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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Northampton man arrested after police search reveals drugs, firearm in Springfield apartment on Belmont Ave
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A man from Northampton was arrested during an investigation into illegal drug activity on Belmont Ave in Springfield. In a news release from the Springfield Police Department, for the past several months, the Firearms Investigation Unit were investigating complaints from residents about illegal drug activity in the area of Belmont Avenue. Detective identified the target as 44-year-old Rafael Aviles of Northampton. Mugshots released in Massachusetts 'Operation No Love' fentanyl takedown At around 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, law enforcement conducted a search warrant at an apartment on Belmont Ave. Aviles was inside and detained during the search. Detectives seized approximately 22 grams of powder and crack-cocaine, nearly $2,000, loose ammunition, 15 bags of heroin and a loaded firearm. Aviles was arrested and charged with the following: Carrying a Firearm without a License Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm Firearm Violation with 3 Prior Violent/Drug Crimes Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony (Two Counts) Improper Storage of a Firearm Possession of Ammunition without an FID Card Trafficking Cocaine 18-36 Grams Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Class A Drug – Subsequent Offense Conspiracy to Violate Drug Law WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Yahoo
Sheriff: Teen charged with manslaughter after driving into Davenport home, killing one resident
TOWN OF DAVENPORT, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – An 18-year-old Otsego County man has been charged with manslaughter, vehicular assault, and driving while impaired on drugs after driving his car into a Davenport home with residents inside in September 2024, with injuries to one resident eventually leading to their death, Delaware Sheriff Craig S. DuMond announced Friday. Jayden E. Aviles, of Maryland, New York, was arrested and charged with Driving while Ability Impaired by Drugs, Vehicular Manslaughter 2nd degree, Vehicular Assault in the 1st degree, Vehicular Assault 2nd degree and Moving from a Lane Unsafely on April 1 by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division. Aviles is accused of, on Sept. 29, 2024, driving his car into a Town of Davenport home on State Highway 23. At the time of the report, police had learned Aviles was walking around inside of the residence following the crash. First responders to the scene found multiple residents inside the home with serious injuries; including one victim with a fractured femur and head trauma, and another with major head trauma in critical condition. Aviles was interviewed at the scene, showing signs of impairment. Officers conducted a field sobriety test with Aviles, the results of which led to his arrest. He was then taken to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office for a drug influence evaluation, where it was determined he'd been impaired by marijuana. Later that night, Deputies were informed the victim in critical condition with head trauma had died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. On March 20, the facts and circumstances of the investigation were presented to the Delaware County Grand Jury, at which point the jury handed down an indictment charging Aviles with the charges mentioned. On April 1, members of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division arrested Aviles. Following the arraignment, Aviles was released on pre-trial release conditions directing him to surrender his passport, NYS Drivers License, not to leave the Delaware, Otsego, and Chenango County area, and to maintain communication with the Delaware County Probation Department. Aviles is scheduled to re-appear at the Delaware County Court at a later date for further Court Action. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Los Angeles Times
04-04-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Fullerton passes news rack ban at all city facilities except at its main library
At a time when many cities in Orange County are parched in an arid news desert, competing outlets in Fullerton found themselves at the center of a news rack ban debate. Kelly Aviles, an attorney representing Friends for Fullerton's Future, an irreverent blog, sent a Jan. 13 email to city officials requesting permission to have a news rack installed in the lobby of Fullerton City Hall. 'My client has secured a financial commitment from a local businessman for a significant amount of private financing,' the email stated, 'to launch this new business endeavor committed to contributing to the local community by providing important local news, restaurant reviews, business advertisements, and information that reflects the diverse interests of our city's residents and their needs for alternative news sources.' If approved, Fullerton's Future would have joined the Fullerton Observer, a community newspaper that has enjoyed a rack at City Hall for decades. The Daily Titan, a student newspaper at Cal State Fullerton, has also been distributed in the lobby in recent years, as well as at the library and the police department. But Aviles, who also provides outside counsel for the Los Angeles Times, and her email prompted a review by city officials of what materials should be allowed to be distributed at city facilities, instead. On Tuesday, the City Council considered a news rack ban that would limit approved materials to those published by city departments, government agencies and public utilities that serve Fullerton residents. Saskia Kennedy, the Observer's current owner, protested the proposed policy, which would remove the paper from its City Hall rack, at Tuesday's council meeting. 'We try to make sure that we are as fair as possible to everybody, and sometimes we get it wrong, and you guys call us out on it, and the public calls us out on it, and we correct it,' she told council members. 'I feel like this is targeting the Fullerton Observer, mostly because of the letter that was given to the city and published on the blog.' Other Observer supporters speculated that the email was strategically aimed at removing the newspaper, which was founded in 1978, from City Hall. Over the years, Fullerton's Future and the Observer have often found themselves at bitter odds over civic affairs, like the recent fight for Walk on Wilshire, a closed-off street for outdoor dining in downtown that reopened in February. The outlets often split along a libertarian and liberal-leaning readership. Josh Ferguson, a former Fullerton's Future blogger who was unsuccessfully sued by the city in 2019 over the publication of police misconduct files, spoke out in favor of the policy. He called the Observer Fullerton's 'Pravda' and warned of potential litigation if the city carved out a caveat allowing only for established newspapers to stay. 'It's not a 1st Amendment issue, it's a policy issue, and it's content neutral,' Ferguson said. 'That's the way to go, or you will get sued.' According to the city attorney's staff, Irvine and Newport Beach have adopted similar policies. In 2013, San Juan Capistrano walked back a news rack ban of its own in light of a legal fight with Community Common Sense, an outlet critical of its city council. Fullerton council members mostly favored an overhaul of their current practice. Councilwoman Shana Charles, who is frequently criticized by Fullerton's Future bloggers, proposed changing the policy to allow for a 'community news space' at the main library. 'We don't want City Hall saying that we endorse one publication over another or not,' she said. 'But we also have a public that would like to be able to access public information in public spaces.' The library amendment did not sway Councilman Ahmad Zahra from his opposition to a news rack ban at City Hall. 'Weak people and weak politicians and those who have something to hide don't like the press,' he said. 'I'm not afraid, and [Fullerton's Future has] been after me for six years, and I know even the Observer has been critical of me in the past, so I'm not worried.' Zahra said that he found Fullerton's Future an 'entertaining' read but called it out for body shaming and made other criticisms of its content. 'They should probably call it the 'We Hate Ahmad Blog,'' he quipped. Zahra thought including a print edition of Fullerton's Future in the lobby alongside the Observer and the Daily Titan would prod it to move away from anonymous bylines. Anything less, he opined, was a retaliation against the Observer and a free speech overreach. Mayor Fred Jung offered a sharp rebuke of the notion. 'The problem here is we don't have an ordinance,' he said. 'We're putting one together. I think it's neutral. And again, the city attorney was pretty clear. It did not single out publications. Are you hard of hearing?' After discussion wrapped up, council members voted 4-1 to approve the policy resolution. Zahra was the lone vote against it. Following the council meeting, the Daily Titan condemned the vote as an attack on press freedom in a joint statement by editor-in-chief Emily Wilson, managing editor Ruben Montoya and associate managing editor Bryan Jimenez. 'The Fullerton City Council will be going down a path of censorship that is deeply concerning,' the statement read. Aviles called the vote an 'acceptable' comprise that seems to be in line with the 1st Amendment. 'While the city could have allowed other publications at Fullerton City Hall, the avenue they chose is also appropriate,' she told TimesOC after the council meeting. Aviles added that Fullerton's Future is still planning to reach an offline audience through a print edition, which would be distributed at the main library under the new policy.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Yahoo
Registered sex offender charged with possession of child pornography
A registered sex offender from Frederick has been charged with possession of child pornography, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Aviles, 27, was arrested on Wednesday and held without bail on three counts of possession of child pornography, according to online court records. A message for an attorney representing Aviles was not returned Friday. A detective from the sheriff's office began investigating a tip in February from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The center had received a report from the WhatsApp phone application about files that had been accessed via the app on Feb. 2, according to charging documents in the case. Two of the files were identified as child pornography, according to the documents, and a subpoena to AT&T showed that the phone account's subscriber was Aviles. A warrant for the WhatsApp account showed three files believed to be child pornography, and a profile photo from the account matched a photo of Aviles from the Motor Vehicle Administration, according to the documents. Aviles is a Tier 1 Sex Offender on the Frederick County Sex Offender Registry, according to a press release from the sheriff's office. According to online records and the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, Aviles pleaded guilty in January 2023 to four counts of possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to five years on one of the counts, with all but 18 months of home detention suspended, and suspended sentences of five years on each of the other three counts. He was also sentenced to five years of supervision and ordered to undergo mental health and sex offender treatment, and to have no unsupervised contact with minors, according to an email from the state's attorney's office.
Asharq Al-Awsat
23-02-2025
- Sport
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Messi and Miami Held by New York City in MLS Opener
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami stumbled out of the blocks with a 2-2 home draw against New York City FC in the opening round of the new Major League Soccer season on Saturday. Miami, who broke the regular season points record last year before crashing out in the first round of the playoffs, played the bulk of the match with 10 men after Argentine defender Tomas Aviles was sent off. Messi provided the assists for both Miami's goals including the leveler which came in the 10th minute of stoppage time, AFP reported. With new head coach Javier Mascherano in charge for the first time in MLS, having replaced fellow Argentine Gerardo Martino, Miami featured several new faces but looked disjointed and lacking shape for most of the encounter. The night began perfectly for Miami who took the lead in the fifth minute after Messi played a corner deep to Jordi Alba who returned a pinpoint diagonal pass which the World Cup winner slipped across to Aviles who slotted home. But then things started to go wrong for the MLS Cup favourites. One of the off-season arrivals, forward Fafa Picault, had to go off in the 10th minute after going down with what appeared to be a muscle injury. Then, 13 minutes later, the momentum of the game shifted significantly towards New York when Aviles brought down Alonso Martinez on the edge of the box and received a straight red card. From the free-kick Maxi Moralez took advantage of the disorganisation in the Miami defence -- slipping a pass to the unmarked Slovenian Mitja Ilenic who fired into the bottom corner. Miami with a makeshift, inexperienced central defensive pairing of Noah Allen and Ian Fray, struggled to get a grip on the game although substitute Robert Taylor forced City keeper Matt Freese into a fine save at the end of the half. New York could sense there was the chance for an upset but they could barely believe their luck when they were gifted the lead by Alba in the 55th minute. The former Spain and Barcelona left-back passed straight to New York forward Martinez who gleefully accepted the gift and burst goalwards before slotting past Oscar Ustari. Messi was getting little in the way of quality service and next to no support from the largely ineffective Luis Suarez who was substituted four minutes after the goal. Freese kept out a Messi free-kick and Alba found Federico Redondo with a fine pull-back but the midfielder side-footed wide. But in the 10th minute of stoppage time Messi provided the touch of class Miami needed - slipping a perfectly weighted pass through to Telasco Segovia and the Venezuelan provided a deft finish to lift the ball over Freese for the equaliser.
