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2 paramedics found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in Elijah McClain's death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A verdict has been reached by an Adams County jury tasked with determining guilt or innocence for two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics accused in the death of Elijah McClain.Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec were both found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Cichuniec was also found guilty of second-degree assault related to the administration of drugs.Cooper was found not guilty of two counts of second-degree assault. Cichuniec was found not guilty of one second-degree assault charge.Previous story:DENVER (KDVR) -- A verdict has been reached by an Adams County jury tasked with determining guilt or innocence for two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics accused in the death of Elijah McClain.Paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec are accused of reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault. The charges stem from actions taken by the first responders on the night of Aug. 24, 2019, while responding to a 911 call for a suspicious person. F...

Paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of ketamine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neck hold.It was the last trial against police and paramedics charged in the death of McClain, a 23-year-old Black man whose case received little attention until protests over the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. An Aurora police officer was convicted of homicide and third degree assault earlier this year while two officers were acquitted. This case stands out because it was the first of several recent criminal prosecutions in the U.S. against medical first responders to reach trial, potentially setting the bar for prosecutors in future cases.The jury found Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide following a weekslong trial in state district court. Cichuniec was also found guilty of second degree assault. They coul...

South Florida students teach tech to seniors in initiative to bridge generational ‘digital divide’ 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

Many elderly people say they have trouble navigating technology, but some seniors are getting help from South Florida high school students helping to bridge the digital divide. Karen Hensel shines the 7 Spotlight.On a Sunday afternoon, inside a senior living community in Parkland, a few residents played Rummikub and poker.Elderly man: “Ooh. Somebody’s going to have a full house.”But the tables soon turned to a more tech-minded mission centered around teaching and learning.Noah Smith, CLEO: “You go to Library, then you go to Albums again.”And although here together, those in this room are generations apart.Noah Smith: “I think it’s just great to build relationships with these residents.”High school sophomores Noah Smith and Jack Rostock recently started the first Southeast Florida chapter of CLEO, which stands for Computer Literacy Education Outreach.”Saint Andrew’s School student: “You can go to the top and you hit Fi...

Florida man comes home after being detained in Venezuela for more than a year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

A man from Florida will be able to celebrate Christmas with his family after he was released from Venezuela along with several other Americans, bringing a long and difficult journey of hope and despair to an end.Joseph Cristella was one of six U.S. citizens who stepped off a plane in Texas on Wednesday as part of a prisoner swap deal this week between the U.S. and VenezuelaHis cousin, Stephanie Cristella, spoke to 7News to recount the toll the ordeal took on him.“We were doing whatever we could to bring him home. So, finally, that’s happened. He is home,” she said. Stephanie said she is excited to see her cousin, whom she hasn’t seen since he was detained in Venezuela in September of last year. “He has a fiancée who was down – she had to go to Venezuela for a surgery, and her and her family live in Colombia, so he went there to try to be closer to her, from what I’m told, and then got detained,” she said. “They had conspiracy cha...

2 in custody, 1 at large after authorities track suspected robbers to Family Dollar in Pembroke Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

Authorities have apprehended two people in Pembroke Park and are searching for a third, allegedly in connection to a pair of robberies in Miami-Dade County.7Skyforce hovered above a Family Dollar store along Hallandale Beach Boulevard, near Southwest 40th Avenue, just after 6 p.m., Friday.A Miami-Dade Police cruiser and a Broward Sheriff’s Office cruiser were seen near the subjects’ silver Honda, which is parked feet away from the entrance to the store.The people inside the Honda are allegedly wanted in connection to two robberies. One of them allegedly occurred outside of a bank in Sunny Isles Beach, and the second allegedly took place at a TD Bank along Northeast 183rd Street and 15th Avenue in Northeast Miami-Dade.Authorities were able to track the subject through a tracking device that may have been put in a bag.After realizing they were being followed along Interstate 95, the subjects pulled into the Family Dollar, ran inside the store and exited through a back door...

Police investigating armed robbery at South End store

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

An investigation got underway Thursday night after an armed robbery in the South End that was caught on camera. A police spokesperson said officers responded to the Richdale Food Shops on Dartmouth Street after receiving an initial call around 10 p.m. Surveillance video later shared with 7NEWS showed the incident unfold, with a man in a black jacket with a fur-lined hood entering and going toward a refrigerator. The man appears to wait until another customer leaves. When he stepped up to pay, employees said, the robber pretended to buy a bottle of water. When the cashier opened the register to make change, though, he said the man flashed a gun hidden in his coat.The cashier is seen in video jumping back with his hands up. The robber, in turn, is seen reaching over the counter and taking cash. Boston police said the robber stole about $3,000 from the register. While surveillance cameras captured this incident, they did not catch the robber’s face, which was c...

Charlie Sheen’s neighbor arrested after being accused of assaulting actor in Malibu home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlie Sheen’s neighbor was arrested after being accused of assaulting the actor in a Malibu home this week, authorities said.Electra Schrock was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Friday. She was also taken into custody for force likely to create bodily injury and burglary.Authorities arrived at the residence Wednesday afternoon after receiving a battery-disturbance call.Schrock, 47, was expected to appear in court Friday.Representatives for Sheen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Sheen, 58, is known for his role on “Two and a Half Men.” He starred in films including “Wall Street,” “The Three Musketeers” and “Major League.”

Boston chamber chief blasts council for not freeing $13.3M anti-terror grant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

The head of the Boston Chamber of Commerce is backing the call for the deadlocked City Council to back $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding.In a letter obtained by the Herald, chamber chief James Rooney said delaying the cash as antisemitism and terrorism threaten the holidays is worry enough.He’s urging the council to “reassemble as soon as possible” and pass the multi-million dollar funding.As the Herald first reported, Boston City Council President Ed Flynn said he’s done with playing “politics with the safety of residents” and is asking the mayor to quickly resubmit her request to allocate the grant money. If not, he vowed to call an emergency meeting next week.Those dollars are for the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region, which includes Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop.Rooney stressed in his letter supporting Flynn that “last week’s vote by the Boston City Council to reject the  $13....

Ticker: Bristol Myers Squibb acquires Karuna Therapeutics for $14B; Wall Street caps 8th straight winning week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb is acquiring Karuna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that has developed a new antipsychotic, in a $14 billion deal.Bristol Myers Squibb and Karuna announced their merger agreement on Friday. The transaction, which amounts to $330 per share in cash, offers a premium of 53% over Karuna’s stock on Thursday. The deal was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors.Karuna’s top asset is KarXT, an experimental antipsychotic with a promising novel mechanism. KarXT is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of schizophrenia in adults. The drug is also undergoing trials related to Alzheimer’s disease psychosis.“We expect KarXT to enhance our growth through the late 2020s and into the next decade,” Christopher Boerner, Bristol Myers Squibb CEO, said in a prepared statement, noting that the Karuna acquisition strengthens the company’s neuroscience portfolio. BristolR...

San Francisco jury finds homeless man not guilty in beating of businessman left with brain injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco jury on Friday found a homeless man not guilty after being accused of using a metal pipe to beat a businessman who suffered a broken jaw, fractured skull and traumatic brain injury in an attack caught on video that fueled debate about crime and homelessness in the city.Garret Doty, 25, was charged with three assault and battery charges for the April 5 beating of Don Carmignani. Doty pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors said Doty beat Carmignani in an act of revenge. But Doty’s defense attorneys said he was acting in self-defense after Carmignani sprayed him with bear spray.The attack on Carmignani, a businessman who served briefly on a Fire Department commission, happened two days after the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Lee’s killing unleashed a wave of criticism against city officials by prominent tech leaders. Among the critics was tech billionaire Elon Musk, who took to Twitter to mourn Lee’s death and blame Sa...