Man caught with $34K worth of cocaine under his wig
A Colombian man had a very bad hair day when Spanish police at Barcelona’s international airport discovered a half-kilo (1.1 pounds) of cocaine under his wig, according to reports.
The “considerably nervous” man, who arrived on a flight from Bogotá at the end of June, attracted officers’ attention because his hairpiece was of “disproportionate size,” authorities said Tuesday.
In what police have dubbed “Operation Toupee,” the officers found a “perfectly sealed package taped to his head” containing about $34,000 worth of coke.
“There is no limit to the inventiveness of drug traffickers trying to mock controls,” police said in a statement, which included a photo of the middle-aged man, who was still wearing the bulging wig.
Spain is an important European gateway to Colombian cocaine — with hauls from drug busts often running into tons.
But passengers acting as mules are frequently caught trying to smuggle relatively small amounts of the drug through the country’s airports, including Barcelona’s El Prat airport.
On one occasion, when officers in Barcelona discovered a package of drugs strapped to a Colombian man’s abdomen, he confessed that he had also swallowed 35 condoms filled with the drug.
Spain is the European Union’s sixth-biggest consumer of cocaine. The UK tops the list, followed by the Netherlands, Denmark, France and Ireland, according to the UK’s Guardian.
This is not the first time people have used wigs for such a purpose.
Four years ago, a woman was arrested at Madrid’s airport with 900 grams (31 ounces) of cocaine sewn into her wig, the news site reported.
In recent years, authorities also have found cocaine inside breast implants, hollowed-out pineapples, a wheelchair cushion, a plaster cast on a man’s leg and a 42-piece crockery set, according to Agence France-Presse.
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Florida man allegedly cut off the penis of his wife’s lover with scissors
A Florida man allegedly used a pair of scissors to cut off his wife’s lover’s penis, according to a report.
Alex Bonilla, 49, is accused of committing the heinous act on the man — who is his neighbor — while the victim’s two kids were home last Sunday outside of Gainesville, according to a police report obtained by NBC NEWS.
The victim told police that Bonilla attacked him at gunpoint, threatening to kill him if he resisted, the report said.
Once inside the neighbor’s bedroom, Bonilla allegedly tied up the victim and attacked him. Bonilla then fled the house with the man’s detached penis.
Bonilla had caught his wife and neighbor having sex last May, according to the police report.
Cops charged Bonilla with aggravated assault, cruelty toward a child, and burglary.
It’s unclear if doctors were able to reattach the victim’s penis, the report said.
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Former NJ teacher admits hiding camera, recording boys in summer camp bathroom
TRENTON, N.J. — A former Vineland elementary school teacher has admitted recording boys with a hidden camera at a summer camp and taking an explicit photo of a student.
Thomas Guzzi Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to official misconduct, manufacturing child pornography and distributing child pornography files.
The 39-year-old was a stage manager for the Broadway Theatre of Pitman camp and had taught at Winslow Elementary School. He admitted manufacturing child pornography with video of teenage boys taken in the camp’s restrooms and also taking a photo of a boy exposing his genitals.
Under terms of a plea agreement, Guzzi would face up to 17 years in prison with parole eligibility after 10 years when sentenced in September. He would have to register as a sex offender and be barred from public employment.
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Paramedics arrive after child takes YouTube water challenge
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis area mother has a warning about YouTube challenges. She says her 6-year-old son was with a friend when they recently decided to accept a challenge they saw on a video. The challenge was to hold water in their mouth without laughing. The mother says her son started laughing and choking. She called 911 and paramedics responded to her home.
“They said to watch him for a couple of hours to make sure he’s breathing okay and if he wasn’t to take him to the hospital,” said the woman who asked us not to reveal her identity. She said paramedics were concerned her son could have gotten water in his lungs. She said, fortunately, her son is okay but believes YouTube challenges should be removed.
“I was scared I was going to lose my son,” said the boy’s mother.
YouTube tells us the video has now been age-restricted and that YouTube has never been for anyone under the age of 13. The company tells us YouTubeKids is appropriate for pre-teens.
The mother we spoke with is happy the video is now age-restricted but still wishes it would be removed.
via: https://fox2now.com/2019/07/15/parent-calls-911-after-son-takes-youtube-challenge/
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Woman punches, threatens boyfriend with box cutter over song lyrics
NASHVILLE (WSMV) – Investigators arrested a woman who reportedly punched and threatened her boyfriend over a song he was singing.
According to arrest records, officers were dispatched to a home on the 1400 block of Lischey Avenue for a domestic disturbance between a couple. When they arrived, officers separated Cortney R. King and the victim. The victim told police that he was sitting in his bedroom listening to music and singing and that King did not like the lyrics of the song he was singing. The victim said King punched him in the face and pulled out a box cutter on him. He said he felt his life was in danger when King grabbed the box cutter, but she did not approach him with it.
The victim sustained injuries to the upper part of his face. The victim declined to press charges, but officers had probable cause to press charges on his behalf.
King was taken into custody and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and for forfeiture. She was booked into jail on $11,000 bond.
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6-Year-Old Utah Girl Dies After Father Accidentally Hits Her With Golf Ball
Authorities say a 6-year-old Utah girl has died after her father accidentally hit her with a golf ball.
Police say the ball struck the girl in the back of the head on Monday morning, while the father and daughter were golfing at Sleepy Ridge Golf Course in Orem.
The ball collided with the base of her neck. Lt. Trent Colledge with the Orem Police Department says she was flown to a hospital in Salt Lake City in critical condition. She died from her injuries later that evening.
Colledge said police are investigating but are not planning to pursue charges because it appears to have been a tragic accident.
Police have not released the names of the girl or her father.
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Man accused of fatally stabbing teen after NYC concert, posting pictures of her body online
ALBANY, N.Y. — A man who began stabbing himself in the neck when approached by an officer is accused of killing a 17-year-old girl and posting photos of the homicide online, police said Monday.
Bianca Devins’ body was found Sunday underneath a tarp in Utica, New York, after an officer encountered the suspect, 21-year-old Brandon Clark, police said in a statement.
Clark had emergency surgery but is expected to survive, police said.
The two attended a concert together Saturday night in New York City, where they got into some sort of argument at the venue. They arrived in Utica sometime in the early morning hours Sunday and went to a location on a dead-end street, according to the statement.
The argument “progressed” until Clark used a large, black handled knife to kill the teenager, the statement reads.
The case is being investigated as a murder and attempted suicide, Utica police Lt. Bryan Coromato said.
Investigators believe the man posted pictures of the girl’s body online, where at least one of them was widely circulated, Coromato said.
Devins and Clark met on Instagram about two months ago, which turned into a “personally intimate” relationship, according to the statement.
“They had spent time together, and were acquainted with each other’s families,” the statement reads.
Devins’ family commented on her death through the police, describing the teen as “a talented artist” and “a wonderful young girl, taken from us all too soon.”
“Bianca’s smile brightened our lives,” the family wrote. “She will always be remembered as our Princess.”
The family statement said Devins graduated from high school last month and looked forward to attending a community college in the fall.
Her death sparked a wave of attention and disgust online. Some internet users urged others to stop circulating the images.
The Utica City School District issued a statement saying they “share our deepest heartfelt condolences with her family and loved ones.”
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Man pleasures himself while smelling woman’s shoe outside her Queens apartment
FLUSHING, Queens — Police are looking for a man who got got inside a Queens apartment building and allegedly smelled a woman’s shoe left outside her apartment while pleasuring himself, they said.
According to authorities, the unidentified man gained access to the apartment building on 38th Avenue, near Union Street in Flushing, on Tuesday, July 9, around 11:40 p.m.
Once inside, the man grabbed a woman’s shoe off a shoe rack in the building’s vestibule, smelled the inside of the shoe while pleasuring himself, before fleeing the location, police said.
Police have released the above surveillance image of the man they’re looking for, and describe him as between 30 and 40 years old, last seen wearing a baseball cap and multi-colored clothing.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visitingwww.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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Daycare owner who sexually abused kids gets slap on wrist
A female daycare owner convicted of abusing children, some sexually, was given a slap on the wrist Monday by an Ohio judge, who ordered her to spend just 30 days in jail as part of a reported plea deal.
Kimberly Hignite, of Grove City, had been accused of abusing at least five children while operating an unlicensed daycare out of her home, according to WBNS.
When cops arrested her last May, they said she had two dozen children in her care — all of whom were being watched by Hignite’s 71-year-old mother. The kids were between the ages of 7 months and 5 years. Police said many were left unattended in separate rooms, strapped down to car seats.
“One of my girls developed an anxiety-driven hair-pulling habit to the point that she was nearly bald,” one mother said in court Monday at Hignite’s sentencing.
“My heart breaks anytime I think about how my children were left alone, strapped into their car seats crying,” the mom added.
At least three kids were sexually abused, with prosecutors accusing Hignite of making them play the “silly private game” — which involved forced sexual touching.
“Miss Kim forced them to play using a tan and blue game board with pictures of private parts and a red spinner,” recalled another mother. “Your Honor, the sound of my autistic son and little girl being able to describe what that grown woman’s vagina looks like and feels like, is something we regrettably will never be able to forget, and honestly something that I can never forgive.”
A third mother claimed her child had to be treated for injuries she suffered at the hands of Hignite.
“My infant was left in her winter snowsuit, all day long strapped in her car seat, coming home sweating, dehydrated and hungry with awful diaper rashes to the point she was bleeding,” the mom said. “I had to take her to the doctor.”
Despite the allegations, prosecutors allowed Hignite to skate on the plea deal — which also requires her to pay for her incarceration, along with a $4,200 fine. They told WBNS that one reason they agreed to dismiss most of the charges was because some of the alleged victims’ families weren’t cooperating with the district attorney’s office.
Hignite is expected to serve her 30 days in the Richland County jail.
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Woman dies after botched 21st-birthday nose job
An Italian woman died of complications from the nose job she got for her 21st birthday, according to new reports.
Maria Chiara Mete got a rhinoplasty — or nose reshaping — procedure done at the private Casa del Sole clinic in Fromia, in the province of Latina, on June 17 because she was unhappy with her appearance, the Mirror reported.
Following the procedure, she suddenly went into cardiac arrest for no apparent reason, and doctors tried to revive her — but to no avail. She was taken to the Dono Svizzero hospital, and then to the Santa Maria Goretti hospital, where she died after a week in a coma, Italian outlet Roma.fanpage.it reported.
While it’s unclear exactly how Mete died, it’s believed that a ventilator malfunction in the operating room may have played a role, according to the report. Mete may have also had a bad reaction to a drug used to lower her blood pressure and reduce bleeding during the procedure, the outlet reported.
Prosecutors in Latina are digging into the case, and an autopsy will officially confirm Mete’s cause of death.
Meanwhile, Mete’s family is desperate for answers and calling for authorities to do all they can to get to the bottom of her untimely death.
“We can’t understand how you can die at the age of 21 because of a nose operation,” her distraught uncle said, according to the Mirror.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/07/16/woman-dies-after-botched-21st-birthday-nose-job/
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