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Suffolk MA
News
Man Accused Of Leaving Girlfriend's Body At Logan Airport Escapes Custody In Kenya: Reports
A Lowell man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car at Boston Logan Airport before boarding a plane to Kenya has escaped police custody in the East African nation, reports said. Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe is wanted in the murder of 31-year-old Margaret (Maggie) Mbitu last year. Police had arrested him at a nightclub in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 29 and were holding him for extradition to Massachusetts to stand trial for the slaying. Related: Man Busted In Kenya After Girlfriend's Body Was Found At Logan Airport WCVB reported that Kan…
Mercer
Police & Fire
FBI: New Jersey Man Seized Overseas After Threatening American Jihad
A New Jersey man motivated by the Hamas attack on Israel was captured in Kenya after he aspired to be "a martyr for the jihadist cause" and dedicated himself to joining a terrorist group tied to al-Qaida, federal authorities charged. Karrem Nasr, 23, moved from the Trenton suburb of Lawrenceville to Egypt in July hoping to connect with the Somali-based al-Shabab, they said. He intended to "receive military training and engage in jihad" against the United States and its allies and was "prepared to kill and be killed" for the cause, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in Brooklyn on Friday, De…
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Lowell man suspected of killing a Whitman woman whose body was found in a garage at Boston Logan Airport, officials said. Troopers found the deceased woman inside a car in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, authorities said. The woman has been identified as Margaret Mbitu (pronounced m-BEE-too), 31, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police. She was reported missing by her family on Monday, Oct. 30. Kevin Kangethe (pronounced ken-GET-ay), 40, the susp…
Loudoun
News
Bones Of Giraffe, Zebra Seized From Traveler's Bag At Dulles Airport After Africa Trip
US Customs and Border Protection agents at Washington Dulles International Airport had a bone to pick with some souvenirs a Virginia woman attempted to bring home from a trip to Africa. During a secondary baggage exam from a recent flight from Kenya back to the DMV region, agriculture specialists discovered bones that a Fauquier County woman admitted were giraffe and zebra bones she found during her trip and kept as keepsakes. The bones were recovered by the specialists and checked by US Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors, according to officials. They were ultimately found to be in vio…
Suffolk MA
Sports
Doping Could Cost Boston Marathon Winner Diana Kipyokei Her 2021 Title
Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyokei could potentially lose her 2021 Boston Marathon title after she was suspended for testing positive for doping at the race. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) revealed that Kipyokei's sample, which was taken on October 11, 2021 after her victory, contained traces of triamcinolone acetonide. The medical cream, commonly used to treat various kinds of skin conditions, contains a glucocorticoid that is banned at races unless an athlete has permission to use it. Kipyokei has now been charged with using the product and tampering wi…
Worcester
Police & Fire
Uxbridge 18-Year-Old Killed In Weekend Upton Car Crash Was 'Full Of Life'
An 18-year-old from Uxbridge was killed in a car crash that happened over the weekend in Upton, authorities said. Jacob Osanya died in the crash that occurred at the intersection of Glenview and Pearl streets after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, Upton Police said in release. Initial investigation suggested another 18-year-old was driving a 2019 Acura Sedan north on Glenview Street when he veered off the road, struck a tree and overturned, according to police. The driver along with three other passengers were able to free themselves from the vehicle and were taken to a local …
Baltimore
Lifestyle
Maryland Zoo Welcome Two New Baby Birds To Its Family
The family at the Maryland Zoo got a little larger after two Von der Decken’s Hornbill chicks were hatched in its African Aviary. Last month, the chicks were hatched at the zoo in Baltimore, though the youngsters won’t be visible to the public for several weeks due to the species’ eating and feeding habits. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is pleased to announce that two Von der Decken’s Hornbill (Tockus deckeni) chicks hatched in its African AviaryMaryland Zoo “That’s because, before they lay their eggs, the male and female Von der Decken’s mud up the entrance to the nest with the femal…
Rye
Business
Here's Where McDonald's Has Pulled Large Fries From Menu Due To Shortage
Some McDonald’s locations won’t be asking customers if “you’d like some fries with that.” A growing global potato shortage has started to slowly spread, forcing some chains to pull large fries from their menu to help ration the popular potato product. Some restaurants “are facing a fry-tening supply crunch on French Fries,” which limits some chains’ ability to supply large fries, something the company dubbed a “sacra-fries.” Rationing first began in Japan in December, where the company could only supply small fries to customers, a move that extended through January due to “delays in the …
Bucks
Police & Fire
Philly Man Gets Decades In Prison For Killing Pregnant Bucks GF, Unborn Child
A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 39 to 78 years in state prison after admitting this month to killing his 29-year-old pregnant Bucks County girlfriend and their unborn child three years ago, authorities said. Jaleel Lamar Loper, 30, admitted that in a fit of rage, he used a cellphone charging cord to strangle Anna Angok on Sept. 26, 2018, killing her and their unborn child in their apartment in the Glen Hollow Apartments in Bristol Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Loper also told investigators that after Angok was dead, he picked her up from the fl…
Essex NJ
News
Feds: PA Man Nabbed Collecting 950 Pounds Of Khat At Newark Airport
A Pennsylvania man was arrested by federal agents when he showed up at Newark Airport to collect a half-ton of khat that was flown in by freight container, authorities said. Azeez Adebari, 46, of Harrisburg, was listed as the consignee on a manifest and other documents the claimed the contents as clothing, ground melon and pepper, among other things, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities charged Adebari with conspiring to possess and distribute 430 kilograms (948 pounds) of the illegal drug after taking him into custody at the airport on Monday…
Garfield-Lodi
News
South Plainfield Man In Domestic Call Charged With Rape Of Underage Victim In Lodi 9 Years Ago
What began with a domestic dispute call in South Plainfield ended in charges against a 45-year-old engineer of sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Lodi nearly a decade ago, authorities said. Joseph Eustace Maina remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this coming Monday in Hackensack, records show. South Plainfield police went to Maina’s Christopher Avenue home on Sunday in response to a report of a domestic dispute, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They contacted Lodi police and members of Musella’s Special Victims Unit after “it was alleged t…
Bergenfield
Schools
Bergenfest
: Local Teens Organize Massive Bergen County Music Festival
Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for a music festival organized by Bergen County teens. Bergenfest is a "local concert on a global mission" with Wé McDonald of NBC's "The Voice" headlining the June 29 event. Held at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, the concert is for non-profit humanitarian organization TEEEM: The Empathetic Entrepreneur Equality Mission. TEEEM raises funds and awareness toward world-wide community needs and includes students from across North Jersey. BergenfestContributed Each high school is dedicated to a particular country: Ridgewood H…
