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Man arrested in gravesite vandalism connected to fatal 2021 New Year’s crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

Miami Police have apprehended a suspect who, they said, was responsible for vandalizing the gravesite of two people killed in West Miami-Dade on New Year’s Day in 2021.The vandalism occurred at the Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Cemetery, located at 3260 SW 8th St., back in June. According to police, 26-year-old Brian Rodriguez is responsible for recording himself on video spray-painting and maliciously destroying a tombstone belonging to victims who lost their lives due to a drunk driving incident on Jan. 1, 2021, along West 79th Street and West Flagler Street.Rodriguez was located and taken into custody on Thursday. Police did not disclose the charges Rodriguez is facing. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Woman surrenders to SWAT team after barricading self at business in Wilton Manors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

A woman who barricaded herself at a South Florida business was taken into custody by SWAT teams. SWAT and Wilton Manors Police arrived at the scene at Dragon Lily Tattoo, located at 500 W. Oakland Park Blvd, Thursday afternoon. 7News cameras captured the woman with her hands up as she surrendered to officers. During the hours long standoff, traffic at Oakland Park Boulevard, between Andrews and Powerline Road, was closed down. Drivers are urged to take alternate routes. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Worcester police searching for two children taken by their biological mother

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

Worcester police asked for the public’s help Thursday afternoon after police said a non-custodial parent took two of her biological children from a site on Brussel Street. Police identified the woman who allegedly took the children as Tiffany Cancel, 47. Police also identified the children as 11-year-old Joaquin Cancel and 9-year-old Avery Cancel. Joaquin Cancel, police said, was wearing white sneakers, red and blue pants and a light blue T-shirt.Avery Cancel was wearing multi-colored shorts, a gray t-shirt with Sonic on it and blue Crocs shoes.Police described a suspect vehicle in the case as a white Buick Rendezvous with a New Jersey license plate of B50RYX.Anyone with information is asked to call 911.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Father and daughter rescued after boat strikes part of shipwreck, starts sinking off Rockport

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

Rockport harbormasters raced to the rescue Tuesday to help a father and daughter after the pair’s boat struck wreckage from a 1940s shipwreck and began sinking. The incident happened behind the outer breakwater at Rockport Harbor. When help arrived, Harbormaster Scott Story said he and fellow Harbormaster Rosemary Lesch found the pair perched on a small section of their 40-foot boat that was still above water.“They were holding on for dear life,” Story said. “Nothing except for four feet of the bow was showing,” Story separately said. The father and daughter had just picked up their new boat in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and were in the process of driving it south to North Carolina when the harbormasters said they unknowingly went into dangerous territory. Despite buoys marking the decades-old 1940s shipwreck, Story said the boaters hit the wreckage. “That sunk them very quickly,” Lesch said.The boater’s radio died in the middle of talking to the Coast Guard....

Celtics release 2023-24 schedule: Returns of Marcus Smart, Ime Udoka highlight slate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

Ime Udoka’s return to Boston in January and Marcus Smart’s homecoming in February highlight the Celtics’ 2023-24 schedule that was announced on Thursday afternoon.The Celtics will open their season on Oct. 25 at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks before returning to TD Garden for their home opener against the Heat in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals. The beginning of this NBA campaign was pushed back a week later than normal this season due to the FIBA World Cup, which begins next week.The NBA only released 80 of the 82 regular season games for each team due to the league’s inaugural in-season tournament that will take place in November and December. Each team will have four group play games – which is part of the regular-season schedule and counts toward the standings – to determine who makes the knockout round. But if the Celtics do not make the knockout round, they will be assigned two regular-season games (one home, one away) on Dec. 6 and 8 to fill out...

Athletic Boston College defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku fits the position

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

The hybrid defensive end is an outgrowth from the proliferation of athletic dual threat quarterbacks that changed the landscape of college football.Modern college edge rushers rely more on svelte and speed than bulk and brawn to contain mobile quarterbacks who can escape the pocket and create on the fly.Boston College right defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku is the prototypical ACC edge rusher who will anchor the Eagles’ front seven when BC opens the season against Northern Illinois on Sept. 2 at Alumni Stadium.Ezeiruaku, a 6-2, 251-pound junior from Williamstown, N.J., was named All-ACC preseason first team after earning second team honors at the end of last year.“I like playing defensive end a lot,” said Ezeiruaku. “Back in the day defensive ends were 6-4 and pushing 300 pounds. I like my role and defensive ends have changed because it has become a pass-first game.“In order to stop the pass, you have to get athletic guys on the outside with speed, long arms and athleticism who can go...

Tim Anderson’s suspension reduced to 5 games, and the Chicago White Sox shortstop will start serving Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson had his suspension from the brawl with the Cleveland Guardians reduced to five games, Major League Baseball announced Thursday.It’s a reduction of one game following the initial MLB ruling on Aug. 7. Anderson appealed.Anderson will miss the three-game series against the Colorado Rockies, which begins Friday at Coors Field in Denver, and the first two games of the home series against the Seattle Mariners on Monday and Tuesday at Guaranteed Rate Field.The ruling stems from the fight which broke out in the sixth inning on Aug. 5 at Progressive Field when Guardians third baseman José Ramírez doubled to right with one out and made a headfirst slide into second, where Anderson applied the tag. Words were exchanged before Anderson and Ramírez squared off near second base and traded swings.Ramírez landed a right haymaker that leveled Anderson. The benches cleared, and it took 14 minutes to restore order.Anderson was one of s...

Brush fire in Potrero prompts evacuations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A brush fire burning in the Potrero community prompted evacuations Thursday afternoon.The fire broke out on Coyote Holler Road, Cal Fire San Diego said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The blaze has been dubbed the "Coyote Fire."As of 1 p.m., the fire was 20 acres in size and could potentially burn as many has 100 acres, Cal Fire said. Hilary upgraded to hurricane: What does this mean for San Diego? An evacuation order was in place for residents living within the shaded area of the below map:San Diego County Sheriff's Department/TwitterA temporary evacuation point has been set up at Mountain Empire High School's parking lot at 3305 Buckman Springs Road in Pine Valley.Check back for updates on this developing story.

New Hampshire sheriff charged with theft, perjury and falsifying evidence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire sheriff has been arrested and charged with eight felonies as part an investigation into his misuse of county credit cards, the state attorney general announced Thursday. Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave, who campaigned in 2020 to be the state’s only Black sheriff, is charged with one count of theft by deception for stealing about $19,000 in county funds by submitting reimbursement for personal expenses with false justifications; two counts of falsifying physical evidence; and five counts of perjury for lying in his testimony before the Strafford County Grand Jury, Attorney General John Formella said. “The decision to charge an elected constitutional officer is not one that is made lightly and it’s not a place that we ever want to be. However no person is above the law and the evidence in this case required the actions that we are taking today,” the attorney general said. Brave insisted that he has done nothing wrong and will fight the ch...

CP NewsAlert: West Kelowna, B.C., declares state of emergency over wildfire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:54 GMT

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A local state of emergency has been declared for the City of West Kelowna and part of the Westbank First Nation as a wildfire threatens. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has also placed 68 properties on evacuation order and another 5,700 properties on alert due to the nearby McDougall Creek wildfire, which has grown to three square kilometres in a matter of hours. More coming.The Canadian Press