Morning Wire - NY Subway Marine Charged with Manslaughter | Afternoon Update | 5.12.23

Episode Date: May 12, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, May 12th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who restrained a New York homeless man who was threatening people on the subway, will be charged. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has details. Penny is charged with second-degree manslaughter over the death of Jordan Ely and faces up to 15 years in prison. Penny was released on a $100,000 bond after his first-year-old. arraignment on Friday afternoon. The 24-year-old, highly decorated Marine veteran turned himself into New York authorities on Friday morning. His attorney said Penny surrendered with, quote,

the sort of dignity and integrity that is characteristic of his history of service to this grateful nation. A give-send go donation page set up in Penny's name raised over $300,000 by Friday afternoon. Washington State's Democratic Governor Jay Inslee signed a new law that allows licensed shelters to bypass parents when their child seeks transgender medical treatments. Before the bill was signed, shelters and host homes were required to notify parents within 72 hours if a minor came into their care. Now these facilities can bypass parents and instead contact the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The United States announced another $1.2 billion worth of security assistance to Ukraine this week. Since February of 2022, the U.S. has sent more than 36.9 billion

dollars worth of weapons, ammunition, and other supplies to Ukraine. That figure does not include the nearly 15 billion from USAID. In our economic roundup, jobless claims increased to a one-year high, while the producer price index, which measures the cost of raw materials, also continues to remain high but shows signs of slowing. On the home front, mortgage rates dropped for the second week in a row down to 6.35 percent, but the supply of homes remains tight, which is pushing up prices. The prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of American student Natalie Holloway in Aruba in 2005 will be extradited to the U.S. from Peru. The Peruvian government announced Wednesday that Dutch citizen Jorin van der Sloot

will be sent to the U.S. to face trial on charges stemming from accusations of extorting the Holloway family after their daughter's disappearance. Holloway was last seen during a trip with classmates to Aruba in 2005. She vanished after a night with friends at a nightclub. She was last seen leaving with Vandersloot, then 18 years old. Years later, Vanderslut was arrested in Peru for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephanie Flores, who was killed five years to the day after Holloway's disappearance. His extradition is solely related to Holloway's case.

A mother who wrote a children's book about grief after her husband died has now been charged with his murder. Corey Darden Richens, a 33-year-old mom of three from Utah, was arrested Monday for a alleged poisoning her husband on March 4th, 2022. She has been charged with aggravated murder and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after allegedly purchasing $900 worth of fentanyl and spiking her husband's drink. A little over a year after her husband died, Corey published a children's book called Are You With Me to help children cope with losing a loved one.

Peloton is recalling more than two million of their indoor stationary bicycles due to a flaw that causes the seat post to break causing injuries. 35 people have reportedly broken seats with 13 of those reporting an injury. The bikes were sold from 2018 to January of 2023 and sold for $1,400 a piece. Peloton owners should stop using the bike immediately and contact the company for a free repair. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day. Listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.