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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
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Plan to build 3,000 homes in Nunavut still a success even if it falls short, housing corp. presidents says
Nunavut's premier and housing corporation president are defending the government's record on public housing following the release of a new Auditor General's report, which said Nunavummiut aren't being provided fair access. The report also stated there has been a lack of communication and misinformation about the targets outlined in the Nunavut 3,000 strategy — which aims to build 3,000 new homes by 2030. "We've been open and transparent in terms of showcasing what levels — they're all in different stages in terms of the construction phases," Premier P.J. Akeeagok said in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly this week. Nunavut Housing Corporation president and CEO Eiryn Devereaux said even if that target of 3,000 homes missed, the strategy will still be a success. "If we had kept doing everything the same, building a hundred units a year over nine years, we would have seen 1,000 units come into the territory," Devereaux said. "So we're talking about doubling and trying to triple the supply of much-needed housing." Devereaux said the 3,000 figure relates to units under construction since 2021, not since the launch of the strategy in 2022. "The 3,000 was always a target and it was always a target to drive change, drive the system, to say we have to do better, we have to do things differently because the status quo is just not working," he said. Devereaux said there are currently 440 units at "various stages of construction." "What's more important than people counting the numbers? It's the transformative change," he said. The Nunavut Housing Corporation accepted all of the report's 10 recommendations. More than 60 per cent of Nunavummiut rely on public housing, 45 per cent of which is overcrowded, according to Nunavut Housing Corporation data included in the auditor's report. The audit also found the housing corporation did not know whether publicly funded units were being allocated to applicants who needed them the most. Devereaux said they have a new maintenance management software system for local housing authorities, which should start rolling out later this year. "That'll help to centralize and to get data across all (local housing authorities) instead of them sort of doing it on their own in-house," he said. He said the housing corporation also plans to launch a new tenant relations and portfolio management system to take that burden off housing authorities too.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Yahoo
19-year-old woman killed in Spokane drive-by shooting was gang-related, police say
Mar. 25—Shootings, assaults and threats between street gangs led up to the fatal drive-by shooting of 19-year-old Maria "Mary" Kapustin last summer at a Spokane overlook known as the "West View," according to police in court documents. Law enforcement officers in Greeley, Colorado, arrested 19-year-old Couger L. Devereaux Jr. last week on a murder warrant issued by the Spokane Police Department, police said in a news release. Kapustin and her friends were gathered at about 1:35 a.m. July 7 at the "West View," located at 1300 West Courtland Ave., according to documents. The road goes up the hill above Emerson Park in north Spokane. She was sitting on the hood of her friend's car when Devereaux's vehicle, a 2012 Ford Fusion, went past the group. The occupants of the car fired at least seven shots at Kapustin and her friends, with one bullet striking Kapustin in her back and other bullets slamming into the car, police wrote in documents. Police discovered an "extensive history of violence" between criminal street gangs, including the East Side Familia Nortenos who are feuding with the Murder 1 Crips/Swaviii Crips, in the months leading up to and after the July drive-by shooting, Spokane Police Detective Benjamin Green wrote in court documents. The violence included multiple fights, assaults, shootings and threats. "This has created a level of animosity that contributes to the events of the homicide on 7/7/2024 and additional cases dating to the present day," Green wrote. Kapustin witnessed some of the violence between the gangs and dated someone from the Nortenos and then someone from Murder 1 Crips, according to documents. Sometime before the July shooting, Kapustin took cellphone video showing Devereaux and another person trading threats and insults with Kapustin and her boyfriend with Murder 1 Crips. Devereaux and the other person kicked Kapustin's car, documents say. Several people reported that during this altercation or another one, Devereaux, Kapustin's ex-boyfriend and their friends broke Kapustin's headlights, smashed in her windshield and slashed her tires. Her car was found several days after the shooting with damage consistent with what people described, according to documents. On the morning of the shooting, several witnesses described a dark four-door sedan, which was consistent with Devereaux's vehicle, passing by a few times while Kapustin and her friends were there, court records show. Devereaux's vehicle drove by Kapustin and well over a dozen people, including Crips, when shots were fired at the group. It's unknown who the intended target was, Green wrote. Those in Kapustin's group returned fire at Devereaux's car, which drove away from the scene, according to video surveillance. Kapustin died at the scene. Police received dozens of tips from people saying Devereaux and Kapustin's ex-boyfriend were the shooters, according to documents. Later that morning of the shooting, Devereaux texted his boss, who loaned him the car, asking him if he could see him and talk about something that happened. Devereaux never showed up and asked if he could extend his vacation before blocking his boss on his social media accounts, documents say. Devereaux's car was abandoned on the South Hill after the shooting. Police seized the vehicle, which had bullet holes on it, as evidence. Officers found seven shell casings inside the car indicating bullets were fired from inside the car. A spare tire was put on the car and the flat tire was in the trunk with a fired bullet inside it, Green wrote. They also found a vacuum in the car with spent shell casings and window glass in the vacuum. Documents indicated Devereaux's phone number was linked to the car's infotainment system and that cellphone location data traced his phone to the time and vicinity of the shooting. According to documents, three Spokane shootings were reported between the two gangs in a one-week span leading up to the fatal July shooting. The first was June 9 between the groups in the NorthTown Mall parking lot, Green wrote. Police believe Murder 1 Crips were targeting Nortenos in that shooting, and that Kapustin's death might have been in retaliation for the shooting. No one was shot and no one was arrested, according to previous Spokesman-Review reporting. A couple of cars not involved in the shooting were struck by gunfire. Witnesses told police the shooters fled. On June 14, police responded to a shooting between the Nortenos and the Swaviii Crips in the parking lot of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington's Mother Teresa Haven complex, 1920 N. Holy Names Court, according to court records. No one was arrested or injured at the time, the S-R reported. Those involved ran away, police said. The shooting sent the apartment complex and nearby Spokane Falls Community College into a lockdown. On June 16, police believe Nortenos members targeted Murder 1 Crips at an apartment complex at 2627 N. Market St., documents say. Police said at the time two groups of young people shot at each other at a large early-morning party, according to the S-R. Two people were shot and injured and no one was arrested related to the shooting. A witness told police she saw people shooting up at a third-floor apartment unit and people shooting from the balcony down toward the parking lot, according to search warrant documents. Devereaux was charged with suspicion of second-degree murder and drive-by shooting in Kapustin's death.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Yahoo
Florida man nabbed allegedly trying to outrun troopers while wearing Dalmatian onesie
A Florida man was recently arrested after leading authorities on a wild chase on Jan. 27 while wearing a Dalmatian onesie, according to police. Dylan Keith Devereaux, 36, is charged with fleeing to elude, escaping, reckless driving, leaving the scene involving property damage, battery on a law enforcement officer, assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence, depriving a law enforcement officer of equipment, drug equipment possession, possession of a new legend drug, possession of methamphetamine, and petit larceny, according to court records. Just after 12 a.m., Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers attempted to pull Devereaux over for driving recklessly, at a high rate of speed. Florida Man Facing Multiple Charges In Death Of Infant Daughter: 'Don't Know How A Father Could Do This' After initiating a chase, Devereaux crashed into a tree and took off running, according to an arrest report. He was shot with a stun gun and fell to the ground. As troopers were handcuffing him, a fight ensued and Devereaux was shot with the stun gun again, according to the report. Read On The Fox News App Florida Man Arrested For Allegedly Calling For Trump Assassination On Facebook; Secret Service Investigating Devereaux escaped once more and took off running toward the woods with one handcuff on, troopers noted. Additional officers arrived at the scene and a 3-year-old K-9 tracked Devereaux to his nearby home, according to FHP. The suspect's girlfriend told troopers she did not want them near her home since she had drugs inside and did not want to go to jail, according to the report. Authorities allegedly found drugs inside the home and arrested the article source: Florida man nabbed allegedly trying to outrun troopers while wearing Dalmatian onesie
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Yahoo
101 citations! Man in Dalmatian onesie outruns police, K9s and tasers with one hand cuffed
A Florida man dressed in a Dalmatian onesie has been arrested after evading police and K9 units despite being tasered and partially handcuffed. It was a rough day for Dylan Keith Devereaux, who fled after being initially spotted and pulled over by Florida Highway troopers in Pasco County on January 27, due to reckless driving, reported law enforcement authorities. Devereaux took off at a high rate of speed, stopping once to drop off a passenger before speeding off again, according to FHP officers, who were hot on his tail. The vehicle eventually crashed into a tree, and Devereaux leaped from the car. He was tasered and brought to the ground by troopers, according to a criminal probable cause affidavit obtained by ABC6. The 36-year-old reportedly began fighting with troopers in the road in a bid to escape before managing to sprint away with one hand cuffed, the affidavit recounted. Devereaux ran toward his nearby residence but fled into a forest trooper who saw him flee waited for backup before pursuing him, ABC6 reported. A K9 unit was later deployed and the dog led law enforcement to the home, where officers met his partner, Megan Elizabeth Hamilton, according to the affidavit. Hamilton, 31, explained that she could not let troopers inside because of the presence of drugs, troopers said Police returned to the home the next morning with a warrant and arrested Devereaux. He's charged with 13 offenses, including reckless driving, battery and assault on an officer, and possession of methamphetamine and a new, illegal substance. Devereaux is currently incarcerated at Pasco Detention Center where his partner has also been taken into custody, according to records.
Fox News
05-02-2025
- Fox News
Florida man nabbed allegedly trying to outrun troopers while wearing Dalmatian onesie
A Florida man was recently arrested after leading authorities on a wild chase on Jan. 27 while wearing a Dalmatian onesie, according to police. Dylan Keith Devereaux, 36, is charged with fleeing to elude, escaping, reckless driving, leaving the scene involving property damage, battery on a law enforcement officer, assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence, depriving a law enforcement officer of equipment, drug equipment possession, possession of a new legend drug, possession of methamphetamine, and petit larceny, according to court records. Just after 12 a.m., Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers attempted to pull Devereaux over for driving recklessly, at a high rate of speed. After initiating a chase, Devereaux crashed into a tree and took off running, according to an arrest report. He was shot with a stun gun and fell to the ground. As troopers were handcuffing him, a fight ensued and Devereaux was shot with the stun gun again, according to the report. Devereaux escaped once more and took off running toward the woods with one handcuff on, troopers noted. Additional officers arrived at the scene and a 3-year-old K-9 tracked Devereaux to his nearby home, according to FHP. The suspect's girlfriend told troopers she did not want them near her home since she had drugs inside and did not want to go to jail, according to the report. Authorities allegedly found drugs inside the home and arrested the couple.
