With another warm up to the upper 40s a surprising turn of events today in the trial of a man girlfriends daughter. Joe lopez is charged with first degree murder. Prosecutors say he abused 20 monthold ruby alvarez fracturing her skull and breaking her ribs. Today. Alvarezs mother took the stand. were you still in a romantic relationship with mr. Lopez . it was on and off, um, he would force sexual intercourse with me. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler well, lets just talk about did you write him a love letter . Nan horvat assistant polk county attorney i did. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler 24 yearold nissa alvarez was living with lopez at the time of her daughters death in 2014. After that unexpected testimony. The defense asked the judge to declare a mistrial. 12 39 3959 i have carefully for considered the motion for mistrial based upon the information that mr. Brown indicated was the basis for his motion. I am declaring a mistrial. Council for the parties. Cut it out
With lows near 0 and windchills in the teens and 20s below zero, but thats just the tip of the iceberg pun intended as far as cold is concerned this weekend. Highs will be in the teens on saturday with cloudy skies before some light snow moves in from the northwest late saturday and saturday night that could drop an inch or two of the white stuff by sunday morning. While this is happening, our temperatures will take another hit and drop into the doubledigits below zero and barely make it above zero sunday afternoon. I wouldnt be surprised to see some locations drop to near 20f by monday morning before bouncing back to the teens next week with another small snow chance next tuesday. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the search is on for the lucky winners in the Record Powerball jackpot. The three Winning Tickets were sold in melbourne beach, florida, chino hills, california, and munford, tennessee. Each of the stores received a cash bonus for selling the Winning Tickets. The lucky winners will
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The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council and Vineyard Offshore have formalized a years-long partnership, making an initial $200,000 available to a new community fund designed to support clean energy projects.