Mother accused of hitting 3 kids with hammer
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – A 28-year-old woman is accused hitting her three children with a hammer.
azmin Curry is charged with three counts of child abuse or neglect.
Police said she hit her three children, ages 8, 6 and 5 with a hammer. All three had bruises, scratches and redness. The 8-year-old suffered bruising on the eye, police said
The 8-year-old told officers that her mother grabbed and struck her arm. Police say the child suffered a broken arm.
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Little Caesars employee slapped over allegedly incorrect pizza toppings
This guy apparently really wanted Parmesan cheese on his pizza.
Security camera footage shows a customer at a Little Caesars in Michigan slapping an employee of the restaurant after he received a pizza that wasn’t made correctly.
The Livonia Police Department posted footage of the assault to Facebook. According to the post, the incident occurred on July 9th. The suspect is shown dropping a pizza box onto the counter, before getting into an animated argument with an employee.
He then slaps the woman before leaving the store.
According to the police, another employee followed the man outside and photographed his license plate number. They then notified the authorities, who were able to use the information to track down the suspect.
Joseph Thorpe was arrested on misdemeanor assault and battery charges.
Thorpe was angry because his pizza had been made with Italian seasoning instead of parmesan cheese, Detroit Free Press reports. The woman working at the register reportedly attempted to refund his money and offered him a new pizza.
Apparently that wasn’t enough to calm down Thorpe.
The Livonia Police Department stated on its Facebook page that the man was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. He reportedly pled guilty on July 26 and was sentenced to 20 days in jail. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $750.
via: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/little-caesars-employee-slapped-toppings
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Mississippi man David Logan beaten by cops during traffic stop
An African American man was beaten to a bloody pulp by white Mississippi law enforcement officers during a traffic stop this month, the man’s attorney has claimed.
But a sheriff defended the officers, saying that 28-year-old David Logan resisted arrest and that his account of what unfolded is “not even close to what happened.”
Logan’s attorney, Carlos Moore, shared a disturbing photo of Logan on Monday that showed his shirtless client with his hands behind his back, a swollen left eye and blood streaming down his face onto his chest.
Moore claimed that during the July 18 incident in northern Mississippi’s Yalobusha County, officers tased an unarmed Logan and beat him.
“They roughed him up to the extent that he was out of his clothes,” said Moore, who added that Logan had to be treated at two hospitals for a broken bone near one eye and was left with double vision and sleeping problems from the incident.
Moore told the Oxford Eagle that the officers “attacked [Logan], threw him on concrete pavement, tased him, roughed him up real bad.”
The attorney also alleged to the news outlet that even after Logan was placed in handcuffs, his client was punched in the face and hit over the eye with a flashlight several times.
Moore claimed that during the incident, Logan walked away from officers at a police roadblock and did not run.
In an interview Monday with the Associated Press, Yalobusha County Sheriff Lance Humphreys confirmed the officers involved were white but denied Moore’s claims.
According to Humphreys, officers from the sheriff’s department, the Water Valley Police Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics were checking driver’s licenses at a roadblock when they pulled Logan over.
Humphreys said officers reported that when Logan got out of the vehicle, he ran toward them twice.
“He lowered his shoulder and tried to go through them,” Humphreys said.
The sheriff said the officers used a stun gun on Logan and arrested him but did not beat him.
According to the AP, one officer involved injured his knee during the incident and will have to have surgery, while another suffered injuries to leg ligaments.
Logan ultimately was charged with possession of ecstasy, two counts of assault on an officer, one count of resisting arrest and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Since Logan was hospitalized, he did not have to post bond.
None of the officers involved in the incident have been placed on leave and a grand jury will consider whether to indict Logan, Humphreys said.
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‘Death-obsessed’ frat bro pushed five people to kill themselves
A death-obsessed Missouri frat-bro gave five of his peers “advice on how to commit suicide” — and manipulated them into killing themselves, claims a new lawsuit filed by parents of two of the students.
Brandon Grossheim, a member of Truman State University’s Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, considered himself a “superhero” named “Peacemaker” and allegedly gave other students detailed instructions on how to “deal with their depression” and “do their own free will,” according to the wrongful death suit filed Wednesday.
All five of the students, who died during the 2016-17 school year, were friends with Grossman, says the suit, filed in Circuit Court of Adair County, Missouri, and reported by The Kansas City Star.
The suit names two of the alleged victims, both who died by hanging, Alexander David Mullins, who was found in his room at the frat house and Joshua Michael Thomas, who was found in a storage closet.
Grossheim was also linked to the suicides of three others, John Doe 1, another frat member, John Doe 2, who socialized with the others but was not a student at Truman State and a woman referred to as Jane Doe, whose death is still under investigation.
No charges have been filed in any of the deaths.
Attorney Nicole Gorovsky told the paper that Grossheim’s “psychological manipulation” contributed to the suicides.
A Kirksville Police investigation into the unusual spate of suicides — the town has 17,000 residents and the university just 7,000 students — found that Grossheim had access to all five students, including keys to their rooms or apartments, Gorovsky said.
He was the last person to talk to each of them before their deaths.
Frat brothers told police Grossheim “had a known fascination with death, wore the clothing of one of the suicide victims after his death” and “began dating Doe 1’s girlfriend shortly after his death, according to the lawsuit.
The suit, which also names Truman State University and the fraternity, says the school knew Mullins and Thomas struggled with depression and “were vulnerable” but still allowed “a suspicious fraternity brother to be alone and have unfettered access” to them.
“This tragedy was preventable,” Gorovsky said. “This situation had been swept under the rug.”
Grossheim now lives in Alton, Illinois and didn’t graduate from the university though “he was not kicked out,” Gorovsky said.
The parents, Melissa Bottorff-Arey and Suzanne and Michael Thomas, are seeking monetary compensation to be determined by a jury.
The claims detailed in the lawsuit are reminiscent of the high-profile suicide-by-text case of Michelle Carter, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last year for pressuring her boyfriend Conrad Roy II,18, to kill himself via texts in 2014.
Carter, 22, is currently serving a 15-month prison sentence.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/08/01/death-obsessed-frat-bro-pushed-five-people-to-kill-themselves-lawsuit/
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10-year-old girl crashes mom’s SUV while driving herself to McDonald’s
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police say a 10-year-old girl went to the hospital Wednesday morning after she crashed her mom’s SUV into a minivan and electrical box while trying to go to McDonald’s.
Officers were called to 12th and Olive around 7:45 a.m. to the two-vehicle wreck and were surprised to learn that one of the drivers was the 10-year-old girl, WDAF reports.
KCPD learned that when the girl woke up Wednesday morning, she wanted to get McDonald’s to eat. Her mother was still sleeping, so the girl took the family’s Chevy Tahoe herself. She drove a couple of miles before getting lost.
She attempted to turn at 12th and Olive, but since she was an unlicensed 10-year-old, she failed to yield to the driver of a Honda coming in the opposite direction.
Police said both vehicles sustained heavy damage. The girl was taken to the hospital with minor injuries before reaching the restaurant, police say.
The other driver was not injured.
via: https://pix11.com/2019/07/31/10-year-old-girl-crashes-moms-suv-while-driving-herself-to-mcdonalds/
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Nail salon employee accused of molesting 5-year-old boy as his mom got a manicure
Mesa, AZ (KNXV ) — An employee at a nail salon in Mesa is accused of molesting a 5-year-old boy Wednesday afternoon.
The incident happened around 2 p.m. at Premier Nails & Spa near Ellsworth and Baseline roads.
According to police records, the boy’s mother had just finished getting her nails done when her son went to use the restroom.
As the boy was leaving the restroom, the suspect, 57-year-old Minh Hoa Truong, reached out and grabbed the boy and pulled him close to his body.
According to the report, the boy’s mother told police she thought Truong was being playful until she saw him putting his hand down the boy’s shorts. The boy’s mother went and immediately pulled her son away and called police.
When officers arrived on scene, they reviewed security camera footage which corroborated the woman’s story. The video shows Truong trying to pull the boy’s shorts down and then putting his hands inside. Video shows the boy squirming and then dropping to the floor to get away. When the boy’s mom approaches, Truong is seen removing his hand from inside the boy’s clothes.
During an interview with police, the boy told officers he tried to get away from Truong, but he grabbed his arm, stuck his hand inside his shorts, touched his genitals and “was moving it.”
Truong told police he worked at the shop and the “girl” came up to him and said “hi” and that’s when he pulled “her” and played with “her.” He then told police he wanted an attorney.
Troung is facing multiple charges including molestation of a child.
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Woman finds man standing over her bed hours after he groped her outside
ASTORIA, Queens — A Queens woman woke up in the middle of the night to a man standing over her bed, hours after he groped her outside of her apartment building, according to police.
The 26-year-old woman told police that she was approached by a man near 24th Street and 23rd Avenue in Queens at approximately 2:50 a.m. Saturday.
The man, believed to be about 30 years old, told the woman that he was in a bike accident and asked for medical assistance. During their interaction, they say the man touched her breasts before fleeing from the scene. The woman entered her apartment building, which was near by.
Less than two hours later, at around 4:30 a.m., police say she awoke in her bedroom to find the man in her room standing over her.
The woman screamed, and the man left through the second floor window. Nothing was stolen and no injuries were reported.
Police say the man is about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds, has close-cut, short, dark hair, and was last seen wearing a black t-shirt.
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107-Year-Old Woman Says Secret To Her Longevity Is ‘I Never Got Married’
A Bronx woman celebrating her 107th birthday says the secret to her long life is staying single.
“I think the secret of 107 [is] I never got married,” Louise Signore told CBS New York. “I think that’s the secret. My sister says ‘I wish I never got married.'”
Her sister is also alive and well—and 102.
Signore celebrated her special birthday at the JASA Bartow Senior Center in Co-op City, complete with balloons, cake, music and presents.
She was born in Harlem in 1912 but has lived in the Bronx since moving there at age 14. Signore still lives alone and independently, but stays active and is well-connected with the community, according to other partygoers.
“She’s got no walking cane, no wheelchair. She does all her shopping. She’s awesome,” friend Deborah Whitaker told WLNY.
Signore says the only medicine she takes is a pill for high blood pressure. “That’s all.”
Asked what else has contributed to her longevity, Signore told WCBS: “Italian food. Italian food is very good for you.”
Ironically, numerous studies have suggested single people actually die younger than their married counterparts: One report indicated bachelors die eight to 17 years earlier than married men—while single women pass away seven to 15 years earlier than married ones. Researchers believe lower incomes and less support networks could be responsible.
“If you’re a couple, a spouse may be after you to eat better and go the doctor,” sociologist David Roelfs told NBC News in 2011. “Sometimes it’s just easier to be healthier and less of a risk taker when you’re married.”
People looking to prolong their lives often turn to diet and exercise, but many centenarians have attributed their longevity to pretty counterintuitive strategies: In September, 106-year-old Edith Wylie told Montana’s Great Falls Tribune that, aside from good genes, her long life is due to “bourbon, water and Cheetos while watching 5 o’clock news.”
Margaret Young of Sutton, England, turned 108 in October and told The Chad her secret was “to be happy and have plenty of cups of teas.”
Emma Morano of Italy, the oldest verified person on Earth when she died at 117 in 2017, gave credit to a particular odd dietary habit: three eggs a day, two of which were eaten raw. She started the diet after being diagnosed with anemia as a young adult, according to the BBC.
Like Signore, Morano was also single for most of her life after separating from her husband back in 1938.
At 117, Japan’s Kane Tanaka is the current verified oldest living person. She , has attributed her longevity to family, sleep and hope. But it’s worth noting Tanaka reportedly drinks three cans of coffees a day and eats “plenty of candy.”
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