3-year-old boy found sleeping on stranger’s porch, NY police in contact with grandparents
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The mystery surrounding a little boy found sleeping on a Buffalo porch continues to grow.
Buffalo Police updated the media late Tuesday morning, describing this as a, “very, very complicated case.” Buffalo Police Captain Jeff Rinaldo says they are working closely with the boy’s grandparents who recently arrived from Florida.
The boy’s grandmother tells 7 Eyewitness News reporter Ali Touhey the boy’s name is Noelvin and that they intend to take custody of him. Meantime, we’re told, the toddler’s parents, 24-year-old Nicole Mersed and 31-year-old Migel Valentin, haven’t made contact with their family since Sunday. According to police, they will be issuing pictures of Noelvin’s parents and a family friend, anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the department’s homicide unit at 716-851-4466.
During Tuesday’s news conference, investigators also issued an update regarding a burned-out car discovered on Tonawanda Street, roughly one mile from where the little boy was found. Police are now working to identify human remains found inside that vehicle. Investigators believe the fire burned extremely hot and eventually extinguished itself. The vehicle, police say, was so badly damaged by the fire they are having a hard time identifying its make and model. Investigators believe the vehicle fire started around 3:00 am on Monday and may have been visible from the elevated portion of Rte. 198 or from the Tonawanda-Niagara Street Corridor. Anyone who may have witnessed smoke, flames or anything unusual around that time is asked to contact the Buffalo Police Homicide Unit at 716-851-4466.
At this point, police are not linking the two incidents. However, the homeowner who discovered the boy around 7:30am Monday told 7 Eyewitness News the boy repeatedly referenced a vehicle on fire.
“I said ‘where’s your mommy, honey?’ He said ‘the car’s on fire.’ That’s all he kept saying,” Lois Ausburger said.
According to police, the boy was found around 8 a.m sleeping in a box meant for stray cats on a porch on Potomac Avenue.
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KFC is testing some kind of fried chicken and glazed doughnut sandwich
In case you missed it, America has been kind of obsessed with chicken sandwiches lately. But KFC’s iteration may be taking it a bit too far. Or maybe not.
KFC announced it will be testing a new combination of fried chicken and glazed doughnuts beginning September 16 — a move that is either genius or insane.
Customers have two options: a chicken and doughnut basket meal for $5.49, which includes chicken tenders or bone-chicken plus a doughnut; or a chicken sandwich for $5.99, featuring a fried chicken patty between two doughnut buns — the much more exciting option.
And if you just want the doughnut? You can add one to any meal for a dollar.
To be honest, the combination of salty and sweet is a little enticing. It’s basically like chicken and waffles, right? And that doughnut hamburger is already a staple at state fairs across the country.
Maybe KFC is onto something.
Or maybe they’re just trying to capitalize on some of the chicken sandwich craze. Who’s to say?
Either way, the new items will be available only for a limited time, though KFC didn’t say when that time would end. And they’re not nationally available just yet — only in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, and Pittsburgh.
Notably, though, they’re not in Kentucky. Hmmmm.
If weird fried chicken sandwich combinations are your thing, KFC also created a Cheetos chicken sandwich over the summer. So this might not be the last of the chicken sandwich game we see from KFC.
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Bags full of body parts from 41 people found in well in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Forensic examiners in western Mexico said Tuesday they have pieced together a total of 41 bodies from bags full of body parts found in a well earlier this month.
The examiners in the western state of Jalisco said tests were continuing on the grisly contents of 119 plastic bags dumped in a well near the city of Guadalajara. Authorities had to call in backhoes to fully excavate the pit.
Experts said that after a week of study, they had been able to piece together 13 complete bodies, 16 partial bodies, six heads and six body trunks that correspond to different people.
The pit was first located in early September, when residents reported fetid odors and flies around the rural site.
Clandestine burial sites have become common in Jalisco, home to the drug cartel of the same name. Gangs frequently use such pits to dispose of the bodies of rival gangs or kidnap victims.
In July, prosecutors found 21 bodies in the yard of a house near Guadalajara. In May, the remains of at least 34 people were found at two separate properties in Jalisco.
In March, workers were removing mud and debris to clear a storm drain at another spot on the outskirts of Guadalajara, when they began finding plastic bags with the odor of dead bodies.
In the end, they pulled a total of 20 bodies out of the storm drain.
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A plumber fixed the boiler of a 91-year-old terminally ill woman. He billed her $0
It’s totally free of charge.” These are words you wouldn’t normally associate with a broken boiler.
That was until a plumber in the British town of Burnley, gained internet stardom after a receipt from one of his jobs went viral.
James Anderson, originally from Liverpool, is being lauded for his bill of £0 sent to a 91-year-old woman with leukaemia.
The bill, initially shared on Facebook by the woman’s daughter, Christine Rowlands, was accompanied by the message: ‘No charge for this lady under any circumstances. We will be available 24 hours to help her and keep her as comfortable as possible.’
Anderson insists that she will have “free plumbing for life.”
But this isn’t a first act of kindness for Anderson. Since turning his plumbing business into a community project for vulnerable people, he says he’s helped and assisted thousands of people.
That’s 2,389 people since March 2017 to be precise, he told CNN.
He says he was inspired to set up his company, DEPHER, after he saw another elderly man being “manipulated” by another engineer in the area.
“It got me thinking about other elderly and vulnerable people — we need to do something more to help the people who need it most,” Anderson said in a phone interview.
“A lot of elderly and disabled people don’t like asking for assistance and if they can’t afford something like fixing the boiler, they might not do it and get into trouble. We are there to take that worry away.”
He hopes that, by lowering the cost, people can use the saved money in other important areas of their life and help “keep their independence.”
Anderson acknowledged that he couldn’t always provide a free service if the funding wasn’t there and said at times it had been a “struggle.”
DEPHER relies heavily on donations and crowdfunding to support the service and has previously received £2,000 from the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund, the Queen’s charity.
However, Anderson has drummed up debts of around £8,000 from running the service. He insists they are under control though and is paying it off in monthly £100 installments to the bank.
That said, he offers a 25% discount even when the funding is running dry.
“As long as I have enough money to fill up the tank in my car, I will be there to try and help the people who need it.”
Rowlands, the daughter of the 91-year-old woman he helped, described Anderson as an “angel dressed as a plumber.”
She told CNN that she came across him when her mother’s boiler broke and they needed it fixing at a reduced cost.
“James is an absolute star, it was overwhelming to see that it cost nothing,” she told CNN.
The plumber says he does get something back from his work for vulnerable people. Put simply, it makes him feel good inside.
“It makes me feel human, humble and a little giddy inside… I want to expand this service across the country. I will never give up the fight.”
And although he doesn’t always expect payment, he says it is sometimes nice to receive a “smile and a cup of tea.”
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Man arrested for DUI after baby girl in stroller fatally struck in the Bronx
OLINVILLE, the Bronx — A baby girl was fatally struck in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, sources said.
Witnesses say the mother took the child in a private vehicle to the hospital where the child was pronounced dead.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested for a DUI in connection with the collision, a police source said.
The driver was given sobriety tests, officials said.
Video from the scene shows a white vehicle partially on the sidewalk.
The FDNY responded to White Plain Roads and East 216th Street around 4 p.m., but the patient was already gone.
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Pittsburgh Doctor Claims Antonio Brown Repeatedly Farted In His Face, Owes Him $11,500
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh area doctor is the latest to file a lawsuit against former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown.
Monroeville’s Dr. Victor Prisk has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming that Brown owes him $11,500 in unpaid fees.
Not only that, according to the NY Post, Dr. Prisk claims Brown repeatedly farted in his face and laughed about it during a consultation where he showed up three hours late.
Dr. Prisk said he was wary of signing Brown because of his “flighty” reputation for not paying his bills, Sports Illustrated reported.
TMZ even obtained video of the appointment in August of 2018 where Brown can be heard farting and laughing about it as Prisk tests his body fat.
“It seemed just childish to me,” Prisk told Sports Illustrated. “I’m a doctor and this man is farting in my face.”
Prisk runs Prisk Orthopaedics and Wellness in Monroeville, he filed the suit earlier this month.
The new allegations are part of a Sports Illustrated report in which another woman accused Brown of sexual misconduct in 2017 in Pittsburgh.
The first accusation came days after the wide receiver was released from the Oakland Raiders and signed with the New England Patriots hours later.
His former trainer filed a federal lawsuit against Brown, accusing him of three separate accounts of sexual assault and rape.
Now, the Sports Illustrated report details the story of an anonymous woman who claims she was hired by Brown to paint a mural of him in his Pittsburgh home.
According to the report, Brown flirted with her and made her uncomfortable before the atmosphere “curdled.”
The woman told Sports Illustrated that she was kneeling and painting when she turned to find Brown standing behind her “naked, holding a small hand towel over his genitals.”
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San Diego Father Whose Children Died in Condo Fire Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter for Falling Asleep With Lit Cigarette
A San Diego man whose two children died in a fire at their home has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Prosecutors said Henry Lopez fell asleep with a lit cigarette, sparking a fire in his Rancho Bernardo home in 2017. His 10-year-old son, Cristos, died from burns and his 7-year-old daughter, Isabella, died from smoke inhalation.
Lopez’s attorney argued that there was no evidence a cigarette caused the deadly blaze and that a defective cell phone was a more likely source for the fire, KTLA sister station KSWB reported.
In addition to manslaughter, Lopez was found guilty Monday of child endangerment and recklessly causing a fire causing great bodily injury.
He could be sentenced to more than 16 ½ years in prison.
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Wisconsin Man Accused of Running Massive Bootleg Vape Cartridge Organization
A Wisconsin man suspected of running an illegal operation to manufacture vaping cartridges flew to California last month to get THC oil in bulk to fill thousands of cartridges to sell, prosecutors said Monday in charging documents.
Authorities in Kenosha, Wisconsin, arrested 20-year-old Tyler Huffhines on Sept. 5 after parents tipped off police when they saw their teenage son with one of the cartridges.
Prosecutors say Huffhines employed 10 people to fill the cartridges with THC oil at a condo he rented with a stolen identity. Police say he had been running the operation since January 2018.
His arrest came as health officials across the country investigate hundreds of cases of a severe lung disease where vaping was linked to the illness. No illnesses have been tied to Huffhines’ operation, and police say tests to determine what was in Huffhines’ cartridges are pending.
Huffhines’ attorney, Mark Richards, declined to comment. Huffhines is being held on a $500,000 cash bond. He has not entered a plea yet.
Huffhines is charged with maintaining a drug trafficking house and three counts of possession with intent to deliver THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. He is also charged with identity theft.
Charging documents say Huffhines posted a Snapschat video of himself in first class on his flight to California, where prosecutors say he bought 50 jars of THC distillate.
Prosecutors say Huffhines told police when they arrested him that he launched his business because he saw a demand for THC cartridges and began buying THC oil from California. He said all the money he made he invested back into his business.
“You invest more, you make more. No risk, no reward,” according to police who interviewed him.
Prosecutors say Huffhines told police he sold the cartridges in bulk, $15 each for a purchase of a minimum of 100 cartridges. Police said Huffhines told them he recently changed the minimum to 500 cartridges.
One detective on the case said the cartridges were then sold on the street for about $35 each.
According to charging documents, Huffhines told police he was initially paying his employees $20 an hour. But he switched to paying them 30 cents per cartridge they filled so they “would work harder” and increase their productivity.
Employees told authorities they filled about 3,000 to 5,000 cartridges a day, KTLA sister station WITI in Milwaukee reported.
Police also arrested Huffhines’ brother, Jacob, 23, on drug and weapons charges. Investigators have not said whether he had any role in his brother’s business.
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Vaping mom left in coma from mystery lung illness
A Texas mom of three says that her vaping habit was to blame for a mysterious lung illness that left her in a coma.
Sherie Canada of Abilene took to social media after a 24-day hospital stint to warn others that e-cigarettes “nearly killed” her.
“You have no idea of how precious [your lungs] are until they aren’t yours anymore and a machine is telling them to breath [sic] for you,” she wrote in Sept. 6 post on Facebook.
The mom of three revealed that she started using e-cigarettes three years ago after getting hooked on the flavors.
“You don’t think about it. Everyone else is doing it,” Canada told news station KWTX.
But around two months ago, she began to experience weight loss, had difficulty breathing and developed a cough.
As her health continued to deteriorate, she went to the emergency room, where fluid and blood clots were found in her lungs.
“I was so scared but more than anything [I was] in so much pain. I was fighting for days already and so tired!” she wrote on Facebook.
She was placed on a medically induced coma on June 18, six days after she was admitted to the hospital.
“When I woke up and one of the doctors told me how bad the vaping was,” Canada wrote on Facebook.
Though she has made a recovery, she said she felt “shame” due to the preventable medical episode.
“I was sent to the ICU on my middle son’s 13th birthday and intubated on my 15-year-old son’s birthday,” Canada told KWTX. “I felt a lot of guilt and shame. I did this to myself.”
Canada said she’s now using the experience to inform others about the dangers of vaping.
“I asked for everyone’s forgiveness for putting them through this pain as well and [I am] just glad to be here today to share my story and my testimony,” she wrote on Facebook.
Canada’s post comes as at least six people have died across the county from vaping-related illness and more than 450 people have been hospitalized.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/09/15/vaping-mom-left-in-coma-from-mystery-lung-illness/
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5-year-old Texas boy fatally shoots younger brother inside family home
A 5-year-old Texas boy fatally shot his 4-year-old brother in the head when the pair found a gun inside their home, police and relatives said.
The boy, who was shot in Fort Worth just before noon Sunday, was pronounced dead at a hospital, Fort Worth police spokesman Gezim Pollozani told The Post.
Investigators are still trying to determine whether the shooting was accidental or intentional. No charges had been filed as of early Monday, Pollozani said.
The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office later identified the victim as Truth Albright, KXAS reports.
Truth was at home with his older brother and mother at the time of the shooting. Homicide detectives and investigators from a unit dedicated to crimes against children were processing the scene late Sunday, police said.
A neighbor told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he didn’t know the family, but regularly saw two boys playing outside the home.
The boy’s mother has five other children, according to an online fundraiser set up to help offset his funeral costs.
Two other children were shot Sunday in separate incidents in nearby Arlington, WFAA reports — including a 6-year-old boy who was in grave condition after being shot in the head by his preteen brother, and an 8-year-old girl shot in the buttocks who is expected to recover in what’s believed to be an accidental shooting.
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