Michigan Man Sues Parents After They Destroyed His Porn Collection
A man who was living with his parents in Michigan is now suing them after he says they destroyed his valuable porn collection.
The plaintiff in this story as will be identified as “Charlie,” as this is a civil case without any associated criminal charges.
The case dates back to October 2016 when, according to a lawsuit filed this week, Charlie moved into his parents’ home in Grand Haven, Mich. after going through a divorce from his wife, KTLA’s sister station WXMI reports.
Charlie, who nows lives in Indiana, apparently stayed for 10 months at his parents’ home, doing housework in lieu of paying rent. He was asked to leave after police had to be called to the house in August of 2017 for a domestic situation.
His parents allegedly traveled in November 2017 to his new place in Indiana to drop off possessions he had left at their home.
Allegedly missing from the items they brought: Charlie’s massive pornography collection.
Charlie says his parents told him that they destroyed the entire collection. A collection that consisted of over 12 moving boxes full of movies.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office was eventually called about the destroyed items. Charlie filed a police report estimating the value of his collection to be $28,940.72. The prosecutor’s office declined to file charges against his parents.
Just a month after filing a police report, Charlie apparently began corresponding with his father via email. Telling him in part, “If you had a problem with my belongings, you should have stated that at the time and I would have gone elsewhere. Instead you choose to keep quiet and behave vindictively.”
His father, according to the lawsuit, responded, “Believe it or not, one reason for why I destroyed your porn was for your own mental and emotional heath. I would have done the same if I had found a kilo of crack cocaine. Someday, I hope you will understand.”
Charlie’s father said in one email that his son was allegedly kicked out of high school and college for selling porn to other students. Saying in the documents, “I also warned you at that time if I ever found pornography in my house again, I would destroy it.”
Charlie, apparently feeling the situation unresolved, reached back out to investigators — allegedly sending one officer 44 emails’ worth of movies he says were destroyed, listing many as valuable out-of-print films, writing, “Not Just Out of Print. But the entire studio making it dissolved, and that was 20 years ago.”
The prosecutor’s office again declined filing charges.
Charlie is now suing his parents for a total of $86,822.16 in damages.
WXMI reached out to the attorney representing “Charlie.” They have no comment at this time.
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https://ktla.com/2019/04/13/michigan-man-sues-parents-over-trashed-porn-collection/
Manhattan mom ticketed while breastfeeding in backseat of parked SUV
MIDTOWN — A Manhattan woman said she was given a $115 ticket while breastfeeding her baby in the backseat of her SUV.
Guillermina Rodriguez told PIX11 she was driving when her 3-week-old daughter started crying and needed to be fed. With an end to traffic nowhere in sight, Rodriguez decided to pull over and park.
Rodriguez said she pulled over on 8th Avenue, between 30th Street and 31st Street, in a no-standing commercial zone, just down the block from Penn Station in midtown.
While she was breastfeeding her daughter in the backseat, Rodriguez said a traffic officer pulled up with a tow truck, without looking to see if anyone was inside. She honked her horn to alert the officer that the car was not empty, she said, before taking cell phone video.
“I showed him the baby and my breast, and I’m like, ‘I’m breastfeeding the baby.’”
She said the officer said nothing, left the ticket on the windshield, and walked away.
The mom told PIX11 she did what she had to do for her hungry baby and doesn’t believe she should have gotten a ticket for it.
Rodriguez said she plans on fighting the ticket.
PIX11 did talk with police about the incident, who said the traffic agent issued the ticket before he realized anyone was in the vehicle.
It’s still unclear if the ticket will be dismissed.
via: https://pix11.com/2019/04/12/manhattan-mom-ticketed-while-breastfeeding-in-backseat-of-parked-suv/
Utah man has pleaded guilty to a felony terroristic threat charge after authorities said he threat to target women in a mass shooting because he couldn’t get a girlfriend
Utah prosecutor Chad Grunander tells the Deseret News that 27-year-old Christopher W. Cleary of Denver was in court on Thursday.
Police said Cleary wrote on Facebook he was planning to become a mass shooter because he was still a virgin and wanted to kill as many women as possible.
He was arrested during a trip to Provo, Utah, on January 19, the same day women’s marches were held around the country. Colorado authorities have said he was on probation after stalking and threatening women there.
His attorney Dustin Parmley did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
6-year-old Georgia girl dies after her 4-year-old brother accidentally shot her
(CNN) — A 6-year-old Georgia girl died this week after her 4-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the head in a car outside their home, authorities said.
The girl, identified as Millie Drew Kelly on a GoFundMe site set up for the family, was shot Monday evening at their subdivision about a 40-minute drive northwest of downtown Atlanta, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said.
The siblings were in a car in their driveway, preparing to go to the boy’s baseball game, when the vehicle failed to start. The mother exited to try to find out what was wrong with the car, authorities said.
The boy took a gun from the car’s console and accidentally fired it while his mother was outside, striking his sister in the head, the sheriff’s office said.
Emergency responders were called and took her to an Atlanta-area hospital. Two days later, detectives learned the girl had died, the sheriff’s office said.
Detectives determined that no charges will be filed.
“It’s just a really sad situation,” sheriff’s Sgt. Ashley Henson said Saturday morning. “Just based on all the evidence and the entire situation, we felt like charges were not warranted in this particular case.”
Sheriff Gary Gulledge said that his officers’ “hearts break for this family, and we hope God puts his healing hands around them during this difficult time.”
“We want to remind everyone to keep their firearms unloaded and secured in an area away from children to ensure that this never happens again,” Gulledge said in a news release.
Mother and son arrested at Walmart after performing karate, getting nude
(Meredith) – A 25-year-old man and his 46-year-old mother were arrested at a Walmart in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, after she was allegedly performing karate while he allegedly stripped nude inside the store.
According to Gray News, Benny Vann, 25, and Lisa Smith, 46, were entering the store with Smith’s dog, Bo. She allegedly brought the dog in without a leash and the dog began running around the store, police said.
While the dog ran around the store, Smith was allegedly tearing apart displays and was asked by Walmart staff to leave. She complied, but then went out into the parking lot to perform karate, the Eau Claire Police Department said on a post on its Facebook page.
While she was doing that, Vann allegedly took off all his clothes and exposed himself to other shoppers. However, police said he was trying to cover himself by putting on clothes that were on display.
Officers arrived at the scene and arrested Smith, but not before she allegedly fought officers by kicking the windows of the patrol car. Police said they attempted to arrested Vann as well, but he didn’t comply, even going so far as to try to run over an officer while riding a scooter, Gray News reported.
Police eventually arrested Vann as well. Meanwhile, Bo was found holding a box of Jiffy cornbread in his mouth.
Vann has been charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, disorderly conduct and retail theft. Smith was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and misdemeanor bail jumping.
Vox Earworm: Season 2 Episode 1 How Heavy Metal and Satan gave us this sticker.
I remember this controversy. And everyone was talking about the double standard. If it wasn’t for ice cube and these other rock groups our music today would not be as in your face as it is today .
HOMECOMING: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
Around this time last year, Beyoncé came to perform at Coachella and shut it down at Coachella!
This is the performance that almost did not happen. In January 2017, Bey was announced to headline Coachella. She later had to postpone in the best interests of her pregnancy.
Thankfully, Bey’s set was rescheduled for 2018. This means, after the twenty years Coachella has been in existence, Beyoncé was the third woman to headline solo – the first Black woman to do it, period! This is why Coachella was renamed by Beychella by everyone (not just the beehive this time).
Social media GOES CRAZY After Beyoncé makes history as first black woman to headline Coachella
Many who were not able to attend the performance, or purchase it in its entirety can now relive this iconic performance through Netflix’s upcoming documentary: Homecoming.
HOMECOMING: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ launches globally on Netflix April 17, 2019!
Homecoming will take the viewers through the developments and performances at Beychella. In this one headline act, Bey managed to honor historically black college’s and universities, uplift the image of black people, made a statement about the Black Feminism, and delivered hit after hit in heels for two hours straight!
Homecoming will offer a more intimate look into Beyoncé’s #BossMoves as a creative in directing, managing, and establishing a legacy as #QueenBey, master performer. And of course, this documentary will include a cameo by our favorite Blue Ivy.
Watch it on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/homecoming
Man charged with shooting wife’s lover in the shower
A Texas man allegedly shot and killed his employee in the shower — after he found out that the worker had been having an affair with his wife, according to police and a new report.
Edwin Figueroa, 23, has been charged with murder in connection with the slaying of Rafael Nunez Serrano, 22, at the victim’s southwest Houston apartment around 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
An enraged Figueroa bought a pistol, did cocaine and downed some beer before heading to Serrano’s house — where he shot him in the shower, local station ABC 13 reported. Serrano was wounded but stumbled out into the apartment complex’s parking lot, prompting someone to call 911, according to the report.
As paramedics rushed him to the hospital, Serrano declared that he had been shot by his “boss,” police said. He died in surgery, ABC 13 reported.
Homicide investigators searching the area learned that Houston police officers had detained Figueroa. He was interviewed by detectives and confessed to shooting Serrano, whom he called a friend of about four years, according to police.
Figueroa had previously beaten up Serrano in a fight over the affair, ABC 13 reported.
During his court appearance, Figueroa’s bond was set at $100,000, according to the station. He’s set to return to court Monday.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/04/12/man-charged-with-shooting-wifes-lover-in-the-shower/
Man arrested after allegedly throwing child from third floor Mall of America balcony
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – A 5-year-old child suffered significant injuries Friday after witnesses say a man either threw or pushed the child from the third floor of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, according to local police.
Bloomington Chief of Police Jeff Potts told reporters Friday that police were called to the Mall of America at 10:17 a.m. local time, and initial information suggested a child had fallen from the third level of the mall’s interior to the first level.
Additional information from witnesses indicated the 5-year-old might have been pushed or thrown, Potts said.
Police officers gave the child first aid along with witnesses, Potts said.
“The child did suffer significant injuries,” he said. “The child has been transported to the hospital and has been receiving care.”
According to Potts, witnesses told police the person suspected of pushing or throwing the child “took off running immediately after the incident.” The suspect, a 24-year-old man was soon found inside the mall and was taken into custody.
He’s currently at the Bloomington Police Department, Potts said, and authorities don’t believe there is any further threat to the public.
“At this time, we do not believe that there is a relationship between the child or the family of the child,” Potts said, emphasizing that police believe this to be an “isolated incident.”
The area where the fall occurred has been closed.
Wisconsin teacher on leave for reportedly asking African American students to research ‘enslaved children’ games
SHOREWOOD, Wis. — A Shorewood School District teacher is under investigation for allegedly telling African-American students to “research games that had been played by enslaved children.”
A letter was sent home Thursday telling parents and guardians of the incident that happened at Shorewood Intermediate School during a seventh grade physical education class.
The letter reads in part:
“We take these allegations extremely serious. Throughout this situation, student safety and well-being have been our top priority. Our school counselor, school psychologist, Dean of Students, and the SIS principal have been providing support to the students who were directly involved in the incident. We wanted to make you aware of this development, and to reiterate that our students and families remain our highest priority.”
Shorewood School District officials said the administration became aware of the concerns April 3, and immediately launched an investigation.
The teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Read the full letter sent home to parents and guardians below:
“During a recent seventh grade Physical Education class at Shorewood Intermediate School, a teacher shared an activity with students on the subject of games from around the world. After the class on April 1, allegations were made that the teacher had suggested to African American students in the class that they research games that had been played by enslaved children. The administration became aware of these concerns on April 3. We immediately launched an internal investigation into the matter. We have placed the teacher on leave, pending the findings of the investigation.
We take these allegations extremely serious. Throughout this situation, student safety and well-being have been our top priority. Our school counselor, school psychologist, Dean of Students, and the SIS principal have been providing support to the students who were directly involved in the incident. We wanted to make you aware of this development, and to reiterate that our students and families remain our highest priority.
We are committed to providing an environment of inclusion in our schools. We will continue to assess the situation and ensure that we provide ongoing support to our students as we move forward. If your student has any concerns regarding this situation, please encourage them to contact their school administrators or school counselor.”