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Letecia Stauch found guilty of murdering stepson Gannon, sentenced to life in prison

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- The jury in the Letecia Stauch murder trial reached a verdict on Monday afternoon. Stauch was found guilty of all charges related to murdering her stepson, 11-year-old Gannon, including first-degree murder after deliberation, first-degree murder of a child under 12 years old by a person in a position of trust, tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with physical evidence.For each murder conviction, she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. These sentences will be merged, meaning they will be served at the same time.Additionally, she was sentenced to 12 years for tampering with a deceased human body and 18 months for tampering with physical evidence. These will be served after her life sentence.FOX31's Nicole Fierro has been following this case from the beginning and has been monitoring the trial since it began. She was in court for the reading of the verdict. Closing arguements made in Letecia Stauch murder...

Denver restaurant to reopen following double homicide

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver restaurant American Elm will reopen for full service starting May 18, as well as open for limited hours on Mother's Day weekend.Also for Mother's Day, the restaurant, located in the 4100 block of West 38th Avenue, is offering a to-go brunch called, "Mother's Day Brunch at Home," that can be ordered ahead of time until May 11 at noon.The reopening comes weeks after two restaurant employees -- Emerall Vaughn-Dahler and Ignacio "Nacho" Gutierrez Morales -- were found dead from gunshot wounds inside the restaurant. Restaurant community bands together to support homicide victims’ families The restaurant closed after that. It also launched a GoFundMe, with the amount raised going directly to the families of Vaughn-Dahler and Morales. Just over $150k was raised before it was closed to new donations.No arrests had been announced as of Monday afternoon.Metro Denver Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to a suspect. Anonymous ti...

Aurora Police investigating possible drive-by that injured minor

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Aurora Police Department is investigating a possible drive-by shooting early Sunday morning that injured a minor-aged victim.Officers responded to a shots fired call at a park near the 18700 block of East Union Place at 1:32 a.m. ‘There were kids down there,’ survivor describes collapse at Gaylord Rockies that injured 6 The victim was found suffering from a nonfatal gunshot wound and taken to a nearby hospital.

Frontier passenger boards wrong plane, lands in different country without passport

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

A Frontier passenger accidentally boarded the wrong flight and landed nearly 900 miles from her final destination, in a different country without a passport.Beverly Ellis-Hebard was headed for Jacksonville, but ended up on a flight to Jamaica instead.Airline officials said there had been a gate change prior to takeoff but the passenger was unaware.Once in Jamaica, the flight crew remained with her, until eventually, she boarded another flight to Philadelphia.Frontier offered Ellis-Hebard a $600 voucher and refunded her original ticket.

4 hospitalized after crashing into MDPD cruiser in NW Miami-Dade; several subjects accused of armed carjacking taken into custody

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

Four people was transported to the hospital after a vehicle collided with a Miami-Dade Police cruiser.MDPD and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the scene of the crash in the area of Northwest 25th Avenue and 62nd Street, Monday afternoon. According to City of Miami Police, they were following a suspect’s vehicle in Miami that was allegedly involved in an armed carjacking Monday morning. Their pursuit ended when the vehicle crashed into a MDPD cruiser in Northwest Miami-Dade. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where one person was seen in handcuffs on a stretcher as they were being moved into a rescue vehicle. Police told 7News that one of the suspect’s in the vehicle pointed a rifle out the window. They do not know if the suspect fired any shots. The cruiser had damage to its front bumper and one vehicle was seen flipped on its side. The officer in the cruiser was not injured during the crash but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. According to police, three subj...

Spring Patterns

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

What a weekend! What a day! We have more sunny days ahead this week thanks to a stagnant pattern. Last week, I spent several days explaining the reason for the day after day after day doldrum weather and it was basically a typical spring pattern. Last week we were under the influence of a slow moving Low Pressure system and this week it will be a slow moving High Pressure system! During spring, it’s common to find these High & Low pressure system moving slow. During the winter, these weather systems are still present but move faster due to a faster jet stream. In springtime, the winter jet stream begins to weaken (slow down) and retreat into Canada. The result is those weather systems move slow. Hence, a lot of sunshine this week!Even tho we’ll have mostly sunny skies tomorrow, it will be cooler, especially along the coast. The reason is that cool front quietly moving through southern New England tonight (no rain). That front will drag down some cooler air from Canad...

Seeing potential learning tool, Boston University academic unit outlines policies for student use of AI

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

It’s not just a case of chatbots in the classroom – while some schools shy away from using ChatGPT, Boston University is embracing the new technology.The university’s Faculty for Computing and Data Sciences has outlined a new policy for powerful AI systems like ChatGPT, designed for students, by students themselves.“The policy was so important because it got us thinking about ways to use this technology that’s not harmful but instead, could be used as a stepping stone,” said student Natalie Clark.The guidelines were developed in the classroom of ethics professor Wesley Wildman, the CDS Chair of Faculty Affairs who wanted to develop a policy to accurately evaluate students work.“I needed to be confident that it was their work or if it wasn’t, I needed to be confident that I knew the sense in which it wasn’t,” Wildman told 7NEWS. “So, I needed to know how they were using generative AI.”“The most helpful thin...

Braintree police seek public’s help after reported car break-ins

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

Braintree police asked for the public’s help Monday after officials said they took “numerous reports” of car break-ins over the weekend. Police said reports came in Sunday morning after break-ins around King Hill Road and Rome Drive. Braintree Police shared a video on social media alongside their announcement, where two people can be seen. Police asked anyone with information to reach out on social media or by email  at [email protected].

Free opioid test kits and research into safe use sites in refiled Markey bill

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

To go along with his announcement he would refile legislation to make fentanyl testing kits more readily available and look into safe injection sites, the state’s junior senator was himself trained in the use of the overdose drug naloxone.According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the past decade the synthetic opioid fentanyl has gone from being a rarely seen chemical additive to heroin to being present in most illicit drugs sold on today’s black market.From 2013 to 2021, the CDC reports, fentanyl involvement in overdose deaths rose from one death for every 100,000 Americans to 22 deaths per 100,000.“A single life lost to the opioid epidemic is one life too many. The drug overdose crisis is devastating communities across the country. It knows no bounds — crossing state lines and harming Americans no matter their identity or ideology. And we are losing the fight. Tens of thousands of lives taken in a single year is an absolute and avoidable tragedy,” Sen. Ed Markey said in a mo...

MIAA Field Hockey meeting: Power rankings working

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:31:42 GMT

Seeds matter when it comes to the new MIAA statewide tournament system.Field hockey is no different.At Monday’s virtual MIAA Field Hockey Committee meeting, MIAA associate director Sherry Bryant said the power rankings have resulted in great matchups and the top teams have been getting through to the latter stages of the tournament.“As we are seeing, the accuracy of the power ratings is working well for the sport of field hockey,” Bryant said. “In Div. 1, the top four seeds reached the semifinals with No. 2 Andover winning. In Div. 2 and 3, it was No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 with No. 4 (Longmeadow) winning in Div. 2 and No. 1 Watertown winning in Div. 3. In Div. 4, the top four seeds were in the semifinals and No. 1 Uxbridge went on to win.”While the MIAA is relatively pleased with the venues in general, there is the hope that more options are better. Bryant, echoing the sentiments of the Tournament Management Committee, is hoping that each of the nine districts can come up with at leas...