The first batch of items Jesse Jackson Jr. turned over to help fulfill a forfeiture order from the United States District Court is officially up for auction.

They include nine items of Bruce Lee and Michael Jackson memorabilia, a mink cashmere cape, a mink reversible parka, a black and red cashmere cape and a black fox reversible jacket.

They are being sold as part of the U.S. Marshals Service Online Collectibles Auction via Gaston & Sheehan. Bidding begins Sept. 17 through Sept. 26.

The former congressman received the forfeiture order after his criminal conviction for misusing campaign funds. Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison last month.

Not only must Jackson come up with $750,000 in cash, which he told the court he will be paying in full, but he also must part with dozens of items, some of them almost comical in nature, which prosecutors said were purchased with his ill-gotten gains.

He has indicated he hopes to satisfy the money judgment in total by the time he begins serving his prison sentence.

Information about the U.S. Marshals Service’s auctions of forfeited items can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov/assets/sales.htm.
 

Julie Harper, the Carlsbad woman accused of killing her husband, has posted bail according to her attorney.

Jason Harper, 39, was found dead from a gunshot wound buried in a pile of clutter inside the couple's home on August 7, 2012.

Just days earlier, his wife had filed for divorce.

At the time of her arrest, Julie Harper had collected passports, birth certificates and important papers in a backpack according to prosecutors.

Defense attorney Paul Pfingst and county jail records confirm Harper has been released from custody while she awaits trial on charges of murder.

The couple's three children, ages 8, 6, and 1, were home at the time their father was shot. One child told investigators they heard their father yell and then a thump.

Julie Harper told the children their father fell off a chair prosecutors allege.

Then she took the kids for coffee and sandwiches, tried to set up a playdate with a neighbor, stopped at a children's activity center and then arranged for her sister to watch the kids during the afternoon before surrendering herself to police at her father's home in Scripps Ranch.

Jason Harper was accused of abuse in the divorce filing but his colleagues at Carlsbad High School described him as a gentle giant.

Among the belongings found by investigators in the couple's home on Badger Lane were a resume for Julie Harper listing martial arts and military weapons training, several prescriptions for powerful painkillers and a book on how in-laws can ruin a life according to pretrial testimony.

A 22-year-old man is facing charges in what Bridgeport, Conn. police call one of the worst cases of child abuse they have ever seen.

Daquon Gomillion is accused of severely beating a 5-year-old boy with an extension cord. He is being held on $750,000 bond. 

Police began investigating on July 18 after a worker for the state Department of Children and Families reported the boy had several injuries, including extensive scarring over much of his body, authorities said.

"The number of scars is too numerous to count, and the number exceeds the number that I have ever seen on any other child," said a doctor from Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital who examined the child.

Gomillion was arrested on Monday when he showed up for a civil custody hearing relating to the victim.

Police said Gomillion and the boy are relatives, but did not say how the two are related.

Detective Dave De Feo, who has worked in the Bridgeport Police Youth Bureau for 10 years, said the injuries were consistent with being struck with an extension cord.

He described the injuries as "the worst that I've ever seen" in a case of child abuse, according to a release from Bridgeport Police.

Gomillion is charged with four counts of first-degree assault and four counts of risk of injury to a minor.

He was originally being held on $250,000 bond, but is now being held on $750,000 after an arraignment today.

The boy has been removed from the home, police said.

Former City Councilmember Donna Frye was honored with the Woman of Courage Award Monday night.

A political action group recognized her for her involvement in politics and her role in exposing the allegations of sexual harassment against former San Diego mayor Bob Filner, once a political ally.

Six of Filner's accusers turned out for the event including the mayor’s former communication director Irene McCormick Jackson who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Filner and the City of San Diego.

Ronne Froman, Joyce Gattas and Pattie Roscoe embraced McCormick Jackson at the front of the room.

Another Filner accuser, political consultant Laura Fink presented the award to Frye.

The former City Councilmember then took the microphone and advocated electing more women into political office so they can change the current rules and standards that allowed leaders like Filner.

Frye said she feels good about the mayor stepping down and hopes the victims and their stories will help others.

“If there are women who are going through this with their jobs, wherever, at school, that they feel more inclined to do something, to say something to know that there are people who will help them,” Frye said.

Abuse of power will be around for a long time to come but the difference is how women react to the problems, Frye said.

Fans know San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick for his trademark tattoo sleeve but soon, he may be sharing much, much more.

According to a published report in Advertising Age, Hardwick is one of four NFL players who have signed up to help market flushable wet wipes.

Dollar Shave CEO Mike Dubin was quoted as saying the company chose the centers to help promote “One Wipe Charlies” because of the ad campaign’s slogan a “Clean Snap.”

Hardwick joins three other centers - Travis Frederick of the Dallas Cowboys; John Sullivan of the Minnesota Vikings and Eric Wood of the Buffalo Bills – according to the report.
 

The South Beach mansion once owned by Italian designer Gianni Versace, and the place he was fatally shot, was sold at auction for $41.5 million on Tuesday.

The auction of the mansion, now called Casa Casuarina, began at 10 a.m. with bidding opening at $25 million.

The winning bid was placed by VM South Beach LLC, a group owned in part by the Nakash family, which also owns Jordache Enterprises.

"That's a bargin, we bought history," Chairman Joe Nakash said. "Unbelievable, number one property in Miami Beach."

Jordache has five other South Beach hot spots including Hotel Ocean, Hotel Barcelona, Hotel Henrosa, the Breakwater and the Thompson.

Versace was fatally shot on his front steps in 1997 by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. The designer bought the mansion in 1992 and spent $33 million renovating the property, adding another wing and making numerous upgrades.

• Tour of Versace Mansion Before It Goes on Auction Block

VM South Beach LLC will operate the mansion as a hotel.

We're going to keep it the way it is. We paid 41 and a half million dollars for it and it's going to stay as is," Nakash said. "It's history. You stay here everyday, you will see how many people take a picture of this place and the inside is the most beautiful thing you ever saw."

The ocean front property was bought by its current owner in 2000 and was most recently used as a hotel. A bankruptcy court appointed Fisher Auction Company to put the property up for auction.

• PHOTOS: Inside Versace Mansion

"We got calls from all over the world, from the highest celebrity to the folks in Dubai," Lamar Fisher said.

Last year, the 23,000 square foot mansion was listed at $125 million. The estate, which was constructed in 1930, has 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms and features a 54-foot mosaic pool lined with 24-karat gold.

"This is one of the most recognizable properties in the world. It's iconic," said Jill Eber, with the real estate group The Jills.

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A new member of the San Diego Zoo’s animal ambassador team needs a name.

The baby sloth is just five months old and is undergoing training to meet people visiting the zoo. Her parents are living off-exhibit.

The sloth is mysterious to so many people, likely because it sleeps more than 15 hours a day.

But the slow-moving young sloth is a perfect way for the zoo to educate people on the dangers facing the species including deforestation, hunting, power lines and roads.

Here are your choices:

Xena
(ZEE-nah)
Taxonomic superorder Xenarthra comprised of armadillos, sloths and anteaters.

Dulce
(DUEL-say)
Spanish for sweet

Guiana
(gee ON a)
Region in South America native to two-toed sloths

Subida
(soo BEE dah)
Spanish for rise, increase, ascent, and way up

Vote for your favorite here.

The animal ambassador program allows visitors to get up close with some animals while visiting the theme park.

Westfield Horton Plaza has reverted back to its former self-validation parking policy.

Customers will once again be able to self-validate for three hours of free parking.

The downtown mall drastically altered its parking plan in February. Shoppers were required to spend $10 in any of the mall’s stores to receive three hours of free parking. A parking representative was stationed on the first floor of the mall to validate parking with proof of purchase.

On Monday, the center announced customers would be able to get three hours of free parking from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. using one of the six machines located throughout the mall.

The first 30 minutes are free between the hours of 4:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. every day.

Non-shoppers will pay $2.00 every 15 minutes with a $30.00 maximum.

There is also an evening flat rate of $20 between 9:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. daily.

And, if you're heading to a movie, Regal UA Theaters will continue to validate for up to four hours.

Panda Inn, Madhouse Comedy Club & Restaurant and the Lyceum Theater will continue to validate for up to three hours.

More than a month after an Amber Alert jolted San Diegans awake, county officials are asking local residents not to disable the technology.

It’s no secret the first incident using the new Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system was less than smooth sailing.

On Aug. 5, residents received more than one Amber Alert in connection with a double homicide and kidnapping from Boulevard, east of San Diego.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Office of Emergency Services received complaints from residents about first activation of the federal alert system.

Under WEA, there are three kinds of alerts that can be sent. The president can send out an alert, local officials can issue emergency alerts and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children with the California Highway Patrol can issue Amber Alerts to report child abductions.

County officials are launching a public awareness campaign to let residents know they are working to perfect the system in San Diego County.

Director of San Diego County Office of Emergency Services Holly Crawford said the system enables them to reach people in a specific geographic area whether they be residents, tourists or simply traveling through.

She asked that as San Diego enters the peak fire season, residents not disable the technology.

“We will use this system judiciously and use it only when we feel it’s necessary to protect the lives and public safety here in San Diego County,” San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said.

If you’re unsure if you are able to receive the alerts, check with your carrier. Most mobile carriers offer lists of the devices that are WEA-enabled, Crawford said.

The alerts are free. There is no charge if you receive an emergency alert through the system.

There is no need to register to receive them and there is no tracking or recording of which mobile phones receive the message.

County officials will use WEA in addition to Reverse 911, Alert San Diego, Twitter and Facebook updates as well as Nixel updates to disseminate information in an emergency, Gore said.

A collision along Northbound Interstate 5 in Carlsbad slowed traffic to a crawl early Tuesday.

The California Highway Patrol shut down all lanes traveling north along I-5 near Cannon Boulevard for a collision between a tractor trailer and two cars that occurred at 5:15 a.m.

No injuries were reported but there was a significant amount of debris on the roadway.

CHP officers expected the mess to be cleared by 6 a.m.

By 7 a.m., all lanes were reopened to traffic.

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At one point in the morning, the gridlock stretched as far south as the La Costa Avenue exit.
 

A 22-year-old man is accused of stabbing two New York City men -- killing one -- in separate street attacks because he thought they were gay, police said.

Steven Torres, 22, was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the killing of Ever Orozco on Monday, officials said.

Police said Torres is also charged with assault as a hate crime for stabbing a different man last Thursday on the Lower East Side.

Orozco was stabbed near Roosevelt Avenue and 90th Street in Elmhurst as he was feeding a parking meter, witnesses said.

Police said there was no indication that Orozco was gay, which was also true of the 47-year-old man Torres allegedly stabbed in Manhattan.

In the earlier stabbing the victim suffered several stab wounds to his arm and was treated at Bellevue Hospital.

In the second attack witnesses ran after Torres and held him for police until he was taken into custody.

"There was a lot of screaming, and all I could see was the guy was stabbing him -- stabbing him and stabbing him," said Eddie De Jesus, who was in his locksmith shop on 90th Street when he heard the commotion.

Information on a lawyer for Torres was not immediately available.

--Rob Schmitt contributed to this report. 

Philadelphia high school junior Alyssa Bey says she's not getting an education and it's not because she doesn't want to, it's because she doesn't have a teacher to give her one.

"We don't have a teacher in my class, so students just roam the halls or sit in the auditorium and do nothing all day," Bey said. "It's frustrating because I really want to learn."

According to Bey, her 6th period health class at John Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia has not had a permanent teacher since the first day of school. Instead, another teacher has been filling in, but Bey says that teacher has not been instructing the class at all. In fact, she took a photo of the teacher earlier this week, which appears to show him sleeping on the job.

Bey's mother, Ricarda Burrell said she was disappointed when she saw the photo.

"My daughter has been coming home every day saying she's not learning anything. It's disappointing because if you're fortunate enough to have a job, you shouldn't be sleeping on these kids," Burrell said. "My daughter was doing really, really well at this school, but this is just unacceptable."

Burrell said the same health class was run very differently last school year. She believes the changes are due to the districts funding crisis, which left most of Philadelphia's public schools with bigger class sizes and smaller staff resources.

"Last year she had a health class, and they had the classroom set up like an ER, and they had someone come and train them about health education, and just really trying to introduce them to the medical field. To go from that last year to this this year is so unacceptable," Burrell said. "I'm sure it’s because of the funding issues. It has to be."

On Thursday, Bey says no one showed up to teach the health class at all, so the students were instructed to go home early.

"It's supposed be like a two-hour class, but we didn’t have a teacher today, so we just walked out in the hallways. The security guards told us to find a classroom to go to, but when we told them we had nowhere to go because there was no teacher in our class, they told us to just go home," Bey said.

Burrell said she contacted the school about the incident and was instructed by a secretary to call the school district office. When she contacted the district, she says she was unable to reach anyone after waiting on hold for 46 minutes.

Philadelphia School District spokesman Fernando Gallard confirmed that the picture does show a teacher sleeping, although the district will not identify him and doesn't plan to give out any additional information about the teacher.

Gallard said the district is investigating to determine whether the incident warrants disciplinary action.

Gallard said the previous teacher resigned at the start of the year, but says that resignation was not related to budget cuts or teacher reductions. Gallard said the teaching position for the Health Related Technologies Class requires a registered nursing degree and that it is difficult to find candidates for the job.

As a result of the picture, Bey's health class is being canceled for the semester and students will be reassigned. The school plans to offer the class again next year.

According to Gallard, as of last week, there were fewer than 40 vacancies out of an approximate 9,000 teaching positions in the entire district.

A gunman killed 12 people and injured eight inside a heavily secured building at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard Monday, in one of the worst mass shootings ever at a U.S. military facility, and one of the deadliest single events ever in the nation's capital.

The suspected gunman, 34-year-old Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas, was also killed. Alexis had served as a Petty Officer in the Navy between 2007 and 2011, and had been previously arrested in gun-related incidents. 

UPDATE: Click here for the latest on the Navy Yard Shooting

Those killed ranged in age from 46 to 73, according to D.C. Police. Officials released the following victims' names Monday night:

• Michael Arnold, 59
• Sylvia Frasier, 53
• Kathy Gaarde, 62
• John Roger Johnson, 73
• Frank Kohler, 50
• Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46
• Vishnu Pandit, 61

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray reported late Monday eight individuals were injured, including a D.C. police officer, identified as Scott Williams, who was shot in the leg while responding to the shooting. After being in surgery for hours, doctors say they hope he will be able to walk again.

None of the fatalities is reported to be military personnel. The rest of the injured individuals suffered non-life threatening injuries and are expected to recover.

Also Monday night, FBI and ATF agents searched a D.C. hotel where Alexis, who recently began work as a civilian contractor, was reportedly staying with five co-workers in town for business. 

Alexis allegedly opened fire just before 8:30 a.m. Monday along the third and fourth floors of Building 197 of the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters in Southeast D.C. Bullets hit walls, and people around them fell to the floor, bleeding. Officials reported Alexis had "legitimate access" to enter the Navy Yard at the time as a civilian contractor, using a valid pass.

Survivors of the morning attack recalled sprinting from the sound of gunfire on the third and fourth floors of Building 197 of the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters. Bullets hit walls, and people around them fell to the floor, bleeding.

"I was in the cafeteria, just paid for my breakfast," Patricia Ward said. "I was waiting for my friend to pay for hers when we heard the gunshot. It was three gunshots straight in a row, pop pop pop. Three seconds later, it was pop pop pop pop pop, so it was like about a total of seven gunshots, and we just started running."

When it was over, the suspected gunman lay dead amid an armload of weapons. Sources told News4 that surveillance footage showed that he began his attack with a shotgun, but was found with a 9mm pistol. Police confirmed that there was no AR-15 assault rifle used, as previously reported.

NBC News correspondent Pete Williams is reporting Alexis purchased a shotgun in Lorton, Va. during the past week or so. 

• READ MORE: D.C. Navy Yard Gunman Is Ex-Officer with Ft. Worth Ties
  

The suspected gunman appeared to have seized firearms from two of his victims as he moved through the building along the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, where 3,000 Navy employees go to work each day, many of them carrying authorized firearms.

Next to Alexis's body was an ID of a man who used to work at the Navy Yard. Some investigators believe the suspected gunman used that ID to enter the area, which is accessible only through guarded gates, but he may also have shot his way in, Williams reported.

The pandemonium continued after the suspected gunman was killed, as authorities suspected that more than one gunman remained on the loose. Eight nearby schools were put on lockdown. And as of Monday evening, D.C.'s mayor still said investigators are examining whether there was another gunman at large.

Terrie Durham, a civilian employee in the Office of Naval Sea Systems Command, was looking for a way out and glimpsed the gunman down a hallway, about 40 feet away. He was wearing blue, a uniform, maybe, and held a rifle. He said nothing. Then he fired.

"He aimed high and missed," Durham said. "I saw where the shot missed. It was a few feet ahead of us and a foot or above where we would have been standing."

She took off into a stairwell, hollering, "There is a man shooting in the building, get out, get out!"

Multiple weapons

Survellance video shows the gunman entered the NAVSEA building, at 1336 Isaac Hull Ave., with a shotgun, law enforcement officials told News4's Jackie Bensen.

The suspected gunman shot a security officer in the head, killing him, and took the officer's 9 mm pistol and a magazine of ammunition. The shooter then continued through the building and seemed to target his victims, who were mostly on the third and fourth floors, Bensen reported.

D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department and several other law enforcement agencies responded with active shooter teams.

During that response, a MPD officer was shot in the leg. The gunman was then shot by a FBI hostage response team, law enforcement sources told Bensen.

“The response by uniformed police officers from both the Metropolitan Police Department and United States Park Police was absolutely nothing short of heroic,” MPD Chief Cathy Lanier said.

Authorities are investigating whether the gunman took the D.C. police officers' rifle.

• WATCH: Raw Video: Police Respond to Shooting at Navy Yard

D.C. Police had said earlier Monday that they were seeking two other "possible" gunmen. Investigators later ruled one of them out as a suspect by watching video that tracked the man through the building and realizing that no harm resulted from his movements.

Williams noted that many people are authorized to carry firearms at Navy Yard.

However, at an afternoon press conference, Mayor Vincent Gray said police were still working to rule out another suspect. Police released a lookout for a "possible" second shooter, described as a man between 40 and 50 years old, who was wearing olive drab and was armed with a "long gun." He was about 5-feet-10-inches tall and 180 pounds, African-American, with a medium complexion and graying sideburns.

That lookout was canceled late Monday evening and D.C. Police said they felt comfortable they had the "single and sole person responsible."

The motive is unknown, Gray said, though there were reports that Alexis may have had a grudge against the Navy. Gray said while there is no reason to suspect terrorism, it can't be ruled out yet.

The FBI now is leading the investigation into what is the deadliest single incident within D.C. borders since 1982, when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed, killing 78 people.

Obama: 'They're patriots'

“We do know that several people have been shot, and some have been killed,” President Obama said from the White House Monday. “So we are confronting yet another mass shooting, and today it happened on a military installation in our nation’s capital. It’s a shooting that targeted military and civilian personnel.

"These are men and women going to work, doing their job protecting all of us," Obama said. They’re patriots, and they know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn’t have expected here at home."

NAVSEA is the largest of the Navy's five system commands. The Washington Navy Yard will be open only to mission essential personnel Tuesday, as investigation continues.

• WATCH: Obama remarks on Navy Yard Shooting

Though Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier stressed that the scene was contained, people near the base were asked to stay in their homes, and eight D.C. public schools and one private school nearby were locked down.

A large search, including from helicopters, continued into Monday afternoon. "It's a large piece of land with many buildings," Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham told News4. "It's going to take a while to determine that it is safe."

• A History of Shootings at Military Installations in the U.S.

Earlier Monday, tactical teams were seen entering at least two buildings on the Navy Base to search for the shooter, and News4's Mark Segraves reported that three helicopters were seen tightly circling part of the base.

Treating the victims

MedStar Washington Hospital Center said the MPD officer was among three victims that had been transported to that hospital. The officer was shot in the legs; one other victim was shot in the shoulder and one was shot in the head and hand.

• WATCH: Victim Airlifted to Hospital

All are alert and speaking and expected to make full recoveries, said Dr. Janis Orlowski, chief medical officer at the hospital. All are in critical and stable condition.

The police officer is out of surgery. The female Navy employee shot in the shoulder also required surgery. The other woman who works for the Navy did not require surgery. The gunshot to her head did not penetrate the skull.

"There's something evil in our society that we as Americans have to work to try and eradicate," Orlowski said. "I have to say, I may see this everyday, I may be the chief medical officer of a very large trauma center, but there's something wrong when we have these multiple shootings, these multiple injuries. There's something wrong. The only thing that I can say is we have to work together to get rid of it."

The hospital was prepared to accept more victims, though it does not appear that will be necessary.

George Washington University Hospital said they had also received a victim, a man in his 60s who had been shot in the temple. Despite efforts at CPR, he was prounounced dead at the hospital.

One victim was evacuated from the roof of a building, reported News4's Tony Tull. A U.S. Park Police helicopter hovering above the scene around 9:50 a.m. lowered a basket to a building and lifted what appeared to be a shooting victim from the roof. The helicopter came back to the scene just after 10 a.m. to retrieve another victim.

Anyone with information about this incident should call 1-800-CALL-FBI. The FBI wants to talk to anyone who knew Alexis. No piece of information regarding his recent movements, contacts and associates is too small.

Family members seeking information about loved ones should call 202-433-6151 or 202-433-9713.

Stay with NBCWashington on-air and online for more on this developing story. 

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• PHOTOS: From the Navy Yard Shooting

Vice President Joe Biden's niece was arrested and accused of resisting arrest and other charges after a dispute with a roommate got heated and she allegedly took a swing at an NYPD officer. 

Caroline Biden was allegedly arguing with a roommate in her Tribeca apartment Tuesday morning, and when police responded, she resisted arrest and tried to take a swing at the officer, according to police.

Biden is also charged with obstructing governmental administration and harassment.

She was expected to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon and information about her attorney was not immediately available.

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A preliminary hearing began Tuesday for a San Diego father accused of abandoning his critically injured 4-year-old son at the site of a car wreck off Interstate 5.

On Jun. 2, Angelo Fabiani Arroyo, 40, crashed his pickup truck on I-5 near Old Town San Diego and the Midway area, rolling the vehicle off the roadway. Arroyo’s 4-year-old son, Valentino, was also in the truck.

Arroyo’s vehicle wound up landing on its side on an embankment along Jefferson Street. Upon impact, little Valentino was partially ejected from his car seat and the truck.

Witnesses at the time told NBC 7 they could see they boy hanging out of the window of the wreckage.

According to California Highway Patrol officials, Arroyo took off running immediately after the crash, leaving Valentino behind.

CHP officials say Arroyo returned to the scene a moment later to unbuckle the boy from his car seat, but then got scared and took off running again.

Unstrapped, Valentino fell on his back and hit the concrete curb, falling approximately 10 feet from the truck to the ground, CHP Officer Juan Escobar said at the time of the crash.

Good Samaritans helped pull Valentino from the vehicle, and he was taken to Rady Children’s Hospital. The boy was badly injured and later died at the hospital.

Arroyo was arrested two days later – on Jun. 4 – in Imperial Beach and charged with a hit and run and child endangerment.

The father was arraigned on Jun. 6 and pleaded not guilty to both charges.

During his emotionally-charged court appearance in June, Arroyo’s loved ones defended him, saying he panicked following the crash and was possibly disoriented.

One family friend called Arroyo a “beautiful, loving father” who suffered utter shock following the crash, adding, “He went crazy. He went crazy.”

A prosecutor revealed Arroyo was on probation at the time of the crash in connection with a DUI case from two years ago.

If convicted, Arroyo faces seven years in prison.

As of noon Tuesday, Arroyo’s preliminary hearing was underway. Check back for updates throughout the day.

Two days after the 12th anniversary of 9/11, an 11-year-old Wisconsin boy walked into a Greenfield police station and handed the clerk $10.03 cents: his entire savings.

The boy did not give the clerk his name, but Greenfield police were so touched by the donation that they put surveillance footage on both their Facebook and YouTube pages in order to track down and thank local sixth grader Max Siepert, NBC's "Today" reported.

Siepert said he started saving money in April with the intention to donate. It wasn't until a class discussion on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks that he realized he wanted to give his savings to the police.

"We started to talk about 9/11 and all the good deeds that we could do so I decided that I had all this money and I hadn't donated yet," he told Milwaukee NBC Affiliate WTMJ. 

Seipert's donation was also in memory of his grandfather, a police officer who died in the line of duty in 1974. 

Siepert encouraged everyone else to "make a difference" by donating.

"If every person would do that we would have such a great world," he said. "It would be awesome."

Siepert's mom has matched her son's $10.03 donation, which he plans on donating to a Wisconsin girl in need of a kidney transplant, according to "Today." 

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