Puppy recovering after it was found missing most of its nose

By Dean Fioresi

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    ARCADIA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Peanut, the injured puppy who was found missing most of its nose and suffering from a dislocated jaw last month, is receiving care at the Pasadena Humane Center with heaps of support from the public.

Veterinary specialists immediately got to work after the 2-month-old puppy was brought to the animal center on March 9, when it was found somewhere in Sierra Madre, according to a social media post. They said that the recovery process would likely take weeks as the nose begins to heal itself from the inside out, since there isn’t enough skin to close the wound.

“Peanut still has a long healing journey ahead, but he’s already showing how resilient he is,” the humane center said in a statement. “Despite everything, this little pup has been so brave.”

In order to aid the process, veterinarians placed a stent to keep his nostril open and allow him to breathe as the healing is ongoing. Officials say that Peanut eats soft meals served on a flat plate so that he is able to safely get all of the necessary nutrients he needs to heal and grow strong.

“He might look a little different to us, but we think he doesn’t know a thing,” said Lesley Garcia, a spokesperson for the Pasadena Humane Center.

Pasadena Humane Center officials said that every donation to their Miracle Medical Fund, which will help support Peanut and his recovery, is being matched by Fetch Pet Insurance up to $7,500, meaning he and other animals at the center could receive even more care.

After posting his story on social media, Garcia said that they’ve received thousands of donations to help continue the foundation’s life-saving treatment.

“Everybody loves little Peanut, and we’re so thankful to our staff and our community for providing him with the best life he can have,” Garcia said.

Once he’s fully healed, Peanut will go up for adoption, and Garcia estimates he’ll have no problem finding a forever home.

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Life-size sculptures depict Jesus’ journey at Orlando’s Gospel Gardens

By Meredith McDonough

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    ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — An outdoor religious art installation in Orlando is now open, inviting the public to walk the journey of Jesus during Holy Week.

The Gospel Gardens at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, feature 14 life-size sculptures.

Each depicts a station of the cross—moments from Jesus’ passion, suffering and crucifixion.

“They are incredible. We’re from St. Thomas More in Sanford, and this is our first time coming to the gardens—and they are incredible. Life-size and just beautiful,” a visitor said.

Church leaders emphasized that the gardens are open to everyone.

“For anyone—you are invited to come and really meditate, and to draw from these scenes how the Lord is responding, so we can learn how to respond in our own lives,” Father Ivan Olmo said.

The sculptures were a gift from a private donor, and the artist spent several years completing the project.

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Man survives being shot in the neck; suspect facing attempted murder charges out on bond

By Sarah Horbacewicz, Christa Swanson

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    DENVER (KCNC) — A man is hoping to find the person who saved his life and is asking for witnesses to come forward after he was shot in Denver’s Central Business District late Friday night.

Just after midnight on Saturday, the Denver Police Department said it was investigating a shooting in the area of 18th Street and Stout Street. A police report says officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck, and he was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Less than 30 minutes later, DPD announced the arrest of 31-year-old Anthony Apodaca in connection with the shooting.

The man, who CBS News Colorado isn’t naming for safety reasons, posted an appeal online for anyone who witnessed the shooting to come forward and contact police. He shared his story with CBS Colorado on Tuesday.

“This started Friday night. I went to the Santa Fe Artwalk, and once I finished that at 11:30, I wanted to come meet some friends on Colfax. So, I got a scooter, and I wanted to take a scenic route through the city, and I went down Stout (Street),” the victim said.

The victim said the suspect, who was later identified as Apodaca, was in a white Chevrolet SUV with several other people and was yelling at random passersby on the sidewalk near 16th Street. The victim says he stopped his scooter at a red light and turned to see what was happening when Apodaca got out of the vehicle with a gun. He went on to say Apodaca allegedly told him he would find him later and kill him before getting back in the vehicle and leaving.

The victim said he looked around for any authorities who may have seen the exchange, but there was no one else around.

When the victim stopped at a red light at the intersection of 18th Street and Stout Street, he says the SUV pulled up next to him. Police records indicate Apodaca allegedly began shouting at him again, before leaning out the window and shooting the victim as the SUV drove away.

“I genuinely didn’t think he was gonna do it. I thought he was just trying to be threatening or scary, and it took me a few seconds to realize what happened. There was this loud pop, and I didn’t even really feel pain, but I felt this shockwave, this vibrating sensation all through my bones,” the victim recalled.

He says the bullet entered through his neck and exited through his shoulder blade.

The victim said that he began coughing up blood and felt it filling his lungs. As someone who works in the medical field, he knew the wound was serious. He explained that he couldn’t use his right arm and couldn’t call 911 because his phone was covered with his own blood. When he tried to get help from a nearby couple, the victim says they left him for dead.

“I see a Tesla pull up to the red light, and there’s a couple in there. I’m like, ‘oh my God, I’m gonna be okay.’ And I walk up to their window, and I’m like, ‘hey, I got shot, please call the police! Please call 911!'” he recalled. “And, I don’t know if they were scared or intimidated or whatever, but they rolled up the window, and they drove away.”

The victim says he remembers thinking he was going to die before he passed out. He recounted waking up to who he believed to be an unhoused man putting pressure on the wound. The victim says that man called 911.

Now out of the hospital, the man says he still has limited function of his arm and expects a long road to recovery.

“(There’s) a lot of pain, obviously. One of the biggest struggles is not being able to be independent, like I was before, with my arm. Things like brushing my teeth or putting up my hair is a real struggle, and I need to find somebody to help me with it, which is stressful,” he shared.

The victim says he was fortunate that the doctors were able to resuscitate him, and he says the bullet missed an artery by a few millimeters. However, he’s not sure whether he’ll ever regain full arm function.

“I don’t even understand why it happened to me, or why he would do that,” he said. “I’ve never seen this guy in my life. He has no reason to have done that to me. It was just completely random.”

Apodaca is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the shooting. The Denver District Attorney’s Office said prosecutors asked for a $100,000 cash-only bond, but the judge set a $75,000 cash/property/surety bond, with maximum home confinement, GPS monitoring, and firearms relinquishment.

Local jail records and court records show that Apodoca is now out on bond. The man told CBS Colorado that it “felt like a slap in the face” that Apodaca bonded out.

He said he doesn’t know what should be done to address the issue, but he doesn’t think releasing the suspect so quickly is the right decision.

His coworkers and friends have helped him process what has happened to him, and he’s connected with other shooting victims with similar experiences.

The victim says he hopes someone may have footage or information on the shooting, but mostly he wants to find the man who saved his life.

“I don’t know who he is, and I’d love to go back and thank him,” he said. “I think he saved my life, because if nobody had held pressure on my neck, I was just a couple of minutes away from dying. So that absolutely made a difference, and he helped me call the police.”

He won’t be able to return to work for at least a month while he recovers, and he has set up a crowdfunding page to help cover medical expenses.

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Woman cuts through airbag, escapes sinking car with her toddler after crash into river

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    HARTFORD, Vermont (WMTW) — Vermont first responders say a woman and her 2-year-old son were able to safely escape from a sinking car that had crashed into a river.

The Hartford Fire Department said crews were dispatched to the area of Quechee Main Street and Mill Run Condominiums at 12:45 p.m. Monday after receiving a report of a car that was submerged in the Ottauquechee River. The driver of the car was reportedly hanging onto the vehicle as it floated downstream.

Officials said by the time an ambulance arrived at the scene at 12:49 p.m., the 26-year-old woman and her son were safe on the bank of the river.

The fire department said the toddler was in a car seat in the back seat when the crash happened, and that his mother was able to unbuckle him, cut through the airbag that deployed on the driver’s side and escape through the window. The woman was then able to swim to shore safely with her son.

The mother and son were transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, to be evaluated. Neither had any apparent serious injuries, according to officials.

Rescue swimmers entered the river at around 12:55 p.m. and confirmed there were no other people in the car, which was pulled out of the river by Sabil and Sons Inc.

Quechee Main Street was closed to the public during the incident.

The cause of the crash is being investigated by the Hartford Police Department.

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Colorado advocate supports birth parents during child protective services cases


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By Libby Smith

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    COLORADO (KCNC) — Be the Source is a nonprofit organization founded in 2016 to bridge the gap in services for foster care families. The organization expanded its services to kinship care families in 2022. In 2025, it extended new services to birth families who’ve had their children removed from the home. Nikki Sanchez was hired as the organization’s first Birth Family Advocate.

“My main goal is that when they are reunited with their kids they have everything that they need in place,” Sanchez told CBS News Colorado.

Sanchez shows up for the parents on her case load. She goes to court with them. She works their treatment plan with them. She helps them access resources.

“There’s such a stigma with foster parents and birth parents, and I just feel we can break those barriers,” Sanchez explained. “Foster parents are amazing, and we can use them as our village.”

Sanchez is deeply passionate about her new job. She’s providing a service that she felt she didn’t have when her children were removed from her care in 2022.

“I lost my kids because of domestic violence,” she said.

Sanchez went to jail. When she got out, she had not home, no children, no family and a substance abuse problem.

“It felt very hopeless. I had no motivation,” she said.

She also explained that she didn’t understand the treatment plan that would lead to her getting her children back.

“I felt set up … like, ‘Okay, you guys are just trying to take my kids. You’re not helping me. You’re not here for me,'” Sanchez recalled.

She said she felt judged and dismissed by the caseworkers on her case. It was her kids’ foster parents that really made a difference.

“They did things that they didn’t have to for me, and little by little my trust started coming, and I just saw how much they loved my kids, too,” Sanchez explained.

She said they did things like making sure she had proper clothes to go to court in and set up a dinner out with her children for her birthday.

“When I was reunified with my son, the way it was, it was so smooth. It was like a co-parenting thing. And then I got my daughters back, and I had lost all of these services that I was getting when I had CPS in my life. I lost it all. They were there to help me, and if not, I would have been alone,” Sanchez said.

It took Sanchez a while to rebuild her life with her children, but she persevered. Now she’s married in a blended family of six children. She has her new job, and a mission to help other parents navigate the foster care system. She hopes to lessen the impact that foster care has not only on the birth parents but on the children, too.

“I love my life,” she said with a smile.

Sanchez credits Raise the Future for some of the ongoing training that she’s undergone, include Trust-Based Relational Intervention, also known as TBRI.

“When I was in that class I was like, ‘I should have had this before I got my kids. This is soo, so useful,'” she said.

Sanchez not only shares TBRI practices with the clients she works with, she also uses the practice as she works to heal her own children from their time in foster care.

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Colorado advocate supports birth parents during child protective services cases

By Libby Smith

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    COLORADO (KCNC) — Be the Source is a nonprofit organization founded in 2016 to bridge the gap in services for foster care families. The organization expanded its services to kinship care families in 2022. In 2025, it extended new services to birth families who’ve had their children removed from the home. Nikki Sanchez was hired as the organization’s first Birth Family Advocate.

“My main goal is that when they are reunited with their kids they have everything that they need in place,” Sanchez told CBS News Colorado.

Sanchez shows up for the parents on her case load. She goes to court with them. She works their treatment plan with them. She helps them access resources.

“There’s such a stigma with foster parents and birth parents, and I just feel we can break those barriers,” Sanchez explained. “Foster parents are amazing, and we can use them as our village.”

Sanchez is deeply passionate about her new job. She’s providing a service that she felt she didn’t have when her children were removed from her care in 2022.

“I lost my kids because of domestic violence,” she said.

Sanchez went to jail. When she got out, she had not home, no children, no family and a substance abuse problem.

“It felt very hopeless. I had no motivation,” she said.

She also explained that she didn’t understand the treatment plan that would lead to her getting her children back.

“I felt set up … like, ‘Okay, you guys are just trying to take my kids. You’re not helping me. You’re not here for me,'” Sanchez recalled.

She said she felt judged and dismissed by the caseworkers on her case. It was her kids’ foster parents that really made a difference.

“They did things that they didn’t have to for me, and little by little my trust started coming, and I just saw how much they loved my kids, too,” Sanchez explained.

She said they did things like making sure she had proper clothes to go to court in and set up a dinner out with her children for her birthday.

“When I was reunified with my son, the way it was, it was so smooth. It was like a co-parenting thing. And then I got my daughters back, and I had lost all of these services that I was getting when I had CPS in my life. I lost it all. They were there to help me, and if not, I would have been alone,” Sanchez said.

It took Sanchez a while to rebuild her life with her children, but she persevered. Now she’s married in a blended family of six children. She has her new job, and a mission to help other parents navigate the foster care system. She hopes to lessen the impact that foster care has not only on the birth parents but on the children, too.

“I love my life,” she said with a smile.

Sanchez credits Raise the Future for some of the ongoing training that she’s undergone, include Trust-Based Relational Intervention, also known as TBRI.

“When I was in that class I was like, ‘I should have had this before I got my kids. This is soo, so useful,'” she said.

Sanchez not only shares TBRI practices with the clients she works with, she also uses the practice as she works to heal her own children from their time in foster care.

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Argument over beer, TV stick ends in Florida teacher smashing can on woman’s head, deputies say

By Tyler Watkins, Edward Franco

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    CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — A Port Charlotte High School teacher was arrested on a domestic battery charge following an alleged incident on Easter.

According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies responded to a well-being check at a home along Cochran Boulevard on Monday.

The victim told deputies that she went to Easter dinner at her family’s residence and returned home at approximately 7 p.m. when she noticed Raymond Chumbley, 44, moving her belongings into a spare bedroom.

The victim stated that she wanted to watch television in the spare room, so she took an Amazon Fire TV Stick from the primary bedroom, placed it in the spare room’s television, and grabbed a beer.

According to the report, the victim said Chumbley became upset and started yelling at her after noticing she was drinking one of his beers and taking the Fire Stick. The report also states Chumbley took the beer can out of her hand and smashed it on her forehead.

The victim then reportedly went to the garage to grab another drink, and Chumbley followed. While they were both in the garage, Chumbley threw the victim against the refrigerator and pushed her to the floor, according to the CCSO report.

The report further states that Chumbley and the victim separated for the rest of the night after he calmed down.

Deputies at the scene noted that the victim had a bruise on the left side of her forehead and another one near her backside.

According to the report, the victim said Chumbley had been through this type of incident in the past.

Chumbley was arrested for domestic battery and taken to the Charlotte County Jail.

Gulf Coast News reached out to Charlotte County Public Schools for comment.

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Man accused of robbing, threatening to kill woman during car ride from grocery store

By Carson Zorn

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    COLLIER COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — A Naples man was arrested on April 3 after being accused of stealing from a woman while driving her back from Seed to Table.

According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, deputies responded to a woman who called them from a 7-Eleven gas station, stating she had just been robbed.

The victim told deputies she had been at Seed to Table and had been having drinks with a man, later identified as Timothy Forman, 51, according to the report.

The victim decided to leave with Forman, and the pair left Seed to Table at around 11 p.m. The victim said that while driving with Forman, his demeanor suddenly changed, and he began driving the victim to an area she was unfamiliar with, the arrest report said.

The victim said that Forman then grabbed her black Prada bag off her, which was slung around her with a silver chain, which broke when Forman grabbed the bag off the victim, the report said. Forman then told the victim to get out of the car, or he would kill her.

The victim said Forman stole her bag, driver’s license, multiple debit cards, a credit card, approximately $500 in cash and more.

The victim was able to snap a photo of Forman’s license plate, which led deputies to pull him over near Goodlette Frank Road and Bayfront Plaza at around 11:52 p.m.

Forman was detained, and deputies searched his car, where they found the Prada bag with a broken chain, the victim’s cards and about $424 in cash.

Forman told deputies the cash was his and that he had been driving the victim to his home when she “went crazy,” leading him to kick her out of his car, the report said.

Forman was arrested and faces a charge of robbery — unarmed.

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Instagram videos, bloody evidence: 17-year-old charged after boyfriend stabbed to death, police say

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    HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A 17-year-old girl was charged with homicide after her boyfriend was stabbed to death, according to the Harrisburg Bureau of Police.

Officers responded to an apartment in the 1400 block of Market Street at 10:52 p.m. on Monday, April 6, for a report of a man “losing blood,” according to court documents.

Investigators said the victim, Tamar Shaw, was found sitting down while his girlfriend, 17-year-old Dalaysia Brown, held a bloody white towel to his chest.

“Shaw would not clearly explain what happened, complained he could not breathe and fell to the floor,” according to the affidavit.

Police said Shaw was transported to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Police: Suspect claims knife may have been in blankets

Brown told officers she and Shaw were in bed when he asked for a small kitchen knife to cut rolling papers for marijuana, according to investigators.

Brown told investigators that the knife may have become wrapped in the blankets on the bed, authorities said.

The 17-year-old claimed she was lying on the bed and sitting on top of Shaw when it happened. “She said she went to move the blankets around on top of Shaw, and he yelled out in pain. He was not sure what it was, so they took his shirt off and blood began spurting out of the wound,” according to the court documents.

Police said Brown admitted that she and Shaw had argued earlier in the day, but denied they were arguing or fighting at the time of the stabbing.

Knives, blood-stained items found Police said investigators later searched the apartment and collected evidence, including marijuana roaches, drug paraphernalia, a torn black comforter and three knives.

According to court documents, officers also recovered a white towel and a pink-colored sheet with blood on them.

911 call, Instagram videos

Investigators said Brown repeatedly asked only for an ambulance during the 911 call and did not request police.

Police also said a Crime Stoppers tip led investigators to Instagram videos allegedly posted to Brown’s account the night before the stabbing. In one video, authorities said Brown appeared to show a hand attempting to stab Shaw with a large knife while saying, “lmaoo cut that wrist up.” Police said the knife appeared consistent with one recovered from the apartment.

According to court documents, other videos allegedly showed Brown holding a knife near Shaw while making threats and throwing a serrated knife onto his neck while he was lying in bed. Investigators said that knife also appeared consistent with one found during the search.

Death ruled a homicide, coroner says

According to police, the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office ruled Shaw’s death a homicide.

The coroner said, “The stab wound entered the chest cavity and this would require significant force.”

Brown was arrested and charged with homicide, possession of an instrument of crime and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Anyone with information is advised to contact the Harrisburg Bureau of Police at 717-558-6900 or submit a tip online.

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New evidence introduced in former New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell, former NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie’s fraud case

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    NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — The federal government has entered new evidence in the fraud case involving indicted former New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and a former NOPD officer, Jeffrey Vappie.

The new filing outlines alleged gifts given to Cantrell by Vappie that the government says she failed to turn over.

Cantrell is facing charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, false statements, obstruction of justice and false declaration before a grand jury.

Vappie is facing conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 12 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and making false statements to authorities.

The indictment against them alleges that in October 2021, Cantrell and Vappie developed a personal relationship and hid that relationship to maximize their time together.

Cantrell and Vappie are accused of exploiting their public positions to develop and implement a scheme to defraud the City of New Orleans.

They are accused of engaging in personal activities while Vappie was paid to be on her security detail.

Alleged gifts:

In the latest court filing, the government introduced two rings believed to be given to Cantrell by Vappie.

The rings include a small diamond ring and Vappie’s gold NOPD ring.

Court documents show that Cantrell was asked to provide all records, including gifts or anything of value, to the government on July 18, 2023, when she was subpoenaed by the grand jury.

The government said Cantrell produced a photograph of a diamond ring, but did not provide information on Vappie’s NOPD ring.

The government provided photographs of Cantrell wearing Vappie’s ring in multiple social media posts, including a post where Cantrell is wearing the ring at her official mayoral portrait reveal before her term ended. The portrait also includes the diamond ring and gold ring.

The government said Vappie was also asked to provide records on any gifts he gave to Cantrell, but did not disclose the rings.

“To date, Vappie nor Cantrell has acknowledged the existence of the golden NOPD ring, nor have they produced any evidence, including photographs, about it in response to the subpoena,” the court filing read.

The government alleges that Cantrell continues to possess these rings, and “chooses to display them prominently and publicly.”

Alleged misuse of campaign funds: Other evidence alleges Cantrell miscued campaign funds for her personal benefit.

According to court records, Cantrell is accused of using campaign funds to purchase alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The City of New Orleans was under strict restrictions at the time, where public gathering was prohibited.

The government presented 13 instances where Cantrell bought thousands of dollars’ worth of alcohol, including Veuve Clicquot champagne, dozens of bottles of wine, and several cases of beer.

In total, the government alleges that in 2020, Cantrell purchased $8,168.46 worth of alcohol with campaign funds in 2020.

In 2021, Cantrell was accused of buying $1,500.92 worth of alcohol with campaign funds.

According to the government’s filing, an associate within her administration, Associate A, warned her through text messages that she couldn’t use the campaign money for alcohol.

“What is it for? I have to put every purchase in our reporting system … Not sure how any of these qualify,” the messages read.

Text messages showed Cantrell pressuring the associate to find a way to cover the costs.

“And then who should it go to if campaign does not qualify?? I want to make sure that money I am raising is also accommodating me while I am doing this job. Comfort is not a luxury and I am not taking advantage,” Cantrell’s messages read.

The government said in the filing that the Associate who warned her about the misuse of funds was the same person who warned her about her illegal travel with Vappie in her indictment.

The government also introduced text messages outlining improper purchases for clothing and a stylist with Cantrell’s campaign funds.

According to the court filing, Cantrell’s hairstylist became her fashion consultant in 2017.

Cantrell is accused of paying the consultant in three accounts: the stylist’s personal bank account, her stylist’s hair business, and a business account in the name of a consulting business the stylist opened in 2017.

The government said the payments to the stylist continued until the FBI began probing Cantrell’s campaign spending in 2022.

In total, the government claims Cantrell paid the stylist $259,559 in campaign funds, and Cantrell only personally paid her $27,464.

The court filing included text messages between Cantrell and the stylist, where Cantrell admitted she had no money and needed to know how much her campaign owed her for services.

“I do not have any money. My first priority is paying you and me not knowing this was even a thing makes it more of a problem for me,” Cantrell said in the text messages. “Please let me know how much I owe you ASAP for clothes that you purchased.”

The government claims that Cantrell was not only warned by her associate but also attended the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program training specifically about campaign finance disclosures.

“At least as early as 2018, Cantrell knew that campaign funds could not be used to pay for Cantrell’s wardrobe and had to be limited to the stylist’s service,” the government said in the filing.

The government said that for these reasons, the rings and campaign spending should be included in her upcoming trial as evidence.

“The photographs discussed show that Cantrell’s obstruction was knowing, not accidental,” the filing read. “The evidence, including the brazen flaunting by Cantrell of the golden NOPD ring Vappie gave her, all while withholding its existence from the grand jury, is vital to proving the defendant’s intent.”

The new evidence will be discussed in a court hearing on April 21.

WDSU reached out to Cantrell’s attorney, but at the time of this publication, had not received a response.

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