Month: June 2023

WORCESTER – A jury on Tuesday found Carlos Asencio guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of his former co-worker and ex-girlfriend, Amanda Dabrowski, at a crowded Worcester restaurant in 2019. The jury also found Asencio guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Before jurors deliberated, prosecutors outlined their case for Asencio, calling Dabrowski’s killing “premeditated.” “First degree murder committed with deliberate premeditation and with extreme atrocity and cruelty,” said Worcester Assistant District Attorney Edward Karcasinas. “I ask that you return the verdict of not guilty by reason of mental defect,” said Robert Griffin, defense attorney. The question…

WASHINGTON – A New Hampshire man has been arrested on felony charges, including assault on a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, violation of the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice. Richard Zachary Ackerman, 22, of Salem, New Hampshire, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in Washington, DC with assault, resisting or obstructing officers, civil disorder, disorderly and disorderly conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and theft of the government property, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday. Ackerman is accused of throwing an object at police and stealing a U.S. Capitol…

It’s been a sweltering start to summer so far, in part due to the humidity, and North Texans learned to embrace the phrase “air you can wear” this weekend. The dew point approached 80 degrees Friday, which is a record high for the area. According to the National Weather Service, this record has been set five times since 1947. Related: The dew point in Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday reached record levels. Here’s why it’s so catchy Over the weekend, humidity levels remained oppressive, staying in the low to mid 70s. Overnight, dew point values ​​rose significantly due to cooler air,…

The police are making a big mess today in Leesburg. A logging truck overturned this morning and closed one of the on-ramps to the Leesburg Bypass. Here’s the latest from the Leesburg Police Department: “The ramp from South King Street to the eastbound Leesburg Bypass is currently closed due to a crash involving an overturned logging truck and trailer. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes.” Images posted on social media show the truck’s cab smashed into pieces and large wooden poles falling all over the roadway and against the ramp’s railings. Images: Leesburg Police Department. An ambulance was…

BOSTON – Police are investigating how an adult could fraudulently enroll as a student in city schools using false identification and documentation this school year, school officials said Tuesday. The adult, who has not been identified, “has been discharged and is ordered to stay away from Boston Public Schools,” BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper said in a letter to the school community Tuesday. At various times during the 2022-2023 school year, the adult attended Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School using the transfer student process and enrolling with various pseudonyms, Skipper told the school community….

Delaware’s Trump-appointed U.S. attorney has reached a plea deal with Hunter Biden, in which he is expected to plead guilty to two federal felony counts of failing to pay his taxes. Biden also faces a separate gun possession charge that will likely be dismissed if he meets certain conditions, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Two sources familiar with the deal told NBC News that it includes a provision in which the U.S. attorney has agreed to recommend probation for Biden for his tax violations. Legal experts also said the gun and tax charges likely won’t result in any prison…

The cross-country game of evenness between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Republican governors of Florida and Texas is intensifying with each passing week. The latest move by Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas is to send planes and buses full of Latin American migrants to cities in California. Newsom, backed by Attorney General Rob Bonta, has threatened legal or even criminal action over what they described as virtual kidnappings. “I know one was based on all the interviews and all the facts that are now in evidence,” Newsom said on NBC’s “Today” show after a plane…

He is a troubled soul and a troubling son. Hunter Biden has never kept a secret personal struggles which affected him after the death of his older brother, Beau, in 2015. Nor could he, realistically, when images of his drug addiction and self-made pornography were splashed across the US media. It is also no secret that his behavior has politically affected his father, the president of the united states. Listening to his political opponents, they portray the younger Biden as the international arm of a crime family, traveling the world and trading his father’s influence for business deals while lining…