Woman becomes 1st known attorney with autism to practice law in Florida
(Meredith) – Haley Moss, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3, is the first openly autistic person to be admitted to the Florida Bar.
At an early age, doctors thought Moss would never work a minimum wage job or live independently, the Sun-Sentinel reported. The 24-year-old now lives on her own and works at a top law firm in Miami.
Before she graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, Moss had already authored two books — including one that was published when she was just 15.
“I’m very passionate about things I enjoy, and I love to write,” Moss told the Sun-Sentinel. “That’s also part of why I went to law school, and I love to be able to help others. So even with writing, I love that I’m able to express myself completely and what I can say has the ability to help someone else.”
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa Walsh said it was “a great privilege” to administer the oath to Moss at her swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 11, according to Law.com. She described Moss as someone who “has actually had to overcome issues and develop skills that may not be natural.”
Moss’ current employer, the Zumpano Patricios law firm, recognized her talent before she even passed the bar exam.
“When I was introduced to Haley by a former lawyer at our firm, I immediately picked up on the fact that she was obviously brilliant — brilliant and a good person,” Joseph Zumpano, the co-founder of the firm, told the Sun-Sentinel.
“As a core value, we wanted to be the first firm to bring in an openly autistic lawyer and make the point that if you align people to their strengths then given the chance, they excel,” he continued.
On Saturday, the autism charity Unicorn Children’s Foundation declared Moss a Youth Ambassador in recognition of her achievements.
Moss, who has a high-functioning form of autism, told the Palm Beach Post her main goal is to help children facing similar challenges and to change the negative stigma often associated with autism.
“It takes a village to raise a child,” Moss said. “Well, it takes an even bigger village to raise a special needs child. I realized I could be an integral part of a child’s village.”
‘Shoot the President’ Party Game for Kids Raises Concern in Ohio
A popular performing arts building is advertising a kid’s birthday party where participants can play “Shoot the President” with Nerf guns – and it’s raising more than a few eyebrows in Northeast Ohio, according to KTLA sister station WJW.
The game was being advertised at Olmsted Performing Arts building in Berea.
A description of the party listed on the website states, “There is one president with body guards. Everyone else tries to eliminate or shoot the president.”
“I think it’s unfortunate that they chose that kind of theme only because of the atmosphere we are living in now,” Julie Berghaus told WJW.
“I wouldn’t say it was anything political or a statement about politics. I think the game was made up just for kid fun,” said Samuel Fravel, a former OPA student.
“For kids, it’s just fun, but they don’t realize what they are being taught subconsciously,” added Berghaus.
According to Adam Sheldon, director of the Baldwin Wallace Community Arts School, BW acquired OPA on Jan. 1.
“I was certainly shocked to learn this existed. It’s certainly not something that is in our institutional values at Baldwin Wallace,” Sheldon said.
They are in the process of turning the building into the Community Arts School and they were not aware that kind of party was listed on OPA’s website.
“As part of the transitioning, we are reviewing all of our communication sources and current programming. I assure you that certainly does not fit into the program of Baldwin Wallace,” added Sheldon.
Sheldon said the new Community Arts School will deliver educational programming and still host birthday parties, however any games involving Nerf guns are no longer offered.
“We apologize for the description on the website that is currently undergoing renovation. It’s not something that will be present for sure,” said Sheldon.
via: https://ktla.com/2019/02/16/shoot-the-president-party-game-for-kids-raises-concern/
Father arrested after sending sexual photos of 3-year-old twin daughters
(Meredith) — A 40-year-old Louisville, Kentucky man is facing multiple charges after police say he sent sexual pictures of his 3-year-old twin daughters to an undercover officer.
According to WLKY, Thomas Cannon, sent seven photos of child porn to an undercover detective, including three photos of his daughters that portray them in a sexual performance.
Cannon reportedly admitted in an online chat to making sexual contact with his daughters.
Cannon is facing three counts of promoting a sexual performance by a minor and seven counts of distribution of matter portraying sexual performance by a minor.
11-year-old arrested after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance
An 11-year-old student was arrested after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and allegedly telling a teacher that “the flag is racist and the national anthem is offensive to black people,” according to reports.
The boy, a student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence for the Feb. 4 outburst, according to Bay News 9.
He was also issued a three-day suspension.
His mother, Dhakira Talbot, said officials took things too far by arresting her son, who she said is in gifted classes and has been bullied in the past.
“My son has never been through anything like this. I feel like this should’ve been handled differently,” she said. “If any disciplinary action should’ve been taken, it should’ve been with the school. He shouldn’t have been arrested.”
The classroom kerfuffle happened when a substitute teacher, Ana Alvarez, ordered the boy to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
When he told her he believed the flag was racist and the anthem was offensive, Alvarez asked him “why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live,” the teacher said in a statement to the school district.
The teacher said he replied, “they brought me here.”
Alvarez then told him, “Well you can always go back, because I came here from Cuba and the day I feel I’m not welcome here anymore I would find another place to live.”
She said she resorted to calling the main office “because I did not want to continue dealing with him.”
The student also allegedly called school leaders racist, threatened to get the school resource officer and principal fired and beat up Alvarez, according to an arrest affidavit.
He denied threatening to beat the teacher in an interview with Bay News 9 with his mother.
Polk County Public Schools spokesman Kyle Kennedy insisted that the boy was not arrested for failing to stand for the pledge.
“Students are not required to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance,” he told The Ledger.
The sixth-grader was collared “after becoming disruptive and refusing to follow repeated instructions by school staff and law enforcement,” he added.
Kennedy said he couldn’t discuss the boy’s discipline. Alvarez will no longer work as a substitute teacher in Polk County, he said.
“Our HR department will contact Kelly Services, which provides our substitutes, to further refine how our substitutes are trained,” Kennedy said.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/02/17/11-year-old-arrested-after-refusing-to-stand-for-pledge-of-allegiance/
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Three teens, 12-year-old, charged for rape of 19-year-old woman
BALTIMORE, M.D. — Baltimore Police reports that three 14-year-old boys have been arrested and charged as adults for the sexual assault of a woman.
Police say the 19-year-old woman had just gotten off an MTA bus and was walking into the 300 block of North Fulton Avenue when three suspects forced her into an alley at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her.
Neighbors came out of their home and interrupted the assault and the suspects took off.
On Thursday, detectives arrested 14-year-old Wilmer Ramos, 14-year-old Phillip Worrell and 14 year-old Nile Campbell. A fourth juvenile, a 12-year-old, was present during the assault and was also arrested and charged.
The three, 14-year-olds have been charged with First and Second Degree Rape and the 12-year-old, who has been charged as a juvenile, was charged with First Degree Rape, Third & Fourth Degree Sex Offense, Conspiracy-Kidnapping, Conspiracy-Robbery, Perverted Practice and Handgun on Person.
Ramos, Worrell and Campbell are currently being held at Central Booking and Intake Facility.
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Patient ‘Literally Rotted to Death’ at Ohio Care Home
Seven employees at an Ohio care home have been indicted over standards of care so shockingly low that one patient has been described as having “rotted to death.”
Two employees at the Columbus healthcare facility and one contracted nurse practitioner face charges of involuntary manslaughter over the neglect of two patients, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Four other employees have been indicted on charges related to falsifying patient care records or neglect
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Thursday that the raft of indictments had been handed out in relation to the neglect of two patients in 2017 at Whetstone Gardens and Care Center.
The total of 34 charges were filed against the seven individuals after an investigation found that one patient had died as a direct result of the neglect, while another was was found to have suffered physical harm as a result of improper care. The latter patient is also now deceased.
“This man literally rotted to death and it could have been prevented,” Yoss said of the first patient who died from gangrenous wounds and necrotic tissue. “A lot of crimes you have anger, you have money, you have potential for economic gain, what do you get out of neglect?” the attorney general said, according to ABC6.
The patient, who has not been identified, reportedly developed a number of serious wounds in February 2017. According to the indictments, nurses failed to take the necessary medical steps to stop the onset of gangrene, sepsis and necrosis. The patient died on March 5 from septic shock.
In the second case, staff repeatedly recorded treatment that was never given. As a result the individual, who has also not been named, suffered physical harm.
“This case goes to the heart of protecting the unprotected,” Yost said. “These victims were completely dependent on others for day-to-day care, which their families trusted Whetstone Gardens to provide. Instead of providing that care, evidence shows these nurses forced the victims to endure awful mistreatment and lied about it.”
On Wednesday, nurses Sandra Blazer, Jessica Caldwell, and Kimberly Potter, a nurse practitioner, were indicted by a grand jury in Franklin County on charges including involuntary manslaughter.
Nurses Akosua Ayarkwa, Sheila Dains, Illuminee Muhongere, and Maegan Van Syckle were indicted on charges relating to gross neglect or forgery over the falsified of records of care.
A legal representative for the care facility has said staff involved in the neglect, not just those indicted, were fired when management learnt of the problems two years ago.
“We were just as mad as everybody and what happened is unacceptable,” Ryan Stubenrauch said. “That’s why we acted quickly and immediately to remove the people who had broken our rules and violated our trust.”