Father purposely dropped ‘difficult’ infant son on head, killing him, wife still supports him
A Minnesota father intentionally dropped his 5-month-old son on his head for “being difficult” as he tried to get him to fall asleep, prosecutors said.
Matthew Hoisser, 35, of Woodbury, was charged with second-degree murder on Friday in the death of his infant son, Gus, who died five days after the incident on April 24, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
Hoisser told police his son was “crying and fussy and was being difficult” before he dropped the boy head-first on the floor, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the newspaper.
The following morning, the boy was “noticeably whining and whimpering” while refusing to drink a bottle. His mother then dropped the infant off at the home of a babysitter, who later found him unresponsive after being put down for a nap.
The boy, whose skull was fractured in the fall, was rushed to a hospital in St. Paul and later died at a hospital in Minneapolis. His cause of death was blunt force trauma, the newspaper reports.
The boy’s head injury was so debilitating that it would have left him blind, deaf and unable to move, according to the criminal complaint.
A medical examiner also found evidence of a second head injury that the boy suffered a week or two earlier, according to the complaint.
The baby boy, Gus Christian Hoisser, died on April 30, according to his obituary, which described him as a “source of joy” for his parents and all who knew him.
“He loved riding on his daddy’s shoulder and hearing his mommy sing, especially Rainbow Connection, and will always remain their precious Snuggamonkey,” his obituary read.
Hoisser, who told a judge he has worked at a beer distributor for the past six years, made his initial court appearance on Friday. A judge set his bail at $350,000 and ordered him to stay away from his wife, Nicole, who is 10 weeks pregnant, the Pioneer Press reported.
But Hoisser’s attorney insisted that the no-contact order be reviewed during a hearing set for Monday afternoon.
“I don’t think it’s necessary,” attorney John Leunig said. “His wife is totally supportive of him.”
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2 Teens Accused of Stealing AR-15 From School Resource Officer’s Safe in Tennessee
News outlets report two former students are accused of breaking into their Tennessee high school and stealing an assault weapon and bulletproof vests from the resource officer’s gun safe.
Clay and Macon County authorities say Lee Clark and Adam Cisneros were spotted on video inside Red Boiling Springs School last week. Deputies say the items were found buried behind Clark’s home.
WTVF reports Macon schools director Tony Boles says a sheriff’s department policy allows officers to bring personal guns to campus along with their service weapons.
Groups advocating against gun violence are questioning how the kids got into the safe.
Beth Joslin Roth of the Safe Tennessee Project said she also wonders why an officer would have an AR-15 at school, given how imprecisely they are designed to fire.
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Minnesota Man Gets 3 Years in Prison After Throwing Meth-Fueled ‘Death Party’ for His Wife
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he said he threw a “death party” for his wife and gave her methamphetamine that killed her.
Fifty-nine-year-old Duane Johnson of Searles was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in June to criminal neglect. Sixty-nine-year-old Debra Johnson was found dead in their home in January after her husband removed her from a nursing home.
The Mankato Free Press reports Judge Robert Docherty approved the sentence that was proposed in the plea deal. Johnson was given credit for 201 days already served in jail.
Johnson maintained that his wife wanted to die. An autopsy showed she died of methamphetamine toxicity.
A third-degree murder charge was dismissed as part of the plea deal.
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‘We got high, girl!’ Wrong-number text busted by police officer
WINFIELD, Mo. — Someone sent a text message to the wrong number, and the exchange – posted by the Winfield, Missouri Police department – is going viral.
The initial message said, “Hey, would you like to go to the game tonight it won’t you free hot dog & soda.”
“I would love to go to the game tonight! Sadly I think you have the wrong number,” a person wrote in the reply.
The person who sent the initial message insisted that they knew each other writing, “We got high together girl! Get dressed & I will pick you up in the truck remember.”
That’s when the person receiving the message revealed that he is a police officer. He simply sent a selfie with his badge with a message saying, “Pretty sure we didn’t get high together.”
Fans are loving the exchange posted to the Winfield Police Department’s Facebook page. The department posted the texts with the caption, “We were invited to go to a baseball game tonight!!!! Unfortunately, we don’t think they are gonna come pick us up.”
Police did ask for a response from the texter. They report that “We asked if she still wanted to pick us up and she didn’t respond.”
One fan asked wrote, “I want to marry this officer.”
The Winfield Police Department responded, “Sorry, he’s engaged.”
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A man’s false teeth got stuck in his throat during a surgery. It was eight days before anyone noticed.
A 72-year-old’s false teeth got stuck in his throat during surgery and weren’t discovered for eight days, doctors have said.
The man was having surgery to remove a harmless lump in his abdominal wall, but the operating team neglected to take out his dentures before the operation.
He returned to the hospital six days later complaining of blood in his mouth and difficulties breathing and swallowing, which had prevented him from eating solid food.
Ultimately, more surgery was needed to resolve the problem, which was revealed in a case report published by the British Medical Journal on Monday. Lead author Harriet Cunniffe, from James Paget Hospital in eastern England, is calling for surgeons to ensure dentures are removed from patients before an operation.
During the patient’s first return to the emergency room, doctors were unable to diagnose the problem and the unnamed man was sent home with a prescription for mouthwash, antibiotics and steroids.
But he returned two days later with worsening symptoms and was admitted to the hospital with suspected aspiration pneumonia — a severe chest infection.
Eventually a diagnostic procedure identified a semicircular object lying across his vocal cords, which had caused internal blistering and swelling.
The man, who said he had lost his dentures during his initial visit to hospital, was subsequently rushed into surgery to remove the false teeth. He remained in the hospital for another six days.
He returned suffering complications on multiple occasions over the following month, before eventually healing.
The authors of the study wrote: “There are no set national guidelines on how dentures should be managed during anaesthesia, but it is known that leaving dentures in during bag-mask ventilation allows for a better seal during induction (when the anaesthetic is being infused), and therefore many hospitals allow dentures to be removed immediately before intubation (when a tube is inserted into the airway to assist breathing).”
“In addition to reminding us of the risks of leaving dentures in during induction of anaesthesia when the Swiss cheese model of errors aligns, this case also highlights a number of important learning points,” they added.
“The first is to always listen to your patient. It has long been known that one gets the majority of the information needed to form a diagnosis based on the patients’ history.”
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Man charged with Facebook threat to Puerto Rican festival
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A 53-year-old Connecticut man faces a breach of peace charge after police say he posted a threatening comment on Facebook in advance of New Haven’s Puerto Rican festival.
Jeffrey Hanson, of Orange, is scheduled to appear in Superior Court on Monday.
The threat was made Wednesday in response to a television station’s Facebook post about the festival. The comment, made under the screen name “Jake Wilson,” said the festival was an example of why “we need 30 round magazines.”
The event was held without incident Saturday on the New Haven green, just after Hanson’s arrest was announced.
The FBI says it is continuing to investigate the incident and more charges are possible.
A call seeking comment from Hanson Monday morning went unanswered and later rang to a fax machine.
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Kentucky Man Cracked 8-Year-Old’s Head with shovel, Raped Her
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky man ruled mentally incompetent in a sexual assault has now raped and robbed an 8-year-old girl whose skull he fractured with a shovel.
News outlets report 29-year-old Cane L. Madden was arrested Saturday on charges of first-degree rape, assault and robbery. A judge declined a request to dismiss the charges Monday and entered a not guilty plea for him.
A Louisville police arrest citation says officers responded Friday to a report of a girl beaten and robbed of her iPad, finding her with a fractured skull and injuries indicating sexual assault.
It says Madden was seen nearby and questioned, telling detectives “intimate details” of the assault.
Madden was ruled mentally incompetent in February by a judge who dismissed charges the man sexually assaulted a woman and bit off part of her face in 2017.
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Michigan police officer placed on leave following KKK paraphernalia discovered at his home
(CNN) — A Michigan police officer has been placed on administrative leave after potential home buyers said they discovered Confederate flags and Ku Klux Klan paraphernalia while touring his home.
Robert and Reyna Mathis were with their real estate agent on Wednesday when they went to see the five-bedroom house that belongs to Muskegon Officer Charles Anderson. Upon entrance to the home, the couple saw the flags on the walls, in the dining room and in the garage.
But what the Mathises discovered in one of the bedrooms was even more shocking, they said.
“There’s a plaque on the wall. So, I walk over to the wall and I read the plaque and it said ‘KKK application.’ So, I was like, ‘I’m done,'” Robert Mathis told CNN affiliate WOOD.
The couple alerted their agent and ended the walk-through after seeing the application, which was in a wooden frame and did not appear to be filled out. Robert Mathis then took to Facebookto detail the experience he had with his wife.
“I feel sick to my stomach knowing that I walk to the home of one of the most racist people in Muskegon hiding behind his uniform and possibly harassing people of color and different nationalities,” wrote Mathis on Facebook.
Anderson wasn’t home when CNN reached out and his wife, Racheal, refused to comment, saying it was because the situation is currently under investigation. City officials on Thursday confirmed the investigation.
Racheal Anderson was asked by WOOD whether her husband was a member of the KKK.
“No, he’s not, no, no,” she said, chuckling. She added: “He can’t say anything right now, I wish we could because it would probably set a lot of things straight.”
CNN was unable to reach the Mathises on Friday.
Following an outpouring of support on Mr. Mathis’ post, the city of Muskegon responded with a Facebook post reassuring residents that “The officer was immediately placed on administrative leave, pending a thorough investigation.”
“The issue was only brought to our attention yesterday morning,” City Manager Frank Peterson told CNN. “Unfortunately, we have limited information at this time, so will be avoiding further comments until our investigation is complete.”
The Muskegon Police Officer’s Labor Council told CNN that the group does not comment on ongoing investigations as per their policy.
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Man gets 6 months behind bars for urinating on drunk friend, leaving him to die
An upstate man who urinated on his intoxicated friend — and then left him to die on his grandmother’s front lawn — was sentenced to six months behind bars, according to a new report.
Samuel Heroux, 22, of Cohoes, copped a plea deal with the local district attorney’s office in connection with the 2017 death of 19-year-old Liam McGlinchey — and will serve his sentence in the Saratoga County Jail, the Albany Times-Union reported.
Before handing down his sentence Thursday, Saratoga County Court Judge James Murphy III slammed Heroux for selfishly leaving McGlinchey to die.
“Dumping Liam and urinating on him and filming the urination, seeing foam from dying Liam’s mouth — instead of doing something, you leave,” Murphy told Heroux in court. “A 911 call, a knock on the door, a drop at the hospital, a call for help would have saved his life.”
“The failure to act and care about anyone but yourself, the apathy and disregard for another person’s life is your pattern of behavior,” the judge added.
Heroux’s co-defendant, Isaiah DePiazza, 19, who initially agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, has already been sentenced to one to three years in state prison, according to the report.
Heroux allegedly captured the lewd act on video after he and DePiazza allegedly left McGlinchey on his 91-year-old grandmother’s Clifton Park lawn as their boozy night came to a close.
Both men previously pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, according to the report.
DePiazza initially was expected to be sentenced to probation, but Murphy sentenced him to prison after determining that he violated the terms of his pretrial release agreement, the paper reported.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of four years in state prison, but Heroux will spend his six-month sentence in the local jail, followed by five years of supervision after his release, according to the report.
Before the judge issued his sentence, the court viewed a recorded message by Charlotte McGlinchey, Liam’s sister, who slammed Heroux for his “vile, despicable, thoughtless and heartless actions.”
She said the incident sent shock waves through her family because Heroux and DePiazza dumped her brother “as if he were garbage.”
“I lost my brother and best friend,” Charlotte said in the video. “Every time you inhale, I hope you feel the breaths Liam struggled to take.”
McGlinchey had a blood alcohol content of 0.40 percent, which medical experts say could be high enough to cause death, the paper reported. He was barely able to walk and kept falling when his friends left him on the lawn.
He was born in New York City but spent some time in Ireland, according to the report.
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When her son died of burns after a bath, police say she took a Lyft and dumped his body in a dumpster
BALTIMORE, Md. — A Baltimore mother and her partner have been charged in connection with the death of a missing 4-year-old boy, whose body was found in a dumpster.
Alicia Lawson, 25, reported her son, Malachi, missing to Baltimore police August 1st. She said Malachi disappeared from the front doorstep of her northwest Baltimore home after she stepped inside momentarily, according to a statement of probable cause.
The report sparked a frantic search by local and federal authorities.
Two days later, police said, she confessed that her son wasn’t missing – he was dead. Lawson gave police the location of the boy’s remains. Police recovered Malachi’s body in a trash bag in the dumpster, court papers said. The boy died after the couple decided not to seek medical treatment, court papers said.
Lawson and her partner, Shatika Lawson were taken into custody Saturday. They have been charged with several offenses, including involuntary manslaughter, assault, first-degree child abuse resulting in the death of a child younger than 13 years old, neglect of a minor and giving false statements.
The state Office of the Public Defender, which is representing Alicia Lawson, declined to comment. It was not immediately clear if Shatika Lawson had an attorney.
They didn’t call for help
The women told police they were bathing Malachi on July 23rd after he soiled himself, court documents said. Shatika Lawson told police she put the boy in the tub. The two then turned to wash his clothes in the sink, court papers said.
They said when they turned back around to the child, he had suffered serious burns on his lower body, from his waist to his feet, according to court papers.
But neither of them wanted to seek medical help and instead opted to treat his wounds on their own, the probable cause statement said.
They were both afraid “the child would be taken from them, that they would get in trouble for what had happened to the child” and because of their “past history with child protective services,” the document said.
The mother took son’s body to a dumpster
Alicia Lawson said she woke up and found Malachi “laying in his bed in a puddle of wetness,” August 1st, according to court documents. Lawson told police she believed he was dead.
She called a Lyft, wrapped the boy in a blanket and dropped off his body after placing him in a black trash bag, court documents said.
FBI agents obtained information from her cell phone that showed she searched for trash collection sites two days earlier, the court documents said.
An officer who attended the autopsy said he saw severe burns on the child’s lower body, injuries consistent with pictures Alicia Lawson took July 23rd.
Investigators also tested the water from the bath at the home and said “at no time did the water temperature ever exceed ‘lukewarm,’” according to court documents.
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