U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jairo Paredes-Cota in Reno on Plumb Lane. They say he was wanted out of Mexico on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor after a warrant was issued in May of 2020. They say the alleged crime happened when he was a teacher at an Indigenous…
A man was found guilty of all charges related to an assault case in which he attempted to stab a woman and her three underage daughters, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Daniel Villareal, 56, was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, willful cruelty to a child, misdemeanor vandalism and possession of…
Elected officials are sharing their concerns following the tragic Nashville high school shooting Wednesday. As the details continue to unfold, The White House released the following statement: “The White House offers its heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those impacted by this senseless tragedy and thank the brave first responders responding to the incident.” Tennessee Governor…
A Tucson man was fatally shot Friday night while traveling through a volatile part of northwest Sonora, on the same highway where two Arizona women were killed in an August shooting and where a U.S. resident was killed in December. The U.S. State Department identified the man who was shot as Nicholas Douglas Quets, a…
The central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong has voiced its “firm support” for the jailing of 45 opposition figures for trying to overthrow the government and has condemned the US and other countries for “attacks” against the city’s judicial system. The comments came two days after a court sentenced the opposition figures for conspiring…
Nov. 14—A Decatur man accused of holding two adults and two children captive on Autumnwood Drive — after a victim said she rejected his advances — was a credible threat to his ex-wife and children, according to a Madison County judge, and previously convicted of attacking his stepfather. “He has showed me what he is…
A self-proclaimed Taoist priest has been jailed for life for murdering an intellectually impaired woman who died after being repeatedly assaulted as part of a series of “exorcism” rituals in Hong Kong five years ago. Chinese medicine practitioner Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi, 54, was also sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting…