Dem lawmaker ripped over response to illegal immigrant accused of killing student
A progressive Chicago alderwoman is being widely panned on social media over her response to a local college student being allegedly shot and killed by an alleged illegal immigrant over the weekend.
Shortly after Sheridan Gorman, 18, of Westchester County, New York, was gunned down while taking a walk with friends around 1:30 a.m. Thursday along Chicago’s lakefront, Alderwoman Maria Hadden suggested in an interview wiwth Fox 32 Chicago that Gorman was in the “wrong place at the wrong time” and that she may have “startled” the individual who shot and killed her.
The comments quickly sparked outrage on social media from commenters making the case that Hadden’s video was not only insensitive, but shows the lack of concern from local Democrats when it comes to crime.
“Unbelievable,” Manhattan Institute’s Rafael Mangual posted on X. “Perhaps these politicians can put out a comprehensive list of the places we should avoid and the times we should avoid them so as not to get shot to death by strangers.”
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“Imagine being an alderman, having a college freshman murdered in your ward, and, before the suspect is even identified, posting a video in which you brainstorm an excuse that maybe the victim ‘startled’ the guy who killed her,” reader-funded public safety news outlet CWB Chicago posted on X. “God Almighty.”
“This is disgusting,” comedian Tim Young posted on X.
“This is how most Democrats think about crime, she’s just saying it out loud,” New York City Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino posted on X. “They have no interest in taking any kind of action, because they don’t think any of it is a big deal. Criminals have a right to be criminals, don’t get in their way, and who are we to judge.”
“That’s what we’re up against here,” Paladino added.
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“The only person who was in the ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ was the illegal immigrant who should have never been allowed into our country,” former Trump campaign deputy communications director Caroline Sunshine posted on X.
“‘Wrong place’ = anywhere in Chicago, ‘Wrong time” = 24 hours, 7 days a week,” conservative influencer account End Wokeness posted on X.
“This is who’s running your city,” conservative influencer account LibsofTikTok posted on X.
Hadden’s comment also drew pushback from Gorman’s family, who released a statement referencing Hadden’s remarks and said the slain college student “deserved the future that was stolen from her.”
“What happened to Sheridan cannot be reduced to the idea of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is not an abstraction. This is the loss of a daughter. The loss of a sister. The loss of a future filled with milestones that will now never come. Our family is forever changed.”
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The family added: “We cannot accept a world where moments like this become something people grow used to. We cannot allow ourselves to become desensitized to violence. When we begin to accept these tragedies as inevitable, we all become vulnerable to them. Apathy is not harmless—it allows these moments to repeat.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Hadden’s office for comment.
The illegal immigrant charged with the murder of the Loyola University Chicago student entered the U.S. during the Biden administration before being apprehended and released into the country, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Sunday.
DHS also confirmed that Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national, had been previously arrested for shoplifting in Chicago, marking a prior criminal incident before the alleged murder.
Supreme Court appears ready to kill mail-in ballot counting laws in 13 states
The Supreme Court on Monday offered sharp ideological differences in considering a Mississippi election law that allows for the counting of mail-in ballots received after Election Day — a high-stakes court fight that could have significant implications for the November midterm elections, and determining control of the new Congress.
Justices heard roughly two hours of oral arguments in the case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, centered on a 2024 lawsuit brought against Mississippi’s state law that allows for the counting of mail-in ballots received up to five days after the election, so long as they are postmarked by or before Election Day.
Mississippi is one of 14 states — as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories — that currently allow for the counting of late-arriving mail-in ballots, so long as the ballots are postmarked by or before Election Day.
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The high court’s review of the case comes as President Donald Trump has focused on mail-in voting during his second White House term, and has argued that such laws undermine voter confidence.
During oral arguments, justices grappled with whether federal election-day statutes preempt various state laws, and sought to clarify what “the election” means when it comes to the actual casting and receiving of ballots.
Justices on the high court appeared largely sympathetic to the arguments made by the Trump administration’s lawyer, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who noted that the Mississippi law and other late-arriving mail-in ballot laws in other states could erode voter confidence in election results.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett could be the deciding votes on the matter, and used their time to ask tough questions to lawyers for both sides.
“If Election Day is the voting and taking, then it has to be that day,” Roberts noted. He also questioned whether the interpretation of “Election Day” could impact early voting, asking lawyers whether their logic “requires a different consideration” for early ballots.
“Is there any limit to that? Fill out a ballot… and drop it off two weeks before?”
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Justice Samuel Alito pointed to concerns that “confidence in election outcomes can be seriously undermined” when results are delayed, which was echoed later by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“If the apparent winner the morning after the election ends up losing due to late arriving ballots, charges of a rigged election could explode,” Kavanaugh noted.
The case comes as Trump has targeted mail-in voting efforts in his second presidential term. He previously signed an executive order seeking to end mail-in ballots in federal elections, with which several GOP-led states have complied.
That action was separate from the current Supreme Court appeal, however, which centered on the Republican National Committee’s lawsuit brought against Mississippi over its mail-in voting statutes, enacted after the COVID-19 pandemic. The law allows mail-in voting ballots to be received up to five days after the election.
Mississippi officials sought to defend their law against questions from conservative justices regarding a “slippery slope,” and other hypothetical questions raised by conservative justices, including questions centered on early voting, and votes sent by U.S. service members stationed overseas.
“If history teaches anything,” Justice Neil Gorsuch noted, “[it is that] as soon as anything is allowed, it will happen.”
Gorsuch pressed lawyers on various hypothetical questions, including how far states could go in pushing their own deadlines for accepting mail-in ballots, should the Supreme Court side with Mississippi in the case.
“If we were to rule against you, is there anything that would limit a state from allowing a receipt by election officials up until the day of the next Congress?” Gorsuch asked at one point during arguments.
Paul Clement, who presented arguments for the Republican Party and Libertarian voters, suggested that a high court ruling for Mississippi would open the door to “limitless” options.
“Maybe the next state can figure out a way to have an election without anybody even receiving anything, I don’t know,” Clement said. “That seems to me to be a large reason why Election Day should mean ‘Election Day.’”
Alito, for his part, seemed to back the view that “Election Day” should be interpreted to mean a single day, rather than the broader or more open-ended period advanced by some states that allows for the late counting of certain ballots.
“We have lots of phrases that involve two words, the second of which is ‘day,’” Alito interjected, before listing “Labor Day, Memorial Day, George Washington’s birthday,” and Independence Day, he said, adding that “they are all particular ‘days.'”
“So if we start with that, if I have nothing more to look at than the phrase ‘Election Day,'” he said. “I think this is the day in which everything is going to take place, or almost everything.”
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The high court’s consideration of the case comes amid a long-standing legal tug-of-war over how much control states should have over their voting regulations, including in elections involving both federal and local candidates.
It comes as justices are weighing other high-stakes election cases this year, including the use of race to draw congressional voting districts, and a federal law restricting the amount of money that political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
Lawyers for Mississippi told the court that an “‘election’ is the conclusive choice of an officer… So the federal Election-Day statutes require only that the voters cast their ballots by Election Day.”
“The election has then occurred, even if election officials do not receive all ballots by that day.”
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Republican Party officials told Fox News Digital that they see the case as a way to better protect election security and voter confidence.
“Watson v. RNC is about a simple principle: ballots must be received by Election Day,” Ally Triolo, the communications director for the RNC’s Election Integrity efforts, said Monday. “This prevents elections from dragging on for days and weeks after voters have cast their ballots, causing confusion and undermining our elections.”
The high court is expected to rule on the states’ counting of mail-in ballots by June.
Democratic Party’s suggestive pothole post leaves viewers asking ‘WTF is this?’
A graphic published by the Democratic National Committee’s official Instagram account on Sunday shocked social media users for suggestive phrasing and sexual innuendos it used to describe New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s work on fixing the city’s roads.
“HOLES FILLED,” the post read in bold blue-and-white lettering, framed over the picture of Mamdani.
The post included additional text, explaining that the graphic had to do with the city’s infrastructure.
“As of March 20, 66,000 holes filled in Mayor Mamdani’s pothole blitz,” the full phrase read.
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That didn’t stop viewers online from marveling over the word choice.
“How did this make it through approvals!?!?!?” one Republican strategist said, reacting to the image.
“Hahahah wtf is this???” Tim Pool, a podcast host, said in his own post.
The image left some users wondering if the post had been made in earnest.
“Are you f—— kidding me?” another user wrote
As of Monday, the post remained in place.
The image comes as Mamdani tries to make good on promises to improve New York City infrastructure. In addition to telling voters he would focus on the city’s roads, Mamdani made national news for commitments to enhance free public transportation, create as many as 200,000 new affordable housing units and renovate over 500 schools.
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The post on Sunday isn’t the first time the DNC has posted images of Mamdani accompanied by sexual double-entendres. In at least two other instances, the account has followed the same format: a picture of Mamdani overlaid with bold white lettering set against a blue background.
“Every street across all five boroughs PLOWED in New York City as of Feb. 24,” another one of their posts read from earlier this year.
One more about snowfall also followed a similar tone.
“16 INCHES of snowfall in New York City as of Feb. 23,” the DNC wrote.
That instance drew one Instagram commenter to quip that “they know what they did there.”
In the post about the potholes, some onlookers praised Mamdani for his work while ignoring the phrasing of the post.
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“Mayor Mamdani, you are relentless,” a Dem strategist wrote.
“Greatness,” Democratic influencer Jack Cocchiarella wrote on X.
But those praises drew criticisms of their own.
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“I don’t think the sexual puns about Mamdani is going to win over many voters,” a popular far-left activist account posted on X.
“You’re celebrating potholes getting filled? Isn’t that one of the basic functions of a city’s government?” another observer wrote.
The office of Mamdani did not respond to a request for comment on the image and whether they believed its language was appropriate. Fox News Digital also reached out to the DNC.
John Daly slides down desert hill during tournament round in hilarious belly flop
Golf great John Daly shared a hilarious moment that may have been more serious after watching a video he posted on social media, calling himself a “jacka–” in the process.
Daly was in desert terrain at the La Paloma Country Club for the Cologuard Classic, when he was trying to hit a shot onto a green when he lost his footing.
As he tried to gain traction in the sand, Daly’s feet fell from under him, and he slid down a long desert hill. Multiple people got involved, voluntarily jumping down the hill to see if Daly was all right.
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Daly left unscathed, but he did enjoy putting the theme music to the “Jackass” franchise over the video to share to the masses.
“Bellyfloppin’ in the desert,” Daly captioned the video, while shouting out his caddie, Joel Cooley, who sprang to action to see if his partner was doing fine at the bottom of the hill.
“On today’s episode of ‘jacka**’” was also seen on top of the video.
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While he doesn’t usually show off his bellyflopping, Daly remains a key figure in golf.
He spends most of his time on the course for the Champions Tour, which is former PGA Tour players 50 years and older. His most recent round came on Sunday, where he finished tied for 29th with a 6-under tournament in the Cologuard Classic.
Daly was just named the 2026 Ambassador of Golf Award honoree ahead of the Kaulig Companies Championship at the signature Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. The award recognizes those making an impact on the course as well as in their communities off the course.
“I’ve always loved this game and what it’s given me,” he said in a press release for the award. “Golf has taken me places I never imagined and introduced me to incredible people along the way. To be recognized with the Ambassador of Golf Award is truly an honor, and I’m proud to support the meaningful work being done here in Northeast Ohio.”
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Daly’s impact on the sport is quite iconic, whether it’s his monstrous drives from the tee box, winning the 1991 PGA Championship as the ninth alternate in the field, or taking home The Open Championship in 1995 at St. Andrews, forever marking himself as a multi-time major winner.
His larger-than-life personality has always been on display, even today in silly moments like these on and off the course.
Jury finds that Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted waitress in 1972 case
Bill Cosby was found liable Monday for drugging and sexually assaulting former waitress Donna Motsinger more than 50 years ago.
The former “Cosby Show” star was also ordered to pay $19.25 million in damages – $17.5 million for her past mental trauma and an additional $1.75 million for mental suffering Motsinger may experience in the future. The jury can award more in the punitive damages phase of the trial, which began Monday afternoon.
Cosby’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, confirmed in an email to The Associated Press that they are disappointed by the verdict, but fully intend to appeal the decision.
Motsinger accused Cosby, now 88, of drugging and raping her in 1972 while she was working as a server at The Trident, a popular restaurant in Sausalito, Calif.
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Motsinger also filed the complaint against Cosby’s production company, Jemmin, Inc., as well as the Circle Star Theater, for “failing to ensure the safety of its guests at the hands of its performers,” in documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
“Jemmin, Inc. is vicariously liable for Mr. Cosby’s sexual battery as Jemmin, Inc. authorized and ratified the sexual battery through Mr. Cosby himself,” documents stated. In addition, Motsinger’s suit said, “Jemmin, Inc. is guilty of fraud, oppression, and malice for the sexual battery of Ms. Motsinger at the hands of Cosby.”
The Circle Star Theater is no longer in business. Motsinger claimed Jemmin was set up for the sole purpose of supporting Cosby’s business and related pursuits.
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Motsinger said Cosby, a regular at The Trident, “followed her” home one night and asked her to go to one of his shows at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, Calif. He picked her up in a limousine, and gave her a “glass of wine in the limo along the way,” docs stated.
Cosby was allegedly filming his comedy stand-up act for “Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby,” the complaint said. She claimed that Cosby took her to the dressing room, where “she began to feel sick and Mr. Cosby gave her what she believed was an aspirin.”
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“Next thing she knew, she was going in and out of consciousness while two men attending to Mr. Cosby were putting her in the limousine with Mr. Cosby,” the complaint stated. “In the limousine, Mr. Cosby sat near the window and put his arms around her. The last thing Ms. Motsinger recalls were flashes of light.”
Motsinger claimed she “woke up in her house with all her clothes off, except her underwear on – no top, no bra, and no pants. She knew she had been drugged and raped by Bill Cosby.”
She said that due to the sexual battery, she “suffered economic and noneconomic damages to the maximum extent allowed by law, including but not limited to the lost wages, medical bills, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and any other remedy available at law.”
Motsinger also waged allegations against the Circle Star Theater, who “chose not to intervene” when she claimed to be unconscious.
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“At the theater, Ms. Motsinger was so drugged and sedated that she was going in and out of consciousness by the time she left in Mr. Cosby’s limousine,” documents stated. “Employees and agents of Circle Star Theater knew or should have known of the dangerous drugged and sedated state that Ms. Motsinger was in and should have rendered care and aid to Ms. Motsinger.”
Motsinger was one of the 12 anonymous “Jane Does” who testified in a 2005 civil rape case filed against Cosby by former Temple University athletics director Andrea Constand. The case was settled out of court one year later.
Cosby was released from prison in 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his 2018 criminal conviction for sexual assault.
The disgraced actor, once known as “America’s Dad,” served more than two years of his three-to-10-year sentence after he was convicted of drugging and molesting a woman at his Cheltenham, Pa. home in 2004.
The state’s highest court threw out Cosby’s conviction after finding that District Attorney Kevin Steele, the prosecutor who brought the case against Cosby, violated an agreement to not charge him that previous District Attorney Bruce Castor had made in 2005, though the deal had apparently never been put in writing.
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Best known for “The Cosby Show,” the actor maintained his innocence. He had been denied parole in May 2021.
In June 2022, jurors found Cosby sexually abused Judith Huth, who accused the former comedian of sexual assault at the Playboy mansion in 1975 when she was a teen.
Former Playboy model, Victoria Valentino, now 80, filed a lawsuit against Cosby in June, and claimed Cosby drugged and raped her in 1969. The model has previously spoken about her allegations against the comedian and even appeared at his sentencing in 2021.
‘Morning Joe’ co-host tells Chuck Schumer ‘you’re not listening’ in Iran clash
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., clashed with Joe Scarborough on Monday as the MS NOW host pushed the Democratic senator to acknowledge that it was a good thing that Iran’s military capabilities have been degraded as a result of the war.
Scarborough, co-host of “Morning Joe,” asked Schumer if degrading Iran’s military infrastructure was a good thing. Schumer argued that it was a “premature question” after taking aim at gas prices, which had skyrocketed as a result of the halted ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
“All right, so senator, hold on a second. You gotta answer my question first. Is it a good thing that Iran — and I think you would agree with me, epicenter of terrorism in the world since 1979 — is it good that their military infrastructure is being degraded to the degree that it is, yes or no?” Scarborough asked.
Schumer wondered about what might happen in the coming months as a result of the war, as Scarborough argued that he was separating the military side from the political side.
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“I’m simply asking on the military side: Is it good, regardless of whether we agree with going in or not, is it good that Iran’s military infrastructure has been seriously degraded?” Scarborough asked.
Schumer again responded with questions about the economic effects of the war and about what might happen next.
Mika Brzezinski, Scarborough’s co-host, argued that it was a “trick question.”
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“It’s a trick question because if you do not strategize the consequences of the action — the military action — if you obliterate and do all these things, but you don’t actually play out in your minds and have strategy for the consequences, then it’s not-,” she said.
Scarborough then jumped in and answered the question himself and said it was a good thing that Iran’s military capabilities have been weakened, and argued that Americans would say so as well.
“Joe, in all due respect, if you ask the American people if you have the choice of degrading the military structure in Iran, but having gasoline be $6 a gallon and our economy falling into a deep recession where millions lose their job, what do you think?” Schumer said.
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The MS NOW host responded, “You’re not listening to me,” as he said that was the political side of the debate.
“All right, why don’t we talk about the Yankees because you’re not following me here. With all due respect, I just don’t agree with you,” Scarborough added.
Schumer eventually conceded that he didn’t disagree with Scarborough, “The fact that the leader, Khamenei, is gone, no one regrets that. The fact that Iran has less ability to create military trouble, no one disputes that.”
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Operation Epic Fury entered its fourth week on Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would delay his 48-hour deadline for Iran to clear the Strait of Hormuz, which was set to expire Monday evening.
Trump said the U.S. has had “very good” talks with leaders in Tehran that could lead to a “complete” end of hostilities.
Sheriff defends handling of Nancy Guthrie case, pleads ‘just let her go’
As the search for Nancy Guthrie nears two months, the sheriff leading the investigation is delivering a blunt message to whoever may be responsible while her family pleads for renewed attention to the case.
In a new interview with News 4 Tucson, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos defended his department’s handling of the investigation and insisted he has no regrets about decisions made early on, even as the case remains unsolved.
“Look, I have no regrets about my team and their efforts,” Nanos said. “I don’t regret we let the crime scene go too soon or any of that.”
Guthrie, 84, the mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared the night of Jan. 31 after returning home from dinner with family and was reported missing Feb. 1 after she failed to show up for church.
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Authorities have released doorbell camera images showing a masked suspect outside her Catalina Foothills home the night she vanished. Investigators say they continue to rely heavily on digital evidence, including cellphone data, surveillance video and other forensic analysis, but have not announced any arrests.
When asked what he would say to the person or people behind Guthrie’s disappearance, Nanos issued a direct appeal.
“Just give her up. Let her go,” he said. “Take her to a clinic, a hospital. Drop her off. Just let her go.”
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As investigators continue their work, Guthrie’s family is urging the public to take a fresh look at anything that could help break the case.
“We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case,” the family wrote in an Instagram post shared over the weekend. “Please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations, or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance.”
“No detail is too small. It may be the key.”
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The family pointed to several critical timelines, including the evening of Jan. 31, the early morning hours of Feb. 1 and the late evening of Jan. 11, suggesting previously released video of a masked man at Guthrie’s doorstep weeks before her disappearance could be significant.
“We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater Southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case,” the statement said. “Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant.”
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“Someone knows something,” the family wrote. “It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant.”
News 4 Tucson’s special also highlighted the deep toll Guthrie’s disappearance has taken on Tucson, where colleagues, neighbors and strangers alike have rallied around her family with vigils, tips, flowers and handwritten messages of hope.
Former colleagues described Guthrie as a quiet but powerful force in southern Arizona, someone whose work left a lasting mark on public health, education and journalism. Jacqueline Sharkey, a former University of Arizona professor who worked with Guthrie for decades, remembered her as “this quiet leader who was so effective without ever working at it,” according to the outlet.
Others recalled Guthrie’s role in helping save the poison information center at the University of Arizona, gathering more than 20,000 signatures before the internet era to keep the program alive — work that one colleague said went on to benefit thousands of Arizonans.
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Dave Cuillier, who worked with Guthrie on the journalism school’s advisory council, called her “a huge champion of journalism and the University of Arizona” and said “she had a quiet power,” according to News 4 Tucson.
The special also showed how support for Guthrie has spread well beyond her neighborhood.
One moment highlighted Melanie, who began making yellow ribbons of hope to keep attention on the case — something she and a friend had previously done for other missing women, including Laci Peterson and Natalee Holloway. This time, compelled by Guthrie’s story, she began making them again and sending them to Tucson.
The ribbons are now being worn by employees at El Charro, the Tucson restaurant where Guthrie had lunch with her daughters just months before her disappearance.
Ray Flores, president of Flores Concepts, said the case hit hard after staff realized “it wasn’t just a simple lost person issue.” Though he said he did not know Nancy personally, he recalled seeing the closeness between Guthrie and her daughters during that visit and said the pain has been felt across the city.
“You could tell they were a very loving family,” Flores said, according to News 4 Tucson. “Whenever you have that kind of pain hit, it affects you because you can feel it in your own community and your own heart.”
El Charro workers have embraced the ribbon campaign as a way to keep awareness alive as the weeks drag on.
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“We’re still supporting them, and we’re still thinking about them every single day,” one employee said.
Beyond the ribbons and tributes, the special showed how Guthrie’s disappearance has left a lasting mark on her own neighborhood.
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At the same time, neighbors in the Catalina Foothills have quietly organized their own efforts — gathering surveillance footage, cross-referencing video from nearby homes and passing potentially useful material on to law enforcement.
One neighbor told the station the group’s goal is simple: to help investigators by being “targeted and useful.”
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Residents say they are also checking in more often, taking extra security measures and even considering reviving a neighborhood watch.
The special described the case as “a community united with one plea” — bring her home.
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That support has only deepened as the investigation has stretched on. Outside Guthrie’s home, a growing shrine of flowers, candles and handwritten notes has become a symbol of the community’s heartbreak and resolve. Savannah Guthrie and family members returned to the site earlier this month, visibly emotional as they took in the tributes left behind.
In their latest message, the family made clear that their focus remains singular.
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“We miss our mom with every breath, and we cannot be in peace until she is home,” they wrote. “We cannot grieve. We can only ache and wonder.”
A reward of more than $1 million is being offered for information leading to Guthrie’s recovery.
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Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip through law enforcement.
SEE IT: Suspect with 97 prior arrests busted again after high-speed chase
A repeat offender with nearly 100 arrests is back behind bars after deputies say he led officers on a dangerous chase following a retail theft spree across multiple counties in Washington state.
Police released video showing the chase and the suspect’s eventual capture.
Authorities say the suspect, now arrested for the 98th time, was part of a duo accused of stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise from several stores, at times using stolen bags from one retailer to take items from another.
Deputies spotted the suspects’ truck on Interstate 5 near Olympia, but before they could initiate a stop, the driver sped off, triggering a high-speed chase.
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Video from the pursuit captures deputies calling out speeds topping 100 miles per hour as the truck raced toward downtown Olympia.
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle but called off the pursuit when the driver began racing through city streets and intersections, putting others at risk.
A second attempt was also halted for safety reasons as the suspect continued driving recklessly toward Lacey, at times running red lights at speeds near 80 mph, according to radio traffic.
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A short time later, the truck was found abandoned near College Street.
Authorities say the suspects ran from the vehicle toward a nearby neighborhood and in the direction of an elementary school, prompting a search.
A K9 team tracked them down minutes later.
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Video shows deputies confronting the suspects at gunpoint, repeatedly ordering them to “show me your hands” and “keep walking backwards” before both were taken into custody.
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Inside the vehicle, investigators say they found thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise, along with meth, heroin and fentanyl.
Deputies also discovered what they described as a custom-built bong embedded in the dashboard, allegedly allowing the driver to use drugs while behind the wheel.
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Authorities say they obtained a warrant to test the driver’s blood as part of a DUI investigation.
The suspect, a four-time convicted felon with dozens of prior convictions and 97 previous arrests, now faces charges including DUI, attempting to flee from police, and drug possession.
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He is expected to face additional organized retail theft charges in Lewis County once released from the Thurston County Jail. The second suspect was turned over to another police department in connection with a separate theft case.
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In a statement, the sheriff’s office highlighted the suspect’s history and the outcome of the arrest:
“Tonight, he is back in jail for the 98th time on charges of DUI, eluding, and possession of narcotics,” Sheriff Derek Sanders wrote in a post. “Nice work by deputies and dispatchers to get some career criminals into custody… again.”