Missouri
A Tourist Allegedly Set Several Businesses on Fire in Puerto Rico
Bar Marea, which burned down, will remain closed for the foreseeable future.
Photo: Bar Marea Combate, Cabo Rojo
In the early hours of January 2, a woman from Missouri visiting Puerto Rico allegedly set fire to several businesses in the southwestern town of Cabo Rojo, burning down three of them and partially damaging the other. The incident set off widespread outrage across the island, which is currently facing a gentrification crisis due to expats relocating for tax breaks and the proliferation of short-term rentals for tourism that have displaced local residents.
The Puerto Rico Police Department identified the suspect as Danielle Bertothy, and officials say she left the island that same day. An investigation is ongoing and no arrest has been made. The businesses that fully burned down are the restaurant Marinera, Bar Marea, and Artesanías Juavia. The boutique hotel Luichy’s Seaside Hotel, which had around 50 guests on site at the time of the incident, was also partially damaged. Angel Luis Marrero, who owns Luichy’s and the building that houses all four businesses, told local news station Telemundo that he estimates repairing the damages from the fire will cost around $500,000 and jeopardize the livelihood of 15 employees.
In a Facebook post, Bar Marea said an allegedly intoxicated Bertothy came into the business near closing hours and began insulting patrons as well as workers. Bar Marea called the police and said officers walked Bertothy to a nearby Airbnb where she was staying, but the bar had to call police once again after she returned to the business. Bertothy was not detained either time, Bar Marea said in its post. After the second incident, the bar closed down. Security footage Bar Marea posted from the scene shows a person that appears to be Bertothy near the fire as it began; the person appears again later carrying a red gas can.
“I don’t understand why, if a person is aggressive, alcoholic, and disrespectful, they are [not] prosecuted. I don’t understand why she came to burn down the businesses. I don’t understand why they didn’t heed our call. The thing is that in this country you have to live in fear, letting these types of situations pass as if nothing had happened,” Bar Marea said on Facebook.
The property manager of the Airbnb where Bertothy was staying told the Latino Newsletter that she was due to stay at the short-term rental between December 30 and January 11. The manager, who asked the outlet to keep him anonymous, says Bertothy was provided a gas can and a generator after most of Puerto Rico lost power on New Year’s Eve. The island has been struggling with recurring, widespread blackouts for several years since the local government transferred management of the electric grid to a private company.
According to a now-deleted LinkedIn account, Bertothy works at an advertising and digital-marketing agency in St. Louis called HLK Agency. The agency suspended her after receiving a letter from St. Louis alderwoman Daniela Velázquez. “We were shocked to learn about the events in Puerto Rico. We have not yet been contacted by law enforcement in either Puerto Rico or Missouri but we are ready to cooperate in their investigation if asked,” the company said in a statement. “After learning about this on Friday afternoon, we chose to immediately place the employee on suspension pending further information. We are outraged by this senseless act and hope the authorities can address it in a timely fashion.”
Anyone with information about the incident can contact the Puerto Rico Police Department at 787-343-2020. The businesses will remain closed until further notice, the respective owners told local media outlet Metro. Two GoFundMe campaigns — one for Luichy’s Seaside Hotel and another for both Bar Marea and Artesanías Juavia — have been launched to help owners rebuild.
“We lost the material, but the dreams are still alive,” Bar Marea said on Facebook.
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Winning Powerball numbers from Jan. 10 drawing
05-19-21-28-64, Powerball: 14, Power Play: 3
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Winning Pick 3 numbers from Jan. 10 drawing
Midday: 5-6-1
Midday Wild: 9
Evening: 1-7-3
Evening Wild: 8
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Midday: 9-3-8-0
Midday Wild: 9
Evening: 0-9-0-1
Evening Wild: 6
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01-09-28-35-54, Cash Ball: 03
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Early Bird: 04
Morning: 11
Matinee: 06
Prime Time: 03
Night Owl: 07
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08-18-25-28-30
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10-19-39-47-67, Powerball: 18
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person died in a rollover crash Friday evening in Kansas City, Missouri, on Missouri 152 Highway near North Indiana Avenue.
The victim, whose identity has not been released, was alone in the vehicle, police said.
The crash happened at 5:35 p.m.
No word on what led to the crash.
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Missouri
Missouri Secretary of State admits to misleading ballot language for gerrymander referendum
An attorney representing Missouri’s top election official admitted in court Friday that her client had authored ballot language that could “prejudice” voters about a referendum to block the GOP’s new gerrymandered congressional map.
The state constitution gives Missourians the right to veto new state laws by holding a statewide referendum vote. Since Missouri Republicans passed mid-decade redistricting in September, voters have been fighting to put it to a referendum. But the Republican Party – including Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins – are throwing every possible hurdle in its path.
That apparently includes ballot language.
In November, People Not Politicians, the group leading the referendum effort, filed a lawsuit challenging what it termed the “dishonest” text Hoskins had approved.
The court could take over the task of writing the ballot language if Hoskins fails to provide an acceptable version after three tries. A bench trial is scheduled for Feb. 9.
Missouri law requires the secretary of state’s ballot language to be a “true and impartial statement” that isn’t “intentionally argumentative” or “likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure.”
At a hearing Friday, Hoskins’ attorney admitted the ballot summary was likely to create prejudice against the referendum, according to People Not Politicians. She also said the language would be revised in negotiations with the referendum organizers, the Missouri Independent reported.
Now, the state will get “another bite at the apple” to write new language, Chuck Hatfield, an attorney representing People Not Politicians, told Democracy Docket.
“Rather than losing in court, today the Secretary of State simply admitted that he broke the law and sought to deceive Missouri voters,” Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians, said in a statement. “While warranted, this admittance does little to alleviate our concerns that a subsequent summary prepared by him will be any more accurate. Missourians deserve the truth about their rights and the referendum.”
According to court filings, the official certified ballot language reads: “Do the people of the state of Missouri approve the act of the General Assembly entitled ‘House Bill No. 1 (2025 Second Extraordinary Session),’ which repeals Missouri’s existing gerrymandered congressional plan that protects incumbent politicians, and replaces it with new congressional boundaries that keep more cities and counties intact, are more compact, and better reflects statewide voting patterns?”
In addition to the misleading ballot language, Republicans have devised relentless obstacles for referendum supporters, including trying to decline certifying the petition on holding a referendum for being filed too soon, reject signatures for being collected too soon, block the petition from moving forward and intimidate referendum supporters.
Hoskins is also insisting on enacting the new map before voters can hold the referendum, breaking with Missouri precedent.
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