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New York Post
5 days ago
- New York Post
Venezuelan migrant who'd rather go to Rikers than face ICE likely won't stay out of feds' hands for long
Joke's on him? A Venezuelan migrant who made the unusual move of voluntarily asking for bail to avoid being arrested by ICE could be locked up on Rikers Island for weeks or longer — regardless of if he posts the $100. Nolveiro Vera Ordonez, 30, likely will end up in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody no matter the outcome of his petty theft case in Manhattan court. A judge's quick decision to hold Ordonez on a federal criminal warrant will ensure he'll be rounded up by ICE once his state case wraps up, confirmed Al Baker, spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration, on Thursday. 5 The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. AP One immigration lawyer who spoke to The Post laughed at Ordonez's brazen attempt to wait out ICE in jail, while noting Rikers is probably not the best place to cool his heels. 'I'll give them points for thinking out of the box,' quipped attorney Edward Cuccia, though he added, 'As an immigration strategy, it's maybe not the best.' Ordonez's pathway to the questionable legal gambit began Monday, when he was allegedly spotted cutting a lock and stealing a bicycle in Harlem, court papers show. 5 Jail cells are seen in the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit at the Rikers Island Correctional facility in New York March 12, 2015. REUTERS An NYPD cop arrested Ordonez, leading to his Manhattan Criminal Court arraignment Wednesday on charges of petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and criminal mischief. The problem for the Venezuelan migrant is that he faced a criminal arrest warrant from a Texas federal court for allegedly illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in 2022, records show. A cadre of ICE agents were ready to nab Ordonez after the arraignment, so his lawyer, Elizabeth Fischer of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, made an unusual request: set his bail at $100, even though the offenses are usually bail-ineligible. Fischer cited an obscure New York law in which defendants can request bail at any time. 5 Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela April 23, 2025. REUTERS Judge Rachel Pauley, noting the request was 'highly unusual,' agreed to the set the bail — and effectively blocked the federal arrest. But Pauley also remanded Ordonez on the federal warrant, ensuring he'll stay behind bars. 'It is an indefinite hold,' Pauley said. The Big Apple's sanctuary city policies likely won't help Ordonez either. 5 Federal agents escort detainees to vehicles after exiting an Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office on June 04, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images Those mandates forbid city officials from helping the feds with civil immigration enforcement, such as someone overstaying their visa. But city officials have repeated stressed they actively cooperate with the feds on criminal immigration charges — which Ordonez faces. 'The judge did her job and followed the law,' Baker said in a statement. 'It's our understanding that the federal criminal warrant, signed by a US magistrate judge from western Texas, would be honored by a local correctional facility,' he said. 'And the defendant subject to it, if he posted bail in the state case, would be released to federal custody to be arraigned on the federal warrant.' 5 Rikers Island is seen in this aerial photograph taken in New York on October 31, 2012. REUTERS Fischer didn't return a request for comment. Cuccia, who is not involved in the case, said Ordonez's attempt to wait out the feds in Rikers still might be better than the alternative. He said he'd advise people facing immigration trouble to stay in local jail, where they have more rights. 'Immigration jails are kind of a black hole,' he said. 'Once you get in there, you can be stuck there for a very long time.' — Additional reporting by Joe Marino and Jennie Taer
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Area seniors celebrate project milestones ahead of graduation
CARTHAGE, Mo. — With graduation approaching, some local seniors are putting the finishing touches on big projects. Today in Carthage, some involved in 'Project Lead The Way' got the chance to show off their work. Today marks the culmination of a four-year journey for seniors at the Carthage Technical Center. 'I've just been really excited to do my own project, and now that I've been able to do I,t I'm hoping that some freshmen are able to ask the same questions and get the same hype that I did,' said Damien Pauley, Carthage senior – PLTW engineering. 'We've worked hard to come up with these products and the research behind it,' said Maggie Boyd, Carthage senior, PLTW biomedical 'They've put together what they've learned in the last four years. And what they've accumulated in math and science, Mr. Barr's physics class. And they've put it all together to solve this problem,' said Chad Campbell, PLTW engineering instructor. These students are part of the Project Lead The Way pathways in the CTC which include biomedical and engineering. 'My project was the para park, which would help people with parallel parking. So what we did was we had a device that would hook into the tail hitch of a vehicle, and then that would lift up the backend of a vehicle. Pull up, you can easily lift the backend, put it down, and you're easily parallel parked,' said Pauley. 'I based my project off of people with auto-immune diseases and chronic illnesses that have restricted diets. So, I worked on a product that would help expand people's diets without increasing the negative effects,' said Boyd. When asked how their project helped them prepare for their future, they had nothing but good things to say. 'I'm majoring in biomedical science next year. So, creating a product that relates to the science is always good for me,' said Boyd. 'Even if you're not going into engineering, it helps with problem solving and communication. Because you need to work with people the entirety of the course,' said Pauley. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ferguson cancels parole for man convicted of triple murder
Bob Ferguson speaks at a press conference in February. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard) Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday reversed a decision by former Gov. Jay Inslee to allow a man convicted of a triple murder more than four decades ago to be released from state prison. Inslee's decision drew backlash from victims' families and Republicans. Timothy Pauley is serving consecutive life sentences for a deadly armed robbery at a SeaTac tavern in 1980 that ended with the deaths of three employees — Loran Dowell, Robert Pierre and Linda Burford — and two other women being severely assaulted. Pauley was 21 at the time of the crime. He is now 66 and was set to be released from state prison Thursday. In an order Tuesday, the governor acknowledged Pauley had worked to better himself while in prison the past four-plus decades. But he questioned whether Pauley had recently apologized for his crimes 'from a place of true remorse rather than self-interest in being paroled.' 'I am unconvinced that Mr. Pauley is truly rehabilitated and fit for release at this time,' Ferguson continued. The state Indeterminate Sentence Review Board approved Pauley's release in 2022, sending the question to Inslee. But after meeting with the victims' families and Dave Reichert, who was one of the detectives on the case in 1980 before becoming King County sheriff, Inslee canceled parole for Pauley, despite his work to rehabilitate himself in custody. Similar to Ferguson, Inslee argued Pauley, who is currently held at the Monroe Correctional Complex, hadn't shown remorse for his actions. But in January, on his last day in office, Inslee reversed course, paving the way for Pauley's parole. In the past week, the victims' families, the state House Republican leader and the mayor of Bonney Lake, where Pauley could have lived after release, urged Ferguson to block Pauley's parole. Reps. Drew Stokesbary and Joshua Penner, whose shared district includes Bonney Lake, called on Ferguson to stay true to his campaign rhetoric of standing up for crime survivors. 'If you stand by and allow Pauley to be freed after brutally murdering three people and irreparably damaging two others, those words will ring hollow — not just to his victims and their families, but to crime victims and families everywhere,' they wrote in a letter to the governor on Monday. 'And you will be responsible for unleashing a fresh wave of devastating emotional trauma on the victims' families.' 'Governor Ferguson, this is a defining moment for your administration,' the lawmakers continued. The victims' families met with Ferguson on Monday. Asked about his decision Tuesday, Ferguson said, 'I think my letter speaks for itself.' He believed this was the only case of its kind his office was reviewing. Pauley's attorney didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
No. 1 UCLA expects a raucous March Madness sendoff in the Bruins' home finale against Richmond
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pauley Pavilion is hallowed ground in college basketball lore, and the UCLA women have treated it that way. The Bruins have lost only two games on this storied hardwood in the past two seasons, routing opponent after opponent with modern flair tempered by respect for the tradition embodied by the house that John Wooden built. The current, top-seeded Bruins (31-2) are almost certainly the best women's team in school history, and they'll bid farewell to Pauley on Sunday night when they host eighth-seeded Richmond (28-6) in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament. UCLA had a loud crowd for its opening-round victory over Southern, and coach Cori Close wants to see something even bigger for the Bruins' home finale against the talented Spiders near the end of a history-packed season for women's basketball in Los Angeles. 'Let's sell this thing out,' Close said. 'You've got (for) the first time in school history, a No. 1 seed, let alone an overall No. 1 seed. You've got a really good Richmond team that's going to force us to go to another level if we want to earn another 1-0. Let's sell out the Galen Center for (fellow No. 1 seed) USC and Pauley Pavilion for UCLA. We're enjoying such a special time of a new level of women's basketball throughout our city.' That crowd should get an entertaining evening in Westwood, where the Bruins will attempt to book their third consecutive trip to the Sweet Sixteen and their seventh in the last nine tournaments under Close. All-American center Lauren Betts' team is talented, incredibly deep and usually dominant. But the Bruins aren't overlooking Richmond and its Atlantic 10 player of the year, Maggie Doogan, who dropped 30 points and 15 rebounds in the Spiders' opening-round victory over Georgia Tech. 'To see the abundance of fans come in to support us is amazing,' UCLA guard Gabriela Jaquez said Saturday. 'I'm super thankful for everyone that comes out to watch. I was telling the team, last year when we played Creighton in the second round (of the NCAA Tournament), it was probably the loudest I've ever heard Pauley to that time. And I felt the energy with the fans (Friday). Everyone is so excited with March Madness.' Richmond had its own raucous cheering section for the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history on Friday night. With that celebration still fresh in mind, the Spiders are embracing the chance to take a shot at a seemingly unbeatable opponent on its home floor. 'When you win 30 games and the only team that's beaten you all season is a team that has JuJu Watkins on it, you're pretty good,' Richmond coach Aaron Roussell said of the Bruins. 'So a lot of things have been tried. Probably a lot of things haven't worked. You try to find some teams that maybe are somewhat similar to how you're doing, but you first go through their list of games, and there's not a whole lot of close games, either. I don't know what has worked.' Test from the best UCLA is daunting, but Richmond has showed its mettle against national powers already this season. During a seven-day stretch right before Christmas, the Spiders hosted Texas and faced Tennessee and Alabama in a tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Spiders lost all three games, but stayed competitive with both Texas and Alabama while building the confidence for their Atlantic 10 title run. Richmond reeled off 17 consecutive victories before a heartbreaking loss at the buzzer to St. Joseph's in the conference tournament. 'There's a certain — 'comfort' maybe not being the right word — but I think there's an understanding that we've played against teams of this caliber before,' Roussell said. 'We've been in this situation where this has all been new, and I didn't want that. When we did the schedule this year, it was, 'Hey, if we're going to get to the tournament, hopefully win a game, it's going to be a team like this.'' Happy to see Happy Betts has been a prominent athlete in Hollywood for two years now, but she was still starstruck to meet Adam Sandler on Friday. She's also hoping the actor who made 'Happy Gilmore' and the basketball-themed 'Hustle' might return the love. Betts and her family — including her 6-foot-4 sister, Sienna, who will play for UCLA next year — were brunching at The Terrace in Beverly Hills when they spotted Sandler at the restaurant. Everybody got together for a photo, and the family invited Sandler to the Bruins' game Sunday. 'My family, we just love Adam Sandler,' Betts said with a grin. 'He's legit our favorite actor of all time. All his movies are our comfort movies. ... We're sitting there and I see him in the corner of my eye. Sienna is screaming. My dad, before we even get a chance to stand up, he's already over there taking a picture with him.' ___ AP March Madness bracket: and coverage: Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here.
Associated Press
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
No. 1 UCLA expects a raucous March Madness sendoff in the Bruins' home finale against Richmond
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pauley Pavilion is hallowed ground in college basketball lore, and the UCLA women have treated it that way. The Bruins have lost only two games on this storied hardwood in the past two seasons, routing opponent after opponent with modern flair tempered by respect for the tradition embodied by the house that John Wooden built. The current, top-seeded Bruins (31-2) are almost certainly the best women's team in school history, and they'll bid farewell to Pauley on Sunday night when they host eighth-seeded Richmond (28-6) in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament. UCLA had a loud crowd for its opening-round victory over Southern, and coach Cori Close wants to see something even bigger for the Bruins' home finale against the talented Spiders near the end of a history-packed season for women's basketball in Los Angeles. 'Let's sell this thing out,' Close said. 'You've got (for) the first time in school history, a No. 1 seed, let alone an overall No. 1 seed. You've got a really good Richmond team that's going to force us to go to another level if we want to earn another 1-0. Let's sell out the Galen Center for (fellow No. 1 seed) USC and Pauley Pavilion for UCLA. We're enjoying such a special time of a new level of women's basketball throughout our city.' That crowd should get an entertaining evening in Westwood, where the Bruins will attempt to book their third consecutive trip to the Sweet Sixteen and their seventh in the last nine tournaments under Close. All-American center Lauren Betts' team is talented, incredibly deep and usually dominant. But the Bruins aren't overlooking Richmond and its Atlantic 10 player of the year, Maggie Doogan, who dropped 30 points and 15 rebounds in the Spiders' opening-round victory over Georgia Tech. 'To see the abundance of fans come in to support us is amazing,' UCLA guard Gabriela Jaquez said Saturday. 'I'm super thankful for everyone that comes out to watch. I was telling the team, last year when we played Creighton in the second round (of the NCAA Tournament), it was probably the loudest I've ever heard Pauley to that time. And I felt the energy with the fans (Friday). Everyone is so excited with March Madness.' Richmond had its own raucous cheering section for the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history on Friday night. With that celebration still fresh in mind, the Spiders are embracing the chance to take a shot at a seemingly unbeatable opponent on its home floor. 'When you win 30 games and the only team that's beaten you all season is a team that has JuJu Watkins on it, you're pretty good,' Richmond coach Aaron Roussell said of the Bruins. 'So a lot of things have been tried. Probably a lot of things haven't worked. You try to find some teams that maybe are somewhat similar to how you're doing, but you first go through their list of games, and there's not a whole lot of close games, either. I don't know what has worked.' Test from the best UCLA is daunting, but Richmond has showed its mettle against national powers already this season. During a seven-day stretch right before Christmas, the Spiders hosted Texas and faced Tennessee and Alabama in a tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Spiders lost all three games, but stayed competitive with both Texas and Alabama while building the confidence for their Atlantic 10 title run. Richmond reeled off 17 consecutive victories before a heartbreaking loss at the buzzer to St. Joseph's in the conference tournament. 'There's a certain — 'comfort' maybe not being the right word — but I think there's an understanding that we've played against teams of this caliber before,' Roussell said. 'We've been in this situation where this has all been new, and I didn't want that. When we did the schedule this year, it was, 'Hey, if we're going to get to the tournament, hopefully win a game, it's going to be a team like this.'' Happy to see Happy Betts has been a prominent athlete in Hollywood for two years now, but she was still starstruck to meet Adam Sandler on Friday. She's also hoping the actor who made 'Happy Gilmore' and the basketball-themed 'Hustle' might return the love. Betts and her family — including her 6-foot-4 sister, Sienna, who will play for UCLA next year — were brunching at The Terrace in Beverly Hills when they spotted Sandler at the restaurant. Everybody got together for a photo, and the family invited Sandler to the Bruins' game Sunday. 'My family, we just love Adam Sandler,' Betts said with a grin. 'He's legit our favorite actor of all time. All his movies are our comfort movies. ... We're sitting there and I see him in the corner of my eye. Sienna is screaming. My dad, before we even get a chance to stand up, he's already over there taking a picture with him.'
