President Trump's efforts to assuage Americans' recession fears don't seem to be going very well.

At least, that's according to a new poll from The Washington Post/ABC News, in which 60 percent of those polled said a recession within the next year is either very or somewhat likely. This is compared to 35 percent who said a recession in the next year is very or somewhat unlikely.

Trump in recent weeks has blamed the media for reporting on fears of a potential looming recession based on possible warning signs like August's inverted yield curve, and the Post reports the president has told his aides "that he thinks he can convince Americans that the economy is vibrant and unrattled through a public messaging campaign."

But in this poll, not only are most Americans seemingly not buying into that messaging campaign, but 43 percent said Trump has increased the chance of a recession in the next year with his economic and trade policies. For comparison, 34 percent said he hasn't made a difference, and 16 percent said he's decreased the chances of a recession. Fifty-six percent also disapproved of Trump's handling of trade negotiations with China, one major source of recession fears, while 35 percent approved.

Trump's overall approval rating declined six points from 44 percent in June to 38 percent now, with 47 percent disapproving of his handling of the economy and 56 percent disapproving of his overall job performance.

The Washington Post and ABC News conducted this poll by speaking to a random national sample of 1,003 adults over the phone from Sept. 2 through Sept. 5. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points. Read more results of the poll likely to instill plenty of anxiety in Trump's re-election campaign at ABC News. Brendan Morrow</s>An arrest has finally been made in the decades-long investigation into the Golden State Killer, an alleged rapist and murderer who terrorized communities in at least 10 counties across California in the 70s and 80s.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, a former police officer, was arrested Tuesday night and booked on two counts of murder Wednesday in Sacramento County.

DeAngelo is believed to the serial killer and rapist who eluded multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, for decades. Known interchangeably as the East Area Rapist and the Golden State Killer, the suspect was tied to the more than 45 rapes, 12 murders and various burglaries using the most innovative DNA technology available.

A vigorous multi-agency investigation into the alleged crimes was reignited in 2016 after a push by Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, who said at a news conference Wednesday she was motivated to find closure for the East Area Rapist’s victims before the 40th anniversary of his first attack.

“The answer has always been in Sacramento,” she said. “We all knew as part of this team that we were looking for a needle in a haystack, but we knew the needle was there.”

Schubert said it was only in the last six days that evidence began conclusively pointing investigators to DeAngelo. Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones said after initiating some surveillance, police obtained a discarded DNA sample from DeAngelo and he was apprehended in “a perfectly executed arrest.”

Police believe he is connected to some 175 crimes overall between 1976 and 1986.

Here is everything we know so far about Joseph James DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer:

DeAngelo had been living in a suburban neighborhood of Sacramento called Citrus Heights. It is unclear whether or not he lived alone, but police confirmed he has adult children and said family members have so far been cooperative in their investigation.

A neighbor, Kevin Tapia, 36, who grew up next door to DeAngelo, told the Associated Press he used to hear DeAngelo cursing to himself in his backyard, and that he was “a weird guy” who kept to himself.

In pictures from a local reporter’s Twitter account, DeAngelo’s Sacramento home on Canyon Oak Rd. can be seen. DeAngelo appeared to be living a regular retiree’s life, with a boat, a motorcycle and a Volvo, as well as one other car on his property.

When was he a police officer?

DeAngelo was a police officer in two different California counties in the 1970s. He first worked for the Exeter, Calif. police department and then for the Auburn, Calif. police department.

He was employed as a police officer during the time that some of the Golden State Killer crimes occurred, though it is not known if he was on duty as a police officer when any of the crimes were committed.

The Auburn police department fired DeAngelo after he was arrested for stealing a hammer and a can of dog repellant from a store.

Jones said police will look into whether a hammer or dog repellant was used in any of the crimes DeAngelo is accused of committing.

He said authorities do not have a clear picture of where DeAngelo went after being fired from Auburn.</s>SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A former police officer is suspected of being an elusive serial killer who police say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across California in the 1970s and 1980s, officials announced Wednesday. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested Tuesday, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said.

Sacramento County jail records show DeAngelo was booked overnight and was ineligible for bail. The FBI says it has a team gathering evidence at a Sacramento-area home linked to DeAngelo.

Despite an outpouring of thousands of tips over the years, his name had not been on authorities' radar before last week, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said.

"We knew we were looking for a needle in a haystack, but we also knew that needle was there," Schubert said. "We found the needle in the haystack, and it was right here in Sacramento."

In the last six days, DNA analysts at the crime lab offered up a break in the case, and a warrant was issued for DeAngelo in two 1978 murders in Sacramento County, Schubert said. Schubert said the "answer was always going to be in the DNA," and the connection came in the slayings of Brian and Katie Maggiore.

She said the case forever altered a time of innocence in the community.

"For anyone that lived here in this community in Sacramento, the memories are very vivid," Schubert said. "You can ask everyone who grew up here -- everyone has a story."

Countless victims have waited decades for justice, she said.

DeAngelo was employed as a police officer by two different departments, in Exeter, California, from 1973 to 1976 and in Auburn from 1976 to 1979, when he was fired, Jones said. The termination came after he was arrested for stealing a can of dog repellent and a hammer from a drug store, according to Auburn Journal articles from the time.

Jones said it's believed DeAngelo committed the crimes during the time he was employed by the departments, but authorities are still looking into whether he committed any crimes while on duty. In a statement, the Auburn Police Department confirmed his employment and termination and voiced its commitment to supporting prosecution.

"We will pull out all the stops for our Sacramento-area law enforcement partners in this horrific and historic case," the statement said.

Jones said officials conducted surveillance on DeAngelo and used a discarded item to make the DNA match to the string of crimes. He said officials got information about his routine and developed a plan to wait for him to come out of his residence, and when he came outside, a team took him into custody.

"He was very surprised by that," Jones said.

Jones said DeAngelo has adult children, but wouldn't comment further on his family. He said authorities have interviewed his family members, and the arrest came as "quite a shock" to them.

Alameda County District attorney Nancy O'Malley said officials have linked the rapes, murders and robberies to DeAngelo either through DNA or through modus operandi. The crimes stretch across 10 California counties, Schubert said.

Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten said he has charged DeAngelo two counts of murder for the March 1980 killings of Lyman and Charlene Smith in their Ventura County home. The charges include special circumstances of multiple murders, murder during the commission of a rape and murder during the commission of a burglary.

Totten says prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the former police officer. He said the crime spree "literally struck terror" in the hearts of residents.

"We will, God willing, hold this man fully accountable for his crimes," he said.

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus said DeAngelo is accused in his county in the 1980s murders of Keith and Patrice Harrington, the 1981 murder o Manuela Witthuhn and the 1986 murder of Janelle Cruz.

"Finally after all these years, the haunting question of who committed these terrible crimes has been put to rest," Rackauckus said.

Bruce Harrington, the brother of murder victims Keith and Patrice Harrington, who were beaten to death in their Dana Point home, applauded law enforcement for their commitment to solving the "staggering" crime spree.

"Sleep better tonight, he isn't coming through the window," Harrington said. "He's in jail, and he's history."

Jane Carson-Sandler, who was sexually assaulted in California in 1976 by a man believed to be the so-called "East Area Rapist," said she received an email Wednesday from a retired detective who worked on the case telling her about the arrest.

"I have just been overjoyed, ecstatic. It's an emotional roller-coaster right now," Carson-Sandler, who now lives near Hilton Head, South Carolina, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "I feel like I'm in the middle of a dream and I'm going to wake up and it's not going to be true. It's just so nice to have closure and to know he's in jail."

"48 Hours" investigated the case in the episode, "The Golden State Killer. The late true crime writer Michelle McNamara, the wife of comic Patton Oswalt, was on the hunt for the killer and writing a book on the case at the time she died on April 21, 2016. The broadcast featured Oswalt's first in-depth television interview about his wife's reporting on the case. The book, "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," was published in February.

Jones said he's fielded questions from "all over the world" about the new book, but he said it didn't lead to the arrest.

"The book kept interest and tips coming in, but other than that, there was no information extracted from the book that led to the arrest," Jones said.

As the assailant committed crimes across the state, authorities called him by different names. He was dubbed the East Area Rapist after his start in Northern California, the Original Night Stalker after a series of Southern California slayings, and the Diamond Knot Killer for using an elaborate binding method on two of his victims.

Most recently called the Golden State Killer, he has been linked through DNA and other evidence to scores of crimes.

Armed with a gun, the masked attacker terrorized communities by breaking into homes while single women or couples were sleeping. He sometimes tied up the man and piled dishes on his back, then raped the woman while threatening to kill them both if the dishes tumbled.

He often took souvenirs, notably coins and jewelry, from his victims, who ranged in age from 13 to 41.

Authorities decided to publicize the case again in 2016 in advance of the 40th anniversary of his first known assault in Sacramento County. FBI and California officials renewed their search for the attacker and announced a $50,000 reward for his arrest and conviction.

He's linked to more than 175 crimes in all between 1976 and 1986.</s>California authorities have arrested and amp;nbsp;Joseph James DeAngelo and amp;nbsp;as the suspected serial killer in and amp;nbsp;the Golden State Killer case. DeAngelo and amp;nbsp;was a police officer in the 1970s and had been living in Sacramento County for over 30 years, and amp;nbsp;The Sacramento Beereported. DeAngelo, 72, was arrested in California on April 25 and amp;nbsp;on two counts of murder for the March 1980 murders of Lyman and Charlene Smith, Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten confirmed during a press conference.</s>SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A former police officer is suspected of being an elusive serial killer who police say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across California in the 1970s and 1980s, officials announced Wednesday. 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested Tuesday, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones announced.

Sacramento County jail records show DeAngelo was arrested overnight. The FBI says it has a team gathering evidence at a Sacramento- area home linked to DeAngelo, who was fired from the Auburn Police Department.

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said the case forever altered a time of innocence in the community.

"For anyone that lived here in this community in Sacramento, the memories are very vivid," Schubert said. "You can ask everyone who grew up here -- everyone has a story."

In the last six days, DNA analysts at the crime lab offered up a break in the case, and a warrant was issued for two 1978 murders in Sacramento County, Schubert said. She said the "answer was always going to be in the DNA," and the connection came in the slayings of Brian and Katie Maggiore.

"We all knew as part of this team that we were looking for a needle in a haystack, but we also all knew that the needle was there," Schubert said. "...We found the needle in the haystack, and it was right here in Sacramento."

Jones said officials conducted surveillance on DeAngelo and used a discarded item to make the DNA match to the string of crimes. He said officials got information about his routine and developed a plan to wait for him to come out of his residence, and when he came outside, a team took him into custody.

"He was very surprised by that," Jones.

Alameda County District attorney Nancy O'Malley said officials have linked the rapes, murders and robberies to DeAngelo either through DNA or through modus operandi. Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten said he also charged DeAngelo with two counts of murder in a 1980 case. Totten says prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the former police officer.

Totten said the murders "literally struck terror" in the hearts of residents.

"We will, God willing, hold this man fully accountable for his crimes," he said.

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus said DeAngelo is accused in his county of murders in 1980, 1981 and 1986.

"Finally after all these years, the haunting question of who committed these terrible crimes has been put to rest," Rackauckus said.

Bruce Harrington, the brother of murder victims Keith and Patrice Harrington, who were beaten to death in their Dana Point home in 1980, applauded law enforcement for their commitment to solving the "staggering" crime spree.

"Sleep better tonight, he isn't coming through the window," Harrington said. "He's in jail, and he's history."

Jane Carson-Sandler, who was sexually assaulted in California in 1976 by a man believed to be the so-called "East Area Rapist," said she received an email Wednesday from a retired detective who worked on the case telling her they have identified the rapist and he's in custody.

"I have just been overjoyed, ecstatic. It's an emotional roller-coaster right now," Carson-Sandler, who now lives near Hilton Head, South Carolina, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "I feel like I'm in the middle of a dream and I'm going to wake up and it's not going to be true. It's just so nice to have closure and to know he's in jail."

FBI and California officials in 2016 renewed their search for the attacker and announced a $50,000 reward for his arrest and conviction. He's linked to more than 175 crimes in all between 1976 and 1986.

"48 Hours" investigated the case in the episode, "The Golden State Killer. The late true crime writer Michelle McNamara, the wife of comic Patton Oswalt, was on the hunt for the killer and writing a book on the case at the time she died on April 21, 2016. The broadcast featured Oswalt's first in-depth television interview about his wife's reporting on the case.

As he committed crimes across the state, authorities called him by different names. He was dubbed the East Area Rapist after his start in Northern California, the Original Night Stalker after a series of Southern California slayings, and the Diamond Knot Killer for using an elaborate binding method on two of his victims.

Most recently called the Golden State Killer, he has been linked through DNA and other evidence to scores of crimes.

Armed with a gun, the masked attacker terrorized communities by breaking into homes while single women or couples were sleeping. He sometimes tied up the man and piled dishes on his back, then raped the woman while threatening to kill them both if the dishes tumbled.

He often took souvenirs, notably coins and jewelry, from his victims, who ranged in age from 13 to 41.

Carson-Sandle was attacked in her home in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights. A home in that community belonging to a former police officer was being searched Wednesday by FBI investigators and police from several agencies.

Two neighbors who declined to give their names said authorities arrived at the scene before midnight. Sacramento County Jail records show the man who lives at the home was booked into the facility at 2:30 a.m. on suspicion of murder.

Sacramento County district attorney's spokeswoman Shelly Orio declined to comment other than to say a news conference will be held Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento to make "a major announcement" about the case.

Authorities decided to publicize the case again in 2016 in advance of the 40th anniversary of his first known assault in Sacramento County.</s>News broke Wednesday that a 72-year-old former police officer was taken into custody Wednesday, accused of being the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and killer who terrorized residents in the Bay Area, Sacramento area and Southern California in the late 1970s.

NBC News and other outlets reported that DeAngelo, who worked at Auburn and other police departments in the 1970s, was booked into the Sacramento County Sheriff’s jail at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and is currently listed on suicide watch.

Authorities were expected to release further details about the arrest at a noon press conference. The FBI previously described the Golden State Killer, also known as the East Area Rapist or the Original Night Stalker, as 5-foot-10-inches tall and between the ages of 60 and 75. The FBI also believed that the Golden State Killer had an “interest in the military, or had some military training, leaving him familiar and proficient with firearms.”

DeAngelo reportedly was fired from Auburn’s police department after shoplifting, according to a newspaper article tweeted by Billy Jensen, a co-writer of the book “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” about the Golden State Killer. The news clip noted that DeAngelo was accused in 1979 of stealing a can of dog repellent and a hammer from a Sacramento drug store. The city manager was quoted in the article saying DeAngelo was dismissed after he “failed to answer any of the city’s investigations and did not request an administrative hearing.”

The Sacramento Bee reported that police had been outside DeAngelo’s home Wednesday in Citrus Heights. Neighbors told reporters that DeAngelo had been living in the neighborhood for 30 yeas and described him as a “relatively nice guy” who was prone to “cursing outbursts you could hear down the street.”

The Golden State Killer’s reign of terror included 12 homicides, 45 rapes and more than 100 residential burglaries between 1976 and 1986. His crimes began in the Sacramento area in 1976. He then moved into the Bay Area, where he committed 11 break-ins and sexual assaults in Concord, Walnut Creek, Danville, San Ramon, Fremont and San Jose in 1978 and 1979, before he moved onto Southern California in 1979, where his crimes escalated to murder.

From 1973 to 1979, DeAngelo was a police officer in California, according to the archived newspaper articles that Jensen shared. Jensen helped complete “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” after writer Michelle McNamara, the wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, died in 2016.

A 1973 newspaper article from The Exeter Sun, based in the Tulare County town of Exeter, revealed that a then-27-year-old DeAngelo was hired as a police officer in that town in August of that year, according to the website Heavy.com.

According to the Sun article, DeAngelo was a native of Bath, New York who served in Vietnam after graduating from Folsom Senior High School in June 1964. He competed an associate’s degree with honors in police science at Sierra College. He then graduated from California State University at Sacramento with a degree in criminal justice. At some point, he had also interned with the Roseville Police Department.

Records of the Golden State Killer’s attacks show that his last crime in the Bay Area occurred in Danville on July 5, 1979, when a masked man broke into a home on Sycamore Court. But a couple in the home managed to scare him off.

The next case attributed to the Golden State Killer was in early October 1979 — when a man broke into the home of a couple in Goleta, in Santa Barbara County. He tied them up and threatened to kill the woman, who broke free and alerted neighbors by screaming.

Later than same month, according to Auburn Journal archives, DeAngelo went on trial for the shoplifting case and was convicted by a jury on Oct. 31, the website Heavy.com said. A judge sentenced him to six months probation and a $100 fine.

Heavy.com added that DeAngelo served in the U.S. Navy and was engaged to be married in 1970. While he did not marry that woman, he went on to marry a different woman in 1973. The Sacramento Bee said he married a woman named Sharon Marie Huddle, according to a wedding announcement in that paper. Public records also indicate he has a daughter who is in her 30s and possibly two other children.</s>Police believe they have finally captured the Golden State Killer, a serial murderer and rapist suspected of terrorizing southern California nearly 50 years ago.

Late Tuesday night, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department arrested Joseph James DeAngelo Jr on two murder charges, Fox 40 reports.

The 72-year-old man, who is believed to have been an Auburn police officer fired for shoplifting a hammer and dog repellent, is said to be linked to a dozen unsolved homicides, almost 50 rapes and 120 home burglaries that spanned a decade starting in the late 1970s.

The sheriff's department has yet to confirm whether DeAngelo is in fact the Golden State Killer, but said a press conference will be held Wednesday afternoon to provide additional information.

'It is the most prolific unsolved serial killing case probably in modern history,' Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told Fox 40.

DeAngelo is currently being held at the Sacramento County Main jail and is ineligible for bail, according to jail records.

He was arrested on a warrant issued by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.

The killer, who up until this point remained a mystery, was nicknamed the East Area Rapist.

Journalist and author Michelle McNamara, who was married to actor Patton Oswalt up until her death in 2016, gave the serial murderer and rapist the moniker the Golden State Killer.

McNamara spent much of her life researching the killer's identity for her crime novel, I'll Be Gone In The Dark, which was released in March.</s>A former policeman is accused of being the notorious Golden State Killer suspected of twelve murders, 45 rapes and more than a hundred burglaries across California in the 1970s and 80s.

Authorities say they found the “needle in the haystack” living in plain sight in the Sacramento suburbs.

DNA evidence led to Tuesday’s arrest of 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo of Sacramento.

His “reign of terror,” Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said Wednesday, spanned from the Sacramento area in Northern California down to Orange County in Southern California.

DeAngelo was surprised when he was arrested by officers Tuesday afternoon in Citrus Heights in Sacramento County, said Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones.

DeAngelo was taken into custody without incident.

DeAngelo’s name never came up in the investigation until last week, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said.

Prosecutors say he’s being held on suspicion of at least four murders.

The Golden State Killer case was the subject of a best-selling book released this year called “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.”

Ironically the arrest came on National DNA Day.

It was discarded DNA that confirmed, “We had our man,” said arresting officers at a news conference Wednesday.

DeAngelo was a police officer in central and northern California from 1973 to 1979 until he was fired, officials said.

DeAngelo was terminated in 1979 after he allegedly stole a hammer and a can of dog repellent, The Associated Press reported, citing Auburn Journal articles from the time.

Prosecutors are expected to file more charges against DeAngelo who has adult children.

The post Ex-Cop Accused of Being Golden State Killer appeared first on 850 WFTL.</s>asset not included because it is a duplicate of primary asset

A 72-year-old ex-cop has been arrested in a decades-long search for the Golden State Killer who terrorized California communities in the 1970s and 1980s with a series of murders and rapes, authorities said Wednesday.

Sacramento police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo in connection with the infamous cases, Sheriff Scott Jones announced at a news conference.

The elusive, masked killer, also known as the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker, is believed to have killed 12 people, raped 45 people and ransacked more than 100 area homes.

"For over 40 years, countless victims have waited for justice,Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said at the news conference Wednesday.

"We all knew as part of this team that we were looking for a needle in a haystick, but we all knew the needle was there," she said.

Schubert credited the passion and persistence of investigators, particularly those who toiled with DNA analysis.

Sacramento County jail records show DeAngelo was arrested and charged early Wednesday with two counts of murder. He was arrested under a warrant from the Ventura County sheriff's department, according to the jail records.

FBI and California officials last year renewed their search for a suspect in the cases and announced a $50,000 reward for an arrest and conviction.

Armed with a gun, the masked rapist would break into homes while single women or couples were sleeping. He would tie up the man and pile dishes on his back, then rape the woman while threatening to kill them both if the dishes tumbled.

He often took souvenirs, notably coins and jewelry, from his victims, who ranged in age from 13 to 41.

The Sacramento Bee reports DeAngelo lived there for at least two decades. The newspaper also reports that he was fired from the Auburn Police Department in California in 1979 after being charged with shoplifting.

A woman, now living in South Carolina, who was sexually assaulted by a man believed to be the East Area Rapist in 1976 told The Island Packet newspaper Wednesday that two detectives had informed her about the arrest.

Jane Carson-Sandler, of Sun City, was the fifth victim of the serial rapist in her Citrus Heights, Calif. home. She said two detectives she has kept in touch with over the years emailed her with news of the arrest.

"I just found out this morning," she told the paper. "I'm overwhelmed with joy. I've been crying, sobbing."

"I just can't tell you how I feel," she said. "After 42 years — wow!"</s>Sacramento Police Say They Have Taken The Golden State Killer Into Custody

Police in Sacramento announced they have arrested a suspect in the Golden State killer case — allegedly responsible for 12 homicides and 45 rapes in the 1970s and '80s.
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department arrest Joseph James DeAngelo in connection to the Golden State Killer case.