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$100M jury verdict awarded to victim of childhood sexual abuse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman who was a victim of childhood sexual abuse has been awarded $100 million in a jury verdict, the Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP law office announced Tuesday. The settlement is believed to be the largest in New York State history for a lawsuit filed under the Child Victims Act. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The law office says that the victim is a 26-year-old woman who was sexually abused for four years beginning when she was 12 years old by a man named Joseph King, of Buffalo, now 39. King was a close friend to the victim's family.The jury awarded the $100 million verdict on Monday. It is compromised of $30 million for past damages, $20 million for future damages, and $50 million for punitive damages. "No amount of money will ever be able to give my client back what was taken from her by the despicable acts of this child molester," said attorney Robert Korp, who represented the woman in cour...

Tom Menas agrees in principle to return to Empire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany Empire are looking back to move forward. Tom Menas, the former Albany Empire coach, tells NEWS10 Sports Director Griffin Haas he has agreed in principle to return as the team's head coach. Menas won back to back championships for the Empire, but was fired on April 6th, just 10 days before the team's season opener. Menas said at the time that the new owner, former NFL All-Pro Antonio Brown, wanted to go in another direction, but added he only positive interactions with the Brown family. This move comes just one day after interim head coach Damon Ware and six players left the team. Ware told NEWS10 he and the players were not being paid, and they were not given keys to their hotel rooms. Here's another twist: Menas tells me Ware will also return to the team. He will serve as the Empire's offensive head coordinator and assistant head coach. Last year’s MVP Darius Prince, captains Nick Haag, Brandon Sesay, and Dwayne Hollis, quarterback Sam Castranova...

Nolan Arenado after April struggles: 'I expect to fix it'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Behind a 10-19 record, the St. Louis Cardinals ended April with the second-worst record in the National League, fifth-worst in Major League Baseball and the franchise's slowest start in half a century. How do they turn it around? There are plenty of theories, but one of the team's biggest bats wants to hold himself accountable. Third baseman Nolan Arenado finished April with a modest .231 batting average, 2 home runs and 11 RBI, well below his monthly norms over his first 10 MLB seasons. During a lengthy West Coast road trip, on in which the Cardinals fared just 2-8, Arenado went just 5-for-42 (.119 batting average) with one RBI and no extra-base hits. RELATED - Cardinals name Stifel as jersey sponsor, patch debuts Tuesday "I think if we were winning, I wouldn't be worried about it so much," said Arenado on Tuesday. "But the fact that we're losing, it feels a lot worse because I'm not playing my part." Arenado says he feels mechanically disconnected and needs to adjus...

Pursuit suspect busted after standoff in Bell Gardens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

A 40-year-old man who was wanted by the United States Marshals is under arrest after a pursuit and standoff Tuesday in Bell Gardens, authorities announced.  The suspect, now identified as Genaro Jacquez, came to the attention of officers with the Bell Garden Police Department a day earlier, on May 1, when they responded to reports of vandalism at a Shell gas station, located at 5970 Florence Avenue.  At that time, police were able to identify Jacquez as one of the suspects involved in the incident. The investigation also revealed that the that the 40-year-old was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service on a no-bail warrant and was believed to be armed and dangerous, authorities said.  On Tuesday, patrol officers spotted Jacquez leaving a residence on Fostoria Street in Bell Gardens. When police attempted a traffic stop, the suspect fled, leading officers on a pursuit into South Gate and then onto the 710 Freeway.  After an approximately 15-mile chase, the 40-year-old ...

Santa Paula man found guilty of 1993 double murder 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

A man from Santa Paula was convicted of two first-degree murder counts on Tuesday for the 1993 murders of his estranged wife and her boyfriend. According to a report from the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Everardo Meza Alamillo visited his estranged wife Adriana Meza’s house in Santa Paula on Oct. 13, 1993, because she wanted Alamillo to be a part of their daughter’s life. Alamillo left the house and then returned later that evening armed with a .22-caliber rifle. He entered Meza’s house through a back door and walked into her bedroom, killing her and her boyfriend, Armando Cauich, Jr., while they were lying in bed, authorities said.Alamillo and Meza’s two-year-old daughter was asleep between the two victims when they were killed, the DA’s office said.  34-year-old Fontana cold murder case solved; suspect arrested in Wisconsin Immediately after the murders, Alamillo fled the country, and although he was indicted in 1994 on two counts of murder, he woul...

LASD searching for suspects who stole thousands of dollars worth of fragrance items from Sephora in Calabasas 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspects that stole thousands of dollars in merchandise from a Sephora in Calabasas. The theft occurred around 6 p.m. on April 26 at the Sephora in the Calabasas Commons in the City of Calabasas. According to LASD, the suspects “selected multiple fragrance items” and then proceeded to leave the store without paying for them. According to LASD, the suspects “selected multiple fragrance items” and then proceeded to leave the store without paying for them.  (LASD) California bill aims to crack down on organized retail theft Sephora reported a total loss of $1,957, LASD said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective Lopez with the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriff Station Detective Bureau at 818-878-1808. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org 

San Jose man arrested in connection with attempted arson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

MILPITAS – A 41-year-old San Jose man has been arrested in connection with an attempted arson at a Milpitas bank last week, police said.The incident was reported around 2:40 p.m. Friday at the Bank of America at 740 East Calaveras Blvd.The suspect placed an incendiary device near the front doors of the bank, lit it on fire and left in a newer maroon Honda Accord, according to the Milpitas Police Department.The flames were extinguished before anyone was injured or property was damaged.Around 10:15 a.m. Monday, detectives arrested the suspect and booked him into Santa Clara County jail on charges of attempted arson and possession of an incendiary device.Police said the suspect is a registered arson offender.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Palo Alto: Teen arrested on suspicion of arson Crime and Public Safety | Santa Clara: Investigation underway into attempted bank robbery Crime and Public Safety | San Jose: Three arrests made in ro...

Athletics’ Brent Rooker among baseball’s top sluggers in early going

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

OAKLAND — Brent Rooker has been hitting home runs at a rate that matches or exceeds that of some of the greatest sluggers in Oakland franchise history.Not that he’s spending a lot of time overanalyzing it. Where Rooker is concerned, that’s not part of the process. And process, to Rooker, is everything.“Right now I’m trying to keep the same routine I’ve had going,” Rooker said Tuesday night before the Athletics hosted the Seattle Mariners at the Coliseum. “I’ll keep riding with that. I’ll go back and watch each at-bat for checkpoints I make sure I hit. As long as those things are in place, and I’m in the positions I want, then I think I’ll continue to feel comfortable.”Whether Rooker is simply riding a hot streak and due to fall back to earth or if he’s suddenly blossomed as a major league hitter at age 28 remains to be seen.But it’s been one of the few bright spots in the Athletics 6-23 start.C...

NBA playoffs live updates: Warriors, Steph kick off series vs. Lakers, LeBron

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

To view the live updates on your mobile device click here.GAME 1: Lakers at Warriors at Chase Center, at 7 p.m. TV: TNT. Announcers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Stan Van Gundy (color commentary), Chris Haynes (sideline reporting).ODDS: Kings -1. OVER/UNDER: 230. (Both from Caesars Sportsbook.)SEASON SERIES: Lakers went 3-1 against the Warriors in the regular season. PRIOR PLAYOFF HISTORY: Lakers have won 5-of-6 postseason series, including the last one in 1991.Ever since Steve Kerr joined the Warriors’ core of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green as head coach, they’ve faced 11 of the other 14 Western Conference foes and vanquished them all. Some multiple times.But for many Warriors fans, there is one opponent they’ve been waiting for this group to face. And now, finally, we’re getting that matchup.It’s the Warriors and the Lakers.Oh, and for good measure, that means we get a fifth head-to-head showdown between Curry and LeBron James, too.Re...

Texas massacre suspect arrested after extensive manhunt

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:33:42 GMT

By Josh Campbell, Ed Lavandera and Elizabeth Wolfe | CNNThe man accused of fatally shooting five people, including a mother and her 9-year-old son, in a Texas home has been taken into custody after a dayslong manhunt, two law enforcement sources told CNN.The arrest was made in the town of Cut and Shoot, Texas, according to a federal law enforcement source. Cut and Shoot is roughly 17 miles west of Cleveland, Texas, where the killings took place.Francisco Oropesa, 38, is accused of carrying out the massacre Friday night after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle so close to their home, officials have said. Investigators had initially started tracking Oropesa using his cellphone but said that trail went cold Saturday evening and they had no information about his whereabouts since then.Authorities for days urged the public to come forward with any information and devoted substantial resources to tracking down the suspect, including more than 250 law enforcement officers and a $...