She Saved a School From Her Armed Son, but Now She Faces Charges
An Indiana woman who called the police in December and told them that her 14-year-old son had threatened to shoot up his former school will face criminal charges if prosecutors have their way.
Prosecutors in Wayne County filed an affidavit Friday recommending six felony charges against the woman, Mary York, 43, in the episode, which ended when her son killed himself at David W. Dennis Intermediate School in Richmond, Indiana.
The police did not release the boy’s name because of his age.
Prosecutors said in the affidavit that York prematurely removed her son from a mental health facility; took him off prescription medication because he had said it made him feel weird; and failed to tell the police when he fired a handgun inside their home in October 2018, according to The Richmond Palladium-Item.
On Dec. 13, York called the police around 8:15 a.m. and told the dispatcher that her son had taken her boyfriend hostage at gunpoint and was threatening to shoot up Dennis Intermediate School, according to the police. The school serves grades 5 through 8.
York’s son was no longer a student at the school, but he had been bullied there in the past, she told the Indianapolis station WISH-TV in April.
When the boy arrived at the school, he was armed with a rifle, a pistol, ammunition, two bottles filled with gasoline, rags for Molotov cocktails and a handwritten plan of action, Capt. David Bursten, an officer with the Indiana State Police, said at a news conference in April.
Police officers were at the school when the boy entered the building by shooting a glass door, Bursten said.
The boy shot at officers from a stairwell inside the school while Nichole Vandervort, the school’s principal, monitored the situation through video security footage. Vandervort provided updates to police officers of the boy’s movements, Bursten said.
The boy fired his rifle six times at the officers and used the seventh and last round to take his own life. The boy had no other injuries, Bursten said.
The captain said there would have been more lives lost that morning if York hadn’t made the “gut-wrenching decision” to call law enforcement.
York told the Indianapolis station WXIN on Monday that she did not see any warning signs and she couldn’t believe that her son would do something like this.
“I tried everything I could to stop him,” she said.
The recommended charges against York are one count of dangerous control of a child for his possession of a firearm and five counts of neglecting a dependent, which are all felonies. She also faces one misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness, according to prosecutors.
York did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. It is unclear whether she has a lawyer.
York told WISH-TV in April that the guns belonged to her then-boyfriend and were locked away in the house. She said her son was depressed and anxious because he was bullied at Dennis Intermediate School.
He had been admitted to a mental health facility several months before the shooting, but the facility said “nothing was wrong” when it released him to her, she added.
“They’re blaming me and my son, but they need to be blaming the school system and this medical facility that let me take him out,” York said.
Medical records indicate that the boy said he heard voices that commanded him to kill students who bullied him, but there were no documented incidents of the boy being bullied in school records outlined in the affidavit, The Richmond Palladium-Item reported.
After investigating the incident, Bursten said there was no reason to believe the boy was targeting a specific person, and the police found that bullying was not relevant to the investigation. The boy intended to “cause maximum damage and harm,” he added.
David Snow, the mayor of Richmond, said at the April news conference that the community should keep talking about mental health, encouraging those with mental illness to seek help.
“It is so important as a community that we remove the stigma of mental health,” he said, “and to make mental health resources both available and affordable.”
York described her son as a really caring boy who liked go-karts and swimming.
“I can’t ever see him again now,” York told WISH-TV. “I just feel like everything was not done right. I feel like there’s so many people that failed him.”
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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Panera employee fired after revealing cheesy secret
A Panera Bread employee spilled the chain’s not-so-secret trade secret about its signature mac and cheese on TikTok. But the viral fame might’ve cost her the job.
In a quick clip filmed from behind the counter, TikTok user @briannaraelenee dips a frozen pack of Panera’s white cheddar mac & cheese into hot water, pulls it out and empties the steaming bag into a bowl before she serves it.
It’s not exactly a surprising reveal–how else would the chain make its creamy, dreamy mac-and-cheese that always tastes the same across more than 2,100 locations?
The clip earned nearly 950,000 likes on the app. But in another video, the user tearfully shared that she’d been fired from her job.
CNN reached out to a Twitter account linked to the TikTok user and is waiting to hear back.
A Panera spokesperson told CNN the company doesn’t comment on personnel matters but assured that the meals are shipped frozen so they can leave out certain preservatives that don’t meet the company’s clean standards.
“Mac and cheese is made off-site with our proprietary recipe developed by our chefs and using our sourced ingredients that meet our standards for our clean menu offerings,” the spokesperson said.
The item is prepared daily as it’s ordered, the spokesperson said. It’s available on grocery store shelves, too, for diners to devour at home, though that version doesn’t come frozen
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94-year-old Florida man charged with premeditated murder after shooting, killing wife because she had dementia
VENICE, Fla. – A 94-year-old man is charged with first-degree premeditated murder after shooting and killing his wife because she’d had dementia, according to the Venice Police Department.
Wayne Juhlin shot and killed his 80-year-old wife in their home on Aston Gardens Dr. Monday night, according to police.
Juhlin told police that “he intended on turning the gun on himself and taking his own life after killing his wife, but the gun malfunctioned.”
After the gun prevented him from carrying out his suicide, Juhlin eventually called 911 to reported that his wife was dead.
Juhlin was arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder. He is currently at the Sarasota County Jail.
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‘I like killing people’: Suspected ‘spree killer’ arrested in Florida
WINTER PARK, Fla. – A man suspected of slashing three people to death — two in Florida and one in Tennessee — was arrested in Winter Park, Florida, after barricading himself in a house for six hours, shooting at sheriff’s deputies and fighting a K-9 officer that found him hiding under a pool table, authorities said Tuesday.
The standoff and arrest Monday capped a multi-state manhunt for Stanley “Woo Woo” Mossburg, 35, who boasted that he’d killed more people, Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference.
Judd said he based that partly on comments Mossburg allegedly made to the housemate of the man and woman slain in Winter Park.
“Suspect Mossburg told our live victim, ‘I want to be a serial killer. I like killing people,'” Judd said. “Mossburg said the two victims in Winter Haven were number seven and eight, but his goal was to kill 11.”
Judd said investigators don’t have any evidence to support Mossburg’s claims. Only three deaths are linked to Mossburg, but investigators are intensely questioning him. Nobody has offered a motive for the violence.
“Stanley, without a doubt, is a spree killer,” Judd said. “We hope and pray there are no other victims; that he’s just bragging. We know that he killed three over two states and certainly he has the proclivity to kill others.”
Sheriff delivers a timeline
Mossburg is from Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he is well known to authorities, Judd said. He has more than 30 nonviolent, low- level charges in his background, a sheriff’s office news release said.
Authorities across the South started looking for him after a killing in Greeneville, Tennessee, about 70 miles from Knoxville.
Christopher Scott Short’s body was found October 2 outside Celebrity Coin Laundry, according to a news release from the Greeneville police department posted on Facebook. Mossburg was identified as the suspect and charged with murder, robbery and kidnapping.
The news release didn’t provide details about how Short died. Judd said he was slashed.
Mossburg stole Short’s truck and drove to Spartanburg, where his sister bought him a bus ticket to Orlando, Judd said. Short’s truck was found at a scrapyard in Spartanburg and Mossburg apparently stole another truck in Seffner, Florida, Judd said.
On October 11, Polk County authorities received information that Mossburg was pawning items in the area and started looking for him, Judd said. On Sunday, October 13, home security video captured Mossburg ringing a doorbell at a Winter Haven home on 16th Street, but the homeowner ordered him off the property, Judd said.
The manhunt for Mossburg intensified about 6 p.m. Monday.
That’s when a man called 911 to report someone had killed his two housemates and held him captive for about 14 hours inside the home the three shared, the news release said. The home was next to the house where Mossburg rang the doorbell.
‘He slashed and murdered both of these victims’
The caller said he came home from work around 10:30 p.m. Sunday to find Mossburg had killed his male housemate, leaving his body in the master bedroom, and tied his female housemate to a chair, but had not killed her yet, Judd said. Mossburg tied up the man, Judd said, and during the night killed the female housemate, Judd said.
“He slashed and murdered both of these victims,” Judd said.
Mossburg untied the third housemate because he’d cooperated, Judd said. Between noon and 1 p.m. Monday, Mossburg left the house in the female victim’s SUV, saying he’d return to “deal with the bodies,” and warned the man not to call police, Judd said.
At 6 p.m. the man ran to a neighbor’s and called 911, Judd said. Police warned residents to stay inside and beware an armed and dangerous suspect.
Police searching the neighborhood found the still-warm SUV nearby around 9 p.m. Shots were fired at officers from a house, SWAT teams arrived and a standoff of more than six hours began.
“From approximately 10:30 p.m. on Monday until 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday, the SWAT team members summoned Mossburg via a PA system, and inserted chemical agent into the house in an effort to get him to surrender,” the news release said.
“Not only did he refuse to surrender, he continued to shoot at the deputies. At 5:10 a.m., the SWAT mobile armored vehicle made entry into the garage, and deputies located Mossburg hiding under a pool table. A (Polk County Sheriff’s Office) K-9 apprehended Mossburg as he continued to refuse to surrender and fought with the dog.”
Deputies went inside the house and took Mossburg into custody. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for dog bites and booked into the Polk County Jail, the news release said. No deputies were reported being injured. The names of the Winter Haven victims have not been released.
The suspect’s first appearance in court is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday
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Amazon delivery driver caught on camera urinating on IL residential street
ALTON, Ill. (KMOV.com) – Alton residents say loud music coming from an Amazon delivery truck alerted them to see something they wish they didn’t.
“I looked out the window and the Amazon delivery guy had parked here and was doing his thing over there,” said Marcus Wahl.
Residents told News 4 the delivery driver was urinating at the end of a residential street.
“I did what any millennial would do and pulled out my phone,” said Wahl.
The driver isn’t the first one who got caught using the street as a restroom. There are videos of Amazon delivery drivers across the county being caught in the act of urinating in public.
In recent months, there’s been frustration from residents about the lack of professionalism from some drivers.
News 4 reached out to Amazon, who sent a statement saying:
“This behavior is unacceptable and does not reflect the high standards we have for delivery service partners. This individual is no longer delivering Amazon packages and we’ve reached out to the customer to apologize for the experience.”
Amazon said when these issues are presented to them, they investigate and take disciplinary action if appropriate.
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Mom arrested after deputies say she let child drive with two other children in backseat
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WALA) — A child sitting behind the wheel during a traffic stop resulted in an arrest for the child’s mother, who was in the passenger seat, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
This happened early Sunday in Florida, when a Santa Rosa County deputy observed a traffic violation. The driver was traveling westbound on Highway 98 in Gulf Breeze when the deputy observed the vehicle swerving, the Sheriff’s Office reports. The deputy conducted a traffic stop and discovered the driver was not only unlicensed but also underage — approximately 12 years old.
The adult parent was in the passenger seat, and there were two other juveniles seated in the back of the vehicle, according to a SRCSO news release.
After an investigation into the incident, the adult passenger responsible for the juveniles was arrested. The news release identifies her as Francisca Darla Saria.
She was arrested and charged with the following:
• Permitting an Unauthorized Minor to Drive (Felony)
• Child Neglect
• Expired Registration
• No Proof of Insurance
Bond was set at $23,000, according to the news release.
Jail records show 43-year-old Saria, of Milton, was released on bond Sunday.
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Five gang members sentenced for chasing a 15-year-old, killing him with a machete
NEW YORK – The five gang members who slashed a New York teen to death with a machete and knives last year after mistaking him for a rival have been sentenced to decades in prison.
Video surveillance showed the men dragging Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz out of a Bronx bodega on his back and stabbing him with long knives and a machete. The teen wanted to be a police officer, and was a member of a New York Police Department youth outreach program.
The men — Jonaiki Martinez Estrella, Antonio Rodriguez Hernandez Santiago, Manuel Rivera, Jose Muniz and Elvin Garcia — were found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges in June this year. Their sentences Friday ranged from 23 years to life in prison
“My son was a good kid, he only was 15 years old, he was doing the best in the school at the time when the tragedy happened,” said Leandra Feliz, the victim’s mother.
On the night of the attack, the gang members were in four cars when they saw Guzman-Feliz, according to prosecutors. He had left his home and had just given money to a woman he knew in the neighborhood when they approached him, prosecutors said.
They got out of their cars and confronted the teen, who then fled to a bodega four blocks away. The gang members followed him into the store and dragged him outside, where he was assaulted on the street.
Guzman-Feliz was stabbed and slashed with knives and a machete in the neck and body. After the attack, he ran to a nearby hospital, but collapsed at the entrance and died a short time later.
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Woman’s cough sparks violent fight in Texas convenience store
HOUSTON, Tx. (KTRK/CNN) – It’s hard to believe but police say an attack at a convenience store all started over a cough.
Surveillance video caught two people shoving and kicking the woman at the store in Northeast Houston.
A 24-year-old woman named Ashley was sitting down next to a man and woman to hit the slots. She coughed and another woman yelled at her for doing so.
The victim asked the manager if he could ask the couple to leave.
That’s when the woman attacked, grabbed the victim’s hair and yanking her down to the ground.
She continues to punch and kick her, then grabs her purse, cash and cell phone.
All of this took place in front of a child who was being held by an adult at the slot machine.
The suspects got away in a dark-colored SUV and police are asking for assistance in finding them.
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Girl loses both legs after doctors mistake meningitis for ‘tummy bug’
A 7-year-old girl in England lost both of her feet to meningitis after doctors mistakenly sent her home saying she only had a “tummy bug,” according to a report Sunday.
“The damage was done within just a few hours,” the girl’s mother, Aimee Partridge, told The Sun, “Doctors then confirmed our worst fears.”
Little Brogan Partridge was vacationing with her parents in Cornwall in 2016 when she began vomiting after a day at the beach, according to the paper.
Her parents took her to an emergency room, where doctors misdiagnosed the deadly infection, she told the outlet.
“She did not seem herself. She’d had a sleepless night and was vomiting,” said Aimee Partridge, 28, of Birmingham. “They sent us home, saying she only had a tummy bug.”
But she later developed a bruise-like rash on her legs, and her parents rushed her back to the hospital.
Doctors then found high levels of bacteria in her blood, which eventually caused her so much pain she was forced to have her feet amputated.
“We were devastated when Brogan had to have her left foot amputated due to the septicaemia,” she said. “We were later told told she will need to have her right foot amputated too.”
Brogan is now 11 and uses prosthetic feet.
“She is determined to get her full independence back,” her mom said.
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Newborn survives after being buried alive in shallow grave
A newborn girl miraculously survived being buried alive in a shallow grave in India in a suspected case of female infanticide.
The baby girl was placed inside a traditional earthen pot and buried about 3 feet below ground — and found when another villager dug down to bury his stillborn daughter, according to the Independent.
“At one point I thought that my daughter had come alive. But the voice was actually coming from inside the pot,” Hitesh Kumar said of his shocking discovery in the burial area in Bareilly on Thursday, according to the Independent, citing local reports.
A Bareilly police officer, who didn’t want to be identified, said the baby looked to be about 5 days old.
“They immediately called the cemetery guard, who said that he saw the parents there earlier,” he said. “It seems to be a case of female infanticide.”
The newborn, weighing just 2.4 pounds and found wrapped in a cloth and crying, was raced to the Special Newborn Care unit of the Maharana Pratap District Hospital.
Doctors believe she may have been there a short time and survived because her tiny size meant she needed little oxygen, according to the report.
“We are trying to find the parents of the baby and we suspect that this must have happened with their consent,” police chief Abhinandan Singh told reporters.
India has seen a decreasing number of girls, according to a government survey released in July, suggesting that illegal abortions of female fetuses continue despite a ban and government efforts to save girls. Girls are considered an expensive burden for families who have to pay dowries when they marry.
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