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Breaking News
Jared Fogle’s Actions Are Inexcusable,’
Says Subway, His Former Employer
St. Louis Police Shoot And Kill Another Black Teen
Hours after
court docu-
ments released
on Wednesday
revealed that
former Subway
spokesman
Jared Fogle
admitted to
having sex with
at least two mi-
nors and ob-
taining child pornography of 12 others, his former employers re- leased a statement.
“Jared Fogle’s actions are in- excusable and do not represent our brand’s values,” Subway said in a post on its Facebook page. “We had already ended our rela- tionship with Jared.”
Fogle had been connected to Subway since 2000, when he ap- peared on television claiming that eating the fast food chain’s sand- wiches and working out helped him lose more than 200 lbs. He reportedly made millions as the Subway pitchman but his contract was suspended last month after
JARED FOGLE
St. Police in riot gear after the Wednesday shooting of a Black teen.
St. Louis police fatally shot a Black teenager on Wednesday who they say pointed a gun at them, and later faced angry crowds, reigniting racial tensions first sparked by the killing of an unarmed Black teen in St. Louis suburb a year ago.
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the shooting took place when 2 young Black men ran out the back door of a house where officers were carrying out a search warrant.
Officers ordered the pair to stop in an alley behind the house. One suspect allegedly pointed a gun at officers who then fired four times,
Police arrest a man as protesters gathered after a shooting incident in St. Louis, Missouri on August 19.
killing him, Dotson said.
Crowds gathered at a nearby intersection shortly after the shooting
and then again in the evening.
Dotson said at a late Wednesday press conference some protesters
threw bricks and glass bottles at officers, who used shields to protect themselves and then tear gas to disperse the crowd. A car was set on fire and some local businesses had reported robbery attempts, he said.
Nine people were arrested on charges of impeding traffic and resist- ing arrest, police said.
Meteorologists Monitor 4th Named Tropical Storm
Meteorologists are currently monitor- ing the 4th named tropical storm of the hurricane season. Tropical Storm Danny is currently moving across the At- lantic Ocean.
Forecasters said it has the ability to be- come a hurricane. As of Thursday morn- ing, the slow moving storm was traveling at approximately 50 miles per hour. The U. S. National Hurricane Center predicts the storm could strengthen and become a hurricane.
Currently, its center is 1,200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. It is moving in a western direction and does not pose a threat to any land at this point.
federal agents raided Zionsville, Indiana, home.
his
Fogle’s defense attorney Je- remy Margolis said that the 37- year-old “knows that he has a medical problem. He has already sought evaluation by a world class psychiatrist, experienced in these matters and he will seek appropri- ate treatment.”
The married father of two faces between 5 and 121⁄2 years in prison and has agreed to pay $1.4 million restitution to his 14 vic- tims. He also faces a fine of up to $500,000.
Fogle’s wife, Katie, announced on Wednesday that she is seeking a divorce.
“Obviously, I am extremely shocked and disappointed by the recent developments involving Jared,” she said in a statement. “My focus is exclusively on the well-being of my children.”
Fogle’s immediate family also released a statement saying they were “shocked”.
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