Steal $90K, Get 6 Months In Jail And Other News

Jeffrey Daday

New York – Between January 2009 and May 2014, Jeffrey Daday, 36, stole more than $90,000 from parking meters. Daday was formerly the parking inspector officer for Mount Kisco, New York.

It was the bank workers who alerted police. They found that the depositing of quarters, dimes and nickels in large amounts to be suspicious.

Daday was subsequently caught in a sting operation. In September, he pleaded guilty in Westchester County Court in White Plains to second-degree grand larceny and first-degree offering of a false instrument for filing. Daday faced a 15-year jail sentence, but he paid the money back and was sentenced to 6 months and 5 years of probation.

Update: Daniel Meade/Kiana O’Neil

Kiana O’Neil

On December 26, 2013, we reported on the killing of 14-year old Kiana O’Neil.

On December 23, 2013, Kiana was shot and killed by her stepfather when coming through a basement window at their Colorado Springs home. Her stepfather, Daniel Meade, said that he thought it was an illegal intruder.

Colorado has a law that is coined “Make My Day.” It is a Castle Doctrine law, and because of it, a grand jury declined to charge Daniel Meade for killing his stepdaughter.

 

R.I.P. Kiana.

14 Year Old Girl Mistaken As Burglar Is Killed By Stepfather

Another tragic killing in Colorado.  This time, it’s in Colorado Springs.  It’s a breaking story, so there’s not much information yet.

Police spokesman Larry Herbert gave a statement saying that Monday morning, around 6 a.m., a call was made of a burglary-in-progress.  When police arrived on the 4300 block of Ascendant Drive, off North Carefree Circle and Peterson Road, they found a 14 year-old girl had been shot by her step-father.  She was taken to an area hospital where she died of gunshot wounds.