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Amsterdam man sentenced on drug charges

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Montgomery County District Attorney Lorraine Diamond announced that an Amsterdam man has been sentenced on drug related charges. Juan Roman-Calderon, 30, faces 8 years in state prison with 2 years post release supervision. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The charges stem from a 12-count indictment including criminal possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell, according to the DA. Upon his arrest by the Amsterdam Police Department, Roman-Calderon, who police say has 2 prior felony drug sale convictions, allegedly attempted to flee, but was quickly apprehended. Detectives learned of Roman-Calderon’s drug activities through investigations. APD was assisted by the New York State Police's Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team and members of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to bring Roman-Calderon to justice.

Albany man arrested on multiple arson charges

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Shortly after midnight on Monday, the Colonie Police, the Town of Colonie Fire Services, and the Shaker Road Loudonville Fire Department responded to a brush fire at a roundabout on Albany Shaker Road. An individual was located nearby and further investigation determined the same individual caused multiple fires over the past few weeks. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police say most of the fires were minor brush fires along roadways. Police also believe the suspect caused a brush fire on May 15 that damaged the Blessed Virgin Mary of Czestochowa Church. Police charged the suspect with Monday's fire, a brush fire on May 31 on Everett Road, and the church fire. String of fires in Colonie under investigation Mark A. Marcus, 25, was arranged in the Town of Colonie Justice Court. He was charged with second-degree criminal mischief, fourth-degree arson, fifth-degree arson, and second-degree reckless en...

Murder charges filed after woman found dead in Castle Point home

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Murder charges have been filed just one day after a woman was found dead in her Castle Point home.The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Lakiesha Holyfield, 31, with first-degree murder for the death of Debra Gipson.According to Officer Adrian Washington, a county police spokesman, officers from the North County Precinct were called to a home in the 10500 block of Earl Drive shortly after 4:20 p.m. on Sunday. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW Officers found Gipson's body inside a bedroom. She was 58.Witnesses told police detectives they found Holyfield in the home with Gipson after she'd died, Washington said.Detectives questioned Holyfield, and claim she admitted killing Gipson. Investigators a...

Vehicular homicide charges filed against juvenile in Douglas County “car surfing” crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

A juvenile involved in a “car surfing” crash that killed a 16-year-old in Douglas County last month has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault, prosecutors announced Monday.Douglas County sheriff’s officials said witnesses to the May 5 rollover crash told authorities the backseat passengers, including the 16-year-old, were hanging out of the car’s windows at the time of the accident on Quarry Road, east of Finn Avenue.The suspect, who is not being identified because they are a juvenile, is facing two felony charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault, said Eric Ross, a spokesperson for the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. A misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment has also been filed.The Douglas County Coroner’s Office declined to release the identity of the 16-year-old killed in the crash.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent who sold secrets to Soviet Union, dies in Colorado ...

Keeler: Jamal Murray, who’s your daddy? If it’s Jimmy Butler, Nuggets are in trouble when NBA Finals hit South Beach.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

Doesn’t matter whether you guard Nikola Jokic with Rui Hachimura or an armored tank. He’s going to get his. As NBA playoff strategies go, Rui on Jokic was “Candyland” stuff.Jimmy Butler on Jamal Murray? Now that was the work of a chess master.“You just try to make it tough on (Jokic), take the other X-factors out of the game, slow Murray down to get to that pick and roll,” Heat forward Kevin Love explained after Miami stunned Denver at home to steal a game at Ball Arena and hit Game 3 in South Florida with the series tied 1-1. “They’re so devastating — maybe, probably, the most devastating 1-2 punch in the league. That’s why they’re here.”With all apologies to Rui, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Darvin Ham, ESPN and armored tanks, having Butler guard Murray wasn’t just the tweak of the NBA Finals.It was the tweak of the playoffs.Miami coach Erik Spoelstra just slapped the button on the chess clock, leaned back in his comfy chair, hands on the back of his neck, ...

Uncommon brown trout reeled in at Stagecoach Reservoir

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

Steamboat Springs native Scott Lewer pulled in a brown trout on May 25, 2023, at Stagecoach Reservoir. With 40-plus years of fishing experience, he said reeling in a brown trout at Stagecoach is rare.(Provided by Scott Lewer via Steamboat Pilot)Scott Lewer has been fishing in Routt County for more than 40 years. The Steamboat Springs native went out fishing at Stagecoach Reservoir on May 25 and caught a fish that is not commonly reeled in around Steamboat.Lewer, a former president of Yampa Valley Fly Fishers, won a morning battle against a brown trout. It was Lewer’s first brown trout of the season, and in his experience, catching these fish in Stagecoach is pretty rare.“You don’t catch a brown but a couple times per year,” Lewer said. “You have to fish pretty consistently, and the Yampa is kind of similar.”Having already reeled in 14 fish, the brown trout was the last catch of the day for Lewer, who had only caught rainbow trout to that point.From the moment he felt the bite of his...

Search for missing Colorado River kayaker Ari Harms suspended

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

Grand County authorities have called off their search for missing kayaker Ari Harms along the swelling upper Colorado River.Harms, of Edgewater, last was seen when he entered the river in an inflatable kayak at Hot Sulphur Springs on May 28, authorities said.Related ArticlesColorado News | Ari Harms, missing Colorado River kayaker, passionate about helping others, friends say Colorado News | Man last seen entering Colorado River in kayak is missing Colorado News | Indigenous Missing Person alert issued by CBI for Lakewood woman Colorado News | Woman, 55, considered endangered is missing from southern Colorado Colorado News | Missing Boulder woman found safe in New York And “after speaking with Ari’s family” Sunday night, “we have made the difficult but necessary decision to suspend official search operations until the conditions of the Colorado River change in the upcoming weeks,&...

Eat, Meet and Greet And Give Back During Pride Month

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

In honor of Pride Month, all Yardbird locations will donate 50% of proceeds to the Human Rights Campaign from their specialty pride menu items for the entire month of June. Indulge in the Berry Prideful, made up of silver tequila, Cointreau, lime, strawberry and agave or a slice of Pride Key Lime Pie with toasted meringue, raspberry sauce and seasonal fruit.Noble 33, the international hospitality group known for its high-energy restaurant concepts Toca Madera, Casa Madera, and Sparrow Italia, will offer a specialty Pride cocktail across its U.S.-based concepts for all of June. For each cocktail sold, $2 will benefit the National LGBTQ Task Force, an organization dedicated to advocacy and equality. The organization celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.The Bandera is a rainbow concoction of el tesoro blanco, combier le bleu, peychaud bitters, passion fruit and lemon, and will be available at Casa Madera West Hollywood, Toca Madera West Hollywood, Sparrow Italia Los Angeles and Ca...

Convicted spy Robert Hanssen dies in prison

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

By Michelle Watson | CNNRobert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for the information he gave the Soviet Union and Russia, has died, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday.Hanssen had been in custody at Colorado’s USP Florence ADMAX since July 17, 2002.“On Monday, June 5, 2023, at approximately 6:55 am, inmate Robert Hanssen was found unresponsive at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Florence ADMAX in Florence, Colorado,” a release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. “Responding staff immediately initiated life-saving measures. Staff requested emergency medical services (EMS) and life-saving efforts continued.”“Mr. Hanssen was subsequently pronounced deceased by EMS personnel,” the release said.In 2001, Hanssen pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy in exchange for the government not seeking the death penalty.Investigators accused him of compromising dozens of Soviet personnel who were working for the United St...

The world exhales sigh of relief: Taylor Swift splits from Matty Healy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:46:22 GMT

Two days after Vulture asked whether Taylor Swift was due for another backlash because she had begun dating “dirtbag” British rocker Matty Healy, the singer somehow got the word out that she and Healy have split.TMZ and other outlets broke the big news Monday morning that Swift and Healy, the provocative lead singer of the 1975, “are shaking it off when it comes to their relationship,” with a close friend saying that Swift is “single” again. Of course, it’s unclear when they broke up or why, or whether they were ever really dating — though it had generally become accepted in celebrity world that the two had become an item, just weeks after Swift broke up with longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn.For anyone who wasn’t isolated from all media for the past month — who hadn’t, say, subjected themselves to an extended stay in Aaron Rodgers’ darkness retreat — they would have been forced to follow the extraordinary news...