West Virginia Mountaineers assistant football coach Noel Devine allegedly strangled his girlfriend outside a sports bar and later tried to gain entry to the hospital where she was receiving an evaluation, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Daily Mail.

Devine was booked at a Greenwood, West Virginia, jail at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, as previously reported. He faces one count of strangulation, suffocation or asphyxiation causing bodily injury or loss of consciousness. He was later released on $40,000 bond ahead of a Friday hearing in Morgantown.

Now 38, Devine was once considered one of the nation’s premier football prospects and was mentored by Hall of Famer Deion Sanders during the early 2000s. He starred at West Virginia University from 2007 through 2010, then had a short stint in the Canadian Football League after failing to land in the NFL. In 2025, he returned to his alma mater to begin his coaching career.

WVU placed Devine on leave this week following his arrest over the alleged assault, which is detailed in the newly released criminal complaint.

A Morgantown patrol officer was approached by a woman identified in the complaint as “T.W.,” who said she had been involved in a “domestic situation” with Devine. The pair had been in a relationship for about a year, according to the filing.

T.W. told police that she had ignored numerous calls and text messages from Devine, who allegedly had access to her location through her cellphone, the complaint said.

“T.W. stated that Devine told her to come outside, and when she did not do so quick enough he then came inside of Keglers to get her,” the complaint states. “Devine and T.W. walked outside, where T.W stated Devine pushed her up against his vehicle.”

Devine is also accused of strangling T.W. in the back seat of his vehicle.

‘T.W. stated that Devine then got on top of her and put his hands around her neck, while slapping her,’ the complaint continued. ‘This caused T.W. to have difficulty breathing due to the strangulation…’

Despite her attempts to flee, Devine forced her back into the vehicle, according to the complaint. It was only the arrival of her friends in the parking lot that allowed for T.W. to get away from Devine, officers claimed.

‘This is when L.T and other friends exited Kegler’s and heard T.W. screaming for Devine to let her go,’ the complaint continued. ‘When the friends approached the vehicle, T.W. was able to escape and leave with L.T.’

The officer did not observe any markings on the neck of T.W., but did say that is ‘not uncommon’ so soon after an alleged assault.

T.W. told the officer she had discomfort around her chin from the attack, according to the complaint.

Officers have reviewed security footage from the parking lot.

T.W. ultimately told officers that Devine has threatened to kill her, tried to choke her, has followed or spied on her, and has professed to being jealous in their relationship.

After initially refusing medical attention, T.W. ultimately went to Ruby Memorial Hospital, where Devine is said to have attempted to make contact with her before his arrest.

‘Devine was able to track her location to the hospital where staff then alerted us that he was attempting to enter the hospital,’ read the complaint. ‘Devine was found at the nearby gas station and placed under arrest for Strangulation from the original incident.’

Devine does not have an attorney listed on the court website and he has not returned The Daily Mail’s requests for comment.

A product of Florida’s North Fort Myers High School, which produced Sanders years earlier, Devine was described by ESPN as the ‘next’ big talent at running back as he was being mentored by the Hall of Famer.

In fact, Devine was nearly adopted by Sanders after losing both of his parents to AIDS – his father as an infant and his mother at 11 – and later watching a friend get murdered as a teenager.

Sanders reportedly had the permission of Devine’s grandmother to become his guardian, but another family member who objected to the arrangement phoned 911 to report the legendary NFL cornerback for kidnapping.

‘I am calling for the possible abduction/kidnapping of one Noel Devine,’ the person told the 911 operator, as reported by ESPN in 2010. ‘The person who is kidnapping – and this is not a joke – is Deion Sanders, the one and only, famous Deion Sanders.’

By 17, Devine was already the father of two children, and while Sanders never became the running back’s guardian, the legendary cornerback continued to mentor him.

‘He didn’t have any structure and he wasn’t used to it,’ Sanders told ESPN at the time.

Ultimately Devine’s raw skills were too much to ignore for Rodriguez, who was then in his first stint at WVU and about to take the Michigan Wolverines job.

But despite gaining 4,315 rushing yards over four seasons with the Mountaineers, Devine went unselected in the 2011 NFL Draft. And although he got invited to Philadelphia Eagles training camp, he would ultimately settle for a four-year career in the Canadian Football League.

Devine later returned to his alma mater in January of 2025 as the assistant running backs coach and offensive analyst.

The Mountaineers are currently 2-0 after easy wins over Coastal Carolina and Tennessee-Martin, but will face their first big test of the season on Saturday against No. 25 Virginia.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians filled Tehran’s streets on Friday in a government-backed rally urging civilians to enlist in military training and prepare to “sacrifice their lives” for the country.

The gathering was Iran’s largest public demonstration since the United States and Israel launched attacks on the country in February.

Known as “Janfaday-e Iran,” meaning “those who sacrifice their lives for Iran,” the Tehran rally was intended to showcase national unity as the government confronts deepening economic pressure from US sanctions and a naval blockade of Iranian ports.

It also served as a clear display of Iran’s military resolve.

Iranian state media reported that more than 300,000 people took to the streets on Friday. Gen. Hassan Hassanzadeh, Tehran’s guard chief, said more than 600,000 people had signed up for the military training initiative.

He said total participation could eventually exceed 1 million people.

Volunteers are expected to undergo basic military instruction, including training with assault rifles. They would form an additional security layer alongside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij militia, which has played a key role in suppressing anti-government protests.

Basij chief Hossien Taeb said in a speech that the volunteers would be prepared for “full-fledged defense,” adding that comparable rallies would be held in other Iranian cities.

Taeb said the new recruits would become a “nightmare” for Iran’s enemies.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, military commanders and other senior officials attended the rally.

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Some demonstrators stomped on American and Israeli flags, while crowds chanted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”

“I am here to tell Trump that we Iranians have no fear about his threats against our homeland,” Marzieh Afaghi, a rally attendee, told The Associated Press. “No one in history could invade Iran and remain there.”

The event also gave Tehran a stage to show off its new weaponry. 

Anti-aircraft batteries were shown, while female Revolutionary Guard members in black headscarves were present alongside truck-mounted machine guns. Iranian forces also displayed drones that have been used in attacks targeting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz — a vital factor in the war.

The military spectacle came as Iran claimed another strike on commercial shipping in the strait.

Iran said its forces hit a Togo-flagged oil tanker, the Trend, accusing it of attempting an unauthorized passage through the waterway. The UK Maritime Trade Operations center separately reported that a tanker had been struck by an unknown projectile, sparking a fire that was shortly extinguished. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the strike. 

The Strait of Hormuz has become a major player in the Middle Eastern conflict, with disruptions to shipping through it threatening one of the world’s most important routes for oil and natural gas — causing US gas prices to surge due to the war. 

The latest mobilization of a civilian military comes after months of unrest inside Iran.

In January, nationwide protests erupted over economic hardship in Iran and expanded into a broader opposition to the country’s ruling theocracy. Human-rights activists have reported thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of arrests in ensuing crackdow, though figures vary by source.

Iranian officials have also claimed that more than 30 million people volunteered online or at public gatherings in May to defend the regime. AP noted that the figure could not be independently verified.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of misleading the FBI about a Minneapolis shooting in January entered a not-guilty plea Friday to six federal charges of making materially false statements.

Christian Castro appeared before a federal court in St. Paul, where prosecutors said he shot 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg through the front door of a Minneapolis residence during Operation Metro Surge.

Castro told investigators that he fired after being assaulted with a broom and a shovel. Prosecutors, however, contend that surveillance video does not support that version of events.

At Friday’s hearing, the 52-year-old Castro wore an ankle monitor and was ordered to limit his travel to Minnesota and South Texas. The judge also directed him to report any encounter or altercation involving law enforcement within 72 hours. He was released following the hearing.

Before appearing in Minnesota, Castro spent roughly 90 days in custody in Texas. His detention was extended in part because Abbott declined to sign an extradition warrant that would have transferred him to Minnesota authorities.

Following his release in his home state of Texas, Castro was booked in Minnesota last week. Conditions of his release included electronic monitoring, surrendering his passport and turning over his firearms.

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He is now confronting both federal and state charges connected to the shooting.

Prosecutors said Castro lied about the circumstances of the shooting, which occurred during Operation Metro Surge, part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. He said he was being attacked with a broom and shovel before he fired his weapon.

The law enforcement operation saw thousands of federal agents in Minnesota that resulted in sweeping arrests, as well as the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens.

Minnesota authorities have battled the Trump administration over who should handle any charges against Castro. The administration contends that only federal authorities have jurisdiction over the case.

Thousands of Ukrainians are reportedly starving to death in the frontline city of Oleshky after Vladimir Putin’s forces cut it off from the outside world.

Russian troops have reportedly mined every road leading out of the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian city, leaving an estimated 2,000 residents trapped.

Relentless Russian drone strikes and artillery fire have also prevented deliveries of desperately needed food and medicine, placing the remaining residents — including about 50 children — in mortal danger.

With conditions worsening, some residents are trying to escape along the so-called ‘Death Road’ towards the southern city of Skadovsk.

The 62-mile journey is perilous. Mines line the route, while Russian drones reportedly target anything that moves.

‘These people need to be saved,’ Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said on September 16. He said residents were desperate to flee ‘from this hell’.

The dead are no longer being buried because the city’s mortuary has also been bombed.

Bodies have been left in cellars and on streets, where witnesses say dogs have begun gnawing at them.

The city in the Kherson Oblast used to have a prewar population of about 24,000.

This spring, amid a catastrophic humanitarian situation, volunteers were still able to evacuate civilians from the city despite the risks.

But now, volunteers say even those evacuation efforts are too dangerous, leaving Ukrainian civilians trapped in the occupied city, facing imminent starvation.

The Russian military continues to use towns and villages on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast to launch attacks across the river, including on Kherson, which the Ukrainian army liberated in November 2022. 

Oleshky is an occupied frontline city on the eastern bank, where civilians live amid Putin’s soldiers and attacks from both Ukrainian and Russian forces. 

‘People are driven to despair and are simply walking along mined roads (to escape),’ an Oleshky resident – whose identity is being withheld for security reasons – told the Kyiv Independent. 

The starvation is so extreme that residents are eating grass and searching in destroyed cellars for anything edible.

Meanwhile, victims of drone attacks may only be buried by the Russian occupier, after an autopsy in another occupied city. 

Kyiv had previously prepared a humanitarian evacuation mission for Oleshky and approved a list of civilians who needed to leave, according to Lubinets. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had also expressed readiness to be involved, while Ukrainian forces had been preparing to ensure a ceasefire during the operation.

But the Kremlin has not confirmed its readiness to proceed, Lubinets said, causing the humanitarian crisis to only deepen.

Tetiana Hasanenko, exiled head of the Ukrainian Oleshky City Military Administration, said ‘Russia remains silent’ about the situation.

At first, Moscow pretended not to notice the disaster and tried to portray Oleshky as a functioning city, even staging visits and taking photographs there this spring.

But as the situation deteriorated to breaking point, those performative visits have come to a halt.

‘By New Year’s, there were already shortages of eggs, and we barely managed to buy any apples. Then we didn’t see any of that stuff again until spring. When we did, it was at astronomical prices,’ the anonymous resident said. 

‘Suddenly, bread deliveries stopped,’ they added. ‘I’m having tea with honey. And that’s all.’

According to Hasanenko, the last successful food delivery to Oleshky was on May 26.

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‘There is absolutely no meat, flour, oil, butter, ready-made bread, and other basic products in the city,’ she said. 

Some of the surviving residents have posted photographs online of bread preserved in jars.

During an attempt to deliver supplies into the city on June 2, Russian drones attacked vehicles bringing food, killing two drivers and injuring others.

On September 1, Kremlin forces prevented another attempt to deliver essential supplies when they attacked five vehicles with drones.

Hasanenko described how desperate civilians are trying to exchange food with one another, but the Oleshky resident told the Kyiv Independent that ‘there’s absolutely nothing to buy, and there’s not even the option of bartering’.

Ukraine’s Holodomor Museum, established to commemorate the memory of the four million Ukrainians starved to death by Joseph Stalin from 1932-1933, issued a statement on September 16 about Oleshky.

The statement characterised the ‘famine’ as ‘among the most severe problems’ in Oleshky and the surrounding region.

‘We are convinced that silence around a mass humanitarian crisis is unacceptable, and we call on the international community not to ignore the situation in Oleshky,’ it said.

The local hospital is deprived of basic medical supplies, electricity, and running water, and is barely able to operate.

Only four doctors, all elderly former hospital staff, continue to work there.

Without equipment and medicine, the only thing they can do is ‘stop the bleeding’, Hasanenko said.

Since Russia destroyed the nearby Kakhovka Dam in 2023, the hospital has had to depend on generators for electricity.

But with time, fuel supplies have also become increasingly difficult to obtain.

Ambulances have not been operating in the city for years because Moscow’s drone campaign has made it too dangerous for the vehicles to travel freely.

The last time people were evacuated from Oleshky was May 26, and nobody has entered the city since.

In recent weeks, some residents have started fleeing the city to the neighbouring village of Radensk, alone or in pairs, on roads littered with mines.

‘They risk being blown up by a land mine or struck by a drone, but they go anyway, because staying in Oleshky is even worse for them,’ Lubinets said.

The walk takes five to six hours under the constant threat of Russian drones, according to Stefan Vorontsov, a volunteer coordinator with the Humanity NGO, which helps evacuate civilians from occupied territories.

‘Four or five months ago, it was still possible to leave by car. Now the only option is to walk,’ he said.

Once people reach Radensk, volunteers are able to collect them and help them travel further, he added.

About a week ago, volunteers helped a family leave the area to reach safety.

‘Some are leaving, while others have to return (after picking up supplies) because they have children or grandchildren at home, or relatives with limited mobility,’ the Oleshky resident said.

‘I don’t even remember what it’s like to have cars driving on the roads anymore,’ they added.

Civilians are increasingly worried about how they will survive the winter without regular food deliveries, medicine, electricity, or reliable transport.

‘People’s moods are very panicked and depressed,’ Hasanenko said.

‘They understand that the summer has passed and no evacuation has been organised.’

It is not just Oleshky which is facing disaster.

On September 16, Lubinets gave a broader estimate that around 6,000 people may remain in Oleshky and the surrounding area, including about 200 children. 

His office said it had identified 358 people who urgently need assistance to leave safely.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial would not create a hazard for aircraft arriving at or departing from Washington Reagan National Airport.

In its determination, the FAA said the structure “would have no substantial adverse effect” on use of the airspace around D.C. National Airport or on the airport’s navigation systems. The agency also said it must receive notice at least 10 days before official construction begins.

The ruling follows public comments that questioned whether the arch could reduce airport capacity or add to pilots’ workload. The FAA concluded that neither concern would pose a problem.

The project is expected to break ground within days, though it has drawn sharp criticism in the months since Trump unveiled the plan. Opponents have focused particularly on its location beneath the flight paths used by planes landing at and taking off from Reagan National Airport in nearby Arlington, Virginia.

Democratic lawmakers have warned that the 260-foot monument could add complications to an already challenging airspace. Their concerns come roughly a year and a half after the deadliest U.S. aviation crash on American soil since 2009 occurred in the area.

In a June letter to the FAA, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, described the proposal as “dangerous.” She said moving ahead with the arch was “particularly irresponsible” as the FAA continues safety upgrades around DCA after what she called the preventable collision there in late January 2025.

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The FAA completed an initial feasibility review earlier this year after determining the planned arch would rise above the 200-foot height limit for structures near the airport. That review found no expected impact on flight operations or navigation tools used by pilots, but it said obstruction lighting would be required to make aircraft aware of the structure.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced that preliminary excavation would begin weeks before the FAA issued its final approval. The agency said Friday that any future changes to the design or the arch’s height would have to be submitted for another review.

The proposed arch would sit along Reagan National Airport’s busiest flight path.