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CLEARFIELD, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Clearfield County man is in jail after police say he broke into his ex-wife’s house twice.
Grier Walker, 30, was inside the kitchen of his ex-wife’s home when she returned home at about 9 p.m. Saturday, according to charges filed by Lawrence Township police.
She then used her phone to shoot video of Walker crawling out a window and onto the front porch. He refused to leave until she threatened to call police and police noted surveillance cameras also captured footage of Walker inside the house, although when police questioned him later on Sunday night, he claimed he was only on the porch.
Police said Walker made statements implying he was inside the house, but he never admitted it.
“I don’t know what evidence you would have since my fingerprints would be everywhere because I used to live there,” he told cops, according to the charges. Walker also said, “I didn’t steal anything,” but police said a screw to a $200 whiskey barrel coat rack attached to a wall had been partially removed and all his ex-wife’s coats were found on a table and the floor.
Police arrested Walker early Sunday and along with the felony burglary and criminal trespass as well as misdemeanor counts of stalking, theft, harassment and disorderly conduct. His bail is $100,000 cash with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Police also charged Walker with burglarizing his ex-wife’s home in late February.
Walker is accused of stealing a 46-inch television, a dresser and six collectors drinking glasses on Feb. 23. After that incident, Walker’s ex-wife changed the lock on the door to a keypad operated lock.
Walker is charged in that case with felony burglary and criminal trespass along with misdemeanor theft-related counts. His bail was set at $200,000 cash and Walker’s preliminary hearing on thses charges is slated for April 7.
 

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Sharing racist Facebook post gets president of Municipalities NL ousted from her job

Tue., March 30, 2021, 7:36 a.m.·4 min read


Sheila Fitzgerald has apologized for the post, saying she was tired after a long provincial election campaign and hadn't fully read it through when she shared it. (Sheila Fitzgerald/Facebook - image credit)

Sheila Fitzgerald has apologized for the post, saying she was tired after a long provincial election campaign and hadn't fully read it through when she shared it. (Sheila Fitzgerald/Facebook - image credit)
Sheila Fitzgerald is no longer the president of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL), after the organization removed her from the role for sharing a racist Facebook post.
Fitzgerald shared a post, written by someone else, on her personal page over the weekend that included anti-immigrant rhetoric and made claims about Indigenous land rights and vaccines.
"I never even fully read it. I was just scrolling through, and you know, mindlessly shared the post," Fitzgerald, who is also the mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm, said.
She said she was tired after wrapping up a 10-week provincial election — Fitzgerald ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the district of St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows and lost on Saturday — and shouldn't have been on Facebook in the first place.
After someone flagged the post's contents to her, she said she removed it and that she never meant to hurt anyone.
"I own it. I apologize for it. I feel terrible. I sincerely apologize to the people that I hurt, and that I offended," Fitzgerald told CBC Radio's St. John's Morning Show on Tuesday.
Despite that apology, the post caught Municipalities NL's attention, and on Monday night its board of directors met and voted to remove her as president of the group, which advocates for municipal concerns.
Fitzgerald, seen here with PC Leader Ches Crosbie during her run at provincial politics during the 2019 election, is also the mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm.

Fitzgerald, seen here with PC Leader Ches Crosbie during her run at provincial politics during the 2019 election, is also the mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm. (Terry Roberts/CBC)
MNL will increase anti-racism efforts: CEO
CEO Craig Pollett said Fitzgerald's post had violated MNL's code of ethical conduct for its board of directors, one that is "very clear" about not sharing discriminatory language, and a code which all board members are aware of.
"Our code of conduct isn't there to protect MNL. It's there to protect people who might be affected by discriminatory or unethical practices or language," Pollett said Tuesday.
"So protecting people whose lives are impacted by the spread of this kind of racist rhetoric is what our key concern is."
As president, Fitzgerald was often the public face of Municipalities NL. Pollett said the values expressed in the post in no way represent those of the organization.
"This is not a thread of discussion that happens within MNL," he said. "It's not something I hear, it's not something that we tolerate."
The organization hasn't tolerated such talk in the past, he said, noting people have been removed from Municipalities NL sessions for using racist language.
In the short-term, Pollett said the group's next annual general meeting will include anti-racism and diversity training, and it will also work to develop better supports for municipal leaders as they try to fight racism and xenophobia at a community level.
Municipalities NL will also be looking at tackling such prejudices on a larger scale and forging new relationships in the anti-racism community, Pollett said.
Craig Pollett, the CEO of Municipalities NL, says diversity and anti-racism workshops will be a part of the organization's next annual general meeting.

Craig Pollett, the CEO of Municipalities NL, says diversity and anti-racism workshops will be a part of the organization's next annual general meeting.(CBC)
"We will be working against that sort of rhetoric and that kind of belief system in our province," he said.
"It's not enough for organizations like MNL or even the individuals involved in MNL to simply say, well I'm not racist, MNL is not racist. We have to do more than that. We have to be actively anti-racist."
Fitzgerald said she understands and accepts why she was removed from the board, and that she values and understands the importance of immigration in Newfoundland and Labrador and has spoken about it on the campaign trail.
While she couldn't say what about the post initially struck her as share-worthy, she said she's learned a lesson about using social media.
"The thing about social media is, once it goes out there, you can never take it back," she said, adding she has spoken to the person who wrote the post she shared.
"I can't change that person or that post, but what I can say is, I can change my own behaviour."
Fitzgerald was on leave from the president's position at the time of the post, due to her political campaign.
An interim chair has been handling her duties during that absence, Pollett said, and will continue to do so until Municipalities NL holds an election to formally replace her

 

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Sharing racist Facebook post gets president of Municipalities NL ousted from her job

Tue., March 30, 2021, 7:36 a.m.·4 min read


Sheila Fitzgerald has apologized for the post, saying she was tired after a long provincial election campaign and hadn't fully read it through when she shared it. (Sheila Fitzgerald/Facebook - image credit)

Sheila Fitzgerald has apologized for the post, saying she was tired after a long provincial election campaign and hadn't fully read it through when she shared it. (Sheila Fitzgerald/Facebook - image credit)
Sheila Fitzgerald is no longer the president of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL), after the organization removed her from the role for sharing a racist Facebook post.
Fitzgerald shared a post, written by someone else, on her personal page over the weekend that included anti-immigrant rhetoric and made claims about Indigenous land rights and vaccines.
"I never even fully read it. I was just scrolling through, and you know, mindlessly shared the post," Fitzgerald, who is also the mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm, said.
She said she was tired after wrapping up a 10-week provincial election — Fitzgerald ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the district of St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows and lost on Saturday — and shouldn't have been on Facebook in the first place.
After someone flagged the post's contents to her, she said she removed it and that she never meant to hurt anyone.
"I own it. I apologize for it. I feel terrible. I sincerely apologize to the people that I hurt, and that I offended," Fitzgerald told CBC Radio's St. John's Morning Show on Tuesday.
Despite that apology, the post caught Municipalities NL's attention, and on Monday night its board of directors met and voted to remove her as president of the group, which advocates for municipal concerns.
Fitzgerald, seen here with PC Leader Ches Crosbie during her run at provincial politics during the 2019 election, is also the mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm.

Fitzgerald, seen here with PC Leader Ches Crosbie during her run at provincial politics during the 2019 election, is also the mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm. (Terry Roberts/CBC)
MNL will increase anti-racism efforts: CEO
CEO Craig Pollett said Fitzgerald's post had violated MNL's code of ethical conduct for its board of directors, one that is "very clear" about not sharing discriminatory language, and a code which all board members are aware of.
"Our code of conduct isn't there to protect MNL. It's there to protect people who might be affected by discriminatory or unethical practices or language," Pollett said Tuesday.
"So protecting people whose lives are impacted by the spread of this kind of racist rhetoric is what our key concern is."
As president, Fitzgerald was often the public face of Municipalities NL. Pollett said the values expressed in the post in no way represent those of the organization.
"This is not a thread of discussion that happens within MNL," he said. "It's not something I hear, it's not something that we tolerate."
The organization hasn't tolerated such talk in the past, he said, noting people have been removed from Municipalities NL sessions for using racist language.
In the short-term, Pollett said the group's next annual general meeting will include anti-racism and diversity training, and it will also work to develop better supports for municipal leaders as they try to fight racism and xenophobia at a community level.
Municipalities NL will also be looking at tackling such prejudices on a larger scale and forging new relationships in the anti-racism community, Pollett said.
Craig Pollett, the CEO of Municipalities NL, says diversity and anti-racism workshops will be a part of the organization's next annual general meeting.

Craig Pollett, the CEO of Municipalities NL, says diversity and anti-racism workshops will be a part of the organization's next annual general meeting.(CBC)
"We will be working against that sort of rhetoric and that kind of belief system in our province," he said.
"It's not enough for organizations like MNL or even the individuals involved in MNL to simply say, well I'm not racist, MNL is not racist. We have to do more than that. We have to be actively anti-racist."
Fitzgerald said she understands and accepts why she was removed from the board, and that she values and understands the importance of immigration in Newfoundland and Labrador and has spoken about it on the campaign trail.
While she couldn't say what about the post initially struck her as share-worthy, she said she's learned a lesson about using social media.
"The thing about social media is, once it goes out there, you can never take it back," she said, adding she has spoken to the person who wrote the post she shared.
"I can't change that person or that post, but what I can say is, I can change my own behaviour."
Fitzgerald was on leave from the president's position at the time of the post, due to her political campaign.
An interim chair has been handling her duties during that absence, Pollett said, and will continue to do so until Municipalities NL holds an election to formally replace her

Well done Sheila, well done. :lol:
 

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Naples doctor arrested for drug-related charges and making home-made explosive devices

A 63-year-old Millennium Physician Group doctor has been arrested by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office on drug charges and for making home-made destructive devices.
Christy Daniel Cugini, a doctor of internal medicine, was arrested on Tuesday after a search warrant at his Saturnia Lakes home led deputies to not only numerous drugs and drug equipment but what appeared to be home-made bombs.

In a statement, Millennium Physician Group said they were shocked to hear about the allegations against Cugini.
“He has been placed on administrative leave until further notice. We would like to assure our patients we are diligently working to preserve their continuity of care,” the group said.
Cugini had admitting privileges at NCH, but the hospital system has said they have suspended them during the investigation by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
An arrest report for the drug charges shows Cugini is accused of possessing more than 20 grams of marijuana, two counts of trafficking opium, possessing marijuana with intent to sell, possession and or using narcotics equipment, possession of controlled substances.

Meanwhile, another report by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office accuses the doctor of nine counts of making or possessing a destructive device.
The devices found were described as “improvised explosive device” that were “sloppy” in their construction.

The devices were found in the master bedroom of Cugini’s home, where he lives with his 12-year-old daughter, the report states.
Deputies also found three devices that appeared to be “an improvised mine,” which would be placed on the ground with a rifle round facing up. If someone stepped on the device, the device would shoot into the person’s foot, the arrest report states.

Deputies found a tub of potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate which can be used to make home-made explosives.
Cugini was booked into Collier County jail on Tuesday after a search warrant at his home in the Saturnia Lakes community of Collier County.
Deputies found close to 600 grams of marijuana, heat seal bags, a scale, various pill bottles with other people’s names on them. The pills were identified as tramadol, oxycodone and hydrocodone. Also found in a safe were about $20,000 and high-end jewelry, according to Cugini’s drug arrest.
Cugini remains in Collier County jail. His next court appearance is on April 26. His bond was set at $122,000.

In a post on Facebook, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation continues and more charges could be brought against Cugini.
Neighbors said they never thought something like this could happen.“Knowing it’s drugs and possible bomb-making that’s alarming,” said Gine McCabe, a neighbor. “We as neighbors would like to know if our safety or children’s safety is in jeopardy or had been so we can have some sort of peace of mind.”
WINK News Safety and Security Specialist Rich Kolko spoke with a former FBI bomb technician who said bomb-making is surprisingly common.
All of the information to make an IED is on the internet. People build explosives in their homes for a variety of reasons, including to protect their drug stash or if they are anti-government or anti-law enforcement.

In 2019, the last year of stats, the U.S. Bomb Data Center reported more than 7,200 bomb recoveries.
Detectives will try to speak with Cugini to see if he used the explosives and they’ll try to determine if he’s been using them in a remote location.
“These next steps will be a full workup of what those energetic materials, what it was, they’ll send it to either the state or a federal lab,” said Don Hamaty, a retired FBI Special Agent bomb technician. “For the chemical analysis in a lab type setting, it will be determined by an explosive device examiner and exactly how this would function for prosecutorial purposes later.”
Additional information could lead to more charges.
 
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