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Woman who stalked BTS star Jungkook gets suspended jail term after 22 home visits in three weeks

Woman who stalked BTS star Jungkook gets suspended jail term after 22 home visits in three weeks

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This A Brazilian woman has been handed a suspended prison sentence in South Korea after stalking BTS singer Jungkook, visiting his home at least 22 times and ringing his doorbell 133 times during one visit. Judge Park Ji-won of the Seoul Western District Court sentenced the woman to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for violating South Korea’s anti-stalking law and trespassing, according to The Korea Times. According to local media, the woman stalked Jungkook by repeatedly visiting his residence in Seoul’s Yongsan District between 7 and 28 December last year. Prosecutors said she waited outside the property, repeatedly rang the doorbell and left letters, photographs, and printed materials near the singer’s home. During her first visit on 7 December, she loitered around the property, threw items over the wall and pushed letters through gaps in the door. Days later, she returned …

Colossal octopuses once stalked the ancient oceans : NPR

Colossal octopuses once stalked the ancient oceans : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

A sketch of the giant octopus. Yohei Utsuki/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University hide caption toggle caption Yohei Utsuki/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University A hundred million years ago during the late Cretaceous period, the oceans were filled with giant predators, prowling for their next meal. There was the mosasaur — a giant toothy marine reptile (and a surprise hero in Jurassic World). There were large sharks. And now, in the journal Science, researchers present evidence for ancient colossal octopuses — what they believe are the largest invertebrates ever described. Using innovative fossil reconstruction techniques, the researchers revealed remnants of two extinct species locked inside large rocks. They appear to have been up to 60-feet long — longer than a school bus — rivaling other apex predators of the time, and calling to mind the Kraken of legend. “I wasn’t expecting any octopus of this magnitude at all,” says Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, a zoologist at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography who wasn’t involved in the study. “And we now have the …

Mexican Mafia assassin stalked victim on birthday, detective testifies

Mexican Mafia assassin stalked victim on birthday, detective testifies

Published by Sam Flores

Even on his birthday, Andrew Reyna couldn’t turn down an order from the Mexican Mafia. That’s according to a Long Beach Police Department detective who testified Wednesday about evidence that led authorities to charge Reyna and two others with the murder of Samuel Villalba. Villalba, an Artesia native nicknamed “Negro,” was said to have been a made member of the Mexican Mafia, a prison syndicate that holds sway over many Latino gangs in Southern California. At the time of his death on Jan. 10, 2021, Villalba, 64, was living in a tent beneath a freeway overpass in Long Beach. Prosecutors allege Reyna was ordered to kill Villalba, who’d been marked for death after getting into a dispute with another Mexican Mafia member. At a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Det. Leticia Gamboa testified the message was relayed through David Oropeza, who like Reyna belonged to the Eastside Paramount gang. Reyna’s lawyer, Theodore Batsakis, said his client denies killing Villalba but declined to comment further. Reyna and Oropeza have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and conspiracy …