A viral photo of a man carrying two geese in Ohio fueled Donald Trump�s wild,
now-debunked conspiracy that Haitian migrants are eating pets in the state �
but turns out it was a wild goose chase.

The Ohio Division of Wildlife told TMZ that the man was picking up the two
geese that had been hit by a car in Columbus, which is about 45 minutes from
Springfield, where Trump had previously claimed that migrants were chowing
down on the birds.

In order to collect a carcass, people need documentation from a county
sheriff or wildlife officer, the wildlife organization explained, but
according to the Franklin County Wildlife Office, this is not required for
geese, meaning the man had a right to them.

TMZ reported that there is no evidence that the man is Haitian, an immigrant
or that he even intended to eat the geese.

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Stearns County Jail.

A 28-year-old man has been indicted on 1st-degree murder charges for the death of a Waite Park woman in February.

Jarquez Javon Bedford has been indicted on two counts of 1st-degree murder and one count of 2nd-degree murder for the killing of 52-year-old Andrea Cottew on Feb. 6. He was originally charged via a warrant on April 7.

Cottew was found dead inside her apartment on the 300 block of Park Meadows Drive after police conducted a welfare check just after 9:30 a.m. Her death wasn't ruled a homicide until March 18.

The Midwest Medical Examiner's autopsy revealed that Cottew's cause of death was "exsanguination due to sharp force injury to the neck."

Cottew's obituary says she is survived by her daughter, parents and other family members. Her 21-year-old son passed away in 2014, according to the Star Tribune.

"She enjoyed casino games, playing skip-bo, spending time at the lake with her family, visiting with friends and what she loved most in the world were her two children," the obituary reads.

Warning: The following may contain some graphic details.

According to the complaint:

Cottew was found in the living room of the the apartment with cuts to her neck. Her phone, wallet, apartment keys and key fob were missing but the apartment door was locked.

Officers found blood all throughout the apartment, particularly in the bedroom and living room. A blood-stained kitchen knife was found on the floor next to the bed.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage and identified Bedford, who was reportedly staying with another tenant on the third floor of the building. In the video, Beford can be seen knocking on the outside door of the building moments after Cottew entered the building around 12:12 p.m. on Feb. 5. Cottew is seen letting him inside and talking with him for a they start to walk towards her apartment on the first floor.

The complaint says within an hour, Bedford is seen leaving through the back door of the apartment building with his sweatshirt inside out. He's then seen coming and going "for multiple hours," using Cottew's fob key, records revealed. Cottew wasn't seen on camera again.

Police interviewed tenants on the third floor, who confirmed Bedford was staying with them at the time.

In an interview, Bedford changed his statement "repeatedly," at one point claiming someone he knew told him that they assaulted and robbed Cottew.

A DNA test matched Bedford to the knife found in the bedroom. His DNA was also found on Cottew's purse, a sweatshirt in the bedroom, a cigarette in the bedroom and a marijuana blunt in the living room.

According to court records, Bedford was arrested after fleeing the area and arrested on an outstanding Kansas felony probation violation in relation to a 2018 robbery conviction. He was also charged in an unrelated case in Ramsey County of illegally possessing a gun due to a previous conviction of a violent crime

Beford has been detained at the Ramsey County Jail since Feb 14. Bail has been set at $4 million without conditions and $2 million with conditions. He faces a life sentence if convicted.

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A man has been indicted by a grand jury for the 1st-degree murder of his wife, who was found stabbed to death outside of a Champlin home in March 2022.

James Nyonteh, 45, was indicted Monday for the brutal murder of mother-of-three Peachu Yates, 35, whose body was left outside a family member's home on March 28, 2022.

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has said it will be seeing an aggravated, longer sentence for Nyonteh, who was initially was charged with 2nd-degree murder.

"Aggravated sentencing is necessary because the victim in this case was treated with particular cruelty and was left in the front yard of a relative's home where she had been living with her children and extended family, many of whom were inside the home at the time," the attorney's office said in a statement.

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James Nyonteh. Courtesy of Hennepin County Jail.

According to the charges, first responders found Yates not breathing and without a pulse in a front yard on Thousand Pines Entry, and was later pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital from multiple stab wounds to the chest and upper body.

One witness told investigators they'd been on the phone with Yates just prior to the stabbing, and that the 35-year-old mother said her husband had a knife. The witness heard Nyonteh remark he wanted to talk, and then the call cut out.

Nyonteh, whom Yates married in 2021, fled to Fargo, North Dakota following the incident.

At the time of the killing, Nyonteh was being investigated for criminal sexual conduct. Yates and her three children had moved out to live with relatives.

As well as 1st-degree premeditated murder, Nyonteh has been charged with 1st-degree murder while committing domestic abuse with a past pattern of domestic abuse, 2nd-degree intentional murder, and 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct.

“Intimate partner violence is a pervasive crisis in our communities that requires a strong multifaceted response, including aggressive prosecution of those who inflict devastation on families and our community,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said.

"This is a horrific case and we will seek the maximum sentence possible."

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