8-year-old girl strip-searched while visiting her dad in Virginia prison
An 8-year-old girl was strip-searched by Virginia corrections officials — after being told she wouldn’t be allowed to see her jailbird dad if she refused, according to a report.
The girl — who visited the Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn while accompanied by her father’s girlfriend — was told during the Nov. 24 visit that refusing the search could result in both of them being banned from the state prison, the Virginian-Pilot reports.
“I told her, that means you have to take all of your clothes off or you’re not going to be able to see your dad,” Diamond Peerman, the incarcerated man’s girlfriend, told the newspaper. “That’s when she started crying.”
A Department of Corrections K-9 trained to detect drugs and other contraband had earlier singled out Peerman, requiring that she be searched. Peerman then asked if the girl would also need to strip down, leading a captain to affirm that she would after guards initially said no, the newspaper reports.
Peerman said she informed the guards that she wasn’t the girl’s legal guardian, but was told to sign a consent form approving the search anyway.
State policy allows for such searches, but performing without a legal guardian’s consent violates department policy, a corrections spokeswoman said.
“It is deeply troubling and represents a breach in our protocol,” DOC spokeswoman Lisa Kinney told the newspaper in an email. “We sincerely apologize to this child and her family and will be taking immediate disciplinary action against the person responsible.”
The staffer who authorized the search “didn’t have the authority” to do so, Kinney said, adding that a search of a minor is extremely rare.
No contraband ultimately was found during searches of Peerman and the girl, as well as Peerman’s car. They were allowed to meet with the girl’s father just days before Thanksgiving, but had to settle for a no-contact visit through a pane of glass, the newspaper reports.
The girl — who suffers from bipolar disorder, depression and ADHD — has missed school due to the distressing incident. She’ll no longer make the trip to visit her dad, her mother said.
“Her and her dad have a good relationship … because she gets to go see him every weekend,” she told the newspaper. “But, at the same time, she went through something that traumatized her. I’m not sending her back there.”
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Long Island woman threatens to stab TGI Fridays worker over endless apps
Nothing was going to get between a Long Island woman and her “all-you-can-eat” doggie bag.
A Long Island woman threatened to stab a TGI Fridays employee who tried to stop her from heading home with an extra helping from their “all-you-can-eat” deal at the chain restaurant, police said.
The suspect, 32-year-old Skylar Williams, allegedly walked behind the bar of the restaurant on Sunrise Highway and tried to pack up food from the promotion at about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, police said.
An employee told her she wasn’t allowed to be behind the bar — and Williams allegedly flipped out, grabbing a bottle of liquor and swinging it at the man, authorities said.
Williams and a friend then tried to leave with the bottle of liquor, but the same employee tried to stop her, cops said.
She then produced a black knife and threatened to stab him with it, police said.
Cops responded shortly after and tracked Williams down to a nearby yard.
Williams, of Wyandanch, had several Oxycodone pills on her at the time of the arrest, cops said.
She was hit with robbery, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance charges.
A restaurant worker said Friday an “endless appetizers” deal is the only all-you-can-eat deal currently offered at the outpost.
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Texas Cop Reportedly Shoots Black Man In The Head As Questions Go Unanswered
The mother of a young Black man killed by police claims a detective said that her son was shot in the head even though he didn’t have a gun or pose a threat to the officer involved. Michael Dean was killed on Monday, according to Temple Daily Telegraph. But days later, there are still a handful of unanswered questions.
“If my son was in the wrong, so be it,” Christine Dean said on Wednesday. “But why is he dead? He didn’t deserve to be shot down. Nobody can give me answers. If he was in the wrong there would [be] a whole story out there, wouldn’t there?”
Temple Police shared only basic details about the incident and directed media questions to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The investigation was transferred to the Texas Rangers and the Bell County District Attorney’s Office. The officer, who has nine years of experience on the force, had not been identified as of Friday afternoon.
“At this time the investigation is still ongoing; any new information will be released when warranted as to not compromise the investigation.” DPS Sgt. Bryan Washko said.
Dean’s mother said a police detective initially told her that her son didn’t pull over right away and when he exited the car, he walked toward the officer, who then shot him.
“Things just don’t add up. He knows not to get out of a car when he’s pulled over. And people said they saw the police officer pull him (Michael) out of the car,” she said.
Christine Dean said the people who should be giving her answers, the Temple Police Department, are refraining to do so. “Temple has washed their hands of it. We’re told to contact the Texas Rangers,” she said.
The Temple Police Department didn’t release info that someone was killed in an officer-involved shooting until Tuesday afternoon. When questioned as to why this was omitted from the initial news release after Dean had already been declared dead, spokesman Chris Christoff said the incident occurred in public, “meaning that the vehicle had the potential of being easily recognizable. We wanted an opportunity to notify Dean’s family prior to releasing the information to the public.”
Christine Dean said the cops didn’t tell the family that Michael was dead until about 1:30 a.m., which was more than five hours after he was shot. He was pronounced dead at 8:26 p.m., shortly after he was shot at around 8:15 p.m.
Christoff’s excuse for the late family notification was “The area was subject to extensive investigative procedure to include stabilizing the scene; maintaining the flow of traffic; contacting and the arrival of all the necessary resources and off-duty personnel to include justice of the peace; contacting all of the investigators to the scene to include the Texas Rangers; and confirming the identity of the deceased and the identifies/contact inform for next of kin.”
His name was #MichaelDean. He was a father of three. He was loved. He was needed.
He was unarmed and shot in the head by @TempleTXPolice Monday night during a traffic stop.
The officer-involved shooting also wasn’t listed on LexisNexis Community Crime Map, which is what Temple Police Department uses to inform the public of incidents in the neighborhood.
Bell County Justice of the Peace Ted Duffield issued the order for an autopsy, and explained that the body was sent Tuesday morning to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences. Dean’s body has yet to be returned by press time Wednesday, Duffield said. Dean was shot in the head, according to Duffield.
Michael was adopted by his family at four years old along with his four siblings. “He’s not a criminal. He wasn’t out there committing crimes,” his mother said. “They’re making it seem like he was a bad person.”
“I feel like someone messed up. I really do,” Christine said. “I want to know why my son died on the concrete. I’ve never heard of anyone not giving information about their loved one. If he did something wrong and you had to do it, so be it — but tell me.”
Dean leaves behind three elementary-age children.
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Chipotle Has On-Call Nurses Who Check That Employees Who Call in Sick Are Not Just Hungover
At Chipotle, it’s not just the guac that’s extra. Some of their employee procedures are, too. Take, for example, the fact that they have a nurse check if employees are actually sick or just hungover when they call in sick to work.
Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol explained the procedure at a conference, according to Business Insider. “We have nurses on call, so that if you say, ‘Hey, I’ve been sick,’ you get the call into the nurse,” he said. “The nurse validates that it’s not a hangover—you’re really sick—and then we pay for the day off to get healthy again.”
Now this isn’t a way to just expose or embarrass employees, it’s actually done to make sure Chipotle restaurants have the cleanest and healthiest conditions possible. Back in 2017, there was a norovirus outbreak in Virginia that was linked to an unenforced sick policy at the Tex-Mex chain, CNBC reported. Managers were letting Chipotle employees work while they were sick which spread to customers.
The on-call nurses are meant to make sure that every employee is healthy enough to be working when they’re on the clock. Although, it’s a challenge to make sure restaurants remain safe and clean no matter how many preventative measures are taken.
“We’ve got cleaner that actually kills norovirus when you clean the tables in the dining room,” Niccol added, as per Business Insider. Hopefully, this will help ease anyone’s apprehension they may have had following the 2017 incident.
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Woman Upset She Received Ketchup Instead of Jelly Pulls Gun on McDonald’s Workers in Memphis
Authorities in Tennessee say an irate woman pointed a gun at fast food workers because they gave her ketchup instead of jelly.
Asia Vester, 20, was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon, news outlets are reporting.
According to a Memphis police affidavit, Vester was in the drive-thru line of a McDonald’s last week when she received her food and realized her request for jelly was either forgotten or unheeded. She instead received ketchup.
Words were exchanged with several employees. Vester was accused of pulling out a gun and pointing it at employees, the affidavit says.
Surveillance video led police to Vester.
Since Vester is under 21, it is illegal for her to possess a weapon. Vester is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. It’s unclear whether she has an attorney to speak for her.
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Police Seek Bay Area Mom Who Allegedly Hit Barber With Car During Argument About Son’s Haircut
Officials on Thursday were searching for a Bay Area woman accused of striking a barber with her vehicle during a confrontation about her son’s haircut.
The incident began when Ruby Delgadillo, 28, became involved in a dispute with the 63-year-old male victim at Delta Barber Shop in Antioch around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Antioch Police Department said.
The pair argued over the haircut the barber gave to Delgadillo’s son, according to witnesses and the victim, police said. The situation escalated when the mother allegedly entered her Toyota Prius and intentionally hit the barber, pushing him through the glass storefront.
“She literally tried to kill me,” the victim, Brian Martin, told KTLA sister station KRON in San Francisco. “I saw the look on her face as she hit the accelerator … one hand on the wheel and the other flipping me off.”
Delgadillo then drove away with her son, according to authorities.
Martin, an Antioch resident who’s been a barber for some 30 years, was left with a leg broken in two places, he told KRON. He said he’d had Delgadillo as a customer before and she’d been “very pleasant” in past.
In this instance, the conflict “just escalated and escalated,” Martin said. “I couldn’t calm her down.”
Investigators later identified the perpetrator as Delgadillo, a resident of Brentwood in the East Bay. She was driving a blue 2006 Toyota Prius with the California license plate 8LHB387.
Anyone with information can call police at 925-778-2441
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Florida Family Fights Back Against Porch Pirates With Dirty Diaper-Filled Packages
A family in Tampa, Florida, is teaching porch pirates a lesson they probably didn’t expect to get by leaving packages filled with dirty diapers outside their home.
It all started when the Saleep family say they noticed packages missing, including food and one of the baby’s gifts, Tampa Bay television station WFTS reported Wednesday.
“I wanted them to get a taste of their own medicine,” Sharly Saleep told the station.
So, the family took matters into their own hands.
First, they installed a surveillance camera to see if the packages were actually delivered.
“It was really disgusting, but I figured, you know, if they take it they deserve it,” said Jacky Saleep.
Then, they put out a decoy package to see if porch pirates were at work. But what they say they put inside the decoy package, probably wasn’t anything a package thief might expect to find — dirty diapers from Nora, their 9-month-old baby.
“It was kind of like a team effort, like he sealed it up, made it look less suspicious, made it look like something you’d want to take, and she provided the diapers,” said Jacky Saleep.
She said they filled the package with three-day-old dirty diapers and in about two hours, they believe someone took it. They found surveillance video showing someone run up to the front door, and quickly run away.
The family filed a report with Tampa police.
“Whoever these porch pirates were, they fell for it,” said Tampa Police Department Officer Sarah Michelson.
While the holiday season is typically expected to see an increase in package thefts, Michelson said they’re down across Tampa this year.
There were 25 package thefts in November 2018 compared to 10 in November 2019, according to police.
“Residents are a lot more aware of what’s going on, our officers are definitely out there and visible,” Michelson said.
The Saleeps told the station they’re more aware, too. Out of safety concerns, they’ve installed additional surveillance cameras.
But in a twist of events, they said they later discovered their original missing packages were delivered to the wrong address.
They plan to tell Nora about this when she’s older.
“Just tell her it’s not right to take other people’s things and just be careful, because it might not be what you’re expecting when you open it up,” said Jacky Saleep.
They may not be done teaching this lesson just yet, though.
“We’re gonna have an upgrade, like cat litter now,” Sharly Saleep said.
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Texas father dies in ‘freak accident’ while hanging up Christmas lights
TEXAS — A Texas father died after falling from a rooftop while stringing Christmas lights.
Felipe Gallegos, 39, operated a window cleaning business with his wife, Alisha Flick. During the holidays, he hangs Christmas lights for his clients, which is what he was doing on Saturday when he fell, according to CNN affiliate KTVT .
Flick told KTVT that her husband had years of experience and called the fall a “freak accident.” She didn’t see what happened when he fell. She heard a loud noise and, when she went outside, found him lying on the concrete.
Gallegos was rushed into emergency surgery, but he died from head trauma.
A friend of the family set up a GoFundMe page for the family , as Gallegos was the main provider for Alisha and their teenage son. The goal was set for $20,000 but in just a few days the page has raised more than $50,000 for the family.
On average, there are 200 decorating-related injuries each day during the holiday season, according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission . Most incidents are falls, the CPSC states.
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Police Officer Under Investigation After Footage Said to Show Him Groping Dead Woman
A Los Angeles police officer has been placed under investigation, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
Body camera footage was said to show him groping a deceased woman’s breasts, according to a person familiar with the case.
The unidentified male officer was not working while the case was under investigation, Josh Rubenstein, the department spokesman, said.
The officer had been assigned to the Central Division and was responding to an overdose call, he said. Rubenstein declined to provide specific information about the incident, including when it occurred, because it is part of a personnel investigation.
Supervisors throughout the jurisdiction conduct random reviews of video on a monthly basis, Rubenstein said.
All uniformed officers assigned to patrol the Los Angeles area have cameras, he said, and roughly 7,000 cameras are issued.
“If this allegation is true, then the behavior exhibited by this officer is not only wrong, but extremely disturbing, and does not align with the values we, as police officers, hold dear and these values include respect and reverence for the deceased,” the board of directors for the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the police officers’ union, said in a statement on Wednesday. “This behavior has no place in law enforcement.”
Police departments around the country have increasingly used body cameras after several high-profile shootings. In 2015, about 95% of large police departments started using body cameras or said they would use them in the future, a national survey said.
A 2017 study of more than 2,000 Washington, D.C. officers conducted over 18 months showed officers with body cameras used force and prompted civilian complaints at nearly the same rate as officers without the equipment.
A Baltimore police officer was suspended and charges against a man were dropped after a body-camera recording appeared to show an officer planting a bag of drugs at the scene of an arrest in January 2017. In that case, the camera retained recordings beginning 30 seconds before it was activated.
In November 2018, The New York Times published body-camera recordings of an arrest in Staten Island that raised questions regarding police behavior. In this case, lawyers for the defendant claimed the footage contained possible proof that an officer planted a marijuana cigarette. The officer and the Police Department denied any wrongdoing.
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Australian Woman Who Lied on Her Resume to Land $185,000-a-Year-Job Is Sentenced to Prison
A woman who lied on her resume and faked “glowing” references to land a high-paying job with an Australian regional government has been sentenced to at least a year in prison.
Veronica Hilda Theriault, 46, was convicted Tuesday of deception, dishonesty, and abuse of public office, relating to her 2017 application for the chief information officer role, which came with an annual salary of 270,000 Australian dollars (US$185,000).
Theriault worked in the position with South Australia’s Department of the Premier and Cabinet for over a month and earned about 33,000 Australian dollars ($22,500) before being fired.
She pleaded guilty to all charges and received a 25-month sentence with a non-parole period of a year.
The court heard that she submitted a fraudulent resume to the department with false information relating to her education and prior employment. After she was granted an interview, she also posed as a previous employer during a reference check, in which she “gave glowing feedback” about her own performance.
Tall tales
But the lies didn’t end there. In earlier submissions, the court heard that Theriault used a photo of supermodel Kate Upton as her LinkedIn profile photo, according to CNN affiliate 7 News.
And after starting the position in August, she was found to have hired her brother, despite him lacking the qualifications to perform the role.
Her case became suspicious to the department after her mental health deteriorated shortly after she started working in the position.
In his sentencing remarks, Judge Michael Boylan said he had taken Theriault’s mental health into account, but he added that the charges were “serious” and there was an element of planning in her deceitful conduct.
“You fraudulently obtained employment for which you were paid a large salary and in the course of which you may have had access to sensitive material,” he said.
Theriault’s defense counsel previously told the court that she was “deeply ashamed and embarrassed” by the revelation, and her crimes involved a “unique set of circumstances that were unlikely to be repeated,” according to 7 News.
The court was also told she had previously used resumes with false information to obtain employment at two companies in 2012 and 2014.
CNN has reached out to the Department of Premier and Cabinet for comment.
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