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Yahoo
26-05-2025
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Police file DUI, homicide by vehicle charges in fatal pedestrian crash in Carlisle
CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — A man is facing charges after police say he was under the influence when he drove up onto the sidewalk and struck two people. Martin Leroy Brinton, 57, is facing felony homicide by vehicle while DUI and aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI charges. According to Carlisle Police, around 8:17 p.m. Friday, Brinton drove up onto the sidewalk near South Hanover Street and West Pomfret Street in the borough and struck a 73-year-old woman and 74-year-old man. The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital and the man is in critical condition, police said. Brinton, police alleged, was under the influence at the time. Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Apple TV devices He was taken to an area hospital for treatment and then to Cumberland County Prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
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CNN anchor in the dark about Sam Brinton, the infamous, nonbinary ex-Biden nuclear official
CNN anchor Pamela Brown insisted she knows absolutely nothing about Sam Brinton, the infamous, nonbinary former Biden administration official who was famously charged with multiple thefts of suitcases filled with women's clothing from airports. Brinton first made headlines in mid-2022 after being appointed to lead nuclear waste policy at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy as a nonbinary gender-fluid person who uses they/them pronouns. Brinton stayed in the news as the luggage theft scandal played out, but Brown apparently missed the entire ordeal. During a heated segment on Tuesday, Brown said the Trump administration was "trying to claw back several employees who oversaw nuclear weapons," when Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., reminded her about Brinton. Gop Lawmaker Clashes With Cnn Host Over Trump And Musk, Takes Shot At Network Ratings "You talk about nuclear secrets, you had a person who was in charge of nuclear secrets, a man, who dressed up as a woman, would go into the airport and steal women's luggage, was overseeing those nuclear secrets under the Biden administration and I never heard y'all say a peep about that," Burchett said. Brown shot back, "I don't know anything about that, I'll be transparent." Read On The Fox News App Burchett told the CNN anchor she should "look up" the Brinton story. Brown might be in the dark because CNN largely ignored the Brinton story, publishing an online story headlined "Top Energy Department official no longer employed after luggage theft accusations," in December 2022. The story was covered on-air by CNN only once, according to a search of Brinton's name via Grabien Media, when a December 2022 report on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" downplayed his ties to Biden. Non-binary Ex-biden Official Sam Brinton Was On Secret Taxpayer-funded Trip At Time Of Luggage Theft "Several House Republican lawmakers jumped on the case to claim this incident in the case of the Biden administration prioritized wokeness over competence hiring Brinton in the first place. But we should note, Brinton was not a Biden appointee instead hired as a senior civil service official," CNN's Jeremy Diamond told viewers. The comment by Brown really showed her "ignorance," according to Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, who noted it was a "huge story" outside the liberal bubble. "If you're a news anchor at CNN, I guess you overlooked anything that revealed the incompetence and sheer insanity of the Biden administration," he said on "Gutfeld!" "It should be the new motto for CNN, 'We know nothing, but at least it's transparent," Gutfeld joked. CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Brown not knowing the Brinton story. In December 2022, the DOE announced Brinton had departed the agency but declined to comment on the reason. Police Find Female Designer's Stolen Clothes In Ex-biden Official Sam Brinton's Home In October 2022, police charged Brinton with stealing a traveler's baggage worth a total of $2,325 from the luggage carousel at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport after flying in from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 16 of that year. And in early December 2022, Las Vegas prosecutors charged Brinton with grand larceny of an item valued between $1,200 and $5,000. Police accused Brinton of stealing a suitcase with a total estimated worth of $3,670 on July 6, 2022, at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The bag contained jewelry valued at $1,700, clothing worth $850 and makeup valued at $500. Brinton was on an official taxpayer-funded trip to the Nevada National Security Site in Las Vegas at the time of the alleged Las Vegas theft. Then, in February 2023, following reports of those two cases, a female Tanzanian fashion designer based in Houston told Fox News Digital that some articles of clothing Brinton had been photographed wearing were in her luggage that she reported missing in Washington, D.C., in 2018. Brinton was arrested by Maryland and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officers related to Khamsin's allegations. Brinton was able to escape jail time in all three instances. Brinton agreed to enter an adult diversion program during a hearing on the Minnesota charge. Under the adult diversion program, Brinton was required to have a mental health evaluation, write a letter of apology to the victim, return any stolen property and complete three days of community service. Brinton was ordered to pay $3,671 to a victim and $500 in additional fees, including a criminal fine, in the alleged Las Vegas theft. Clark County Judge Ann Zimmerman then handed Brinton a 180-day suspended jail sentence, a sentence that doesn't need to be served, and ordered Brinton to "stay out of trouble." The Washington Free Beacon reported last year that Brinton "pleaded guilty to petit larceny as part of a sweetheart deal that will see him serve no jail time after facing felony charges that carried a sentence of up to 20 years" in the Khamsin case in D.C. Fox News Digital's Thomas Catenacci contributed to this report. Original article source: CNN anchor in the dark about Sam Brinton, the infamous, nonbinary ex-Biden nuclear official
Fox News
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
CNN anchor in the dark about Sam Brinton, the infamous, nonbinary ex-Biden nuclear official
CNN anchor Pamela Brown insisted she knows absolutely nothing about Sam Brinton, the infamous, nonbinary former Biden administration official who was famously charged with multiple thefts of suitcases filled with women's clothing from airports. Brinton first made headlines in mid-2022 after being appointed to lead nuclear waste policy at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy as a nonbinary gender-fluid person who uses they/them pronouns. Brinton stayed in the news as the luggage theft scandal played out, but Brown apparently missed the entire ordeal. During a heated segment on Tuesday, Brown said the Trump administration was "trying to claw back several employees who oversaw nuclear weapons," when Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., reminded her about Brinton. "You talk about nuclear secrets, you had a person who was in charge of nuclear secrets, a man, who dressed up as a woman, would go into the airport and steal women's luggage, was overseeing those nuclear secrets under the Biden administration and I never heard y'all say a peep about that," Burchett said. Brown shot back, "I don't know anything about that, I'll be transparent." Burchett told the CNN anchor she should "look up" the Brinton story. Brown might be in the dark because CNN largely ignored the Brinton story, publishing an online story headlined "Top Energy Department official no longer employed after luggage theft accusations," in December 2022. The story was covered on-air by CNN only once, according to a search of Brinton's name via Grabien Media, when a December 2022 report on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" downplayed his ties to Biden. "Several House Republican lawmakers jumped on the case to claim this incident in the case of the Biden administration prioritized wokeness over competence hiring Brinton in the first place. But we should note, Brinton was not a Biden appointee instead hired as a senior civil service official," CNN's Jeremy Diamond told viewers. The comment by Brown really showed her "ignorance," according to Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, who noted it was a "huge story" outside the liberal bubble. "If you're a news anchor at CNN, I guess you overlooked anything that revealed the incompetence and sheer insanity of the Biden administration," he said on "Gutfeld!" "It should be the new motto for CNN, 'We know nothing, but at least it's transparent," Gutfeld joked. CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Brown not knowing the Brinton story. In December 2022, the DOE announced Brinton had departed the agency but declined to comment on the reason. In October 2022, police charged Brinton with stealing a traveler's baggage worth a total of $2,325 from the luggage carousel at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport after flying in from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 16 of that year. And in early December 2022, Las Vegas prosecutors charged Brinton with grand larceny of an item valued between $1,200 and $5,000. Police accused Brinton of stealing a suitcase with a total estimated worth of $3,670 on July 6, 2022, at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The bag contained jewelry valued at $1,700, clothing worth $850 and makeup valued at $500. Brinton was on an official taxpayer-funded trip to the Nevada National Security Site in Las Vegas at the time of the alleged Las Vegas theft. Then, in February 2023, following reports of those two cases, a female Tanzanian fashion designer based in Houston told Fox News Digital that some articles of clothing Brinton had been photographed wearing were in her luggage that she reported missing in Washington, D.C., in 2018. Brinton was arrested by Maryland and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officers related to Khamsin's allegations. Brinton was able to escape jail time in all three instances. Brinton agreed to enter an adult diversion program during a hearing on the Minnesota charge. Under the adult diversion program, Brinton was required to have a mental health evaluation, write a letter of apology to the victim, return any stolen property and complete three days of community service. Brinton was ordered to pay $3,671 to a victim and $500 in additional fees, including a criminal fine, in the alleged Las Vegas theft. Clark County Judge Ann Zimmerman then handed Brinton a 180-day suspended jail sentence, a sentence that doesn't need to be served, and ordered Brinton to "stay out of trouble." The Washington Free Beacon reported last year that Brinton "pleaded guilty to petit larceny as part of a sweetheart deal that will see him serve no jail time after facing felony charges that carried a sentence of up to 20 years" in the Khamsin case in D.C.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
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Feds could owe Indianapolis residents on west side for proposed rail-to-trail conversion
A city proposal to convert an abandoned CSX line on the west side to a recreational trial could bring a federal payday to owners of property adjacent to the old rail easement. Lawyers from Missouri-based Lewis Rice filed a suit in January in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims contending the federal government owes landowners for property along a 1.8-mile former CSX railroad. CSX abandoned the rail line that runs parallel to Kentucky Avenue between South Harding and West Raymond streets, according to documents the company filed with the Surface Transportation Board in October. Trains that once ran along the line have been rerouted and the rails haven't been used for more than two years. The City of Indianapolis in December requested to convert the entire abandoned rail line to a recreational trail, according to federal documents, and CSX agreed to negotiate an agreement with the city. The transportation board has given the pair a year to come up with an agreement. Lindsay Brinton, an attorney with Lewis Rice's Federal Takings and Rails to Trails practice, said once the tracks are no longer in use, adjacent landowners can declare ownership of the property previously used by CSX. The conversion from a rail line to recreational trail creates a new easement on the property, which means the federal government owes affected landowners the value of any land taken for the trail. Central Indiana residents similarly affected by the Nickel Plate Trail conversion were awarded money last year for their property rights. More: Work begins on $11M pedestrian bridge project linking Monon, Nickel Plate trails Indiana has converted 580 miles of former rail lines into recreational trails with the potential to convert another 342 miles, according to the Rails to Trails Conservancy. The Monon, which runs about 27 miles through Marion and Hamilton counties, was previously one of the early railways that helped Indianapolis grow into the city it is today. One of the longest stretches of these rail conversions will combine nine trails and connect Richmond in the east to the Chicago metro area when complete. It will be part of the Great American Rail-Trail that runs from Pennsylvania to Washington state. Repurposing the old rail is a form of eminent domain, and there's nothing a landowner can do to stop it, Briton explained. 'This is a valid exercise of the federal government's power," she said, "but landowners have a right to be paid for that taking.' Two plaintiffs have been named in the suit, but there are about 20 more landowners eligible to file a claim, Brinton said. Lewis Rice will host a meeting at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Hyatt Place Indianapolis Airport to explain how other landowners can be represented in the suit. Brinton and her colleagues at Lewis Rice previously worked on similar lawsuits in Indiana and expect the case to take about two years until landowners are paid. Landowners will have to prove they hold a title and valid claim to the property and then prove the government in liable for the taking. 'If landowners want to learn more, come to the meeting or call us,' Brinton said. 'We're happy to talk by phone or Zoom.' The firm will have paperwork at the Wednesday meeting for anyone who wants to join the suit. IndyStar's environmental reporting project is made possible through the generous support of the nonprofit Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. Karl Schneider is an IndyStar environment reporter. You can reach him at Follow him on BlueSky @ This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: West side property owners may be due money for rail-to-trail conversion
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Politics
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Utah bill would further restrict teenage marriages, lower legal age gap to 4 years
Senate Minority Assistant Whip Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, is pictured on the first day of the legislative session at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) A Utah bill to restrict the allowable age gap between an underage minor and his or her adult spouse cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday. The Senate Health and Human Services committee voted unanimously — without debate — to endorse SB76. The bill now goes to the full Senate for consideration. Currently in Utah, a minor must be at least 16 years old to be married, but those under the age of 18 must have signed consent from a parent or guardian and permission from a juvenile court. State law also already restricts a judge from allowing a 16- or 17-year-old from marrying anyone more than seven years older. With SB76, sponsor Sen. Jen Plumb, D-Salt Lake City, wants to lower that legal age gap for minors to four years. Her bill would also restrict the courts from issuing a written authorization for a minor to marry until at least 72 hours after the time at which the minor and his or her parent or legal guardian file paperwork for permission. 'Ultimately, for me, it is about protecting our young, our kids,' Plumb told lawmakers on the Senate committee. 'It is likely more our girls, but it is all of our kids who could be put in vulnerable situations when they're in this young, critical time in their lives.' Jennifer Brinton, a pediatrician and a member of the Utah chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, urged support of the bill. 'I really wish that children weren't victimized by child marriage at times, but unfortunately the data shows that sometimes it's used to cover up statutory rape and sometimes child trafficking happens as well, giving kids fewer options for their future,' Brinton said. Brinton cited a 2021 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health that showed nearly 300,000 minors under 18 were legally married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, and a vast majority were ages 16 or 17. The study also found that included mostly girls wed to adult men an average of four years older or more. 'I really recommend looking at ways we can help strengthen the support and protection for these youth, to not limit their future potential and to not make them victims without a voice,' Brinton said. Over the last five years, the Utah County Clerk's Office has issued 28 marriage licenses to 32 minor applications, according to Russ Rampton, who works in that office's marriage license division. He said in that time frame, the average age gap was about one and a half years, while the highest was three and a half years. Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman said her office has issued seven marriage licenses to minors since 2019. Of those seven, she said three had an age gap larger than four years. 'But for the most part, most of them were relatively close in age,' she said, speaking in support of Plumb's bill. Lawmakers then voted unanimously to pass the bill and forward it to the full Senate for consideration. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
