Grei Mendez, the owner of a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Tuesday.Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan to charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici who died in September 2023.Earlier this month, her husband, Felix Herrera-Garcia, was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges and causing bodily harm, Associated Press reported.The 37 years old cried briefly as she explained that she agreed with her husband and another person to possess and distribute drugs, then in September 2023 helped...
32-YEAR-OLD LOUISIANA WOMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN DEATH OF HER INFANT
Hannah Faith Cormier, a 32-year-old Louisiana woman whose 10-month-old daughter died after she was left inside a vehicle in August has pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide.Cormier’s attorney, Bill Riley, entered the plea Monday in state court and asked for a jury trial, the American Press reportedThe accused was initially arrested on charges of second-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile, but a grand jury earlier this month indicted her on the lesser charge to which she entered the plea.She remains out of jail on a $10,000 bond, pending a pre-trial conference set for March 31, 2025. That conference will determine whether the...
CONDEMNED SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE SEEKS CLEMENCY TWO DAYS BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION
Two days before he is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1999 killing of a store clerk, South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life in a clemency petition filed on Wednesday.There are two jurors and the judge from his original trial. There is a former director of the state prison system who says Moore deeply regrets his crime and is a force for good behind bars both for fellow inmates and his children and grandchildren.Also asking for clemency are six childhood friends, five relatives, several former attorneys who...
TRUMP TROLLS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S GARBAGE REMARKS ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS
The former president of the United States climbed into the passenger seat of a white garbage truck that also carried his name in an effort to troll President Joe Biden’s statement that claimed his supporters (Republicans) are garbage.Trump has used the remark as a cudgel against his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.“How do you like my garbage truck?” Trump said, wearing an orange and yellow safety vest over his white dress shirt and red tie. “This is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”Trump and other Republicans were facing pushback of their own for comments by a comedian at a...
TSUNEHISA KATSUMATA DIES AT 84, TRIALS STILL PENDING
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with his trials still pending. He was 84.Associated Press reported that Tsunehisa Katsumata died on Oct. 21, TEPCO said Thursday, without providing further details including the cause of his death.Katsumata was TEPCO chair when Fukushima Daiichi was hit by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 and suffered triple meltdowns. He led the emergency response after the company’s then-president stepped down due...
BREAKING NEWS: N750m Raised As Tinubu Launches 2025 Armed Forces Emblem Appeal Fund.
MyTenKobo! 29/10/2024ArlingtonTexas THE ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025 WILL NOT HOLD! The Ritual of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in the month of January every year has lost its value. It was usually the first event of the year to celebrate, appreciate and commemorate military service and honor veterans. The twists and turns over the years have led many veterans to hate the date that, their trauma is aggravated and hopes fall apart in dire straits of health problems! The twists and turns, the catastrophic loss and the roles of the office of the CDS the MoD in collaboration of/with,...
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LAGOS STATE DENIES GOVERNOR PLANS TO SUE EFCC OVER ALLEGED ARREST
The Lagos State Government has denied that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu took any legal step against the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as against the news circulating on the social media that he does.It was alleged that the Lagos state governor appealed to the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the EFCC from arresting or prosecuting him at the end of his tenure.The Lagos Government refuted this in a statement on Wednesday morning by Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Lawal Pedro, SAN.The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the news circulating in a section of the media, titled:...