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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Meet Mac, the dog who can sniff out hidden cameras
This week, investigators in Cabarrus County uncovered evidence against a man accused of hiding devices and secret peeping on underage victims. One of those investigators was a five-year-old English Labrador who's specially trained to find secret items. 'We use Mac on most of our ICAT cases, which are Internet Crimes against Children,' Cabarrus County Sgt. Travis Coley said. This week, Mac helped find nearly 40 electronic devices hidden in a home, leading to dozens of charges against a Harrisburg man accused of distributing child sexual abuse material. RELATED >> Harrisburg man accused of spying on Airbnb guests and kids, sharing child sex abuse material 'That case kind of involved a lot of hidden devices. We found a set of glasses in the closet that had a hidden camera in it, something that would be kind of inconspicuous to everybody else,' Coley said. Coley is Mac's handler, and he says he's able to find devices even the best detective may miss. 'We know he works, we've seen it work, so it gives you the confidence that you didn't leave evidence behind,' Coley told Channel 9's Hannah Goetz. Mac can do it because he's trained to sniff out a specific chemical sprayed on electronic devices during manufacturing. 'It's called triphenylphosphate oxide, TPPO for short,' Coley said. We saw his nose at work in a training demonstration. Coley hid three small devices in a break room, and Mac found every single one. 'It's just like the coolest partner ever. He's always excited to come to work, he bounds around, runs round, greets everybody, because everybody's going to tell him he's a good boy, and he's the coolest thing in the world,' Coley said. Mac is one of only 150 police K-9s in the country with this skill. The man charged in the Harrisburg case, Christopher Brownstead, is accused of using a secret camera to spy on guests at his Airbnb bathroom, along with making child sex abuse material by spying on kids in parks and neighborhoods. Authorities said they expect more details to come out of this investigation. (VIDEO: 'Needs to be honored': Community calls for transparency after K-9's death in Wadesboro)
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Layoffs hit up to 350 more workers at Volvo Trucks plant in Virginia
Volvo Trucks North America plans to lay off up to 350 workers from a Virginia plant by the end of June as part of job cuts affecting up to 800 employees across the country. Employees at the New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia, were notified of the workforce reduction on Thursday, and their last day at the facility will be June 27, Volvo spokesperson Janie Coley said. 'Heavy-duty truck orders continue to be negatively affected by market uncertainty about freight rates and demand, possible regulatory changes, and the impact of tariffs,' Coley said in a statement to The Patriot News. 'In the case of [New River Valley], this is unfortunately a second wave of layoffs. You might recall that we announced a layoff of 250-350 in February; this ended up being about 180 people, due to attrition. So we currently expect that the total impact at [New River Valley] will unfortunately be about 430 to 530 people.' Volvo recently announced it was laying off 250 to 350 people at its Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Pennsylvania, and 50 to 100 people at its Volvo Group Powertrain Operations plant in Hagerstown, company employs 7,900 total workers at the New River Valley (3,400), Lehigh Valley (2,800) and Hagerstown (1,700) manufacturing plants. Sweden-based Volvo Trucks North America purchased Mack and its former parent company Renault Véhicules Industriels for $1.8 billion in 2000. The post Layoffs hit up to 350 more workers at Volvo Trucks plant in Virginia appeared first on FreightWaves. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Volvo to lay off at least 250 more employees at New River Valley manufacturing plant
DUBLIN, Va. (WFXR) — Volvo Group North America confirmed to WFXR Saturday afternoon that it plans to lay off 250-350 employees at its New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin. In addition to layoffs at the Dublin plant, the company plans to cut 250-350 jobs at its Macungie, Pennsylvania site and 50-100 at its Hagerstown, Maryland location. The workforce reduction at the Dublin plant will take place over the next 90 days, according to Volvo. 'Heavy-duty truck orders continue to be negatively affected by market uncertainty about freight rates and demand, possible regulatory changes, and the impact of tariffs,' said Janie Coley, director of public relations for Volvo Group North America. This marks the second wave of layoffs in 2025 at the Dublin plant, after Volvo announced it would cut 250-350 jobs at that location in February. The company says it ultimately laid off around 180 employees during that round, meaning a total between 430 and 530 employees will have been impacted following the second round of cuts. 'We regret having to take this action, but we need to align production with reduced demand for our vehicles,' said Coley. According to Virginia Works, the commonwealth's workforce development agency, this is the fourth major job reduction at the Dublin plant since 2016. The company made cuts of 734 and 519 employees between two rounds in February 2016. Volvo also laid off 700 employees in January 2020, just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
01-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Michigan State loses reserve cornerback to transfer portal
Michigan State loses reserve cornerback to transfer portal Michigan State has had a wild day in regards to the transfer portal, with three major basketball moves being made, but now, the football program has been affected by a departure to start the month of April. Reserve defensive back Caleb Coley has announced that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal, departing the Michigan State football program. A member of the 2022 recruiting class, Coley was a middle of the road 3-star that the Spartans had flipped from Vanderbilt. He spent three years with the Spartans before making this decision. In his three years with the program, Coley played in 10 games recording five tackles and one tackle for loss. He was not someone in line for a starting gig, but was going to be a major player in competing for playing time. A native of Warner Robbins, Georgia, there is no indication where he would be making his next stop at. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Cory Linsner on X @Cory_Linsner
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Steuben County's first state-licensed cannabis store opens in Corning
CORNING, N.Y. (WETM) — As legal cannabis operations grow in New York, Steuben County can finally be checked off the list as a new licensed facility is open in Corning. Culture Canna Co. has joined the businesses on Market Street after setting up shop at 90 East Market St, next to Maley's Pub. The shop is the first state-licensed retail dispensary to open in Steuben County, following Chemung County and others across the state as they lean away from illegal sticker shops and more toward state-licensed facilities. Matthew Coley, one of the shop's co-owners, told 18 News the shop is using all New York-grown and tested cannabis that's up to par with state regulations. Coley said the shop is trying to keep things as local as possible when it comes to the products. 'We are trying to stay as close to our location here in Corning as we can,' Coley said. 'We have distributors from Elmira, New York, we have distributors from Cortland, New York, we have distributors from Ithaca, New York, and we're trying to keep it local, trying to keep the money in the community and keep everything as close to home as we can,' Coley said. NYSEG to hold community connection event in Big Flats Coley added that everything in the shop is safe to consume as all products are regulated and tested to meet New York safety standards. Coley said the shop has something for everyone from recreational to healing products. 'We're getting a lot of people in that are looking to get to sleep easier, people who have pain or inflammation, inside or outside the body, and we have things that can help with all of that,' Coley said, stating that not everyone is looking to use cannabis for recreational use, but for those who are in pain, too. Coley and the other shop owner, Mark Kamandulis, had a soft opening for the shop on March 19 and have enjoyed the business so far. Kamandulis, a Big Flats native, is happy to be in the community, and making sure everything is done correctly. 'We're just excited to be here,' Kamandulis said, 'it's been a two-and-a-half-year process, we've gone through a number of different hoops with the state and the local municipality, just making sure that we're doing everything right,' he said. 'We want to do things the right way, we want to be good members of the community and we want to do this in a way where people are proud that we're here on Market Street with them and their businesses,' he said. The store is open Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
