O.C. Man Gets Nearly 10 Years in Prison After Kidnapping Woman, Carving His Name on Her Chest
A Santa Ana man who carved his name on a woman’s chest was sentenced to nearly a decade in state prison on Friday.
Sergio Mendoza is shown in a booking photo provided to the Los Angeles Times by Santa Ana police in 2015.
Sergio Joaquin Mendoza, 27, kidnapped, threatened and physically harmed a woman he was in a “romantic relationship” with in 2015, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Over the course of four days in March 2015, he repeatedly punched the unidentified victim, forced her to sit in his car while he worked and threatened her if she tried to leave the vehicle.
Then, two days after that ordeal, he told the victim “he would let her leave if she allowed him to carve his name onto her chest,” the DA’s office said in a news release.
He used a razor blade to write his first name on her chest.
He drove her around, again threatening her with more violence if she left the vehicle, punched her and head-butted her, and tried to strangle her.
Nonetheless, the victim was able to escape, run into a local business and call police.
Mendoza was arrested three days after the woman escaped.
On March 9 of this year, he was convicted of felony kidnapping, criminal threats, false imprisonment, and two counts of domestic battery with corporal injury. He was also found guilty of misdemeanor false imprisonment.
An Orange County judge sentenced him to nine years and eight months in state prison. When he was arraigned in 2015, the DA’s office said he faced a maximum sentence of 11 years and eight months.
Woman arrested for switching formula for flour in twisted refund scam
TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tucson woman is accused of substituting flour for infant formula in containers returned to several local stores for refunds, and police have warned the public to check formula containers’ seals for tampering.
One child got sick from ingesting tampered formula but is in good condition after being treated at a hospital and released May 5, police said late Thursday.
Police Chief Chris Magnus held an unusual nighttime news conference to disclose the arrest and to warn the public. “We’re concerned about this and wanted to get the information out as quickly as possible to avoid any other children from becoming sick,” Magnus said.
Police said the alleged scheme apparently was motivated by money and apparently took place over at least several days and possibly for up to two months. The formula was either purchased or stolen, police said.
Dr. Francisco Garcia, chief medical officer for Pima County, said tests are being conducted to determine whether other substances were put in formula containers along with flour, such as something to make it more palatable.
Police said Jennifer LaPlante, 30, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of fraudulent schemes and artifices and child endangerment.
LaPlante remained jailed Friday. It wasn’t immediately known whether she has an attorney who could comment on the allegations.
Police listed two Fry’s grocery stores and two Wal-Mart stores, all on Tucson’s eastside, that are linked to the incident.
Officials at Arkansas-based Wal-Mart said they don’t restock baby formula and are “deeply disturbed” by the Tucson incident.
“Our customers deserve safe, quality foods, and we have policies in place to help ensure that returned baby formula is not put back on our shelves,” Wal-Mart spokesman Ragan Dickens said in a statement.
A police department spokesman, Sgt. Pete Dugan, said Friday he wasn’t aware of additional reports of tampered formula.
However, detectives remained “smack-dab in the middle of the investigation,” Dugan said. “They need to find out if there’s others involved. They need to find out if there’s other stores involved.”
Officials advised recent purchasers of infant formula from Tucson businesses to check seals on containers and to see whether the formula smelled normal.
Parents shouldn’t feed infants with any formula if there’s any question of possible tampering, Garcia said. “Those seals should be intact,” he said.
via: http://nypost.com/2017/05/13/woman-arrested-for-switching-formula-for-flour-in-twisted-refund-scam/
Man admits to tricking women into sex for ‘porn rehearsals’
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City-area man has pleaded guilty to duping dozens of women into having sex with him on camera by telling them they were rehearsing for roles in pornographic movies.
The U.S. attorney’s office says 34-year-old Mario Antoine, of Raymore, pleaded guilty to one wire fraud count and will be sentenced to 10 years in prison under the terms of the deal he agreed to Friday. He also will be required to pay restitution to his victims. Formal sentencing is set for Sept. 13.
Prosecutors said Antoine created online aliases as a talent manager, photographer and videographer and claimed to work for fictitious companies in the pornography industry. Investigators say he promised to pay the women thousands of dollars.
Prosecutors say when the women complained about not being paid, Antoine forwarded images of the sexual activity to their employers or significant others.
via: http://nypost.com/2017/05/13/man-admits-to-tricking-women-into-sex-for-porn-rehearsals/
Sean Spicer ‘spent several minutes hidden in the bushes’
I CAN’T WAIT FOR SNL!!
There are plenty of popular political television shows set in Washington, D.C. – “Scandal,” “House of Cards,” “Madam Secretary,” etc. – and for people who’ve never worked in Beltway politics, it’s only natural to wonder which shows best capture real life.
The answer, of course, is “Veep.” In fact, it’s not even a close call.
Last night at the White House, for example, Press Secretary Sean Spicer didn’t seem altogether prepared for reporters’ questions about his boss firing the FBI director for reasons that don’t make sense. The Washington Post captured the scene:
After Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes behind these sets, Janet Montesi, an executive assistant in the press office, emerged and told….
Source: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/sean-spicer-spent-several-minutes-hidden-the-bushes
This Woman Is Fighting Rape By Allowing Strangers To Touch Her Vagina
AIN’T THIS SOME ATTENTION WHOREISH SHIT? Click the link below and tell me what you think.
Sexuality in art is a very personal thing. It can be expressed — and of course, interpreted — in a variety of ways. But, what happens when a woman puts her sexuality on full display, for the entire world to see and touch? A female artist hailing from Europe has done just that in an effort to teach individuals about the C-word. No, not that one. We’re talking about consent. Curious? Find out more about how a woman is letting people grope her breasts — and vagina — to fight against sexual violence …
Source: http://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/woman-fighting-rape-allowing-strangers-touch-vagina/2
South L.A. Man Used Online Gaming to Lure Children Into Sending Him Sexually Explicit Videos
A 22-year-old South Los Angeles man used his online gaming personality to entice children to send him sexually explicit videos, Los Angeles police said Wednesday, hours after his arrest following a multi-agency investigation.
Cushqader Warren was taken into custody during a search of his South L.A. home Wednesday morning. He is being held on $1 million bail.
Warren preyed on young children he befriended through Wizard101, a massively multiplayer online game, Los Angeles Police Department detectives said at the scene of his arrest.
Warren allegedly uploaded YouTube videos to get children to contact him to try to win a free Wizard101 game card. The victims were instructed to produce sexually explicit videos so Warren could download them, according to LAPD.
“I didn’t know it was illegal at the time,” Warren told KTLA as he was placed into a patrol car Wednesday morning. “I had no idea. … I’m so sorry.”
Warren wore a turquoise T-shirt featuring the “Sesame Street” character Cookie Monster as he was arrested.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted authorities that Warren had been uploading photos and videos of child pornography, prompting the investigation, according to an LAPD news release. Authorities at the scene of the arrest said Facebook tipped investigators to the alleged child pornography.
Detectives said they have identified at least 67 victims from all over the world.
Warren was booked just before 10 a.m. on suspicion of felony lewd and lascivious acts.
LAPD investigators who are part of the Los Angeles Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force worked with federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations on the case.
LAPD believes there may be additional victims, and anyone who has information on Warren is asked to call task force Detective Lisette Garcia at 562-624-4085 or HSI Special Agent Kimmesia Sampson at 562-624-4037.
Woman charged after great-grandson dies after being left in hot car for 7 hours
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Police say a 67-year-old West Virginia woman has been charged in the death of her great-grandson, who was left in a hot car for seven hours.
WSAZ-TV in Huntington reports Carolyn Davis of Point Pleasant was charged with child neglect resulting in death.
Police say the 19-month-old died of heat exposure after he was left in the car after Davis dropped the boy’s mother off at work and returned home. Police say Davis got the child’s 4-year-old sibling out of the car but left the 19-month-old inside, although investigators don’t believe she intentionally left the child.
Police said the boy was inside the car from 7:30 a.m. until around 2:30 p.m. with no windows down.
Davis was picked up May 5 in Ohio and is awaiting extradition. It was not clear whether she had a lawyer.
via: http://nypost.com/2017/05/10/woman-charged-after-great-grandson-dies-in-hot-car/
Woman claims God told her to ‘throw bricks at white men
PITTSBURGH — Police in Pittsburgh say a homeless woman attacked a man’s car because she received a “prophecy from God” urging her to “throw bricks at white men.”
Police say a motorist caught 31-year-old Jasmine Fox throwing bricks at his car on Monday morning and chased her into an abandoned Roman Catholic school in the city’s Carrick neighborhood. Police arrived and found her hiding in the school’s locker room.
Fox, who is white, was charged with propulsion of missiles, criminal mischief and defiant trespass.
Police say she told them she received the prophecy telling her to attack white men with bricks.
She faces a preliminary hearing May 17.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for her.
via: http://nypost.com/2017/05/10/woman-claims-god-told-her-to-throw-bricks-at-white-men-cops/
Dad allegedly threw booze-bash for teen daughter, engaged in sex act with her friend
Two parents and their teen daughter were arrested for throwing a booze-fueled party for high school students.
Authorities said that Geoffrey Boylan, 39, not only provided alcohol for his daughter’s friends, but had sexual relations with one of her 16-year-old classmates at his home in Williamsburg, Michigan.
Boylan will not be charged with criminal sexual misconduct because the girl was of age, according to the Grand Traverse County Attorney’s Office.
“There’s a difference between something that’s morally or ethically wrong and something that violates the criminal law,” Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Bob Cooney told the Record-Eagle. “Given the age difference between the two and the circumstances of this case, I certainly can’t condone what happened but at the same time, it did not violate criminal law.”
He and his wife Duanne Boylan, 37, were charged on Wednesday with furnishing alcohol to minors. Duanne also faces charges for allowing minors to consume alcohol in her home. Their 18-year-old daughter Hannah Boylan faces one count of both of the charges.
According to the Record-Eagle, the 18-year-old collected money from her friends for beer supplied by her parents at the March 3 party. Party-goers told investigators that they smoked pot and played drinking games at the home.
Her father maintained in March that he did not throw the party.
“I did not (have a party),” Geoffrey Boylan told the Record-Eagle. “There was a party at my house that my child had.”
He admitted to authorities that he had sexual relations with a teen girl who he spotted on the couch early on the morning of the party. She allegedly performed oral sex on him, but he said he stopped her during the encounter, telling her it “wasn’t right.”
The teen girl told investigators that the sex act was consensual, but wouldn’t have likely happened if she hadn’t been drunk.
Geoffrey, who volunteered as a Elk Rapids Schools assistant football coach, was asked by the district not to return.
District Superintendent Stephen Prissel said the 39-year-old father “has no business being around kids.”