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3 days ago
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Backstage Coffee celebrates pride month with new menu items
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — June is the month to celebrate inclusivity and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community, but one queer owned business prioritizes this year-round. Backstage Coffee, a viral spot in Downtown Greenville, is owned by Anna and Mackenzie Park. They have new themes every month, but the month of June hits hardest especially when it comes to what the business stands for. 'It's not really a space that's offered anywhere else around here. And I know that there have been spaces in the past that people have really flocked to,' Co-Owner of Backstage Coffee Anna Park said. 'I don't think we understood the gravity of how large of a queer community there is.' 'I think that's a great example of just like this space creating that comfortability for people to like just feel accepted and safe no matter what,' Co-Owner of Backstage Coffee Mackenzie Park said. 'And that's been really special for us to watch and for us to create.' Backstage is featuring a new Pride month menu along with the return of the fruity pebble latte. They will also host a vintage event on Saturday, June 14. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Scottish Sun
25-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Crypto boss's assistant is also arrested after over ‘kidnap and torture of ex-business partner' in luxe NYC pad
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE glam assistant of a $100million crypto boss has been arrested after a former partner was allegedly kidnapped and chainsaw-tortured in a swanky NYC penthouse. Beatrice Folchi was busted Friday at a $40K-a-month SoHo pad where an Italian man says he was held and tortured for weeks by crypto boss John Woeltz in a twisted bid to steal his crypto password. 6 Beatrice Folchi was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the alleged kidnap and torture of an Italian man Credit: Backstage 6 She is a small-time actor who claims to work as a marketing manager for luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley Credit: Backstage 6 He was arrested after the victim was able to flee his apartment Credit: ABC 7 Police sources told The New York Post that Folchi, a bombshell brunette who once studied at the University of Connecticut and claims to have worked for luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley, served as Woeltz's assistant. The 24-year old was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. But the Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute — for now — citing an ongoing investigation. Folchi, who is originally from Latina, Italy, according to her Facebook, was seen strolling near her Chelsea apartment Saturday when she denied involvement. 'I'm not arrested,' she told The Post while wearing an all-black ensemble, dark sunglasses, and toting a nearly $1,300 Stella McCartney bag. 'Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now,' she added before turning and walking away. Folchi reportedly studied communication and philosophy from 2017 to 2020. She boasts on LinkedIn that she's 'experienced in managing media production and events for prestigious clients in the sports and automotive industries, including Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley.' Her online acting profiles show she's also starred in a handful of films and shorts, including the 2021 drama Butterfly Wings. Inside France's brutal crypto crime wave with chopped off fingers, delivery van street kidnaps & £10million ransoms Her arrest comes after her boss, 37-year-old Kentucky-based John Woeltz, was cuffed over what police described as a sadistic torture campaign aimed at accessing the victim's crypto fortune. The tourist, from Turin, Italy, told cops he had done business with Woeltz in the past but the relationship soured. He said Woeltz lured him back to the US on May 6 — then allegedly seized his passport and began an ordeal straight out of a horror movie. According to investigators, Woeltz bound the man with electrical cords, electrocuted him, tased him with his feet in water, pistol-whipped him, and threatened to saw off his limbs with an electric chainsaw. Woeltz even reportedly took Polaroids of the torture — including one where the victim is seen tied to a chair with a gun to his head — in an apparent bid to extort money from the victim's family in Italy. Cops said the victim was forced to take cocaine and subjected to psychological torment, including being fitted with an Apple AirTag around his neck to track his every move. The man managed to flee after Woeltz allegedly declared it would be his 'death day.' He was found with numerous injuries, including one suspected to be from a chainsaw. He is now recovering at Bellevue Hospital. Woeltz has been charged with two counts of assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal possession of a firearm. Police recovered a gun at the scene and are continuing to search the apartment under a warrant. The investigation remains ongoing. 6 Crypto investor John Woeltz has been charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment Credit: ABC 7 6 The victim was held for a week inside a $40,000-a-month apartment on Prince Street in New York's SoHo Credit: ABC 7
The Irish Sun
25-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
Crypto boss's assistant is also arrested after over ‘kidnap and torture of ex-business partner' in luxe NYC pad
THE glam assistant of a $100million crypto boss has been arrested after a former partner was allegedly kidnapped and chainsaw-tortured in a swanky NYC penthouse. Beatrice Folchi was busted Friday at a $40K-a-month SoHo pad where an Italian man says he was held and tortured for weeks by crypto boss John Woeltz in a twisted bid to steal his crypto password. 6 Beatrice Folchi was arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the alleged kidnap and torture of an Italian man Credit: Backstage 6 She is a small-time actor who claims to work as a marketing manager for luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley Credit: Backstage 6 He was arrested after the victim was able to flee his apartment Credit: ABC 7 Police sources told The 24-year old was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. But the Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute — for now — citing an ongoing investigation. Folchi, who is originally from Latina, Italy, according to her Facebook, was seen strolling near her Chelsea apartment Saturday when she denied involvement. Read more world news 'I'm not arrested,' she told The Post while wearing an all-black ensemble, dark sunglasses, and toting a nearly $1,300 Stella McCartney bag. 'Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now,' she added before turning and walking away. Folchi reportedly studied communication and philosophy from 2017 to 2020. She boasts on LinkedIn that she's 'experienced in managing media production and events for prestigious clients in the sports and automotive industries, including Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley.' Most read in The US Sun Her online acting profiles show she's also starred in a handful of films and shorts, including the 2021 drama Butterfly Wings. Inside France's brutal crypto crime wave with chopped off fingers, delivery van street kidnaps & £10million ransoms Her arrest comes after her boss, 37-year-old Kentucky-based John Woeltz, was cuffed over what police described as a sadistic torture campaign aimed at accessing the victim's crypto fortune. The tourist, from Turin, Italy, told cops he had done business with Woeltz in the past but the relationship soured. He said Woeltz lured him back to the US on May 6 — then allegedly seized his passport and began an ordeal straight out of a horror movie. According to investigators, Woeltz bound the man with electrical cords, electrocuted him, tased him with his feet in water, pistol-whipped him, and threatened to saw off his limbs with an electric chainsaw. Woeltz even reportedly took Polaroids of the torture — including one where the victim is seen tied to a chair with a gun to his head — in an apparent bid to extort money from the victim's family in Italy. Cops said the victim was forced to take cocaine and subjected to psychological torment, including being fitted with an Apple AirTag around his neck to track his every move. The man managed to flee after Woeltz allegedly declared it would be his 'death day.' He was found with numerous injuries, including one suspected to be from a chainsaw. He is now recovering at Bellevue Hospital. Woeltz has been charged with two counts of assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and criminal possession of a firearm. Police recovered a gun at the scene and are continuing to search the apartment under a warrant. The investigation remains ongoing. 6 Crypto investor John Woeltz has been charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment Credit: ABC 7 6 The victim was held for a week inside a $40,000-a-month apartment on Prince Street in New York's SoHo Credit: ABC 7 6 The 24-year old was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment Credit: Backstage
International Business Times
25-05-2025
- International Business Times
Who Is Beatrice Folchi? Bombshell Brunette Arrested Alongside Crypto King John Woeltz for Kidnapping, Torturing Italian Tourist Is Small-Time Actress
The bombshell brunette arrested alongside Kentucky crypto investor John Woeltz in connection with the suspected kidnapping and torture of an Italian tourist in a luxurious Manhattan apartment has been identified as small-time actress who works as a marketing manager for luxury brands such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, according to a report. Beatrice Folchi, 24, who worked as John Woeltz's assistant, was arrested on Friday at a SoHo penthouse, where a man from Turin, Italy, claimed he was held captive and brutally tortured for nearly three weeks in a disturbing scheme to force him to reveal the password to his crypto account, police sources said, according to the New York Post. Glamorous Kidnapper in Disguise Folchi, whose family lives in Connecticut, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. However, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said they have decided not to pursue the case at this time, pending further investigation, the outlet reported. However, Folchi — who is originally from Latina, Italy, according to her Facebook page — strangely insisted that she had no involvement in the kidnapping and torture of the Italian man when approached by The New York Post on Saturday. "I'm not arrested," she told the outlet outside her upscale apartment building in Chelsea, as she walked alongside another woman. "Everything is going to be told but with a lawyer — I can't make any comments right now," Folchi said, dressed in all black, wearing sunglasses, and carrying a Stella McCartney bag worth nearly $1,300. The pair then turned around and walked away down West 21st Street, refusing to answer any more questions. Folchi attended the University of Connecticut between 2017 and 2020, where she studied communication and philosophy, according to her LinkedIn profile. Since then, she has worked in several marketing-related roles. "Experienced in managing media production and events for prestigious clients in the sports and automotive industries, including Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley," reads the bio of her profile, which also boasts her fluency in the Italian language. Femme Fatale Online profiles for the 5'9" stunner on IMDb and Backstage reveal that she has appeared in several films, short productions, and TV series since 2020, including a 2021 drama called "Butterfly Wings". Neighbors of the Folchi family's home in Southbury, Connecticut, said on Saturday that her parents had rented out the property and were currently in Italy. Attempts to contact Puma, Manchester City, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley for comment were unsuccessful at the time. Folchi was reportedly arrested alongside Kentucky crypto investor John Woeltz, 37, and several over his accomplices for allegedly torturing an Italian tourist with a chainsaw during a disturbing, weeks-long extortion scheme in an attempt to gain access to the passwords to his crypto accounts, according to police sources. Woeltz was arrested after a 28-year-old Italian tourist—bruised and covered in blood—somehow escaped from the SoHo apartment on Friday morning and ran to a nearby police officer and claimed he had been held captive there for over two weeks, according to police sources, who spoke to the outlet. The suspects allegedly used a Taser on the victim, beat him with a pistol, and threatened to dismember him with a chainsaw unless he gave up access to the millions stored in his cryptocurrency account. On Friday morning, police raided the upscale mansion, which Woeltz was allegedly renting for roughly $30,000 to $40,000 a month, and pulled out one of the suspects, who was wearing a white bathrobe. According to the victim, his ordeal began on May 6 when he reached Manhattan from Italy, enticed by what turned out to be a fake business opportunity. Instead of a deal, he said his passport was confiscated, and the lavish apartment was transformed into a nightmare prison where he was held for weeks. The so-called 'crypto bros' including Woeltz allegedly tied the victim up using electrical cords and gave him electric shock, including using a Taser while his feet were in water. The nightmare began after a dispute over cryptocurrency, with the suspect allegedly attempting to extort millions of dollars from the victim through a series of brutal tortures, according to sources. The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital for medical care, while authorities arrested Woeltz.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Komodor Embeds Full Stack Kubernetes Management Capabilities Within Internal Developer Platforms to Accelerate Software Delivery
Integrations with Backstage and Port empower developers to troubleshoot and optimize K8s workloads within existing workflows TEL AVIV, Israel & SAN FRANCISCO, May 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Komodor, the company that automates Kubernetes operations, health, performance, and cost management, today announced the integration of the Komodor platform with Internal Developer Portals (IDPs), starting with built-in support for Backstage and Port. This new capability provides a single pane of glass directly within existing tools that allows developers to handle their applications on Kubernetes on a self-service basis. With this launch, Komodor brings native day-2 Kubernetes operations management—monitoring, troubleshooting, performance optimization and cost management—directly into the developer workflow. This enables developers to gain a guided, intuitive interface to understand their workloads and take action without needing deep Kubernetes expertise. It also allows platform teams to deliver a turnkey Kubernetes experience within Backstage and Port that drives greater developer independence and improves service availability. "Internal developer platforms have emerged to simplify software delivery, but Kubernetes remains a bottleneck that is complex, opaque, and disconnected from the developer experience," said Itiel Shwartz, Co-Founder and CTO of Komodor. "By embedding Komodor into Backstage and Port, we're giving developers a secure and easy way to see, understand, and fix issues in their services, right from the portal. It's the missing piece that makes IDPs truly self-service for addressing K8s issues." Addressing Kubernetes Gap in IDPs Most IDPs unify tools like CI/CD, templates, and security policies—but fail to offer meaningful visibility or control over Kubernetes environments. Developers are often forced to escalate issues to platform or site reliability engineering (SRE) teams, while Kubernetes operations remain decoupled from the IDP experience. Komodor fills this void by acting as a Kubernetes abstraction layer for IDPs. It integrates seamlessly with Backstage and Port to surface relevant insights—such as health status, configuration drift, cost anomalies, and service dependencies—within the developer portal. When issues arise, developers can use Komodor's AI-powered assistant Klaudia to troubleshoot and remediate problems quickly, without switching context. Enhanced Capabilities for Backstage and Port Users Kubernetes Workload Tiles: View real-time status of deployed services directly inside the portal Guided Troubleshooting: Receive step-by-step instructions to resolve issues with help from Komodor's AI agent, Klaudia Reliability and Cost Optimization: Monitor performance, enforce best practices, and reduce overprovisioning across environments Role-Based Access: Provide developers with the exact level of Kubernetes access they need—no more, no less Fleet Management for Platform Teams: Enable teams to oversee multi-cluster environments from a central workspace "Our mission is to unify all the teams and processes that need to come together to deliver software," said Jim Armstrong, Head of Product Marketing at Port. "By adding native Kubernetes management intelligence and automation to Port, Komodor reduces friction for developers and enables scalable, secure Kubernetes operations for customers." Availability Komodor's IDP integrations for Backstage and Port are available immediately. To request a demo, visit About KomodorKomodor reduces the cost and complexity of managing large-scale Kubernetes environments by automating day-to-day operations, as well as health and cost optimization. The Komodor Platform proactively identifies risks that can impact application availability, reliability and performance, while providing AI-assisted root-cause analysis, troubleshooting and automated remediation playbooks. Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries including financial services, retail and more, rely on Komodor to empower developers, reduce TicketOps, and harness the full power of Kubernetes to accelerate their business. The company has received $67M in funding from Accel, Felicis, NFX Capital, OldSlip Group, Pitango First, Tiger Global, and Vine Ventures. For more information visit join the Komodor Kommunity, and follow us on LinkedIn and X. View source version on Contacts Media Contact:Marc GendronMarc Gendron PR for Komodormarc@ 617-877-7480
