Thursday, April 27, 2017

Cocain body suit

Ariel Garcia was arrested on federal narcotics smuggling charges after Customs and Border Protection officers found cocaine taped to his legs.Two plane passengers took the idea of “carry-on” to another level on their flight to New York.
The men, on the same Delta Airlines flight, but traveling separately, were arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport last week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found a combined 23 pounds of cocaine under their clothes in separate searches, authorities said Wednesday. The combined street value of the cocaine was nearly $400,000, authorities said.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Ariel Garcia, a U.S. citizen, and Elvin Montilla-Sosa, of the Dominican Republic, had both arrived in New York from Santo Domingo on April 19 when they were stopped for searches. An agency spokesman said they were not traveling together. In both cases, officers took the men to private search rooms.
Charging documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said officers observed that Garcia was wearing baggy clothes, with “unusual bulging” around his calves.
Officers searching Garcia found about 11 pounds of cocaine, valued at more than $180,000, according to Customs and Border Protection. The packages were taped to his legs, the agency said. Garcia admitted he was being paid about $8,000 to bring the drugs to New York, according to the charging documents.
Elvin Montilla-Sosa was arrested on federal narcotics smuggling charges after Customs and Border Protection officers found cocaine taped to his legs and back. Customs and Border Protection Elvin Montilla-Sosa was arrested on federal narcotics smuggling charges after Customs and Border Protection officers found cocaine taped to his legs and back. In Montilla-Sosa’s case, officers found about 12 pounds of cocaine, valued at more than $200,000, according to CBP. A photo showed the cocaine wrapped around his calves, thighs and back.
Charging documents said Montilla-Sosa initially gave officers a brown suitcase for inspection, and told them he was an attorney traveling to the United States to attend an immigration law conference. Officers then patted him down and found multiple “bulges” concealed by spandex. The transparent packages of cocaine were underneath, according to charging documents. Like Garcia, Montilla-Sosa admitted he was being paid to smuggle the drugs, according to charging documents.
“This latest seizure demonstrates our CBP officers being ever vigilant in protecting the United States from the distribution of these illicit drugs,” Leon Hayward, acting director of CBP’s New York Field Operations, said in a statement.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York is prosecuting the case on federal narcotics smuggling charges, officials said.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Is this Aaron Hernandez prison lover???

Kyle Kennedy was the last person to see the former New England Patriot alive and is now on suicide watch inside maximum security Souza-Baranowski Corrections CenterIs this the prisoner who Aaron Hernandez wrote to before his shocking suicide is a 22-year-old man jailed for a knife point robbery at a gas station near his home, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Kyle Kennedy was the last person to see the former New England Patriot alive and is now on suicide watch inside the maximum security Souza-Baranowski Corrections Center, sources say.
He is the man to whom Hernandez gave a $50,000 watch and other property shortly before he took his life.
 Kennedy was arrested in January 2015 for an early morning robbery at a Cumberland Farms gas station in Northbridge, Massachusetts. He was wearing a black mask and carrying 'a long butcher-style knife,' according to a report. He got away with just $189
DailyMail.com exclusively reported last week that Hernandez, 27, who was found dead hanging from a bed sheet in his cell early on Wednesday morning last week, left three suicide notes.
One was addressed to his fiancée Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, the second to their four-year-old daughter Avielle and the third to a prisoner, who high level prison sources described as his prison lover.
 That man is Kennedy, the son of a businessman from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, close to the Rhode Island state line, the sources reveal.
When approached at his home at the end of a leafy cul-de-sac, Kennedy's stepmother Deborah, refused to comment and drove in through the automatic gates.
Within minutes his father Matthew, 42, ran out of the home, which is set on more than four acres of land, and furiously berated a DailyMail.com team sitting on a public road outside his house, yelling: 'Get the f**k away and don't f**king come back.' 
Court documents show that Kennedy's own father accused him of using heroin. Daily Mail.com has also leaned the 22-year-old In 2012 was sentenced to nine months for trafficking heroin in 2012 and a year for heroin possession in 2013.
  It's been reported that Hernandez had given his jailhouse lover's family a $50,000 watch before his suicide. The station did not say which member of the family received the watch.
Kyle Kennedy was arrested in January 2015 for an early morning robbery at a Cumberland Farms gas station in Northbridge, Massachusetts. He was wearing a black mask and carrying 'a long butcher-style knife,' according to a report in the local news. He got away with just $189.
He then led police on a high speed chase and after being arrested ran out of the police station in an attempted escape, according to reports at the time.
After being stopped by police officer Peter Bates, Kennedy drove his red sedan off at speeds of up to 110 mph on Route 146 near his home town, court documents show.
'The sedan drove down the off ramp of the exit, Bates said, striking several signs and scraping the side of the guardrail,' the newspaper reported.
  When approached at his home at the end of a leafy cul-de-sac, Kennedy's stepmother Deborah, refused to comment and drove in through the automatic gates. Within minutes his father Matthew, 42, ran out of the house furiously berated a DailyMail.com team sitting on a public road outside his house, yelling: 'Get the f**k away and don't f**king come back'
Matthew Kennedy's home, the address listed by local press when Kyle was arrested,   is set on more than four acres of land.
 'According to Bates, the sedan attempted to circle back onto Rte. 146 by going up the ramp, but could not make the maneuver and stopped.'
While being held at Northbridge Police Station over the Martin Luther King Day weekend, Kennedy asked to make a phone call and while the officer was dialing he made a dash for freedom out of the door.
 'Police pursued Kennedy through three residential yards until he eventually gave up on Edgemere Avenue,' the newspaper reported.
The final entry on Kyle Kennedy”s Facebook page was posted minutes before his arrest at 12.58 am on Sunday January 18, 2016. It said simply: ‘Pray 4 Me.’ A post 35 minutes earlier said: ‘Who got wheels and wanna make $.’ The final entry on Kyle Kennedy's Facebook page was posted minutes before his arrest at 12.58 am on Sunday January 18, 2016. It said simply: 'Pray 4 Me.'
 A post 35 minutes earlier said: 'Who got wheels and wanna make $.'
Other posts show him holding huge wads of cash.
  In a letter to the Worcester Superior Court Matthew Kennedy wrote: 'I am requesting the court to revoke Kyle's bail. 'Kyle had begged me to bail him out of the house of corrections with the understanding Kyle would attend and complete a program that I had lined up in Boston,' added the older Kennedy.
 But three months earlier, in October 2014, he had written: 'today is the start of my new life…getting all my s**t prioritized for my long week ahead of me. im about to make a lot of changes in my life so please don't take anything personal if I stop answering you. Thanks.' 
Papers show that Matthew Kennedy bailed his son out, paying $12,500 of his $125,000 surety. But in September 2015 he had a change of mind.
 In a letter to the Worcester Superior Court Matthew Kennedy wrote: 'I am requesting the court to revoke Kyle's bail.
 'Kyle had begged me to bail him out of the house of corrections with the understanding Kyle would attend and complete a program that I had lined up in Boston,' added the older Kennedy.
'I also hired an independent counselor to bring him to the program and keep an eye on him so he would complete and hopefully live a normal life.
 'This person brought him to Boston the day after he was bailed and checked him in. Kyle stayed one day and left the program! To the best of my knowledge he is living in Worcester with no job and back using heroin.
 'I believe Kyle is a threat to himself and anyone around him. Also, given his history, he is a flight risk.'
  Kennedy was charged with armed and masked robbery but in a deal he agreed to plead guilty to the lower charge of armed robbery. He was sentenced to 3-5 years in state prison in December 2015.
 He was originally sent to the Cedar Junction maximum security facility in Walpole, Massachusetts. 
 In an online profile on the website Write A Prisoner, Kennedy described his sexual orientation as 'straight.'
 'Hello, my name is Kyle,' he wrote on the site in May last year. 'I signed up on this website so I can correspond and possibly build friendships with people from around the world.
  'I stand at 5' 10', I weigh 175 pounds, I have brown hair and brown eyes. I am also heavily tattooed. I work out, read books and write to help me pass the time while incarcerated,' he added
  Kennedy — prisoner number W107335 — revealed on the site that he is serving time for armed robbery and said his earliest date for release is March 1 next year
'I stand at 5' 10', I weigh 175 pounds, I have brown hair and brown eyes. I am also heavily tattooed. I work out, read books and write to help me pass the time while incarcerated,' he added.
'My hobbies on the street include racing motocross, building and customizing cars and motorcycles and doing anything that includes the outdoors. I am currently working to attain my Barbering license.'
He ended his profile with the words: 'If you want to get to know me, I'm just a stamp away! Thank you, Kyle.'
 Kennedy — prisoner number W107335 — revealed on the site that he is serving time for armed robbery and said his earliest date for release is March 1 next year.
 Lawrence Army, the Kennedy family attorney, told DailyMail.com he had no comment. He said he was visiting Kyle in prison on Monday 'to see what's going on.'
 Calls to Massachusetts Department of Corrections spokesman Christopher Fallon were not immediately returned.
 Hernandez, a Super Bowl-winning tight end with the Patriots, killed himself last week. His family has donated his brain to a team from the University of Boston to see whether he was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition caused by repeated hits to the head.
  Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, 27, looked drawn as she and daughter Avielle stepped out just before sunset on Wednesday, the day after her life partner and fiance, Aaron Hernandez, committed suicide in jail
 He had been serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for the murder of his close friend Odin Lloyd, but just five days earlier had been acquitted of a separate double murder.
Kennedy was arrested in January 2015 for an early morning robbery at a Cumberland Farms gas station in Northbridge, Massachusetts. He was wearing a black mask and carrying ‘a long butcher-style knife,’One theory for Lloyd's murder is that he knew about Hernandez's bisexuality and might tell Shenea Jenkins — Hernandez's fiancée's sister — who Lloyd was dating.
Hernandez had a long-term gay lover before he was imprisoned who was due to give evidence at his murder trial. But shortly before the case he transferred a large sum of money into the man's bank account.
 As exclusively revealed by DailyMail.com, Hernandez — prisoner number W106228 — had carefully planned his death. He had soaped the floor in his cell, so he would not be able to stand if he changed his mind after attempting to take his own life.
He had also given away his property to fellow inmates and left the three notes next to a Bible opened to John 3:16, the number scrawled that on his forehead in red marker.
 The Cumberland Farms store Kyle Kennedy robbed at knife point
John 3:16, often described as 'the gospel in a nutshell' reads: 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.'
He jammed the door to the cell — number G2-57 — with cardboard and piled furniture against the door to slow down anyone trying to enter. He also covered the interior window with a curtain to cover up his nakedness, according to Boston's CBS affiliate.

Killed for a designer belt

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Kole Jones. Authorities say one of two teenagers arrested after a fatal shooting in a Portland, Ore., park told a homicide detective they had wanted to steal the victim's belt. Police arrested Jones last week on charges of murder and robbery in connection with the shooting. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP, file)Kole Jones (pictured) is one of two teenagers arrested after the shooting death of a high school student in an Oregon park told a detective they had wanted to steal the victim's belt, according to court documents.
The 17-year-old boy charged with first-degree robbery told the Portland detective that stealing the belt was the objective when he and others approached Shawn Scott Jr. in broad daylight last week, a probable cause affidavit filed by a prosecutor says.
The park is near a busy light-rail stop and a shopping mall. Detective Erik Kammerer said surveillance video from a business showed a gun being pointed at the belt before the April 11 shooting.
"Kammerer told me that (the suspected robber) was present and puffed up, trying to intimidate the victim," prosecutor Laura Rowan wrote in the affidavit.
Scott, 17, died from a single gunshot wound to the head. He was a junior at Union High School in Vancouver, Washington, a few miles north of Portland.
The teen accused of firing the gun, 18-year-old Kole Jones of Gresham, was booked into jail last week on charges of murder, first-degree robbery and unlawful use of a vehicle. A preliminary court hearing is scheduled for April 25.
Jones' court-appointed lawyer, Joe Calhoun, was out of the office Tuesday and did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
In January, Jones was charged with second-degree theft after police said he stole merchandise from Macy's, court records show. He was arrested that same month in Oregon for unauthorized use of a vehicle. He pleaded guilty in the vehicle case and was sentenced to 20 days in jail and probation.
The minor charged with robbery after the park shooting was arraigned in juvenile court Monday. He will be assigned a court-appointed lawyer and return to court next week.
Police are searching for at least one other suspect in the crime.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Father of misssing boy is suspect

The search for a 5-year-old boy who vanished from a South Pasadena park continued Monday after police announced his father had been arrested in connection with his disappearance.
This undated photo provided by the South Pasadena, Calif., Police Department shows Aramazd Andressian Sr., whose 5-year-old boy has been missing. South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller said at a news conference Sunday, April 23, 2017, that investigators have had a difficult time getting answers from Andressian. He was arrested Saturday after paramedics found him passed out in a park. Officials have said the boy's mother reported Saturday that her estranged husband, Andressian, had failed to drop the boy off at a pre-arranged meeting place. The parents are divorcing and share custody. (South Pasadena Police Department via AP)
Officers from the South Pasadena, San Marino and Los Angeles police departments, along with the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, searched Arroyo Park and neighboring areas Sunday for the boy, Aramazd Andressian Jr., but found no signs of him. Meanwhile, authorities have called on the public for help in finding the boy.
South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller said at a news conference… "There's got to be someone out there that knows the whereabouts of Aramazd Andressian," South Pasadena Police Chief Art Miller told reporters Sunday. "There's got to be someone out there that knows where he is at. I am asking as a law enforcement official and as a parent if you know anything, please contact us."
The boy was last seen about 8 a.m. on April 15, when his mother had handed him off to his father in Baldwin Park. The mother told detectives she last saw her son Tuesday during a Skype video conversation. The couple are in the process of getting a divorce, but share custody of their child, Miller said.
She reported her son missing about 8:30 a.m. Saturday after the child's father never showed up to drop off their son in San Marino, the chief said.
The woman gave officers a description of her estranged husband's vehicle, a 2004 gray BMW. Police discovered the car had been impounded earlier that morning in South Pasadena.
The boy's father, Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, had been found alone and unconscious about 6:30 a.m. outside his car in Arroyo Park. He was hospitalized.
When the father was found, the boy was nowhere to be found.
"We [don't] know if he crawled out of the car himself, if he walked away, if he was abducted - we have no idea," Miller said.
Police interviewed the father, but "his story was all over the place," the chief told reporters.
"We don't really know what he truly knows," Miller said.
South Pasadena police said Andressian was arrested late Saturday on suspicion of child endangerment and child abduction. Andressian's bail was set at $10 million, far higher than the $100,000 originally planned due to the seriousness of the case.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Capt. Chris Bergner said Andressian had given "convoluted and not consistent" statements.
"We are working to get to the truth," he said.
Investigators said that Andressian's BMW had previously been seen early Friday morning in Orange County. They urged anyone with any information about the car to contact police.
San Marino Police Chief John Incontro said the boy's mother was concerned and upset, but "she didn't express directly to us that she felt the father was going to do the child any harm."
Police said Aramazd is 3 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 55 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes, as well as a small mole on his right shoulder, authorities said. Aramazd was last seen wearing a turquoise shirt and plaid shorts.

Sean Hannity of Fox News sexual harassment

- NICHOLAS KAMM/GettySean Hannity is the latest Fox News personality facing allegations of sexual harassment.
During a Friday interview with Tulsa, Oklahoma-based radio host Pat Campbell, former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel accused Hannity of inviting her to his hotel room before and after a debate with a pro-Palestinian guest in Detroit. Schlussel said she rejected Hannity’s alleged advances and that she was never invited on his show again.
Schlussel and Hannity were scheduled to speak together at the Detroit show, Schlussel said. But before the show, Hannity allegedly invited her to an event at a nearby bookstore.
“He had some event at a bookstore where he signed his book for people standing in line. He asked me to come meet him at this book signing,” Schlussel said on Campbell’s show. “So I met him there and it was very awkward. He had me up there with him while he signed books and I felt very weird. These people don’t know me and they didn’t come for me to sign their books. Then I left to get ready for the show, and he said, ‘Why don’t you come back with me to my hotel?’ and I said no, I have to get ready for the show.”
Shortly before the show, Hannity allegedly told Schlussel they would team up against another panelist. But Schlussel told Campbell that the move was a “head-fake” against her.
“Sean came up to me and said we’re gonna double-team (which was a weird phrase to use) this Palestinian guy that I was up against on the show,” Schlussel said. “And then every time I tried to open my mouth and say something, they yelled at me and said obey your host, you can’t say anything or else we’re gonna shut off your microphone.”
After the show, Schlussel claims Hannity made another advance on her. “My dad and my brother were there in the green room,” Schlussel said, claiming that Hannity “tried to get me to go back with him to the hotel after the show.”
Schlussel claimed she rejected the offer a second time, and was not invited on any future Hannity programs.
“After that, I wasn’t booked on his show again. And he called me and yelled at me,” Schlussel said. “I got a very weird feeling about the whole thing, and I kind of knew I wouldn’t be back on his show.”
In a statement to The Daily Beast, Hannity denied Schlussel’s allegations and accused her of seeking attention.
“LET ME BE CLEAR THE COMMENTS ABOUT ME ON A RADIO SHOW THIS WEEK by this individual ARE 100 percent false and a complete fabrication,” Hannity wrote. “This individual is a serial harasser who has been lying about me for well over a decade. The individual has a history of making provably false statements against me in an effort to slander, smear and besmirch my reputation.”
“The individual has not just slandered me over the years but many people who this individual disagrees with,” Hannity wrote. “This individual desperately seeks attention by any means necessary, including making unfounded personal attacks and using indefensible and outrageous political rhetoric.”
He went on to threaten legal action against Schlussel.
“My patience with this individual is over. I have retained a team of some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the country who are now in the process of laying out the legal course of action we will be taking against this individual. In this fiercely divided and vindictive political climate I will no longer allow slander and lies about me to go unchallenged, as I see a coordinated effort afoot to now silence those with conservative views. I will fight every single lie about me by all legal means available to me as an American.”
Hannity and Schlussel have a history of clashing, after she wrote a 2010 blog post accusing him of running a scam charity for military families. Schlussel alleged that less than 4 percent of the revenue from Hannity’s “Freedom Concerts” went to U.S. troops and their families, and that most of the concerts’ earnings went to lavish expenses. Hannity and his colleagues denied the allegations.
In 2007, Schlussel wrote a blog post accusing Hannity of “deliberately ripping off” an anti-Muslim column she wrote in the New York Post.
“That’s Sean Hannity for you,” she wrote in the 2007 post. “This is not the first time he’s done this to me, just the latest.”

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

100+ phones found on man during concert

A suspected pickpocket faced charges Monday for allegedly stealing more than 100 cell phones at this weekend’s Coachella music festival.
Police say Reinaldo De Jesus Henao was arrested Friday at the Empire Polo Club on suspicion of grand theft and possession of stolen property.
Several people noticed their phones were missing during the festivities and activated the Find My Phone app, which led the victims to Henao, according to Indio police.
He was detained by event security until police arrived and found Henao with a backpack contained over 100 phones, police said.
Reinaldo De Jesus Henao was arrested after police found a backpack that contained more than 100 cellphones.: 170417-indio-police-department-reinaldo-de-jesus.jpg 170417-indio-police-department-phones-stolen.jpg 

All the phones were either returned to their rightful owners or turned over to the lost and found area at the concert site, police said.
Henao was released Saturday from the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning after posting $10,000 bail, according to jail records.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Woman told to stop calling 911 ends up dead

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Three hours before Latina Herring was murdered, she can be seen on Sanford police body camera video arguing with her boyfriend, Allen Cashe, the man accused of taking his AK-47 and going on a shooting rampage, killing Herring, her 8-year-old son and attempting to kill her 7-year-old son, her father and two bystanders.
At 3:20 in the morning Monday, police were called to a Wawa.
“I don’t have her house keys,” Cashe says on the body camera video.
“Man, you got my keys,” she yells.
“I’m not trying to play games,” said Cashe. “You have an attitude coming home from the club drunk.”
Twenty minutes later, police were called again, to a home on Hays Drive. According to video released by Sanford police Friday, officers on scene dismissed Herring’s concerns.
“She’s making false accusations,” an officer said. “It’s the second time she’s done it.”
At one point, police tell Herring to “stop calling 911.”
“We’re going to handle it,” an officer tells Herring. “Just stop calling 911 and making accusations that you don’t know about.”
Police, in the video, say the couple was just arguing and it was not physical. They call it a “civil matter.” At one point Cashe is handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car but is released. Police say there was no reason to arrest anyone.
One officer says Herring, frustrated, said she should have just lied and said Cashe hit her.
It is unclear why Cashe, or Herring, called 911. Officers on scene remarked he may have wanted to harm her.
“I think he’s calling because he’s afraid he’s going to do something to her,” an officer said to another.
Herring’s friend Ladasha Beasley says Sanford police should have done more.
“Sanford PD’s a big disappointment to me and to others,” said Beasley. “To protect and serve who man? Who? Justice needs to be served.”
Sanford police did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the newly released body camera video and how officers handled the scene.
Cashe is accused of going on his shooting spree around 6:30 a.m. Police let him leave the scene after he got his keys, which sparked the argument.
The four shooting survivors remain in the hospital. Three are stable and one is in critical condition.

Bill O’Reilly Sexual Harassment Case

Image result for bill o'reillyPressure continued to mount on Fox News on Tuesday to address harassment accusations against its top-rated host, Bill O’Reilly, as the National Organization for Women called for his ouster and five companies said they were pulling their advertisements from his show.
NOW has called for Mr. O’Reilly to be fired and for an independent investigation to be conducted into the culture at Fox News.
“Mr. O’Reilly’s case is part of a larger culture that condones the harassment and objectification of women at Fox News,” Terry O’Neill, president of NOW, said in a news release Tuesday. “Men like Mr. O’Reilly and Mr. Ailes will never be stopped as long as their behavior is allowed to continue, even supported, by their employer.” She referred to Roger Ailes, the former chairman and chief executive, who left Fox after he was accused of sexual harassment. Mr. Ailes has denied the accusations.
“For too long women have endured dangerous sexism at the hands of powerful men and powerful institutions,” Ms. O’Neill added. “Fox News is too big and too influential to simply let this go. Women have the right to go to work without facing harassment. Fox News apparently doesn’t get that basic concept.”
Also on Tuesday morning, three more advertisers — BMW of North America, Untuckit and Constant Contact — joined the list of firms who have said that they were withdrawing their ads from Mr. O’Reilly’s show, “The O’Reilly Factor.’’ BMW North America said the company had made the decision “in light of the recent New York Times investigation.”
This weekend, The Times published an investigation that found that five women who had accused Mr. O’Reilly of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior received settlements totaling about $13 million.
The move by BMW came after Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai said on Monday that they were canceling their ads on Mr. O’Reilly’s show. Mercedes-Benz cited “ the importance of women in every aspect of our business.” Hyundai cited “the recent and disturbing allegations” and a desire to work with companies that “share our values of inclusion and diversity.”
Aaron Sanandres, the chief executive of Untuckit, a men’s clothing marketer, said: “This morning we instructed our media buyer to reallocate our ad dollars to other shows. We will continue to closely monitor the situation but believe this is the right decision at this time.”
 © Lucas Jackson/Reuters A likeness of Bill O’Reilly on the News Corporation building in Manhattan. Mr. O’Reilly’s program draws millions of viewers. Lark-Marie Antón, the chief communications officer for the Endurance International Group, which owns Constant Contact, said: “Based on the recent allegations and our strong commitment to inclusion, respect and tolerance in the workplace, we have decided to pull Constant Contacts ads from ‘The O’Reilly Factor.”’
Ms. Anton said it was possible that Constant Contact ads could appear during Tuesday’s broadcast of “The O’Reilly Factor.” “While the cancellation request is effective immediately, it may take up to 24 hours to be implemented,” she said.
If more advertisers flee Mr. O’Reilly’s program, Fox News and its parent company, 21st Century Fox, may be forced to respond. “The O’Reilly Factor,” which draws almost four million viewers a night, generated more than $446 million in advertising revenue from 2014 through 2016, according to the research firm Kantar Media.
Representatives for Fox News and 21st Century Fox could not immediately be reached for comment. Mr. O’Reilly has said that the accusations against him are without merit and that his fame has made him a target “for those who would harm me and my employer, the Fox News Channel.”
Twenty-first Century Fox has extended Mr. O’Reilly’s contract, which had been set to expire this year, according to people familiar with the matter. When the company agreed to the extension, it was aware of multiple settlements that had been reached with women who had complained about his behavior, and it structured the deal to include more leverage over his behavior, according to people familiar with the matter.
At the same time, the legal troubles for Fox News continued. Monica Douglas, a black Fox News employee, on Tuesday joined a lawsuit that was filed last week against Fox News by two other women, asserting that they were subjected to racial harassment at the network. The suit was filed in State Supreme Court in the Bronx.

Man kills intruder in the shower

Image: Bruce FanningA Washington state man who fatally shot an intruder he found taking a shower on property he owned has been charged with first-degree murder, the Mason County prosecutor said Thursday.
Bruce Fanning, 59, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder after the fatal shooting Saturday morning in Belfair, Washington, and on Wednesday he was charged with first-degree murder, Mason County Prosecutor Michael Dorcy said.
Fanning is accused of shooting Nathanial Rosa, 31, as the intruder showered in one of two houses on Fanning's property, which had been broken into.
The Mason County Sheriff's Office said after the arrest that circumstances of the shooting don't appear to support reasonable self defense.
Fanning allegedly went to the house, which serves as his place of business, to start the day, found it had been broken into, and found Rosa in the shower. Rosa said something unintelligible that seemed to Fanning to be threatening, and Fanning went to the other house — which is his residence — to get a handgun, a sheriff's official said. Fanning allegedly returned and fired four times through a shower curtain, killing Rosa.
Fanning said nothing before opening fire, and told authorities he believed Rosa was drunk, the sheriff's office said.
Dorcy said his office spent considerable time looking at whether laws regarding justifiable homicide applied. "We don't believe that that defense is supported at this time," he said.
Fanning called the sheriff's office at around 7:50 a.m. local time (10:50 a.m. ET) to report that he shot and killed an intruder who was showering in his business, the sheriff's office said.
No attorney is yet listed for Fanning, a Mason County Superior Court clerk said. No one answered a phone number listed for him.
Dorcy has said that investigators were told Rosa and friends were sending off a friend who was being deployed to Afghanistan, and they went to some bars before visiting a friend's home near the property where Rosa was later shot, and that home and Fanning's property look similar.
Rosa's friends said he left at around 5 a.m. to get some air and never returned, raising the possibility he mistook Fanning's building for his friend's home, Dorcy said.
Investigators aren't sure what occurred in the hours after Rosa's friends last saw him, Mason County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Ryan Spurling said Thursday.