VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — 10 On Your Side has acquired new documents identifying the 2-year-old girl found dead inside a Virginia Beach hotel earlier this week under suspicious circumstances, police said.
The child’s mother, 38-year-old Leandra Andrade, was charged with child abuse neglect, serious injury on Wednesday.
10 On Your Side contacted Matt Andelman, an attorney for Fabio Andrade Jr., the girl’s father, who identified the girl as 2-year-old Lanoix.
Fabio Andrade Jr. provided the statement below regarding Lanoix:
“My daughter Lanoix loved life and loved to make her friends and family smile. I am devastated that the opportunity for Lanoix to continue living a happy and loving life was senselessly taken from her.
I have been fighting tirelessly since March of this year for full physical and legal custody in order to provide my daughter the life she deserved. The court ruling last week awarding me temporary sole legal custody was one of several successful steps toward that goal. But that ruling did not affect the existing, court-ordered temporary shared physical custody schedule that put Lanoix with her mother de ella last weekend.
The family and friends of Lanoix ask for privacy at this time so that we may mourn our beloved angel.”
FABIO ANDRADE JR.
Lanoix Andrade, August 3, 2022 (Courtesy – Matthew B. Andelman)
Lanoix and Fabio Andrade, August 3, 2022 (Courtesy – Matthew B. Andelman)
Lanoix was found dead around 3:30 am Monday in a room at a hotel in the 3600 block of Atlantic Avenue, and police said a woman, later identified as the child’s mother, was also found suffering from a medical emergency and taken to the hospital.
Leandra Andrade was booked into the Virginia Beach Jail Wednesday and had a court hearing that same day, according to the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office. She is currently being held without bond.
No cause of death for the 2-year-old has been released at this time, however, 10 On Your Side has reached out for more information in the case.
Fabio was recently awarded temporary sole legal custody, but each parent was given equal physical custody of the child. Fabio was aware that Leandra would have their daughter this past weekend.
Treasuries had rallied last week after Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the pace of future increases may slow later this year, increasing the odds for cuts next year in market-implied measures. Several Fed leaders have since said the central bank is far from done with tightening and remains laser-focused on tamping down price gains that are the hottest in four decades.
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“If there is a change in tone by Fed members, it is similar to a parent that is finally telling the kids that you’ve had enough candy, no more,” wrote Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Financial Group.
“For decades the Fed always gave the markets more candy, especially when the kids raised out for it. Now, the kids are going to have to do without as long as inflation is at the very unsatisfactory levels that it’s pacing at, even with an expected fall.”
Markets are also somewhat calmer as US-China tensions simmered after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan. Her visit from Ella had provoked an angry response from China, and markets were on the edge ahead of her arrival from Ella on Tuesday.
US stocks were roaring on Wednesday after a session with many twists and turns the previous day.
PayPal jumped 8.9 per cent on a report that activist investor Elliott Management has taken a large stake in the payment company.
Robinhood Markets, whose stock trading app helped bring a new generation of investors to the market, rose 11.9 per cent following an announcement that it’s cutting nearly a quarter of its workforce. Crashing cryptocurrency prices and a turbulent stock market have kept more customers off its app.
But the strong equities trading doesn’t reflect the headwinds confronting the market, according to Goldman Sachs strategist Sharon Bell.
“There’s a little bit of complacency in there and markets are not fully taking into account the risks,” Bell said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
Seeing riskier areas of the equity market reprice higher as some earnings estimates get slashed indicates that investors may be overly optimistic, said Emily Roland, co-chief investment strategist at John Hancock Investment Management.
“In this environment, we would rebalance into quality companies and sectors that have strong balance sheets and more durable profitability,” she said. “This is not the right time to emphasize cyclical areas or ones that have a greater need for capital.”
Oil fell after a brief rally as traders mulled the lack of relief for oil markets and a poor demand outlook. The US dollar wall gains after jumping to its highest in a week.
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The question of whether Macs are less susceptible to viruses has long been argued.
Now macOS spyware, named CloudMensis after detailed analysis conducted by Eset researchers, has been discovered as a backdoor that lets hackers spy on users of compromised Macs.
It exclusively uses public cloud storage services to communicate back and forth with its operators, enabling them to gather information from victims’ computers by exfiltrating documents, keystrokes and screen captures.
Described as a “powerful spying tool” by the researchers, it’s not clear how the virus is initially distributed and who the targets are, although it doesn’t have any undisclosed (zero-day) vulnerabilities.
It’s created to work through popular cloud platforms DropBox as well as pCloud, Yandex Disk, and Eset’s analysis of the code suggests CloudMensis may have been around for many years.
The quality of the code and lack of obfuscation suggests the creators are not very advanced or familiar with Mac development, the researchers believe, although it is able to bypass Apple’s own security protections.
“Use of vulnerabilities to work around macOS mitigations shows that the malware operators are actively trying to maximize the success of their spying operations,” the researchers said.
Gains admin access to do its dirty work
Once the CloudMensis spyware is executed and administrative privileges are gained, it sets off a two-stage process to release and act on its payload.
It includes authentication tokens to multiple cloud service providers enabling it to interact with cloud storage providers for receiving commands from its operators and for exfiltrating files.
The first-stage malware is set to download and then retrieve the second-stage malware, the spyagent client, as a system-wide daemon.
It’s this larger, second component that contains the instructions to collect information from a compromised Mac.
Since the release of macOS Mojave (10.14) in 2018, Macs have used a Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) system to protect access to some sensitive inputs, such as screen captures, cameras, microphones, and keyboard events.
However, the CloudMensis spyware bypasses these in-built security protocols, which avoids prompting the user to provide permissions, potentially leaving them unaware of the presence of malware on their infected device.
Ultimately the malware can list processes running on the infected devices, start a screen capture, list emails and attachments, list files form removable storage, upload password-protected files to cloud storage, and download and run arbitrary files.
“The intention of the attackers here is clearly to exfiltrate documents, screenshots, email attachments, and other sensitive data,” said the Eset researchers.
Apple helping users shut down malware risks
Apple is responding to the threats posed by spyware with a new feature called Lockdown Mode.
To be rolled out across macOS Ventura, iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, the company described it as an extreme option for additional protection where users face serious, targeted threats to their digital security.
Apple says this feature hardens existing device defenses and strictly limits certain functionalities in a bid to severely reduce the attack surface that could potentially be exploited by attackers.
Among the restrictions, most message attachment types other than images are blocked, certain complex web technologies are disabled, incoming invitations and service requests are blocked without a previous call or request, wired connections are blocked while locked and configuration profiles cannot be installed, and the device cannot enroll into mobile device management (MDM).
The company has also taken the extra step of offering rewards to researchers who discover Lockdown Mode bypasses or improvements.
Apple has also pledged to give $14.5 million (US$10 million) and any damages awarded from the lawsuit filed against NSO Group over its spyware to the Dignity and Justice Fund which is working to expose mercenary spyware and protect potential targets.
David Klemmer’s future at the Knights continues to hang by a thread, but coach Adam O’Brien reportedly is stuck at “arm’s length” over the Newcastle star’s situation.
According to veteran league journalist Brent Read, Klemmer and O’Brien reportedly have “no issue” with each other, with Read revealing on Fox League’s NRL360 that Klemmer apologized to his coach for blowing up at a trainer – an incident that subsequently saw Klemmer issued a show-cause notice by the Knights.
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Read also shut down a “conspiracy theory” linking the Klemmer saga to an aborted 11th-hour move to the Eels last week, although fellow NRL expert Phil Rothfield revealed deeper concerns at the Knights over Klemmer’s performances and attitude this season.
Read told NRL 360: “As I understand it, Klem’s apologized – he sent a text to Adam O’Brien on Sunday night acknowledging that he could have handled things better.
“I don’t think he’s got an issue with Adam O’Brien. I don’t think the coach is off him at all.”
Rothfield was doubtful that the Knights are genuinely hoping for Klemmer to leave the club, especially given an “awkward situation” between O’Brien and the player.
“I’m not convinced they do want him to go,” he said.
“And there’s a really awkward situation there where his manager is also the manager of Adam O’Brien, the coach. So how is the coach going to back him to sack one of his manager’s players? It gets too difficult.”
Read replied: “This is why Adam’s at arms length. This is (the responsibility of the new Director of Football) Peter Parr. Adam’s been told, ‘Stay out of it’ … My understanding is Adam has no issue with David Klemmer.”
There have been widespread rumors that Klemmer’s possible axing by the Knights is due to deeper problems, and not a reflection of this isolated incident.
NRL 360 host Paul Kent asked Read about the “conspiracy theory that it’s linked to the potential move to Parramatta”, earning an emphatic reply.
“That’s rubbish,” Read said. “Dave didn’t want to go to Parramatta. This happened after they’d already decided he wasn’t going to go.”
Parramatta had sought to sign Klemmer for the remainder of the season to boost their final hopes, but the Knights shut down the move prior to the August 1 deadline.
But Rothfield added that there have been lingering concerns in the club over Klemmer’s performance.
“Something I do know factually,” he said. “This is not an isolated issue with David Klemmer. I’m not saying there was anything as dramatic as him abusing the trainer.”
Read pointed out that Klemmer had “no other show causes, no blot marks on his record”.
But Rothfield countered: “But there’s still some issues that have happened at that football club behind the scenes. I mentioned some of them on Monday night: his failure to be able to carry out a game plan, (his tendency) to take one or two (too) many hit-ups.
“Some people have called him selfish, that he’s out there to make his meters and not follow what they’ve been training to do all week. They’re not getting quick play-the-balls.”
Pointing to video footage, Kent noted: “He’s been tackled there, but he continues to fight for three or four more seconds, which takes all the momentum out of your attack, which then leaves the rest of his team with no momentum to attack on the next play.”
But Read questioned: “So what are we saying, that they’re using this as a conspiracy to sack him?”
Nevertheless, Read opined that the single incident was not enough to see Klemmer’s contract torn up.
“It’s not a sackable offence… The terminology he used is freely used in that football club. It’s sprayed around,” Read said.
“My understanding is there was some language sprayed back at him as well.”
The situation remains murky in Newcastle. As Kent declared: “The whole thing’s weird. The whole thing’s crazy. It’s a very naive club.”
And with the latest drama engulfing the club, Rothfield added that O’Brien’s future at the club is under an increasingly dark cloud.
“I’ll be fair dinkum. I think we’ll know at 6 o’clock on Sunday night,” he said. “If they come away with nothing at Campbelltown, in light of the Klemmer drama and a few other things that have happened: I think there’ll be major drama next week.”
Originally published as ‘That’s rubbish’: Knights coach Adam O’Brien has ‘no issue’ with David Klemmer after apology
From mid-2023, Canberra residents will have access to free medical and surgical abortions up to 16 weeks’ gestation.
Key points:
ACT Minister for Women Yvette Berry says the move will allow Canberrans “to make a choice … without being influenced by financial barriers”
Free access to abortion services will also be available to ACT residents without a Medicare card
The government expects the services will be available without out-of-pocket costs by mid-next year
The ACT government said the decision to remove out-of-pocket costs for abortion services ensured that Canberrans who became pregnant could “make decisions about their healthcare based on what [was] best for them and their bodies.
“This means that individuals will be supported to make a choice about having an abortion without being influenced by financial barriers,” ACT Minister for Women Yvette Berry said.
“It also means that having an abortion can occur in a time-sensitive manner without being delayed due to an inability to pay.”
These services will be accessible to people without a Medicare card and all those who use abortion services will also be eligible to receive free, long-lasting, reversible contraceptives at the time of abortion, which the government said had been shown to reduce demand for abortions in the future.
The initiative to remove out-of-pocket costs will cost the government $4.6 million over four years and aims to improve access to affordable, accessible health services as part of the ACT Women’s Plan 2016-26.
Ms Berry said it was the latest in a string of actions to improve access to safe, accessible abortion services after the procedure was decriminalized in the ACT in 2002.
One more-recent change included banning protesters outside abortion clinics in 2016.
ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said she was proud of the latest commitment from the government.
“With one in three women estimated to experience an unexpected pregnancy in their lifetime, it is essential that these services are safe, affordable and accessible, regardless of how much money you have,” she said.
Free services to be available by mid-2023
Women’s Health Matters chief executive Lauren Anthes welcomed the funding initiative to provide access to free surgical abortions within the ACT’s existing gestational limits.
“Timely access is vital as services become more expensive and harder to access over time,” she said.
“This funding will help people access surgical abortion as soon as possible.”
The ACT government said it would work with service providers on the specific arrangements to cover the out-of-pocket costs for accessing abortion services in the territory.
It said this consultation work was expected to be completed during the first half of 2023.
MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — A man who was in critical condition following a wrong-way fatal crash that killed his wife, four children and two others, died Wednesday.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, Thomas Dobosz, 32, died Wednesday morning at Loyola Medical Center from the injuries he sustained from the crash.
The crash happened around 2 am Sunday on I-90 near mile marker 33, about 50 miles from Chicago.
Illinois State Police said that Thomas Dobosz and his 31-year-old wife, Lauren Dobosz — both from Rolling Meadows — were driving westbound on I-90 in a full-size Chevrolet van carrying five children when a wrong-way driver collided with them head-on, causing both vehicles to become engulfed in flames.
According to ISP, 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandez was driving the wrong way “for unknown reasons.”
Lauren Dobosz and the five children, ages 5 to 13: Ella, Nicky, Lucas, Emma and Emma’s 13-year-old friend, were all killed.
Fernandez — who was from Carpentersville — also died, according to authorities.
At the time, Thomas Dobosz was the lone survivor of the crash and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
A neighbor who lives across the street from the couple says they had four children. He believes the fifth child involved in the crash was a friend of their oldest child.
“The kids were very friendly,” David Moreno said. “They were always talkative. We would always run into them at the supermarket.”
The family was heavily involved in the local cheer community with the Oriole Park Falcons.
Furious AGL customer EXPLODES at his power company for overcharging him revealing his $1200 bills cost him his marriage and forced him to use an esky instead of a fridge – now he’s threatening to cut electricity to his home for good
Bryn Lawson, 55, regularly receives power bills over $1,200 despite living alone
He said the bills are due to his power company, AGL, misreading his power meter
Mr Lawson has replaced his fridge with a camping fridge and doesn’t use heating
The bills have left him ‘broken and are part of the ‘decimation’ of his marriage
By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia
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A frustrated customer of one of Australia’s largest energy providers has threatened to cut the power to his home off for good after being stung with sky-high meter readings he says are false.
Sydneysider Bryn Lawson, 55, is drawing a line in the sand with electricity giant, AGL, as bills regularly soar over $1,200 a quarter, despite the fact he lives alone.
He even says the ‘overcharging’ s even cost him his 35-year marriage because the couple used to blame each other about which of them was responsible.
‘Fix it AGL. Get your s**t together and fix it, mate… Stop f**king me around,’ he told A Current Affair.
‘It was a part of the decimation of our marriage because I’d come home and the lights would be on the power would be on and the power bills were high.’
Bryn Lawson (above) said he’s ready to cut all power to his house after consistently receiving overpriced bills from his Sydney power provider, AGL
‘I’d be saying “what are the lights on for what’s this on for, why is the heater on”.’
But after his wife walked out on him the chargers were just as high.
Mr Lawson has taken extreme measures to counteract the hefty bills.
He replaced his kitchen fridge with a camping esky and has refused to turn on the heater in all winter, despite near freezing temperatures.
But he still faces massive bills each quarter.
Mr Lawson is responsible for checking his own power meter as his power box is not accessible from the road.
However, Mr Lawson said the meter figure he confirms with AGL is never the number that appears on his bill.
He said AGL responds to his complaints with credits to make up the difference from his bill and the actual amount of power he uses but then the same mistake is made the next time round.
Mr Lawson has replaced his kitchen fridge with a small camping esky (above) in an effort to keep his power bills down
Now Mr Lawson has nothing left to give and said he is tired of ‘shivering’ every night and suffering from the paranoia of his upcoming bills.
He says he’s had enough and is threatening to cut off the power altogether.
‘It’s humiliating when I think about what they’ve made me do. It’s not the appliances, it’s AGL,’ he said.
‘I have no problem at all putting my swag out there, putting my solar panels, my battery and running that fridge out there and living out there,’ he said.
AGL told A Current Affair they apologize for Mr Lawson’s experience and are committed to fixing his concerns.
It feels like social audio had its moment, doesn’t it? That it was a pandemic-induced trend, which is still valuable to some degree, but is unlikely to become the transformative, connective tool that many envisioned back when Clubhouse had a $4 billion valuation.
Clubhouse is now struggling to maintain growth, Facebook has all but abandoned its audio social initiatives, and other apps, while they keep trying, don’t really seem to be gaining a heap of traction with their copycat functions.
Which leads to Twitter Spaces.
Of all the audio social additions, Spaces seemed to gain the most traction, and with Twitter’s established network to latch onto, it also seemed like the most likely to succeed, long term.
But it hasn’t become a big element of the Twitter experience just yet.
Can it? It definitely appears as though Twitter still has faith, as it continues to experiment with new Spaces options and tools, while Spaces also still has its own tab in the lower function bar of the app, highlighting the potential that Twitter sees in it enhancing the user experience.
And the next stage might be coming – according to new screenshots, Twitter is getting closer to launching a revamped version of the Spaces tab which will separate audio broadcasts, both live and recorded, into topics, in what looks similar to a podcast display.
As you can see in this extended layout exampleposted by app researcher Alessandro PaluzziTwitter’s new topic-based approach to Spaces will make it easier to find content on key discussions of interest, including dedicated displays of the latest broadcasts on ‘News’, ‘Sports’, ‘Music’ and more.
Twitter’s been working on the new format for some time, with its initial topics layout spotted in testing back in June, which also, at that time, included popular podcasts in the feed.
That, along with the addition of recorded Spaces, seemed to suggest that Twitter was looking to incorporate podcast discovery into its audio tools, expanding its listings beyond Spaces content alone.
That could make Twitter a more essential audio companion, while also providing more capacity for Spaces hosts to convert their streams into downloadable, potentially monetizable shows, while the more dedicated topics approach would improve the discoverability of Spaces content, which has been a key issue impeding Spaces take-up.
Because, most of the time, the majority of in-progress Spaces are not relevant. Tap on the Spaces tab and you’ll see a heap of Web3 and NFT chats. But if you’re not into those topics, there’s generally not a heap of variety at any given time.
Accessible, categorized Spaces recordings solves this, while the addition of other popular podcasts could also get more people turning to the app when they’re looking for audio content – though it is notable that this latest example doesn’t show existing podcasts in the same way as the original test.
That may be why Twitter recently asked TechCrunch not to share these early images, as it’s still working on the format. Maybe Twitter couldn’t secure licensing to include outside podcasts in the new display – though, either way, it still seems like an improvement, which, if nothing else, will give Spaces the best chance to succeed.
And it still might. Time Magazine, for example, is regularly broadcasting via Spaces over summer, which could result in it making Spaces an ongoing content avenue.
That could get more people listening – but the main issue with Spaces remains the same as it was with video live-streaming before it.
When you open up a broadcast tool to everyone, you’re going to get a lot of bad content. That’s inevitable – as more people get the opportunity to broadcast, they’re going to, and only a finite number of creators have the actual talent and skill required to create consistent, engaging content, with broad audience appeal.
As such, you need filters, you need tools to be able to highlight the best, to showcase the cream of the crop, in order to deliver the best experience, which will then keep people coming back.
At present, Twitter’s Spaces tab doesn’t do that, but maybe, with more specific curation, and the addition of recordings, and potentially outside podcasts, that could still happen, and could make Spaces a more valuable element.
In announcing the review, which will be co-led by former Labor defense minister Stephen Smith, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he expected defense spending to grow beyond the 2 per cent of gross domestic product benchmark to which the government had committed.
Sailors from China’s PLA Navy march for the 70th anniversary of Communist China. AP
Asked whether he thought conflict with China was inevitable, Mr Albanese said all needed to be done to advance peace and security in our region, which included building up the military.
“I firmly believe that one of the objectives front and center of having a strong defense of Australia is to make sure that we avoid conflict,” he said.
“That is the objective of this government. And I believe that’s the objective which the Australian people want to see. And this focus is very much on just that.”
The review will examine how prepared the Defense Force is for the security challenges of the next decade, looking at basing and location of forces, structure of the military and its capabilities, weapons platforms, infrastructure and logistics.
The review is due to report in March, in tandem with separate work on the submarine program.
It could mean personnel are relocated to bolster the northern approaches to the continent. Some projects could be canned or scaled back, others brought forward and new ones funded.
Committed to nuclear-powered submarines
The government, however, said it remained committed to the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines and the troubled $45 billion Hunter class program was safe from the axe.
“The major programs which are under way are not about to change,” Defense Minister Richard Marles said.
“But we’re going to look at the integrated investment plan [which outlines $270 billion of planned military acquisitions] over the course of the next 10 years to make sure what we have as a schedule of procurements does meet the challenges that our strategic circumstances present.”
Mr Albanese and Mr Marles said the review was the most significant of the Defense Force in 35 years. It was required after the 10-year warning window of an attack on Australia, which has underpinned military planning assumptions, had shrunk as China became more assertive and the risk of state-on-state conflict rose, they said.
Long-range strike missiles
Former senior defense official Paul Dibb, who led the 1986 review that devised the 10-year warning window, echoed Sir Angus’ assessment.
He said the 10-year warning period reflected the window it would take a regional power to build up a force to invade Australia, and short of a nuclear strike, no potential adversaries had that capability at the time.
“Now we have a China that could put one of its aircraft carriers into the South China Sea and threaten us, not directly with military force, but coerce us and in Chinese Communist Party language, teach us a lesson,” Professor Dibb said.
“I would expect the reviewers to find this is dangerous, our warning time is zip and conflict could happen at any time.
“The answer is we need to get lots and lots of long-range strike missiles, with ranges in the thousands of kilometers, not hundreds. The nearest Chinese base is Fiery Cross Reef [about 3000km from Darwin]. We should have the capability to take that out.”
Professor’s appointment under fire
The appointment of Professor Smith, defense minister between 2010 and 2013, came under fire from the opposition and the Australia Defense Association.
Opposition defense spokesman Andrew Hastie said Mr Smith as minister presided over billions of dollars in cuts to the defense budget, with military spending plunging to 1.56 per cent of GDP, the lowest level since 1938.
“The Prime Minister has said this is the most complex strategic environment Australia has encountered – and what does he do? Appoint the man who oversaw the biggest cuts to defense in 70 years to review defense investment,” Mr Hastie said.
“When Mr Smith was last in government he cut and canceled defense projects, delayed decisions, and dismissed warnings about the strategic environment Australia was heading into a decade ago.”
While supportive of a review, ADA executive director Neil James said Professor Smith was the wrong person to co-lead it. This was because as a former minister, Professor Smith might engage in “legacy protection”.
Mr James said as a minister, Professor Smith was known for not making decisions, such as failing to commission any new naval vessels, contributing to delays in shipbuilding still being felt today.
One decision Professor Smith did make, canceling the acquisition of South Korean-made self-propelled Howitzer guns, was reversed several years ago.
Mr James said the Defense Department and Australian Defense Force were often unfairly criticised, and the review needed to look at how governments made decisions about the military.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and police department heads slammed the state’s bail reform laws as “insane” and “dangerous” amid an increase in arrests and a series of high-profile attacks on law enforcement and the public.
New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell joined Adams and other NYPD officials for a press conference Wednesday at NYPD headquarters, where she spoke of “the challenges we are facing in New York City every day.”
They say the definition of insanity is to do the same thing repeatedly, but expect different results.
— New York City Mayor Eric Adams
“This is about recidivists who cause New Yorkers to suffer needlessly. Every day, as hardworking New Yorkers start their day or night of work or school, or to simply enjoy what this city has to offer, recidivist criminals are planning or taking the opportunity to commit their next larceny, robbery, burglary or other crime,” Sewell said, “Their efforts are increasingly aided by the fact that after the NYPD has arrested them, the criminal justice system fails to hold them appropriately accountable for their actions. These offenders face very few, if any, repercussions, despite committing crime after crime.”
The city’s top cop added that the number of crime victims “continues to go up.”
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“Your NYPD officers speak to these victims. We support them and proudly go to work for them with every resource we have,” she continued. “But for too many of these victims, justice is elusive. Justice and fairness go hand in hand. Public service has to work together on behalf of all of the people we serve.”
Sewell noted that New York remains the only state with a law that prevents judges from considering an offender’s potential threat to public safety when making custody decisions.
“That doesn’t serve the next innocent victim,” she said. “It doesn’t serve our officers, and it doesn’t serve quality of life. We can and must do better.”
Mayor Adams stressed that this was not “a battle against those who saw the need to reform a criminal justice system,” but one “against those who are exploiting those reforms.”
Adams said there were “four components of the criminal justice process: police, judges, prosecutors, lawmakers” and they must “operate in unison.”
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He said NYPD arrests have increased by more than 24% as of Aug. 1, with 109,000 arrests this year compared to the 87,794 arrests during the same time in 2021. Arrests for the seven major crimes are up about 29%, he said.
Weapons arrests are at a 27-year high, while the number of murders and shootings is down for the year, he said.
“What’s not working,” the mayor added, “are the other three pieces.”
“They say the definition of insanity is to do the same thing repeatedly, but expect different results,” Adams told reporters. “Our criminal justice system is insane. It is dangerous, it’s harmful, and it’s destroying the fabric of our city. Time and time again, our police officers make an arrest and then the person who is arrested for assault, felonious assault, robberies and gun possession is finding themselves back on the street within days — if not hours — after the arrest. And they go on to commit more crimes within weeks, if not days.”
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NYPD officers examine the scene of a stabbing on Decatur Ave. in the Bronx. (Peter Gerberg)
He acknowledged that there may be other needed reforms, and said this was not an attack on those, but added: “This is about a small number of people who are taking advantage of the existing laws to endanger our city.”
NYPD’s Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri said investigators have identified 716 people who are behind an estimated 30% of the roughly 2,400 shootings since 2021.
“We know who they are,” he said.
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Fifty-four percent of those 716 people — 385 individuals — have an open felony, he said.
“That’s 0.008% of the New York City population responsible for 30 percent of the shootings in New York City over the past year and a half.”
Stephanie Pagones is a Digital Reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @steph_pagones.
