Florida deputy pulls over speeding car, ends up delivering baby girl
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WFTS/Meredith) — One Florida deputy made a very special delivery early Tuesday morning.
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office reports Dep. Robert Pounds spotted a car going 63 mph in a 45 mph zone on Airport-Pulling Road in Naples around 4:30 a.m.
The deputy then pulled over the car.
Law enforcement officers say no traffic stop is ever “routine,” as Deputy Pounds quickly found out. As he approached the car, he discovered the female passenger was in labor and just moments away from giving birth.
The Sheriff’s Office says the deputy called for paramedics and backup. He then grabbed a blanket and delivered a baby girl, making sure the infant was breathing and her mother was okay.
Paramedics cut the umbilical cord and checked out both mom and baby before transporting them to a nearby hospital.
Before the happy dad left the scene, he took a picture with the deputy.
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Florida boy dies protecting little sister from burglar
A heroic 15-year-old Florida boy died saving his little sister from a home intruder, authorities say.
Tragic teen Khyler Edman was home with his 5-year-old sibling in Port Charlotte on Thursday afternoon when a druggie ex-con burglarized them, police said, according to Newsweek.
When police arrived, they found 27-year-old suspect Ryan Cole nearby with stab wounds on his hands and side — and the boy dead inside.
“A violent encounter ensued where we believe that the teenager was trying to protect the home and protect their younger sibling,” Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell said.
Khyler’s grieving family called the teen — an honors student and high school sophomore — “his sister’s keeper.
“There is no hero that can amount to Khyler,’’ family rep Crystal Stone said, according to WINK-TV.
Stone set up a GoFundMe to help the family with funeral and other expenses. Its goal was set at $25,000; by Tuesday morning, it had reached $32,373.
“This is not going to only give Khyler the burial he deserves this will allow Kyhler’s mom and 5 year old sister be able to get into another house so they aren’t faced with having to relive the traumatic experience over again,” Stone wrote.
“Khyler was a hero protecting his sister but please continue to keep her in your prayers as she witnessed this.”
via: https://nypost.com/2019/10/01/florida-boy-dies-protecting-little-sister-from-burglar-cops/
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14th vaping-related death in US reported in Nebraska
NEBRASKA — Nebraska health officials on Monday announced the state’s first death due to severe lung disease linked to vaping, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed deaths to 14.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said the death occurred in May — before the outbreak was officially recognized this summer.
Before then, “vaping-associated lung injuries were unreported and not tracked by public health agencies,” state epidemiologist Dr. Tom Safranek said in a statement. “Once the problem was recognized, states quickly ramped up surveillance and found current cases, but have also discovered cases that occurred before the August outbreak.”
The decedent, who was over age 65, was lived in Douglas County, Nebraska.
Thirteen other deaths have been identified as part of the multi-state outbreak of lung injury associated with vaping: two in California, two in Kansas, two in Oregon, and one each in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that the agency is aware of 805 confirmed and probable cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use in 46 states and the US Virgin Islands.
A specific cause of the nationwide outbreak of lung injuries remains unknown, but health officials are zeroing in on potential clues.
One of those clues, according to the CDC: Most patients have reported a history of using e-cigarette products containing THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance in cannabis. However, some have reported using only nicotine products.
“The outbreak currently is pointing to a greater concern around THC-containing products,” CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat told reporters on Friday. “However, we do not know whether the only risky substance for lung injury is the THC-containing products.”
via: https://pix11.com/2019/10/01/14th-vaping-related-death-in-us-reported-in-nebraska/
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Man sucker punches 71-year-old Brooklyn grandmother, breaking her jaw
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, Brooklyn — A man is wanted for sucker punching a 71-year-old woman in Brooklyn in September, police said.
Joan Baptiste was walking home around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 when an unidentified man suddenly punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground, according to authorities.
Baptiste, who’s lived in Brooklyn for 26 years, told PIX11 she was walking home from her job as a day care worker when she was attacked.
The grandmother of eleven said she doesn’t remember anything from the incident and that she initially thought she fell. A worker from a deli nearby came to help her, she added.
Her attacker fled in an unknown direction, police said.
Baptiste was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in serious but stable condition, where she was treated for a broken jaw and lacerations to the mouth, requiring stitches, the NYPD said.
She said she had surgery last Friday and couldn’t eat solid food for two weeks.
Baptiste said she doesn’t know if she’ll ever go back to work.
via: https://pix11.com/2019/09/30/man-sought-for-punching-71-year-old-woman-police/
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Man holds 15-year-old boy captive as sex slave in Bronx apartment
THE BRONX — A Bronx man was arrested after he allegedly held a 15-year-old boy in his apartment to perform sex acts, law enforcement sources told PIX11 Tuesday.
Michael Barreto, 31, was taken into custody after a federal warrant was executed Tuesday morning, according to two sources familiar with the case.
A police spokesperson said the teen’s family reported him missing.
A search warrant was executed on Barreto’s apartment, where the teen was found, the spokesperson said.
Explicit videos and pictures of the teen were also found on Barreto’s phone and computer, according to the sources.
Neighbors told PIX11’s Jay Dow they were in fear of Barreto. One neighbor said he showed her children “dirty stuff.”
Barreto was previously arrested on Sept. 8 for luring a child to commit a sex act, and on March 7, 2016 for acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 and lewdness, the police spokesperson said.
Police are looking for other potential victims, according to the sources.
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Italian chef busted for drugs says he was ‘researching new flavors’
He was just trying to weed out bad flavors.
A well-known Sicilian chef was found with the wrong type of pot alongside his pans — but insisted he was just “researching new flavors” for his contemporary cuisine, according to reports.
Carmelo Chiaramonte was busted with a pair of 6-foot marijuana plants and just over a pound of Indian hemp plant heads during a raid on his home near Catania in eastern Sicily, according to AFP, citing local media.
Officers also found cannabis-infused wine, coffee, olives — and even tuna, according to the reports.
He was arrested on suspicion of drug dealing and released pending trial, the BBC reported, citing local media
The 50-year-old chef denied dealing drugs — telling police he turned to the Devil’s Lettuce for fresh ideas, because he is a pioneering “agro-food consultant for third-millennium cuisine,” according to the BBC.
Chiaramonte found fame through TV food shows in Italy and once told a newspaper reporter that “a cook is a drug addict and an alchemist,” according to the reports.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/09/29/italian-chef-busted-for-drugs-says-he-was-researching-new-flavors/
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101-year-old widow died after legs broken by aide pulling her from bed
A 101-year-old woman died after her home-health aide broke both her legs while trying to get her out of bed, a new report says.
Emily Sims passed away after her home-caregiver, Beryl Allen, forcefully swung her legs out of bed by the ankles, leading to the victim’s fatal injuries, the Mail Online said.
An investigation launched in Cornwall, England, where Sims lived, ruled that the elderly widow’s death was the direct result of her mishandling by Allen, who has since died of natural causes.
Before her death, Sims told her niece on video that Allen forcibly grabbed her by her ankles and swung them to the floor, toppling the 101-year-old to the ground, breaking both her thigh bones. The bilateral spiral fractures in her femurs led to a perforated duodenal ulcer, causing her death, authorities said.
Sims also spoke to police before her death in November 2017, saying her injuries were Allen’s fault.
“She’s too rough with me, she pulls me around,” Sims said. “She ought not be a carer – she’s too heavy-handed.”
Allen refused to cooperate with police at the time, according to the Mail.
Medical experts who testified during the probe said Sims’ injuries were supported by her version of events.
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Arizona man killed son by pouring hot water down his throat to exorcise demon
An Arizona man murdered his son while trying to exorcise a demon from him — pouring boiling hot water down the boy’s throat and drowning him, according to local media reports.
Pablo Martinez told investigators he saw something evil inside his son, 6, while giving him a bath on Thursday — admitting to holding the boy under a faucet of hot water to cast the demon out, according to NBC affiliate News 4 Tucson.
Police were first called to the home on the Pascua Yaqui Native American reservation to a report of a burned child when the man’s wife called 911.
According to court documents, the boy’s adopted mother heard “a gurgling sound coming from the bathroom” and found her husband holding the boy under the faucet in the bathtub.
When she told him to stop, Martinez told her he “had to do it,” according to court papers reviewed by News 4 Tuscon.
Martinez, 31, also admitted to holding his son under water for five to 10 minutes. Officers are charging him with first-degree murder.
Police found the child in his bed, completely naked and not breathing.
The boy had burns to 15% of his body, including on his forearms, elbows and head, and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Toddler Dies After Being Left in Car With Heater on for 5 Hours While Mother Allegedly Drank With Friend in West Carson
Authorities are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was left in a car with the heater on and windows rolled up for more than five hours while her mother drank with a friend nearby, records show.
June Love Agosto died at a hospital on Sept. 23 after she was found unconscious inside her mother’s vehicle, which was parked in the 22400 block of South Vermont Avenue in the unincorporated county area of West Carson during the early-morning hours, according to a report issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The Coroner’s report spelled the child’s last name as Augosto but family members corrected the spelling.
An autopsy was performed, but her cause of death was yet to be determined pending the results of further forensic tests.
After first telling officials she left the child alone for only a few minutes while she knocked on a babysitter’s door, she ultimately admitted that was not the case, according to the coroner’s report.
The girl’s mother told investigators she left the child in the car, alone, about 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 21, then got into another vehicle nearby to drink alcohol with a friend, according to the coroner’s report. The woman said she turned on the car’s heater and placed a blanket on her daughters lap so she wouldn’t get cold.
The woman reported that she fell asleep and awoke about 5 a.m., the report stated. She checked on the toddler and found she was unresponsive in her car seat.
“Vomit was present on her shirt and the car seat. Skin was coming off the decedent’s back,” the report said. “(The mother) places her on the grass and sprayed her with the water hose in an attempt to cool her down. The decedent was taken into the house and a call was placed to 911.”
Paramedics took the girl to a hospital, but she could not be saved, officials said. Paramedics noted apparent burns to the girls face, chest and arms, as well as cloudiness in her eyes, the report stated. “Her temperature upon arrival was 107.5 degrees.”
Investigators learned the mother had a history of drug abuse and lost custody of an older child six years ago due to neglect. The child was taken during a drug bust in which the mother and a man were arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine for sales , operating a drug factory and risk of injury to a minor in Connecticut, the Norwich Bulletin reported.
The mother had not been arrested Sunday, according to Los Angeles County booking records.
A fund has been established online to help the family with funeral expenses.
KTLA’s Alexandria Hernandez contributed to this report.
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Preacher stops to check his phone while speaking in tongues
As a kid, my religious parents sometimes took us to huge events put on by a Catholic charismatic movement called Southern California Renewal Communities (SCRC). During the services held in large stadiums in Los Angeles attended by thousands of people, there were moments when the entire crowd would start speaking in tongues. I remember chills running up and down my body as the huge chorus of voices would harmonize in a massive, yet whispered Middle Eastern-ish cadence.
Today, I think people who speak in tongues are either deluded or con artists, but that doesn’t change the beautiful image of that memory — which makes me feel bad for the kids who have to sit through a service put on by Preacher Perry Stone.
The Friendly Atheist shared a video of Stone leading a service at Omega Center International in Tennessee this Thursday, and it shows what it’s like when people just phone it in while they’re supposedly being anointed by the Holy Spirit.
As Stone prays and rattles off gibberish, he repeatedly checks his phone. At one point, he’s seemingly distracted by the phone so much that his prayers melt into a prolonged moan.
Even giving him the benefit of the doubt (Maybe he’s reading something related to the service?), he’s not even trying to be convincing. He should take a lesson from Pastor Hank Kunneman.
“Batima elexcito porevashishne. Look, paracite, romondo saprika ellecito alamondose arrikelegenye. Watche, mose, bruschno, krande, biya! Se lushne romolo angreya eniste.”
via: https://deadstate.org/preacher-stops-to-check-his-phone-while-speaking-in-tongues/
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