Dad who allegedly locked daughter inside fiery car dies from burns
The monster dad who torched a car with his 3-year-old daughter locked inside during a bitter custody battle over the child has died from burns he sustained in the killing, police sources told the Post.
Martin Pereira, 39, had been hospitalized in the burn unit of Weill Cornell Medical Center since May 6 when he poured gas on the car with its doors chained shut and his daughter, Zoey Pereira, in the back seat. The source said the dad died in the hospital Tuesday.
Pereira suffered second- and third-degree burns and was medically sedated after killing his daughter. He and Zoey’s mom, Cherone Coleman, were fighting for custody of the child at the time of the attack, and Pereira had threatened to hurt their kid before he followed through, sources said.
Cherone’s family celebrated Pereira’s death as they continue to grieve Zoey’s death.
“I hope he burns in the sub-basement of hell,” said Denise Coleman, Cherone’s mother and Zoey’s grandmother. “I am happy he’s dead. If I could dance a jig I would.”
Zoey’s gruesome death was ruled a homicide one day after her charred remains were extricated from the flaming Audi A6 in Springfield Gardens.
A good Samaritan had spotted a flaming Pereira flee the car and used a blanket to help put out his burning clothes. Pereira then jumped into a park pond and tried to hide as police arrived, but he was eventually nabbed and taken into custody. Medics rushed Zoey to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, but she could not be saved.
Months since the killing, Denise Coleman was still absolutely furious with Pereira and said his death brought some closure.
“He was so selfish. He wanted to hurt my daughter — [so] he murdered my grandbaby. He burned her alive,” she said as she broke down in the Jamaica, Queens, apartment she shares with her daughter.
Coleman said her daughter is still devastated over Zoey’s death, but she recently went back to work as a medical assistant to cope with her loss.
“She is so hurt,” Coleman said of her daughter. “I’m her mother and I can’t do anything for her now.”
Coleman put blame on the city’s Administration for Children’s Services for not acting on reports her daughter had filed on Pereira. Both parents had reported each other to various children’s protective services for maltreatment of Zoey, police sources previously told the Post.
“My daughter, I can’t speak for her but maybe she can find some peace,” Coleman said. “His family, they’re all demonic and evil. They never reached out to her.
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‘Fat people are harder to kidnap’ Pizza restaurant’s billboard causes controversy
BARBERTON, Ohio (WJW/CNN/Meredith) — A pizza restaurant owner is taking down a sign he made that pokes fun at overweight people.
He didn’t get objection from them, but another implication of the message made him think twice.
Jeremy Clemetson has owned his pizza store in Barberton, Ohio for 14 years.
He said he enjoys weaving humor into his advertising.
“I thought it would be a good idea to put up some funny signs,” he said. “Most people seem to like them.”
Signs that say things like “Now hiring, must show up,” “If it’s not there in 30 minutes, move closer” and “Free box with every pizza.”
“I scour the internet for different signs that people have had,” Clemetson said. “Sometimes I use them, sometimes I reinvent my own. I also have got some of my funny signs from customers.”
His latest billboard says “Fat people are harder to kidnap.”
It’s a slogan he previously had on the sign outside of his shop for several weeks and on his Facebook page without a single objection.
Some customers even thought it was “cool as ever.”
“We pulled in and I saw it and I pointed to Judi, I was laughing and I said ‘Judi that is fantastic.’”
“I don’t see it offensive, they are just advertising and trying to get people to notice them,” nearby resident Judi Julsi said.
But Clemetson said he took the store sign down after an email was sent to corporate headquarters, complaining it was in poor taste considering it was National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
“I never even thought about it in that way, and as soon as I thought about it, because kidnapping is not a joke, we are taking it down,” Clemetson said.Customer demands require complex solutions.Explore new business models based on integrated partner ecosystems that infuse financial services throughout customers’ daily lives.Ad By IBMSee More
The response on Fox 8’s Facebook page has been overwhelming.
Some responses support the store’s use of the sign, while others can see how it can be offensive.
“I think a lot of people are going to be offended by it, but I don’t think its a big deal,” resident Emma Bair said. “It’s advertising.”
The slogan has been used for years on popular T-shirts and advertising for a hotel chain buffet. It is even the name of a Facebook page.
Clemetson said he never meant the sign to be offensive and is sensitive to the objections.
“I have seven kids of my own. I’m from the community here, I’ve lived here pretty much all of my life,” Clemeston said. “I live in Barberton, I have strong roots here. I never even thought about it as the kidnapping aspect, I just meant it to be funny.”
Clemetson said it will probably take a couple of days for the billboard to come down.
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Doorbell camera captures off-duty Tennessee officer stabbing dog
MOUNT JULIET, TN (WSMV) – Residents living in a Mount Juliet neighborhood are concerned after video surfaced showing a person stabbing a dog after it reportedly attacked.
“It kind of looked like a scuffle,” said Brian Larson, whose Nest camera captured the incident.
The video shows a man walking his dog in the Trailwood Farms subdivision, an unleashed dog approached.
According to a report filed with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, the dog became aggressive and attacked Roy Sain and his dog.
In the video a trash can is in the way of what exactly is happening. However, in the audio the dogs can be heard growling and squealing. According to the report, that is when Sain stabbed the dog with a 3-inch blade multiple times.
Sain is a Metro Nashville Police officer. He was not on duty at the time of the incident. Sain said his dog was bitten on the neck.
Sain provided a statement to News4:
“As an animal lover, I am incredibly sorry that this incident resulted in the harm of another animal, but I was left with no choice as my dog, who I was walking on a leash, was being attacked by another aggressive dog who was left free to roam the neighborhood. After multiple attempts to physically remove the aggressive animal from my dog and after listening to my dog yelp out in pain – as is captured in the video – I was forced to use the only tool available to me to save my dog from further injury. Immediately following the incident, I contacted the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office to report the incident and then sent my own dog to a local veterinary clinic to obtain medical treatment.”
Still neighbors expressed their concerns about the violence and that Sain left the unleashed dog bleeding.
“I mean I get it. I mean don’t get me wrong if it was my baby, I would do anything to protect my baby,” said Larson. “I mean the garbage can was right there throw the garbage can on him, I dont know.”
Sain said he called Animal Control to get the unleashed dog. However, according to the report from Wilson County, the owners of the dog found it and took it to be treated.
News 4 reached out to the unleashed dog’s owners but have not heard back from them.
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WANTED: Purple Heart recipient accused of raping and impregnating stepdaughter, faking his own death
(Meredith) — The U.S. Marshals have placed a Mississippi man accused of raping and impregnating his stepdaughter and faking his own death on the top 15 most wanted fugitives list.
Jacob Blair Scott, 43, is potentially in Colorado, Texas or Tennessee. He is accused of raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter and then faking his own death to avoid prosecution. He has been wanted since 2018.
The accusations of rape arose when the stepdaughter became pregnant.
Scott got out of jail on bond and then did not appear for a court hearing in July 2018. Officials then found his abandoned boat floating off the cost of Alabama with a gun and suicide note inside. Investigators said they did not find any evidence that it was a true suicide and believe he faked his death. His body was never found.
Authorities also said Scott had withdrawn $45,000 from his bank account before he disappeared.
The U.S. Marshals describe Scott as a “survivalist” and military veteran who received a Purple Heart in 2011 for injures he suffered while in Iraq. He has the knowledge to live off the grid.
Scott is a 43-year-old white male, 5 foot 10 inches tall, weighing 225 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and several tattoos. One large tattoo is on his inner forearm with a compass, feathers and the words “Isaiah 6.7.”
A $25,000 reward is being offered to anybody with information that leads to his arrest. If you have any information, please call 1-877-926-8332 or visit the U.S. Marshals tip website here.
An award up to $25,000 is being offered to anybody with information that directly leads to his arrest. If you have information, call 1-877-926-8332 or visit the U.S. Marshals tip website here.
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A postal worker rented a storage unit to hide mail because he felt ‘pressured’ to deliver it
A United States postal worker was caught with a public storage unit full of mail he never delivered.
Jason Delacruz pleaded guilty to charges of delay of mail by a postal employee in August 2019. He is set to be sentenced on February 12.
Delacruz, who worked as a mail carrier in Chesapeake, Virginia, said he felt “pressured” and couldn’t “make time” to complete his mail route, according to court documents. He told authorities that he rented a public storage unit for $49 per month for “the sole purpose of storing mail he could not deliver.”
The employee said he started hiding mail in November or December 2018 and he rented the storage unit in February 2019, according to court records. He said he put mail he was unable to deliver in the unit from that time up until he was discovered in May 2019.
Delacruz told authorities he intended to deliver the mail in the storage unit, but he fell behind and was never able to, according to court documents. He said he never destroyed any mail.
Delacruz’s attorney, Wilfredo Bonilla, Jr., told CNN Wednesday that he was unable to comment at this time.
Agents from the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General found almost 5,000 pieces of mail in the storage unit in Virginia Beach.
They discovered 97 pieces of first-class mail, which included letters from the Department of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, insurance companies, bank statements and other tax return documents.
Magazines and other publications made up 115 pieces of mail. There was also one undelivered package found in the unit. The bulk of the mail was advertisements, more than 4,700 ads at that.
The Postal Service delivered the first-class mail after it was found. The ads were discarded because they were old by then.
“The employee no longer works for the Postal Service,” USPS public relations manager Dave Partenheimer told CNN Tuesday. “He resigned in 2019 and he worked for 14 months prior to his resignation.”
Delacruz could face a fine or up to five years in prison, according to federal law.
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Pennsylvania man accused of pouring hot sauce into 7-month-old’s mouth, choking her mother
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — Charges have been filed against a Pennsylvania man for allegedly abusing a 7-month-old Monday morning.
Johnstown police say David Jones, 21, hit the child and dumped hot sauce in the infant’s mouth. Jones allegedly sat on the child and pushed down on her with a bassinet frame as well.
Police say the girl’s mother tried to stop him, but he grabbed her by the neck, choked her, and threw her against the wall.
The woman fled to a neighbor’s house to call 911.
Police said the girl had “a very clear red rectangular line on her stomach consistent with the foot of the bassinet,” according to The Tribune-Democrat.
The baby was taken to Conemaugh Memorial for evaluation.
Jones is facing charges of aggravated assault on persons under 6, strangulation, simple assault, and harassment. Police did not say what his relationship was to the child.
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FL day care worker fired after mom finds ‘I’m out of diapers’ written across son’s stomach
SANIBEL, Fla. – A Florida day care has fired one of its employees after a mother says she was furious to find “Mom I’m out of diapers pls read my report” written in large letters across her toddler son’s stomach.
The executive director of the Children’s Education Center of the Islands, Cindy Carter DeCosta, said in a statement that they are “aware of the incident at the school and we are terribly sorry for the distress it has caused the family involved as well as all of our families.”
Heather Chisum, 23, posted on Facebook after finding the message scrawled with a marker across her son Milo’s torso Monday.
“Everyday when I pick Fin and Milo up from daycare they put a daily report paper in Milos lunch box. It says what mood he was in for the day, what times they changed his diapers, and if he needs diapers or wipes,” Chisum wrote.
She wrote that she may have missed a note about Milo’s diaper supply in a recent report, but said the staff at the Sanibel school said nothing about diapers when she picked Milo up.
“I’m a single mom with a full time job and two very young children. SUE ME FOR NOT READING THE REPORT EVERY SINGLE DAY,” she wrote. “‘Hey Heather, your son needs diapers maybe you missed the report’ would have done the trick.”
Chisum said she scrubbed the ink multiple times but couldn’t get it all off, forcing her to cancel beach plans because her son “has writing all over him.”
According to the News-Press, Chisum has pulled both of her children out of the school.
DeCosta called the incident a “breech of our professional ethic on the part of the teacher.”
Read the full statement below:
We are aware of the incident at the school and we are terribly sorry for the distress it has caused the family involved as well as all of our families. It was a breech of our professional ethics on the part of the teacher. The school has taken immediate action to remove the teacher from the school. We are reviewing protocols already in place to ensure that nothing like this occurs again. We are proud of our school, love our students and are eager to make our school a better place as we move forward.
We have met with the family involved, we understand and share their concerns and have ensured them that their children will always be welcome here.
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MO man accused of exchanging vape pods with teens for sex
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – A St. Charles man is accused of giving vaping pods to young teenage girls in exchange for sexual favors.
Investigators in St. Charles believe there are more victims but there’s no word on how many that may be.
The crimes allegedly occurred at two locations along Kisker Road, inside Nieters’ truck, from January 1 through January 24.
In court documents, police accuse 20-year-old Seth Nieters of selling the vape pods to two 13-year-old girls and then convincing them to perform sex acts in lieu of paying him cash.
Nieters was charged with two counts of child sex trafficking. He was jailed on a $20,000 cash-only bond.
There are two middle schools in with girls that age in the area. Both are part of the Francis Howell School District.
The district released the following statement, Tuesday afternoon:
“The Francis Howell School District was informed this afternoon that an individual has been charged with second-degree sex trafficking, and at least some of the underage victims are Francis Howell students. The St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office reports that the suspect was not targeting FHSD students, but made successful contact with one student and then additional students through social media.”
“Francis Howell has strict policies and regulations prohibiting inappropriate conduct toward students and/or staff, provides continuing training and monitoring regarding such policies, and always takes prompt and appropriate action upon receiving reports of any violation of those policies.
“FHSD schools also provide student lessons on internet safety and digital citizenship, as well as the importance of responsible and appropriate behaviors at school and online. The safety of our students and staff is always a top priority of FHSD, and the district will cooperate fully with authorities during their investigation.”
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College football coach suspended for calling Hitler ‘a great leader’
A college football coach in Michigan was suspended Monday for calling Adolf Hitler a “great leader” during an interview with the school’s student newspaper, a report said.
Morris Berger, the offensive coordinator at Grand Valley State University, spoke at length about the Nazi leader when asked which three historical figures, except for famous athletes, he would want to have dinner with.
“This is probably not going to get a good review, but I’m going to say Adolf Hitler,” Berger told the Grand Valley Lanthorn.
“It was obviously very sad and he had bad motives, but the way he was able to lead was second to none. How he rallied a group and a following, I want to know how he did that. Bad intentions of course, but you can’t deny he wasn’t a great leader,” he added in the interview.
The newspaper reported Monday that the school had suspended Berger after the story was published.
“The comments made by Offensive Coordinator Morris Berger, as reported in The Lanthorn student newspaper, do not reflect the values of Grand Valley State University,” the school told Fox News in a statement.
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Man charged with drug possession busted for smoking joint in front of judge
This court hearing really went to pot.
A Tennessee man allegedly lit up and smoked a joint during his court appearance on a drug possession charge Monday.
Spencer Boston, 20, addressed the judge and argued for new marijuana legislation moments before putting on a blunt act in Wilson County court, the Tennessean reported.
As he lit the doobie, the smell of weed wafted through the air and the courtroom burst into laughter.
“One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen,” Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan told WTVF.
Through a cloud of smoke, and in a joint effort, deputies led Boston out of the courtroom, Bryan said.
He was booked on a second charge of simple drug possession and was hit with 10 days in jail for contempt of court.
The man’s bond was set at $3,000.
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