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Mar. 16, 2025

2 Charged After Death of 1-Year-Old in N.Y.C. Daycare Incident Involving ‘Opioid Exposure’

Divino Niño Daycare.Photo:Google Maps Google Maps A man and woman have been charged after a1-year-old boy died from an apparent “opioid exposure"at a New York City daycare last week, authorities said. Grei Mendez, who operated the Bronx-based Divino Niño Daycare from an apartment, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, who lived in the apartment, according toTheNew York Times, were arrested Saturday in the death of Nicholas Feliz Dominici, PEOPLE can confirm. Mendez, 36, and Brito, 41, were arrested on charges of assault, criminal possession of a controlled substance and narcotic drug, endangering the welfare of a child and manslaughter, among others, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Charged with Elder Abuse, Child Neglect After Family with 4 Children Found in ‘Horrendous’ Living Conditions

The living conditions inside a Visalia, Calif. home.Photo:Visalia Police Department/FacebookTwo people are facing multiple criminal charges, including elder abuse and child cruelty, after police found four children in what they described as “horrendous” living conditions inside a California home.The Visalia Police Department announced Tuesday that the discovery was made after officers were called to a local hospital around 5 p.m. Monday on a report of a 52-year-old woman who had been dropped off and was “extremely emaciated and in medical distress,” aFacebook postreads.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Charges Dropped in Ronnie Ortiz-Magro's Domestic Violence Case with Ex Jen Harley

Photo: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Two charges have been dropped inRonnie Ortiz-Magro‘s domestic violence case with ex-girlfriendJen Harley. On Friday, theJersey Shorestar lawyer told PEOPLE that the City Attorney dropped two of the seven charges against Ortiz-Magro. “As we have been saying from the beginning, the facts and circumstances and relating to the arrest and charging of Ronnie were exaggerated and factually incorrect,” Ortiz-Magro’s attorney said in a statement.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Chicago Blackhawks Players' Cars Reportedly Stolen from Valet While They Were Eating Dinner

Photo: Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images (2) Two Chicago Blackhawks players’cars were reportedly stolenwhile they were dining in the city last month. Caleb Jones and Connor Murphy were eating at an establishment a short distance from United Center, the Blackhawks' home arena, around 8 p.m. local time on Dec. 29 when thieves allegedly stole their car keys from a valet, according to TMZ. Thieves got away with Jones' 2021 Jeep Trackhawk and Murphy’s 2017 Porsche Panamera, per the report.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Chicago Firefighters Killed Battling Separate Blazes a Day Apart: 'Unprecedented,' Commissioner Says

Two Chicago firefighters died in the line of duty a day apart this week — in back-to-back tragedies the city fire commissioner called “unprecedented” at apress conference Wednesday.While fighting a blaze at a high-rise apartment building in the Gold Coast neighborhood on Wednesday, Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, collapsed in an 11th floor stairwell while leading his team to the site of the fire, which broke out in an apartment on the 27th floor.