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Stolen vehicle stop leads to unrelated DUI arrest in San Mateo

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

(KRON) -- Police who stopped a stolen vehicle on Wednesday, detaining four suspects, also simultaneously arrested another driver on an unrelated DUI charge, according to the San Mateo Police Department. Officers with SMPD were alerted to a stolen vehicle at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said. Frank Somerville makes first TV appearance since DUI crash: Exclusive Officers canvassed the area around East Poplar Avenue and North Amphlett Boulevard but were unable to locate the vehicle. Officers eventually located it heading southbound on the US 101 near Holly Road.An enforcement stop of the vehicle was initiated, but it refused to yield. A pursuit ensued as the vehicle continued southbound on the 101. It finally came to a stop on the right shoulder near University Drive, police said.With assistance from Menlo Park PD, officers ordered the four suspects out of the vehicle. All four were detained. During the detention, officers contacted the driver of another vehicle stopped during ...

Over $10K worth of vintage collectibles, electronics stolen in San Carlos: sheriff

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

SAN CARLOS, Calif. (KRON) -- A man was arrested last Wednesday in connection to a commercial burglary in San Carlos on March 19, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office (SMCSO) announced in a press release. Authorities said two suspects broke into a building and stole over $10,000 worth of property.The items stolen were "vintage collectibles and electronics," according to SMCSO Sgt. Javier Acosta. No other specifics were disclosed. Hayward Home Depot employee arrested for allegedly stealing $50K of goods The suspect arrested was identified as 52-year-old Burlingame man Danny Lynn Simpson Jr. After identifying the car used in the burglary, detectives found it in South San Francisco where property from the burglary was seen in plain sight inside the car, the release said.Authorities then obtained a warrant to search Simpson Jr.'s storage locker. They found a large amount of the stolen property inside, according to the press release. Simpson Jr. was arrested on two felony counts of co...

Tickets to MLS All-Star game at Audi Field sold out

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

Soccer fans looking to watch the best in Major League Soccer take on English Premier League side Arsenal in D.C. this summer may be out of luck.Tickets to the MLS All-Star game, featuring the London-based club, at Audi Field on July 19 are now sold out, venue officials tell WTOP. Arsenal, currently in first place in the English Premier League, was recently unveiled as the All-Stars opponent last Tuesday.More DC United NewsMore Sports NewsMore DC Sports News Fans bought up all the tickets to MLS’ summer marquee event within five hours of tickets being made available to the general public on Wednesday.The All-Star game becomes the fourth-ever match to sell out the Buzzard Point venue.Resell tickets available on Ticketmaster, the game’s official ticketing partner, start at $389 and go as high as $10,000.D.C. last hosted the MLS All-Star game in 2002 and 2004 at RFK Stadium. Major League Baseball was the last sports league to hold its All-Star festivities in the District, in 2018....

Bulls C Drummond ruled out after posting about mental health

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Bulls center Andre Drummond missed Chicago’s game Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers after he posted on Twitter that he was deleting his social media apps to focus on his mental health.Drummond was ruled out because of personal reasons, according to the Bulls. Coach Billy Donovan said he is hopeful about the possibility of Drummond traveling with the team ahead of Friday night’s game at Charlotte.“As we come here and play games there’s also a human side, a personal side to all these guys,” Donovan said, “and you feel bad when anybody’s going through something like that. I think you try to give as much support as you can.”The 29-year-old Drummond is in his first year with Chicago and his 11th season in the NBA overall. The two-time All-Star posted on Tuesday that he was deleting his apps and changing his number.“Time to focus on my mental health,” Drummond wrote. “If you too are struggling with your mental health, you are not alone R...

Final Four a chance for SDSU to double its championships

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The number of San Diego State teams that have won an NCAA Division I championship can be counted on one finger.Many Aztecs fans and alumni have no idea because it happened 50 years ago and the school dropped men’s volleyball in 2000. Brian Dutcher, who has been on campus for 24 years, does know about that championship and would love to double the school’s total when he coaches the Aztecs in their first Final Four. “Volleyball. Men’s volleyball. Chris Marlowe,” Dutcher said, referring to one of the stars of that 1973 team, who went on to win a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and once broadcast SDSU basketball games on local TV. “They’re hard to get so you value every one of them when you can get one.”SDSU’s first trip to the Final Four, secured with a nail-biting win against Creighton, has resonated with Aztecs alumni and fans, as well as throughout this championship-starved city. Even Bill Walton is stoked, which shows how big of a deal it is. The ...

Aurora Police Department hits 'training milestone' in consent decree

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — The Aurora Police Department says it hit a "training milestone" after completing department-wide training in public safety in accordance with the consent decree. The department entered a consent decree with the Colorado attorney general in February 2022. The agreement comes after the Attorney General's Office did an investigation that found a pattern of civil rights issues and too many incidents of excessive force within the department. Do you recognize this dog in possible coyote attack? As of March 1, all sworn Aurora police officers have received training on Integrating Communication Assessment and Tactics and Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement. The training includes useful ways to defuse situations and peer intervention, which teaches officers how to intervene if another officer isn't properly handling a situation. "We've really done a good job of better clarifying some of the expectations, not just in policy, but then developing training to reall...

Man accused of murdering wife, daughter with ax appears in court

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) -- A man accused of murdering his wife and daughter and stuffing their bodies into trash cans appeared in court for the first time Wednesday.Investigators said Reginald Maclaren used an ax and a saw in the crime. He allegedly told police he was afraid he would be evicted so he killed his family to prevent them from feeling the pain of homelessness.   81-year-old accused of violently murdering his wife, daughter Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom where the 81-year-old walked, shackled. He then sat in the jury box for his first advisement.  Police said he admitted to killing his wife and daughter.  Their bodies were found stuffed into trash cans in their Englewood apartment on Saturday.  Affidavit: Maclaren said he was on the verge of being evictedAccording to the affidavit, Maclaren told investigators he had lost his job and was on the verge of being evicted and that he did not want his family to live a mi...

Sober seating bill killed in committee

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A bill that would have required "substance-free seating" in large venues in Colorado has died in committee.Senate Bill 23-171 would have required venues that hold more than 7,000 people to enforce that 4% of their seats be substance-free. It could have applied to places like Ball Arena, Empower Field, Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Folsom Field, among others. How much more income does it take to go from a condo to a house in Colorado? The substance-free seating bill was postponed indefinitely Tuesday in the Senate Finance committee. Advocates for the bill have told FOX31 that navigating sobriety at entertainment venues can be a struggle. They said Colorado would have been the first in the country with such a mandate.“Half of the NFL teams already have some type of substance-free seating, the Boston Red Sox has a substance-free section already, so it’s done throughout the country in different areas," Duke Rumley, executive director of Sober A.F. Entertainment, told FOX3...

Aurora nears full staff for mental health, crisis response teams

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- The City of Aurora has been developing teams to respond to lower-level 911 calls for years, and now they're one position away from having a full staff."We believe in giving people the right response at the right time because that's what the citizens of Aurora deserve." said the city's Crisis Intervention Program Manager, Courtney Tassin. "For us, by having all these responses, we're making sure people are safe."The city recently struck a deal with UCHealth to provide mental health clinicians for two key programs to tackle lower-level calls.Aurora Mobile Response TeamThe city's mobile response team launched in the Fall of 2021. While it currently consists of a single unit, with one UCHealth mental health clinician and one EMT from Falck Rocky Mountain Inc., the city is conducting interviews to hire a second clinician full-time to double their force.In 2022, AMRT responded to 500 low-level 911 calls. The team focuses on behavioral health issues that don't rise ...

How much more yearly income does it take to go from a condo to a house in Colorado?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:21:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Upsizing from a condo to a house is not a huge difference in annual income in Denver, thanks in part to condo prices being already some of the nation's highest. Real estate news and analysis site Point2Home crunched housing data in 200 U.S. cities to find which cities have the lowest bar for condo owners to jump into a detached single-family house. Researchers calculated the "price difference to income ratio," or the number of years worth of income that it would take to match the difference between a condo and a detached home. Colorado had a bigger share of movers than any other state in 2021 Depending on the city, condo-owning Coloradans could need anywhere between two and four years' worth of income to afford a single-family home.In Lakewood, it takes an income of 3.9 years more to afford a single-family home than a condo, which is in the top 25% nationwide and about $303,000. How much could Denver area renters save if they bunked with a roommate? It takes a ...