U.S. Warns of “Credible Threats” in 2 Turkish Cities

WASHINGTON – The United States Consulate in Istanbul said on Saturday that it has received reports of “credible threats” in Turkey’s tourist areas, particularly in public squares and docks in that city and in Antalya.

“The U.S. Mission in Turkey would like to inform U.S. citizens that there are credible threats to tourist areas, in particular to public squares and docks in Istanbul and Antalya,” the consulate said in a statement, without mentioning when the threat had been discovered.

The U.S. State Department published the warning three weeks after the March 19 suicide attack in downtown Istanbul that left five people dead and about 30 wounded, and which was perpetrated by a young jihadist with ties to the Islamic State in Turkey.

After that attack, the United States at the end of March authorized the families of American military personnel and diplomats in the southern part of the country to leave Turkey, considering the terrorist threat to the area where they were living.

That decision, taken in coordination with the Turkish government, affected more than 600 families of diplomatic and defense personnel in the city of Adana (including Incirlik Air Base), as well as in the towns of Izmir and Mugla.

“Please exercise extreme caution if you are in the vicinity of such areas. For your personal safety, we urge you to monitor local media,” said the statement of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, distributed by the U.S. State Department.

Turkey is in a state of alert and security measures have been intensified to the maximum due to the four suicide attacks committed so far this year in Istanbul and Ankara, which killed more than 80 people.

Cuba Needs New Brewery to Meet Growing Demand for Beer

HAVANA – Beer production in Cuba is far from meeting the country’s growing demand in stores, inns and hotels, due to the large increase in tourism, a demand that can only be met by building a new brewery, the island’s producers said.

The current demand for beer is beyond the capacity of Cuba’s existing breweries, which have signed contracts for more than 33 million cases at the Business Fair being held this week in Havana, considerably more than their current production capability will allow, local media said Friday.

This year’s production plan for the mixed company Bucanero, which produces four local beer brands, is to turn out 19 million cases, while importing 3 million cases of the Dominican brew Presidente, according to marketing specialist Mayle Gonzalez of the Cuban state news agency ACN.

The boom in cafes and restaurants, mainly in the island’s growing private sector, and the increasing influx of tourists have sent requests for this product through the roof, which is why “we have to build a new brewery to cover these requirement of the economy,” Gonzalez said.

The mixed company Cerveceria Bucanero S.A., partly owned by the Ministry of the Food Industry, has had production problems due to delays in shipments to the country of the principal raw material, brewing malt from the Czech Republic, a factor, together with the increased demand, that has led to shortages on the market.

The Bucanero company produces four brands of Cuban beer – Cacique, Mayabe, Cristal, and, of course, Bucanero.

Cristal is the best-selling beer on the island, since it represents 47 percent of total production and, according to market surveys, is the brew Cubans prefer.

Woman on FBI’s Most Wanted List Caught in Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Agents of Mexico’s Criminal Investigation Agency have arrested Brenda Berenice Delgado Reynaga, wanted in the United States for homicide and recently included on the 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office, or PGR, said.

The PGR said in a bulletin that a provisional arrest warrant for international extradition was issued for Delgado last April 1 by the 6th District Federal Court for Criminal Cases.

The woman, 33, is wanted for homicide by the Dallas County District Court in Texas.

U.S. authorities accuse her of being the intellectual author of the homicide on Sept. 2, 2015, of Kendra Hatcher, a dentist who apparently had a love affair with Delgado’s previous partner, “which makes this murder a crime of passion,” the PGR said.

“According to the investigation, the suspect employed a 31-year-old man as a hired gun to commit the homicide, with the collaboration of a female friend,” it said.

The PGR said the FBI recently decided to classify the accused, a Mexican citizen, as one of the 10 Most Wanted Fugitives in the United States, offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to her capture.

According to the PGR, “upon receiving the request for a detention for the purpose of extradition, members of its Criminal Investigation Agency deployed search cells in places where the fugitive’s family members and friend could help find her, in the states of San Luis Potosi, Nuevo Leon, Mexico state and Mexico City.

Thanks to this collaboration with U.S. authorities, Delgado was nabbed at a home in the city of Torreon, Coahuila state, the agency said.

Agents of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the PGR, affiliated with Interpol Mexico, took her to Mexico City, where she will be held at Santa Marta Acatitla Prison while awaiting completion of the legal procedures for her extradition to the United States.

Phoenix Az - Masked robber manhandles Circle K clerk

A masked man who roughed up a Circle K clerk to force her to get into the cash register remains on the loose and police need help finding him.

"A security camera shows the suspect forcing the clerk to open the cash register. (Source: Silent Witness)"/>

It happened on Oct. 27 at 2:09 a.m. at the convenience store at 3201 E. Chandler Blvd. in Phoenix.

Surveillance video shows the suspect pushed the clerk away, causing money to spill all over the floor.

The suspect grabs her and forces her out from behind the counter before picking up some of the cash and merchandise and casually walking out.

The robber is described as black and between 20 to 25 years old. He is 6'2" tall and weighs between 180 to 200 pounds. He has brown eyes and silver teeth. He was wearing a black, full face ski mask

 

Phoenix AZ - Cold case ( Subway robbery suspect wanted )

Phoenix police are asking the public to help them identify a man suspected of robbing a Subway restaurant in 2013.

Surveillance video shows what looks like a normal transaction inside the the sandwich shop at 36th Street and McDowell Road around 9:15 p.m. on Oct. 13.

After the customer pays for his order, he forcefully reaches over the counter and grabs what money he can from the register. He then grabs his sandwich and hurriedly walks out of the store.

The suspect is described as black. He is 5'10" tall and weighs 300 pounds. He has a bald head and a mustache. He was wearing a gray shirt and red shorts.

Phoenix AZ - Domino's pizza robbery suspect wanted

A Domino's pizza place on 35th Avenue near Bethany Home Road in Phoenix was the site of an armed robbery just about a year ago.

Police still need help finding the suspect, who entered the store about 10:30 at night.

The suspect demanded money while waving a metal bar at the store worker.

When the victim turned to walk to the registers, the suspect hit him on the head with the bar.

The suspect grabbed the cash and took off running.

The suspect is described as black and his early 20s. He is about 5’10” tall and weighs 170 pounds.

The man was last seen wearing a bright blue-hooded sweatshirt and white gloves. He was armed with a piece of steel rebar.

 

Tucson AZ ( Goodwill store flasher wanted ) exposed himself to people.

Pima County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man suspected of exposing his genitals to customers at a north side secondhand store, authorities said.

Just before 3 p.m. on March 27, deputies responded to the Goodwill store, 3725 E. Fort Lowell Road, to reports of indecent exposure, said department spokesman, Deputy Ryan Inglett.

Witnesses told deputies that a man went into the dressing room and proceeded to expose his genitalia to customers as they walked by, Inglett said.

The man had a long, dark ponytail and was last seen wearing a multi-colored shirt and camouflage pants. He was carrying a backpack and a skateboard.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.