Woman pushed elderly man off bus, leading to his death, after he told her to be nice
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Security video recorded a woman shoving a 74-year-old man with a walker off a public transit bus in Las Vegas after he asked her to be nice to other passengers, and she’s facing a murder charge after the man died, according to court documents.
Serge Fournier hit his head on a sidewalk in the March 21 incident, police said, and the Clark County coroner ruled his death on April 23 a homicide resulting from his injuries.
Cadesha Michelle Bishop was arrested Monday on a murder warrant and was assigned a public defense attorney during her first court appearance on Tuesday. A Clark County public defender’s official did not immediately respond Thursday to messages.
A judge ordered Bishop, 25, held on $100,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing of evidence May 21.
A police report says Fournier was moving up the aisle of the Regional Transportation Commission bus when he asked a woman who had been cursing at other people to be nicer to passengers.
*Disturbing Video* Detectives would like to speak anyone present during this incident on March 21, 2019, in which an elderly male was pushed from a bus near Fremont St and 13th St, around 5PM. Please call #LVMPD Homicide Section Detectives at 702-828-3521 w/info. pic.twitter.com/MXYXZbvNkg— LVMPD (@LVMPD) May 14, 2019
Bishop was accused of shoving Fournier out the door “with enough force that he never touched any of the steps” before hitting his head about 8 feet (2.4 meters) from the bus.
Court records show that Bishop was convicted twice, in 2014 and 2015, of misdemeanor domestic battery charges.
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Alabama governor signs law that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison
(CNN) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law a controversial abortion bill that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison.
“Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature,” said Ivey, a Republican, in a statement. “To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.”
The Alabama Senate passed the bill 25-6 late Tuesday night. The law only allows exceptions “to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother,” for ectopic pregnancy and if the “unborn child has a lethal anomaly.” Democrats re-introduced an amendment to exempt rape and incest victims, but the motion failed on an 11-21 vote.
Ivey noted in her statement that the new law may be unenforceable due to the Supreme Court’s Roe V. Wade decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states. But, the new law was passed with the aim of challenging that decision, Ivey said.
“No matter one’s personal view on abortion, we can all recognize that, at least for the short term, this bill may similarly be unenforceable,” Ivey wrote. “As citizens of this great country, we must always respect the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court even when we disagree with their decisions. Many Americans, myself included, disagreed when Roe v. Wade was handed down in 1973. The sponsors of this bill believe that it is time, once again, for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit this important matter, and they believe this act may bring about the best opportunity for this to occur.”
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Jail staff joked as dying woman cried out in pain
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The children of a woman who died of a torn aorta at a jail in downtown Kansas City allege in a lawsuit that staff joked as the woman lay curled up on the floor, crying in pain.
The Kansas City Star reports that the lawsuit describes ReGina Thurman’s death two years ago at the Jackson County Detention Center as “horrible and preventable.” The suit says that the jail’s medical staff was dismissive when Thurman began experiencing severe chest pains while waiting to be processed on a probation violation. They gave her antacid tablets, while jailers accused her of overreacting.
The suit quotes the corrections department’s own report, which says one corrections officer said that Thurman “was suffering from jail-litus (sic).”
The county doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
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Woman sues Kansas hospital after she says an employee contacted her accused rapist
ATCHISON, Kan. – An Atchison Hospital employee is accused of leaking a patient’s personal information to the woman’s suspected rapist, leading him to rape the victim a second time.
The hospital says patient confidentiality and protecting personal information is a top priority, and they blame a former employee whose actions they call “deeply disturbing.”
The victim was sexually assaulted in May 2017; she went to Atchison Hospital for an evaluation and to have a rape kit processed.
She told hospital staff who attacked her and was adamant they not disclose that information to anyone.
According to a lawsuit filed against Atchison Hospital and one of its former employees though, an X-ray technician at the hospital contacted the woman’s assailant to tell him the victim had accused him of sexual assault.
The woman said that led to her alleged attacker relentlessly harassing her through text messages, social media and phone calls, as well stalking her in public and her at her house, eventually raping her a second time. The lawsuit also says the hospital employee harassed and hounded her as well.
The suit blames Atchison Hospital for not securing patient medical information.
The hospital’s CEO wrote a letter to the patient, apologizing for any “concern or difficulty” the incident caused her.
Although the hospital fired the X-ray technician, the suit says Atchison Hospital gave her positive reviews so she could quickly get a new job at Saint Luke’s Cushing Hospital in Leavenworth. Saint Luke’s said it was unaware of the reason for the employee’s termination at Atchison before the lawsuit was filed, and they have since put her on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
Atchison Hospital representatives said it’s reviewed the situation to see what could be done differently in the future.
The hospital said it “immediately implemented changes to internal controls including even stricter accessibility requirements to its Health Information Management Department. Patient confidentiality at Atchison Hospital and our ability to protect personal information is a top priority of ours.”
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Florida Woman Arrested in Burger King Bathroom With 7 Syringes Hidden in Vagina
A Florida woman is facing charges after deputies say she hid several syringes inside her vagina in Pinellas County, Tampa-area television station WFLA reported Monday.
The suspect, 35-year-old Jaymie Wescott, was allegedly snarling and yelling at staff, and refusing to leave the Burger King bathroom, according to the arrest report.
Wescott allowed deputies to search her but reportedly pulled away when they searched her groin area. That’s where they allegedly “felt something hard,” WFLA reported.
Deputies brought Wescott to jail where she reportedly removed seven syringes from her vagina. The arrest report said the syringes contained a clear substance but did not specify what the substance was.
Wescott was booked on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia, introducing or possessing contraband in a county detention facility and resisting an officer without violence.
She was released from jail after bond was posted, inmate records showed on Tuesday.
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Toddler dies after sex assault in Virginia motel room
RICHMOND, Va. — A toddler died Friday from injuries caused by a brutal sex assault at a Virginia motel, according to police.
The mother of 17-month-old Nariah Brown, Aija Brown, told WTVR she left her daughter in a South Richmond motel room with a person she trusted.
Police confirmed a person of interest in the case has been jailed in the alleged May 8 attack. He was arrested by U.S. Marshals on a probation violation, WTVR reports.
“I was gonna’ always do anything to protect her,” Brown said. “She never did anything to anybody. She wasn’t a mean baby. She was loving. She would go up to strangers hug them and smile.”
Nariah was born prematurely, and, for three months, she fought to live.
Aija Brown said she never missed a day at the hospital, and pledged to her baby girl that she would never leave her side. A promise she said she kept until the very end.
“I was giving my baby CPR in the back seat,” Brown said. “Because I thought she wasn’t breathing.”
Nariah had a radiant personality. A little girl who loved Disney Jr.
“She loved puppy dog pals and loved dogs,” said Brown. “She’d say ‘woof-woof.’ She was just really learning to talk.”
Nariah was Brown’s only child.
She said she was emotionally distraught and will lean on her family for support and love to help her carry on without her smiling and happy baby girl.
While no one has been charged yet in Nariah’s death, charges are expected to be announced soon, according to WTVR sources. The cause and manner of Nariah’s death has not yet been released.
There will be a vigil for Nariah Tuesday night; a GoFundMe has been set up to help the family pay for funeral services.
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Florida man slaps girlfriend with cheeseburger
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man is under arrested after reportedly slapping his girlfriend in the face with a cheeseburger.
According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, 30-year-old Kyle Jamison Jones “wanted it his way.”
Jones’ live-in girlfriend called police and said Jones woke her up abruptly by slapping her in the face with a cheeseburger, according to the post. She told police Jones then pulled her hair and kicked her down the stairs.
Jones reportedly admitted only to a verbal dispute, despite the food particles visible on the victim. He was charged with battery and taken to the Martin County Jail.
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Arizona woman admits to suffocating 79-year-old mother with pillow
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KNXV) — A Valley woman is facing first-degree murder charges after she admitted to murdering her mother Monday afternoon.
According to Sgt. Ben Hoster, dispatchers received a call around 2 p.m. from someone at an apartment complex near 64th Street and Osborn Road saying their neighbor asked them to call 911.
Scottsdale police say Holly Brennan, 46, later told the dispatcher that she had killed her mother, Sharon Simmons. Officers responded and found Simmons deceased in a bed.
Brennan told police she suffocated her mother. Investigators did not immediately know when Simmons had died.
Mike Bennett said he saw Brennan confess to police outside her apartment. “She admitted that she smothered her mother with a pillow,” Bennett said.
“Responding officers then went inside the apartment and located an elderly female deceased on the bed,” Sgt. Hoster said.
“Then they put the cuffs on her and sat her down on the sidewalk,” Bennett said. “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It took a couple seconds for it to sink in, and I’m like, ‘Wow she just admitted that!’”
Police say Brennan and Simmons live together and have a history of domestic violence.
Neighbors told KNXV Simmons was beloved in the complex.
“She was a very nice lady. Everybody in the apartment complex just loved her,” Ross Blaisdell said.
“She was a sweet lady. The daughter was a little sketchy,” Bennett said.
Brennan was taken into custody and questioned by detectives, Hoster said.
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Man pulled over with dead wife in passenger seat
A 70-year-old man told police his wife died on a road trip, so he strapped her in their car’s passenger seat and continued on.
The explanation came Monday as Rodney Puckett of Oklahoma was pulled over for a traffic violation along Interstate 10 in Arizona, reports the Arizona Republic.
When Eloy Detective Adam Edmonds noticed a woman who appeared to be dead buckled into the car, Puckett reportedly claimed his wife, 74-year-old Linda Puckett, had died at a hotel in Texas before he moved her body to the car and kept driving.
Yet KNXV reports that the couple, married in 2011, were in the midst of divorcing. Linda Puckett filed for divorce Feb. 8, two days after she was granted a protective order against her husband, who was booked on a count of abandonment or concealment of a body.
Rodney Puckett is known to have bipolar disorder, according to a Silver Alert issued for him in April. The alert was canceled after he was discovered in a Kansas jail on a complaint of eluding officers, per KFOR.
Authorities are now working to determine how and when Linda died.
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Long Island veteran and struggling single mom gets surprised with new car
ROCKY POINT, Long Island – One local veteran and single mom of two is getting some much-needed relief.
Ludmilla Lamothe, who has been struggling without a vehicle, was surprised with a newly refurbished car by Caliber Collision and GEICO on Tuesday.
The assistance for the local U.S. Army veteran comes after she’s been without reliable transportation for a year. She’s been having a hard time getting back on her feet after her vehicle was totaled in an accident last year.
The service member said that she has been spending lots of money commuting with ride-share apps across the city such as Uber.
Lamothe has been juggling daily tasks like trying to take her two daughters to school, going to therapy and doing her coursework as she pursues a degree in social work.
She shared her excitement for the gift with PIX11 News. “I’m so happy… I don’t have to struggle anymore,” Lamothe said.
Lamothe was nominated for the Recycled Rides gift by local nonprofit Driving 4 Change and Soldiers’ Angels, a nonprofit organization that supports military service members and veterans.
“It’s going to have a huge impact on her life and her family’s life,” Vartan Jerian, Director of Caliber Collision said.
The donation is part of the “Recycled Rides” program that has donated nearly 300 cars over the past six years. The special moment commemorates Military Appreciation Month, which is celebrated every year during the month of May.
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