Milwaukee police planning ‘curfew center’ for young offenders

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Kendall Keys

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Milwaukee police say they’re working to establish a “curfew center” for young offenders.

Last weekend, three people, including two teenagers, were shot on Water Street. Dylan Jackson, 22, died. There were crowds of young people gathered downtown that night, and it’s something Milwaukee police plan to crack down on before summer.

Days after the shooting, WISN 12 News asked Milwaukee police about their plans to restore order downtown.

“We’ve really worked with the Department of Community Wellness and Safety, and we’re going to be establishing a pilot program for a curfew center on Fridays and Saturday nights,” Milwaukee Police Capt. Robert Thiel said.

According to city ordinance, anyone 17 and younger is not allowed on the streets from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

“The goal is to, we’re able to get some of these youth and then take them to the facility. We can drop them off and get those police officers back into patrol as fast as we can,” Thiel said.

The location of the curfew center is still in the works.

“We are going to partner with some community advocates that take potential curfew violators and try and get them some wraparound services to figure out what’s causing the curfew. Is it home issue? Is it food issues? What’s causing this for them to be out past curfew and to try and mitigate it from occurring in the future,” Thiel said.

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said he’s on board.

“I’m having conversations about everything. Every possible tool, every possible option to keep the citizens of Milwaukee safe,” Johnson said.

MPD said it has been working on the curfew centers with the city’s Department of Community Wellness and Safety.

“I believe Karin Tyler is going to be official director, I think it’s today. And then, we can keep moving forward on this,” Thiel said.

“This summer?” WISN 12 News reporter Kendall Keys asked.

“Oh, absolutely. I’m hoping with the next week or two,” Thiel said.

In a twist, the Milwaukee Common Council moved to delay confirming Karin Tyler as director on Tuesday.

“I have some grave concerns in regards to the appointment’s ability to run a department,” Alderwoman Sharlen Moore said at the Tuesday meeting.

Moore told 12 News Wednesday she had concerns about funding for the department and wanted more time for the common council to further vet the mayor’s appointment.

“It’s not necessarily about the individual. It’s about what is it that the council is in charge to do? And it’s making sure that there are qualified individuals and leaders that are heading city departments,” Moore said.

“Is the delay of this going to potentially delay that program?” Keys asked Mayor Johnson. “Well, evidently so,” Johnson said. “You can’t have direction in that office without a director. I believe the spirit of state law says exactly that. You can’t hire, you can’t fire. It causes a delay, not just in the appointment, but in some of the exercising the powers of that office. So I think there’s a lot of sense of urgency in getting this done. I hope the council shares that urgency.”

“This is something that is so important, not only to me, but to the city. We understand what has been going on in the city over the last few weeks. We need the support of the Department of Community Wellness and Safety. OK, then we need the mayor to tell us how are they planning, what’s the plan to fund the department?”

The mayor’s office said the mayor is very interested in making sure the necessary resources are directed to the department during the regular budget planning process.

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Search warrant: Woman stabbed 107 times in Milwaukee, dead for days

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Sam Schmitz, Derrick Rose

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A search warrant affidavit obtained by WISN 12 News revealed the woman found dead at a home near 37th Street and Townsend Ave. had been stabbed 107 times and appeared to have been “deceased for several days.”

The affidavit said Milwaukee Police detectives learned of the discovery March 13, just after 4:15 p.m.

According to the document, investigators initially believed the victim, Janie Pendleton, had “suffered upwards of 20 stab [wounds] throughout her body.”

During an autopsy, detectives learned more specific details about the death.

“Detectives observed a distinct shoe pattern on Pendleton’s right forearm,” Det. Michael Braunreiter wrote in the affidavit. He said the doctor performing the autopsy reported Pendleton, 41, “suffered a total of 107 stab wounds and ruled her death a homicide.”

The search warrant, signed by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Williams Sosnay, granted detectives permission to search the home of a man investigators said knew Pendleton and gave inconsistent statements to detectives.

Despite that knowledge and information, the page reserved for investigators to list what they found had one brief sentence.

“No evidence obtained.”

WISN 12 News is not identifying the man or other individuals named in the affidavit because none have been publicly named suspects in the killing.

Milwaukee police have not announced any arrests or whether they have referred criminal charges to the district attorney to review.

Anyone with information is asked to call Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 414-224-tips.

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Oklahoma City resident faces financial woes after breathalyzer company hack

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Jason Burger

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A nationwide cybersecurity hack impacted Intoxalock, a company that provides court-ordered ignition interlock devices, causing some drivers to be unable to start their cars and leading to financial issues for an Oklahoma City resident.

An Oklahoma City man, who chose not to be identified, shared his experience with Intoxalock.

“It’s just been ongoing, ongoing, ongoing, and I’m like…I am so done with this,” he said.

Earlier this month, Intoxalock experienced a cybersecurity incident, resulting in a hack that left many unable to start their cars without a clean breath test.

“Taking Ubers, called friends, anyway I could get to work,” he said, describing how he managed to commute while his car was out of service. He dropped his car off at a shop until they could uninstall the system, which took several days. Many others across the country faced similar issues.

“You need groceries, you gotta go to work…you gotta do something,” he said, emphasizing the inconvenience caused by the hack.

He had completed his time with the breathalyzer system and was in the process of having it uninstalled.

“Monday is when I got it uninstalled, Tuesday is when they said my account was closed when I was done with them,” he said.

However, a new problem arose when Intoxalock automatically withdrew money from his account after the equipment was removed and his account was paid in full.

“I asked them if there was anything else owed, and stuff like that, and they said ‘no,’ so I said OK, I don’t need to call or check in again? They said ‘no,’” he said.

“I had to go to the bank, and I had to shut that card down, and I had to dispute the charges because I’m not going to sit on the phone with them for days to see where the $70 went,” he said, explaining his efforts to dispute the charge.

Despite his efforts, he is not optimistic about getting the money back.

“If I could get some of that money back and if I could reimburse the people that helped me out, that’d be great, but it’s going to come out of my pocket,” he said.

Attempts to reach Intoxalock for comment were unsuccessful.

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On their Facebook page, the company posted on Monday that their systems were restored, but further information about the cyber hack has not been released.

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‘I’m in stickers!’: Body camera video shows suspect facedown in thorn bushes after high-speed chase

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Addison Kliewer

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A high-speed chase in Oklahoma County on Sunday ended with a suspect falling into thorn bushes and being arrested after attempting to flee on foot.

The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office released footage showing the chase. A deputy ran after a man before the suspect was found face down in a pile of thorny branches.

“Get down! Get back here with me.”

After falling into the bushes, the suspect asked the deputy for help.

“I’m in stickers!” the suspect said.

“Get up!” the deputy said. “You got to help yourself.”

The deputy eventually pulled the man out of the thorns, and he was detained. He was booked into jail on multiple complaints, including driving under the influence.

The chase reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Thunder and Oklahoma City leaders break ground on new downtown arena, Continental Coliseum

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Jordan Ryan

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Thunder fans can get excited about the future as the city and team held a groundbreaking ceremony for Continental Coliseum, which will become the franchise’s new home in 2028.

Continental Coliseum – Oklahoma City Thunder new arenaOklahoma City Thunder’s new arena to be named Continental Coliseum Demolition has been underway at the location across the street from the Paycom Center for months, and the city and team are ready to break ground for construction.

The groundbreaking ceremony comes days after the Thunder announced a 15-year partnership to name the arena the Continental Coliseum.

This may be a bittersweet moment for many Oklahomans, as the previous arena that was recently demolished opened in the early 1970s.

The new arena is slated to be completed by late summer 2028 and ready for the Thunder’s 2028-29 season. The project is estimated to cost a little more than $1 billion.

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Kansas City shops among 33 targeted in Missouri cannabis crackdown

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Nick Sloan

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    KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Missouri’s attorney general is cracking down on dozens of cannabis retailers including several in the Kansas City region.

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Wednesday that her office has sent cease-and-desist letters to 33 businesses accused of selling intoxicating cannabis or marijuana products outside the state’s legal framework.

Hanaway said 13 of those businesses are in the Kansas City region.

The businesses are accused of selling products that violate the state’s consumer protection laws, including items marketed as cannabis that are not regulated under Missouri’s constitutional guidelines.

“These unlicensed dispensaries are peddling dangerous, deceptive, and intoxicating cannabis and marijuana products,” Hanaway said in a statement.

State officials say testing found some of the products contained potentially harmful substances, including lead, arsenic, solvents, pesticides or unknown byproducts and mercury.

Hanaway said the action falls under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.

Those in the Kansas City region:

– Big Chiefs Kush Waldo, Kansas City

– Center Smoke Shop, Independence

– Dr. Smoke, Kansas City

– Gray Area Cannabis, Independence

– Herb Depot, Independence

– It’s A Dream, Kansas City

– KC Kush, Kansas City

– Main Smoke Shop KC, Kansas City

– Mr. Niceguy, Kansas City

– Prohibition Cannabis, Kansas City

– Sacred Leaf, Independence

– Super E Cig Smoke Shop, St. Joseph

– Vapor Maven, Cameron

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Bride searches for late father’s bright green Ford ahead of October wedding

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Mike Moses

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    MADBURY, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A New Hampshire bride is on a heartfelt mission to include her late father in her wedding day by finding his 1937 Ford.

Chelsea Hermann says the car was her father’s final passion project and was last seen more than 20 years ago at his funeral.

“I don’t have my dad. But you know, what happens with the future, specifically at a wedding — all the traditions, the daddy-daughter dance — that became a question right away and something I dreaded for the longest time,” she said.

According to Hermann, the car is bright green with a silver stripe down the side.

With her wedding approaching in October, locating the vehicle would be a meaningful way to feel her father’s presence on her big day.

“I just want to touch it… the last time we saw it was when we had a parade at my dad’s funeral,” Hermann said.

Local mechanics and members of the classic car community are helping with the search, hoping the car is somewhere in New England.

“We think it’s still local,” said Bobby Garland Jr. of Garland’s Garage in Madbury. “Hopefully, we can track it down — if we ask the right questions, we can find out.”

Bobby Garland Sr., who knew Hermann’s father, recalls memories with him in the car.

“We’d go cruisin’ and he’d go with us. That would really be some fun. I’d love to see it happen — I can only imagine how she feels,” he said.

Hermann acknowledges there are no guarantees the car will be found, but if it is, she believes it would be a special sign from her father.

“I think that if it does happen, it’s, you know, a sign from dad,” she said.

Even if the car is never recovered, Hermann says the search and the memories tied to it have already been significant, bringing her closer to her father.

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Man’s joke about standing in TSA lines turns into potential business idea

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Bryce Oselen

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    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — Jimmy Payne’s social media post, initially intended as a joke about standing in line for passengers during the partial government shutdown, is now being taken seriously, leading him to consider it as a potential business opportunity.

Payne, known for his humor, said, “Most of my friends on Facebook know me as a jokester, so I made it as a joke.” Despite the lighthearted nature of the post, Payne is now contemplating the logistics of offering this service. “They also know me as a hustler,” Payne said.

Payne’s post suggested he would stand in line for passengers, and he is now considering the logistics of such a service.

“It got attention and it made me start thinking like, hey, what if?” Payne said.

He is exploring the idea of scheduling appointments for passengers to meet him at specific times to hold their place in line.

“I’m going to seriously sit down and think about this. Maybe I could take appointment times, I make an appointment with you, you show up at 8 a.m., 9 a.m. or whatever, then you get in line, but I will seriously sit down and try to work this out,” Payne said.

Research into the feasibility of Payne’s idea reveals that while holding spots in line is not illegal, some airports have specific rules. The main risks include potential confrontations with other passengers and security concerns from TSA agents. Passengers could be moved to the back of the line or removed from the airport at an agent’s discretion.

Payne emphasized that his goal is to ease the experience for everyone involved.

“Be patient with the TSA agents that are working for free,” he said.

Efforts to reach airports in Atlanta, Houston, and Birmingham for their policies on standing in line for others have not yet yielded responses.

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Companies were storing hazardous waste in facility before chemical fires, AG says

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Raquel Ciampi

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    BEAVER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Two companies allegedly left chemicals at a Western Pennsylvania facility for so long they became hazardous waste.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General has charged One Brewery Place, Inc. and M. Ultra Investment Group, LTD (M. Ultra) with felony’s related to the management of hazardous waste.

According to officials, the companies stored work projects at the Pool Doctor facility (Beaver Alkali Products) on New York Avenue in Rochester, Beaver County for years.

A release from the Attorney General’s Office said the chemicals posed a threat to residents in the area and became a contamination risk for the Ohio River after becoming hazardous waste.

The discovery was made following a tip to the Department of Environmental Protection in 2019. The tip relayed that there was a strong chemical smell coming from the facility.

At the building, investigators found a roof that had partially collapsed, allowing rainwater to mix with the chemicals being stored.

Because the facility was on the Ohio River, officials said there was a concern that run-off could contaminate it.

Cleanup efforts were made, however two separate fires occurred during that time. Those fires forced shelter-in-place orders to be issued in the Borough of Rochester.

Emergency officials urged residents within a 5-mile radius to shelter in place due to chlorine gas leaking into the air.

“There was, like, a huge mushroom in the sky, and the sky started turning black, and you could start smelling the chlorine,” Jennifer Kosior said in 2019.

In total, it cost more than $2.4 million to clean up and safely remove the chemicals.

“For years, these businesses willfully ignored potential dangers associated with the storage of these chemicals, putting a community at risk, and ultimately burdening taxpayers with a mammoth bill related to cleanup efforts,” Attorney General Sunday said

The Attorney General’s Office said both companies did not have the proper permits related to storage or disposal of the materials.

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Documents: Kansas choir teacher stabbed in the neck while sitting at a picnic table in a public park

CNN Newsource on March 26, 2026

By Eric Graves, JoBeth Davis, Nick Sloan

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    OLATHE, Kansas (KMBC) — Charging documents are providing a deeper look into a stabbing at a popular public park in Olathe, Kansas.

The victim, a well-known middle school choir teacher, had been sitting at a picnic table at the park when she suddenly felt a hard blow to the side of her head.

Documents state victim Jamie Trumpp told police that she thought she had been hit by a ball until people ran to her screaming, and she looked down and saw a pool of blood on the ground.

Trumpp suffered a 5-inch-long cut to the front of her neck that was approximately half an inch deep. She was rushed to an area hospital where she was admitted, and needed both internal and external stitches to close the wound.

Christi Julius’s daughter was at the park when the attack happened. Her daughter called to tell her she was safe after running from the scene.

“Just that people are yelling and screaming to call the cops, and, that she heard somebody got stabbed and that she was safe,” Julius said.

Suspect Kwan Trezvant was taken into custody and charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection to the incident, which authorities called an unprovoked attack.

The case affidavit shows witnesses expressed concern regarding Trezvant’s actions leading up to the stabbing.

One witness told police he saw a man, later identified as Trezvant, acting “weird,” and he suggested to others that they leave the pavilion area.

Witnesses then said they saw Trezvant approach Trumpp, yell an expletive, swing his arm, and stab Trumpp in the neck.

A witness chased Trezvant who immediately fled the area.

Multiple witnesses told police that Trezvant was acting strange or agitated before the attack.

Police ultimately found Trezvant sitting in a lawn chair behind a nearby home. As he was taken into custody, he reportedly said multiple statements including, “I know I’m stupid. I didn’t mean to bro, she kept on f****** with me bro,” and “I had no choice.”

Documents show Trezvant was taken to the Olathe Police Department for an interview. While he was in the interview room, detectives saw Trezvant yelling or having a conversation with “individuals who were not present.”

Trezvant reportedly made utterances like, “You made me stab her,” and it’s the “police department’s fault” that “I stabbed her.”

Defense attorneys for Trezvant filed a motion Monday requesting a mental evaluation to determine whether he is able to stand trial.

In the filing, Trezvant’s attorney said there is reason to believe he may be suffering from a mental illness or defect that could affect his ability to participate in his defense.

If granted, the request would suspend the case while the evaluation is completed.

Olathe defense attorney Michael Duma, who is not affiliated with the case, said the mental evaluations bring the case to a halt.

“Usually, that takes 30 to 60 days for a local practitioner to go out there, visit with the defendant and make that initial determination of whether or not they’re competent or whether or not they need more restorative treatment,” Duma said.

Duma said the evaluation is essentially a clinical interview, where a licensed professional tries to determine whether or not the defendant can understand the proceedings against them and whether or not they can assist in defending themselves.

“That is a very low burden,” he said. “And so I think simply having mental health disorders does not necessarily mean that you are incompetent to stand trial.”

If the defendant is not deemed competent for trial, Duma said the defendant typically will be sent to a facility where their competency can be restored.

“During that 90 day period, they’re supposed to give a report, as to whether or not that person is reasonably foreseeable to have their competency restored within a reasonable period of time,” Duma said.

Duma said in a majority of cases, the defendant’s competency is restored and they’re able to go to trial.

Court records show Trezvant has prior cases in both Johnson and Douglas counties.

In August 2024, he pleaded guilty in Johnson County to misdemeanor charges of battery against a law enforcement officer and battery against a health care worker.

He was sentenced to 119 days in jail.

Earlier that year, he also entered a no-contest plea in Douglas County to felony reckless endangerment.

In a statement, the Olathe School District said community support for Trumpp, who is a choir teacher at Indian Trail Middle School, has been especially meaningful.

“We are aware of the meals and donation efforts to support the Trumpp family, and it has been wonderful to see so many people, especially our educators, rally around one of our own here in Olathe with such compassion and generosity,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

A meal train for the Trumpp family shows volunteers have signed up to provide dinners for the family of five for a month, and a donation effort has raised more than $35,000 to help.

In addition, community members are rallying to help the family with chores like laundry, grabbing groceries, yard work and more.

The district statement went on to say, “We are grateful for her progress and recovery at home, and our thoughts remain with her and her family.”

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