Boy severely burned when another child lights him on fire, mother says
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Vibrant, fun-loving and compassionate are words Ashley Lyons describes her 7-year-old son, but a recent attack has made her little boy nearly unrecognizable, she told WDAF.
Lyons said she received a call saying her son was headed to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City after another child doused him in fingernail polish remover and “lit him on fire, on purpose.”
When she arrived, doctors told her the extent of Julien’s injuries.
“The burns were so bad that they had to go in immediately and do surgery . . . they had to scrape his face and all of his skin,” Lyons said.
Doctors say Julien’s internal organs were damaged from inhaling fumes and smoke.
“It will take three to six months to find out if the lungs could still collapse, if we’re going to have to do skin grafts,” she explained.
The Missouri mother said the attack happened Aug. 6 at the Hawthorne Place Apartment Complex in Independence. The 8-year-old boy who allegedly attacked her son also lives at Hawthorne Place.
“It’s got the highest crime rate in Independence,” Lyons said. “Unfortunately they’re not . . . making sure that everyone feels comfortable and safe in their own homes.”
This spring, Independence police took measures to address crime at the complex, such as adding two off-duty officers to staff the complex and adding more security cameras.
Lyons said it hasn’t helped.
“There’s no safety boundaries, there’s no inspections, there’s no doing what they’re supposed to be doing for HUD regulations,” she said.
“There is nothing from this isolated incident that I believe is indicative of crime in the apartment complex,” Independence Police spokesman John Syme said. “IPD has two officers assigned full-time to work in the Hawthorne Place Apartments and additional officers are assigned to the complex during other hours when those two officers are not there (7 days a week coverage).
Now, four days after the attack, Lyons says Julien is doing better than expected, but has a long road to recovery.
“For the rest of his life. [Doctors are] talking anywhere from 2 to 3 years just getting the skin growth back on his [face]. That’s not including the pigment or the color of his skin,” she said.
As she prepares for the next steps in her son’s recovery, Lyons said she’s worried about how to keep her son safe if she has to return to the place where it happened.
“The hospital is trying to release him soon, and we’re coming up with a home plan but there’s no home plan. This is not safe,” Lyons said.
Managers of Hawthorne Place say they aren’t aware of the incident.
Lyons has set up a GoFundMe page to help with Julien’s medical bills and moving costs to get her family out of this apartment and into safer housing.
Independence police gave this statement to WDAF:
“Our officers have a great working relationship with both management at the complex and the citizens who live there. They’ve made great strides in working together to both prevent crime and address issues when they arise. Officers assigned to Hawthorne have told me they have definitely seen a reduction in crime and calls for service since implementing those efforts.”
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Woman gives birth while overdosing on heroin in Burger King bathroom
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A mother believed to be overdosing on heroin gave birth in an Ohio Burger King bathroom stall, and first responders found the baby alive in the toilet Friday afternoon, according to Chillicothe police.
Police initially responded to reports of a man who had passed out in a vehicle and that a woman, who was with him, had overdosed, according to WSYX.
Officers said they found 26-year-old Zachary Frey passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle and Elizabeth D. Sanders, also 26, sitting on the toilet in the women’s restroom, a suspected ball of heroin on the floor beside her.
Sanders told officers she thought she had suffered a miscarriage, police said. However, when the officer looked inside the toilet, there was an infant lying face up, according to the Chillicothe Gazette. The officer reportedly told Sanders to stand up, causing the child to roll face down into the water.
The medic grabbed the newborn, who was still breathing, and the baby was taken to the hospital. Chillicothe Police Capt. Larry Bamfield told the paper the boy is expected to be “OK,” but it’s not clear what plans are in place for the child’s custody.
Police say Frey was taken to Ross County Jail and charged with operating a vehicle impaired and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sanders pleaded guilty on Monday after being charged over an unrelated warrant for theft.
Man accused of molesting girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter
OWEN COUNTY, Ind. — An Indiana man was arrested after police say he molested his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter, according to WTHR.
According to court documents, Robert A. McKenzie told his girlfriend if she couldn’t find anyone for him to have sex with, he would have sex with her 5-year-old daughter.
McKenzie became agitated when she couldn’t find anyone and allegedly performed various sexual acts with the child, court documents show.
Police say McKenzie told his girlfriend he could get away with rape, murder, and hiding dead bodies. McKenzie also told investigators he liked molesting the child and became aroused.
McKenzie is charged with child molesting, incest, neglect of a dependent and sexual misconduct. McKenzie’s girlfriend, Lacey S. Brown, has also been charged with child molesting, incest, neglect of a dependent and sexual misconduct.
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Man who tied up, sexually assaulted 14-year-old girl will serve no jail time
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A former Virginia high school student who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl will serve no active prison time, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Logan Michael Osborn, 19, pleaded guilty in September to the charge of having carnal knowledge of the girl. At the time, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with eight years suspended.
In early January, Chesterfield Circuit Court Judge T.J. Hauler decided to pause the two-year term, saying that he wanted more time to review the case. On Wednesday, he declined to reinstate the original sentence.
“The family is disappointed that the defendant will not serve any active incarceration for the brutal attack on the victim,” Chesterfield prosecutor Erin Barr told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “They do not believe justice has been served and shared concern for community safety and future potential victims.”
Osborn, then a student at Cosby High School, sexually assaulted the 14-year-old girl after they attended a school play together. Prosecutors said Osborn went on a walk with the girl, who didn’t know the Cosby campus, and when the path ended at a fence, Osborn became aggressive.
Barr said he forced the 14-year-old onto her knees, then tied a belt around her neck and hands before the assault. Osborn released her around the time her mother was supposed to pick her up.
The girl’s mother knew something was wrong, and the teen told her what happened during the ride home, Barr said.
In Virginia, individuals aged 17 or younger are not legally able to consent to sexual activity.
Barr argued that the former high school wrestler had a history of sexual assault – at the age of 12 he was charged with grabbing a student’s genitals, according to the paper. Girls accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior on seven different occasions, Barr said.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Evan Nelson also testified that Osborn has a “moderately high risk” of reoffending, based on standardized tests.
Osborn, who will have to register as a sex offender, lost an academic scholarship to the University of Mary Washington, according to the Times-Dispatch.
Dad slashes children’s throats, admitting ‘left a present’ for wife
An 8-year-old cried “daddy, I’m sorry” as a Texas father slit his children’s throat on Saturday, then called his estranged wife to tell her he left her a “present,” court documents show.
Jean Pierre Ndossoka, 62, was charged Tuesday with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of his two children, 8-year-old Marcel Ndossoka and 1-year-old Anna-Belle Faith Ndossoka, in his Houston apartment. The children’s mother, Sabine Ntongo, discovered their bodies after receiving a disturbing call from her estranged husband.
According to court documents released Tuesday, the Houston father slashed his two children’s throats as they cried and begged. Ndossoka told police his daughter “just kept crying” as his son mumbled his last words.
Ndossoka called Ntongo multiple times Saturday after the slaying. According to Ntongo, Ndossoka told her that he killed the children and had left her a “present.” He also said she needed to come to his place and there was a key under the mat, according to court documents.
Police found a bloody knife at the apartment and a handwritten note in French placed on the bed near the boy’s body.
Ndossoka appeared to sign the note that indicated he intended to die with his children.
Ndossoka was found alive a day later in his car parked in Pasedena. He was suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and taken to the hospital in stable condition. Though he initially said he didn’t remember what happened, he eventually confessed to investigators that he “did something bad” and reported having high blood pressure.
“The defendant then admitted that he had done something to his children and when asked ‘what?’ he motioned towards his neck,” according to the court documents.
The 62-year-old said he choked the children, but later changed his statement to report he used a knife. He admitted writing the note left in the apartment.
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Tamron Hall To Host Daytime Talk Show With Disney/ABC
Former “Today” show host Tamron Hall is developing a daytime talk show that will make its home at Disney/ABC more than a year after exiting the morning staple on rival network NBC.
Details are scant, but Hall said in a statement provided to HuffPost that she aims to make the show “unconventional, fun, intimate and sometimes even raw.”
“My new partners appreciate and respect the relationship I’ve built with my audience and know that if we create television worth watching, they’ll join us for the ride,” she said. “I’m so grateful and excited for this next chapter. The landing makes the leap of faith so worth it!”
Hall previously served as an anchor for “MSNBC Live” and has been the host of Investigation Discovery’s “Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall” since 2013.
According to gossip site Page Six, her NBC departure was brought on by Megyn Kelly’s addition to the schedule. With her solid ratings, Hall was reportedly hurt by management’s decision to bump her and Al Roker from the show’s 9 a.m. slot in favor of Kelly.
The journalist has been mulling the idea of a talk show for some time. In the summer of 2017 she reached a deal with Weinstein Television to develop a show that she would host and executive produce, but the deal was abandoned when disturbing sexual abuse accusations against the studio’s head, Harvey Weinstein, became public.
Now she’s packed up and moved on.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with Tamron and look forward to bringing a fresh, new daytime talk show to stations across the country that will showcase her enormous talent and dynamic personality,” Disney executive Janice Marinelli said in a statement to HuffPost.
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Lindsay Lohan On the #MeToo Movement: ‘Women Speaking Against All These Things Makes Them Look Weak’
Lindsay Lohan has voiced her opinion about the #MeToo movement in an Aug. 4 interview with The Times.
“I don’t really have anything to say,” Lohan tells the outlet. “I can’t speak on something I didn’t live, right? Look, I am very supportive of women. Everyone goes through their own experiences in their own ways.
“If it happens at that moment, you discuss it at that moment,” she adds. “You make it a real thing by making it a police report. I’m going to really hate myself for saying this, but I think by women speaking against all these things, it makes them look weak when they are very strong women. You have these girls who come out, who don’t even know who they are, who do it for the attention. That is taking away from the fact that it happened.”
The #MeToo movement arose after the alleged sex crimes committed by production mogul Harvey Weinstein — whom Lohan stood up for last year — which prompted many women to bravely share their own experiences.
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‘Tone-deaf’ Jack in the Box teriyaki bowl ad sparks backlash for sexual innuendos
Jack in the Box has come under fire for a sexually suggestive advertisement for the chain’s new teriyaki bowls.
The ad features Jack, the brand’s fictional CEO, discussing the new bowls by using them as a pun for a part of the male anatomy.
In the commercial, Jack walks into a room and explains he’s the only one with “the bowls to serve something different.”
The spot continues with more bowl-based innuendo. At one point Jack says to an employee, “You’ve got some pretty nice bowls there, and so does Dan.” A female employee also comments on how nice Dan’s “bowls” are.
The nearly minute-long ad finishes with an executive explaining to a clueless Jack that his marketing strategy is making people “uncomfortable.”
The tongue-in-cheek commercial seems par for the course for the brand — which has also caught some flak for its stoner-geared Munchies Meals ads. However, many viewers feel the ad is tone-deaf in today’s #MeToo environment.
AdWeek ran an article by David Griner titled “Jack in the Box Just Launched One of the Most Tone-Deaf Ads of the #MeToo Era,” saying the stunt celebrates sexual jokes in the workplace.
Several on Twitter agreed with Griner, saying the sexual innuendos were offensive, while others felt people were making “something out of nothing.”
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It’s disgusting we R @ this class-less point!Jack in the Box under fire for sexually-tinged ad for Teriyaki bowls
Jack in the Box has been blasted for its latest ad campaign for the restaurant’s new Teriyaki bowls with a naughty play on the word ‘bowls,’ in a way that brings to mind the male anatomy.
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dreamboat ame@aimeethebbyy do i feel like i just got sexually harassed by a jack in the box ad….
Lathan Lev@LevNation20Jack in the Box is known for off color and controversial ads that get people talking. This is simply not the right time. They could have done something smart without fishing for “balls” jokes. #MeToo era or not, the creatives need to get more creative.
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Detroit’s Rashida Tlaib Poised To Become First Muslim Woman In Congress
Rashida Tlaib has some experience being first, and not just because she is the eldest of 14 children.
As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, she was the first person in her family to earn a high school diploma — then a college degree, and a law degree.
She was the first Muslim woman ever elected to Michigan’s Legislature, where she served in the House for the maximum term of six years.
And in January, she is set to become America’s first-ever Muslim congresswoman.
The 42-year-old Detroit native, whose father worked at a Ford plant, clinched a Democratic primary in Michigan and won the right to run unopposed in a U.S. House race this fall.
“I am at a loss for words,” she tweeted overnight. “I cannot wait to serve you in Congress.”
Tlaib won the Democratic nomination to replace former Rep. John Conyers, the long-serving congressman and civil rights icon who resigned last year after sexual harassment allegations. The district covers portions of Detroit and the surrounding suburbs. It is heavily gerrymandered to concentrate Democratic votes, making it reliably Democratic.
“No Republicans ran in Tuesday’s District 13 primary race, meaning Tlaib is set to win the seat in November’s election and begin serving a full two-year term in January,” Michigan Radio reports.
Several other Muslim women are also running for Congress, in districts where primaries have not yet occurred — including Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is running for the House; Deedra Abboud, who is running for Senate in Arizona; and Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is making a bid for a House seat in Massachusetts.
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