The defendants allegedly conspired to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine in the Tulsa area. Defendant Marty Foster remains at large and is wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service.

“Drug traffickers should know that our team of prosecutors and agents will disrupt and dismantle their operations and bring them to account in a federal courtroom,” said U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. “Keeping our neighborhoods safe is a top priority for all of us in the law enforcement community. I appreciate DEA Tulsa and Sheriff Regalado teaming up to take down these alleged meth-dealing criminals.”

“The Deputies that make up our Tulsa Housing Authority Community Enhancement Unit are dedicated to the safety and security of the families that live within the THA complexes,” said Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado. “There’s no doubt in my mind the people who live in these complexes are safer now that this drug operation is shut down. We are extremely proud of the work of our Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office Community Enhancement Unit.”

The indictment also charged Tankersley and Parker with maintaining a drug involved premises at 1503 West 59th St. South in Tulsa. Studie is also charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes and felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Studie and Courtney are also charged with maintaining a drug involved premises at 1622 West 59th Street South in Tulsa.

The return of an indictment is a method of informing a defendant of alleged violations of federal law, which must be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt to overcome a defendant’s presumption of innocence.

The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and Drug Enforcement Administration are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Nassar is prosecuting the case.

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Grand Jury Indicts Portland Rioter Who Tried to Punch Cop in Face

by Breaking Local News Report October 10, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

PORTLAND, Ore.—U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Portland, Oregon resident has been charged with Civil Disorder after he attempted to punch a Portland Police officer in the face during an unlawful assembly on August 4, 2020.

A federal grand jury in Portland has returned a 1-count indictment charging Travis Austin Hessel, 27, with Civil Disorder.

According to court documents, in the early morning hours of August 4, 2020, an unlawful assembly was declared near the Penumbra Kelly Public Safety Building, located at 4735 E. Burnside Street in Portland, after individuals in a crowd of protestors shined powerful lasers at officers’ eyes, threw water bottles, beer and soda cans, marbles, and other hard objects at police officers. The crowd also blocked vehicular traffic on the street requiring a fire engine to divert around the protestors in order to respond to a structure fire.

When officers attempted to disburse the protestors, a smaller group of protestors braced themselves in an effort to resist being moved. A physical melee ensued, during which Hessel threw a punch at a female officer. When the officer grabbed him in order to place him under arrest, Hessel attempted to flee and dragged the officer a short distance before she lost her grip. Two other officers were able to detain Hessel and placed him under arrest.

Hessel was arraigned on the Indictment in federal court today before a U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman. Hessel pleaded not guilty, and ordered released pending a 2-day jury trial scheduled to begin on December 8, 2020.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated this case. It is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.

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New York News

Mexican National Caught Smuggling Near Churusbusco Border Town in New York

by Breaking Local News Report October 10, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

CHURUBUSCO, NEW YORK – A Mexican national was caught smuggling near the American-Canadian border town of Churubusco, New York, according to the Department of Justice. Rey David Jimenez-Lopez, age 20, and a citizen of Mexico, was arrested on October 3 and charged by criminal complaint with alien smuggling in connection with a failed smuggling event.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Robert N. Garcia, Chief Patrol Agent, United States Border Patrol, Swanton Sector. The criminal complaint alleges that Jimenez-Lopez was arrested while transporting six illegal aliens, five of whom had illegally crossed into the United States through the woods near Churubusco, New York. Border Patrol Agents from the Burke Station stopped the vehicle that was being operated by Jimenez-Lopez and detained the occupants.

The six occupants of the vehicle were found to be citizens of Guatemala and Mexico, and illegally present in the United States. Five occupants were expelled to Canada and one was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and is subject to deportation.

This case is being investigated by United States Border Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Stitt.

The charges in the complaint are merely accusations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Jimenez-Lopez appeared before United Magistrate Judge Gary L. Favro on October 6 and was detained. If convicted, Jimenez-Lopez faces up to 5 years in prison. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

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Politics

Biden Says Voters Don’t Deserve to Know His Stance on Packing Supreme Court

by Breaking Local News Report October 10, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

President Donald J. Trump has accused his opponent Joe Biden of wanting to “pack the Supreme Court” should he win the November election. Biden has thus far refused to answer that question. Former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg had said prior to her death that packing the Supreme Court was not in the best interest of America. Ginsberg sharply criticized the notion of adding more Supreme Court Justices.

When asked this weekend if he was going to pack the Supreme Court and if voters have the right to know ahead of time, Biden said, “No they don’t deserve to know.”

Biden instead blamed Trump for appointing a nominee to the Supreme Court during the election.

Biden is asked if voters deserve to know if he will pack the Supreme Court.

Biden: No. pic.twitter.com/5xsujoDudS

— America Rising Squared (@ARSquared) October 10, 2020

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California News

Teachers Caught on Hot Mic Degrading Students After Zoom Class Ended

by Breaking Local News Report October 10, 2020

By: Breaking Local News Report

Two teachers from the San Francisco Bay area’s Vallejo Unified School District are in hot water today after trash talking students after a Zoom meeting. The teachers didn’t realize they were still connected and students and parents were still watching and listening to what they were saying.

“It’s so frustrating to know these kids are technologically illiterate,” one teacher said.

“Older staff members will say these kids are so technologically advanced,and I’m like no they’re f*cking not. No they’re not,” the other replied.

“The things that impress them are so sad. Oh, you’re impressed that a kid can record a TikTok, it’s literally one button,” the first teacher responded.

Now, parents are calling for action and the school district is investigating saying, “VCUSD takes all student and parent complaints very seriously. We will evaluate our policies and procedures for online instruction, and will address any specific complaints regarding the appropriate conduct of our faculty and staff. We regret that any students were offended by this incident, and we will work carefully to resolve this matter.”

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