Former cop says she had sex with supervisor as 3-year-old daughter was dying in hot car
A former Mississippi police officer admitted to a judge that she was in a house, having sex with her supervisor and then falling asleep, while her 3-year-old daughter was dying of heat exposure in a patrol car outside.
Cassie Barker, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter in the 2016 death, CBS Newsreports. Cheyenne Hyer was unresponsive, still strapped into her car seat, when her mother returned.
When the girl was taken to a hospital, officials say, her body temperature was 107 degrees. Barker had left the car running and the air conditioner on while she was in her supervisor’s house, but the unit wasn’t blowing cold air. Both officers have been fired by the Long Beach department.
“Every time I close my eyes, I picture her suffering and then I picture her laying in this coffin,” Cheyenne’s father said, per the Sun Herald. “It’s an image I don’t want to have, but it’s one I can’t get rid of.”
Prosecutors recommended the maximum sentence of 20 years for Barker; Judge Larry Bourgeois said he needed more time to consider her punishment.
She’s scheduled to be sentenced April 1.
“I don’t know what I could do to you that could be more than what you have already experienced,” he told Barker. “You will be forever entombed in a prison of your own mind.”
Police say 2-year-old boy died after man sat on him
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Iowa police say a 2-year-old boy died after a man sat on the child for allegedly taking his cellphone.
Pottawattamie County court records show 31-year-old Larry Murphy is charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. He’s jailed on more than $1 million bail.
Murphy’s attorney didn’t return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press.
Police allege the boy’s mother says Murphy was staying with her and her sons at a Council Bluffs motel when he became angry at the 2-year-old for taking his cellphone. She says he sat on the boy for around 20 seconds on a motel bed.
Police say Murphy is 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall and weighs 160 pounds (72.6 kilograms).
The boy became unresponsive. Investigators say he was pronounced dead at a hospital where a doctor noticed signs of asphyxiation.
via: https://pix11.com/2019/03/19/police-say-2-year-old-boy-died-after-man-sat-on-him/
Woman cuts man with sword after catching him molesting her 5-year-old daughter
TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. – A Georgia woman cut her boyfriend with a sword after she caught him allegedly molesting her 5-year-old daughter, deputies told WMAZ.
John Lawarren Williams, 25, is facing charges of aggravated molestation and cruelty to children. He is being held without bond.
Deputies said they were told that the girl had also been “burned with a cigarette on her private area,” according to WGXA. The girl and mother went to a pediatric hospital in Macon.
Williams reportedly ran away from the house when law enforcement arrived but later turned himself in to deputies.
According to WGXA, he was then treated for a cut on his hand and interviewed by investigators.
Teen stabbed in the back with broken umbrella after fight at Bronx Burger King
MORRIS PARK, Bronx — A teenager was stabbed in the back during a fight in the Bronx on Tuesday, police said.
The victim, 19, was attacked around 3 p.m. on White Plains Road.
The fight had started at a Burger King and spilled out onto the street, witnesses said. The teen was beaten with an umbrella and stabbed with the wooden handle after it broke off.
A witness told PIX11 she was in a car when she spotted the beatdown happening. She said the group of seven or eight attackers kicked the teenage victim. They left when she and others told them to stop.
The teen was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi for treatment.
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Man tries ‘Ocean’s 11’ heist at Bellagio Hotel and Casino
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t quite a George Clooney or Brad Pitt heist, but police say a brazen robbery attempt ended with gunfire and the suspect hospitalized in Las Vegas.
About 9:45 p.m. Friday, an armed man entered a packed Bellagio Hotel and Casino and demanded money from a caged poker area, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Captain Nichole Splinter said.
He then fled and tried to steal a vehicle that had just pulled into the valet lot, but he was immediately confronted by four police officers, Splinter said.
The suspect fired his gun and struck one of the officers in the vest. A second officer fired back and hit the suspect, Splinter said.
Both the officer and the suspect were transported to a local hospital, and the officer was treated and released. The suspect is listed in critical condition.
Police said that per their policy, the identities of the officers involved will be released after 48 hours.
The incident brings to mind the movie “Ocean’s Eleven.” In the film, Danny Ocean (Clooney), Pitt and other accomplices plan a heist on several casinos, including the Bellagio.
Jelly Belly creator introduces line of cannabis-infused jelly beans
(Meredith) — The creator of Jelly Belly has introduced a new line of jelly beans infused with CBD oil, and they come in 38 flavors.
David Klein, who created Jelly Belly jelly beans in 1976 is moving into the cannabis market. His company Spectrum Confections is selling jelly beans infused with the cannabis oil CBD.
The product description reads, “David Klein’s invention that brought happiness in each piece. His gourmet jelly beans are here with CBD inside. These come in 38 assorted flavors. 10mg per bean. Sanded with dextrose to mask the CBD flavor inside.”
The jelly beans are available to order online, but they are currently sold out. So if you want to get your hands on some of the CBD confections, the company recommends using their contact form to get in touch.
Preschool children in East St. Louis were forced to stand naked in a closet as punishment
EAST ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – Two Head Start teachers in East St. Louis are on paid administrative leave after allegations that preschoolers were forced to strip off all of their clothes as part of punishment for misbehaving.
The teachers and students are part of the Head Start program operated by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center.
“Children would misbehave in class and the teacher would have them disrobe and stand them, make them stand inside a closet for five or 10 minutes as their discipline. Then they would redress and join the class,” said SIUE Police Chief Kevin Schmoll.
According to Chief Schmoll, 4 of the 20 students in the class were forced to take their clothes off. The students are 4 and 5-years-old. Schmoll said this form of punishment had been going on since early February but that police were only notified last week.
“We felt that was very inappropriate and possible there’s some criminal action and some charges could come from this,” said Schmoll.
As word spread through the community about the allegations, residents told News 4 they were outraged.
“As a mother myself, I can’t believe they would let something like this go on,” said Lakysha Jeffries.
Marquis Ginger told News 4, “Something needs to be done to the teachers as far as what’s going on.”
Police said the teacher accused of disciplining students inappropriately is 26-years old and has been a Head Start teacher at the center for three years. A second teacher, aged 41 with five years’ experience in the program, was also put on paid administrative leave for allegedly seeing the students forced to take their clothes off and not reporting it.
A representative with the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s office is expected to be there when the children are more thoroughly interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Belleville in two weeks. Charges could come after that.
Cow running away from police stops traffic, goes to Chick-Fil-A
(Meredith) – A cow in Indiana stopped at Chick-Fil-A while running away from police over the weekend.
Officers with the Noblesville Police Department spent Saturday afternoon chasing the “wild bovine all over the east side.”
At one point, the animal temporarily halted traffic before running in the direction of the popular fast-food restaurant.
Athena Hopkins, who witnessed the bizarre chase, recorded a video of the cow fleeing officers and waiting outside Chick-Fil-A. That video went viral, racking up more than 660,000 views.
The department likened the pursuit to “running with the bulls” and encouraged other bystanders to share any images they may have of the “cowboy adventure.”
Florida teacher allegedly used 1-year-old son to make child porn
A Florida elementary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly using her own 1-year-old son in sexually explicit videos shared with her ex-boyfriend — who is himself accused of molesting his own daughter, according to reports.
US Marshals arrested Audra Mabel, 34, Thursday for distributing child pornography to her ex Justin Ritchie, 36.
Police arrested Ritchie on March 8 after his 4-year-old daughter reported he had inappropriately touched her “vulva” several times — including with an electric toothbrush — and performed oral sex on her, Newsweek reported.
On his phone, investigators found 10 sexually explicit videos, including ones allegedly depicting Mabel and her 1-year-old son. One clip focused on the child’s genitals, and another included Mabel masturbating while breastfeeding, the outlet reported.
Another reportedly depicts Mabel shoving a camera up her skirt only to later turn the camera around and reveal a classroom full of children.
Investigators say Mabel shot the illicit videos while working as a first-grade teacher in Lansing, Michigan, but sent them to Ritchie in Florida.
She admitted to producing the videos, according to Newsweek.
“Mabel and [Ritchie] also read stories to each other about sex between children and adults,” a criminal complaint states.
She later moved to Florida, but the pair broke up last year after Ritchie refused to leave his wife.
She was hit with federal charges of creating child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child, while state officials are charging Ritchie with sexual assault of a child, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Brooklyn woman falsely told she was HIV-positive, lawsuit alleges
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital incorrectly told a Brooklyn woman she was HIV-positive, a lawsuit says.
Sandra Peralta went in for HIV testing in March 2016. The results came back positive, according to the Brooklyn Supreme Court suit, but the results of two more rounds of bloodwork were negative. The hospital told Peralta the negative conclusion was “final.”
But then a hospital employee left Peralta a phone message saying she in fact had HIV, the suit says. She was told the same thing when she called the hospital back, it says.
Before discovering once and for all that she was HIV-negative, Peralta underwent “unnecessary medical procedures” and “suffered a loss of marital intimacy,” the suit says. She could not be reached for comment.
“We are not in receipt of a complaint from this patient,” Mount Sinai said.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/03/16/brooklyn-woman-falsely-told-she-was-hiv-positive-lawsuit-alleges/