YouTuber Stas Reeflay arrested after girlfriend dies in livestream
A Russian YouTuber has been arrested for allegedly livestreaming a horrifying video in which his near-naked, pregnant girlfriend died after his viewers paid to see her abused, according to a report.
Stas Reeflay, 30, forced Valentina “Valya” Grigoryeva, 28, who was wearing only underwear, into the subzero cold after a viewer paid him $1,000 to carry out the sickening act, East2West News reported, citing BAZA media.
The woman died of suspected hypothermia, according to the report.
Reeflay — whose real name is Stanislav Reshetnikov — continued recording even after he realized that his girlfriend was “half dead” on a balcony at his home in the village of Ivanovka, near Moscow, East2West reported.
“Valya, are you alive?” he was heard saying as he tried to revive her with the camera rolling. “My bunny, what’s up with you? Valya! Valya! Damn, you look like you are dead.
“Bunny, come on … tell me something. I’m worrying. Damn … I don’t feel her heartbeat,” he continued.
Reeflay then told his tens of thousands of followers: “Guys … No pulse … she’s pale. She is not breathing.”
He pleaded for Grigoryeva to wake up, telling her: “I love you!”
In a previous broadcast, the boyfriend from hell — who receives online donations for his sick stunts — showered her with pepper spray, according to the news outlet.
Feminist activist Liza Lazerson slammed YouTube for “prohibiting the spread of nipples but showing scenes of violence and cruelty against women without problems.
“The woman dies on air and the audience sends donations to the killer. This must stop,” she warned. “Such videos are calmly broadcast to the whole world, meaning something is broken. Until this is fixed, censorship is necessary.”
Reeflay faces up to two years in the slammer if forensic experts prove that the woman died of hypothermia, according to the Mirror, citing reports about law enforcement.
“Information will also be checked about possible unlawful actions against the deceased by the young man in whose house the body was found,” the Russian Investigative Committee said, the outlet reported.
A YouTube rep told the Mirror: “We’re shocked to learn of this tragic incident. This kind of graphic content is not acceptable on YouTube.
“Although the original livestream did not take place on YouTube, we quickly removed re-uploads and terminated the associated account,” she added.
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Ex-teacher, coach charged with raping teen student at his home
A former Tennessee high school teacher and athletics coach has been charged with raping a 16-year-old student after connecting with the teen on Instagram, police said.
Timothy Williams, a 30-year-old who taught social studies and coached track at Mt. Juliet High School, was arrested Thursday on two counts of aggravated statutory rape after he sexually assaulted the female student at his Nashville home.
An investigation revealed Williams picked the girl up in June at a friend’s house in Mt. Juliet, where she had planned to spend the night. Police said Williams then took her back to his home before returning the girl to her friend’s residence the following morning.
Detectives said the victim’s account was backed up by license plate readers in Mt. Juliet, a town of about 37,000 roughly 20 miles east of Nashville.
It is unclear if he taught the student but police are now concerned that Williams, who taught in the district since 2013, may have victimized others.
Williams, who was suspended by Wilson County Schools when the allegations came to light, later resigned prior to the start of the school year, district officials told WSMV.
“At that time, our schools were not in session due to summer break,” district officials said in a statement to the station. “We have worked very closely with local law enforcement throughout their investigation and will continue to do so moving forward.”
Williams also served as an assistant football coach at the school, the Tennessean reported.
The former educator is also facing misdemeanor drug charges after cops found more than 30 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at his home during a search on July 8, the newspaper reported.
It’s unclear if Williams, who remained jailed Thursday on $50,000 bond, has hired an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Anyone with information about other possible victims should call Nashville police at (615) 862-7417.
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Pastor dies of COVID-19 weeks after Fontana megachurch reopened for indoor services
An associate pastor for a megachurch in San Bernardino County died of COVID-19 about a month after the facility reopened indoor services.
Bob Bryant of the Water of Life Community Church in Fontana tested positive for the coronavirus in November and soon developed an aggressive pneumonia in his lungs, according to a post on the church’s Facebook site. He then suffered a heart attack. He ultimately was placed on a ventilator and died Monday. He was 58.
Bryant was a pastor in the church’s benevolence department, which provides financial assistance for people in need, said Susan DePaola, executive assistant to the senior pastor.
Bryant became sick while on vacation and did not return to the church once he showed symptoms in November. DePaola said she was not sure when Bryant was last at the church. It can generally take up to 14 days after a person is exposed to the coronavirus to begin showing signs of illness.
A state health order does not permit churches to hold indoor services in counties in the state’s most restrictive, or purple, tier in its reopening framework, which includes San Bernardino County. Only outdoor services are permitted in those counties.
San Bernardino County has been among the hardest-hit regions in the state; in the last week, it has reported one of the highest rates of coronavirus infections among California’s 58 counties. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county has quadrupled in the past month, from 217 on Oct. 26 to 883 on Tuesday.
Following California’s original stay-at-home order imposed in March, the state allowed houses of worship to reopen in late May with limited indoor capacity. But after a surge in cases in the late spring and early summer, state officials closed indoor operations of churches in mid-July in the hardest-hit counties. Water of Life Community Church defied that order, however, and reopened five weeks ago.
DePaola said county officials knew the church was holding services indoors. “The county is aware we are meeting inside,” she said. “We’re not trying to break rules. They know what we’re doing.”
David Wert, a spokesman for San Bernardino County, said the county received a complaint on Nov. 16 that the church was conducting indoor services in violation of the state order. The county sent the church a letter on Monday asking it to comply with the order.
Wert said the county conducts an outbreak investigation when it learns of at least three cases linked to a facility within 14 days. Officials are not aware of other coronavirus cases linked to the church.
The church’s senior pastor, Dan Carroll, in a Times article in May said he hosted a forum among leaders of hundreds of churches who were determined to reopen in defiance of California’s health order at the time.
On its website, the church says its weekend attendance is about 7,000. It was unclear how much in-person attendance has changed since the church reopened for indoor services on Oct. 31, which it announced on its Facebook page.
“This weekend, Oct. 31st/Nov. 1st, we are moving our church services back to inside the Worship Center AND returning back to our traditional service times. Social distancing will be followed and face masks are required,” the post said. “We will still have seating available outside, as long as the weather permits, for those that are not comfortable with sitting inside.”
Bryant, known as Pastor Bob, had been with the church since he met the senior pastor about 18 years ago when he was a truck driver delivering furniture, DePaola said. He was hired as a youth pastor and later became the associate pastor in the benevolence department.
Bryant was able to help “thousands of people, by helping them financially and spiritually praying over them,” DePaola said.
“And Bob was a really big presence: He had the biggest heart of anyone you would ever meet. If you were in a room full of hundreds of people, he had the ability to make you feel like you were the most special person in the room,” she said. “He was an encourager and an uplifter and just always had a smile.”
Bryant is survived by his wife, Lori; children Missy, Jacob, Jordan and Josh; and several grandchildren.
A memorial service is scheduled for Monday both inside and outdoors. It will be livestreamed and open for in-person attendance.
“Please note, if you will be joining us in person, social distancing will be practiced and face masks are required at all times while on campus,” the church’s website said.
Funerals are permitted only outdoors in San Bernardino County, according to the state health order.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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Redding police shoot, kill woman who struck officer with car
Police in Northern California shot and killed a woman after she struck an officer with car, trapping him under a tire, authorities said Thursday.
Officers were called to the Discovery Village shopping center in Redding Wednesday evening, where a 62-year-old woman was yelling and cursing at patrons of a pizza parlor, a police statement said.
The woman finally left but continued to cause a disturbance in the parking lot for about 20 minutes before a security guard who had confronted her called police, the statement said.
Arriving officers found the woman in a car. In trying to leave, she nearly hit an officer, then backed up, hitting an officer with a front tire. He fell down and was pinned under the tire, police said.
To keep the car from moving, the other officer shot out a tire, then shot at the woman and fatally wounded her, police said.
She was from Yuba County but her name wasn’t immediately released.
The officer who was struck by her car was treated at a hospital. He was released and is expected to make a full recovery, police said.
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Man’s wife sells his PlayStation 5 after discovering he lied about it being air purifier
A Taiwanese man was lucky enough to score the new Playstation 5, but his time with the device was short-lived because his wife sold the console when she found out it wasn’t an air purifier like he’d told her, NewsNation Now reports.
The buyer, Jin Wu, shared the experience on Facebook. Wu said he arranged to meet up with the seller in person and even called to verify the purchase, but was met by a female voice, who he said didn’t sound like she was much of a gamer.
Wu added that the “price is also the cheapest to find on the day.”
When Wu met the seller to claim his new PS5, he was greeted by a sad husband instead of his wife.
After a short exchange about where the device was purchased, the husband admitted that he tricked his wife into thinking the game console was an air purifier and said that she was the one who wanted to sell the console.
“I went silent after seeing the look in his eyes. I could feel his pain,” the Facebook post read.
The post concluded: “Seems like women can still tell the difference between a PS5 console and an air purifier.”
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Alaskan teen suspected of fatally shooting family after release from jail
An Alaskan teenager is being accused of shooting four relatives Monday — just a week after being released from jail on charges of family assault, according to a report.
Malachi Maxon is accused of first shooting his 18-year-old cousin, Cody Roehl, at home near Wasilla, Alaska, around 3 p.m. Authorities were tipped off when they received a call saying there was a suicide at the house and found an injured Roehl, reports Fox News.
Maxon then stole a Jeep Liberty and semi-automatic Glock pistol and traveled to his aunt’s house in Palmer.
He proceeded to break into the residence and shot his aunt, Kimora Buster, as well as his 7-year-old cousin Ellison and 10-year-old cousin Sienna Buster.
Both children were pronounced dead at the scene, while Kimora succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
“The scene revealed spent cartridge casings outside the broken front window, and the number of bullets fired at each person appeared to be about the same,” according to police documents.
One child managed to survive the slaughter, a 6-year-old referred to in charging documents as “AB.” The child was sleeping in the same bed as Ellison when Maxon opened fire.
According to police, AB was spared due to defective bullets.
“In the bed where Ellison and AB were found, there were several more bullet defects than there were with the other bodies that indicated Maxon was likely trying to shoot AB, who was sleeping near the wall,” the document read.
Police managed to locate Maxon and the stolen vehicle through the court-ordered monitoring device that Maxon was required to wear.
After a brief scuffle with state troopers in which he attempted to escape, Maxon was subdued and arrested.
He faces four first-degree murder charges, attempted first-degree murder, second-degree theft, first-degree vehicle theft, third-degree assault and first-degree attempted escape.
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Florida man allegedly sets love interest on fire because she was dating his stepdad
Fuming about an unrequited love, a Florida man allegedly set a woman on fire after finding out she was in a relationship with his stepfather, according to a report.
Luis Angel Quinonez, 53, was accused of dousing Angelica Acosta Blanco, 61, with gasoline and igniting her, the Sun-Sentinel reported, citing the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Firefighters responding to the home in Lantana at 10:30 p.m. Monday found Quinonez using a garden hose on the burning woman after she ran outside, according to the news outlet.
Quinonez told investigators he was furious about the “romantic relationship” between Acosta Blanco and his stepfather, Feliberto Alvarez, because he also was in love with her, police said.
The woman had lived in the family’s home for years and had cared for Quinonez’s mother until she died about a month ago, according to the Sun-Sentinel. Alvarez lived in a separate home nearby.
Quinonez said that when he discovered that Acosta Blanco was involved with his stepfather, he stormed off to a gas station and filled a container with fuel.
Police said Quinonez, who said he had been drinking, then returned home, poured the gasoline on Acosta Blanco and set her on fire using a lighter.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and then flown to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami with second- and third-degree burns.
Her condition was not immediately available.
Quinonez was charged with attempted first-degree murder and held without bond in the Palm Beach County Jail.
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Kentucky mayor, driving under the influence, falls asleep in White Castle drive-thru, crashes into pole
A Kentucky mayor was arrested for driving under the influence after falling asleep in a White Castle drive-thru line and crashing into a utility pole Tuesday night, authorities said.
Louisville Metro Police officers found Shively Mayor Beverly Chester-Burton standing outside her silver Cadillac after smashing into a pole as she was trying to leave the parking lot around 11 p.m., the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.
Witnesses said Chester-Burton fell asleep behind the wheel at the fast-food drive-thru line, and people even had to knock on her window to wake her up, according to a police report obtained by the outlet.
Cops reported Chester-Burton reeked of alcohol and failed a sobriety test when she couldn’t walk in
Chester-Burton, who was elected Shively’s first black mayor in 2018, told police she had dinner and two apple martinis at 5 p.m., but then changed her story, saying she had the drinks at 9 p.m., the police report states.
The mayor was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and released Wednesday. She’s set to be arraigned Friday.
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UK mom weeps after being cleared of knowingly having sex with underage boy
A UK mom wept in court Thursday as she was cleared of knowingly having sex with a boy who was only 14 years old — after he admitted previously lying about his age to set up a social media account, according to reports.
Mom of three Teah Vincent, 32, admitted to initiating sex with the teen after inviting him and a pal into her Glousterceshire home — but insisted she thought he was 16, the legal age of consent in the UK.
She had told the court that it was only after they were finished in bed that the schoolboy “panicked” and confessed his tender age.
She was cleared of knowingly having sex with an underage boy after the court was told how he had lied about his age before, including when setting up a Facebook profile when he was too young to be approved, the Sun said.
He admitted to the online lie in court but still insisted that he “definitely did not tell [Vincent] I was 16 going on 17” before they had sex in October 2018, the court report said.
The jury of eight men and four women deliberated for just one hour and four minutes before clearing her of the underage sex crime, leaving her in floods of tears, the Sun said.
Her attorney, Catherine Flint, had reminded jurors in her closing arguments that they had to put aside any feelings that Vincent’s behavior may have been “morally questionable.”
“Your role is not to make moral judgments, but to decide if she broke the law,” Flint had said.
“Can you be sure he told her he was 14 before they had sex or had he lied about his age? You’d be hard-pressed to find a young teenager who doesn’t wish they were a few years older,” the defense attorney said.
Vincent wrote a joyful “NOT GUILTY” on her Facebook page under the name Teah Leanne as she posed alongside a friend outside court.
“THANKYOU EVERYONE THAT STOOD BEHIND ME AND BELIEVED ME ITS BEEN THE HARDEST TWO YEARS OFF MY LIFE,” she wrote.
“WELLCOME 2021 FOR ME AND MY KIDS,” said Vincent, who had faced a possible jail term.
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