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Swastika Hate-Crime Vandal Must Enroll In Anti-White Supremacy Rehab - Downtown - Chicago

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pleaded guilty to a hate crime after defacing a Loop synagogue with swastikas in February." /> Stuart Wright, 32, pleaded guilty to a hate crime after defacing a Loop synagogue with swastikas in February. View Full Caption Chicago Police Department COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — The man who defaced a Downtown synagogue with swastika stickers in February has been sentenced to mental health treatment and 200 hours of community service. Stuart Wright, 32, will also be required to enroll in a one- year rehabilitation program at Life After Hate, a Near West Side nonprofit devoted to combating violent extreme -right movements. Wright must pay the organization $3,500, court records show . That's in addition to the $4, 500 Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Wright to pay the Chicago Loop Synagogue at 16 S. Clark St. Wright earlier this month pleaded guilty to a hate crime after smashing a window at the Downtown synagogue on Feb. 4 before defacing the buildin...

Brothers arrested in drive-by that killed 14-year-old girl plead not guilty

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The brothers charged in the drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl in Las Cruces entered not guilty pleas. LAS CRUCES, N.M. – —  The brothers accused in a drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old during a party in Las Cruces pleaded not guilty. Julio Gutierrez-Barrera, 20, appeared in court Tuesday. He is the alleged shooter in the drive-by where Jocelyn Trujillo-Pierce died. Gutierrez-Barrera was charged with murder, tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit a felony. He will remain in jail without bond. His brother, 19-year-old Alonzo Barrera, was also charged in the murder. Barrera pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Monday. He was charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit a felony. Barrera will also remain jailed. Police said the brothers were at a party on the 1400 block of Monte Vista Avenue last month before they got into a fight with someone and left. According to police, the brothers returned to the residence shortly after le...

This guy is accused of swindling millions of dollars out of unsuspecting Torontonians

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Johnson Chrome was a notorious big spender with a taste for bottle service , bespoke suits and $10,000 shoes. The source of his wealth? A sophisticated identity theft scheme that may have conned Torontonians out of millions. The untold story of the city’s most wanted fraudster Photographs: All portraits via Facebook; background by iStock T he fraudster who called himself Johnson Chrome liked to sit on a bench at the intersection of Hazelton and Yorkville, smoking a Montecristo Edmundo robusto and talking about fashion, cars and cigars to anyone who’d listen. He was charming and handsome, with a neatly trimmed beard , a shaved head and perfect teeth. The perch placed him at the centre of the rarefied universe he’d come to inhabit. His condo, in the former Four Seasons hotel, was steps to the west, and he parked his black Jaguar at the Hazelton Hotel opposite . His gym, the sleek Equinox, was a minute’s walk northwest; his preferred cigar shop , La Casa del Habano , was to the sout...

New Jersey firm to finish Allentown apartments after developer charged in Ponzi scheme

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Summit Ridge luxury apartment development on River Road in Allentown" alt="Construction has resumed at the Summit Ridge luxury apartment development on River Road in Allentown" /> Construction has resumed at the Summit Ridge luxury apartment development … (MICHAEL KUBEL, THE MORNING…) April 30, 2013 | By Peter Hall, Of The Morning Call Nearly three years after construction stalled at the Summit Ridge Apartments on Allentown's east side, a New Jersey real estate firm has picked up where the project's bankrupt developer left off. After foreclosing on the property and winning an $8.3 million verdict in Lehigh County Court , Diversified Realty Associates of Summit, N.J., aims to complete the luxury apartment buildings by the end of the year. The project's hiatus, which left some residents living amid an abandoned construction site , was the result of former developer David Connolly 's financial meltdown that led federal prosecutors to charge him l...

Man pleads not guilty for Belmont murder | Local News

Jovhon Stewart An East Bay man suspected of shooting and killing a 24-year-old in a Belmont apartment earlier this month pleaded not guilty and gave up his right for a speedy trial, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney ’s Office. Jovhon Alexander Stewart , 27, was arrested Aug. 9 after a four- day manhunt spanning two Bay Area counties , according to prosecutors. Early in the morning on Saturday, Aug. 5, DeJohn Jones, a 24-year-old Union City resident , was shot four times at his ex-girlfriend’s one-bedroom apartment at 566 Ralston Ave., according to prosecutors. According to police and prosecutors, Jones and the woman had recently broken up when he showed up possibly unexpected. Jones, his sister and his cousin went to the woman’s apartment to retrieve his TV and some personal items. When he arrived the woman was there with her brother and five of his friends, including Stewart. It’s not yet clear what prompted the shooting, but police have reason to believe those in...

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BELMONT — A 27-year-old Menlo Park man charged with the murder of a friend’s ex-boyfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney ’s Office. Jovhon Stewart  The 24-year-old victim, DeJohn Jones, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Aug. 5 when he went to Jolie Harris’ one-bedroom apartment on the 500 block of Ralston Avenue in Belmont with his sister and cousin to retrieve a television and other items that belonged to him. Prosecutors said Jones and Harris had recently broken up. At the apartment with Harris that morning were her brother Victor Bell and five other friends, including the suspect, Jovhon A. Stewart. Stewart was identified as Jones’ killer by Bell, Stewart’s girlfriend Bryana Fields and Davinci Mendoza, according to prosecutors. Authorities arrested Stewart at the Union City BART station on Aug. 9. An autopsy showed Jones was shot twice in the back, once in the head and once in the arm. Prosecutors said he was not a...

Fire at Highland Ridge Apartments in Overland Park

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Crews from Overland Park and Leawood Fire Departments were called to a building fire in the 11800 block of Perry Street at the Highland Ridge Apartments . First units on the scene reported heavy smoke and fire from a two- story apartment building . [Read More] Two people were killed after a car overturned on Interstate 15 near Rancho Bernardo, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials said. [Read More] Kizer let loose with a throw that showcased all of his talent... [Read More] U.S. and South Korean military officials plan to move ahead with large-scale exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. [Read More] Abby's dad had some C.P.R knowledge and did the mout-to-mouth while Knapp did the compressions. [Read More] I am a S.O.B. (son of a butcher)..08/10/2017 22:16:25PM EST. [Read More] Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday in connection to the Monday night shooting death of 19-ye...