Nevada police say woman went to school playground with ax, threatened to kill everyone
A woman in Nevada who reportedly carried a pickaxe as she shouted threats at a playground where hundreds of children were playing has been arrested.
Kisstal Killough, 33, was allegedly carrying the hand tool and screaming threats as she climbed a chain link fence around noon on Tuesday to enter the Tom Williams Elementary School playground in North Las Vegas, Fox 5 Las Vegas reported.
A public information officer with the North Las Vegas Police Department said there were 200 children on the playground during the incident, in which Killough was shouting she was going to murder everyone, according to KSNV.
When officers reportedly arrived one minute later, Killough jumped off the fence, dropped the pickaxe and surrendered peacefully.
Killough, according to police, was mentally impaired during the incident — possibly under the influence of drugs.
In a letter sent home to parents, school Principal Kristie Cole said that Killough “did not harm anyone or cause any damage to the school,” and was reported to police after staff and students noticed her.
Arrest records show Killough was taken into custody on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, trespass, nuisance and loitering on school property.
Trump Re-Election Campaign Emails Photo of Florida Shooting Survivor, Asks for Money
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign used a photo of a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, shooting in an email Saturday that asks its recipients to donate money to the campaign.
The email contains a photo of 17-year-old Madeleine Wilford in a hospital bed surrounded by her family, Trump and the first lady. The President visited Wilford on February 16, two days after the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which left 17 dead.
“The nation has turned its attention to the senseless school shooting in Parkland, Florida,” the email reads.
“Trump is taking steps toward banning gun bump stocks and strengthening background checks for gun purchasers,” it says. “The President has made his intent very clear: ‘making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority.’”
Near the end of the message, there’s a link to the campaign’s donations page.
The campaign did not immediately return CNN’s request for comment.
Trump previously used the photo in an Instagram post uploaded on the same day as the hospital visit.
Scared Elementary School Student Brought Gun and Knife to School
A student at Stewart Elementary brought a gun and knife to school in response to a fake Facebook post the student believed to be true, according to a statement from Salina USD 305.
“The student brought the gun and knife not with the intention of harming anyone,” the statement said.
The school district learned of a threatening message that was spreading through social media on Wednesday. School officials immediately contacted the Salina Police Department, who determined the hoax was similar to one being circulated across the nation. It was not specific to Salina. A notification was sent to parents at 9:24 that evening, said Jennifer Bradford-Vernon, public information director
“The gun and knife were immediately secured and police contacted,” the district said. “The student has been removed from the school property. The investigation continues as Salina USD 305 is working closely with Salina PD. We hold safety and security of our students and staff as the highest priority.”The student reportedly brought the gun and knife to school Friday morning.
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Georgia Woman Burns Down 20 Homes After Losing Her House In A Divorce
A woman living alone in a home awarded to her husband in a divorce started a fire in the living room that quickly spread to 19 other houses, causing more than $1 million in damage, according to reports on Tuesday.
The woman, whom officials identified as Adrienne Satterly, 41, started a blaze in a stack of mattresses early Sunday in her home in Hiram, then drove off with her two cats, WSB-TV reported.
Her home and three others in the subdivision were destroyed and 16 others suffered damage, fire officials said.
“Despite the massive property damage, only one minor injury was reported,” the Paulding Fire Department said.
Satterly has been charged with 14 counts of first-degree arson and three counts of aggravated animal cruelty, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Two dogs and a cat died in the blaze, fire officials said.
Jailhouse records show she was also charged with public intoxication.
Yolanda Woodland owned the dogs that perished when the flames spread to her home. She was asleep when the fire started about 3:25 a.m.
She told Fox 5 she and Auzalea Godfrey, her daughter, lost everything.
“The house next door, the whole thing was already engulfed in flames, our living room and kitchen was already on fire,” she said. “Within two minutes, the house was engulfed in flames. I mean it went really quick.”
Godfrey said they were barely able to get out and knock on neighbor doors ahead of the fast-moving flames.
Georgia Insurance Department spokesman Glenn Allen told the West Georgia Neighbor, a local newspaper, Satterly’s husband was awarded the house in a divorce settlement. She was living in the house by herself, and her husband lived somewhere else.
“She was scheduled to leave the home,” Allen told the paper.
Couple accused of molesting 5-year-old son and may have sexually abused their dogs
VICTORVILLE, Calif. – A California couple accused of sexually abusing their then 5-year-old son may also have committed sexual acts on their dogs, officials officials announced Wednesday.
An investigation began in August 2013 when the victim disclosed that he was sexually abused by his parents, Roy Ling, 35, and Sara Wilson, 32. At the time, however, the victim and his parents were transients.
Details about the alleged abuse were not provided Wednesday.
The investigation continued in March 2014, but the suspects were not found.
Finally, in December, officials found Ling and Wilson in the riverbed area of Victorville. Investigators also had information that the suspects may have committed sexual acts on their dogs, but no further information about that accusation was provided.
Detectives provided additional information to the San Bernardino District Attorney’s Office and arrest warrants were issued for Ling and Wilson on Feb. 14. They were arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of lascivious acts with a child. Their bail was set at $200,000 each.
Woman Performed Dental Procedures — Including Root Canal — Without License at Pico-Union Home
A 58-year-old woman alleged to have injured one person as she practiced dentistry without a license from the living room of her home in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles pleaded no contest to a charge, authorities said Tuesday.
Clara Medina entered the plea to a single count of battery likely to produce serious bodily injury, according to a news release from the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office announcing the conviction.
“It’s outrageous for someone with no license or formal training to subject a patient to a root canal — a procedure we allege sent a victim to the hospital,” City Attorney Mike Feuer said in the release.
Medina was accused of performing a root canal last March that resulted in the individual being hospitalized, according to the release.
The victim had toothache at the time and was referred to Medina by coworkers who had gone to her for other dental work.
The procedure, which was performed on the woman’s living room lounge chair, included the use of various needles, the release stated. As a result of the dental work, the victim sustained injuries that included possible permanent nerve damage.
“Unlicensed dentists and doctors prey upon people who can’t afford insurance or licensed practitioners, putting their victims in great peril,” Feuer said.
Medina was sentenced to three years of probation and 30 days of jail or 20 days of community labor, and was also ordered to pay full restitution to the victim.
Student shoots self in Ohio middle school, no one else hurt
MASSILLON, Ohio — Police in Ohio say a 7th-grader apparently brought a gun to school and shot himself inside a bathroom.
Investigators say no other students have been hurt and they don’t know yet whether the shooting Tuesday morning was intentional.
A school official says the student is being treated at a hospital. His condition wasn’t immediately known.
Parents rushed to Jackson Middle School, near Massillon, to pick up their children after the school sent out a notice about the shooting.
Authorities and school officials say they don’t whether the student was alone at the time of the shooting and haven’t released any other details about what happened.
Massillon is located about 50 miles south of Cleveland.
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Mother jailed for baptizing daughter
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina mother started her weeklong sentence in jail for getting her daughter baptized.
Kendra Stocks, 36, began her seven-day sentence Friday after she was found in contempt of court.
Stocks went against a judge’s order while going through a custody battle with the child’s father, Paul Schaaf, the Charlotte Observer reports.
According to the newspaper, Stocks had her daughter baptized back in 2016 — just one day after the judge granted Schaaf full custody of their daughter, “specifically including decisions concerning religion.”
Schaaf, a practicing Catholic, found out his ex got their daughter christened after he saw pictures of the ceremony posted on Facebook, the paper reports.
He complained to the courts, and the judge found Stocks guilty of contempt, citing that she had acted in “bad-faith disregard” by not informing Schaaf about the ceremony and refusing to include him in any decision making on the event, which was really important to him.
Stocks appealed, but the judge’s ruling was upheld. Jail records indicate she turned herself into police to serve her sentence.
“I’m sad about what has happened. I don’t regret having her baptized,” she told the paper, “That was in her best interest. I don’t see how this is in the best interest of the family. Her father is sending her mother to jail.”
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‘Kingpin Granny’ was the ‘go to’ drug dealer for decades, police say
DECATURVILLE, Tenn. — “If you wanted strong painkillers and things like that, she was the go to person,” Decatur County Sheriff Keith Byrd told WREG.
Sheriff Byrd wasn’t talking about the head of some drug cartel. He was talking about 75-year-old Betty Jordan, who local law enforcement refer to as the “Kingpin Granny,” according to WZTV.
The Parsons, Tennessee woman was charged with three counts of drug manufacturing/delivery/sale/possession and three counts of drug possession for “opioids, heroin, morphine and different things,” Sheriff Byrd said.
Undercover officers also seized Oxycodone, Xanex and $12,000 in cash after making a purchase from Jordan and raiding her home.
Sheriff Byrd said he’s upset Jordan has been able to operate without detection for so long.
“If it’s been going on for 20 years. That would put her in her fifties when she started doing this,” he said.
He expects more arrests in the case but wouldn’t elaborate.
“Much like an octopus, this thing has tentacles that go in all different directions,” Sheriff Byrd said.
Sheriff Byrd said Jordan, who uses a walker and a wheelchair, is out on a $50,000 bond and undergoing treatment for an unknown condition at an area hospital.
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Tutor allegedly tries to meet with 13-year-old for sex, gets busted by feds
LOWER MANHATTAN — A Long Island home-school tutor was arrested after federal officers foiled his plans to meet with a 13-year-old girl at a Manhattan diner, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday.
Jeffrey Weber, 59, placed an ad on Craigslist looking for a younger woman who would want to be with a man, police sources said.
Weber received a response and made arrangements through text and email to meet with the person, who he thought was a 13-year-old girl, to engage in sexual activity, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
What Weber didn’t know was that he was actually interacting with an undercover officer posing as a teen.
According to the court complaint, Weber engaged in sexually explicit communications with the undercover officer between Jan. 30 and Feb. 14. During the interactions, Weber discussed various sexual acts he wished to perform on the girl and acknowledged her young age. They made plans to meet at a Manhattan diner and go back to the girl’s apartment to engage in sexual activity, officials said.
Weber was detained Wednesday at the diner where he planned to meet with the girl. According to authorities, he had towels, tissues, condoms and candles in his possession.
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill thanked the officials who helped with Weber’s arrest.
“The suspect in this case — a 59-year-old Long Island man — is accused of sending sexually-explicit texts and emails to an investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl. But this crime wasn’t confined to cyberspace. The man was arrested yesterday at a diner in Manhattan, where his plan was to meet the underage girl and take her elsewhere for sex. I want to thank the members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, whose expertise identified and put an end to this predator’s activities,” O’Neill said.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Weber is charged with attempted enticement. If convicted, he can face a life sentence in prison.
The NYPD lists charges against Weber as attempted rape, attempted criminal sex act and attempted acting n a manner injurious to a child.
Authorities are asking other victims that may have come in contact with Weber to come forward.