Rat infestation temporarily closes McDonald’s restaurant near Tacoma
A fast food restaurant near Tacoma is temporarily closed while it deals with a rat infestation, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
The McDonald’s at 11012 Pacific Avenue S. shut itself down Sunday and remains closed.
The restaurant hired a pest control company to address the problem.
Health officials will inspect the McDonald’s before it opens again.
“We take this matter seriously and will continue to work with this restaurant to ensure it’s safe for the public before it reopens,” the Health Department wrote on Facebook.
This isn’t the first time that McDonald’s location has had a rat problem.
An inspection in 2016 found a rat running across the kitchen.
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McDonald’s under investigation after police officer given drink with peroxide-based cleaner
Police have launched an investigation into a McDonald’s restaurant in Iola, Kansas after an Allen County Sheriff’s Office deputy was given a drink containing a peroxide-based cleaner.
Trevor J Hockaday, a 22-year-old McDonald’s employee, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery against a police officer after his coworkers told investigators he added “four little squirts” of a peroxide-based cleaner to the deputy’s drink order last month. Mr Hockaday, who may face felony charges, has reportedly been suspended as McDonald’s conducts its own investigation into the matter, according to a spokesperson.
Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy said the incident has shaken officers throughout the small Kansas city, who now have “concern” over whether their food is safe.
“In today’s day and age, not only us in law enforcement but citizens as a whole, there’s enough going on out there that we have to worry about,” the sheriff told the Wichita Eagle. “Now my guys are cautious about going through that drive through”.
“We all chose this line of work to protect and serve,” Mr Murphy continued. “Now my guys have that concern of – is my food safe?”
In a statement, the owner of the Iola McDonald’s Glen Nichols expressed regret over the allegations against Mr Hockaday, who he described as a “former crew member,” and said food safety was a top priority for the local eatery.
“In our restaurants, nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of our customers,” he said. “We are very disappointed by the allegations made regarding the behaviour of one of our former crew members. This kind of behaviour goes against our food safety standards and is not tolerated. Our organisation will take all appropriate measures to gather facts and will work closely with authorities in their investigation.”
At first, the deputy was not immediately aware he had allegedly been provided a contaminated drink, which police said was either a cola or an iced tea. The deputy reportedly experienced “flu-like symptoms” but was not forced to take any time off work.
“He thought he caught the bug,” Mr Murphy said, “but we found out two weeks later when an employee came forward and told the police department.”
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Tacoma couple killed man hid his body so they could live in his house, records show
A Tacoma man desperate for somewhere he and his wife could live is accused of killing a man and hiding his body in a shed so the couple could move into the victim’s house near Renton.
Jeremy Shaw, 39, is charged with first-degree murder, residential burglary and arson in last week’s death of 67-year-old Steven Morphis. Shaw’s wife, Lorena, 37, is charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance, residential burglary and arson.
Morphis was found Thursday in his shed with his wrists and ankles bound and his body wrapped in a comforter and tarp. A freshly dug hole resembling a grave was found at the base of a deck.
King County medical examiners said Morphis died from blunt force trauma to the head. His throat was cut as well.
Court documents give this account:
After Morphis’ body was discovered, investigators found his bank card was missing and somebody had tried to make a $4,100 payment to a Tacoma company. The company was registered to Jeremy Shaw.
A search of Shaw’s Tacoma home turned up the victim’s bank card, which had been shredded, and his driver’s license.
The victim’s car was found burned in a University Place parking lot.
When interviewed by detectives, Jeremy Shaw admitted to being at Morphis’ house to do an estimate for a possible job. He denied killing him, but said he did steal several items after finding the door unlocked.
Lorena Shaw told invesigators a different story.
She she her husband often uses methamphetamine and told her he approached Morphis at his home with a “military type petition” so he could obtain the victim’s signature and get a good look at the property, which isn’t visible from the road.
Prosecutors allege Jeremy Shaw pepper sprayed the victim, bashed him on the head and hid his body in the shed.
He then brought his wife to the property, telling her he’d found them a place to live.
Lorena Shaw “said that while at the house, Jeremy told her she couldn’t go in the garage — that she didn’t want to see what was in there,” records state.
She later said she assumed that meant Morphis was dead.
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O.J. Simpson Fears Bill Cosby Will Be In Danger In Prison
Here’s what the juice has to say about it.
Ex-con O.J. Simpson said he fears for Bill Cosby’s safety in prison.
“I’m sure there will be guys protecting him, but they’re gonna have to put him in protective custody because it takes one nut, ya know?” the notorious former football star told TMZ in a story posted Wednesday. (Watch the clip below.)
Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years Tuesday for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. Dozens of women have alleged they were victimized by the comedian.
Simpson speaks from experience. He did nine years for kidnapping and armed robbery. He was acquitted of murder charges in the killing of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
Cosby’s status as a predator puts him in danger, Simpson added.
“The problem is the nature of the crime,” Simpson said. “Rape is frowned upon in prison.”
But Simpson, 71, said he believes Cosby, 81, should be serving his time in a more convenient location.
“With his health and his age and the nature of the crime, there’s not a warden in this country wants the responsibility of a Bill Cosby,” Simpson said. “I think they should let him do his time under house arrest.”
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Woman lived with mother’s decomposing body for months ‘to see the stages of death’
A North Carolina woman was arrested after police discovered she had been living with her 93-year-old mother’s dead body for months.
The Enfield Police Department said in a statement on Tuesday that Donna Sue Hudgins, 69, was charged with felony concealment of death after a strange encounter at a local funeral home led officials to search her home.
While attempting to make burial and service arrangements, Hudgins allegedly told staff members that her mother, Nellie May Hudgins, had passed away that morning but that she did not know where EMS had taken her body.
After the funeral home tried and failed to locate the deceased, staff became concerned and contacted the Enfield Police Department.
Detectives went to perform a welfare check at the home that the mother and daughter shared, where they discovered the badly decomposed body of Nellie Hudgins.
Upon questioning, Donna Hudgins revealed that she had kept her mother’s corpse in their home for several months after she died “because she was curious and wanted to see the stages of death.”
Kenny Velasquez, who is separated from Nellie Hudgins’s granddaughter, told WRAL that Donna Hudgins had been making excuses for her mother’s absence for a while before her body was found by police.
“Every time somebody would stop by she would meet us at the door, say she’s asleep or something like that,” he told the station. “Apparently every time someone would call, same thing.”
Hudgins was arrested and issued a $5,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on November 7.
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