Alabama man receives someone eles’s urine sample instead of the shower rings he ordered from Amazon
TUSCUMBIA, Ala. – He thought he was ordering some household goods off Amazon. Instead, what a man from Alabama got wasn’t even close – he wants to know why he was sent somebody else’s urine.
It started as a simple Prime order on Amazon.
“They said it’d be shipped in two different packages,” he said.
Most Prime members know the free two-day shipping is a whiz.
“I got an email Thursday morning saying the package had been delivered,” he said.
But the man from Tuscumbia says, in this case, the accuracy of the order likely wasn’t the number one priority.
“I opened it. And when I reached in and pulled it out. Some kind of urine specimen or something like that.”
It wasn’t the shower curtain rings he ordered. “I was very surprised. My son was standing there watching me open it and he got a good laugh out of it.”
He asked WHNT not to use his name, but the container inside the bag did include a woman’s name and birthday, likely indicating it was being sent in for testing.
“They just said they were really sorry.”
The man says he contacted Amazon about the mix-up where a representative told him, “we don’t want it.” Effectively, washing their hands of the situation, metaphorically. The good news for him, he will get his shower curtain and the rings he ordered.
“They said the shower curtain rings will be here Saturday,” he said.
So, he may feel a bit flushed by the mix-up, but it’s certainly not money down the toilet.
He plans to hang onto the specimen for a day to see if he’s contacted to send it back. After that, he says he plans to throw it out.
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Florida woman accused of attacking Burger King manager for not giving free fries
MIAMI – Police have arrested one woman and are looking for a second after an alleged assault on a Miami Burger King manager over french fries in April.
Natasha Ethel Bagley, 42, faces charges of armed burglary with assault or battery, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief, court records show.
Bagley and her girlfriend, 27-year-old Genesis Peguero, went to the fast food at restaurant April 2 and asked for free fries at the drive thru, according to an arrest report obtained by WTVJ. When an employee refused, the two women allegedly parked and walked into the restaurant.
Peguero hopped over the counter and, with her hands in her pockets, claimed she had a pistol and demanded the manager give them all of the money in the register, according to police.
When the unidentified female manager tried to call police, Peguero punched the woman in the face, according to the report. Police say Bagley joined in, helping Peguero assault the manager.
The pair allegedly tore registers and monitors off the Burger King counter before driving away from the restaurant in an SUV.
Peguero is still on the run, but Bagley was booked Tuesday after the victims managed to identify her, according to police.
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New Gillette ad shows father teaching transgender son how to shave
(CNN) — A man’s first shave is a milestone no matter who you are. But for transgender man Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, it was memorable for several reasons.
Brown shared the experience with a man identified as his father in an advertisement for Gillette, the maker of razors and shaving supplies.
The video, which Gillette shared on its Facebook page, shows the Toronto-based artist standing in front of a bathroom mirror as his father coaches him.
“Now, don’t be scared,” his father says. “Shaving is about being confident.”
“Growing up, I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I wanted to become and I’m still trying to figure out what kind of man that I want to become,” Brown said in the video,
“I always knew I was different. I didn’t know that there was a term for the type of person that I was.”
CNN reached to Brown to find out if this was indeed his first shave, as the video implies. The video carries the caption, “‘Whenever, wherever, however it happens — your first shave is special.”
CNN also reached out to Gillette to confirm if this is the brand’s first ad to feature a transgender man.
Neither Brown nor Gillette responded immediately.
Regardless of the details, many celebrated the ad as a meaningful gesture of inclusiveness to kick off pride celebrations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in June.
“Oh wow, Gillette, we are having all the feels here,” LGBTQ family advocacy group PFLAG National said on Twitter.
“As the first and largest organization for parents of #LGBTQ people we thank you for seeing our #trans kids…and for honoring their affirming #dads!”
In a Facebook post, Brown thanked Gillette for the opportunity to share the important milestone with his father.
“I shot this ad for Gillette and wanted to include my father, who has been one of my greatest supporters throughout my transition, encouraging me to be confident and live authentically as my best self,” Brown said.
As the news cycle brings a steady stream of negative headlines about violence and discriminationagainst the transgender community, the ad casts a rare positive light on a transgender man experiencing family support.
“I’m keenly aware of how blessed I am to be able to exist in this world being supported by my family in ways that all too often many of my trans brothers, sisters, and siblings who exist outside the binary are not always as fortunate,” Brown said in his Facebook post.
Brown says in the video that he’s glad to be at a point where he’s able to shave, a nod to the fact that for many transgender men, financial and medical barriers can impede access to medically necessary hormone treatment to align their appearance with their gender.
In his Facebook post, Brown said he believes the ad will give other transgender people hope.
“I am confident that this ad will encourage many of my trans siblings and fill them with the knowledge that our existence in this world can be filled with the love and support we deserve.”
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Boy was restrained in bathtub with shackles, dog shock collar before death
MONROE COUNTY, Ind. – A 12-year-old boy was restrained in a motel bathtub with shackles and a dog collar before he died, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reports. Now the boy’s father and stepmother face charges in connection with his death.
Eduardo Posso was taken to Bloomington Hospital for treatment last week; he later died. Hospital officials saud he showed multiple signs of abuse and starvation.
Monroe County detectives arrested his father, 32-year-old Luis Posso, and his stepmother, 25-year-old Dayan Median Flores, in connection with his death. They face neglect charges and are being held in the Monroe County Correctional Center.
Their three other children, a 9-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, and a 2-year-old boy, were placed in the care of Child Protection Services. Officials said they appear to be healthy.
Monroe County detectives said the family was staying in a motel in the area temporarily for their employment. Their job was to distribute advertising for a circus which tours around the United States.
When detectives searched their motel room, they found a box containing restraints and a K-9 shock collar.
Police examined the couples’ phones and found video of Eduardo restrained in a bathtub. The video shows other children and Flores coming and going in the bathroom and paying no attention to the boy.
Posso even took a selfie in the bathroom with his son restrained in the background.
The investigation will likely include multiple jurisdictions over a long period of time, police said.
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Witnesses rescue half-naked 13-year-old girl from sex assault, police say
PHOENIX – Witnesses in a West Phoenix neighborhood busted down a door and rescued a young teen from a sexual assault, according to KNXV.
Phoenix police report that on Sunday afternoon three residents broke down the bedroom door of a 19-year-old and found the suspect and a 13-year-old girl naked from the waist down.
Witnesses reportedly told police that the girl was passed out on the floor, after drinking with Herman Gutierrez Fuentes, 19.
One witness found Fuentes in the corner of the room wearing just a shirt. Fuentes allegedly told the witness, “I messed up,” before he threw Fuentes against a wall, holding him for the police.
The girl was transported from the home, near 59th Avenue and McDowell Road, to a local hospital.
Police say the B.A.C. level of the girl was .189.
Fuentes reportedly admitted to police that he provided alcohol for the teen and drank with her until she was “very intoxicated.”
He pulled her pants down and was about to rape the girl, when the witnesses burst into his room.
He is being held on a $100,000 bond for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and attempted sexual assault.
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Woman reportedly decapitated while trying to free headphones from elevator
A factory worker was decapitated by an elevator in India after she “absentmindedly” tried to free her headphones that got tangled in a gate, according to reports.
The severed head of Sushila Vishwakarma was discovered on the ground floor of the plastics factory in Vadodara, while her body was in the elevator that traveled to the third floor.
Police believe the 48-year-old was trying to free her headphones from the elevator’s collapsible grill as she arrived at work at 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Indian Express.
The headphones were still in the ears of her detached head — and a playlist was running on the phone in her hand, police said.
“We are speculating that she was using her phone and absentmindedly she tried to stick her head outside the lift, which started going up, and the accident happened,” investigating officer MN Saporiya told the paper. “So her body was dragged ’til the last floor and her head got severed.”
Bapod police Inspector TR Bamaniya told the Express that they hope an autopsy will reveal more.
“We are investigating the possibilities of how her head got stuck and whether it was because of the headphones,” he said.
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Georgia man killed in accidental shooting at gun range
A Georgia man was killed at an indoor gun range — when a member of his party inadvertently fired at him over Memorial Day weekend, officials said.
John Salvati, 59, was accidentally struck Monday at Quickshot Savannah and rushed to Memorial Medical Center, according to the Savannah Police Department.
He later died from his injuries, authorities said.
Photos on the married father’s Facebook page show him visiting the beach and celebrating birthdays with friends and family.
Relatives mourned Salvati’s death Tuesday by paying tribute on social media.
“To say I am devastated and as is the rest of my family is not even close,” Salvati’s nephew, Frankie DeFeo, wrote on Facebook.
Police said they’re investigating the shooting, but charges will likely not be filed, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Man dies on flight after reportedly ingesting 246 bags of cocaine
A Japanese man on a flight from Mexico City to Japan died Friday after he reportedly ingested 246 bags of cocaine and began having seizures shortly after the flight departed.
The flight made an emergency landing in Mexico’s Sonora state and the unidentified 42-year-old man died from a cerebral edema, the BBC reported. He reportedly started his journey in Colombia. He was declared dead at the General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia International Airport in Hermosillo.
The small bags were found in his stomach and intestines during an autopsy. The plastic bags were approximately 2.5 centimeters long and 1 cm wide (1 inch by ½ inch).
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Two men steal 13-year-old’s iPhone by pretending to have gun
WAKEFIELD, the Bronx — Police are looking for two men they say robbed a teenager of his smart phone in the Bronx by pretending to have a gun.
A 13-year-old boy was walking near Nereid Avenue and Wilder Avenue in the Wakefield section of the Bronx around 5 p.m. on Monday, May 13, when two unidentified men approached him, police said.
Authorities said the men simulated having a firearm and demanded the teen hand over his iPhone and then fled on foot towards Baychester Avenue with the phone in their possession.
The teen was not hurt during the incident, police said.
Police described the two men as in their late teens or early 20s, last seen wearing all dark clothing. Authorities have released the above surveillance footage of the robbery.
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A 47-year-old man is charged with giving drugs to a 13-year-old and dropping her off at a hospital, where she died
A 47-year-old man who brought a 13-year-old to a Massachusetts hospital shortly before she died has been charged with giving the girl drugs, prosecutors said.
Carlos Rivera faces two counts of distribution of a Class B drug to a minor, two counts of indecent assault on a child younger than 14 and one count of indecent assault on a child older than 14, the Essex District Attorney’s Office said in a Saturday news release.
After police questioned him early Saturday, Rivera was arrested and is being held on a $750,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Lawrence District Court on Tuesday, which CNN affiliate WHDH reports will take place hours before the girl’s wake.
The 13-year-old Amesbury girl, who was in the eighth grade, and another teenager, who prosecutors say is younger than 16, spent the evening of May 19 and most of the next day at Rivera’s apartment in Lawrence.
Accompanied by the other girl, Rivera brought the 13-year-old to Lawrence General Hospital on Monday around 4:47 p.m., and she died shortly afterward, prosecutors said.
The medical examiner has not yet determined a cause of death.
It is not clear what drugs Rivera is accused of giving the teenagers, but Class B drugs include cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, methamphetamine and some powerful painkillers.
Indecent assault in Massachusetts involves the touching of breasts, buttocks or genitals.
Authorities did not say how or where Rivera met the girls. Amesbury is about 20 miles northeast of Lawrence.
The girl’s mother, Debi Goldsmith-Dolan, was desperate for answers.
“All you had to do if she was sick was call an ambulance. Do something to try to save her. You took away my world,” she told CNN affiliate WBZ.
Stepfather Brian Dolan told CNN affiliate WCVB that a hospital staffer told him that the girl had no pulse when she arrived at the emergency room.
“As soon as I heard that I was like, ‘What? You got to be kidding,’” he told the station.
He told WCVB his stepdaughter was a “great kid” who had had some trouble coping with her father’s death five years ago.
“She was pretty smart. She was bright. She was beautiful,” Dolan told WCVB. “Just the wrong place with the wrong people.”
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