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Former Arapahoe County social worker accused of falsifying medical records 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Robin Niceta, a former Arapahoe County social worker on trial for a false report of child abuse, is facing new charges after allegedly faking a brain tumor to avoid a criminal trial.During Niceta’s trial in March, she filed documents claiming she had been diagnosed with a glioblastoma in her brain, making her incompetent to proceed with the trial.   Prosecutors want evidence of fake brain tumor used against Robin Niceta The indictment says that Chief Deputy District Attorney Daniel Cohen looked further into the claims and called the doctor on the file named “Dr. C Marquez” at “New Mexico Oncology.” He spoke with someone claiming to be the doctor, but CDDA was unable to find a licensed doctor in New Mexico with that name. The Facebook page for the practice was created in January with no activity or information on employees.  After conferring with a Denver Health Medical Center doctor, Dr. Corral Steffey found that the medical records included typos a...

Casa Bonita management responds to employees' complaints

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Casa Bonita's management team responded to a demand letter from a group of 50 employees that was submitted last week. The group, which named itself #WeAreTeamCasa, constructed the letter with Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. It focused on things they were allegedly promised when hired that weren't being carried out now that the restaurant has opened, including wages, hours, benefits and schedules. Casa Bonita employees demand answers, start petition The group gave management a deadline of a week, which expired Thursday, to respond. The management team provided FOX31 with the memo it shared with its employees:One-of-a-kind establishment. Casa Bonita has always been a place for families to enjoy both dining and entertainment in a unique environment. We have worked hard to maintain what has made Casa Bonita special while at the same time improving the experience for both customers and staff.Opening well, not fast. We have been intentional about opening gradu...

Denver family fighting to save dog from being euthanized after biting child

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Denver family is fighting to save their dog just days after surrendering him to the Denver Animal Shelter.Nicole and Lars Ellingson said they made the difficult choice to surrender their 10-year-old English setter named Watson after he bit their 2-year-old son, who jumped on Watson while he was sleeping. Casa Bonita management responds to employees’ complaints "When I dropped him off, they did warn that there was a risk he could be euthanized, but that they’d store him for 10 days, and if I was able to find a home within that 10-day window that they would release him to me and let him be rehomed," Lars said. "Since then, the story has changed.”Lars told FOX31's Evan Kruegel he found a home for Watson with the Southwest English Setter Rescue, but when he called to make arrangements with the shelter he was told Watson was scheduled to be euthanized."Now we’re dealing with the fact that this one decision we made under what feels like false pretenses, was a dea...

Man arrested in NE Miami-Dade after robbing bank customer in Doral, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

Police arrested a man after, they said, he robbed a customer at gunpoint at a bank in Doral, then led officers on a chase.According to Doral Police, the man targeted the victim just after they had made a withdrawal at the Chase branch near Northwest 58th Street and 107th Avenue, Friday afternoon.Investigators said the robber took off and fled westbound on 58th Street in a white sedan with tinted windows.Police said the man later bailed out at Ives Estates Park in Northeast Miami-Dade, near Northeast 215th Street and 14th Avenue. That’s where he was caught and cuffed.

Department of Transportation investigating lengthy Delta Air Lines delay in triple-digit temperatures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

(CNN) — Federal officials are investigating a Delta Air Lines flight that taxied around the Las Vegas airport for nearly 90 minutes on Monday in triple-digit temperatures, causing at least one person to need medical treatment.“The reports are shocking and we are investigating,” said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who spoke in an interview with Reuters, which was confirmed to CNN by a transportation department official.“I want to know how it was possible for passengers to be left in triple-digit heat onboard an aircraft for that long,” he said.An official told CNN the transportation department “will hold the airline accountable for any violations,” including of rules around how long airplanes may sit on the ground with passengers aboard.Federal rules say the major US airlines must allow passengers to get off if a delay lasts three hours or longer for domestic flights. For international flights, the threshold is four hours. Airlines must provide a snack and water if a d...

Michael Cohen reaches settlement with Trump Organization in dispute over unpaid legal bills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

(CNN) — Michael Cohen reached a settlement with the Trump Organization in a dispute over nearly $1 million in unpaid legal bills, averting a civil trial set for Monday.During a court hearing Friday, lawyers for Cohen and the Trump Organization announced they reached the settlement and said the terms were “confidential.”Cohen sued the Trump Organization in 2019 alleging that he had agreements – both written and oral – that his legal bills would be paid in connection to numerous investigations, but the real estate business stopped funding those bills when he split from Trump and began cooperating against them.The Trump Organization said it covered Cohen’s legitimate bills but says he is not indemnified for voluntary cooperation he gave following his guilty plea for lying to Congress, campaign finance violations and other crimes.“Here, Plaintiff’s involvement arose and occurred because of his own initiative, and his own predicament, resulting from his own misco...

Police investigating suspected fraudulent nomination signatures in Rhode Island US House race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island State Police have joined the investigation into suspect nomination signatures submitted by the campaign of Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, a candidate for the U.S. House seat vacated by former Democratic Rep. David Cicilline.Election officials in three communities located in the 1st Congressional District this week asked local police departments to investigate suspected fraudulent signatures on nomination papers submitted by the Matos campaign.Matos is one of 12 Democrats hoping to succeed Cicilline, who stepped down earlier this summer to become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation.Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office is helping lead the investigation. Neronha has said his office would examine the nomination forms the Matos campaign submitted in every municipality in the district.Matos campaign manager Brexton Isaacs issued a statement Thursday stating that Matos is “deeply disappointed and angry” over the signature...

New report points to homicide rate declines in US cities after pandemic-era spike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Homicides are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities. Homicides on average dropped 9.4% during the first half of 2023 as compared to the same period last year, the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice found in a report released this week.The numbers remained about 24% higher than they were in 2019, and motor vehicle thefts were up sharply in the analyzed cities. “We’re seeing a continuing decline in homicides, but most cities are not back to levels that prevailed prior to the pandemic,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and co-author of the report.The report is based on crime data posed online by police departments in 37 cities of varying sizes around the country. Several...

Ticker: DeSantis seeks review of Florida’s holdings in Bud Light; the Boss and more

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants Florida to investigate its investments in the company that makes Bud Light because of conservative backlash over a transgender social media influencer marketing the beverage.DeSantis said Thursday in a letter to the State Board of Administration that “all options are on the table” in its response to Dylan Mulvaney’s Instagram post of a video of her opening a Bud Light with her face on the can.The governor said that due to the backlash over the post, Anheuser-Busch InBev has suffered sales losses that could affect state investments. He added that the beer manufacturer’s “radical social ideologies” have turned Bud Light into a “social pariah” and losses have been “staggering.”DeSantis has previously made headlines by battling Walt Disney World over its opposition to a Florida law banning discussion of gender identity and sexuality orientation in schools, and has targeted other companies that ...

Red Sox Notebook: First-round pick Kyle Teel “hungry” for MLB future after signing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:48 GMT

On Friday afternoon, a promising new member of the Red Sox organization got a taste of what his future holds.It only made him want for more.“I am so hungry to be out here one day,” Kyle Teel said as he stood by Fenway Park’s home dugout. “It’s finally coming true.”“I’m so excited to get going and ready to get to work.”The Red Sox selected Teel as the 14th overall pick in this year’s MLB Draft, and officially signed him on Friday; his $4 million bonus is about $660K under slot value.After getting the deal done, Teel took batting practice with the team while his family and agent, Scott Boras, looked on. At least one of his hits reached the top of the Green Monster, another landed deep in the visiting bullpen.That, too, was an exciting development for the young slugger. He’d played in a high school prospects exhibition game at Fenway in 2019, but said he wasn’t a home-run hitter “at all” back then.Boras...