Tag: Detroit
11 children sickened after eating feces, cereal off floor of home
WARREN, Mich. — A suburban Detroit mayor says children were eating feces and cereal off the floor of a home where 11 were sickened.
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said Tuesday that some of the children suffered from malnutrition and were grossly underweight.
Warren Fire Commissioner Skip McAdams says an aunt took three children to a hospital Monday after they suffered vomiting, disorientation and weakness. McAdams says eight other children under the supervision of a 10-year-old also were transported to hospitals.
Warren Police Chief William Dwyer says only one child, a baby, remains hospitalized Tuesday, in stable condition.
Dwyer says police have turned the case over to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office for possible charges.
Fouts says the 11 children belong to two mothers.
via: https://nypost.com/2018/05/08/11-children-sickened-after-eating-feces-cereal-off-floor-of-home/
Passenger Accused of Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Woman on Spirit Flight Out of Las Vegas
Investigators arrested a man they say unbuttoned the shirt and pants of a sleeping female passenger and put his hand down her pants during a flight, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
Prabhu Ramamoorthy faces a charge of aggravated sexual abuse after a 22-year-old woman accused him of assaulting her on a Spirit Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Detroit on Wednesday morning.
The case is just one alleged example of what some women have said is a hidden reality of commercial air travel. Though it’s difficult to track how frequently assaults occur on flights, FBI investigations into midair sexual assaults have increased by 66% from fiscal year 2014 to 2017.
The federal public defender’s office declined to comment on the Ramamoorthy case. Richard O’Neill, Ramamoorthy’s appointed attorney, did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.
A detention hearing was held Thursday. According to the Detroit News, O’Neill said, “I have a hard time with some of these allegations but that’s what a trial is for. There have been no allegations from anywhere that his behavior has ever been inappropriate prior to this incident.”
The woman said she fell asleep leaning against the window, the complaint states. She woke up to a hand down her pants and noticed that her pants and her shirt were unbuttoned and the passenger next to her was fondling her, according to the complaint.
The passenger stopped when she woke up, and she immediately reported the incident to a flight attendant, the complaint states. Two flight attendants told investigators that the woman was visibly upset and was crying, the complaint states.
Ramamoorthy was taken into custody when the flight landed. He said in a written statement that he was in “deep sleep,” the complaint states. He also said that the woman fell asleep on his knees and he is “not sure where [he] kept the hand on her.”
“Through my knowledge I didn’t [sic] anything to her,” Ramamoorthy said, according to the complaint.
He gave a further statement in an interview with an FBI agent, saying that he “might have” undone the woman’s bra while playing with it, and that he had cupped her breasts over her clothes, the complaint states. He indicated that he unzipped her pants part way and put his finger into her pants and tried to fondle her, the complaint states.
Ramamoorthy was ordered detained pending trial, based on the evidence against him and because he has significant family or ties outside the US, according to court documents.
Spirit Airlines said it is fully cooperating with law enforcement and referred questions to them.
via: http://ktla.com/2018/01/05/man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-sleeping-woman-on-spirit-flight/
Catering job leaves black business owner facing boycott over Donald Trump Jr. photo-op
DETROIT (WXYZ) – A black business owner is under fire, his restaurant boycotted, because he chose to cater a Republican event involving Donald Trump Jr. in Detroit.
Last week Chef Don Studvent was captured on camera with the Presidential nominee’s son. According to Studvent, he was returning to the venue to grab his pots and pans after serving food. The photo-op left a bad taste in some people’s mouths, and now Studvent’s business is suffering.
“They want to not only not support me, but boycott me!” said Studvent. “It’s unfair and it’s selfish.”
Studvent, known as Chef Don, has run the 1917 American Bistro on Livernois Avenue for seven years. The self-described Democrat said he didn’t think anything of taking the job, or allowing the candidate’s son to snap a picture with him.
“There is personal and there is business, it should always be separate,” said Studvent. “Business-wise I can’t take sides. I just can’t.”
While Studvent saw the situation as cut-and-dry, others were up in arms. One Facebook post shared more than 200 times reads, in part: “after seeing the owner spinning and grinning here with Trump Jr. I’ll be eating at Kuzzo’s from now on.” As more people commented, the call came to boycott the restaurant.
“It hurts,” said Studvent, pointing out that he had two tables filled during his typically busy lunch hour.
“This is my living,” he said. “And it’s not just my living, my employees as well.”
He hopes the situation blows over quickly, but with the tensions surrounding the 2016 election, Studvent said it may take a lot of work to get his customers back.
