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Man sentenced for Downtown St. Louis Taco Bell killing

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A man pled guilty to second degree murder for a killing in a Taco Bell parking lot near Downtown St. Louis. Jamar Burns, 32, will be serving up to 15 years for the death of Darrion Powell.Surveillance video captured the shooting at the Taco Bell on Chouteau Avenue on May 21, 2020. Burns shot Powell and told someone else to take marijuana from him. St. Louis police won’t respond in person to car break-ins A plea deal reduced the murder charges from the first to the second degree. Three other counts were dismissed as a part of the agreement. Burns will have to serve 85 percent of his 15-year sentence. He will get credit for more than three years of jail time served.Burns apologized to Powell’s family in court Wednesday. He will finish a four-year prison term on federal gun charges before the murder sentence begins.

Man charged after woman fatally stabbed in West End neighborhood

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A man is behind bars in connection with a woman's stabbing death earlier this week in the West End neighborhood. Prosecutors have charged Booker Boyd, 52, with one count of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the investigation. He is jailed in St. Louis City without bond. St. Louis police won’t respond in person to car break-ins The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports the stabbing happened around 3 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of Goodfellow Boulevard. When police responded to a call for assistance, they found a 33-year-old woman unresponsive with multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced deceased. Boyd was taken into custody a short distance away from the scene of the stabbing. Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are handling the investigation.

DIA architect lists Cherry Hills Tudor mansion for $14M

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

A Tudor mansion overlooking the 11th hole at the Cherry Hills Country Club is back on the market with a $14 million price tag.The 15,000-square-foot Cherry Hills Village mansion on Churchill Drive combines classic English Tudor design with Rocky Mountain views.Agatha Kessler, the wife of Curtis Fentress (founder and CEO of Fentress Architects), purchased the home in January 2021 for $7.9 million using Magic Coco LLC, according to property records.Fentress founded his firm in 1980 and completed projects worldwide, including Denver International Airport’s tented terminal, the Colorado Convention Center and the Broncos stadium at Mile High.It was constructed in the 1940s. Previous owners completed an $8.1 million full restoration that added 8,500 square feet in 2007. The mansion includes five bedrooms and 12 baths, plus eight attached garage spaces. The property also has a 2,200-square-foot guest cottage.The current owners focused on the landscaping, and designed and installed classica...

After escalating to Class 3A title game over past three seasons, Lutheran eyes school’s first state championship this fall

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

Lutheran football stair-stepped its way through the Class 3A playoffs over the past three seasons, going from the quarterfinals in 2020 to the semifinals in 2021 before falling in the championship last year to Roosevelt.The Lions believe they can take that final step this fall, with a 25-man senior class carrying the expectation that this team can be the one to win the school’s first state football championship.“We understand what it took to get here, so these players want to be the team that gets over the hump,” Lutheran head coach Stephen Robbins said. “They understand what it takes, and to finish off the job. We expect to be there on Dec. 2. It won’t be a feeling of, ‘Oh wow we made it.’ We expect to be there and I believe that mindset will help them.”Lutheran’s headlined by senior quarterback Ryken Daugaard and senior wideout/safety Joe Ciccio, while up front, the Lions look more like the size of a competitive 4A team with wh...

Former Rocky Ford police officer arrested for allegedly stealing guns

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

A former Rocky Ford police officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing handguns taken as evidence in two separate incidents.George Ibarra, 41, was arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence, official misconduct and theft, according to a Colorado Bureau of Investigation press release sent Wednesday morning. Ibarra left the agency in September 2022. The agency’s new chief, Sean McDonagh, said he didn’t know the circumstances of Ibarra’s departure but that he had been employed with the department for two years.Ibarra is accused of taking two handguns and a backpack containing ammunition, a holster, gun parts, a videogame and a bag of prescription pills from a suspect’s car during a domestic violence call in June 2022, according to an affidavit released by the 16th Judicial District. The owner of some of the items, whose ex-husband was arrested during the incident, called the Otero County Sheriff’s Office in January to report several of the it...

Sean Payton, Broncos glad to have RT Mike McGlinchey back in action: “We’re better when he’s out there”

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

Mike McGlinchey missed two weeks with a knee sprain, but he’s wasted little time jumping back into action.The Denver right tackle returned to practice Tuesday and then got extensive work Wednesday in a joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams.“I’m anxious to look at the tape,” head coach Sean Payton said afterward. “It’s good to get him back out there. You feel his presence from a leadership perspective. Just being field level, it’s not like I had a chance to look just at him. Typically speaking, sometimes if you don’t notice a tackle, that’s pretty good.“But I know we’re better when he’s out there, and you felt his presence just in the team drills.”Safety Justin Simmons (groin), meanwhile, warmed up and did individual work but wasn’t involved in any of the team drills Wednesday.Broncos who didn’t participate due to injury: safety P.J. Locke (foot/ankle), nickel K’Waun Williams (ankle), cornerback Riley Moss (core) and defensive lineman D.J. Jones.Broncos add defensive tackle....

Another Denver homeless encampment is scheduled for a sweep, this one because it was the site of a shooting

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

Josef Steele has a bullet wound in his back, an injury he suffered while shielding his sister from gunfire on Monday inside the tent they shared in the homeless encampment near the corner of East 18th Avenue and Logan Street east of downtown Denver.“My training saved me and my sister,” said Steele, 28, an Army veteran who has been unhoused on the streets of Denver for the last two years. “It hit me in the back and it felt like a whole lot of force in a really small area. It’s so hard to describe what it feels like. I was more upset that they were shooting at my sister than that I got shot.”Steele only spent a few hours in a hospital for what ended up being only superficial injuries, he said. On Wednesday morning, he was already packing up his belongings while eating a bowl of cereal served to him in a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup by a fellow camp resident.In response to the shooting and other problems, including reports of people menacing others with firearms and dr...

Crews rescue woman who fell off cliff in Palos Verdes Estates

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

A woman was rescued after falling off a cliff in Palos Verdes Estates on Wednesday.The incident was reported around 11:50 a.m. near Paseo Del Mar and Palos Verdes Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.The victim apparently fell 40 to 50 feet off a cliff. Aerial video from Sky5 showed the victim being hoisted and flown into a helicopter to safety.No further details about the incident have been released.

Deputy charged after trying to help fellow deputy cover up DUI crash in Stevenson Ranch, Gascón says

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

A member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Special Enforcement Bureau has been charged for trying to cover up another deputy's DUI, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.Gregory Davis, 54, faces five counts related to the alleged DUI of Carlos Lopez last year, Gascón's office said in a news release. According to prosecutors, Lopez was driving while under the influence of alcohol when he crashed his LASD SUV in Stevenson Ranch on Aug. 26, 2022. LASD deputy who went missing after crash arrested on suspicion of DUI When Davis arrived on scene, he "pulled his fellow deputy's limp body out of the crashed SUV and placed him in the vehicle of his fellow deputy’s wife, who drove him home," the release said."Prosecutors say Davis then attempted to move the deputy’s SUV before an off-duty LAPD officer passing by called authorities. Davis initially did not identify himself as an off-duty deputy," the release added.Both Davis and Lopez are members of t...

Home prices in California just reached an important mark

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:50:16 GMT

For the first time in 2023, single-family home prices in California have surpassed those from a year ago.The median price of a home statewide was $832,340 in July, slightly above last July’s median of $830,870, according to the most recent data from the California Association of Realtors.While not a significant increase, experts say it is still noteworthy because rising mortgage rates have put a damper on home sales and, likewise, on prices.“[Prices] were rising through most of this spring month-to-month. But this is the first time we've been above the summer 2022 levels,” Jordan Levine, CAR’s Chief Economist, told KTLA.Current mortgages average 6.79% for a 15-year fixed rate and 7.58% for a 30-year fixed rate, according to Bankrate - well above the historic lows of 2021.“The reality is that consumers don't qualify for as much as we did when rates were down at 3 percent, and that’s whittled the buyer pool a bit. But now, that initial shock has worn off,” says Levine. “Inventory is r...