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Suspect in $1M crime ring involving check fraud and identity theft arrested

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

(KRON) -- A Sunnyvale man who was the primary suspect in a crime ring involving check fraud and identity theft was arrested last week, according to the San Jose Police Department. Detectives from SJPD's Financial Crimes Unit began investigating a series of cases involving check fraud and identity theft back in May of 2022.The crimes involved multiple victims and a loss of over $1 million, according to police. Beloved Fremont restaurant closing after 46 years During the course of the lengthy investigation 30-year-old John Mahoni of Sunnyvale was identified as the primary suspect. Crimes linked to Mahoni included:Altering money ordersPrinting fraudulent checksTheft of personal checksUsing proceeds from criminal enterprises to buy firearms, drugs and jewelryWorking with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, SJPD detectives obtained a $1 million warrant for the suspect and a search warrant for his residence. On Dec. 14, SJPD Covert Response Unit officers located and arre...

Dozens of people rally at courthouse for Bay Bridge protesters

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

(KRON) – Protesters rallied for the protesters arrested on the Bay Bridge last month outside the San Francisco courthouse and Hall of Justice on Monday. These individuals are calling for San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to drop the charges against the Bay Bridge protesters.  The 80 protesters who shut down the westbound Bay Bridge last month during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit are set to appear in court on Monday. 80 Bay Bridge protesters during APEC to be charged The Bay Bridge protesters’ goal was for President Joe Biden to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end United States military aid to Israel. The Bay Bridge protest lasted for over two hours, causing a multitude of California Highway Patrol officers to remove them from the bridge. The protesters have been charged with five misdemeanors:  false imprisonment, refusing to comply with a peace officer, unlawful public assembly, refusing to disperse, and obstruction...

Here’s what you need to know about the deadly salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10 people have died in a growing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated whole and pre-cut cantaloupe.Health officials are warning consumers, retailers and restaurants not to buy, eat or serve cantaloupe if they don’t know the source. That’s especially important for individuals who are vulnerable to serious illness from salmonella infection and those who care for them. High-risk groups include young children, people older than 65 and those with weakened immune systems. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is especially concerned because many of the illnesses have been severe and because victims include people who ate cantaloupe served in childcare centers and long-term care facilities. Here’s what we know about this outbreak:How many people have been sickened in the cantaloupe salmonella outbreak?Overall, at least 302 people in the U.S. and 153 in Canada have been sickened in thi...

Movie Review: Auto pioneer Enzo Ferrari gets a solid biopic but it doesn’t make the heart race

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

Napoleon Bonaparte. Leonard Bernstein. Willy Wonka. Aquaman — there are a ton of Guy Movie Heroes out there as 2023 ends. And yet up zooms another — in “Ferrari.”Director Michael Mann has put his stylish spotlight on yet one more stoic, brilliant and broken uber-masculine dudes, Enzo Ferrari. The movie is set during a turbulent few months in 1957 when the Italian automaker’s private and professional lives threatened to careen out of control.It’s a solid vehicle but it will leave you, well, unmoved.“Ferrari” has excellent work by Adam Driver as Ferrari, aged up two decades with grey at his temple, sunglasses clamped to his head at all times and a frosty demeanor. When we meet him, Ferrari is at a crossroads. He needs to ramp up production and sell hundreds of cars a year or risk bankrupting the company that he and his wife, Laura, have built from the ashes of world war.Enzo and Laura are still recovering from losing a son to muscular dystrophy but she doesn’t know t...

The Cowboys know they gave playoff opponents a blueprint by getting run over by the Bills

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

The only thing that went right for the Dallas Cowboys in Buffalo came before the 31-10 loss to the Bills, when they wrapped up a third consecutive trip to the playoffs because of Atlanta losing.The most recent time the Cowboys did that, they were in a six-year postseason stretch that included three Super Bowl titles in the 1990s.Dallas knows how teams will try to prevent the club’s deepest playoff run since those days: attack the club’s run defense.Buffalo’s James Cook had 179 yards rushing, the most for one running back in a game against the Cowboys since Alfred Morris had 200 in the final game of 2012.The 266 yards rushing for the Bills were the most against Dallas since 2020, the year before defensive coordinator Dan Quinn arrived and fixed one of the worst defensive units in franchise history.For all the progress the Cowboys (10-4) have made under Quinn with turnovers and sacks, stopping the run has been a problem.With the playoffs fast approaching, the issue t...

Las dudas y expectativas tras el anuncio de la guerrilla del ELN de dejar de secuestrar en Colombia

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

(CNN Español) — El secuestro del papá del futbolista de la selección colombiana de fútbol, Luis Díaz, puso en peligro la continuidad de los diálogos de paz entre el gobierno colombiano y la guerrilla del Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN. El contundente rechazo de la opinión pública en el país y la presión de la comunidad internacional hicieron que los jefes de ese grupo armado ilegal reconocieran que fue un error y dieran la orden a sus hombres de dejarlo en libertad. Luis Manuel Díaz posteriormente fue entregado a una comisión humanitaria de delegados de la iglesia católica y las Naciones Unidas.Desde entonces, los países garantes del proceso de paz (Brasil, Cuba, Chile, México, Noruega y Venezuela) al igual que los delegados de la ONU aunaron esfuerzos para que no se aplazara el quinto ciclo de negociaciones que terminó este 17 de diciembre en México con el anuncio de que la guerrilla del ELN dejará de secuestrar a finales de enero de 2024, cuando se vencería el primer p...

Steelers turning to Mason Rudolph at QB in hopes of giving sputtering offense a needed spark

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are turning to Mason Rudolph at quarterback in hopes of salvaging their season.Coach Mike Tomlin said Monday that Rudolph, a six-year veteran who hasn’t started a meaningful game since 2021, will start on Saturday against Cincinnati if Kenny Pickett’s surgically repaired right ankle isn’t healthy in time.Rudolph replaces Mitch Trubisky, who struggled in losses to New England and Indianapolis while filling in for Pickett.“We’ve got a great deal of comfort with (Rudolph),” Tomlin said. “Why are we making the change, man? We don’t like what we’re looking at and the consistency of it. What I mean is we’re not scoring enough points.”Not by a long shot. The Steelers (7-7) are 28th in scoring and haven’t scored more than 18 points in each of their past five games, a stretch in which they’ve gone just 1-4 to squander the momentum generated by a somewhat surprising 6-3 start.The only win during their current slide came a...

Step by step, Francis has made the Catholic Church a more welcoming place for LGBTQ people

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

The Catholic Church, in its doctrine, still rejects same-sex marriage and condemns any sexual relations between gay or lesbian partners as “intrinsically disordered.” Yet Pope Francis, during his nearly 11-year papacy, has done far more than any previous pope to make the church a more welcoming place for LGBTQ+ people.It became clear early in Francis’ papacy that he was going to articulate a gentler, more tolerant approach. The initial high-profile moment came in 2013 — during the first broadcast news conference of his papacy — with his memorable “Who am I to judge” comment when he was asked about a purportedly gay priest.Signals of this approach had come earlier. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he had favored granting legal protections to same-sex couples as an alternative to endorsing gay marriage, which Catholic doctrine forbids. The Vatican confirmed in 2020 that this was indeed the pope’s belief.Some recent highlights:In January 2023, Francis assailed the laws on the books in ma...

New medical facility aimed at moms-to-be coming to Prince George’s Co.

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

Luminis Health Pavilion has been approved for Lanham, Maryland, and will be focused on women’s health.(Courtesy Luminis Health) Luminis Health Pavilion has been approved for Lanham, Maryland, and will be focused on women’s health.(Courtesy Luminis Health) Coming to Prince George’s County, Maryland: A medical facility doing more to keep moms-to-be and their babies alive, healthy and close to home.When it comes to having babies, many women in Prince George’s County have to go out of the county to get the medical care they need.“Eight out of 10 moms who live in the county deliver their babies outside of the county,” said Deneen Richmond, president of Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center in a news release. ...

US says it will run out of funds for Ukraine this month

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:37:16 GMT

The U.S. will run out of funding for Ukraine this month if Congress does not act to pass President Joe Biden’s emergency supplemental spending request that has been stalled for weeks on Capitol Hill, a top U.S. official said Monday.The Biden administration plans to announce one more package of military aid to Ukraine this month, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Monday. But after that, funding for Ukraine will dry up, he said.“When that one is done … we will have no more replenishment authority available to us. And we’re going to need Congress to act without delay,” Kirby said.The Pentagon still has $4.4 billion in presidential drawdown authority to provide weapons to Ukraine directly from Defense Department inventory, according to Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Garron Garn. But the weapons DOD can transfer to Ukraine are limited by the necessary funding to replenish U.S. stockpiles, and that’s what is almost gone.On Sunday, Pentagon Comptroller Mik...