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19-year-old accused of sex trafficking makes 700-mile bus trip to answer prosecutors

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. – Sex trafficking suspect Chantel Robinson made a bus trip from about 700 miles south to the St. Louis County Circuit Court on Thursday to answer prosecutors’ questions about her reported defiance while out on bond.Robinson, 19, and a co-defendant, Joemarius Green, 23, are accused of selling minors, ages 16 and 17, out of the Renaissance Hotel near St. Louis Airport. The minor victims were wards of the state of Texas and had been reported missing.U.S. Marshals and a special regional St. Louis County Police Task Force rescued the girls in February. And while Green has remained in the St. Louis County Jail on a $250,000 cash-only bond, a judge allowed Robinson out on bond to stay with her mother in another state.St. Louis County prosecutors say they later found the “defendant posted ads... advertising sex for money with multiple sexually explicit photos.”Prosecutors also claim Robinson “participated in a text message exchange... with an undercover detective wherein she di...

Cardinals calling up star prospect Masyn Winn

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One of the most anticipated moments of the 2023 St. Louis Cardinals season has finally arrived: Star prospect Masyn Winn is getting called up to the big leagues. Winn will be recalled ahead of Friday's game against the New York Mets and wear No. 0, according to a tweet late Thursday from the Cardinals. A shortstop by trait, Winn earns his MLB call at the age of 21 and is widely regarded as the top prospect in the Cardinals farm system. His 125 hits are among the Top 10 for anyone at one specific minor league level this season. Many mysteries around next year’s Cardinals rotation; Mo wants to add ‘three starters’ Winn has not only climbed the ranks of the Cardinals farm system through his hitting, but flashy speed, stout defense and rocket arm. He clocked 100 mph with a throw to first base in last year's All Star Futures Game, one of the fastest tracked infield throws ever through MLB Statcast. He has spent the entire 2023 season at Triple-A Memphis working to polish a...

Alonso, Quintana spark Mets to 4-2 victory over Cardinals

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pete Alfonso hit a two-run homer. José Quintana won for the first time this season and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Thursday night to open a four-game series.Quintana (1-4) beat his former team by pitching into the seventh inning. He gave up three hits, including a homer in the seventh to Tyler O’Neill, and two runs. It was his first time facing the Cardinals since signing with the Mets as a free agent in the offseason.Tim Locastro led off the ninth with a pinch-hit home run, his first this season for New York. It was the third one of his career.Trevor Gott pitched the ninth for his first save. He got Paul Goldschmidt looking with two on to end the game.The Mets have won four of their past five games.The loss denied Adam Wainwright (3-8) a chance to pick up career win No. 199. But it was a better outing for the 41-year-old right-hander, who is in his final season.Wainwright, plagued by injuries and ineffectiveness this season, pitched six in...

St. Charles City-County Libraries add policy directed at unattended youths

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The St. Charles City-County Libraries have approved a policy aimed at controlling the number of unattended youths inside libraries at certain times. Library officials say there have been times when more than 100 unattended kids have arrived at the Kathryn Linnemann Branch in St. Charles after a nearby school is dismissed.The new policy gives the chief executive officer of the libraries the authority to limit the number of unattended children under the age of 16 allowed into any single branch or facility at one time.There will also be new requirements when any public school in St. Charles County has a full or partial day of school. Prior to 5 p.m. on those days, any child under 16 must be accompanied by an adult, or the guardian of any child between 10 and 16 must fill out a form that will be available online. The one street where every home is cited, no matter what condition Library officials cite the safety of customers and staff as a factor and believe the pol...

IndyCar racers test drive WWT Raceway ahead of Bommarito 500

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

MADISON, Ill. – IndyCar drivers competing in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 spent Thursday taking turns on the track at World Wide Technology Raceway.With just a little more than a week before the Bommarito 500, track owner Curtis Francois reflected on how the race and track have grown.“There’s so many people in the city pulling the rope together with me as we’re doing something special here,” he said. “We’re making history, and it’s just great to see that what we thought was going to happen, that fans would embrace it, that’s really happening these days.”Francois can’t wait for fans to explore the Gateway Garage Experience this year; a shot to be part of history.“Fans, for the first time with IndyCar anywhere in the country, are going to be able to get inside that garage during the pre-race, and see what’s really going on up close and personal,” he said.Three teams brought seven cars to prep for next weekend’s race. Among them, Andretti Autosport drivers Devlin DeFrancesco and ...

St. Louis beagle families celebrate first anniversary of rescue from breeding facility

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

On Thursday, St. Louis beagle families celebrated one year with their rescue dogs. Fifty dogs were brought to St. Louis from Virginia, where 4,000 beagles were saved from a testing and breeding facility last year."She had been in a cage most of her life. So, when we got her out of the kennel here, she didn't know how to walk on the floor. She would Army crawl for us," said Sarah-Kate Sullivan.Since adopting their beagle, Birdie, Sullivan said she’s experienced playing in a yard, something she never had before the rescue."Birdie couldn't be any sweeter. She's very loving and sweet, but she can also hold a grudge," said Sullivan.Birdie is one of 50 beagles sent to St. Louis last year when 4,000 beagles were rescued from Envigo, a testing and breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News ...

Suspect in woman's brutal murder in Maryland linked to Los Angeles home invasion

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

Days after a woman was found brutally murdered in rural Maryland, DNA evidence has linked the crime to a suspect wanted in a home invasion in Los Angeles earlier this year.Rachel Morin, 37, was reported missing on Aug. 7, after she went for a nature walk in Harford County, Maryland. The mother of five's body was found the following day along a popular hiking trail near the town of Bel Air.Rachel Morin is shown in this undated photo provided by the Harford County Sheriff's Office. The mother of five was found brutally murdered along a popular hiking trail near Bel Air, Maryland.Morin's killing was particularly violent, investigators said. On Thursday, authorities in Maryland announced that DNA evidence had connected Morin's murder with a man wanted for assaulting a young girl during a March home invasion in Los Angeles.Video shared during a press conference Thursday, and then later shared on social media, showed a man identified as the suspect leaving a home during the L.A. home inva...

El Segundo team takes opening gamin Little League World Series

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

Fans, families and friends of team El Segundo, a little league baseball team playing their first game in the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania Thursday, gathered in local restaurants to support the hometown squad.  On Saturday, the team met up for a 4 a.m. bus ride to the Ontario International and then flew all the way to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where they are considered one of the favorites among the 10 teams from the U.S. There are also 10 international teams in the series.  “We’ve never had a team go to the World Series before,” El Segundo Little League President Jamin Griffiths told KTLA. "In a district of eight different leagues around the South Bay, I don’t think they’ve ever had anybody go to the World Series before. It’s just monumental what the kids have been able to do.”  The El Segundo little team, seen here, in a photo posted to their GoFundMe via Sheena Landrum Parks. Even the L.A. Dodgers have taken notice of the hometown heroes, Tweeting, "...

Man seen on TikTok video lurking near women's legs in Burbank arrested again

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

A man who was seen in a TikTok video lurking near women in Burbank was arrested again after being released from jail a day earlier.This marks the second time the suspect, Calese Crowder, 37, was arrested within a week, Glendale Police said.Crowder was seen in a viral video lurking extremely close to 28-year-old Michaela Witter’s legs while she was browsing at a Barnes & Noble store on Aug. 7.Believing Witter was unaware, Crowder is seen crouching down low and getting extremely close to Witter’s legs. He is later seen doing the same thing to another woman browsing nearby.After posting the video on social media, Witter discovered Crowder had a long criminal history, including serving eight years in prison for peeping, prowling and burglarizing homes.Crowder was arrested on Aug. 11 during an unrelated incident in which he was accused of peeping into a home with children and a family inside.A TikTok video captures a man lurking extremely close to a woman's legs while she was shoppin...

Orange Unified school district may require parental notification of transgender students

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:52 GMT

The Orange Unified School District may be the latest to adopt a policy that would require schools to notify parents if their child is transgender.The proposed policy is being considered during a Thursday night school board meeting.The policy would follow similar measures adopted by other Southern California school districts such as Chino Valley on July 20 and Murrieta on Aug. 11. Those meetings involved plenty of heated debate from parents, community members, school officials and lawmakers alike.Supporters of the policy believe it’s a parent’s right to be notified of information involving their child, while critics believe the policy could open up discrimination or potentially put students in a harmful situation, according to California Attorney General, Rob Bonta.The proposed policy would require written parental notification within three school days after a student identifies as a gender “other than the student’s biological sex or gender listed on the student’s birth certificate.”...