Ohio teen charged with breaking into school to cheat on test

Ohio teen charged with breaking into school to cheat on test

SPRINGBORO

A judge has ordered a high-achieving 17-year-old boy accused of breaking into his high school to cheat on a test remain in custody at a southwest Ohio juvenile detention center.

WLWT-TV reports the teen appeared in Warren County Juvenile Court on Friday where Judge Joseph Kirby ordered him detained despite arguments from his attorney that the teen has a 3.4 grade point average and is enrolled in honors and advanced placement courses.

Police say the teen twice broke into Springboro High School early Thursday and was escorted out of the building by custodians both times.

The school was closed Friday while police conducted a security sweep.

The teen’s attorney said Friday was the first time his client has missed a day of high school.

Ohio Turnpike to get electric vehicle charging stations

TOLEDO

The first electric vehicle charging stations on the Ohio Turnpike will be installed at service plazas on the western portion of the heavily traveled toll road.

Virginia-based Electrify America announced last week that it’s partnering with the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission to install four charging stations.

The stations will be located at service plazas near Toledo and plazas near West Unity.

Each station will have a dispenser that can charge a vehicle up to seven times faster than the most commonly used fast chargers.

The Reston, Va.-based company said the stations will be installed or under construction by June 2019.

Ohio Turnpike Executive Director Randy Cole said the charging stations are another example of Ohio “staying ahead of the curve.”

Police: 10-year old boy arrested in fatal shooting of stepmother

CLEVELAND

Cleveland police say a 10-year-old boy has been arrested in the fatal shooting of his stepmother last month.

A police spokeswoman said Friday the boy’s father took him to the Cleveland police homicide unit where he was arrested and then detained at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center.

Initial information released by police in late September listed the boy as a victim who wasn’t hurt in the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Shavonne Willis. She was shot multiple times and died at a hospital.

The shooting suspect was identified as a man in a black hooded sweat shirt.

Trump facing complaints that Iran sanctions are too weak

WASHINGTON

A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early next month won’t be tough enough.

As President Donald Trump prepares to re-impose a second batch of Iran sanctions that had been eased under the 2015 nuclear deal, conservative lawmakers and outside advisers have become worried that the administration may break a promise to exert “maximum pressure” on Iran.

They are angered by suggestions that measures to be announced Nov. 5 won’t include a provision cutting Iran off from a key component of the global financial system.

The self-described Iran hawks are concerned enough that they have drafted legislation that would require the administration to demand that Iran be suspended from the international bank transfer system known as SWIFT.

Trump pledged Thursday to do whatever it takes to pressure Iran to halt what he refers to as its “malign conduct” such as nuclear and missile development and support for terrorism and groups that destabilize the Middle East.

On solid ground: ‘Sully,’ controller reunite in NY

NEW YORK

The image is miraculous: Passengers standing on the wings of a US Airways jetliner as it floats down the Hudson River.

Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and air-traffic controller Pat Harten are forever linked by the amazing water landing that saved all 155 passengers and crew after a double-bird strike damaged both engines Jan. 15, 2009.

Approaching the 10th anniversary of the “Miracle on the Hudson,” Sullenberger and Harten will meet at the finish line of the New York City Marathon. Sullenberger will put the finisher’s medal around Harten’s neck in Central Park on Nov. 4.

“We think the world of Patrick, we’re going to be very honored and excited to be there to cheer him on,” said Sullenberger, who will attend with wife, Lorrie. “We worked together seamlessly in one of the most dire situations anyone can imagine to try to save every single life.”

Harten is a second-generation air-traffic controller, following the path of his father and 36-year veteran, Patrick Harten Sr. The younger Harten attended air-traffic control school in Alaska after earning a degree in chemistry from Stony Brook University.

Fla. man sentenced to 40 years in plot to bomb Target stores

OCALA, Fla.

A Florida man who plotted to blow up Target stores along the East Coast has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.

Authorities said Mark Charles Barnett of Ocala thought the explosions would cause the company’s stock to plunge, allowing him to cheaply acquire shares.

Court records show Barnett was sentenced earlier this month in federal court in Ocala. The 50-year-old was convicted in July of attempted arson, possession of an unregistered firearm and making an unregistered firearm.

Barnett was arrested in February 2017 after he offered to pay another man $10,000 to place at least 10 “improvised explosive bombs” disguised in food-item packaging on store shelves from New York to Florida. The man instead gave the devices to federal agents.

Barnett also is a registered sex offender.

2 bound bodies found in NYC were missing Virginia sisters

NEW YORK

Two bound-together bodies that washed up on shore along the Hudson River in New York City have been identified as missing sisters from Virginia.

The New York Police Department says the bodies that were found Wednesday lying on rocks along the river were 22-year-old Rotana Farea and her 16-year-old sister, Tala Farea, both of Fairfax, Va.

Tala was last seen Aug, 24, according to a posting on the website of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The alert said she might be with her sister.

The bodies were found bound together with duct tape, facing each other. Police said both were fully clothed, and there were no obvious signs of trauma.

The cause of death for the two young women has not been determined.

Mexicans line capital’s boulevard for Day of Dead parade

MEXICO CITY

Towering skeletons and dancers dressed in regional costumes are bouncing along Mexico City’s main avenue, surrounded by orange marigolds, as the city celebrates its third-annual Day of the Dead parade.

This year’s parade pays tribute to migrants who have lost their lives just as thousands of Central Americans make their way through southern Mexico in a caravan with the hope of starting anew in the United States. At least one migrant has died since the caravan set out from Honduras more than two weeks ago.

Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations traditionally consist of altars and quiet family gatherings at the graves of departed loved ones, bringing them music, drink and conversation each year on Nov. 1-2. Saturday’s parade was inspired by scenes in the James Bond movie “Spectre.”

Associated Press