Fake FedEx worker ties up Brooklyn family while partner steals $125K in cash, jewelry
BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn â Shocking security footage captured the moment a Brooklyn family was tied up and robbed of nearly $130,000 in cash and jewelry after a man pretending to be a FedEx delivery man showed up at their door with a fake package, police said.
Around 3 p.m. on Monday, the unidentified man dressed as a FedEx worker knocked on the door of a Bay Ridge home near Sixth Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue, according to the NYPD.
Once the fake delivery man gained access to the home, security footage from the incident posted on Reddit shows a second man walk up the front steps and enter the home right behind him.
The NYPD said the man dressed as the FedEx worker showed the victims a badge around his neck, telling them he was with the police, while the second man headed upstairs to the second floor of the familyâs home.
While upstairs the man ransacked the victimsâ bedroom and found a safe in their closet, police said.
Meanwhile, the man impersonating a cop and FedEx worker proceeded to tie up the family using tape, according to authorities. He can be seen aggressively putting tape over the victimsâ mouths in the security footage.
Police said the two men left the home through a back door with the familyâs safe and then fled in a blue 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a New York license plate reading âHTP 3906.â
The victims told police the two bandits stole about $45,000 in cash and $80,000 worth of jewelry.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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Woman bites camelâs testicles in bizarre truck stop showdown
A Louisiana truck stop turned into a real zoo when a woman chomped down on a camelâs testicles while trying to retrieve her dog that had scrambled into the dromedaryâs den, according to a new report.
The showdown between the woman, who wasnât identified, and Caspar the camel, a roadside attraction, happened Thursday at a truck stop in Gross Tete, about 20 minutes outside Baton Rouge.
The womanâs husband was tossing treats to their dog under Casparâs fence, prompting the pup to crawl inside the enclosure, the Iberville Parish Sheriffâs Office told The Advocate Sunday.
The couple followed after the dog â but the woman didnât get very far before Caspar took a seat on top of her, crushing her. So she bit down on his genitals to free herself, she told police.
âShe said, âI bit his balls to get him off of me, I bit his testicles to get him off of me,ââ Iberville Parish Deputy Louis Hamilton Jr. told the paper.
An investigation revealed that the couple had provoked Caspar before he sat on the intruder.
âThe camel did nothing wrong,â Hamilton said. â[The couple was] aggressive. The camel was just doing its normal routine.â
Male dromedaries can weigh up to 1,320 pounds, according to the San Diego Zoo.
Employees at the truck stop did not face any charges because the camel was enclosed and signs warning the public to stay out are posted every 10 feet, the deputy added.
âThe camel has never been aggressive, the camel has never gotten out, never caused any issues,â Hamilton told the paper. âIn fact, the husband and wife stated before that weâve been here before and weâve never had any problems.â
The couple was cited with a leash law violation for letting the dog run free on the private property, as well as criminal trespassing.
âMy only question to her husband was: âWhy did you throw the doggy treat under the fence?ââ Hamilton recalled. âAnd he just said, âI wasnât thinking.ââ
Truck stop manager Pamela Bossier said the pair should have asked for help from employees instead of crawling under the barbed wire to retrieve their pup.
Itâs no wonder that Caspar got upset, Bossier said â claiming the man shoved the camel and swatted at it with his hat when he got into the pen.
âAny animal you provoke, theyâre going to strike back,â Bossier told the paper. âItâs instinct.â
âHeâs really a gentle giant,â she said of Caspar.
For the past 30 years, the truck stop has kept various wild animals at the enclosure â including a tiger â drawing the ire of local animal rights groups. There havenât been any previous issues with any of the animals, Bossier said.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/09/23/woman-bites-camels-testicles-in-bizarre-truckstop-showdown/
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Florida teen attacks relatives at dinner table over tomatoes
A Florida teen allegedly assaulted and threatened her elderly relatives with a knife because she was denied extra tomatoes at dinner, a report said.
Katie Jade Gates, 19, was charged with two felonies â aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery on a victim over the age of 65 â for the Sept. 12 incident at her familyâs home in the town of Callahan.
Gatesâ grandmother told police the teen âbecame angry because she wanted to eat more than her fair share of tomatoes at the dinner table,â according to an incident report by the Nassau County Sheriffâs Office obtained by The Smoking Gun.
The teen âthen began to throw a fit because she couldnât have more tomatoes, and became disrespectful towards the other adults in the house,â the grandma alleged, according to the report.
The situation âenraged the elderly adults in the house,â the arrest report said.
Gates then allegedly hurled a water bottle where her grandfather was sitting, nearly hitting him, and then threw a cigarette pack at her 73-year-old great-grandmother, striking her in the eye, according to the report.
When Gatesâ grandfather tried to confront her about her bad behavior, a âfurther enragedâ Gates grabbed a knife and waved it at him and chased him with it.
âMotherfâker, Iâll stab you in your fâking face,â a knife-wielding Gates allegedly barked as she chased her grandpa out the door of the house and âpokedâ the blade at his face, the report said.
Relatives told police Gates âcontinued to underhand poke and overhand strike at him with the knife in her hand while yelling obscenities.â
Police were called and after Gates was read her Miranda rights, she admitted she threw the cigarette pack at her relative, the report says.
The teen also copped to picking up a knife during the argument and walking outside to where her grandfather was, but she did not admit to attempting to stick him with the implement, according to the report.
Gates was released from jail after posting $18,000 bond, according to The Smoking Gun, which reported that a judge ordered her to have no contact with the victims.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/florida-teen-attacks-relatives-at-dinner-table-over-tomatoes/
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An elementary school teacher carried a 10-year-old with spina bifida on a field trip so she didnât have to miss out
An elementary school teacher made the day of a 10-year-old girl with spina bifida â and captured the hearts of everyone on the internet â when he carried her on his back through the Falls of The Ohio State Park during a school field trip.
Ryan King is a fourth-grader at Tully Elementary School just outside of Louisville, Kentucky. But because of her spina bifida, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord donât form properly, sheâs in a wheelchair. And that makes school trips kind of tough.
âWeâve had field trips before where we werenât able to go and the school gives us alternate education days,â Ryanâs mother, Shelly King, told CNN.
âBut when she goes back to school, her peers and classmates are all talking about the field trip, so she doesnât have the same experience,â she said. âAnd when sheâs not there, the kids really miss her, too.â
While most field trips are accessible, this one was a little more adventurous. The class was going to see exposed fossil beds along the Ohio River. King really didnât want Ryan to miss out.
âI found this backpack that a friend had sent me and grabbed it, and said Iâm just going to carry her so she can experience this,â she said.
She had explained all this to Ryanâs teacher when a fellow elementary school teacher, Jim Freeman, stepped in and said, âIâm happy to tote her around on the Falls all day!â
âHe knows who Ryan is, but they didnât have any prior personal relationship,â King said. âI donât think he had any idea what a big impact he was going to make on so many different people.â
The children in class loved having Ryan be a part of their day, laughing because she got a piggyback ride around the Falls while they had to walk.
âWeâre blessed at our school â the kids there are so compassionate and understanding,â King said.
But the biggest thing that Mr. Freeman did for Ryan? He gave her independence.
âShe doesnât want mom tagging along to everything,â King said.
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Teacher fired for a mock slave auction in class gets hired in a mostly black school; sheâs assigned to stay home for now
MT. VERNON, Westchester County â She was fired from a local private school after sheâd held a mock slave auction in her classroom last school year.
Now, however, teacher Rebecca Antinozzi has been hired to teach in a public school near the private institution from which sheâd been dismissed. Still, the public school superintendent said on Tuesday that the teacherâs days are numbered, in response to parentsâ outrage.
âThat is absolutely unacceptable,â said parent Myra Wood, about the hiring of Antinozzi at her daughterâs school. âNo way she should be here,â Wood said.
Antinozzi was assigned to Cecil H. Parker Elementary School, where sheâd taught third grade last week. Sheâs been placed on home duty this week, after parents started raising protests online and in person.
The move came half a year after the teacher admitted that during a history lesson in her fifth grade classroom at the Chapel School in Bronxville, she had African American students stand before the class while white students bid on them. Antinozziâs attorney said that theincident last March was taken out of context. The teacherâs former school, however, concluded that it was cause for dismissal.
Mount Vernon Public Schools, on the other hand, hired the 15-year veteran teacher this month. Mount Vernonâs public schoolsâ student bodies are about 80 percent black or Latino.
âShe shouldnât be a teacher, period,â said Wood, the parent of two Parker Elementary School students, one in fifth grade, and the other in pre-K. Wood continued, âAccepted into our school district with all our black children? No, that is unacceptable.â
âIâm unhappy,â said Vincent Tate, the parent of a Parker Elementary kindergartener. âIâm disappointed with Mt. Vernon, with what they did,â he said.
However, not every parent feels that way.
âPeople make mistakes,â said Parker Elementary parent Tashia Pope. âMaybe, maybe not,â she added, about Antinozziâs chances of staying on staff and flourishing. âWeâve got to see her attitude, right?â
Chantal Edwards, another Parker Elementary School kindergarten parent, said that she would reserve judgment. âDid she intentionally [hold a slave auction] to be racist?â Edwards asked about the teacher, âor was she trying to brutally re-create a gruesome event of the past?â
The Mount Vernon schools superintendent had been out of town on family business since the weekend, but he told PIX11 News in person on Tuesday that heâd resolved to handle this issue as soon as he âgot off the plane.â
âShe was hired,â said Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton. âShe worked a few days, and once it reached my attention, she was reassigned home.â
Dr. Hamilton said that he plays no role in individual teacher hirings. Instead, he said, itâs a process thatâs approved by the school board.
He said that heâd begun an investigation into Antinozziâs hiring, as well as her prospects for continuing as a Mt. Vernon Public Schools employee.
When PIX11 News asked Hamilton if Antinozzi might be able to return to a Mt. Vernon classroom in an effort to redeem herself as a teacher, the superintendent was blunt.
âNot likely,â he said.
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Man bites, robs 14-year-old boy walking dog in Manhattan
INWOOD, Manhattan â A 14-year-old boy was out walking a dog when a man robbed and attacked him, police said Tuesday.
The teen was near West 205th Street and 9th Avenue on Sunday morning when the man walked up and forcibly removed the victimâs gold chain, officials said. When the teen resisted, the man bit the boyâs right hand, causing lacerations and bleeding.
The man fled with the chain westbound toward 10th Avenue.
Police have asked for help finding the man. Heâs believed to be in his early 20s. The man has black hair in short dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing a white tank top, black shorts, and black sandals.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).Â
via: https://pix11.com/2019/09/24/man-bites-robs-14-year-old-boy-walking-dog-in-manhattan/
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Unborn baby, mother test positive for amphetamines after parents discover they’re living in former meth house
For Elisha and Tyler Hessel, who are expecting their first child, it should have been the happiest time of their lives. But blood tests during a routine prenantal check-up revealed some shocking news: Elisha and her unborn baby tested positive for amphetamines.
In trying to sort out how this could have happened to Elisha and their unborn child, the Missouri couple started to suspect their home as the culprit after speaking with neighbors. “Just through normal conversations as we got to know them a little better, they said they were so happy to finally have ‘normal’ people move in next door,” Hessel told CBS News. “They had also mentioned that the police were there for a possible drug bust type situation.”
So Elisha decided to purchase a kit online to test for drug contamination. âIt did come back with unsafe levels in the home,â she told KSDK.
As Elisha dug deeper, she discovered that her beloved house was listed on the Jefferson County database for meth seizures in 2013. The couple had unknowingly moved into a house that had been a former meth lab, and Elisha says they were never informed of this before purchasing the house. (According to Rehabs.com, which analyzed data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on meth lab seizures, Missouri topped the list with 27.6 meth labs per 100,000 residents.)
Jefferson County undersheriff Timothy Whitney told KSDK that when police went to the house in 2013 â years before the Hessels bought the house â after receiving a tip about a possible meth lab, âthere wasn’t evidence that day at that time to suggest that [meth] distribution or manufacturing was going on.â
However, Whitney also told KSDK: âI never thought six years down the road, you know, of it impacting an unborn child.â
The couple decided to hire an environmental inspector, Thomas Alford of Enviropro, to do further testing, which revealed that the houseâs ventilation system was highly contaminated with methamphetamine and meth-making residue, reports KSDK.
âAs these materials off-gas and they’re coming through paint⊠they’re coming out of cabinetry, they’re coming out of flooring,â Alford told the news outlet. âIt’s spread through your HVAC system. It takes air from everywhere, turns it around, you inhale that, it gets into your lungs, it spreads out. And then all of a sudden, one day, you take your test and there you are. You have it.â
When methamphetamine is made, it contaminates âall surfaces in homes,â according to a 2017 Mortality and Mortality weekly report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In other words, the contamination is everywhere. The CDC report also stated that if the contamination is not properly cleaned and removed from the home, residents can be âunknowingly exposed to residues.â
Although law enforcement removes chemicals and containers after a meth lab is discovered and the home is supposed to be professionally cleaned, many properties remain uncleaned, according to an investigation by The Missourian. Even in homes that are cleaned, âit is possible a small amount of contamination is left on surfaces and in absorbent materials (carpets, furniture), sinks, drains, and ventilation systems,â according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Servicesâ (DHSS) Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology, which offers meth lab clean-up guidelines for home buyers. âThe vents, ductwork, filters, and even the walls and ceilings near ventilation ducts can become contaminated.â
The department added: âThough found in small amounts, meth lab contaminants may pose health threats to persons exposed to them.â
Itâs not clear how long meth contaminants can last in a home. âThis is one of those questions we donât have a good handle on,â Glenn Morrison, PhD, a professor in the department of environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. âBased on our lab work, it certainly could take years for meth to slowly release from building materials. The extent to which it will still be a problem depends on how much meth was released into the house during laboratory operation.â
He adds: âClothing and other textiles absorb meth to a large extent. This can then be an important source of meth for toddlers that âmouthâ textiles.â
For the Hessels, they had to leave their home and are staying with Elishaâs mother as they prepare for their babyâs January due date. The family shared their story on their GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $3,500 toward their $100,000 goal. The money will be used for the extensive process of removing the drug contamination from their house by stripping it down to the studs, putting in a new HVAC system, and rebuilding.
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A doctor performed an abortion on the wrong woman
Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake.
On August 7, a pregnant patient with a 6-week-old fetus had gone to a clinic in district of Gangseo, in the countryâs capital Seoul, according to the Gangseo police. At the clinic, a mix-up in medical charts and failure to check her identity led to the mistaken abortion.
The doctor and nurse in charge are under investigation, and the case will soon be sent to the prosecutorâs office, police told CNN.
âThe doctor and nurse have acknowledged their fault,â a police official said. They are now being accused of negligence resulting in bodily harm.
According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, the patient was supposed to receive a nutritional shot at the clinic. The nurse had allegedly injected her with anesthesia without confirming her identity, and the doctor had performed the abortion without checking her identity either, Yonhap reported. The patient had been unaware of the procedure.
The police announced the investigation on Monday, Yonhap said.
South Korea moved to legalize abortion in April this year, with the countryâs constitutional court ruling that lawmakers must revise existing laws by December 31, 2020.
However, under existing laws, the practice remains illegal and is technically punishable by up to a year in prison. Exceptions are granted in cases where the parents have hereditary diseases, the pregnancy is due to rape or incest, or the fetus is threatening the life of the mother.
An estimated 50,000 abortions were carried out in South Korea last year, according to the countryâs Health Ministry. Actual numbers may be much higher, since the criminalization of the practice distorted reporting of it.
via: https://fox2now.com/2019/09/24/a-doctor-performed-an-abortion-on-the-wrong-woman/
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Man found naked in childrenâs closet after breaking into Rockland County home
PIERMONT, N.Y. â A man could spend up to 15 years in prison after allegedly breaking into a Rockland County familyâs home and being found naked in the childrenâs closet, officials said Tuesday.
According to the Rockland County district attorney, Brian Bates is accused of unlawfully entering a familyâs apartment at the Lawrence Park condominium complex, the same complex where Bates lives, on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
County officials said Bates, 48, gained access to the home by removing a screen to a window in the back of the apartment.
Bates was seen naked while walking through the apartment, authorities said.
Police officers found Bates hiding, still naked, in a closet inside the bedroom belonging to the children of the family, according to officials.
Bates is now facing one count of burglary in the second degree, a class âCâ felony, the district attorneyâs office said.
If convicted, Bates faces a maximum of 15 years in state prison, officials said.
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Demi Moore says she was raped at age 15 by a man who paid her mother $500
Demi Moore said she was raped at age 15 by a man who paid her alcoholic mother $500 for the unspeakable act.
The 56-year-old opened up about the shocking episode, which she initially detailed in her new memoir âInside Out,â with Diane Sawyer on âGood Morning Americaâ Monday.
Moore has dedicated the book to her three daughters as well as her troubled mother, who died in 1998.
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According to the actress, the incident took place when she came home one night and an older man she and her mother knew was in the apartment. After he raped her, Moore says the man asked her how it felt âto be whored by your mother for $500.â
âI think, in my deep heart no â I donât think it was a straightforward transaction,â Moore told the television journalist about whether she felt her mother sold her.
âBut she still â she did give him the access and put me in harmâs way,â Moore shared.
Mooreâs upbringing was far from loving. The star said both her parents suffered from alcoholism and the family moved across the country frequently as they faced debt. Moore said she was 12 when her mother first attempted suicide.
âI remember using my fingers, the small fingers of a child, to dig the pills my mother had tried to swallow, out of her mouth,â Moore recalled in her book.
Moore also told Sawyer, 73, that her mother attempted suicide âmany, many times.â The actress also learned that the man she believed and loved as a dad was not her biological father. Moore then told herself that âI wasnât wanted, or that I donât deserve to be here.â
After Mooreâs parents divorced, she lived with her mother, who would bring her along to bars in hopes of attracting men.
Attempting to escape her shattered childhood, Moore dropped out of high school and left her home. It was then when she decided to attend acting auditions despite lack of training.
âI mean, I was figuring it out, by the seat of my pants,â said Moore. âThe school of âfake it till you make it⊠I donât have anything to lose. I donât have anything, so why not?â
Mooreâs big break came at age 19 with a role in the soap opera âGeneral Hospital.â Moore said she was in over her head and started using alcohol and later cocaine to cope with her fears. And like her parents, Moore suffered from blackouts.
âI donât have an off switch,â recalled Moore. âI donât have the thing that says, âThis is enough.ââ
Then in 1984, Moore earned the role of party girl Jules in the 1985 film âSt. Elmoâs Fire.âÂ
âI mean, I think the irony certainly was not lost on me,â said Moore.
Moore said she easily identified with her character and that the filmâs producer and director insisted that she go to rehab. Moore committed to sobriety and her pledge lasted âalmost 20 yearsâ until she reached her 40s, when she relapsed.
â[It was] a profound gift that they gave me,â she said, speaking about sobriety.
Mooreâs career in Hollywood skyrocketed, but not without its challenges. When Moore was cast in 1992âs âA Few Good Men,â opposite Tom Cruise, a studio executive insisted for their characters to have a romance.
â[The studio executive asked], âIf there wasnât gonna be a sex scene, then, you know, why was I in it?ââ said Moore.
Ultimately, Moore defied expectations and became the highest paid actress in Hollywood, with a $12.5 million salary. She said some critics consequently gave her the nickname âGimme Moore.â She chose to ignore them.
âWhy shouldnât I?â said Moore. âWhy shouldnât all women be paid equal to the quality of the work theyâre doing? Just treat me the same. No better, no worse.â
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