Man gets 60 years for impregnating 11-year-old in Texas
PLANO, Texas — A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after impregnating an 11-year-old girl.
Collin County prosecutors said in a statement Friday that 37-year-old Roli Lopez-Sanchez of Plano had been found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child. He won’t be eligible for parole or good time credit.
Prosecutors say medical workers notified police in February 2018 after the pregnant victim came to their office.
Lopez-Sanchez had ongoing access to the girl at the time. Child Protective Services investigated and removed her and her siblings from the home.
Authorities say the girl was 12 when she gave birth over the summer, and a DNA sample confirmed that Lopez-Sanchez was the infant’s father.
Lopez-Sanchez, jailed since his February 2018 arrest, also faced a federal immigration detainer.
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Photo Credit: Collin County prosecutors said in a statement Friday that 37-year-old Roli Lopez-Sanchez of Plano had been found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child. He won’t be eligible for parole or good time credit. (Collin County District Attorney’s Office)
‘Ghost’ in student’s apartment turns out to be man in her closet, wearing her clothes
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Strange noises, missing clothing and unexplained handprints.
A North Carolina college student says she thought a ghost was haunting her off-campus apartment – until this past weekend when she found a man in her closet, dressed in her clothes.
It happened at the Summit at the Edge Apartments, just steps from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
“I’ve been having, like, pieces of clothes missing. Like shirts and pants,” says Maddie, a junior at the college. She told WGHP she is scared for her safety and declined to show her face on camera.
Items were disappearing and handprints were left behind on the bathroom wall.
It wasn’t until Saturday that she uncovered a mystery that she and her roommates thought was a ghost.
“I just hear rattling in my closet. It sounded like a raccoon in my closet,” Maddie said. “I’m like ‘Who’s there?’ And somebody answers me. He’s like, ‘Oh my name is Drew.’ I open the door and he’s in there, wearing all of my clothes. My socks. My shoes. And he has a book bag full of my clothes.”
Police said that was 30-year-old Andrew Swofford. He appeared in court on Monday via video conference from the Guilford County Jail.
Maddie said she called her boyfriend. As she calmly waited for help, she talked to Swofford to keep him distracted.
“He tries on my hat. He goes in the bathroom and looks in the mirror and then is like ‘You’re really pretty, can I give you a hug?’” she recalled. “But he never touched me.”
The big question the women are trying to get answered is how he got inside.
They said their doors are always locked and they did not see any damage to them.
But what really scares the women is that this is not the first time strange men have been inside their apartment.
“There was two guys in the living room,” Maddie said.
That was December 19th. The women alerted the leasing office.
An employee confirmed they changed the locks at that time but did not file a police report. WGHP was told that was standard protocol.
But Maddie and her roommate say they’ve had enough.
“Last night I did not feel safe. I slept with my roommate in her bed,” she said. “I can’t stay here. My closet, it stinks. Every time I go in [my room] there’s a bad vibe. I’m just ready to leave.”
Burkely Communities, the property management company, told WGHP they are going through all of the details and trying to figure out how something like this happened.
Swofford was jailed in Guilford County under a $26,000 bond on 14 felony charges including larceny and identity theft.
Deputy killed during 12-hour Ohio standoff with suicidal man
It began with a bizarre call to 911, police say. It ended about 12 hours later with a deputy dead, another injured and a suspect in custody.According to the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office, located just outside Cincinnati, Detective Bill Brewer and Lt. Nick DeRose responded Saturday evening to a 911 caller who initially told a dispatcher that he thought someone was in his home.The man said he was armed and later said he was suicidal, according to a police news release.When officers arrived, they couldn’t contact the man, who had barricaded himself inside his apartment, Capt. Jeff Sellars said.Around 8:15 p.m., shots were fired from the apartment, Sellars said. Pierce Township Police requested a multi-agency response team. Police identified the man who opened fire as 23-year-old Wade Winn.Ten minutes later, the team arrived and tried to negotiate with Winn, Sellars said, but more shots were fired.At 10:37 p.m., more shots were fired from inside the apartment, Sellars said. Brewer and DeRose were struck, police said.DeRose was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
Brewer died from gunshot wounds at Mercy Health Anderson Hospital. The 20-year veteran of the sheriff’s office leaves behind a wife and 5-year-old son, police said.Sheriff’s deputies and a SWAT team took Winn into custody “after they endured a barrage of gunfire generated by Winn,” a police news release said.”Deputy Brewer gave his life attempting to help a person who was admittedly suicidal,” Sheriff Steve Leahy said. “This will forever change the atmosphere of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office.”Sellars told CNN affiliate WCPO that a two-alarm fire broke out early Sunday at the apartment complex where the standoff unfolded. He did not elaborate.Law enforcement officers from across the Cincinnati area accompanied Brewer’s body from the hospital to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, which will conduct the autopsy, CNN affiliate WLWT reported.
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Boy, 4, finds gun and shoots pregnant mom in the face
SEATTLE (AP) — A 4-year-old boy in a Washington state apartment found a loaded gun under a mattress and used it to shoot his pregnant mother in the face, authorities said Sunday.
The 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend were watching television in bed Saturday when their son found the gun between the mattress and box spring, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Ryan Abbott said.
“He unintentionally shot his mom in the face,” Abbott said.
The woman, who is eight months pregnant, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. She was transferred to another hospital Sunday in improved condition, Abbott said.
The boy’s father told deputies he borrowed the gun for protection, Abbott said. The gun wasn’t reported stolen and is unregistered, he said.
Under a new state law, gun owners could face criminal charges for not safely storing a gun, but Abbott noted it doesn’t go into effect until July.
The case is under investigation.
“We’re reminding anybody with a gun, kids see them as toys,” Abbott said. “The biggest tragic lesson here is please lock-up your guns so they can’t be used accidentally for the wrong reason.”
Dad, Daughter Accused Of Incest As Woman Allegedly Competed With Sister To Have Sex With Him
A father-daughter pair in Nebraska has been charged with one count of incest after admitting to police about their sexual relationship.
Travis Fieldgrove, 39, and his 21-year-old daughter, Samantha Kershner, were arrested by Grand Island authorities on Wednesday, according to a statement from the police department, which noted that they became romantically involved in September 2018 despite being aware of their biological relationship before being intimate.
Kershner allegedly told officials that she wanted to have sex with Fieldgrove because she was in a “jealous competition with her half-sister regarding who could have sex with their father,” according to a court affidavit, obtained by the Omaha World-Herald, ABC-NTV and the Lincoln Journal Star.
Kershner also told police she learned of her father’s identity nearly four years prior after asking her mother to introduce her to Fieldgrove, according to the affidavit.
On Oct. 1, Kershner and Fieldgrove got married at the Adams County Courthouse in Hastings.
The court documents, obtained by multiple outlets, indicate Fieldgrove is 99.999 percent Kershner’s father via DNA tests. Fieldgrove was not listed on Kershner’s birth certificate.
In addition, Nebraska courthouses no longer require blood testing prior to obtaining a marriage license.
Both Fieldgrove and Kershner are being held in the Hall County Jail with Fieldgrove on $100,000 bail and Kershner on $20,000 bail.
It was not immediately known if the pair retained an attorney who could comment on their behalf.
Ex-Youth Care Worker Sentenced to 19 Years for Sex Abuse of Teens at AZ Immigrant Shelter, Exposing Some to HIV
A former youth care worker convicted of sexually abusing seven teenage boys at a Phoenix-area shelter for immigrant children has been sentenced to 19 years in prison.
Prosecutors say 25-year-old Levian D. Pacheco of Phoenix faced a tougher punishment at his Jan. 14 sentencing because he exposed some victims to the HIV virus.
A jury found Pacheco guilty in September on seven counts of abusive sexual contact with a ward and three counts of sexual abuse of a ward.
Prosecutors say Pacheco sexually abused the boys at the Southwest Key facility in Mesa between August 2016 and July 2017.
The teens were being held in official detention pending possible deportation.
Pacheco was in charge of supervising them.
Pacheco wasn’t working there when family separations began in large numbers last year.
South Dakota Becomes Latest State to Allow Concealed Handguns Without a Permit
It’s now legal to carry a concealed handgun without a permit in South Dakota.
In signing the legislation Thursday, Gov. Kristi Noem made her state the latest to allow the practice. It’s the first bill she’s signed into law since she took office last month.
The legislation, which will go into effect on July 1, is designed to “protect the Second Amendment rights of South Dakotans by allowing constitutional carry,” she said.
“More than 230 years ago, the Founding Fathers of our country penned the Constitution that has since laid the framework for centuries of policies,” the Republican governor said.
“They so firmly believed in the importance of the freedom to bear arms that they enshrined it into the Constitution’s Second Amendment.”
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming also do not require a permit to carry a concealed weapon, the National Rifle Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures said.
The Argus Leader, a daily newspaper based in Sioux Falls, quotes the governor as saying a “robust and thoughtful process” of debate resulted in the passage of the measure.
She says the law still maintains “restrictions… on who can carry a concealed handgun” and residents can decide for themselves whether to get a permit, according to the newspaper.
“A common sense measure”
The National Rifle Association applauded the new law as a reasonable move that enhances legislation already on the books.
The state already recognizes the right to carry a firearm openly without a permit, the NRA said.
“Current law, however, requires a state-issued permit to carry that same firearm under a coat or in a bag. This new law simply extends the current open carry rule to concealed carry. Those who obtain permits will still enjoy the reciprocity agreements that South Dakota has with other states.”
Chris W. Cox, executive director of the group’s Institute for Legislative Action, thanked Noem “for her leadership on this critical issue.”
“This law is a common sense measure that allows law-abiding South Dakotans to exercise their fundamental right to self-protection in the manner that best suits their needs.”
The permit idea remains popular, polling shows
Everytown for Gun Safety, a group fighting gun violence and promoting gun safety, released polling underscoring the popularity of a permit requirement.
It said 84% of South Dakota voters, including 85% of South Dakota gun owners, back a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public.
The polling shows the permit requirement has wide majorities of support from both Republicans and Democrats.
“Not a single state passed permitless carry legislation last year to allow people to carry hidden, loaded handguns in public without a permit,” said Everytown press secretary Adam Sege. “By contrast, 21 states rejected permitless carry bills.”
“Going backwards”
Shannon Hoime is the South Dakota chapter leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a volunteer group working under Everytown. She said the legislation is unpopular despite its passage.
“In general, the public is embarrassed and disgusted that South Dakota is going backwards,” she said.
“We can honor the Second Amendment and make smarter decisions.”
Hoime said the group will continue to promote responsible gun ownership and help educate the public.
“We’ll just do our work on the ground to keep people informed and keep people safe,” she said.
Video shows man faking fall to get insurance money
And the award for worst actor in an insurance scam goes to …
A New Jersey subcontractor has been busted for staging a laughably bad fake fall — all caught on videotape — to score insurance money, authorities said Friday.
Alexander Goldinsky, 57, of Randolph is seen on the surveillance-camera footage first tossing ice on the floor in the break room at an unnamed Woodbridge firm last fall — then plopping down in a fake tumble, according to prosecutors.
In the footage, Goldinski, an independent contractor for the firm All Gold Industries, stands over the ice and looks around for a few moments before half-sitting, half toppling onto the floor.
He later filed a false insurance claim for an ambulance service and treatment for “injuries” at a nearby hospital, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said.
But the bad actor was busted for the scam after authorities launched an investigation into his insurance claim, officials said.
“The investigation revealed that Goldinsky purposely threw the ice on the floor in the cafeteria at his workplace, placed himself on the ground and waited until he was discovered,” prosecutor’s office said in a press release.
On Jan. 15, he was charged with insurance fraud and theft for the allegedly phony fall, which occurred between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1.
“Fraudulent claims cost everyone, and we will aggressively prosecute those who illegally manipulate the system,” prosecutor Andrew Carey said in a statement.
Goldinsky did not return a phone message from The Post seeking comment Friday.
But he claimed earlier to CBS that he was innocent.
“I didn’t do it, it was a mistake,” he said. He is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 7.
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Basketball coach shot player’s dad for complaining
A Brooklyn high-school basketball coach was arrested Friday for shooting the father of one of his players — after the dad complained that his kid wasn’t getting enough playing time, police said.
The shooting occurred Dec. 22, but the coach lied to police and said a third man pulled the trigger — and his victim was too wounded to speak and finger the real culprit, authorities said.
It was only recently that the victim recovered enough to tell police what really happened, officials said.
Coach Todd Myles of the Pathways in Technology Early College HS on the Paul Robeson campus allegedly lied to cops about what went down that night with local dad Christopher Hooks, who had supposedly shown up at his house to argue over his son’s playing time.
Myles told police that a third person had also arrived — with a gun — and started blasting, authorities said.
Myles is accused of shooting Hooks and then concocting his story about the random street thug in an attempt to cover his tracks. Myles, 42, had actually gotten grazed by a bullet at some point, though it’s unclear now whether this was a ricochet wound or intentional act, police said.
Myles is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal use of a firearm. He was taken into custody on Friday morning by detectives.
The city Department of Education called the allegations against him “incredibly shocking.”
“We immediately reassigned Mr. Myles away from students, and we’ll work to remove him from payroll as soon as legally possible,” said a DOE spokesman. “We are providing support to the school and are working with the NYPD throughout this investigation.”
Myles began his education career as a substitute in 2001 and later became a teacher in 2004, according to DOE.
He started working at Robeson in 2013 and has no prior disciplinary incidents.
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Bow Wow arrested, charged with assault
Rapper Bow Wow has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery charges, Atlanta police said Saturday.
The rapper, whose given name is Shad Moss, was arrested early Saturday following a fight with a woman in Midtown Atlanta, said Officer Jarius Daugherty.
When officers responded to the call, the woman told them Moss had assaulted her but the rapper said the woman had assaulted him, police said.
“Officers were unable to determine the primary aggressor of the altercation, so both parties were charged with battery,” Daugherty said in a statement.
Both suffered minor injuries and were taken to the Fulton County Jail.
Moss was being held in jail on $8,000 signature bond, jail records show.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said he should be able to process out of the facility later Saturday.
CNN has reached to Bow Wow’s representatives for comment.
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