- GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — The wife of a New York man who was recently convicted of shooting and wounding a lost DoorDash delivery driver has admitted to deleting doorbell camera video of the incident. Selina Nelson-Reilly, 46, of Chester pleaded guilty Friday to tampering with evidence, according to the local prosecutor’s office. The plea came […]
- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man who was shot multiple times during an arrest last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in central California was charged Tuesday with assaulting a federal officer. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California alleges that Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez drove forward and struck a […]
- By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters renovation project, as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign against the central bank. The unscheduled visit was confirmed by a spokesperson for Pirro’s office and […]
- April 14 (Reuters) – The White House is considering selecting Erica Schwartz as the new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing three people who spoke on condition of anonymity about the planned selection. Schwartz served as deputy U.S. surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first […]
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on vessels that the Trump administration says were […]
- Wife of man who shot lost DoorDash driver admits to deleting doorbell video of the incident
on April 15, 2026 at 2:18 amGOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — The wife of a New York man who was recently convicted of shooting and wounding a lost DoorDash delivery driver has admitted to deleting doorbell camera video of the incident. Selina Nelson-Reilly, 46, of Chester pleaded guilty Friday to tampering with evidence, according to the local prosecutor’s office. The plea came just weeks after her husband, John Reilly III, was found guilty of assault for firing at the driver’s car as the man was trying to leave their property in May 2025. Reilly, then the highway superintendent of Chester — located nearly 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of Manhattan — had argued he was defending his family after lost driver Alpha Barry insisted on entering the home. But Barry testified in court that he had just asked to charge his phone. After the shooting, he underwent emergency surgery and had to have part of his small bowels removed, according to prosecutors. State police investigators went to the home the day after the shooting and spoke with Nelson-Reilly, who denied any knowledge of the incident, according to a statement from the office of Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. But after the investigators left, she deleted 17 videos from a doorbell camera at the house, the office said. She later sent a text message to a friend saying she had permanently deleted the videos, prosecutors said. Some clips from their doorbell camera nevertheless still emerged after the shooting, with one showing the driver walking up to Reilly’s front door with a plastic bag. Another showed the driver apparently back in his car, as Reilly left the home with a handgun and fired a shot into his lawn, saying, “Go.” As the driver made a three-point turn in the driveway, the footage appeared to show Reilly shoot at the car. Nelson-Reilly’s plea agreement calls for her to be put on probation for one year and complete 200 hours of community service, according to Hoovler’s office. If she does that, she will be allowed to return to court and have a felony count of tampering with physical evidence vacated, while being sentenced on the misdemeanor count of attempted tampering with physical evidence. If she fails abide by the plea bargain conditions, she could face up to four years in state prison, prosecutors said. Her husband faces up to 25 years behind bars on the top assault charge when he is scheduled to be sentenced May 18. He remains in custody, and his attorney has said they plan to appeal the conviction. Nelson-Reilly’s attorney, Andrew Jason Proto, did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
- Man shot by ICE in California charged with assaulting a federal officer with his car
on April 15, 2026 at 1:18 amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man who was shot multiple times during an arrest last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in central California was charged Tuesday with assaulting a federal officer. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California alleges that Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez drove forward and struck a federal agent with his car and reversed back into a law enforcement vehicle after he was pulled over April 7. U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire at a hearing in Sacramento raised questions about not releasing him on bond, saying: “This isn’t someone who is seeking out law enforcement to target.” She ordered Mendoza released from jail on a $50,000 bond, saying that he likely poses no threat to the public or being a flight risk. But she agreed to give a higher court judge 48 hours to affirm or overturn the ruling. Mendoza was in a wheelchair when he appeared in court, a day after he was released from intensive care after undergoing multiple surgeries and arrested outside a hospital. A translator told him what was being said throughout the hearing, and he nodded his head as the judge read the conditions of his release. Outside the courthouse after the hearing, about eight protesters held up signs and chanted, “Justice for Carlos” in support of Mendoza. Cars honked as they passed by. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE agents fired defensive shots at Mendoza after he tried to drive into them. DHS said they were conducting an enforcement stop targeting Mendoza, 36, in Patterson, a city about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco. Officials described him as a suspected gang member wanted for questioning in El Salvador related to a killing, though those allegations were not mentioned in the hearing, nor in the complaint, which stated that Mendoza, a dual citizen of El Salvador and Mexico, was targeted that morning because he is in the United States illegally. David Harshaw, a public defender representing Mendoza, said he doesn’t have a criminal record and should be allowed to go home immediately. He doesn’t pose a danger to the public, especially due to his injuries, he said. U.S. attorney Jason Hitt said Mendoza might try to flee if he is released, saying that he didn’t obey officers’ orders during the April 7 arrest. Patrick Kolasinski, another lawyer for Mendoza, has said his client panicked and tried to flee when ICE agents blocked his car. “We are prepared to fight them,” Kolasinski said of the allegations. Dashcam footage obtained by KCRA-TV shows three officers standing around a vehicle stopped on the side of a road. One of the officers appears to be touching the driver’s side window when the car begins to back up and turn, hitting a vehicle behind it. At least two of the agents have weapons drawn, pointing at the car. The driver then pulls forward toward where the men are standing and turns sharply, driving over the roadway median. The video has no sound, and it’s unclear when the shots were fired or if any of them said anything. In the complaint, officials said four agents pulled Mendoza over and he refused instructions to get out of the vehicle. Two agents were on the driver side and two were on the passenger side of his car. One agent then broke a passenger window to get him out as Mendoza put the car in drive and moved forward, hitting an agent, according to court documents. He then reversed and smashed into an ICE vehicle before accelerating as one agent jumped out of the way, the complaint states. Kolasinski has said agents fired on Mendoza while the car was stopped and he drove away to flee the gunfire. “He is doing everything he can to not run them over,” the attorney said of his client’s reaction during the stop. Kolasinski also disputes DHS claims that there was a warrant out for his client’s arrest. He said Mendoza, who is engaged to a U.S. citizen, is a laborer and father of a 2-year-old girl. He said he has been stopped for minor traffic infractions but has no criminal record in the U.S. and is not the subject of an arrest warrant in El Salvador, where he was acquitted of murder. Neither DHS nor ICE have responded to Associated Press requests for comment on the lawyer’s claims. The event was among a string of shootings during the Trump administration’s aggressive push to detain and deport immigrants in the country illegally, about which questions have been raised with federal immigration officials. Mendoza underwent three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds, his attorney said. Mendoza has difficulty speaking because he was shot in the jaw, and he insists he was never a gang member, Kolasinski said. According to an Oct. 25, 2019, court document from a judge in El Salvador, Mendoza was acquitted after being accused of murder and ordered immediately released. The document contains no mention of Mendoza belonging to a gang or being accused of engaging in gang activity. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
- US prosecutors make surprise visit to Federal Reserve office
on April 15, 2026 at 1:05 amBy Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters renovation project, as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign against the central bank. The unscheduled visit was confirmed by a spokesperson for Pirro’s office and was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. After speaking with construction workers, two of Pirro’s deputies were advised they could not access the site without prior clearance and they were given the contact information for the Fed’s legal staff, the Journal reported. President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against top Fed officials, including Fed Chair Jerome Powell whose term ends in May, with the goal of lowering interest rates. The campaign has sparked political outcry and court challenges. The Department of Justice has been investigating Powell for his oversight of the renovations to the central bank’s headquarters in the nation’s capital. Though a federal judge has found the probe to be a thinly disguised effort to pressure Powell to lower interest rates or resign, the department has said it would appeal. Former Fed chairs and ex-government economic policy leaders from both the Republican and Democratic parties have raised alarm about the Trump administration’s probe. The Fed could not be immediately reached for comment. The Journal reported that an outside lawyer for the Fed, Robert Hur, objected to Tuesday’s visit in a letter to Pirro’s office. Hur was cited as saying that the prosecutors appeared “without prior notice” at the construction site, where they asked for a tour and said they wanted to check on the progress of the renovation project. The independence of central banks in setting rates to control inflation is considered a central tenet of robust economic policy, insulating monetary policymakers from short-term political considerations to focus on longer-term efforts to keep prices stable. Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh has been nominated by Trump to head the central bank. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward in Washington, Editing by Ross Colvin and Thomas Derpinghaus) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
- White House favors former deputy surgeon general Schwartz to lead CDC, Washington Post reports
on April 15, 2026 at 1:02 amApril 14 (Reuters) – The White House is considering selecting Erica Schwartz as the new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing three people who spoke on condition of anonymity about the planned selection. Schwartz served as deputy U.S. surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term. (Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
- Another US strike on suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 4
on April 15, 2026 at 12:18 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on vessels that the Trump administration says were trafficking drugs in Latin American waters, a campaign that began more than seven months ago and continues even as the military has been preoccupied with the Iran war. The latest strike brings the death toll to 175 since the operations began in early September. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for one survivor from an attack Saturday. U.S. Southern Command posted aerial video on social media Tuesday showing a vessel bobbing in the water before being struck by a projectile and exploding. The military earlier said it struck two boats on Saturday and a third on Monday. The military said all the vessels were “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” and that intelligence confirmed they “were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations” but did not provide evidence. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists.” The strikes began months ahead of the U.S. raid in January that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He was brought to New York to face drug trafficking charges and has pleaded not guilty. Critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness, in part because the fentanyl behind many fatal overdoses is typically trafficked to the U.S. over land from Mexico, where it is produced with chemicals imported from China and India. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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