A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of an orphanage in Haiti of sexually abusing boys at the facility in Port-au-Prince

At 73, Michael Geilenfeld could have cut a plea deal to reduce his potentially long prison sentence on federal charges of sexually abusing numerous boys in Haiti. But the American founder of a Port-au-Prince orphanage gambled on a jury trial in Miami federal court — and lost.

The battle for control of Haiti’s volatile capital took another deadly turn on Tuesday as members of a powerful gang coalition that has been using violence to terrorize the population and gain power targeted a densely populated neighborhood in the northeast section of Port-au-Prince.

Dozens of firearms and more than 36,000 cartridges that were being shipped from the US to Haiti were seized by authorities in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Handguns, rifles and pistol

Michael Geilenfeld, who most recently lived in Littleton and was arrested last year in Denver, founded the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985.

JetBlue Airways is extending its suspension of flights into Haiti’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince. Flights will remain suspended until at least June 11, a spokesman told the Miami Herald.

Haitian forces failed to assassinate one of the country's top gang leaders over the weekend as criminal organizations continue advancing over the country's capital, now controlling about 90% of its metropolitan territory.

MIAMI — A jury in Miami has convicted the founder of an orphanage in Haiti of sexually abusing boys at the facility in Port-au-Prince. Court records show 73-year-old Michael Geilenfeld was found ...

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