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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Hudson motorcyclist dead after collision with SUV in Litchfield
A 41-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday night after striking the rear of an SUV that was backing onto a highway in Litchfield, police said. Jean Lopes of Hudson was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near 519 Charles Bancroft Highway, according to the Litchfield Police Department. Police said the collision occurred when a Toyota RAV4 was reversing onto the highway and was struck from behind by Lopes's Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Lopes was found unresponsive in the roadway. "Witness accounts suggest the RAV4 was in the process of reversing onto Charles Bancroft Highway when it was struck from behind by the motorcycle," police said. The Litchfield Police Department is investigating the crash with assistance from the Hudson Police Department's Crash Investigation and Reconstruction Team. The New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an examination. Anyone with information about the crash can contact Officer Roche at 603-424-4047 or troche@
Daily Mail
03-05-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Sickening past of Texas stepdad whose boy, 6, died after he 'let girl, 10, drive his truck'
The stepfather of a little boy who was killed when a 10-year-old girl drove his truck into their house had been previously imprisoned for gang raping a teen girl a decade ago. Kash Riley Yeater, 6, died when the huge Nissan Titan pickup truck destroyed the porch of his home in Lufkin, Texas, in the early hours of Sunday. His stepfather Clinton Earl Johnson Jr, 31, allegedly gave the girl the keys so she could move it out of the way of her tricycle, but instead she ran over Kash. Johnson was portrayed as the perfect stepdad on Facebook by Kash's mother, Paiton Rose, 27, in hundreds of adorable family snaps and gushing posts. But the truth is far more sinister. Johnson was sentenced to eight years in 2013 for gang-raping a 16-year-old girl in March 2011, along with his father two other men. The four men held the victim down on a mattress in the backyard of Clinton Earl Johnson Sr.'s house in Hudson, Texas, and took turns raping her. Johnson was arrested by the Hudson Police Department weeks later and charged with six counts of sexual assault, at least one of them aggravated. Kash Riley Yeater, 6, was killed when his stepfather 'let a 10-year-old girl drive his truck and she crashed it into their house' He pleaded guilty to one count in a plea bargain. His father was jailed for five years after pleading guilty to one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact. Timothy Headly, then 21, and Adrian Eugene Moreland, 18, were both also jailed on similar charges. Johnson Sr. died on May 22, 2018, at the age of 60, according to his obituary. But the younger Johnson's criminality didn't stop after he was released from jail sometime before 2021. He was given a year's probation for driving under the influence on January 18, 2021, in a deferred disposition, despite his rape conviction. Then in 2022, he was charged with assault causing injury for an attack on on New Year's Eve 2021. He was fined, but it was unclear from records if he was jailed. Johnson was dating Rose at the time, and she wrote in gushing Facebook posts of 'rough patches' in their relationship and that they had 'been through hell'. Rose admitted in 2022 that their relationship 'definitely haven't (sic) been peachy' and they were in a 'rough patch', which she believed 'will make us indestructible'. Court records did not identify the victim in Johnson's assault case. Rose in the same post claimed her then-fiancé would 'give the shirt off his back, give you his last dime, his last meal'. 'This man took my boys in just like they were his and has never treated them as anything other than his,' she wrote. 'Baby you have loved us beyond measure, and that love has never changed or switched up... I don't know what we would do without you. You're the hardest worker I know and you have always made sure we were taken care of.' Then last September, she wrote at length about Johnson and what a good stepfather he was to her two sons. 'We have been through hell baby, and it's made us so much stronger together.. every obstacle we've encountered, we have overcome!' she wrote. 'You have turned into such an amazing father and an even better husband. I am proud of every single thing you have accomplished, even if it's no big deal to you, it is to me. 'You're such an amazing man, with a heart of gold, and the most beautiful soul. God brought you into my life 3 different times for a reason, and the third time was damn sure the charm!' Moments before Kash died, Johnson was grilling up a midnight feast of chicken and the 10-year-old girl complained his pickup was in the way of her riding her tricycle. He told the girl to 'scoot it up' and gave her the keys, according to the statement Rose made to police this week. Johnson told police the girl drove the truck several times before on backroads. But Rose, 27, said the girl 'got confused and got on the gas, causing the accident' when she ploughed through the porch, sending chairs and debris everywhere. Kash was sitting on the porch playing with Rose's phone, unaware of the 2.9 tons of metal accelerating toward him until it was too late. Angelina County Sheriff's deputies arrived about 1 am to find Kash lying on his back in front of the Titan on what was left of the porch. He was rushed to hospital but did not survive. When they arrived, deputies saw the barbecue, still with chicken sizzling on it, and the tricycle next to the pickup, along with poles and pieces of wood nearby. They alleged in their report that they smelled alcohol on Johnson and Rose's breath, and the couple both admitted to having three or four drinks while grilling. Johnson was arrested on Tuesday and released from the Angelina County Jail the next day on $3,000 bail, charged with felony criminally negligent homicide. Kash's obituary identified his father as Ian Yeater and listed Johnson as his 'bonus dad' and Yeater's new partner as his 'bonus mom'. 'Kash "Money" was a very happy child who always had a smile on his face,' the obituary read. 'He didn't believe in Santa but he lived up to his name Kash 'Money' by still believing in the tooth fairy because of the money under his pillow. 'He loved spooky things, but he was still afraid of the dark and had to have a light on. His best buddy was his brother... whom he loved dearly. 'Kash also loved his baby brother... he was the only one that could calm him down. He was a gamer boy and loved his video games (especially Among Us and Sonic). 'He enjoyed swimming, school, fishing and four wheelers. Kash had a very kind heart and loved to give and receive hugs.' Johnson and Rose were married in September 2023, with the groom and his stepsons wearing camouflage vests and cowboy hats. The couple had their own son in August 2024 and Johnson has two daughters, according to Kash's obit. Rose in multiple Facebook posts gushed about Johnson and what a good stepfather he was to her two sons. Rose also wrote online about Kash last year, saying he gave her 'something to live for'. 'I am so very proud of you and everything you have accomplished my Kash Riley! You will grow up to achieve amazing things, I just know it!! 'You are so smart, and kind, and oh so forgiving. I know I haven't always been the best momma, but you love me and teach me more and more every day! 'Please stop growing on mommy; Idk how much more of you getting big I can take! I love you so so so much my baby, and I hope you will stay a mommy's boy forever!' Kash will be buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Lufkin on Saturday.
USA Today
15-04-2025
- USA Today
Video shows Venezuelan man tackled by federal agents in New Hampshire court
Video shows Venezuelan man tackled by federal agents in New Hampshire court Show Caption Hide Caption Venezuelan man tackled by federal agents at New Hampshire courthouse In February, a Venezuelan man was tackled by federal agents when he arrived at a courthouse for misdemeanor charges. When 30-year-old Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez arrived at the courthouse in Nashua, New Hampshire on Feb. 20, he was set to appear for his arraignment on misdemeanor charges. But on the way to the courtroom, he was taken away by federal agents, missing his arraignment completely. In a video released by the New Hampshire Judicial Branch, Colmenarez is seen entering the Nashua Circuit Court, going through security and into an elevator, where he was followed by two men. One of the two men tapped Colmenarez's shoulder and identified themselves as a federal agent. As Colmenarez tried to leave the elevator, the video shows he was tackled to the ground, knocking an elderly bystander to the ground in the process. Colmenarez, who was only steps from the courtroom, never made his arraignment and instead, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee locator, is currently being held at the Rio Grande Processing Center in Laredo, Texas. A missed court date According to the Boston Globe, Colmenarez was being arraigned in court for allegedly driving with a blood alcohol concentration more than twice the legal limit on Feb. 9. The Globe also said Colmenarez was accused of driving without a license and failing to provide information after being involved in a car crash. According to a police report written by a Hudson Police Department officer and obtained local news media, agents like the ones seen in the video were working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and ICE to detain people who were showing up to court for either arrangements or hearings. USA TODAY has contacted the Hudson Police Department for more information. The Department of Homeland Security and ATF Boston did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on Tuesday. 'Unacceptable': Witnesses describe incident Witnesses who spoke to WMUR said the altercation was sudden and violent. In the video, an elderly man using a cane was knocked down as Colmenarez was tackled to the ground; the man suffered minor injuries. "Why is he so violently hustled to the ground the way he was in such an unsafe manner for him and everyone else around him?" the witness told WMUR. "Why? What was the urgency?" "Unacceptable. That's all I could think of," the witness told WMUR. "I was just so furious. I would not expect this in a courtroom in America." Others detained in courtrooms Other incidents like Colmenarez's have recently happened. On March 31, Wilson Martell-Lebron from the Dominican Republic was taken by ICE agents as he appeared in a court in Boston. Martell-Lebron was on trial for allegedly making false statements on his driver's license application. Witnesses described how plainclothes agents surrounded Martell-Lebron and whisked him away in an unmarked truck. Days later, Boston Municipal Court Judge Mark Summerville ordered a contempt charge against ICE agent Brian Sullivan, but that charge was dropped by a federal judge on Tuesday. Contributing: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
CBS News
14-04-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Video shows a Venezuelan man tackled in a New Hampshire courthouse. He was then sent by ICE to Texas.
A Venezuelan man facing misdemeanor charges in New Hampshire was tackled inside a courthouse by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who also knocked over an older bystander in the process. The man has since been detained in Texas, according to online records. Recently released security camera footage from Nashua Circuit Court shows two agents throwing Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez to the floor and handcuffing him on Feb. 20. An older man using a cane to walk also ended up flat on his back. Marquez Colmenarez, 33, had been charged on Feb. 9 with drunken driving, driving without a license and failing to provide information after an accident. He was heading to his arraignment on those charges when he was apprehended, Nashua Police say. Jared Neff, the court liaison officer for the Hudson Police Department, said he was in the prosecutor's office when he heard a loud commotion near the elevators. "There were voices yelling 'Stop!' and then a loud 'bang' which sounded like people had fallen on the ground and were actively fighting and struggling," he wrote in an incident report. Neff said he helped restrain Marquez Colmenarez, whom he described as actively resisting attempts to handcuff him. The agents were working on orders to detain immigrants in the country illegally, Neff said. They told Neff they had tried to detain Marquez Colmenarez quietly in the elevator, but he had fled. A judge later issued a bench warrant after he failed to appear for his arraignment. The prosecutor handling the case wasn't contacted by federal agents before the arraignment and didn't witness the arrest, police said. As of Monday, Colmenaraz was being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas, according to an online database. The agency did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Immigration officers were a growing presence at courthouses during President Trump's first term, prompting pushback from judges and other local officials. The president has gone further in his second term. As part of Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown , his administration in its first days repealed a policy initially put in place by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2011, which directed agents to avoid making arrests in "sensitive" locations like schools, houses of worship and hospitals, and expanded under former President Joe Biden to include courthouses and other places where immigrants may be trying to "access essential services." Under current policy, immigration officials can make arrests "in or near courthouses when they have credible information that leads them to believe the targeted alien(s) is or will be present" and as long as they are not prohibited from doing so by state or local law. After the Biden-era rule was terminated, the Homeland Security Department issued a statement saying the new Trump administration "will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense." In Boston, an ICE agent was held in contempt last month after he detained a suspect while he was on trial. The man detained, originally from the Dominican Republic and living with family in Massachusetts at the time, was on trial for allegedly pretending to be someone else in his driver's license application, CBS News Boston reported. The man's lawyers said ICE agents did not identify themselves and put him in a pickup truck as he was leaving court. He was taken into custody and detained in Plymouth, Massachusetts, according to the station.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
A Venezuelan man was tackled in a New Hampshire courthouse and sent by ICE to Texas
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Venezuelan man facing misdemeanor charges in New Hampshire was apprehended in a courthouse by federal agents who also knocked over a bystander as they tackled him. Recently released security camera footage from Nashua Circuit Court shows two agents throwing Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez to the floor and handcuffing him on Feb. 20. An older man using a cane to walk also ended up flat on his back. Marquez Colmenarez, 33, had been charged Feb. 9 with drunken driving, driving without a license and failing to provide information after an accident. He was heading to his arraignment on those charges when he was apprehended, Nashua Police say. Jared Neff, the court liaison officer for the Hudson Police Department, said he was in the prosecutor's office when he heard a loud commotion near the elevators. 'There were voices yelling 'Stop!' and then a loud 'bang' which sounded like people had fallen on the ground and were actively fighting and struggling,' he wrote in an incident report. Neff said he helped restrain Marquez Colmenarez, whom he described as actively resisting attempts to handcuff him. The agents were working on orders to detain immigrants in the country illegally, Neff said. They told Neff they had tried to detain Marquez Colmenarez quietly in the elevator, but he had fled. A judge later issued a bench warrant after he failed to appear for his arraignment. The prosecutor handling the case wasn't contacted by federal agents before the arraignment and didn't witness the arrest, police said. As of Monday, Colmenaraz was being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas, according to an online database. The agency did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Immigration officers were a growing presence at courthouses during President Donald Trump's first term, prompting pushback from judges and other local officials. The president has gone further in his second term by repealing a policy in place since 2011 for agents to generally avoid such places as schools, houses of worship and hospitals. Under current policy, immigration officials can make arrests 'in or near courthouses when they have credible information that leads them to believe the targeted alien(s) is or will be present' and as long as they are not prohibited from doing so by state or local law. In Boston, an ICE agent was held in contempt last month after he detained a suspect while he was on trial.
