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What is curbstoning? Car flipping scam growing in Denver

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- You find a quick and easy deal online to buy a car, and the seller asks you to meet him or her at a random location to make a cash or electronic transaction.You drive away and learn that the car is riddled with mechanical problems. This is the hallmark of a scam known as “curbstoning.” Police searching for suspect after 3 injured in Denver shooting Professional auto dealers are seeing more victims of the scam in Colorado over the past six months. California-based Sell Max told FOX 31 the company has encountered nearly 30 cars in Denver so far this year that turned out to have serious problems.“When they tell us how they acquired the car, everything starts clicking and we realize they were curbstoned,” Sell Max founder Sean Pour said.Curbstoning occurs when the scammer sells the car without a dealer license, usually through social media ads, making sure to conceal any mechanical issues. The biggest red flag is that the seller never transfers the car into their name...

Aurora City Council to vote on reinstating reserve police force

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Monday evening, Aurora City Council members are expected to cast their final votes on a measure to reinstate the city's reserve police force. Car flipping scam growing in Denver The volunteer police force was originally dissolved in 2005. Council Member Danielle Jurinsky says she brought the proposal forward after hearing from the Aurora Police Department. Under the program, city employees, including medics, former officers from other jurisdictions and retirees in good standing may apply to take part in a six-week training program to become certified as a reserve officer. Videos capture bright meteor falling above Colorado Those for the plan say it could help with staffing and better protect the city from certain liabilities. The city manager noted some medics with SWAT may already carry concealed weapons.The second and final vote on the all-volunteer police force takes place on Monday night. The first vote on the proposal passed nine to one in August.

Kaja Kallas faces more heat amid probe of husband’s Russia business ties

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is facing growing criticism after Estonian media reports revealed her husband’s business ties to Russia, which will now be discussed by a parliamentary committee. Estonian President Alar Karis — leader of the Social Democrats, the minority party in Kallas’ coalition government — said Monday that the scandal diminished Estonia’s credibility in its interaction with allies. “The business activities of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ family member vis-a-vis Russia have raised many questions in the media and in society and have put the spotlight on the head of the government and the values that Estonia must follow,” Karis added, warning of a credibility crisis. Last week, Estonian public broadcaster ERR found that Kallas’ husband Arvo Hallik held a stake in Stark Logistics, which has maintained operations in Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last February. Stark Logistics continued to supply an aerosol container fac...

Driver charged with DUI after crashing SUV into home in Newmarket, NH

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

A 74-year-old driver is facing a DUI charge after he crashed his SUV into a home in New Hampshire over the weekend, trapping himself in a front room, according to officials.Newmarket Chief of Police Gregory Jordan said Thomas Ridlon of Durham, NH, was arrested after officers were called to Langs Lane Saturday night for a report of a motor vehicle crash.First responders then arrived to find a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan completely embedded in the front of a house with Ridlon trapped inside of it.Image provided by the Newmarket Police DepartmentAccording to the police department, none of the home’s occupants, including a mother and young juvenile, were injured. Authorities said both were sleeping upstairs at the time of the crash.The Newmarket Fire Department was able to later free Ridlon from his vehicle and take him to a local hospital. Officials did not say whether the 74-year-old driver was injured, but stated in a news release that he was charged with DUI – Impairment an...

DOT issues largest-ever fine to American Airlines for tarmac delays

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

(CNN) — American Airlines is facing the largest-ever fine for keeping passengers waiting on board airplanes during hours-long delays.The Department of Transportation is levying the $4.1 million fine, “the largest civil penalty that the Department has ever assessed” it said in a statement, for lengthy tarmac delays of 43 flights that impacted more than 5,800 passengers. The flights occurred between 2018 and 2021.In the longest of the delays, passengers sat aboard a plane in Texas in August 2020 for six hours and three minutes. The 105-passenger flight had landed after being diverted from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to severe weather, with the DOT alleging that “American lacked sufficient resources to appropriately handle several of these flights once they landed.”Federal rules set the maximum time that passengers can be held without the opportunity to get off prior to takeoff or after landing, at three hours for domestic flights and four hours for internation...

Sixty years after the March on Washington, attendees renew the call for King’s ‘dream’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

(CNN) — It’s been 60 years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, but Fatima Cortez Todd says she still remembers the sense of unity she felt standing on the National Mall that day.“We sat with each other; we sang with each other,” she said. “I felt taken care of. I felt a brother and sisterhood.”On August 28, 1963, Cortez Todd was among an estimated 250,000 people who rallied for jobs and freedom at the March on Washington.History has documented how throngs of people gathered near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to hear what would become the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.But some who attended the march tell CNN they can recall more subtle moments that still resonate today. At a time when the country was bitterly divided along racial lines – with segregation still legal – Cortez Todd, now 77, said she clearly remembers the diversity of those gathered on the National Mall.“It was a melting pot like this country is...

Boston Mayor Wu files ordinance to ban tents at Mass and Cass

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has filed an ordinance that would give police the authority to clear out homeless encampments, a measure aimed at cracking down on the crime occurring at Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue.Wu urged the City Council to “take swift and urgent action” to approve the ordinance, which will be introduced at the body’s Wednesday meeting.“The ordinance will establish a prohibition against unsanctioned use of tents, tarps, and similar temporary structures on public property and in the public way which have been shielding much of the dangerous activity in the area and undermining the ability of providers to safely and effectively deliver services,” Wu said in a Monday letter to the City Council.It stipulates that “Boston Police would have the authority to enforce on the condition that individuals are offered shelter and transportation to services, as well as storage for personal belongings,” the mayor said.If approved, the ordinance would give more teeth t...

Gunfire that injured two at Sox game late Friday likely originated inside ballpark: police leaders

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

A shooting incident that wounded two people at a Chicago White Sox game over the weekend most likely involved a gun going off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, the interim Chicago Police superintendent said Monday.Two women suffered gunshot wounds as they sat in the left field bleachers of Guaranteed Rate Field during the Friday night game between the White Sox and Oakland A’s. Officials have so far said little about where the bullets came from, or if someone brought a gun into the stadium, but interim CPD superintendent Fred Waller on Monday said investigators have nearly ruled out the possibility that the shots came from outside the ballpark.“We’re dispelling a lot of things,” Waller said during a brief press availability after a CPD graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier. “It’s coming from outside is something we’ve almost completely dispelled. We’re still looking at every avenue. It’s still under investigation. Something ...

Husband named killer in ‘Lady of the Dunes’ cold case

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

Cape Cod on Monday concluded a woman whose mutilated body was discovered in the sand dunes in Provincetown nearly 50 years ago was killed by her husband.The announcement by the Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois Monday brings to a close one of the state’s most famous cold cases. It was only in October that officials announced they had identified the woman, known as the “Lady of the Dunes,” as Ruth Marie Terry of Tennessee.She was 37 when she was killed in 1974 by what authorities concluded was blunt force trauma to the skull.Since then, the focus has turned to Terry’s late husband, Guy Rockwell Muldavin, who had married her a few months before she disappeared. He was also a prime suspect in the death of another one of his wives and a stepdaughter in Seattle in the 1960s. Muldavin died in 2002.After they married, state police learned that the couple had traveled to Tennessee to visit her family.“When Mr. Muldavin returned from that trip, ...

New COVID variant on the horizon shows virus’ rapid evolution, as new booster nears

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:01:37 GMT

Paul Sisson | San Diego Union-TribuneThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects a refreshed booster vaccine to be available next month, but it remains to be seen whether the new shot will be able to snipe a highly mutated coronavirus variant that is just starting to appear.Nicknamed “Pirola” by scientists on social media, this new bug’s technical name is BA.2.86, which makes it a descendant of the Omicron virus that first appeared in late 2021, causing the largest surge in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic.But the latest variant is said to have more than 35 additional mutations than XBB 1.5, the variant that will be included in this year’s booster, according to a risk assessment from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Experts are recommending that people wait for the newest booster when it becomes available — even though, as with each new yearly dose, it remains uncertain how well the immunity it induces will match up with the latest coronavirus strain...