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Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Kidnapping suspect arrested after I-25 chase facing new charge
(PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo.) — The suspect arrested on Monday, May 26, after a high-speed chase on I-25 and for an alleged kidnapping, is facing new charges from an unrelated incident that happened in Lakewood, Colorado, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office (PCSO). PCSO said on Monday, deputies were called to a robbery at the Circle K in northern Colorado City, just off I-25. While deputies responded, they learned the suspect left the scene in a 2020 grey Ford Escape, and around that same time, learned of a kidnapping report where the victim's vehicle matched the description of the Ford Escape and information pointed to the victim being in the area. A deputy later located the car and attempted to pull it over, but the driver sped away from the deputy, starting a chase that ended in Huerfano County north of Walsenburg. Deputies arrested the driver, identified as 28-year-old Shane McSwane; the kidnapping victim was shaken and emotionally distraught but uninjured. Deputies learned McSwane had allegedly carjacked the woman on Sunday night, May 25, in Aurora, and said he then drove the woman against her will for nearly four hours, going as far south as the town of Aguilar. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Kidnapping victim rescued after 30-mile chase on I-25 On Friday, May 30, PCSO said McSwane is being held in the Pueblo County Jail and facing a new charge of Attempted First-Degree Murder from an unrelated incident in Lakewood. Lakewood Police had issued a $250,000 warrant for McSwane for Attempted First-Degree Murder and Assault with a Deadly Weapon related to the incident that happened within their jurisdiction. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Plant City woman gets 67 years for 2nd fatal drunk driving crash
TAMPA — The Plant City woman who for the second time in her life admitted driving drunk and causing a crash that killed someone should serve 67 years in prison, a judge ruled Friday. Jennifer Carvajal wept and buried her face behind her long black locks throughout a three-hour sentencing hearing. She apologized repeatedly to the family of Pedro Carbajal, her cousin who was killed in the crash off Interstate 4, and two others who were seriously injured. 'No matter how many sorrys I say to each of you, or even him, I could never forgive myself,' Carvajal said. Hillsborough Circuit Judge G. Gregory Green said he struggled to comprehend how Carvajal, 28, for the second in her life could be accused of the same deadly crime. 'It is almost as if instead of taking every step to avoid putting yourself in that situation again, you took steps to ensure that it happened,' Green told Carvajal. 'And that is incomprehensible for this court.' The sentence dwarfed the five-year term Carvajal previously served the first time she was convicted of DUI manslaughter. In that case, and on Friday, too, judges heard testimony about Carvajal's horrific childhood, which included sexual abuse at the hands of male relatives. The abuse only came to light after Carvajal, at age 9, was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease, a social worker testified. She never received substantial mental health treatment for what was later pegged as post traumatic stress disorder and depression. At age 11, she was caught drinking beer in school. She contemplated suicide and was known to harm herself with broken glass. This time around, though, there was little notion that the horrors of Carvajal's past should ensure anything but a lengthy prison sentence. 'Two people have lost their lives at the hands of Jennifer Carvajal,' Assistant State Attorney Dawn Hart said in court. 'This community is not safe if Miss Carvajal is ever allowed back in society.' A packed courtroom heard the details of what led up to the crash from one of the survivors. Lexcia Gonzalez was Pedro Carbajal's girlfriend. They had a son named Julian. On the witness stand, she said she knew Jennifer Carvajal, but not well. She knew she had been to prison. On the night of April 24, 2021, the three of them met up for a family gathering at Pedro's grandfather's home in Plant City. Another cousin, Grady Ramirez, was there too. Late that night, they left in Gonzalez's car, a silver Hyundai Elantra. They first went to the Twilight Zone Lounge, a liquor store near the Hillsborough County line. They bought a bottle of Hennessey cognac. They later went to a Circle K store and bought Polar Pops to mix the liquor. They spent the evening drinking, hanging out at a Waffle House, alternating between the Polar Pops and taking swigs directly from the Hennessey bottle. Late that night, they went to another Circle K to use a restroom. While they were there, Carvajal asked Gonzalez if she could drive. 'I kind of ignored it the first time,' Gonzalez testified. 'She asked again.' When they left, Gonzalez was the front passenger. The two men sat in the back seat. Carvajal drove. They headed toward Ybor City. As they moved to get onto Interstate 4, Gonzalez noticed Carvajal having trouble steering. On the highway, she pressed the gas. Gonzalez watched her use her phone to take a SnapChat video of the Speedometer, showing the car topping 100 mph. Blue lights came on behind them. Gonzalez told Carvajal to slow down. 'She started panicking,' Gonzalez said. 'And saying that she didn't want to go back to jail.' Carvajal turned the wheel hard. The car went into a ditch, then up an embankment, then over a fence into the parking lot of the Gator Ford auto dealership. It overturned, smashed into a truck and knocked down a concrete pole and a palm tree. Gonzalez blacked out. When she awoke, she was on the pavement. She felt a burning pain in her body. Both her thighs were broken. Pedro Carbajal lay on a patch of grass bleeding from his head, his legs pinned beneath the car's crumpled metal. Jennifer Carvajal crawled out of the wreckage and went to him. She tried to pull him out and began to cry, Gonzalez said. She told Gonzalez: Tell them you were driving. She walked to a fence line that bordered the interstate. A road ranger who'd responded to the crash and two bystanders encountered her there. 'I'm on papers,' the ranger heard her say. 'I have a curfew. I'm not even supposed to be driving.' She said she needed to leave. Soon, though, Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrived. They noticed bruising on Carvajal's left shoulder extending down toward her waist. The driver's seat belt in the car was extended; none of the other belts had been used. An FDLE analyst determined that Carvajal's blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was between .10 and .14, above the .08 limit at which the state presumes impairment. A decade ago, Carvajal was accused of causing the death of a man named Keith Allen Davis. He was delivering copies of the Tampa Tribune early one morning in February 2014. As the sun rose, he moved his black Toyota Echo onto North Alexander Street. Carvajal at that same moment sped at 55 mph through a red light in an SUV, plowing into his car. Davis was declared dead at a hospital. Carvajal was days away from her 17th birthday when that happened. This is a developing story. Check back with for updates.
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Miami Herald
Man accused of robbery in AZ kidnaps 10-year-old, flees to California, cops say
A man accused of a Circle K robbery in Arizona kidnapped a 10-year-old girl and fled to California, police said. Martin Ochoa-Espinoza, 39, went to the convenience store at about 12:50 a.m. May 27, the Yuma Police Department said in a Facebook post. He is accused of pressing a hard object into the store clerk's back, then demanding money, police said. Police said they began looking for the 'suspect vehicle,' a white Ford Expedition. Authorities found the SUV the next day at about 7:30 p.m. parked at the gas pumps at another Circle K, police said. Ochoa-Espinoza was in the passenger seat when police approached, so he 'slid into the driver's seat' and drove off with a 10-year-old girl in the backseat, leaving the child's mother at the store, police said. Police said he drove from Yuma to Winterhaven, California, which is about a 4-mile drive. The SUV 'became inoperable' at railroad tracks in California where he was arrested on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, police said. It's not known if he previously knew the mother and child. The Yuma Police Department did not immediately respond to McClatchy News' request for more information on May 30. Yuma is in southwestern Arizona, near the California border.
Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
The Billion-Dollar Battle to Own 7-Eleven
7-Eleven convenience stores perfected their model in Japan, where diverse, fresh-food offerings attract locals and tourists alike. But the company, which had its start long ago in the US, has struggled to replicate that success elsewhere—particularly in the country where it was born. Now a new player believes it can do a better job at creating a global convenience store empire. Canadian company Couche-Tard, owner of Circle K stores, has made an unsolicited bid to buy Seven & i Holdings, the parent of 7-Eleven. On the Bloomberg Originals mini-documentary Why There's a Battle to Own 7-Eleven, we discuss how the famous chain had its start and why its Japanese locations are so different from those in the US.
Sunday World
3 days ago
- Sunday World
Dad of two ‘caught red-handed' driving directly at garda on stolen motorbike, court told
'He was caught red-handed,' the garda said. A MOTORBIKE rider drove 'directly' and dangerously at a garda, knocking him down and leaving him with a dislocated ankle, it has been alleged. Christopher Reynolds (24) was on a high-powered bike that was suspected to be stolen when he drove it into an investigating officer in an attempt to escape, a court was told. The father-of-two was refused bail when he appeared in court today charged with dangerously driving a stolen motorbike and assault causing harm to a garda in north Dublin yesterday. Mr Reynolds, a community employment scheme worker from Heatley Place, Malahide Road, Dublin 17 is also charged with unlawful possession of a screwdriver, and cocaine, on May 28. The CCJ in Dublin. News in 90 Seconds - May 29th At Blanchardstown District Court, Judge Aine Clancy remanded him in custody to a date next week, for DPP directions. Garda Declan Meehan said Mr Reynolds made no reply to any of the charges after caution at Finglas station at 11.10pm last night. Objecting to bail, he said he was among gardai attached to the district drug unit on patrol at North Road, Finglas when they saw two motorbikes driving into the forecourt of the Circle K garage. Believing the bikes to be stolen, the gardai approached on foot. The drivers observed them and tried to drive out of the forecourt, Gda Meehan said. He alleged the motorbike riders then drove dangerously at the gardai in an attempt to evade them and one made good his escape. The other - Mr Reynolds - drove directly at a garda, colliding with him and causing him to fall to the ground, it was alleged. Gda Meehan said the accused then ran off, against oncoming traffic on the wrong side of the dual carriageway. The garda followed him and Mr Reynolds took off his helmet and threw it at him as he attempted to evade him, he said. The accused was apprehended. The injured garda was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital by ambulance. The motorbike was a high-powered Husqvarna that had been stolen from an address in Raheny on April 18, the garda said. The accused had two small bags of cocaine and a screwdriver in his possession that he allegedly used to start the bike, he alleged. 'He was caught red-handed,' the garda said. 'He drove at gardai in a reckless manner with no regard to the safety of members of the gardai or the public. He attempted to evade justice by absconding from the gardai and evading capture.' A further charge of endangerment could be brought by the prosecution, Gda Meehan for bail, defence barrister Mark McMahon said the case would likely go to the circuit court and the accused who was presumed innocent would be in custody for at least two years awaiting trial. He was prepared to abide by bail conditions including not driving any vehicle. Gda Meehan said he did not believe Mr Reynolds would abide by bail conditions. Judge Clancy said she believed it was reasonably necessary to refuse bail and remanded the accused in custody to appear in Cloverhill District Court on June 4.
