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‘It was like out of rage’: Police arrest vandal seen smashing car and home windows in Hollywood neighborhood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

Residents of a Hollywood community are concerned over a vandal who has been caught on camera destroying property and breaking into homes. Hollywood Police have identified the serial vandal as 25-year-old Samantha Caesar, who went on a crime spree around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday.Area resident Nicole Cunningham said she was one of those who were targeted,“She must have had one, two, three, four, five and another one on Arthur Street,” she said.Unfortunately, Cunningham said, her car was not spared.“We looked in there, and there was a big coral rock, and somebody was like, getting in the small window, and when we looked in there, there was blood all on my car seat and everything,” she said. “Nothing was touched, nothing was stolen, just smashed. It was like out of rage or something.”Cunningham’s rear-seat window was completely shattered, becoming a major inconvenience for her since she is currently nine months pregnant with twins and is due any d...

Police seek public’s help in search for missing woman from Stoughton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

Police asked for the public’s help Thursday as they continued a search for a 31-year-old woman reported missing earlier this week.Police said Emma Tetewsky was last seen by her family on Sunday evening. She was then reported missing on Monday. A search has continued in recent days since Tetwesky’s disappearance, according to police, involving multiple agencies, a state police helicopter, drones, K9s and boats.Police said Tetewsky, who may also go by the name Fraidl Emett, stands about 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds. “She may be wearing a light-colored, possibly blue, long-sleeved shirt, cropped leggings and Birkenstock-style sandals,” police said. Police said Tetewsky “is known to have a history of mental health challenges.”Residents, police said, saw Tetewsky on Monday in the area of Lakewood Drive in Stoughton near Pinewood Pond.An additional possible sighting also happened on Wednesday near the Massapoag Trail in nearby Sharon, according to police.Polic...

MBTA Outlines Raft Of Summer Service Disruptions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

Segments of the Red Line will shut down early on seven nights in July to give workers more time for slow zone-related maintenance, and the Green Line faces a bevy of disruptions next month, MBTA officials announced Thursday.The T rolled out its latest monthly schedule of service changes, which in addition to substantial impacts on the Red and Green Lines features changes to the Orange Line and the commuter rail’s Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush and Worcester Lines.Starting around 8:45 p.m. each night from July 11-13 and again on July 20, shuttle buses will replace trains between JFK/UMass and North Quincy Stations on the Red Line. Buses will also replace trains between JFK/UMass and Braintree Stations starting around 8:45 p.m. from July 21-23.Crews plan to “perform critical rail and tie replacement work that will alleviate speed restrictions” during those diversions, a T official said. MBTA data show about 24 percent of all Red Line tracks cannot safely support ...

Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman loses fan vote to Rangers’ Jonah Heim to start All-Star Game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

A catcher drafted by the Orioles will start the All-Star Game. It just won’t be the one currently on their roster.Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim topped Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman in the second phase of fan voting to be elected the American League’s starting backstop in next month’s Midsummer Classic at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, Major League Baseball announced Thursday night. Heim, one of four Rangers who fans voted to start, was the Orioles’ fourth-round draft pick in 2013 and was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016 for utility player Steve Pearce.The first overall pick in the 2019 draft, Rutschman was the only Oriole to be a finalist at his position. He won the first phase of fan voting by a comfortable margin, with his nearly 1.3 million votes roughly 320,000 more than Heim’s total. But those votes did not carry over to the second phase, where the top two finishers at each position (top six in the outfield) went head-to-head to determin...

MBTA to close Green Line Extension branch for six weeks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

The Union Square branch of the Green Line will shut down for six weeks this summer, the latest in a series of service diversions that one transit advocate says have been poorly executed by the MBTA.Train service between Lechmere and Union Square stations, part of a Green Line Extension project that was completed last December, will be suspended from July 18 to Aug. 28, to allow for “critical repair work” by MassDOT on the Squires Bridge, the MBTA said in a Thursday statement.The diversion, one of several construction projects impacting Green Line service this summer, is necessary, the T said, because the bridge “crosses over tracks near Union Square station.”Jarred Johnson, executive director of TransitMatters, sharply criticized the latest prolonged shutdown, saying in a Thursday tweet, “It’s past time for the Healey administration to be transparent about WTF the Baker administration was doing with the $8 billion in capital funds spent to have a system so degraded.”“What happ...

James Harden requests yet another trade after picking up $35.6 million player option

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

Things have officially gone haywire in the Atlantic Division.James Harden, the aging playmaker and expert trade demander, opted into his contract for the Sixers on Thursday because it will help facilitate a deal and he desires a relocation, according to ESPN. The Knicks and Clippers were reported as early suitors for Harden, who has requested trades from three different teams in a span of just 2 ½ years.The Clippers make more sense as a destination for Harden, 33, who was unhappy living in New York during his short stint with the Nets. People around the NBA were skeptical the Knicks would seriously pursue Harden to pair with Jalen Brunson in the backcourt.Perhaps more important is the domino effect in Philadelphia. If Harden is out, what does that mean for the Sixers’ contending timeline and Joel Embiid, in particular? Embiid, the league’s reigning MVP, has been mentioned around league circles as New York’s ideal trade candidate if he ever demands out.The 30-y...

Cambridge man accused of armed robbery at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Back Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

A Cambridge man is facing charges for his alleged role in an armed robbery at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Back Bay earlier this week, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.Abdelouahab Adel, 23, has been charged with armed robbery (knife) and larceny over $1,200.Police officers on Tuesday at around 2:14 p.m. responded to Ring Road in the Back Bay for two male shoplifters, one armed with a knife.A store employee said she saw two men walking through Saks Fifth Avenue holding multiple multicolored scarves. The men stopped at a handbag display, picked up two purses, and left the store without paying.Two other store employees confronted the men outside the store, causing one to drop the stolen items and flee toward Huntington Avenue.The second man, later identified as Adel, was uncooperative and tried to fight with employees, police said. The employees saw Adel reach into his pocket and remove a shiny object, which they believed to be a knife. The employees then de...

Joe Girardi Q&A: Former Yankee talks catching perfection, managing Domingo German and Kyle Higashioka

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

Having been behind the plate for David Cone’s perfect game in 1999, Joe Girardi knows what it’s like to catch baseball history in a Yankees uniform.So when Domingo German and Kyle Higashioka teamed up for the 24th perfect game ever on Wednesday night, Girardi related with ease. He also felt some pride.In addition to catching for the Yankees from 1996-1999, Girardi managed the club from 2008-2017. That span included the starts of German and Higashioka’s time with the Yankees, first as prospects and then as big leaguers.Higashioka joined the organization in 2008 and debuted in 2017. German arrived in the majors that same year after the Yankees acquired him in a trade in 2014.Being on the East Coast, Girardi only saw the start of Wednesday’s perfecto in Oakland before watching highlights Thursday morning. Nonetheless, he was eager to talk about his own perfect game experiences and two of his former pupils in a chat with the Daily News.*This interview has been ed...

After e-bike death, sheriff's dept. to offer safety courses in lieu of citations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

ENCINITAS, Calif. -- Last week's death of 15-year-old Brodee Champlain-Kingman marked the first e-bike fatality in three years in Encinitas. Wednesday night's emergency declaration in the City of Encinitas means some changes are in the works.“It was a tragic, tragic collision," Lt. Ryan Wisniewski with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department North Coastal Station said. "Those are probably the toughest calls we end up going to.”Due to the emergency declaration, the sheriff's department can go a step above and offer more safety education for e-bike riders if they receive a citation. California grad student commutes to class by plane to save on rent “We’ve seen a huge surge in people riding on the roadways and riding on the sidewalks, and often times a lot of those are younger kids who may have not gone through safety classes or know the rules of the road, so it presents some challenges," Wisniewski said.Brodee's family said he was riding his bike to practice for an upcom...

New Mexico regulators fine oil producer $40 million for burning off vast amounts of natural gas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:42 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators on Thursday announced unprecedented state fines against a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer on accusations that the company flouted local pollution reporting and control requirements by burning off vast amounts of natural gas in a prolific energy-production zone in the southeast of the state.The New Mexico Environment Department announced a $40.3 million penalty against Austin, Texas-based Ameredev, alleging the burning caused excessive emissions in 2019 and 2020 at five facilities in New Mexico’s Lea County near the town of Jal. Regulators raised concerns about the excess release of several pollutants linked to climate warming or known to cause serious health issues, including sulfur dioxide.The agency alleged that Ameredev mined oil and natural gas without any means of transporting the gas away via pipeline, as required by state law. The company instead is accused of burning off the natural gas in excess o...