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Hans India
03-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Cyberabad Commissionerate marks June 2 celebrations with gusto
Hyderabad: The 11th Telangana State Formation Day was celebrated with utmost enthusiasm on June 2 at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate. The event commenced with the National Flag being unfurled by Cyberabad police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty. The Commissioner also received the Guard of Honour from the Parade Commander. On this occasion, the commissioner emphasised the importance of collective effort in building a strong and progressive Telangana. He called upon all personnel to serve with unity, dedication, and renewed energy. 'By giving our best in every role, we can make a meaningful impact and uphold the true spirit of service,' he stated. He concluded by extending his best wishes to all, saying, 'I hope you achieve great success in your career.' Cyberabad Joint CP Traffic Dr Gajarao Bhupal, DCPs Dr Vineeth G (Madhapur), Koti Reddy (Medchal), Suresh Kumar (Balanagar), Ch Srinivas (Rajendranagar), B Rajesh (Shamshabad), EOW DCP K Prasad, Crimes DCP LC Naik, SB DCP Sai Sri, and ADCPs, ACPs, Inspectors, ministerial staff, and other personnel were present.
Los Angeles Times
21-05-2025
- Los Angeles Times
L.A. Times Studios Releases Podcast Series ‘L.A. Crimes'
L.A. Times Studios today released 'L.A. Crimes,' a video podcast delving into the biggest cases and long-running investigations in Los Angeles. The series is hosted by Madison McGhee, true crime podcast creator and host of 'Ice Cold Case.' The first episode is available now on all podcast platforms. The weekly podcast will feature conversations with Los Angeles Times reporters sharing a rare behind-the-scenes look at their reporting process, plus crime experts and pop culture personalities sharing their insights on some of the most consequential crime cases shaping L.A. today, from scams and celebrity stories to notorious criminal cases. 'We're thrilled to continue expanding our podcast offerings with the launch of our latest series, 'L.A. Crimes,'' said Anna Magzanyan, president of L.A. Times Studios. 'With host Madison McGhee leading conversations alongside esteemed Los Angeles Times reporters and special guests, each episode unpacks notable crime cases through compelling storytelling and new perspectives that will captivate listeners.' The debut episode features Times Staff Writer Richard Winton and journalist Josh Mankiewicz discussing the notorious Menendez brothers case, including the latest legal updates for Lyle and Erik, who have served more than 35 years in prison. Upcoming episodes include Times Staff Writer Harriet Ryan detailing the case of Tom Girardi defrauding clients and The Times' Clara Harter on the suspected homicide deaths in California prisons this year. 'Boiling Point,' 'Crimes of The Times,' 'The Envelope' and 'Dodgers Debate' round out the L.A. Times and L.A. Times Studios collection of podcasts available to download now. Additional podcast series are in development with launch dates to be announced. The first episode of 'L.A. Crimes' is available now to download or stream, with new episodes released weekly. Exclusive bonus content is available to L.A. Times Studios Podcasts+ subscribers.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Yahoo
‘We solved my mother's murder': Mansfield doctor up for parole; son speaks out
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – New Year's Eve 1989, Collier Landry, 11, was in his bed at 3:18 a.m. when he said he heard two loud thuds in the house. 'I can hear my father, voice really low, like murmuring, and I'm laying in my bed, and I always sleep with my door open as a kid, and I'm laying in my bed, and I'm just kind of frozen,' he told Fox 8 News. Pregnant woman, 2 children die in Kingsville Township trailer home fire 'Everything inside me at that moment is telling me, don't look up.' Collier Landry 'I'm trying to think of, like, what to do. Do I get up? Do I or what do I do? And I'm just trying to think of all the scenarios, like, what could I do? I'm a child. My father, six foot three, what is going on in there? But I decide to stay in my bed and I'm just holding this pose and I and I hear the footsteps walk down the hall and out of my peripheral vision, I can see my father's feet standing in the doorway because I recognize his shoes and everything inside me at that moment is telling me, don't look up,' said Landry. In the morning his mother was not there. 'I came downstairs, and I confronted my father. He was sitting in our living room on our couch, and he had a towel wrapped around his waist. He had just gotten out of the shower, and I said, 'Where is my mother?' And he didn't say anything at first. And I said again. I said, 'Where is my mother?' And I'll never forget. He just looked up so coldly and just said to me, 'Well, Mommy took a little vacation Collier.'' 'Mommy took a little vacation, Collier.' Collier Landry testimony 'Right then, I knew he had done something to her.' Landry's father, John Boyle, a prominent osteopathic physician in Mansfield, convinced him not to call police. But Landry had kept telephone numbers for some of his mother's closest friends, and he reasoned they could call police. 'Drug trafficking enterprise' taken down on Cleveland's westside: I-Team At that point Noreen Boyle was just considered a missing person. Detective David Messmore took the case believing within a day or two Noreen would return home. But during his first visit to the Boyle home, he said Collier was adamant that something had happened to his mother and he wanted to share what he knew with Messmore. NE Ohio man faces felony in 'worst' animal cruelty case 'All the detectives that work for me in the Major Crimes were busy. They had a lot of work to do, there were stabbings and armed robberies and burglaries. And so, I took the case myself just to dispose of. And hopefully I would find out that she was back home the next day. Not that didn't happen. I went to the house and talked to him for a short period of time, and he was very, very upset,' said Messmore. 'His grandmother was Dr. Boyle's mother was there, and she walked around and any time she got away from us, Collier would indicate to me that he was very concerned. And so I came back that evening, I probably seven or 8:00 at night, and I wanted to talk to him again and she said, no, there wasn't a day where I could talk to him,' said Messmore. Arrests made in 'prolonged, severe' torture of 6 children Impressed by Collier's maturity at his young age and his determination to share what he knew, the detective started meeting with Collier at his school. 'He actually was extremely concerned, and said his mother never left without telling him where she was going or he would be with her. And so, Collier is a very convincing 11-and-a-half-year-old. I mean, he was, is very intelligent and it raised a lot of red flags.' Collier was already aware that his father had an extramarital affair and that his mother had filed for divorce. 'I must have talked to him for, I think like, probably 2 hours and just laid out the entire timeline of what I knew about my parent's marriage, my father's proclivity for violence, his apoplectic temper. My mother and my fear of him, the divorce, the girlfriend, everything I knew,' said Landry. Authorities searched the Boyle house in Mansfield but found no evidence of foul play there. But Messmore discovered that Dr. Boyle bought a home near Erie, Pennsylvania, with his girlfriend posing as his wife. The doctor had also rented a jackhammer in Mansfield and purchased concrete mix and indoor-outdoor carpeting in Erie days in advance of his wife's disappearance. He obtained a search warrant for the Pennsylvania house first focusing on the garage where he found nothing unusual about the cement floor. 'And so I turned as I opened the door into the basement, there was a very loud odor of fresh concrete and paint,' said Messmore. In the basement were new wooden shelves that had just been built. Underneath them was another piece of the indoor-outdoor carpeting. Judge reduces Menendez brothers' murder sentences Another detective found a piece of what appeared to be some uncured concrete, so they removed the shelving and underneath the carpeting they found an area where the cement was not yet fully dried and underneath it they found a body buried in a tarp. 'There was a tarp which I knew he had purchased a tarp, and we finally excavated all of that and as they pulled the tarp up there was a body in it and we unrolled it and I looked at the picture and it was definitely Noreen,' said Messmore. Police in Mansfield went to the Boyle home and placed Dr. Boyle under arrest. What followed was one of the most publicized trials ever in Ohio. Cameras were permitted in the courtroom, and a television had been placed in the hallway of the courthouse where an overflow crowd could watch the trial. 'Outraged': Cats thrown from truck onto local highway Messmore sat at the prosecutors table through the entire proceeding. One of the key witnesses against his dad at the trial was Collier. 'No child wants to be in that situation where they're testifying against one parent, no matter how terrible the parent is or what they might think for the murder of another parent,' said Landry. 'I, I don't regret standing up for my mother. I don't regret testifying. I don't regret, I mean, I regret the situation, if that makes sense. But I don't regret doing what I did,' he told Fox 8 News. A jury convicted Boyle of murder, and he was sentenced to 20 years-to-life in prison. With his mother dead and his father in prison, Collier said no one in his extended family wanted to raise him. Man wanted for alleged rape and beating of elderly woman in Cleveland By now he had developed a close relationship with Messmore and his family and asked the detective if they would adopt him. Messmore agreed, but a local judge rejected the request, placing Collier with another family and denying him the opportunity to even visit with the Messmores. Landry avoided having any relationship with his father. For years he says he received threatening letters from prison with his dad demanding he recant his testimony. On his 18th birthday he showed up at the Messmore's house. The detective said Landry told them no one could keep him from visiting them any longer. 'Dave and I have a bond that I will never have with anyone else in my life. He together, we solved my mother's murder. He stood up. He helped me. He helped give me a voice, a voice to the voiceless and helped convict my father of a heinous crime that he could have gotten away with if it wasn't for him,' said Landry. Now 47 years old, the same age as his father was when he was convicted, Landry lives in Los Angeles where he produced a film called 'Murder in Mansfield.' For that documentary he finally confronted his father, now in the Marion Correctional Institution, but got no answers to what or why he did what he did. He is the host of a podcast focusing on the investigation and the conviction of his father. It was during a podcast that his dad finally offered an explanation, not an apology, for what he said happened. WATCH: State trooper rescues loose dog on I-77 Dr. Boyle contends it was during a heated argument that Noreen fell hitting her head. He placed a plastic bag over her head and kept her nearby until the next day when he drove her body to the house near Erie and buried her there. Detectives, however, say there was a mountain of evidence to show that the crime was planned days, if not weeks, in advance to kill and bury his wife, so Dr. Boyle could move into his new home with his pregnant girlfriend. Boyle was denied parole in 2010 and again in 2020. But later this year he will once again be eligible for parole. Landry, who for years has called his father a monster, says he has mixed emotions. 'How do you let someone who has been incarcerated for 35 years out on the street when the entire world has changed and is that even compassionate? What is he going to get a job? He can't be a doctor again, you know. He is 82 years old. And so those are a lot of factors that come in, the compassion of release in my mind. And also, is he even ready to rejoin society? Because I don't know if he has come to grips with the crime that he committed, more than willing to admit his part in it fully as he probably should,' said Landry. Messmore is more direct in what he believes, saying he is willing to write to or speak with members of the parole board. 'He could stay there until he is expired, until his life has ended; he has no business getting out,' said Messmore. 'He has no business getting out.' Detective David Messmore, Mansfield Police Department (ret.) In the meantime, Messmore and Landry continue to have a close relationship. Landry visits the Messmore family when he is in Mansfield. He likes to re-direct attention on his story to his mother. 'Victims get lost in all of this. We really focus on the killer, and what they have done; we never think about the beautiful woman that my mother was and the kind and caring and generous person she was,' said Landry. He wants to use his voice and his platform to be a positive influence for others who have experienced tragedy. 'The most important thing I like your viewers to take away from is and this might sound strange, but I am grateful that and I hope that I can show by leading a good life that you don't have to let these things define who you are.' Check out his podcast here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
SPD warns public of cryptocurrency scams after over $1.2 million was lost in 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Local police are warning the community about cryptocurrency scams that are becoming more widespread. According to the Springfield Police Department (SPD), they received 53 reported cryptocurrency-related scams last year. The losses from those scams totaled more than $1.2 million, but detectives from SPD's Financial Crimes Unit also recovered $109,389 throughout 2024. SPD says residents should become aware of common warning signs and red flags associated with these crypto scams. Some of the red flags SPD noted include: Promises of guaranteed or high returns: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is because legitimate investments do not promise risk-free profits. Urgent demands, limited time offers or pressure to act fast: Scammers create artificial pressure to rush decisions that prey on emotions. Requests for advance payment or fees: Especially when payment is requested in cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Unsolicited messages from unknown contacts: These may come via text, email, social media, or dating apps. Instructions to keep the interaction secret: Isolation is a common tactic used in fraud. Impersonation of government agencies, businesses or romantic partners: Fake identities are frequently used to build trust. Unfamiliar platforms that block fund withdrawals: Scam platforms may simulate investment growth but prevent access to funds. Requests for sensitive information: Never share wallet credentials, remote access, account information or private keys. Convoy of Hope helps Springfield neighbors clean up storm damage 'Many victims feel ashamed for falling for a scam and will choose to quietly suffer,' said Financial Crimes Detective Mark Stewart in a news release. 'Criminals are very good at what they do. Victims are not alone.' Anyone who believes they were targeted by a cryptocurrency scam is encouraged to act quickly by reporting the issue at 417-864-1810 or visiting SPD headquarters at 321 E. Chestnut Expwy. from Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
RNZ News
24-04-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
No virginity testing and amending alcohol licensing rules on Indian origin MPs agenda
Labour's Priyanca Radhakrishnan and ACT's Parmjeet Parmar look to be the only MPs of Indian origin in the next parliamentary term. Photo: RNZ / Supplied The two MPs of Indian origin in the current Parliament - Labour's Priyanca Radhakrishnan and ACT's Parmjeet Parmar - have lodged private members' bills on issues important to them. Radhakrishnan, who has been a lawmaker since 2017, has proposed the Crimes (Virginity Testing Practices) Amendment Bill which "seeks to protect vulnerable women and girls by amending the Crimes Act 1961 to introduce new offences that criminalise virginity testing and the related practice of hymenoplasty". Meanwhile Parmar, who has been an ACT Party MP since 2023 (she was a National Party MP earlier between 2014-2020), has proposed the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Participation in Licensing Decisions) Amendment Bill, which "seeks to strike a balance between the rights of licensed businesses and the interests of the local community by ensuring a fair and transparent process for the application and renewal of liquor licenses". According to Parliamentary rules, members' bills are bills introduced by members who are not ministers. "Every second Wednesday the House gives precedence to local, private, and members' bills. On these days members' bills are debated," the Parliament website says. "At least eight members' bills awaiting first reading must be on the Order Paper on each members' day. When a space on the Order Paper becomes available, a ballot is held to decide which members' bill(s) will be introduced. "Members enter bills in the ballot by lodging notices of proposal with the House Office and providing a copy of the proposed bill. "The proposed bill is then posted on the website and members can publicly indicate their support for the bill prior to the ballot." Importantly, if 61 or more non-executive members indicate support for a member's bill, the bill will be introduced without needing to be selected through the ballot, according to the Parliament rules and procedure. Calling virginity testing and hymenoplasty invasive and harmful practices, with no medical or scientific basis, the former Labour minister wants these practices to be formally recognised as a crime because these violate a woman's human rights. "In many societies around the world, purity before marriage is an expectation. In some cases, this gets taken further and the expectation is to prove it," Radhakrishnan said. "This is not a cultural practice; it's rooted in patriarchy and is a human rights violation. Only women are expected to be pure and only women are punished if they're not." Claiming great support from the community for the bill, Radhakrishnan said she had worked on similar issues before entering the Parliament, where human rights violations had been guised as cultural practices. "I am aware [that] these issues often remain hidden," she said. "The UK has already banned virginity testing and hymenoplasty, and the World Health Organisation has called for its global ban. It's time New Zealand also recognises this form of gendered abuse and acts to end it." Claiming her party ACT "is determined to unwind cumbersome red tape that imposes unnecessary cost, stress, and uncertainty on businesses", Parmar said she was made aware of issues in alcohol licensing by a business association. "Many liquor shops are now having to spend significant amounts of time and money on consultants and lawyers to seek help against the uncertainty they face for the future of their business. The individuals who own these shops have invested their hard-earned savings and often have their homes mortgaged to build a life for themselves and their families," the lawmaker said. "It is important that we have a balanced approach that respects the rights of legitimate businesses along with the interests of the community in the vicinity." Parmar said her bill sought to strike a balance between the rights of licensed businesses and the interests of the local community by ensuring a fair and transparent process for the application and renewal of liquor licences. "[Her] bill defines who is eligible to oppose an application for, or renewal of, a liquor licence, with a focus on those parties most affected by the operation of the business," she added. "It also seeks to provide certainty to licensed outlets in the event of a new sensitive site appearing nearby that under current legislation could threaten a licence renewal." The ACT Party's ethnic communities spokesperson pushed back on suggestions it (issues with alcohol licensing) was an Indian community issue. "This is [because] a significant number of liquor outlets are owned by Kiwi Indians. To me it is important such distracting perspectives are not allowed to overshadow the real concern. My commitment is to ensure our policies create fair and just business environment for all legitimate business regardless of business owners' ethnic backgrounds," Parmar said. "I am quite confident that I will be able to get the support needed for it [when the bill is drawn from the ballot] to pass into law."
