Casey Anthony files to start private investigation business in South Florida
Casey Anthony filed paperwork this month to start a private investigation company in West Palm Beach, state business records show.
Anthony is listed as the registered agent of Case Research & Consulting Services, LLC, which filed its first documents Dec. 14 with an effective date of Jan. 1. The Daily Mail first reported the development Wednesday afternoon.
The business is registered to a home owned by Patrick McKenna, according to county property records.
McKenna was the lead investigator on Anthony’s defense team during her 2011 trial on allegations of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008.
Anthony was acquitted of the murder charge alongside charges of aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child but found guilty on four counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers in the course of Caylee’s missing person investigation.
Anthony has worked for McKenna over the past few years, telling the Associated Press in 2017 she did “online social media searches and investigative work” for him.
State business records show Anthony previously registered another business to McKenna’s address in 2015, a photography company called Case Photography that was dissolved in 2018.
State records show Anthony is not currently licensed as a private investigator in Florida. The licensure process includes passing an examination on state laws, holding at least two years of work experience in the investigative field and passing a background check.
According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which regulates the licensing of private investigators, applicants for a Class C Private Investigator License may not have been convicted of an offense “punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year” until applicants have had their civil rights restored and 10 years have passed since they were released from supervision.
Additionally, applicants can be denied for having a history of “being arrested for crimes of violence and/or found guilty of … directly related crimes.”
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Woman struck a sheriff’s deputy in St. Louis in the head with her own baton, leaving her with a concussion, after being told she could not enter a gas station without wearing a mask
After walking into the Shell station with her mask in hand late Christmas Day, the woman appeared to exchange words with the 59-year-old deputy, who was working security at the business, KSDK-TV reported.
Dramatic footage posted by a Twitter user shows the officer returning the favor — using the baton to pummel the woman in her car before she manages to drive off after kicking back at the cop.
Police said the woman “became belligerent” when the deputy told her she had to wear the mask before entering the station.
“My first response is to express concern for my deputy who suffered head injuries but is expected to recover,” Sheriff Vernon Betts said in a statement, according to KSDK.
“She performed admirably while injured and under duress. Secondly, this incident points to the danger law enforcement officers face every day,” Betts added.
“This individual made a serious mistake and we are working with the St. Louis Police Department to apprehend and bring charges against this attacker,” he said, adding that “this pandemic is not over and you must wear a mask when in public.”
The deputy declined medical attention when first responders arrived.
Police are on the hunt for the attacker.
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Nurse suspended after stripping off PPE to have sex in a toilet with COVID-19 patient
A male nurse in Indonesia has been suspended after admitting that he stripped off his personal protective equipment to have sex in a toilet with a man infected with COVID-19, according to reports.
“It is true that there has been a suspected incident of a same-sex relationship between a health worker and a COVID-19 patient at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital,” said Asep Gunawan of the National Nurses Association.
He said the nurse “must follow legal processing,” the Indonesia Expat reported.
The incident in Jakarta came to light when the patient boasted about the romp on his Twitter account Friday, according to the UK’s Sun.
He uploaded a screenshot of WhatsApp messages between the horny couple — including details about lubricants and the size of their genitals, the news outlet reported.
The patient also posted an image of the nurse’s PPE lying on the floor as the pair got it on.
“This case has been transferred to the Central Jakarta Police. We have secured the health worker to become a witness and asked for further information,” said Lt. Col. Arh Herwin of the Regional Military Command.
“Meanwhile, the patient continues to undergo isolation at the Athlete’s House,” he added, referring to a former Olympic athletes accommodation village that was transformed into a coronavirus hospital.
The two men were later administered coronavirus tests. The patient was found to still be positive while the nurse tested negative, officials said.
If convicted, the men face prison sentences of up to 10 years.
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Former public radio reporter charged with torching cop cars during BLM protests
A former public radio reporter has been charged with firebombing cop cars during Black Lives Matter protests in Arkansas, according to federal authorities.
Renea Goddard, 22, was one of four charged earlier this month with allegedly sneaking into Arkansas State Police headquarters to slash squad car tires and torch them with Molotov cocktails, the US Attorney’s Office said in a release.
“One vehicle had been set on fire, one had been vandalized with spray paint, and several others had punctured tires,” prosecutors said of the Aug. 28 attack in Little Rock.
“Investigators discovered a detonated Molotov cocktail made from a bottle of brandy,” the release said.
Goddard — whose Twitter says she is president of Students for a Democratic Society — was named by witnesses as being part of the attack, and was seen on surveillance entering in dark clothing, prosecutors said.
Federal search warrants were executed to obtain the locations of their cell phones, and cell site data confirmed that their cell phones were in the location,” the release said.
She was arrested and released from jail on Dec. 17, according to federal court records obtained by ABC7.
“Breaking into a police compound and firebombing a police vehicle with a homemade explosive device is clearly not a peaceful protest,” US Attorney Cody Hiland said of the four charged.
“They will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
It was Goddard’s second arrest from the Black Lives Matter protests, having been busted for violating curfews in June, the outlet said.
Her LinkedIn says she comes from a military family and worked for Arkansas Public Media after being awarded the George C. Douthit Endowed Scholarship.
She then worked as a “reporter and host” for KUAR Public Radio, as well as contributing to an LGBTQ news outlet, her profile said.
KUAR confirmed to ABC 7 that Goddard had been a part-time employee at the radio station, but said she was not working there when she was arrested.
“At the time of the incident, the individual had not been affiliated with the radio station for over six months,” a spokesperson said.
Also arrested in the same operation were fellow Little Rock residents Brittany Dawn Jeffrey, 31, Emily Nowlin, 27, and Aline Espinosa-Villegas, 24, prosecutors said.
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Woman who falsely accused Keyon Harrold Jr. of phone theft speaks out
The woman who falsely accused a black jazz musician’s teen son of stealing her cellphone in a Manhattan hotel has broken her silence, saying that she does “worry” about the fallout — but maintains her allegation that she was assaulted during the brouhaha.
The 22-year-old woman spoke Tuesday to CNN about the viral video in which she’s seen going off on 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. in the lobby of Soho’s Arlo Hotel, claiming that he swiped her iPhone.
The woman — whose name was withheld by CNN — said that when she realized her phone was missing, she first demanded to see surveillance video from the hotel lobby.
She then asked everyone in the lobby to “empty their pocket,” before settling on Keyon Jr. as her suspect.
“That’s when everything got a little bit more serious,” she told CNN during a phone interview.
The woman, who on the video appears to be white, then lunged at the teen and his dad, jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold Sr., who was defending his son from the accusations.
During a tussle not fully captured on the video, the elder Harrold has said, the woman scratched him and tackled the teen.
He said that shortly after the melee, an Uber driver showed up with the woman’s missing phone.
The NYPD has said it plans to hit the woman with raps that could include assault, grand larceny or attempted robbery, while Mayor Bill de Blasio has blasted the run-in as “plain and simple” racism.
“Of course I worry. That’s not who I am,” the woman told CNN when asked if she has concerns about possible criminal charges and her portrayal in the viral clip. “I actually … try very hard to make sure that I am always doing the right thing.”
She told the outlet she is willing to cooperate with an NYPD probe, but has not yet heard from investigators.
The woman added that she’d be open to talking with the Harrolds.
She told CNN she could and would provide proof that she was assaulted during the incident, but then stopped responding to the outlet’s messages.
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Woman fatally shoots man while trying to dine and dash in Colorado
A 28-year-old woman was arrested for killing a man who stepped in to intervene after she opened fire while trying to dine and dash at a Colorado restaurant, according to a report.
Jacqueline De Paz was charged with second-degree murder in the Dec. 22 shooting of 18-year-old Rudy Arguello-Rios outside the Mariscos El Rey 2 restaurant in Aurora, the Sentinel reported.
Police said De Paz and several others had berated a waitress and refused to pay for their meals, claiming an open door at the restaurant left their food too cold to eat.
The group, which included children, left the restaurant without paying — and were followed by the waitress and several diners who had witnessed the argument, including Arguello-Rios, cops said.
A brawl broke out in the parking lot between the two groups, according to multiple witnesses.
At one point during the melee, De Paz allegedly pointed a gun at Arguello-Rios as he bent down to help a person injured in the fray, the report said.
“Back the f–k up … I got the strap now,” the unhinged woman yelled.
Arguello-Rios tried to wrestle the gun away from De Paz, and she shot him, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the newspaper.
The waitress described the young hero as “a peacekeeper who was yelling at the others to stop being rude and to be respectful,” the court documents state.
Officers arrested De Paz two days later during a traffic stop. She was being held at the Arapahoe County jail on $1 million bond.
She’s due back in court Jan. 28.
A GoFundMe page set up by Arguello-Rios’ brother to help pay for his funeral described him as “a young and loved soul.”
“He passed away to [sic] young and now he’s looking after all of us.”
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Quaint home is a steal at $149K — and comes with horrifying jail cells
This one’s for home buyers who want to be put under “house arrest.”
A Vermont realtor redefined “jailhouse” after listing a New England cottage that manages to look picturesque on the outside — but utterly horrifying inside: The house features a real-life clink.
According to the listing on Realtor.com, the 2,190-square-foot “Single Family Home” in Guildhall, Vermont, originally served as a “Jailer’s residence” when it was constructed in 1878.
As such, “attached to the north wall of the house is the former Essex County Jail (discontinued in 1969)” complete with “the original prison cells with barred windows & the Jailers Office,” per the historic property’s description. Indeed, accompanying photos depict heavily rusted floor-to-ceiling cages and busted bathroom fixtures, which evoke something straight outta Alcatraz.
And the hoosegow holdovers aren’t just for show. The listing invites prospective buyers to “bring your own ideas on what this 28′ x 40′ wing could be!”
We might suggest a pandemic-proof “lockdown” bunker or a timeout room in which to place certain credit card-swiping 6-year-olds under house arrest.
Naturally, some might balk at the prospect of living in a real-life Sing Sing (especially since it’s yet unclear if the defunct jail is up to code). Fortunately, the quaint, four-bedroom abode features a host of more appealing features, from a covered porch to a detached barn for “additional storage.”
Best of all, the jailhouse-cum-cottage is practically a steal at the $149,000 asking price.
The house was last bought for $75,000 in 2018.
Also, eagle-eyed social media viewers spotted one of the home’s more unusual bedrooms on the popular Instagram account Zillow Gone Wild, which entertains its 279,000 followers with oddball real estate listings.
“Nothing like waking up here and thinking you slept through an earthquake,” one commenter quipped of this cockeyed bedroom window in the home at 43 Courthouse Drive.
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Mom-to-be conceives a third baby — while pregnant with twins in a rare case of superfetatio
A mom-to-be has conceived a third child — a little over a week after learning she was pregnant with twins.
It’s a rare case of superfetation, when a separate egg is fertilized by sperm in the womb days or weeks after a pregnancy has already occurred.
The TikTok star known only as @TheBlondeBunny1 — something of a Britney Spears lookalike who entertains her more than 235,000 followers with belly-baring bump updates — is 17 weeks along with her “triplets.”
In one viral video, which had 5.2 million views as of Tuesday morning, the growing mama explains what’s going on inside her belly.
“We knew it was two separate pregnancies,” she said to the camera. “When you ovulate, you ovulate for 24 hours. And sperm can live in your body for up to three to five days. So our first two babies are 10 and 11 days older than our third baby.”
Her doctors wanted to confirm it was in fact superfetation and not twin absorption or a malnourished baby, so she’s been receiving ultrasounds every two weeks.
“Sure enough, it’s been hitting every single milestone like it’s supposed to, growing at a healthy rate, just 10 to 11 days behind the first two babies we have,” she said.
In 2016, Self reported that superfetation is so rare that “there are only a handful of documented cases.” The next year, The Post told the story of a surrogate mother who thought she was carrying identical twin boys — when in fact superfetation had caused her to conceive her ownchild with her husband during the same cycle in which the intended parents’ embryo was transferred to her uterus.
“This happened to us because my hormones didn’t stop me from ovulating, I ovulated another time,” said @TheBlondeBunny1 in one TikTok clip. In another video, she explained that her mucus plug had yet to form, which allowed a second pregnancy to happen. She was not taking any fertility drugs at the time and does not have a bicornate uterus.
“We’re lucky enough that they’re close enough, they will all have the same due date, we just need to get the third baby past the 28-week mark, and hopefully carry them to 32, maybe even 35 [weeks],” she said.
In some cases, superfetation can occur months after the original pregnancy, according to multiple case studies.
Despite the surprise, the TikToker is excited to become a mom for the first time.
“We wanted to be parents, and God said, ‘Watch out what you ask for,’ and gave us three at once,” she said with a laugh. “Scared, excited, so many different emotions but I can’t wait for them to be here.”
via: https://nypost.com/2020/12/29/mom-to-be-conceives-a-third-baby-while-pregnant-with-twins/
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Charged with murder, stabbing? In NYC, you’re free to go
Criminal-justice “reform” in New York has turned our courts into a merry-go-round, with violent offenders free to jump off at will.
The latest outrage took place in The Bronx, where 16-year-old Jordon Benjamin allegedly stabbed Amya Hicks in mid-December. Arrested a few days later, he was charged with felony assault and assorted lesser charges. Amya Hicks needed surgery and spent several days in the hospital. Benjamin was less inconvenienced: He only spent a few hours in a holding cell before being released on his recognizance, without having to post bail.
It’s bad enough that an alleged knife-wielding thug who slashes neighborhood women got to gallivant out of jail. But the story becomes downright enraging when we learn that Benjamin was already facing manslaughter charges — and the same judge let him out twice.
On Christmas Eve 2019, young Benjamin and some of his mates allegedly took time out from their holiday festivities to assault Juan Fresnada, a 60-year-old Bronx man. They stomped on him and brained him with a garbage can. Fresnada died, and Benjamin and his crew got away with $1.
In his brief career, Benjamin is already the beneficiary of multiple aspects of New York state’s criminal-justice “reform” measures, which our progressive leaders and professional activist class have hailed as “monumental” steps to “create a fairer and more humane” system, in the words of Mayor de Blasio.
Benjamin was originally held in a youth correctional facility until he was released in March because of the pandemic. This was part of a massive drawdown in the city’s jail population, which dovetailed with the push to free as many inmates as possible in expectation of closing Rikers Island.
“The number of New Yorkers held in NYC jails has plummeted, shrinking by 27 percent in 10 weeks, a steeper population decline than in all of last year,” boasted the mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice in May. “The jail population is at a number not seen since 1946.”
This would be fantastic news — if the decline in the inmate population was a function of a lower crime rate. But when it’s artificially imposed, it’s hardly cause for celebration. And while it may make sense to let certain nonviolent, older prisoners out of jail for health concerns, there is no evidence that teenagers like Benjamin, being held at juvenile correction facilities, are especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
The extent to which the mass release of juvenile prisoners in March was a political decision, and not driven by “the science,” can be seen by the fact that as violence spiked throughout the spring, the city hesitated to release teenagers arrested for serious crimes. After balancing their low medical vulnerability against public-safety concerns, the number of detained youth rebounded to pre-pandemic levels by May.
This means that letting an alleged violent offender like Benjamin out in March was a big mistake, and one that the city quickly stopped making as shootings and stabbings spiked rapidly.
One would think that after allegedly committing another vicious assault this month, Benjamin would have at least been locked up. But Bronx County Supreme Court Acting Justice Denis Boyle decided to let him go, though he now faces separate charges of manslaughter and felony assault.
Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration, defended Boyle’s move, stating, “Judges follow the law, and the law clearly states that the least restrictive alternative should be the preeminent driver in bail consideration.”
The law Chalfen references is the infamous state bail “reform,” which eliminated cash bail for most non-violent offenses, which even de Blasio has cited as a contributing factor to the rise in violent crime. But the law doesn’t actually mandate “least-restrictive” alternatives for people accused of committing violent felonies, nor for individuals under probation or supervision or for “persistent offenders.”
But the current climate is permissive and encourages judges, cops and prosecutors to operate under the assumption that confinement is always the worst option. So they err in favor of criminals. Surely Jordon Benjamin is happier to be out of jail than in it while he awaits his trials for manslaughter and serious assault. Meanwhile, best of luck to the next person who has an unpleasant encounter with him.
Seth Barron is associate editor of City Journal. Twitter: @SethBarronNYC
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Israeli man reportedly dies of heart attack hours after getting COVID vaccine
A 75-year-old man was lucky enough to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Israel, only to die a few hours later from a heart attack that officials believe is unrelated to the shot.
The unidentified man got the Pfizer shot at 8:30 a.m. Monday, and within hours had lost consciousness and died at home in Beit She’an, the Jerusalem Post said.
Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy has launched an investigation, but early findings suggest the vaccine was not connected to the death, the report stressed.
The dead man had a history of numerous pre-existing conditions, including cancer and heart problems, including earlier heart attacks, the Times of Israel said.
He also showed no signs of adverse reaction after being vaccinated, and was only allowed home following a period of observation when he said he felt fine, the reports said.
“We share in the grief of the family,” Levy said in a statement.
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