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Florissant man accused of stealing cars with tow truck

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

FLORISSANT, Mo. – Rodney Elijah Lewis of Florissant has been charged with four counts of stealing motor vehicles. St. Louis County police claim Lewis was operating a tow truck without proper licensing and was involved in taking cars without authorization.Court documents allege Lewis was working with a partner who claimed to have consent from property owners to tow the vehicles. However, police claim that Lewis and his partner went on to sell the vehicles to a salvage yard and split the proceeds.One of the allegedly stolen vehicles was found in the parking lot of a Circle K near Interstate 70 and Lucas Hunt. Police state through court documents that the vehicle owner was working inside the gas station when their Ford Explorer was stolen by Lewis.The other three vehicles were reportedly taken from areas near the Lucas Hunt Village apartment complex. Lewis falsely claimed to have received notification from an apartment leasing office to tow one of the vehicles, according to police. C...

Hope for reversing the tidal wave of stolen vehicles in the St. Louis region

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A recent crime summit pointed to a police intelligence gathering from the St. Charles County Stolen Car Task Force that has proved critical to today’s solutions. The task force’s findings showed signs of what we would soon see throughout the region.A rise in stolen cars that looked like a tsunami wave, with a peak in St. Louis County alone, reached nearly 400 stolen cars in August 2022.That wave has since fallen to about half that in St. Louis County, with it dipping below 150 this past November.Courtesy: St. Louis County Police DepartmentDetective Michael Nickolaus, St. Louis County Police Department, said they’ve identified an investigative blueprint that seems to be working.“These cases are catching up to these people committing these crimes,” he told a criminal justice panel.Nickolaus credits a collaborative approach that arose from meetings like an October 2022 roundtable FOX 2 covered between north St. Louis County police departments and juvenile court ...

Deion Sanders says Pat Shurmur “most likely” to be CU Buffs offensive coordinator next season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

BOULDER,CO November 4: Colorado assistant coach Pat Shurmur before the Oregon State game at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. on Nov. 4, 2023. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)Colorado head coach Deion Sanders may have settled on his offensive coordinator for next year.In an interview with USA Today on Monday, Sanders was asked if Pat Shurmur would be the Buffaloes’ offensive coordinator next season and said, “Yeah, most likely.”Shurmur, a long-time NFL coach, was hired by Sanders as an analyst last summer. Eight games into this season, Sanders made the decision to promote Shurmur to a co-offensive coordinator role with Sean Lewis and handed the play-calling duties to Shurmur.Sanders also told USA Today that his son, Buffs’ starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders, is “OK” and should be healthy by the spring after missing the last game and a half with a fracture in his back, as well as an ankle injury.With the transfer portal opening on Monday, Sanders also told USA Today that the Buffs...

Dense fog advisory issued for Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

MONTEREY — The National Weather Service is advising Bay Area commuters to travel carefully and prepare for sudden visibility changes as dense fog lingers in the region.Related ArticlesWeather | Caltrans identifies 15 potentially dangerous properties beneath I-10 Freeway Weather | Why has price of hydrogen fuel jumped so high? Roadshow Weather | Pedestrians need to look up from their phones: Roadshow Weather | Bicyclist loves Hillsdale road diet, suggests improved signage to make it even better: Roadshow Weather | Stop signs needed at dangerous three-way intersection: Roadshow On Monday night, the forecast office in Monterey issued a dense fog advisory for valleys in the North Bay and East Bay; the North Bay coast; the Bay Area shoreline; San Francisco; Santa Clara Valley; and the San Francisco and San Pablo bays.The advisory runs from 7 p.m. Monday through 11 a.m. Tuesday in the North Bay and San F...

Dense fog advisories issued across Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

(KRON) -- Dense fog is expected throughout most of the Bay Area Monday night and Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service said. Fog was cited as a factor in a fatal crash in Mountain View on Monday morning. NWS issued a Dense Fog Advisory for the following regions:North and East Bay valleysNorth Bay coastBay Area shorelineSan FranciscoSanta Clara valleySan Francisco and San Pablo BaysIn the North Bay and San Francisco, the advisory begins at 7 p.m. Monday and goes through 11 a.m. Tuesday. Elsewhere, it goes from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. LEGO Store at San Francisco Centre mall closes The fog advisory is to warn of poor visibility caused by the fog. Visibility can be reduced to as little as 1/4 of a mile in some areas, NWS said. "Travel carefully and prepare for sudden visibility changes," NWS advised. Monday's fatal crash happened on the 500 block of Showers Drive in a parking lot covered in dense fog, officials said. A woman in her 60s was in the middle of the parking lot when an ...

Man asleep at intersection arrested for DUI, hit-and-run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

(KRON) -- South San Francisco police arrested a man for driving under the influence after the man was allegedly seen asleep behind the wheel of his car at the intersection of Airport Boulevard and Miller Avenue, South San Francisco Police Officers said.Police responded to reports of the 21-year-old man from San Bruno asleep in the driver's seat of his Ford F-150. Officers said they boxed the truck in. The man then woke up and accelerated, ramming into two of the police cars surrounding him, officials said. Officers also said the suspect rammed into a light pole near Grand Avenue and Miller Avenue, knocking it down.Officers were able to safely remove the driver after the crash by breaking through the passenger side window. The man was treated at San Francisco General Hospital. When he was medically cleared, he was booked into the San Mateo County Jail.

Zelenskyy to address US senators by video as White House pushes Congress to support aid for Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. senators by video Tuesday during a classified briefing as the Biden administration urges Congress to approve the White House’s nearly $106 billion request for funds for the wars in Ukraine, Israel and other security needs.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Zelenskyy’s appearance after the administration Monday sent an urgent warning about the need to approve the military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it.Schumer said the administration had invited Zelenskyy to address the senators so they “could hear directly from him precisely what’s at stake.” They will also be hearing from the secretaries of Defense, State and other top national security officials.In a letter to House and Senate leaders and released publicly, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda...

Former GSA official promises cooperation in FBI HQ queries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

The former General Services Administration official who made the ultimate decision about where to relocate the FBI’s headquarters has spoken out about her role for the first time, and said she has no problem talking again if she’s asked to appear before Congress on the matter.Nina Albert, who earlier this year left her job overseeing the federal government’s real estate portfolio, told reporters she’s already heard from the House Oversight and Judiciary committees about testifying, but that a firm date on when that will happen hasn’t been established.In the days after the decision was made public, both the head of the FBI and lawmakers from Virginia have questioned Albert’s role in the process. FBI Director Chris Wray raised concerns about conflicts of interest, because of Albert’s past employment with Metro, which owns the land in Greenbelt, Maryland, where the new headquarters was selected to be built.The GSA’s top lawyer has cleared...

Los terremotos modernos en EE.UU. podrían ser réplicas de sismos del siglo XIX, según científicos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

(CNN) — Luego de terremotos muy fuertes se suele esperar que ocurran réplicas en las horas y días siguientes, pero es posible que, casi 200 años después, aún se estén produciendo réplicas de algunos de los sismos más intensos en la historia de Estados Unidos, según una nueva investigación.Las frecuentes réplicas derivadas de tres terremotos que ocurrieron cerca de la frontera entre Missouri y Kentucky entre 1811 y 1812, y un terremoto distinto en Charleston, Carolina del Sur, en 1886, probablemente continúan hoy en día, según un estudio publicado recientemente en el Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.Una de las regiones en las que se enfocaron los investigadores, llamada zona sísmica de New Madrid, abarca el área de la actual ciudad de Memphis y el área circundante del valle medio del río Mississippi, mientras que la la otra incluye Charleston y la llanura costera que lo rodea. La actividad sísmica en estas regiones relativamente estables de Norteamérica no se compre...

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts for the second day, halting search for 12 missing climbers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:50:31 GMT

Mount Marapi spews volcanic materials during its eruption in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The volcano spewed thick columns of ash as high as 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) into the sky in a sudden eruption Sunday and hot ash clouds spread several miles (kilometers). (AP Photo/Ardhy Fernando)(AP/Ardhy Fernando) Mount Marapi spews volcanic materials during its eruption in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The volcano spewed thick columns of ash as high as 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) into the sky in a sudden eruption Sunday and hot ash clouds spread several miles (kilometers). (AP Photo/Ardhy Fernando)(AP/Ardhy Fernando) PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities halted the se...