San Bernardino Man Accused of Possessing Child Porn, Claiming to Molest Kids He Was Babysitting
A San Bernardino man was arrested on suspicion of downloading and distributing child pornography after allegedly saying online he has molested multiple children, authorities said Friday.
Craig Dayton, 60, was taken into custody after police served a search warrant at his home in the 2300 block of South Gardena Street, according to Fontana police. He allegedly claimed to have abused a female relative and several children he was currently babysitting.
The search did not uncover evidence proving his claims of molestation, according to police.
He was arrested on suspicion of child porn-related charges Thursday afternoon and is currently being held at West Valley Detention Center on $100,000 bail, inmate records show.
Police said he also has prior convictions.
Anyone with information about Dayton’s alleged crimes is urged by Fontana police to call Detective Kouroubacalis at 909-854-8177.
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FL Man accidentally shoots, kills woman during sexual foreplay
(Meredith) — A Florida man is facing a manslaughter charge after police say he accidentally shot and killed a woman during sexual foreplay.
Andrew Shinault, 23, shot the woman in her upper body with his registered handgun Sunday afternoon, according to WFTS.
Police said the two were engaging in an act of sexual foreplay that involved the gun. Police told WFLA the two knew the gun was loaded and were using it for “sexual excitement.”
The incident happened in Valrico, which is about 30 minutes east of Tampa.
The woman, described as being in her 20s, was taken to a local hospital where she died. She has not been publicly identified.
Shinault was charged with manslaughter Friday and booked into the Orient Road Jail on a $50,000 bond, according to WFTS.
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Dad busted for marrying his daughter after ‘jealous competition’ with half-sister
A depraved Nebraska man has been jailed for having sex with his biological daughter — even marrying her when cops were on the case, according to reports.
Travis Fieldgrove, 40, was tracked down by daughter Samantha Kershner, 21, after pleading with her mom to tell her who her real dad was, according to the Omaha World-Herald.
Kershner was allegedly motivated to get intimate over “a jealous competition with her half-sister regarding who could have sex with their father,” according to the paper, which cited a court affidavit.
The father-daughter relationship had turned sexual by September last year, and the pair married on Oct. 1 at the Adams County Courthouse in Hastings, according to the affidavit.
DNA results showed a 99.999% probability that Fieldgrove was her dad, the affidavit said.
“Evidence leading up to the arrest suggests that Fieldgrove and (the daughter) were aware of the biological relationship before being intimate, and further indicates that they quickly married one another after being notified of the investigation,” the Grand Island Police Department said at the time of their arrests.
Fieldgrove, of St. Paul, Nebraska, initially was charged with committing incest, a felony, but under a plea deal, pleaded no contest to an attempt charge, according to the report.
He was jailed for two years, with Hall County District Judge Mark Young giving credit for 121 days already served.
He also was ordered to serve a year’s post-release supervision with no contact with his daughter.
Defense attorney Jeff Loeffler told the World-Herald that Fieldgrove is embarrassed by the offense and claimed his client suffers from a brain injury and is not a “high-functioning” person.
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Pennsylvania school cancels classes after man breaks in strips, vandalizes building overnight
SCRANTON, Pa. – An elementary school in Scranton was closed Thursday morning after educators realized someone broke in, got naked and vandalized the place.
Teachers discovered vandalism in parts of the gym and areas of the school.
“Once inside the school, the male took his clothes off and was walking through at least a portion of the school without any clothes on,” said Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano.
Earlier in the day, WNEP was at the school for a segment about safety surrounding running in the dark. When they arrived around 4 a.m., a mess of Murphy’s Oil Soap was already cleaned off of the gym floor.
Initially, some thought it was just a school prank. That was until the principal reviewed security footage later in the morning.
For safety, school officials decided around 7 a.m. to cancel classes, forcing 623 students pre-K through fifth grade to stay home.
“We’re dealing with children, better to be safe than sorry,” Graziano said.
“I don’t know why people have to be that way anymore. Schools are here to protect the kids,” Marie Cimino said.
“I think that’s crazy,” Shauna Walsh said. ‘Who would do such a thing, and why, especially to an elementary school? That’s not right.”
Administrators said students at Neil Armstrong Elementary will not have to make up the lost school day.
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Man stabs wife 17 times after argument over parenting style
ANTIOCH, TN (WSMV) — A woman is in critical condition after police said the woman’s husband stabbed her several times.
Metro Police said they found the victim at a home on the 2500 block of Rosalee Court on Tuesday. She was found stabbed in the torso and back. Affidavits show her husband, Jeremy Tyress Johnson, is charged with attempted criminal homicide.
Investigators say Johnson admitted to stabbing his wife after an argument about their parenting style. Affidavits show the victim was in the shower when her six-year-old came in and told her that Johnson gave her warm water. The victim also told investigators that Johnson was “bickering” with the child.
The victim told police that Johnson came into the bathroom and the two began to argue. The victim reportedly asked Johnson to leave for the night but he refused. The victim told Johnson that she was leaving, which enraged Johnson and subsequently he punched her in the mouth and proceeded to stab her with a kitchen knife while she was still in the shower.
The victim was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where it was discovered she had been stabbed 17 times with wounds to her neck, behind her ear, right shoulder, left armpit, and mid back. The victim also suffered from a busted lip.
Johnson is facing charges of attempted criminal homicide, a charge that comes with a bond of $250,000. He is currently being housed in Davidson County Jail.
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Family heartbroken when baby dies after choking on pine cone at daycare
RALEIGH, N.C. – A 10-month-old boy choked on a pine cone and died at a Raleigh day care on Wednesday morning, investigators told WRAL.
According to the boy’s grandmother, she dropped Areon Ellington off at the day care Wednesday morning. A few hours later, she got a phone call.
“The day care lady called me and told me that I needed to get to the day care because Areon was choking on something,” Helena Harris said.
“He was my heart,” she said. “He was, through our struggles, what was bonding us together.”
So far, no charges have been filed in the case.
WRAL found the daycare, which is operated out of a home, had violations including hazardous items found on the property, health assessment filing issues, and daily schedules not being maintained.
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Newark woman allegedly stabs man 3 times during first date
NEWARK, NJ — It doesn’t seem like there’s going to be a second date for a Newark woman accused of stabbing a man three times during a first date.
Zaniya P. Stevens, 23, met the victim online, police said. This was their first meeting in person. Stevens flagged down police around 2 a.m. Thursday and told officers she stabbed her date in self defense.
She told them she’d been choked, but police found no evidence of any neck abrasions.
The victim told police he and Stevens had met on social media before he invited her her to his apartment.
Stevens faces charges of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
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New video released after 92-year-old woman allegedly killed her son over plan to send her to nursing home
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. – Newly released body camera footage, detective interviews, and 911 calls shed light on a murder that shocked the Valley, KNXV reports.
Anna Mae Blessing was arrested on July 2, 2018, for the shooting death of her 72-year-old son Thomas Blessing at their home in Fountain Hills.
Blessing told detectives she was upset about her son’s plans to put her in an assisted living facility. Blessing also said she was angry with how her son and his girlfriend, who also lived at the home, were treating her. She claims they were mean and did not care for her.
When the couple got home from a vacation and ignored Blessing, she told Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies she walked into their bedroom with two concealed pistols in her robe pockets.
The grandmother said she got in an argument with her son and pulled out a revolver. “I can’t remember the caliber, it was a good size one,” she told a detective after being arrested.
Blessing said she did not remember why she removed the gun, but she said as Thomas lunged, she fired multiple rounds, killing her only son.
“I backed up and I pulled the trigger, and it broke the mirror and I don’t know what I did,” she said. “Then Tom was going to come at me again so I pulled the trigger…I’m sure the second round hit him.”
“Where did it hit him?” asked the MCSO detective.
“I have no idea, but I do know I killed him,” explained Blessing. “I bent over and took his pulse, and there was no pulse. So I knew I killed him.”
After she shot Thomas, she then admitted to pointing the gun at her son’s girlfriend. The two struggled over the weapon before the girlfriend knocked the revolver away.
The girlfriend, Julie, can be heard screaming at the dispatcher for help in newly released 911 calls.
“Help me! Help! She’s going to shoot me! She’s going to shoot me!”
Julie later told police how she was able to disarm Blessing. “I got that gun away from her. It was a brown gun and I believe I threw it,” said Julie.
“She got in her pocket and she pulled out another gun … I grabbed onto her and I was yelling, ‘Stop Ann! Stop.’ She’s strong for 92, let me tell you. And when I knocked her down, she took the gun and she put it in my side. Then she pulled it up again.”
Blessing had a second pistol but never used it.
“Then I went to my bed and sat in the chair and waited for police to come,” said Blessing.
During a roughly 11-hour holding period, with hours of interrogation, coughing, and naps, Blessing confessed multiple times.
“I killed my own son,” she said. “He was coming at me, so I fired the gun.”
She also explained her motive. “I didn’t want to go to a nursing home and he would promise me I never would have to.”
The 92-year-old was of sharp mind, correcting the detective at some points, but she was also clearly elderly.
“Right now I’m so damn tired, I don’t know,” said Blessing, who also had a Life Alert necklace and hearing aids on at the time of her arrest.
“When you reached down and felt that he didn’t have a pulse, how did you feel?” asked the detective.
“I didn’t have much of a feel I guess,” she replied.
“How do you feel right now about what happened?”
“I wish I had stayed in Florida,” said Blessing
Blessing did not appear remorseful throughout the lengthy interview.
When asked if she felt bad about pointing the gun at Julie — who she said she was close friends with weeks prior — she responded, “Yeah kind of. But she’s part of the trying to get me put in a nursing home too … so I don’t know that I do feel that bad.”
Blessing ultimately told the detective, “I probably ought to be put to sleep.”
“What can I do for society?” she asked out loud, “I killed my son. The person I brought into this world.”
Blessing died in jail hospice on January 25, 2019. She was set to stand trial for the murder weeks later in March.
Her only granddaughter told KNXV after the arrest that she thought Blessing should be released from jail where she could have her dignity back.
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Dad charged in death of 7-year-old boy found encased in cement in Denver storage unit
DENVER — Charges have been filed against the father of 7-year-old Caden McWilliams, the boy who was found dead in a southeast Denver storage unit in December.
The Denver District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that Leland Pankey, 39, faces three counts: first-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and tempering with a deceased human.
A hearing is scheduled for June 27.
McWilliams’ mother, Elisha Pankey, was already charged in the death in January. She was charged with child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse
The boy’s body was found encased in cement in a dog carrier inside a storage unit in the 5000 block of East Evans Avenue on Dec. 23, 2018.
“What began as a domestic violence call to the Aurora Police Department rapidly evolved into a homicide investigation because responding officers cared enough to ensure the involved children were safe,” said District Attorney Beth McCann in a statement. “We have now implicated both parents in this truly horrific crime.”
McCann added that McWilliams’ younger sister is “safe and adjusting well.”
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Teacher forced black students to be ‘sold’ to white students in ‘mock slave auctions’
(Meredith) — A New York state investigation found that students at a private Lutheran school in Bronxville were “negatively affected” after a fifth-grade teacher forced them to enact a “mock slave auction.”
According to the New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ Office, the teacher at The Chapel School forced black students to wear imaginary shackles and encouraged white students to bid on them in a “mock slave auction.”
The attorney general’s office said the teacher held “mock slave auctions” in two separate fifth-grade social studies classes in March, supposedly as part of a curriculum on colonial America.
The teacher, who was not named, was fired following the incidents.
According to the attorney general, the teacher asked all of the black students in each class to raise their hands and then told them to wait in the hallway. The teacher then placed imaginary chains and shackles on the black students’ wrists, necks and ankles and had them walk back into the classroom. The teacher then told the black students to line up against the wall and proceeded to conduct a “mock slave auction,” “selling” the black students to the white students in the class.
“The investigation found that the teacher’s reenactments in the two classes had a profoundly negative effect on all of the students present – especially the African-American students – and the school community at large,” the attorney general’s statement said.
The Chapel School, located about 15 miles north of Manhattan, said 43 percent of their students are minorities. The school enrolls children from prekindergarten to eighth grade, and annual tuition costs up to $14,000. According to the school’s website, fifth-grade students (the grade in which the “mock slave auctions” took place) pay $12,400 yearly tuition.
The investigation also revealed prior complaints from parents to school administration regarding the school’s lack of racial sensitivity. The investigation found the school did not take sufficient steps to address the complaints.
Attorney General James said every young person regardless of race deserves the chance to attend school free of harassment, bias and discrimination.
“Lessons designed to separate children on the basis of race have no place in New York classrooms, or in classrooms throughout this country. I thank The Chapel School for agreeing to take measures that directly address the issues of race, diversity and inclusion at the school. My office will continue efforts to promote safe environments where all students can learn and thrive,” James said in a statement.
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