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Suspect in police custody after pursuit ends in NW Miami-Dade; suspect fled on foot, swam into canal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

A suspect has been captured by police after a pursuit ended with him swimming into a canal and fleeing into a South Florida backyard.Law enforcement later identified the suspect as 54-year-old Marc A. Anderson.A Florida Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop Anderson who is accused of ramming into a trooper in the area of Northwest 103rd Street and 32nd Avenue, Friday morning.At some point, troopers lost sight of the vehicle and called for a Miami-Dade Police helicopter, which was able to locate the truck. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where Anderson exited a white pickup and fled on foot in the area of Northwest Second Avenue, near at South Biscayne River Drive.During his escape, Anderson jumped into a nearby canal. He then fled into a backyard. Both law enforcement agencies searched for the suspect with K-9 units. Anderson was then seen again swimming through a canal. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where dive teams surrounded Anderson and brought him to shore.He is now in p...

7-year-old girl bitten by dog in Miami Gardens released from hospital, faces long recovery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

A 7-year-old girl faces a long road to recovery after she was attacked by a dog in a Miami Gardens neighborhood.K’lonie Huges spoke with 7News on Friday after she was released from the hospital.She described the moment when she realized she was in danger.“I saw the dog run past me, and then the dog came inside the gate,” she said.Surveillance video captured Huges as she ran from the canine along the 3800 block of Northwest 207th Street Road, Wednesday evening.“I tried to run, but I looked behind me, and the dog was chasing me,” she said, “and then that’s when the dog bit me.”The bites on Huges were serious enough that paramedics airlifted her to Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital.“She has injuries to her thigh, and she has injuries to her leg,” said her grandmother, Carletha Rodgers.Her left thigh bandaged, Huges is now using crutches to get around.The dog’s owner, Norberto Pass, surrendered his pet to Miami-Dade Animal Services ...

NH man appears in court after arrest in connection with Weare explosions that injured passerby

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

A New Hampshire man appeared in court Friday as he faces charges in connection with accusations that he set off a pair of pipe bombs in the town of Weare earlier this week. Less than a day after his arrest late Thursday afternoon, 54-year-old Dale Stewart Jr. pleaded not guilty and was ordered held after his attorney suggested he undergo a mental health evaluation. Weare police previously said authorities were able to identify a vehicle belonging to a suspect. By 6 p.m. on Thursday, officials said they tracked it down and detained Stewart.Officials said they executed a search warrant on Stewart’s vehicle and his residence, finding one additional fully-constructed pipe bomb in his truck. The first explosion happened on Wednesday at 6:10 p.m. in the area of Dustin Tavern Road. The other happened Thursday morning at 6:50 a.m. off Sugar Hill Road.A passerby was injured in the second explosion, suffering minor injuries from shattered glass after he stopped on his way to work to...

Workers describe pair of armed robberies at Jamaica Plain cell phone stores as police investigate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

An investigation got underway this week after multiple armed robberies along the same street in Jamaica Plain. Security cameras captured some of the crimes, which all took place at cell phone stores. As police search for one man in connection with at least one of two robberies in the area, some of the people working at the targeted stores have described their experiences to 7NEWS. “He said ‘Don’t play dumb man. I’m not having a good day. Don’t do anything stupid. I don’t want to kill you man,’” Emmanuel Sanchez said of a man he said robbed him at knifepoint Thursday afternoon on Centre Street. “I tried to calm down,” Sanchez said. “Don’t do nothing stupid — because he had two knives.”The robbery Sanchez described happened 24 hours after a man showed two knives while robbing a nearby Boost Mobile store. “My employee is left for fear,” said store manager Ashley Cruz. “All the employees I have are in fear now of working. I don’t want myself to risk them.”Cruz said ...

Teen accused of fatal rock throwing took picture of victim’s car ‘as a memento,’ affidavits say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

(CNN) — One of three teens accused of killing a 20-year-old Colorado woman after hurling a large rock through the windshield of her car snapped a photo “as a memento” of the crime, according to arrest affidavits released Thursday.Alexa Bartell was killed April 19 after her vehicle and several others were struck by rocks, said Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities believe at least seven vehicles were hit by large landscaping rocks.The 18-year-old suspects — Joseph Koenig, Nicholas Karol-Chik and Zachary Kwak — were arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder and extreme indifference, according to the sheriff’s office. They are being held without bail.CNN has reached out to the public defender’s office to see if the three suspects have attorneys assigned to them.After taking the photo of Bartell’s car, Koenig and Karol-Chik talked about being “blood brothers” ...

Maine urges against eating too much fish from more lakes, ponds and streams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

Maine (WMTW) — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says you should limit the amount of fish you eat that comes from nearly a dozen different bodies of freshwater in Maine due to PFAS contamination, also known as forever chemicals.The announcement this week adds four new bodies of water to the list and expands the advisories for two others that were issued last year.The Maine CDC says elevated PFAS levels were found in fish samples from the Limestone Stream below the dam near Route 229 in Limestone, the Kennebec River between Hinkley and Fairfield, Number One Pond on the Mousam River in Sanford, Halfmoon Stream in Thorndike, Fifteenmile Stream in Albion, and China Lake.Here is a listing of the new or expanded consumption advisories:Fifteen Mile Stream from the Yorktown Brook inlet at the Hussey Road to Route 137/202 in Albion: no more than two meals per month of brook trout China Lake: No more than one meal per month of any fish Kennebec River in Fairfield from ...

Why did Donovan Mitchell wear the LOX hat after Cavs were ousted by Knicks?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

He wore the LOX hat — but why?In his exit interview after the Knicks embarrassed his Cavaliers with a five-game first-round series win as underdogs, Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell wore a LOX hat to address the media.It was a carbon copy of the hat artist and New York hip-hop legend Jadakiss wore in his famous, sold-out Verzuz rap battle with Cam’ron’s rap group Dip$et at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 3, 2021.While wearing that hat and performing at The Garden, Jadakiss shouted: “New York, the real New York! I’m outside. I don’t live in Miami.”That clip was edited next to a clip of Mitchell’s exit interview.Mitchell, of course, is from Elmsford, has ties to Miami, and he almost became a Knick last summer.His hat of choice sparked an ongoing debate on social media: Why would Mitchell wear that specific LOX hat in his exit interview? Does he still want to be a Knick?Mitchell has one more year left on his deal before he can opt out and te...

2023 NFL Draft | Who are the best players left on Day 2?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

By The Associated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s Day 2 of the NFL draft! Who will pick Will Levis? The standout Kentucky quarterback will be the biggest name on the board when the second round kicks off at 7 p.m. EST from Kansas City’s Union Station with the Pittsburgh Steelers on the clock.Bryce Young went first overall to the Carolina Panthers followed by C.J. Stroud to the Houston Texans for a 1-2 quarterback combo at the top of the draft Thursday. The second round can be viewed on NFL Network and ESPN. Follow for live updates from Associated Press reporters across the country (all times EST).LEVIS TO THE COLTS?Colts owner Jim Irsay is raising eyebrows on Twitter hours before the start of the second round of the NFL draft by asking fans if the team should take Will Levis for a Joe Montana-Steve Young QB combo.Irsay asked the question after Indianapolis took Florida’s Anthony Richardson with the fourth overall pick. The Colts have the fourth pick in the ...

How a dyslexia diagnosis changed a high school softball player’s life

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

The softball field was the only place that made sense to Margaret Malaika Weaver.No offspeed pitch moved as much as letters on a page, which would float and dance around the paper as the Bay Area student struggled through classroom assignments.Trapped within the confines of the school curriculum, she was a completely different person than the one who patrolled centerfield for the St. Mary’s softball team in Berkeley, California.Supremely confident with a bat and glove, she withdrew from the rest of her world everywhere else.The Weaver family was as confused as Margaret was dejected.“I knew they were trying to figure out what was going on with me, but it felt like no one was believing in me at that point,” she said. “Maybe that’s who I am. I’m just the slow, stupid friend.”A long-overdue screening proved Margaret was neither slow nor stupid.She was diagnosed with dyslexia in August 2021, just weeks before her junior year, and the discovery changed her life.Her bright personality is n...

Patriots OC Bill O’Brien doesn’t shoot down notion of having quarterback competition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:12 GMT

Last month, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick didn’t shoot down the notion of having a quarterback competition between Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe for the starter job this season.What did offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien say Friday when asked if that was the current plan, if he was anticipating having both Jones and Zappe vying for the top job?“I think everything we do here, is always based on competition,” O’Brien began. “That’s been the same that it’s been for 23 years, including all the years I wasn’t here.“And everywhere I’ve been, whether I was working for Nick Saban or Bill Belichick, or when I was a head coach, everything is earned in the meeting room and on the practice field. That’s the way it’s always been.”O’Brien then reiterated his message from the last media session, that the slate is clean, and everyone is starting fresh.“The best players I’ve ever been around in th...