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U.S. NEWSFriday 23 October 2015

Police: APNewsBreak:

Man admits to road rage killing of New Mexico girl Former

This photo provided by the Albuquerque Police Department The children’s father picked a truck stopped on a me- pitchman
shows Tony Torrez. Torrez was arrested and acknowledged them up from school Tues- dian with “an adult holding
shooting 4-year-old Lilly Garcia while she was riding in the day when someone in a an unresponsive child.” Fogle’s
backseat of her father’s pickup truck with her 7-year-old brother Toyota opened fire on the Two nurses showed up and
a day earlier, police said. family as they traveled tried save the girl’s life, then victims get
down Albuquerque’s main an ambulance rushed her
(Albuquerque Police Department via AP) east-west freeway. to the hospital, where she $1 million
The father told authorities died, Albuquerque Police
M. HUDETZ, parent road rage. that he was trying to exit Chief Gorden Eden said. RICK CALLAHAN
R. CONTRERAS Tony Torrez, 32, was ar- the freeway when a car Authorities quickly began Associated Press
Associated Press rested Wednesday and forced him out of his lane, pressing the public for tips, INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ten
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mex- admitted to shooting Lilly a police statement said. offering about $25,000 for victims of former pitchman
ico (AP) — A man con- Garcia while she was riding “The two drivers ex- information leading to the Jared Fogle have received
fessed to shooting and kill- in the backseat of her fa- changed words when Tor- arrest of the shooter. a total of $1 million in res-
ing a 4-year-old girl while ther’s pickup truck with her rez pulled out a gun and Police said an anony- titution since he agreed to
arguing with her father in 7-year-old brother a day shot at the red truck driven mous caller provided the plead guilty to child por-
the southwestern city of earlier, police said. He has by Lilly’s father,” the state- name of a possible suspect nography and sex-crime
Albuquerque, police said, been charged with mur- ment continued. “Lilly was Wednesday. With that in- charges, and his four other
without offering more de- der, assault, child abuse hit at least once in the formation and tips from victims could receive their
tails on what led to the ap- and other crimes. head.” the community, detectives checks by the time he is
The father pulled over and found the suspect and de- sentenced next month —
tried to give his daugh- tained him without prob- a move prosecutors said is
ter first aid as a bystander lems. rare.
called police. “This evening, Torrez con- The $100,000 checks were
The little girl’s grandfather fessed to investigators he hand-delivered to each of
said the attack left the was responsible for the the 10 victims or their par-
family deep in mourning. murder,” the police state- ents over the last several
“They really have to do ment said. He is being held weeks, with each signing
something about this. It’s on a $650,000 cash-only a form saying they had
a problem,” Jose Garcia bond. received the money and
said, referring to gun vio- It’s not clear what led the that it is intended to ben-
lence. incident to escalate, but efit that particular victim,
In a roughly minute-long the father told officers the Assistant U.S. Attorney Ste-
call released by police, a shooting was the result of ven DeBrota told The Asso-
man alerts a dispatcher to road rage. q ciated Press on Thursday.
DeBrota said he’s handled
Man who brought fake chips to poker match gets prison only one other case in
which restitution was paid
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) North Carolina, pleaded toilet in the Borgata the $1.5 million in remaining to victims before sentenc-
— A poker player is going guilty to trademark coun- next day. A total of $3.6 prize money was put on ing in nearly a quarter-cen-
to prison for bringing mil- terfeiting and criminal mis- million worth of tournament hold before the state Divi- tury of prosecuting child
lions of dollars in counterfeit chief. chips were recovered, sion of Gaming Enforce- porn cases.
chips to a tournament and Authorities said Lusardi though they had no actual ment ordered the money By the time a federal judge
then breaking the plumb- suspected his scheme cash value. be distributed and entry sentences Fogle on Nov.
ing when he flushed them had been discovered so The tournament was sup- fees refunded. 19 to a minimum of five
down a toilet to hide the he flushed the fake chips posed to run for three Lusardi had won $6,814 in years in prison, DeBrota
evidence. down the toilet in his room weeks but was terminated the tournament. said prosecutors expect
A judge on Thursday sen- at Harrah’s Resort Atlan- after three days when the Investigators said he pur- to have either presented
tenced Christian Lusardi to tic City, where he had counterfeit poker chips chased the chips online $100,000 checks to Fogle’s
five years in prison. Lusardi been staying. But the chips were found. Investigators from a Chinese manufac- four other victims or have
also must pay $463,540 in clogged the pipes, and determined $800,000 in turer and then put a coun- plans in place to disburse
restitution to the Borgata guests on the floor below fake chips had been put terfeit Borgata logo on those funds to them.
Hotel Casino & Spa for the complained that water was into play during the first two them. In response to the That money will pay for
revenue it lost when it can- dripping into their rooms. days of the tournament. scam, the Borgata began mental health counseling,
celed the 2014 tournament Maintenance was called, There were 27 people re- using more intricate chips medical care and other
in Atlantic City and $9,455 and the chips were found. maining in the Borgata with more colors and an needs the 14 victims might
to Harrah’s Casino Hotel for An additional 22 tourna- Winter Open Big Stack, No authentication element have now or in the future
damaging its plumbing. ment chips worth $5,000 Limit Hold ‘Em event when that can be checked un- to help them recover from
Lusardi, 43, of Fayetteville, were found in a clogged play was suspended. The der ultraviolet light.q the trauma.q