A Paris court awarded Kim Kardashian a symbolic one euro, roughly $1.15, in civil damages from her 2016 armed robbery, closing a legal chapter that began with one of France's most brazen jewelry heists. Kardashian, 45, had requested exactly that amount. The ruling followed last May's criminal convictions of eight people tied to the October […] The post Paris court awards Kim Kardashian one euro in damages, nearly a decade after armed robbery appeared first on American Almanac .
A Paris court awarded Kim Kardashian a symbolic one euro, roughly $1.15, in civil damages from her 2016 armed robbery, closing a legal chapter that began with one of France's most brazen jewelry heists. Kardashian, 45, had requested exactly that amount. The ruling followed last May's criminal convictions of eight people tied to the October 2016 robbery at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, a five-star Paris hotel where two gang members disguised as police forced their way into her suite, bound her with zip ties, and stole an estimated $9 million in jewelry. Most of the stolen items, including a $3 million engagement ring from ex-husband Kanye West, were never recovered, The Sun reported . The civil damages award was not about money. Kardashian…Open
Portland police arrested four armed teenagers from Seattle after a days-long string of carjackings, armed robberies, and a gas station shooting that left a clerk fighting for his life, and recovered four illegally modified firearms. The spree stretched from July 14 through the early hours of July 17, rattling neighborhoods across Northeast Portland and ending […] The post Four Seattle teenagers arrested after weeklong violent crime spree across Portland appeared first on American Almanac .
Portland police arrested four armed teenagers from Seattle after a days-long string of carjackings, armed robberies, and a gas station shooting that left a clerk fighting for his life, and recovered four illegally modified firearms. The spree stretched from July 14 through the early hours of July 17, rattling neighborhoods across Northeast Portland and ending only when a SWAT team raided a house and pulled four juveniles, ages 15, 16, and two 17-year-olds, out of hiding. By then, a rideshare driver had been robbed at gunpoint, a store employee had been pistol-whipped, and a gas station clerk had taken five bullets during a predawn holdup. Portland Police Bureau detectives in the Major Crimes Unit pieced the incidents together over three…Open
Democrat Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz has pardoned Jai Vang, an illegal alien from Laos convicted of aiding and abetting armed robbery in 1994.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) convened a special session to pardon an illegal alien convicted of armed robbery and thwart his deportation . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) has pardoned Jai Vang, an illegal alien from Laos convicted of aiding and abetting armed robbery in 1994. DETAIL: On Wednesday, Walz pardoned Vang following a unanimous vote by Minnesota’s Board of Pardons. Vang was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this month as part of Operation Metro Surge. He was scheduled to be deported next month, having illegally entered the United States. Vang requested a pardon, which was unanimously recommended by the Clemency Review Commission. He was arrested, tried, and convicted…Open
