Oregon man arrested for reportedly kissing stranger’s baby on lips in supermarket
An Oregon man was arrested for pulling down his mask to kiss a stranger’s baby on the mouth in a grocery store, according to reports Friday.
Austin Blake Stewart, 24, allegedly smooched the 1-year-old girl while her mother was looking in a different direction at a WINCO store in Springfield at around 6 p.m. Thursday, police told the local station KEZI.
The alleged creep then fled the shop as the tot’s mother searched for him and alerted store workers, according to the station.
The child’s father then flagged down a police officer and reported that a man had just “kissed his daughter on the lips,” investigators told FOX 10.
Police later found Stewart, of Springfield, hiding under a blanket on a nearby street and charged him with physical harassment and disorderly conduct.
“While the mother glanced away for a brief moment, the suspect leaned down, removed his mask and kissed their daughter on the lips and then departed,” police said in the report.
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Sharon Osbourne exits ‘The Talk’ amid race controversy
Sharon Osbourne quit “The Talk” Friday, two weeks after rocking the daytime chat show by getting into a testy argument over racial issues with co-host Sheryl Underwood and shocking allegations of racist name-calling.
“Sharon Osbourne has decided to leave ‘The Talk,’” a release from CBS read. “The events of the March 10 broadcast were upsetting to everyone involved, including the audience watching at home. As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace. We also did not find any evidence that CBS executives orchestrated the discussion or blindsided any of the hosts.
“At the same time, we acknowledge the Network and Studio teams, as well as the showrunners, are accountable for what happened during that broadcast as it was clear the co-hosts were not properly prepared by the staff for a complex and sensitive discussion involving race,” the release continued. “During this week’s hiatus, we are coordinating workshops, listening sessions and training about equity, inclusion and cultural awareness for the hosts, producers and crew. Going forward, we are identifying plans to enhance the producing staff and producing procedures to better serve the hosts, the production and, ultimately, our viewers.
“‘The Talk’ will return with original episodes on Monday, April 12, 2021, following the pre-scheduled hiatus the week of April 5th.”
The departure comes after the network announced on March 12 that the talk show would suspend filming while it conducted an investigation into allegations the atmosphere was “racially insensitive.”
“We are committed to a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace,” a statement from CBS said. “All matters related to the Wednesday episode of ‘The Talk’ are currently under internal review.”
Page Six previously reported that Osbourne was expected to be fired, but wouldn’t go down without a fight. “She could write a book, she would do a world of interviews. She knows where all the bodies are buried,” a source told us.
We were also told that some of the producers and showrunners may have to take some of the fall for allegedly not preparing Osbourne showdown with Underwood.
During the show’s March 10 episode, Osbourne, 68, spoke about being branded a racist for supporting Piers Morgan, who left his own morning show in Britain after furiously blasting Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“I feel like I’m about to be put in an electric chair because I have a friend who many people think is a racist, so that makes me a racist,” Osbourne said. She then challenged the other hosts to tell her “what he’s uttered that’s racist.”
Sheryl Underwood responded that “the implication” of Morgan dismissing Markle was racist, rather than the words themselves.
“Why can’t it be he just doesn’t like her? Why does it have to be racist?” Osbourne said.
After the heated on-air debate, Osbourne tweeted a lengthy apology in which she said she does not “condone racism, misogyny or bullying.”
“I should have been more specific about that in my tweet,” she continued, referencing her original defense of Morgan online. “I will always support freedom of speech, but now I see how I unintentionally didn’t make that clear distinction.”
Page Six exclusively reported that the internal investigation was kicked off when host Elaine Welteroth and her hairstylist complained about an allegedly “racially insensitive and hostile environment” on the show.
A source said, “Elaine Welteroth and her hairstylist complained to HR over Sharon Osbourne’s recent exchange with Underwood. . . They said they don’t feel comfortable working in a racially insensitive and hostile environment, and this complaint launched the investigation.”
A memo was sent to all cast, staff and crew at “The Talk” that stated “As a result of Wednesday’s taping, we want to make it clear that HR is actively involved in addressing the situation and concerns that have been brought to our attention.
“We are committed to a diverse, respectful and inclusive workplace and want to ensure that you are all aware of all the resources available to you should you wish to talk to someone.”
Welteroth isn’t the only person of color to complain about working conditions at “The Talk.” Following Osbourne’s clash, Holly Robinson Peete — who co-hosted the talk show’s first season in 2010 — suggested that karma had come into play.
“I’m old enough to remember when Sharon complained that I was too ‘ghetto’ for #theTalk … then I was gone. I bring this up now bc I was mortified watching the disrespectful condescending tone she took w/her co-host who remained calm & respectful because … she HAD to,” Robinson Peete tweeted.
“I’ve always been a highroad girl but when I watched what everyone else saw on my former show … it triggered me and I wanted to speak out,” she added on Instagram.
And “The Talk” alum Leah Remini sensationally claimed that Osbourne called former colleague Julie Chen “slanty eyes” and host Sara Gilbert, who is gay, a “p—y licker.”
Remini told journalist Yashar Ali that Osbourne allegedly lashed out at her then co-stars because she was livid that Chen was reportedly trying to steal the spotlight and Gilbert, who was also executive producer, was doing nothing about it.
“I mean, who the f–k does slanty eyes think she is? She shouldn’t be pillow-talking with our boss,” Remini recalled Osbourne saying at one point during the morning show’s first season — referring to Chen and her husband, Les Moonves, who was at the head of CBS at the time. Osbourne has denied these claims.
Osbourne allegedly added of Gilbert, “Why won’t the p—y licker do anything about the wonton?” and “Why won’t the fish-eater be part of this discussion? She’s the f–king executive producer.”
Osbourne, married to heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, first came into public prominence after starring in “The Osbournes,” a reality show on MTV that followed her, Ozzy and two of their children, Kelly and Jack.
She then morphed into a talent-show judge on shows like “The X Factor” and “America’s Got Talent.” Osbourne has been on “The Talk” since it debuted in 2010.
Amid all the drama, she beefed up security and turned off social media comments after receiving death threats.
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Home video shows babysitter beating 5-year-old child to death, Las Vegas police say
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A babysitter is accused of beating a 5-year-old to death after he had an accident, according to an arrest report from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
Lauren Jeanette Courtney faces a murder charge and multiple counts of child abuse after 5-year-old Ryan James Peralta was hospitalized and later died.
According to an arrest report, police were called to the child’s father’s home on March 11 to reports of a child unresponsive with bruising to the head. Courtney, the child’s babysitter, reportedly called the father saying the child was coughing up blood. The father came home and watched surveillance video that reportedly showed Courtney beating the child.
The arrest report said the home surveillance video showed “a horrendous account of what visually took place with Ryan on how he was severely beaten during a two-minute time frame.” The arrest report described Courtney dragging the child between rooms and repeatedly punching and kicking the child in the head and body.
Peralta was taken to University Medical Center. According to an arrest report, he suffered a brain bleed, skull fracture, fractured spleen and damage to other internal organs.
Officers interviewed the suspect at Metro Headquarters, according to an arrest report. Courtney said she babysits for the family three days a week and described the children as “usually good.” Courtney told police the 5-year-old child had an accident and needed to shower. While he was showering, she said she heard a “thud” and saw a bruise on his forehead when he was done. Courtney assumed he fell during the shower and his sickness later was due to the fall, the report said. Courtney also insinuated that the father may be abusing the kids, the report said.
When police confronted the babysitter about the surveillance footage, she continued to deny anything happened. Eventually, Courtney told police she may have “blacked out” from anger after the accident. Courtney reportedly said the accident by the child was “the final straw that triggered her anger.”
The Clark County Coroner’s Office will release Peralta’s cause and manner of death. According to court records, Courtney was granted bail on the condition she stay away from the family and stay out of trouble. Her next court date was set for May 18.
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Dog kills Illinois 1-year-old who got too close to food bowl
A 1-year-old girl in Illinois was killed by her dog after she got too close to its food bowl, loved ones said.
A’myrikal Hull was attacked by the female pocket bully — a pitbull and Patterdale terrier mix — when she went near it last week as the animal was eating in Springfield, the State Journal-Register reported.
“The baby walked by the dog as she was eating and reached for her food,” family friend Cory Painter told the newspaper.
The pooch bit her on the head, forcing her two uncles to pry the animal off her, WICS reported.
She was brought to Hospital Sisters Health System’s St. John’s Hospital, where she died from her injuries March 18, the outlets reported.
The dog, which had been with the family for about four years, has been taken into custody by animal control, the Journal-Register reported.
Meanwhile, the Sangamon County Coroner’s Office and Springfield Police Department are investigating the girl’s death, the outlets reported.
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Woman sheds blood tears during her period due to rare medical crisis
After a 25-year-old menstruating woman was rushed to an emergency room with crimson tears oozing from her eyes, medical researchers put their blood, sweat and tears into diagnosing the rare phenomenon.
“Bloody tears or haemolacria is a rare clinical entity,” said the authors of a new study on the condition published in BMJ, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.
Haemolacria can be caused by health problems like inflammation, hypertension, anemia or tumors, per the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
But the unnamed patient at the center of this new clinical investigation — a married woman with healthy and uninjured eyes — had experienced bloody tears at the onset of her period twice in as many months, according to the study, out this month.
Regular menstruation can sometimes trigger bleeding outside the uterus, an occurrence known as vicarious menstruation, the doctors confirmed. The rerouted flow of blood will often seep from a woman’s nose, ears, lungs, nipples, skin, intestines and eyes.
Indeed, the woman in question also experienced a nosebleed the first time she cried blood.
Per the findings, certain types of eye tissue can be affected by hormonal changes.
Researchers note that the curve and thickness of a woman’s cornea can vary “during different phases of menstrual period, pregnancy and lactation” — which they say might explain why the woman’s menstruation triggered bleeding from her eyes.
The medical team ultimately determined that their unnamed case study’s dark-red tears were spurred by a highly unusual convergence of vicarious menstruation and haemolacria.
“Extensive physical, ophthalmological and radiological evaluation failed to reveal other potential causes of her complaint,” they said, noting that a full examination of the woman ruled out any other health issues.
Her blood tears weren’t accompanied by headaches, dizziness or other symptoms of a health problem, according to the report. Nor were there any signs of abnormality in her sinuses, tear ducts or in the bloody tears themselves.
“A diagnosis of ocular vicarious menstruation was made,” the scientists recorded.
They treated her with oral contraceptives — which can have a profound effect on a woman’s hormones. After undergoing hormonal therapy for three months, her unconventional period bleeding stopped.
The doctors’ probe into this “rare and unusual clinical case,” is the first of its kind in recent scientific literature, the authors said.
However, they do concede that more research is required in order to understand what exactly caused the woman’s bloody tears, and to determine how such a condition could be effectively managed long-term.
Either way you slice it, it’s all a bloody mess.
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Pennsylvania woman catfished a man into believing he was the father of her non-existent child, extorting him out of nearly $5,000 in the process
Billie Jo Brenizer, 23, of Duncannon, is facing felony charges of theft by deception, false impression, theft by extortion and harassment in the alleged Facebook scheme, WPMT reported.
An investigation into the woman began in June 2020 when a Newberry Township man contacted cops to say he met Brenizer under the name “Kaylee Nicole” on the social media platform in February 2019.
The man later realized that Kaylee Nicole was actually Brenizer and that she had “catfished” him, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the station.
Despite the deception, the man told police he decided to meet up with Brenizer anyway and the pair had sex, the complaint shows.
Brenizer, also known as “BJ Brenizer,” later contacted the man and claimed he had raped her — while threatening to call cops to report the allegations if he didn’t meet up with her again, according to the complaint.
The man said he agreed to meet Brenizer a second time due to the threat and the pair started a sexual relationship that lasted until December 2019 – during which the ill-fated couple had sex five times, he told police.
During that time, Brenizer called the man and told him she was pregnant with his child – even sending him images of positive pregnancy tests, charging documents show.
Brenizer allegedly led the man to believe she gave birth to a baby boy who had medical issues. The victim kept the news from his family and friends, the York Dispatch reported.
The man, whose identity was withheld by the newspaper, sought repeatedly to see the child and asked for a paternity test, but Brenizer told him she knew the child was his, police said.
The pair allegedly agreed to keep the child secret from the victim’s family and friends if he gave Brenizer money for the child, charging documents show.
In all, the man gave Brenizer $4,960 despite never seeing the purported child or getting proof that his son existed, police said.
Charging documents allege that Brenizer had done the same scheme on “numerous” other victims. She admitted to police that she did not give birth to a baby boy and had used varying phone numbers and social media profiles to reach her purported victims, charging documents show.
A woman who said she was Brenizer’s female guardian declined comment on the accusations when reached by The Post Wednesday. Brenizer was at work at the time, the woman said.
Brenizer, who remains free after posting $2,000 bail, has a preliminary hearing set for March 31, the York Dispatch reported.
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Florida mom shows up to school wearing boxing glove, fights student
A Florida mom showed up to her daughter’s middle school with a boxing glove — and allegedly attacked a student, authorities said.
Edith Riddle, 34, of Jacksonville, was arrested on a child abuse charge stemming from the alleged beatdown last week at Dupont Middle School, news station KVUE reported.
Police said that school safety officer had heard a “frantic” announcement over the school’s radio system about a fight outside the cafeteria around noon on March 18.
When the officer got there, he found Riddle in a physical altercation with a female student.
Riddle had been on campus for a meeting with the vice-principal and her daughter, cops said.
Rather than exit the building, the daughter made a beeline after for the cafeteria to fight a girl, police said.
Witnesses told police Riddle’s daughter shoved the girl and threw some punches — before the mom also allegedly began walloping the victim.
Bizarrely, a bystander told authorities the mom appeared to have a boxing glove attached to her left hand.
Riddle already had the glove on when she arrived to campus — insisting that it was super glued to her wrist and she couldn’t remove it, according to KVUE.
The girl suffered bruises to her knees and forearms, authorities said. She was later brought to the hospital for a follow-up evaluation.
Her parents told authorities that they wanted criminal charges filed against Riddle.
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Minnesota man accused of stealing $1,250 worth of Girl Scout cookies
(WCCO) — A 43-year-old southern Minnesota man is accused of stealing more than 20 cases of Girl Scout cookies from a loading dock in Rochester over the weekend. The value of the cookies, authorities say, is estimated at $1,250.
Joel Whittaker, of Oronoco, is charged with felony counts of burglary and theft, court documents filed in Olmsted County show. If convicted on both counts, he faces up to a decade in prison and/or $20,000 in fines.
According to a criminal complaint, Whittaker was arrested late Saturday night behind the old Fareway Foods building on East Frontage Road in Rochester. Local police responding to an alarm call spotted Whittaker driving away from the building in a small sedan. Officers stopped him and noticed the backseat of the car was full of Girl Scout cookie boxes.
Whittaker told the officers that he was dumpster diving in the GMC dumpster when he saw the loading dock door was partially open. Inside were pallets stacked with Girl Scout cookies. Whittaker pulled his car up to the loading dock and began filling his car with cookie boxes, investigators say. He stuffed the boxes in his car until the backseat and the trunk were full.
Although the cookies were stacked by flavor on the pallets, Whittaker took a mix of flavors. Officers found loose packages of cookies in Whittaker’s car and on the loading dock table. In total, he took 23 cases of cookies, investigators say, removing them from the pallets and putting them on the loading dock floor or in his car.
Officers took Whittaker into custody and searched his vehicle. They found two stolen license plates, a pry bar and bolt cutters, a used meth pipe, and a small amount of heroin.
Twenty-five of the cookies boxes that were removed from the pallets and touched the floor were turned over to police by the property manager for the Girl Scouts, the complaint states. These cookies were delivered to the Salvation Army Day Center for their use.
Whittaker made his first court appearance on Monday morning. He was released on a long list of conditions, including that he remain law-abiding, submit to random testing and searches, and refrain from taking drugs or drinking alcohol.
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Man claims to discover shrimp tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
The husband of “Boy Meets World” actress Danielle Fishel Karp, who played Topanga in the 1990s sitcom, made a very unsavory discovery in his breakfast cereal Monday morning.
“Ummmm @CTCSquares – why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit),” wrote Jensen Karp, tagging Cinnamon Toast Crunch’s official Twitter account and posting an image of what appear to be sugar-coated shrimp tails in a now-viral tweet. In a follow-up message, Jensen looped in General Mills, the producer of the popular breakfast cereal.
“We’re sorry to see what you found! We would like to report this to our quality team and replace the box. Can you please send us a DM to collect more details? Thanks!” Cinnamon Toast Crunch wrote back, to which Jensen responded that he’s “not sure I’m ready for another box!”
Following “further investigation,” Cinnamon Toast Crunch informed Jensen that the image he posted showed not shrimp tails but “an accumulation of the cinnamon sugar that sometimes can occur when ingredients aren’t thoroughly blended. We assure you that there’s no possibility of cross contamination with shrimp.”
“’Accumulation of sugar particles,’” Danielle responded, “I am truly at a loss for words.” She also tweeted emojis of shrimp and heartbreak.
“She’s honestly mad,” Karp told The Post of Danielle’s current feeling regarding the situation. “She is really disappointed in General Mills’ statement and hoped to see more concern, rather than just tell me it was actually sugar, not shrimp tails (which is insane). People are allergic (I am luckily not) and their main focus should be finding out how it happened to help anyone who could also run into this.”
After further investigation himself, however, Jensen alleged that there really were “cinnamon coated shrimp tails” in his cereal, of which he said he had already eaten a bowl. Since then he apparently has covered the cereal box with Post-It notes, which warn, “DO NOT EAT.”
“Before I had the shrimp tail plop in the bowl – I had eaten a bowl. This is a bummer,” Karp told The Post.
“I wasn’t all that mad until you now tried to gaslight me?” he accused the brand.
He went on to say that when he further explored the cereal bag, he supposedly found string, as well as cereal squares containing black marks. Another bag in the family pack — which the couple reportedly purchased at a Woodland Hills, LA, Costco — appeared to be “taped up” and looked to contain dental floss.
“I am going to get the black stuff tested today,” Jensen wrote Tuesday morning for those following his inedible escapade. “Most importantly, nothing new from General Mills since they asked me to send them the shrimp tails that they had tried to convince me was sugar.”
In a statement to The Post, a representative for General Mills said the company is still looking into the incident.
“While we are still investigating this matter, we can say with confidence that this did not occur at our facility,” said spokesperson Mike Siemienas in a statement. “We are waiting for the consumer to send us the package to investigate further. Any consumers who notice their cereal box or bag has been tampered with, such as the clear tape that was found in this case, should contact us.”
In the most recent update to the saga Tuesday afternoon, Jensen shared an apparent direct message conversation with Cinnamon Toast Crunch in which the brand reportedly said they “reached out” by phone and left a voicemail and also wanted to “setup” a FedEx pick-up of the items. In his reply, he said he “won’t be giving you the stuff,” adding that their initial response “calling it sugar was super weird and the fact that you haven’t said anything to the contrary doesn’t allow me to trust you with it at all.”
Jensen went on to say the company was “being super sketchy and odd” and said they should email him “for any further correspondence.”
He also previously responded on Twitter to those who have accused him of faking the foreign object cereal items.
“Something regarding the stupid ‘Did he fake this’ take: there are black items COOKED ONTO the squares and tons of it at the bottom of the bag, in addition to shrimp tails and other SUGAR COATED junk. Also, it’s only ‘viral’ because of their insane response. I would’ve dropped it,” he wrote.
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Autopsy report: Bobby Brown’s son died from drugs, alcohol
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, died from the combined effects of alcohol, cocaine and the opioid fentanyl, an autopsy report released Monday said.
Brown Jr. was found dead in his Los Angeles home at age 28 on Nov. 18. At the time authorities said only that they believed no foul play was involved.
Brown Jr.’s girlfriend, who had last seen him alive that morning, found him unresponsive on his bedroom floor and called paramedics, who declared him dead, the report says.
He had a history of drug and alcohol use and his death was ruled an accident, the report says.
Brown Jr.’s mother was Kim Ward, with whom Brown had been in a long relationship.
The elder Brown sprang to fame with New Edition in the early 1980s, and was one of the biggest solo stars in music during the late 80s and 90s.
In 2012, Bobby Brown’s ex-wife, Whitney Houston, was found dead after drowning in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub. Coroner’s officials said heart disease and cocaine were contributing factors. She was 48.
In 2015, their daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was found face-down in a bathtub at her suburban Atlanta home. She was in a coma for six months before dying at age 22 of causes investigators couldn’t pinpoint. An autopsy showed that she had morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body.
Her ex-partner, Nick Gordon, was found liable for her death in a lawsuit, but was never criminally charged. Gordon died last year at age 30.
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