South Carolina woman busted for licking hands, touching grocery store food
A South Carolina woman was arrested for licking her hands and touching food and fixtures at a grocery store — just days after allegedly doing the same at a sandwich shop, police said.
Shenir Gibson Holliday, 38, was taken into custody Saturday after cops responded to an IGA supermarket in Sumter, where she was spotted on surveillance footage allegedly licking her hands and coughing before touching freezer doors and several products, police said Sunday.
Holliday, of Sumter, was also seen on the footage licking her hands and touching items in another section of the supermarket, police said.
Cops responding to a call of a suspicious person located Holliday in the supermarket’s parking lot.
She was identified as a suspect in a similar “hand-licking” incident at a sandwich shop in Sumter last week, police said.
A manager at Sub Station II told police that Holliday was caught on video there licking her fingers before paying a clerk at the eatery. She also allegedly spread her saliva on a debit machine and licked several quarters before dropping them into a tip jar, The State reports.
Holliday is facing charges of aggravated breach of peace and food tampering. She was also issued a citation for violating the state’s home or work order and has been ordered by a judge to be tested for COVID-19, police said.
Holliday remained in custody Monday in lieu of $100,000 bond, jail records show.
If convicted of food tampering, a felony, Holliday could receive a maximum sentence of 20 years. She faces up to 10 years if convicted of aggravated breach of peace, The State reports.
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Michigan man wiped face on store clerk after being asked to wear mask
Well, that was a snotty thing to do.
Wild video shows an in-your-face customer in Michigan rubbing his face and nose on a store clerk’s shirt after cops say she confronted him about not wearing a mask in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Holly Police Department, the unidentified patron walked into the Dollar Tree store around 1:30 p.m. Saturday without a mask, which Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered people wear inside stores and other public places.
After the clerk told the man that he’s required to wear a face covering, surveillance video posted by police on Facebook shows him walking up to the woman and wiping his nose on her shirt.
“Here, I will use this as a mask,” the man told the clerk, according to police.
The man, wearing a checkered shirt and dark pants, “continued to be loud and disruptive” before leaving in a white Ford van, police said.
Police are now asking the public to help track down the culprit.
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Man accused of secretly filming his wife before killing her in arson attack
A man has appeared in court accused of killing his wife in an arson attack after spying on her with secret cameras and posting sexually explicit images of her online.
Denise Michelle Keane-Barnett-Simmons, 36, was found fatally injured in the bedroom of her home in Alric Avenue in Brent, north-west London on April 16.
Neighbours called the fire brigade after a blaze broke out in the early hours of the morning.
Ms Keane-Barnett-Simmons died in hospital later that morning from burns and inhalation of fumes.
On April 29, her estranged husband, Damion Simmons, 44, of no fixed address, was charged with her murder.
He was charged with arson with intent to endanger life in relation to Ms Laigle and criminal damage endangering life.
Mr Simmons was also charged with disclosing private and sexual photographs with intent to cause distress, and voyeurism.
They relate to allegations that before the fire, Simmons had set up covert video cameras in his wife’s home to spy on Ms Keane-Barnett-Simmons and spread a sexual image on social media.
Ms Keane-Barnett-Simmons’ friend, Maureen Laigle, in her 60s, who had been staying at the house, managed to escape through a window leading on to a flat roof after the fire started.
She was rescued by firefighters and treated in hospital for non life-threatening injuries.
Ms Keane-Barnett-Simmons was the niece of the singer Eddy Grant.
On Monday, Simmons appeared at the Old Bailey by video-link from Wormwood Scrubs before Judge Anthony Leonard QC.
He spoke to confirm his identity and gave his nationality as Trinidadian.
The judge set a plea hearing for July 20, when a provisional eight-day trial will be set, and remanded Simmons into custody.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating in relation to previous police contact with the victim a few hours prior to the fire.
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Crowds gather to buy new Air Jordans in Atlanta after lockdown lifted
An Atlanta mall saw massive crowds gather Saturday to buy the new Air Jordan sneakers after lockdown restrictions were lifted, according to a report.
Shoppers packed close to form lines that wrapped outside Greenbriar Mall on Saturday to get their hands on the new Air Jordan 5 “Fire Red” sneakers, news station 11Alive reported.
Video posted to social media showed people waiting to get into the mall and then again outside of the shoe store Jimmy Jazz.
“Everyone I talked to was in line for a new Air Jordan 5 that sold out online,” tweeted NBC producer Charlie Gile.
The sneaker frenzy comes after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp allowed shelter-in-place orders to expire and encouraged businesses to reopen.
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Man arrested 3 times in a day released each time over coronavirus fears
A man in California was arrested three times over the course of 12 hours on Wednesday — including for allegedly leading officers on a pursuit — and was only given citations and released each time due to the statewide zero-bail policy amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to officials.
The Glendora Police Department said Friday on Facebook that 24-year-old Dijon Landrum from Monterey Park racked up three citations between 8:28 a.m. and 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday after three incidents in the city located about 23 miles east of Los Angeles.
“We want to thank all of the citizens that helped with this investigation, particularly those that called when they noticed something suspicious,” police said.
According to police, the first incident happened around 8:28 a.m. when officers responding to a call of a man who was attempting to break into a vehicle on the 1400 block of South Grand Avenue.
When officers arrived at the scene, they contacted Landrum, who was attempting to drive away in a stolen vehicle from the East Los Angeles area. In addition to driving a stolen vehicle, police said the 24-year-old had stolen property and narcotics with him.
“Landrum was arrested,” police said. “Due to the California Zero-Bail Policy, he was issued a citation and released.”
One hour after Landrum was released, officers received a call around 2:20 p.m. of an unknown man carrying a box and walking through the front yards of homes.
“It appeared that the male was placing items in this box as he was walking through the properties,” police said.
When officers arrived on the scene, they encountered Landrum for the second time, reportedly with a box of stolen property. He was issued a second citation and released.
Several hours later around 8:50 p.m., officers received a call of a vehicle that had been stolen out of a parking lot on the 1300 block of South Grand Avenue.
Officers tracked the vehicle and located it heading along the westbound 100 freeway in La Puente, with assistance from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol.
A pursuit eventually ended in Pasadena, where Landrum was once again arrested, this time for allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle and for evading officers.
“Due to the California Zero-Bail Policy, Landrum was released with his third citation of the day,” police said.
The zero-cash bail emergency mandate in California, which has lead to reduced prison populations to reduce the spread of COVID-19, is continuing to be a challenge for law enforcement as alleged criminals are released back into the public, according to FOX11.
Last weekend, a man in Chino Hills was arrested four times over the course of two days for allegedly trespassing on the same property, only to be released due to the zero cash bail policy.
Cindy Bachman, the Public Information Officer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, said Saturday there have been complaints from the community about the new mandate.
“We hear from people and they’re disappointed that someone can commit a crime and they go to jail, we go through the whole process with them and book them for the crime because there is probable cause to do that, and then because of this order, they’re released,” Bachman told FOX11. “People are disappointed, they’re angry, but this is an order. We have to follow it, but we don’t have to be happy about it.”
As the coronavirus pandemic has worsened, concern shifted to crowded prisons in some communities, where inmates not only live in close proximity to one another, but share laundries, baths and communal eating areas.
The United States has 2.3 million inmates in about 5,000 jails and prisons across the country — believed to be the largest prison population in the world. According to the Bureau of Justice, nearly 200,000 people 55 and older are behind bars.
Officials in California, for instance, responded by releasing thousands of non-violent inmates to open up space in facilities to prevent the spread of the virus.
Orange County, Calif., District Attorney Todd Spitzer told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Saturday he was “outraged” after the state ordered the release of seven high-risk sex offenders from the county’s jails over concerns they could contract coronavirus.
“We’ve all been told that during the pandemic we needed to release people early, you know, with less than 30 days on their sentence and things like that because of the underlying health pandemic and the fact that we needed to exercise social distancing within the custodial facilities,” he said Saturday. “However, as you know, in the United States today there is a social justice agenda to end bail for those who are incarcerated and this has gone too far.”
There are 13 exceptions for the zero-cash bail emergency mandate for serious offenses, but child abuse is not one of them.
As of mid-April, over 16,000 inmates had been released nationwide, due to the virus.
There were 53,655 cases of COVID-19 in California as of Sunday, with at least 2,194 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Women dressed as healthcare workers steal packages in Washington State
Two women, who were dressed up as healthcare workers, stole packages left outside homes in Washington State, police said.
The porch pirates were spotted on surveillance footage approaching houses while wearing blue scrubs and lanyards with ID badges.
One of the women wore gloves as she grabbed a package, according to images released by the Kennewick Police Department on Saturday.
Police said they don’t believe the women are real nurses.
“The nurses we are fortunate to know only give their time, lives, and take the vitals of their patients (not their property),” cops posted on Facebook.
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An IL woman tested negative for COVID-19 but her doctor is convinced she had the virus. Here’s what went wrong
ALTON, Ill. (KMOV.com) — An Alton woman said her COVID-19 test came back negative, but said she and her doctor are confident she had the novel coronavirus. She blames the negative results on the delay in the Madison County Health Department getting her tested.
Nancy Hultz said she started getting symptoms on March 18.
“I got a major headache on the right side of my head that was different than any headache I had and I had that dry cough. I thought ‘do I have mono, do I have a sinus infection, what is going on here,'” said Hultz.
Hultz said she was also extremely fatigued and was having difficulty breathing. She decided to call her doctor.
“She said, ‘no sweetie, you don’t have any of that other stuff, you have the coronavirus,'” said Hultz. “She gave me the health department’s phone number. She said ‘you call them, you report it, and you see what they want to do about sending you for testing.’”
Hultz said it took a week before she got a call back from the health department. By the time she was sent for testing, Hultz said she was in her fourth week of symptoms.
Her test came back negative, though Hultz believes it’s because the virus was already out of her system.
“I asked the health department why it took so long for me to get tested and they said ‘because we don’t have enough tests.’ They said ‘we are only testing the people who actually go to the hospital and check themselves in,'” said Hultz.
As of Saturday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 299,896 COVID-19 tests had been performed. Of those, 58,529 were confirmed positive. Still, Illinois lags behind other states in testing.
“If we have thousands of people at home with this that we don’t even know about then how can we keep track of it?” said Hultz.
Dr. Alex Garza with the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force called the lack of testing a ‘supply chain issue.’
“It does impact our ability to decrease transmission because we’re missing some of those cases that we might have gotten if we had more supplies to do testing,” said Garza.
Hultz is hoping to do the antibody test to confirm whether she had it so she can help someone else fighting the virus. The CDC says the antibody tests are slowly becoming available through healthcare providers.
News 4 reached out to the Madison County Health Department and is waiting to hear back.
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