Veterinarians find 19 baby pacifiers in bulldog’s stomach
BOSTON — A Boston veterinary hospital got quite a surprise recently when a family brought in their bulldog after he stopped eating.
The Angell Animal Medical Center found 19 baby pacifiers in the dog’s stomach.
It started in April when the Wellesley family noticed that their 3-year-old dog, Mortimer, started getting nauseous before meals. His owner, Emily Shanahan, brought Mortimer to the vet, who prescribed medicine to take care of the issue.
But it didn’t help and Mortimer eventually stopped eating entirely.
Shanahan went to Angell, where they took an X-ray and discovered the pacifiers.
Vets think Mortimer had been taking the pacifiers from Shanahan’s two children over the course of months.
The pacifiers were removed using a medical scope that did not require surgery. Mortimer recovered and is back at home.
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11-year-old boy died in crash after spider on mom’s hand sparked chaos
An 11-year-old boy died in a horrific car crash in the UK after a spider dropped onto his mom’s hand as she drove — sparking a frenzy that sent her car careening into a 4×4 hauling a trailer of sheep, a probe of the case revealed this week.
Tristan Silver and his sister, 8-year-old Branwen, were in the car one morning in May 2018 near Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales, as their mom, Cloud Younger, drove them to school, an inquest heard this week, according to the BBC.
Suddenly, the arachnid landed on Younger’s left hand, causing Branwen, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, to start screaming hysterically, Younger said during her first interview, the outlet reported.
Younger turned her attention to her daughter to calm her down.
But she was so distracted that her Subaru drifted onto the wrong side of a highway and hit a black Mitsubishi towing a trailer full of sheep in the village of Olmarch, Ceredigion coroner Peter Brunton revealed during the inquest.
When cops initially Younger asked why she didn’t stop, she replied, “No comment,” according to the report.
Younger did not provide any evidence at the inquest, and when the coroner asked her if she had anything to add, she replied, “If I could remember more, I would have said more,” the outlet reported.
It’s unclear how fast Younger was driving on the 60-mph road, but the Mitsubishi driver, farmer David Glyndwr Jones, testified that his car was almost at a standstill after it was struck, according to the report.
“At first it was straddling the white line, about a quarter of the vehicle on the wrong side,” Jones said. “Then it came all the way over to my side and I could see it wasn’t going to stop.”
“All this happened in about six seconds — I just had enough time to warn my wife and brace myself,” he added. “I feel devastated by what happened. I don’t understand why she didn’t see us and drive back to her side.”
Brunton called the entire ordeal “an extremely sad and tragic inquest,” according to the report.
The investigation comes down to the manner in which Younger was driving during the “catastrophic seconds” she turned her attention to her daughter, she said.
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Man who won $30M lottery while in middle of divorce ordered to share winnings
PONTIAC, Mich. — A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife.
The Michigan appeals court says a marriage isn’t over until it’s over. It means Mary Beth Zelasko can keep $15 million awarded by an arbitrator, although she and Rich Zelasko had been separated for two years when he bought the Mega Millions ticket in 2013. Their divorce wasn’t final until 2018.
In a court filing, an attorney for Rich Zelasko said, “Rich was lucky, but it was his luck, not Mary’s, that produced the lottery proceeds.” But arbitrator John Mills said the ticket was marital property. The couple had agreed to have Mills make certain decisions during the divorce case.
The appeals court last week found no errors.
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Married teachers found guilty of sexually abusing teen student
A pair of Pennsylvania teachers has been found guilty of sexually abusing a former student, according to reports.
Nicodemo Baggetta, 30, and wife Ruth Ann Baggetta, 37, were convicted Wednesday by a jury in Lackawanna County that deliberated for roughly 90 minutes after the teen — who is now 19 — detailed a two-year sexual relationship she said she had with Nicodemo Baggetta that began when she was just 16, WNEP reports.
The teen told jurors that Baggetta’s wife not only knew about the ongoing sexual abuse, but encouraged it.
The former student also previously told investigators that Ruth Baggetta consented to whatever sexual contact Nicodemo Baggetta desired so that he would “get it out of his system” before the couple got hitched, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Scranton Times-Tribune.
During the course of their relationship, Ruth and the teen even performed a sex act on the depraved hubby together, according to the affidavit.
“These teachers were predators,” District Attorney Mark Powell told the newspaper after Wednesday’s verdict. “It is clearly unacceptable and I think the jury found that.”
The teen said the sexual relationship ended in December 2017 — at which point the Baggettas were married.
The couple was arrested in March 2018 after a former Lakeland High School student told a therapist that she had been intimate with Nicodemo Baggetta, who was working at the time as a special education teacher at Fell Charter School in Simpson. Ruth remains on unpaid suspension as the band director at Lakeland High School, the Times-Tribune reports.
The teen also testified to engaging in specific sex acts with Nicodemo Baggetta, who, along with his wife, were led from the courtroom in handcuffs after a judge revoked their bail following their convictions.
The Baggettas previously acknowledged during testimony Tuesday that they allowed the then-sophomore to spend nights at their home, but insisted they were trying to help her deal with family issues.
An attorney for the couple said they intend to appeal their conviction on charges of institutional sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, corruption of a minor and furnishing alcohol to a minor. Ruth Baggetta was also convicted of failure to report suspected child abuse.
They each face up to seven years in prison, although state sentencing guidelines recommend prison terms ranging from three to 12 months, attorney Paul Walker told the newspaper.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/married-teachers-found-guilty-of-sexually-abusing-teen-student/
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Maleah Davis’ casket is colored with rainbows, “My Little Pony,” and lots of pink
Maleah Davis — the 4-year-old found dead after she went missing in early May — will be buried in a colorful, one-of-a-kind casket, a tribute to her memory and her grieving family.
The casket was built and donated by SoulShine Industries to the Davis family.
“The casket is the most important part of remembering somebody, so it should be special,” said company owner Trey Ganem told CNN.
Ganem said that he received over 200 calls from the community asking him to make a casket for the Davis family. She will be buried in a private funeral on Saturday.
“It was such a blessing to provide something special for this loving family,” Ganem said.
The casket designer Courtney Sublett told CNN she worked closely with the family and the theme quickly became apparent. The final product was a white casket covered with rainbows, the color pink, “My Little Pony,” and even a portrait of Maleah.
“It’s such a tragic thing, I’m glad we could bring a little light to her story,” Sublett said.
The funeral home that is hosting the funeral, Richardson Mortuary, has been collecting flowers and condolences on behalf of the family, CNN affiliate KTRK.
Toys and teddy bears are also being collected at the apartment complex where the Davis family lived. A sign says that the items will be displayed at the funeral and then donated to the Houston Fire Department.
Meleah’s remains were found in Arkansas on May 30, according to Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. Her mother’s former fiancé, Derion Vence, is charged with tampering with a corpse in connection to Meleah’s death.
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Mother slapped her daughter when girl said she had been molested
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – Newly published court documents reveal the heartbreaking response a mother had to her daughter’s confession she had been molested, WJLA reported.
The 13-year-old girl told social workers there were incidents of abuse dating back to 2016 reportedly involving Mahlik “Moon” Kone, a friend of the girl’s mother. According to WJLA, Kone would frequently stay in the family’s apartment where he would then sneak into the girls’ bedroom and initiate unwanted touching.
The girl reportedly told social workers Kone would threaten her with violence and was known to carry a gun.
Eventually, the girl turned to her mother for support, but she received the opposite. WJLA reported the girl’s mother slapped her and told her to “shut up.” Later, she reportedly told Kone what her daughter had said.
According to court documents, Kone then threatened violence against the girl for telling her mother and warned her not to tell anybody else.
The girl’s mother has since died, but police have not shared information regarding her death, WJLA reported.
Kone was formally taken into custody Monday, six months after an arrest warrant was issued for him. He has a hearing scheduled for July 12.
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Janet Mock’s historic Netflix deal: First trans woman to establish overall deal with major studio
Janet Mock’s latest deal is one of its kind.
Mock, the director, producer and writer for the FX series “Pose” has signed a three-year multimillion-dollar deal with Netflix, making her the first known transgender woman to make an overall deal at a major studio.
Under the agreement, Mock will produce new series exclusively for Netflix, and the streaming giant will have a first-look at her features projects.
“There’s potential to introduce hundreds of millions of viewers to trans people, and showing people who may not understand us, that we can tell our own stories,” Mock said in a video on one of Netflix’s Twitter accounts.
Mock, 36, also will serve as an executive producer and director on Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix series “Hollywood.”
Despite this new pact with Netflix, Mock will still be able to continue as a writer-director on “Pose,” an LGBTQ drama set in New York.
Mock, who worked at People magazine for years as an editor, was born in Hawaii and transitioned as a teenager. She publicly talked about her sexuality in a 2011 Marie Claire article. Her 2014 memoir is considered the first mainstream account from a young transgender person.
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Man says woman broke in, pet his dogs, got a drink and made herself at home
NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah – A Utah man came in from a long night to find an unexpected visitor had made herself at home inside of his apartment.
“I walked straight in and she was standing right here on the counter just looking at me,” Ryan Spurlock told KSTU as he re-enacted the bizarre encounter, opening his apartment door and looking to the island in the kitchen.
“I was looking right at her and a homeless girl was just looking right at me,” he continued.
That was the first thing Spurlock saw when he got back to his North Salt Lake apartment around 4 o’clock on Wednesday morning.
“It felt like a dream, honestly. Even when I laid down, it didn’t feel real,” Spurlock said.
The woman had placed her shoes neatly by the door and made herself at home.
“She went in my fridge, she opened a drink and she drank it, she sat on my couch,” said Spurlock. “She told me she lives here, I said, ‘No you don’t, this is my place.’”
Spurlock said the woman was even wearing his new clothes, “I noticed the bag was there and she was wearing them too,” he said.
Spurlock said the situation was confusing – he wasn’t sure if the woman was homeless, if she lived in the building, if she was on drugs or who she was. He didn’t know what to do, so he offered her some food as he began to question her.
“What are you doing? Where are you from? She wouldn’t tell me her name, she started laughing and I thought she was on drugs,” he said.
After his quick interrogation, Spurlock learned the intruder didn’t come for a beer or the couch … she came for his dogs.
“She came up here for one reason and it was the two dogs, she heard them, and she wanted to come up,” Spurlock said.
The woman did not harm his dogs but came up to pet them, even claiming to Spurlock she was their owner. Then his encounter with the stranger got took another turn.
“She asked if she could stay and I told her ‘No you’ve got to leave or I’m going to call the police,’” Spurlock said, mentioning he would not call the police so long as he could check her bag to ensure she did not steal anything.
In the end, the woman agreed to leave – but not through the front door, and Spurlock doesn’t live on the first floor. He said the mystery intruder jumped off his second story balcony.
“She started limping off and then she was fine and started running,” he said. “I called the cops and chased after her on the other side of the gas station.”
Police caught up with the woman at the gas station, but according to a video Spurlock recorded on his cellphone, they couldn’t get a straight answer either.
“Sit your a– down,” the officer said as the woman, who was sitting on the curb, tried to get up while he was asking her questions.
“This isn’t a joke. Are you on any drugs right now?” the officer asked. The woman shook her head, ‘no.’
“Are you sure?” he said, and the woman nodded. “What are you doing in this complex?” the officer asked just before the video ended.
Once she was in police custody, Spurlock said the officers found his clothes and another man’s wallet in her possession.
Spurlock does not know how the woman got inside his apartment but said he learned a valuable lesson about making sure the door is locked.
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Tennessee driver accused of killing ‘randomly chosen’ pregnant mother, 2-year-old
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – A Tennessee man faces murder charges after police say he deliberately mowed down a pregnant woman and her toddler son Monday, killing both, along with the woman’s unborn child.
William David Phillips, 33, of Jefferson City, has been charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, according to the Jefferson City Police Dept.
Police say Phillips chose his victims at random, first driving into a 61-year-old man named Tillman Gunter, then slamming into 30-year-old Sierra Wilson Cahoon and her son less than a mile away, according to WBIR. Cahoon, her unborn child and her son Nolan were found dead at the scene in Jefferson City, located about 30 miles northeast of Knoxville
“I ran up here, and I just saw the guy, he was trying to get out of the car and the lady and the baby in the stroller were next to the building,” witness Bill Ray Jones told WBIR, adding that he heard Phillips yelling that the “government told him to do it.”
Jefferson City police said a preliminary investigation found that it was “an intentional act of violence toward randomly chosen pedestrians.”
According to an arrest warrant obtained by WBIR, “a voice told (Phillips) that he needed to go kill the meth addicts so he began driving very fast,” and “the voice told him that the baby stroller had meth in it so he intentionally drove into” into the mother and her child.
Police arrested Phillips after finding his vehicle lodged in an ornamental fish store.
A GoFundMe page has been created for the family of the victims.
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IL man sentenced for taking nude photos of toddler
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – A 31-year-old Edwardsville man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Wednesday on child pornography charges.
According to court documents, Tyler Seibold pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment in March 2019 for production of child pornography.
Prosecutors said a joint investigation by the FBI and Illinois State Police’s Forensic Computer Crime Unit determined a computer with an IP address assigned to Seibold had downloaded multiple images and videos of child pornography several times between November 2017 and May 2018.
In June 2018, federal agents obtained a search warrant and went to Seibold’s home. They took several cellphones, computers, and other data storage devices. Authorities discovered self-produced photos of a nude 3-year-old girl.
Investigators learned Seibold knew the child and contacted the young girl’s parents. The child told her parents that Seibold exposed himself to her as well.
Following his prison term, Seibold must serve 10 years of supervised release and undergo sex offender treatment. He won’t be allowed to own or possess any cameras or visual recording devices. Any interaction with minor females will have to be supervised.
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