FL Man Throws Feces At Judge, Says ‘It’s Protein, It’s Good For You’ Before Jury Acquits Him Of Charges – Witnesses on hand at the time said that man also ate some of the excrement
A Florida man’s courtroom antics didn’t seem to deter a jury who later cleared him of burglary charges.
The trial for 33-year-old Dorleans Philidor was delayed on Friday morning after Philidor defecated on himself in the courtroom and proceeded to throw his feces towards Miami-Dade Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa Walsh, the Miami Herald said.
The excrement did not reach Walsh, but the move sent lawyers scattering out of Philidor’s reach as law enforcement members and corrections officers hurried in to stop the man from continuing with his actions. According to the Herald, Philidor told Walsh “It’s protein! It’s good for you!” as he threw the feces her way.
“It was intense. The corrections officers and police officers were swarming. Like 60 of them. They told everyone to leave and you couldn’t go back in. It was a hazardous area,” witness Allen Rios told the Herald.
Rios posted a short video of part of the encounter on his Instagram account.Philidor’s move came during the morning docket routine, when no jurors were present in the courtroom. However, the courtroom was evacuated so that the area could be cleaned and sanitized while proceedings continued in a different room.
Philidor’s appearance on Friday was in connection to a burglary charge, where he is accused of breaking into a home in North Miami Beach while the owner was home. The homeowner called police after the break-in, and Philidor was captured afterward. He was acquitted by a jury later in the day on the burglary charge. However, he still faces charges of grand theft auto for which a separate trial will be held at a later date, the Herald said.Philidor exhibited similar behavior to his courtroom actions on Thursday when he defecated on himself in his holding cell next to a courtroom, smearing the feces on himself over the walls of the cell. Afterward, he was escorted out of the cell and into the hallway, where the smell was noticeable.That courtroom, as well as half of the second floor of the building, was shut down so that it could be cleaned and disinfected, the Herald said.
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Video shows baby being thrown from a car seat, landing on concrete during fight at a Milwaukee gas station
MILWAUKEE, WI (CNN.com) — Disturbing surveillance video shows a baby being thrown from a car seat and landing on concrete during a fight at a gas station in Milwaukee.
Video surveillance obtained by WISN shows a man and a woman holding her 10-month-old baby in a car seat as they walked into the BP gas station at Farwell and Maryland early Friday morning.
They all go into the bathroom to change the baby’s diaper but as they came out, you see the man, identified as Ronald Ziedman Jr. with his arms around the woman as she falls to the ground.
In the video, the woman is seen holding onto the carrier, then watch from the outside angle but as Ziedman grabs the car seat, and the baby flies out onto the concrete.
Ziedman picks her up and put her in the car, then goes back inside where the video shows him continue to attack the woman, even ripping off her clothes.
She told police at one point she said she “lost consciousness as a result of the punching.”
Prosecutors say the suspect had been drinking and drove off with the baby from the gas station to Potawatomi Casino, where a security guard saw the man with the baby and called police
When police arrived, they say he failed a field sobriety test.
According to the criminal complaint, the woman told police she had only known Ziedman for a couple of days and was staying at his mother’s house with her daughter.
He faces several felonies, including child abduction and substantial battery.
WISN said Ziedman is a convicted felon.
If he’s convicted on the new charges, he could spend more than a half century in jail.
As for the baby, she had bruises to her ribs and arm but is doing OK. The mother also suffered swelling and bruises on her face.
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She knows you think her name is different. But Dr. Marijuana Pepsi’s work speaks for itself.
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck knows what you probably think of her before you read another word.
She knows, too, the value of letting her work do the talking.
Yes, Marijuana Pepsi is the name she was given at birth. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, her mother thought the name would take her around the world.
She’s made just two changes — taking her husband’s surname and adding three more letters to the end: Ph.D.
In May, Vandyck, 46, earned her doctorate in educational leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. Her story went somewhat viral this week when Twitter users picked up on her unusual name.
The topic of her dissertation? “Black Names in White Classrooms.”
But rather than draw on her own experiences as a student, she said she was driven by the prejudice she witnessed as a teacher in Georgia, when a co-worker complained that her class grades would suffer that year based on nothing more than a list of her students’ names.
The students’ names sounded black, other teachers told Vandyk.
“I knew what I’d gone through, but it wasn’t until then that I thought, ‘I’m probably not the only one,’” she told CNN.
She interviewed black students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she earned her bachelor’s degree, about the impact their names had on their treatment by professors and how their treatment affected their academic achievement.
Soon, she’ll convert her findings in to journal articles—that is, when she finds the time in her jam-packed itinerary.
When she’s not busy earning an advanced degree, she’s the director of a program for first-generation college students at Beloit College in Wisconsin.
Oh, and she lives on a 3-acre farm in Illinois with her husband, where she raises 15 ducks, some chickens and two pigs named Sausage and Link (this doesn’t bode well for their futures).
She’s the mother of a 16-year-old son, and is a motorcycle enthusiast, real estate agent and business owner.
Now, she’s a doctor, too.
But she didn’t achieve all of that to please anyone but herself, especially not those who judge her by her name.
“What they think about my name has no impact on me whatsoever,” she said. “My name does not make me, and I did not make it.”
She’s never considered her name an impediment, but she “cringes” at the prospect of meeting people and the inevitable questioning that follows, she said.
The self-proclaimed introvert prefers to stay under the radar and let her work leave a legacy.
“They have a preconceived notion of who I was before even meeting me. It caused me to already be prepared for that and be one step faster, three steps better and really put my best foot forward.”
When she’s not helping first-generation and low-income college students navigate higher education or showing houses or performance coaching or earning an advanced degree, she’s making her own yogurt or finishing the last of her home-tapped maple syrup. She might talk her husband into getting his own motorcycle one of these days, too, she said.
Balance is key, she said. She doesn’t stress herself out, and she definitely doesn’t smoke marijuana.
She doesn’t drink Pepsi — or alcohol either. In fact, her first sip of alcohol happened by accident during Communion. She choked when she realized the church used wine instead of grape juice, she said.
Next up, work on her book proposal that centers on how students overcome implicit bias and stereotyping—a subject she knows well.
Are all of her accomplishments enough to silence critics who make snap judgments?
Maybe not, but she’s done just fine.
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Couple convicted of murder after 4-year-old PA boy beaten to death over spilled cereal
WILLOW GROVE, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia couple has been convicted of murder in the death of a 4-year-old who was beaten for spilling his breakfast cereal.
A jury returned the verdict Thursday night against the boy’s mother, Lisa Smith, and her boyfriend, Keiff King. The Abington couple also was convicted of child endangerment and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault.
Montgomery County prosecutors say an autopsy showed Tahjir Smith’s January 2018 death was the result of a violent, sustained beating. Investigators say Smith and King used their hands and a sandal to give Tahjir a “butt whooping” for spilling the cereal, then put him in the shower which was running scalding water.
Lawyers for Smith and King said there was no murderous intent in their actions, describing their conduct as negligent and reckless.
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Man Arrested After Brandishing Shotgun Over Food Dispute With Roommates
A man who brandished a shotgun after accusing his roommate of eating the last of his food was arrested in Fillmore, officials said Wednesday. His two roommates were also booked for allegedly being under the influence of a controlled substance during the dispute.
Jesurun Cyrus, 65, had accused his roommate, 59-year-old Travis Collett, of finishing his food on Tuesday afternoon at their home in the 700 block of Fourth Street, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Collett tried to make peace with Cyrus by making dinner for him with help from their other roommate, 55-year-old Dawn Allen, the Sheriff’s Office said.
This move “was not received well by Cyrus,” the department said. Cyrus allegedly pointed a shotgun at Collett as he asked him and Allen to leave their residence.
Collett called the authorities, who responded to the scene at around 4:30 p.m. and set a perimeter around the home.
Deputies called Cyrus and persuaded him to exit the home unarmed, the Sheriff’s Office said. Officers took him into custody without incident.
Authorities searched the home and found a loaded 12-gauge shotgun in his bedroom, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Cyrus was booked on $10,000 bail.
Deputies determined that his roommates, Collett and Allen, were under the influence of a controlled substance, the Sheriff’s Office said. They were also arrested. They were both cited and released, according to county inmate records.
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2 Arrested After $100K Worth of Stolen Target Merchandise Found at Perris Home
Two people have been arrested in connection with an embezzlement scheme that netted about $100,000 in stolen goods from a Target store in Riverside, police said Thursday.
Elias Hernandez, 23, of Moreno Valley, is accused of helping Mandeep Chamdal, 34, steal the merchandise from the Target store where he worked in the 2700 block of Canyon Springs Parkway over the past five months, police said in a news release.
Asset protection at Target notified police about the scheme earlier in the month.
Hernandez was arrested June 5 at the store, while 34-year-old Mandeep Chamdal was taken into custody on June 13 at her home in the 2200 block of Jornada Drive in Perris. After serving a search warrant, detectives located and recovered the $100,000 worth of stolen Target merchandise at the home.
Police said Hernandez would allow Chamdal to “price check” items well below their actual value, and would give her gift cards to use toward her fraudulent purchases.”
“One example included where a $15 package of diapers was rung up for only $2 to $3 dollars,” police said in the news release.
Detectives believe Chamdal would sell the stolen merchandise at local swap meets, including one in Wildomar.
Hernandez was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of grand theft and embezzlement. Chamdal was booked on suspicion of grand theft.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective Jeff Derouin at (951) 826-5722 or [email protected].
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San Diego Doctor Accused of Using Dirty Needles Stored in Boxes With Dead Insects on Pediatric Patients
A San Diego doctor has been accused of allegedly using dirty needles on pediatric patients, San Diego television station KGTV reported.
Newly released documents by the California Medical board state Dr. Bret Robert Gerber used dirty syringes on a 2-year-old and a 10-year-old in July, 2016. Back then, Gerber worked at Scripps Coastal Medical Center in Hillcrest.
According to the documents, a medical assistant reported seeing the doctor bring in two boxes of unauthorized needles from home. Upon closer review, she noticed that the syringes had expired in 2008, and the boxes contained dead insects and what looked to be rodent droppings.
Three years before this alleged incident, Gerber was arrested by Mono County Sheriffs deputies for having psychedelic mushrooms, cocaine and ecstasy. Deputies found the drugs during a traffic stop, inside his Winnebago, while the doctor was on his way to the Burning Man Festival. He later admitted to using ecstasy at the festival just after his arrest, according to KGTV.
Instead of court, Gerber went through a diversion program and the Medical Board put him on probation. But in March 2018, documents show Gerber violated his probation after failing to provide a bodily fluids sample for a drug test.
Despite his prior offenses, Gerber’s medical license was never revoked and continues to practice pediatric medicine, most recently at Mid-City Community Clinic in City Heights, twice a week.
KGTV contacted the California Medical Board for comment. They said Gerber now faces multiple charges including gross negligence, repeated negligent acts, failure to maintain accurate medical records and unprofessional conduct.
“The physician has the right to a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge after the filing of the accusation, and that hearing has not taken place yet,” -Carlos Villatoro, public information officer for the Medical Board of California, told the TV station.
Gerber is no longer on probation and his license is valid until January 2020.
KGTV spoke to Gerber on the phone Thursday. When asked about the recent accusations, he answered, “no comment.”
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YouTube star missing after posting disturbing video
NEW YORK — A YouTube star has been reported missing, and fans are concerned he posted a disturbing video.
Desmond Amofah, also known as Etika, was last heard from by phone around 8 p.m. on June 19.
He is 29 years old, approximately six feet tall and 160 pounds.
The NYPD released the following information.
On Wednesday, the YouTuber released a video entitled “I’m sorry,” and shows him talking directing to the camera apologizing to family, friends and fans for letting them down.
“I’m sorry I betrayed your trust, I’m sorry I pushed you all away,” Amofah says in the video.
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Mom says Ohio day care handed her ‘lifeless’ 2-month-old daughter
CLEVELAND – Multiple investigations are underway into the death of a 2-month-old Ohio newborn. The child’s mother says the infant was “lifeless” when she picked her up from a Cleveland home day care Tuesday.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identifies the child as Di’Yanni Griffin.
“She was everything to me,” said Griffin’s mother, Taylor Bush, with a strained voice.
Bush said when she picked up her child from Nana’s Home Daycare in Cleveland on Giddings Road, she realized her baby needed immediate medical attention.
“So I go to walk out the door and I close the door behind me so I’m like, ‘Hey, mama baby.’ I realize her neck is, just, she’s just lifeless,” said Bush.
According to Bush, she went back inside the day care, began CPR on the baby and called 911. She said they were taken by ambulance to the hospital where Griffin was pronounced dead.
“When you handed me my daughter, my daughter was basically already dead,” said Bush.
Cleveland police said they are awaiting an official cause of death from the medical examiner’s office. If it’s determined the baby died under suspicious circumstances, investigators will resume the investigation.
Meanwhile, a Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services spokesperson said they are also investigating the circumstances of the baby’s death; that’s in addition to state investigators and a childcare licensing unit.
A spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services released the following statement:
“ODJFS is monitoring this tragic situation very closely. County JFS agencies are responsible for inspections of in-home child care, with oversight by ODJFS. The county agency is conducting an investigation and actively working with child protective services and law enforcement. ODJFS would make the final determination on whether to suspend Nana’s Home Daycare license if the county agency recommends suspension.”
The day care owner, Danielle Townsend, said she was not present during the incident. However, she remains adamant the child was alive while in her sister’s care, who also works at the day care.
“My sister calls me and says, ‘Call her mother,'” said Townsend. “I said, ‘Well, her mother just texted me; what’s wrong?’ She said, ‘The baby is breathing fast.'”
Townsend said she has worked at day care facilities for 15 years and has operated her own for the past three years.
According to Townsend, she tried calling Bush but could not get in touch. She said Bush, who lives above the day care, was already on her way to the facility. Townsend said no one from the day care called 911 when they noticed the child breathing fast.
While sitting on the steps of a front porch in tears, Bush said she begged to have a little girl and now cannot imagine life without her daughter.
“I’m hurt; I blame myself,” said Bush.
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Live rat falls from Buffalo Wild Wings ceiling as customer watches; store temporarily closed
Buffalo Wild Wings has temporarily shut down a Los Angeles location for repairs and cleaning after a customer claims a live rat drop dropped from the ceiling and onto a menu sitting on a table this week.
The customer, Alisha Norman, told NBC Los Angeles she heard something above her before the rat crash-landed onto her table. Norman was visiting Los Angeles from Texas.
“I knew the rat was going to be injured because it hit like a Mack truck,” she told NBC Los Angeles.
The incident happened at a complex undergoing construction, a Buffalo Wild Wings spokesperson said in written statement to USA TODAY on Friday. The chain believes construction was responsible for the situation and hopes to reopen the location soon, the statement says.
Norman told the station she asked for help from a manager, who proceeded to use two plates to pick up the rat and dump it into a trash bag. The manager blamed ongoing construction in the restaurant for the situation.
The manager also took care of her bill for the meal, Norman said. She isn’t angry about the incident, she told NBC Los Angeles.
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