Death Penalty Sought Against CA Woman: Monterey County prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will seek the death penalty for a woman responsible for the deaths of her young niece and nephew, as well as the severe abuse of their sister. Tommy Wright of the Monterey Herald reports that Tami Huntsman faces multiple charges of murder, torture, child abuse and conspiracy in the deaths of Shaun Tara, 6, and Delylah Tara, 3, who were discovered in a Redding storage unit in December along with their nine-year-old sister, found severely abused but alive. Huntsman's boyfriend, Gonzalo Curiel, 18, received similar charges but faces a life sentence instead of capital punishment because he was a minor at the time of the offenses. Huntsman and Curiel both pleaded not guilty to the charges in January and received a trial date of Feb. 6, 2017 in April. The last time the Monterey County DA's Office proceeded with a death penalty case was in 2000.
Illegal Immigrant Felon Arrested for Carjacking: An illegal immigrant with a violent felony record was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday after carjacking two women, one of whom was 91-years old. Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reports that Eduardo Irhneis Escobar, 25, approached the vehicle in a Walgreen's parking lot and demanded that the driver, a 63-year-old woman, get out of the car. He proceeded to drive off with the elderly woman still inside and then pushed her out of the car while it was moving. He was apprehended following a high-speed pursuit and charged with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Fortunately, neither woman sustained injuries. Court records show Escobar was first held on bond for a May 2009 incident, for which he plead guilty in January 2010. He was sentenced to six years in prison and three years of probation. A police report also indicates he has a conviction for first-degree felony assault. It's unclear if he has ever been deported or when he first entered the U.S.
WV City has 27 Heroin Overdoses in Four Hours: Huntington, West Virginia, saw 27 heroin overdoses, one of them fatal, in four hours on Monday in what officials are equating to "a mass casualty event." Tony Marco of CNN reports that all of the overdoses occurred within a mile and a half radius, leading officials to believe that they all stem from the same batch of heroin that was likely laced with something to make it dangerous. Huntington, a city of approximately 50,000 people, typically sees 18 to 20 overdoses in a week, proving this short span of hours to be "catastrophic," according to Cabell County EMS Director Gordon Merry. So far this year, there have been 440 overdoses in Cabell County, 26 of them fatal. Merry believes a third of the overdoses are related to fentanyl.
NM Gov. Backs Restoring Death Penalty: New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will pursue the death penalty as part of her legislative agenda in January, an announcement that comes on the heels of the senseless killing of a police officer last Friday. KVIA reports that Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez, a two-year veteran of the department, was killed during a traffic stop by Jesse Denver Hanes, an Ohio man who is suspected of another murder in his home state. Hanes faces a first-degree murder charge in Chavez's death, but cannot receive the death penalty because it was abolished in New Mexico in 2009. Gov. Martinez stated that she believes cop killers deserve the ultimate penalty, concluding that "a society that fails to adequately protect and defend those who protect all of us is a society that will be undone and unsafe." Lawmakers in the state have begun discussing drafting a bill that would to reintroduce capital punishment next legislative session.
Illegal Immigrant Felon Arrested for Carjacking: An illegal immigrant with a violent felony record was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday after carjacking two women, one of whom was 91-years old. Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reports that Eduardo Irhneis Escobar, 25, approached the vehicle in a Walgreen's parking lot and demanded that the driver, a 63-year-old woman, get out of the car. He proceeded to drive off with the elderly woman still inside and then pushed her out of the car while it was moving. He was apprehended following a high-speed pursuit and charged with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Fortunately, neither woman sustained injuries. Court records show Escobar was first held on bond for a May 2009 incident, for which he plead guilty in January 2010. He was sentenced to six years in prison and three years of probation. A police report also indicates he has a conviction for first-degree felony assault. It's unclear if he has ever been deported or when he first entered the U.S.
WV City has 27 Heroin Overdoses in Four Hours: Huntington, West Virginia, saw 27 heroin overdoses, one of them fatal, in four hours on Monday in what officials are equating to "a mass casualty event." Tony Marco of CNN reports that all of the overdoses occurred within a mile and a half radius, leading officials to believe that they all stem from the same batch of heroin that was likely laced with something to make it dangerous. Huntington, a city of approximately 50,000 people, typically sees 18 to 20 overdoses in a week, proving this short span of hours to be "catastrophic," according to Cabell County EMS Director Gordon Merry. So far this year, there have been 440 overdoses in Cabell County, 26 of them fatal. Merry believes a third of the overdoses are related to fentanyl.
NM Gov. Backs Restoring Death Penalty: New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez will pursue the death penalty as part of her legislative agenda in January, an announcement that comes on the heels of the senseless killing of a police officer last Friday. KVIA reports that Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez, a two-year veteran of the department, was killed during a traffic stop by Jesse Denver Hanes, an Ohio man who is suspected of another murder in his home state. Hanes faces a first-degree murder charge in Chavez's death, but cannot receive the death penalty because it was abolished in New Mexico in 2009. Gov. Martinez stated that she believes cop killers deserve the ultimate penalty, concluding that "a society that fails to adequately protect and defend those who protect all of us is a society that will be undone and unsafe." Lawmakers in the state have begun discussing drafting a bill that would to reintroduce capital punishment next legislative session.
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