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crime12 days ago•31 min saved

Central Park Bird Artist Francis Lee Rogers Found Dead in Gazebo; Suspect Charged

Francis Lee Rogers, a 63-year-old homeless artist known for painting Central Park birds, was found dead in a park gazebo on Sunday. Police charged 36-year-old Jonathan Robles with murder after he surrendered. While early reports suggested stabbing, authorities later confirmed the cause of death was head trauma from a stick. Rogers was a beloved figure in the local birding community, having lived in the park for decades and sold intricate wildlife watercolors to visitors.

via New York Post|

#central-park #crime #francis-lee-rogers

crime12 days ago•1 min saved

Central Park Artist Francis Lee Rogers Killed in Gazebo; Suspect Surrenders

Francis Lee Rogers, a 63-year-old artist and long-time resident of Central Park, was found dead in a gazebo on Sunday morning. Police charged 36-year-old Jonathan Robles with murder after he surrendered. Friends describe Rogers as a beloved figure in the park's birding community who maintained feeders and sold artwork. The cause of death is listed as head trauma from a wooden stick, though early reports of stabbing were retracted.

via CBS News|

#central-park #crime #francis-lee-rogers

crime12 days ago•17 min saved

Central Park victim identified as Elise Bainbridge Hill, artist featured in 'Begging Naked' documentary

Elise Bainbridge Hill, a 63-year-old artist and former subject of the documentary 'Begging Naked,' was beaten to death in a Central Park gazebo on Sunday. Police charged 36-year-old Jonathan Robles with murder after he surrendered to officers. Hill, who also went by Francis Lee Rogers, had lived in the park for years, selling bird-themed artwork to tourists. Friends described her as a beloved, intelligent figure in the local birding community despite her struggles with mental illness and homelessness. The suspect, a resident of a Hell's Kitchen shelter, was hospitalized for a hand injury after his arrest.

via New York Daily News|

#central-park #crime #elise-bainbridge-hill

crime12 days ago•2 min saved

Central Park birding community mourns 'Lee,' 63, killed in Ramble

A 63-year-old woman known to Central Park birders as 'Lee' was found dead in the Ramble on Sunday morning. Police arrested 36-year-old Jonathan Robles, charging him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. While early reports cited stabbing, the NYPD retracted that claim, focusing on head trauma from a wooden object. Friends describe the victim as a long-time park resident and artist who maintained bird feeders and sheltered others.

via Gothamist|

#central-park #crime #homelessness

crime12 days ago

NYPD arrests man in Central Park murder of 63-year-old park resident

A 63-year-old woman was found dead in Central Park on Sunday morning, and 36-year-old Jonathan Robles was arrested and charged with murder. The victim, who lived in a park gazebo, suffered head trauma, while early reports of stabbing were retracted by police. Robles, a resident of a Midtown homeless shelter, surrendered to investigators and is awaiting arraignment.

via Gothamist|

#central-park #crime #homelessness

crime13 days ago•1 min saved

Man Charged with Murder After 63-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in Central Park

Jonathan Robles, 36, was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon following the death of a 63-year-old woman in Central Park. The victim, who was unidentified and believed to be experiencing homelessness, was found with head trauma and stab wounds near East Drive and 74th Street on Sunday morning. While early reports from some outlets emphasized stabbing, the NYPD later retracted statements regarding stabbing, focusing instead on head trauma as the primary cause of death. The suspect, whose last known address was a homeless shelter in Hell's Kitchen, was booked late Sunday. Park visitors expressed shock, describing the incident as terrifying and a violation of the park's usual sense of safety.

via NBC 4 New York|

#central-park #crime #homelessness

crime14 days ago

Unidentified homeless woman found stabbed to death in Central Park gazebo

An unidentified woman in her 60s was found dead with stab wounds and head trauma in a Central Park gazebo on Sunday morning. Police are questioning a man, but no arrests have been made as the medical examiner determines the cause of death.

via The New York Times|

#central-park #crime #homelessness

public-health17 days ago•3 min saved

San Francisco’s addiction crisis: 41% of patients denied immediate detox access

A new San Francisco Department of Public Health report reveals that 41% of individuals seeking residential detox beds in fiscal 2024-25 were turned away on the same day or the next. While the city has expanded access to 78% of other addiction services, residential detox remains a critical bottleneck. The report attributes these turnaways to complex medical and mental health needs, limited bed capacity, and patients leaving before assessments. Public Health Director Daniel Tsai called the gap a 'huge priority' and is seeking state licensing flexibility to serve patients with complex conditions. A 16-bed dual-diagnosis facility is planned for early next year. Despite these efforts, advocates and some residents argue the system still fails to meet demand, with some patients leaving the city to seek treatment elsewhere.

via The San Francisco Standard|

#addiction-treatment #detox-beds #homelessness

california25 days ago•7 min saved

LA homeless funds fraud: millions diverted to nightclub, vacations

Federal prosecutors say a Los Angeles–area homeless nonprofit worker misappropriated more than $7.5 million in taxpayer funds to finance a nightclub and luxury vacations, with two arrests tied to a broader crackdown on homelessness corruption; allegations include shell entities, ghost participants, and kickbacks, while LAHSA contracts were canceled and the probe widens.

via Los Angeles Times|

#california #federal-crimes #fraud

crime25 days ago•2 min saved

Two Arrests Uncovered in LA Homelessness Funding Fraud Case

Federal investigators arrested Lakiya Malone for allegedly taking over $180,000 in bribes by signing up 'ghost participants' who were not homeless at homeless housing facilities, and Michael Young, HAL founder, for allegedly funneling millions of LAHSA funds into personal uses such as private vacations and a nightclub, in a crackdown on misused taxpayer money meant to address Los Angeles' homelessness crisis.

via ABC7 Los Angeles|

#crime #fraud #ghost-participants

politics1 month ago•5 min saved

Bass exits LAHSA board amid federal scrutiny of homeless funding

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is stepping down from the LA Homeless Services Authority board amid federal scrutiny of more than $1 billion in homelessness funds; a House subcommittee is demanding answers and Bass is unavailable to testify at the Sept. 15 hearing, with her replacement to be appointed to the 10‑member LAHSA commission after she had largely been absent from meetings.

via New York Post|

#congressional-hearing #federal-funding #homelessness

news1 month ago•16 min saved

Former Maine Homeless Man Indicted in Rob Reiner Family Slayings

Nick Reiner, a former Mainer who once lived homeless in Portland, has been indicted on murder charges for stabbing his father, Rob Reiner, and his mother Michele to death in Brentwood, California. The indictment bypasses the need for a preliminary hearing, and Nick Reiner has pleaded not guilty.

via themainewire.com|

#homelessness #indictment #maine

politics2 months ago•25 min saved

RFK Jr. vows to tie LA homelessness funding to accountability and recovery-focused reforms

RFK Jr. blasted LA’s homelessness system at the Dream Center as a taxpayer-funded “industrial complex,” warning that federal funding to LAHSA could be cut if programs don’t move people off the streets into treatment and recovery. The Trump administration is pushing a shift of roughly $240 million toward recovery-focused housing, suspending LAHSA’s grants for now and directing providers to apply directly to the federal government. LAHSA is challenging the suspension, while a Rhode Island judge has blocked the shift for the time being.

via New York Post|

#federal-funding #homelessness #hud

politics2 months ago•6 min saved

Court Blocks HUD’s Plan to Reroute Homelessness Funding

A federal judge blocked HUD’s 2026 funding changes intended to shift Continuum of Care dollars from permanent housing to temporary housing and services, ruling the agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act by skipping the required notice-and-comment process; this marks the third time a judge has blocked HUD’s changes during the Trump era, and HUD may attempt similar policy shifts for fiscal 2027.

via Politico|

#administrative-procedure-act #continuum-of-care #homelessness

public-health2 months ago•56 min saved

LA's Typhus Crisis: When Rats Outpace the City

LA is facing a dramatic surge in flea-borne typhus spread by rats and their fleas, driven by a growing urban rat population, garbage-filled streets, and a homelessness crisis. With cases rising from single digits in the early 2000s to record highs (about 220 cases in 2025 and 187 in 2024) and hospitalizations making up a large share of patients, public-health officials say they’re overwhelmed and underfunded. Tightened state rules on anticoagulant rodenticides and reduced pest-control tools compound the problem. The article argues for more resources and policy changes to finally curb the medieval disease threatening Angelenos.

via Yahoo|

#homelessness #los-angeles #public-health