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A white man, identified as Ryan Stiles, has taken the word ‘lituation’ to a whole new level. Stiles, who is seen in the video above, chugs a bottle of whiskey as he flees from a police chase down the beach from Clearwater, Florida to Caladesi Island.
According to the NY post, the chase initially began after Stiles allegedly got really upset about the outcome of an earlier meeting he had with a public defender regarding his previous charge of resisting arrest.
According to a friend, when Stiles learned he would likely face jail time for the charge, he stormed out and drove to his girlfriend’s house, although he does not have a valid driving license.
Patrick Frazee 'blindfolded his fiancee and beat her to death with a bat, went to Thanksgiving dinner with his family, then returned to burn the body' - before making his mistress clean up the blood-soaked scene
Published: 13:32 EST, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 23:32 EST, 19 February 2019
Patrick Frazee beat his fiancee to death after claiming he wanted to have her identify the scent of a candle, blindfolding her with a sweater and then bludgeoning her with a baseball bat, said a law enforcement official.
Gregg Slater testified in court on Tuesday that Frazee killed Berreth on Thanksgiving and then called his mistress Krystal Lee Kenney, telling her that 'she had a mess to clean up.'
Krystal then drove 13 hours overnight from Idaho to Colorado, where she cleaned Berreth's blood-soaked house for four hours, it is claimed.
Frazee meanwhile left the murder scene to have Thanksgiving dinner with his family and then allegedly returned to collect Berreth's body and burn it on a pile of haystacks at a nearby farm said Slater.
Prior to that, Frazee had asked Krystal to kill Berreth four times, and she almost carried out those orders on two occasions, said Slater.
The first time was in September, when she befriended Berreth by pretending to be a neighbor and then gave the woman a drug-laced beverage from Starbucks, it is claimed.
Frazee then asked her to bludgeon Berreth with a bat and beat her to death with a pipe, which Krystal told agents she almost did, backing out when she arrived at Berreth's home and saw she was not alone, the court heard.
Krystal had been in Reno on the fourth occasion and could not book a ticket to fly in to Colorado, said Slater.
Slater said that the mistress did all this because she feared for her life and the lives of her two children.
Krystal did not carry out Frazee's final order either, according to Slater, opting to leave two patches of blood as evidence in the house for authorities to find when they searched for evidence.
She then went to eat at a nearby Sonic.
Murder: Patrick Frazee (above in December) killed Kelsey Berreth by saying he wanted her to guess the scent of a mystery candle, blindfolding her and then beating her to death, said an agent
Scene: Video played in court on Tuesday shows him entering Kelsey Berreth's home (above) by himself on the day she went missing
Last seen: He then called her phone for three days, which pinged in the same exact location as his own, according to police (Berreth above in surveillance footage on day she went missing)
Frazee was also hit with three additional charges for the alleged murder of Berreth - one for tampering with evidence and two for a crime of violence - bringing his total count now to eight.
Prosecutors started off the day by showing video of Frazee leaving Berreth's house at 1:30pm with their daughter and then returning alone at 3:30pm on the day she went missing.
That video was taken from a neighbor's surveillance camera.
He would later tell authorities he and Berreth had split up, claiming she texted him on November 25 and said: 'Do you even love me?'
That text was sent by Krystal.
The head of the Woodland Park Police testified on Tuesday that when Frazee called Berreth's phone the day after she went missing, both cells pinged at the same exact spot.
That continued until November 25, at which point the cell began to move westward towards Idaho, at the same time Krystal took the cell to dispose of the evidence.
Slater said Krystal told agents she had purposely pinged towers along the way by turning on the cell from time-to-time.
She also said that she had disposed of Berreth's gun by giving it to a friend, and tried to avoid detection by driving a friend's car during the trip.
Frazee had wanted to give the appearance that Berreth had killed herself, according to Krystal.
Authorities got their big break when Krystal took authorities to the location that Frazee allegedly burned the evidence, where they found a burn mark and traces of accelerant.
Slater also said that Frazee and Krystal had been in a relationship since March of last year, confirming the story that DailyMail.com broke last month.
Krystal was not aware that Frazee had a fiancee or a daughter however until July.
Slater also testified that Krystal was told by Frazee that Berreth was a drug addict and abused their daughter.
The day kicked off with prosecutors calling Frazee's mother Sheila to the stand as a surprise witness.
Lawyer Dan May said that Sheila knew where Kaylee was at the time of her mother's murder and had information about someone arriving at the house on Thanksgiving since she lives with her son.
Sheila plead the Fifth however, and after doing so the judge sided with her attorney and said she did not have to testify, excusing her from the court proceedings.
It was also revealed later in the day that Frazee is estranged from his older brother.
Frazee's mother is not completely off the hook however, and could still be called to testify if the judge changes his mind and sides with the prosecution later Tuesday or Wednesday.
Scared: She also noted that Krystal had once said 'that she's never seen that kind of evil in anybody' when speaking about Frazee (mugshots above)
Target: A close friend of Krystal's was then asked if Krystal feared that Frazee might murder her next, to which she replied: 'Yes, that's what I believe, yes' (Krystal leaving court on Friday)
A close friend of Krystal's said last week that she only disposed of Berreth's cell phone because she feared for her life.
'She had very, very good reasoning for whatever it is she may or may not have done,' said a very emotional Michelle Stein on CBS This Morning.
When pressed for further detail she added: 'I can't really comment completely, but fear. And legitimate fear.'
Stein was then asked if Krystal feared that Frazee might murder her next, to which she replied: 'Yes, that's what I believe, yes.'
Stein also explained why Krystal would have helped Frazee if this was the case, saying that he was a 'dangerous person.'
When asked if Krystal had ever stated that she was fearful of Frazee, Stein replied: 'She did tell me that she's never seen that kind of evil in anybody.'
That is why she agreed to not only dispose of Berreth's phone, but also make texts to her employer and Frazee from the cell.
Victim: It was also revealed that Krystal did not know that Frazee was engaged or had a child until very recently, according to Stein
'I will just tell you Krystal was very, very scared,' said Stein.
'Krystal is a level headed, kind, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky person. She's a tough cowgirl. She was absolutely scared and extremely upset.'
At this point in the interview Stein begn to cry a bit while thinking about her friend.
'She had very, very good reasoning for whatever it is she may or may not have done,' said Stein.
One thing she did not do however was participate in the actual murder.
'I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever,' said Stein on that subject.
Stein was not asked and did not address, however, when Krystal learned about the planned murder, with court documents suggesting it may have been as early as September.
Krystal broke down in tears as she confessed to destroying Berreth's cell phone after learning that the young mother, 29, had been murdered.
While agreeing to testify against Frazee at his murder trial, the former nurse, 32, told the judge that she learned about the homicide on November 22.
She will be sentenced after Frazee's trial for her own involvement after pleading guilty to one felony count of tampering with evidence.
Krystal did not provide any additional information as to how she destroyed the cell phone while in court.
'I learned that Patrick Frazee has committed a homicide on approximately Nov. 22, 2018 in Teller County. I knew that law enforcement would be investigating that crime,' said Krystal on Friday, reading from a prepared statement.
'I moved the victim’s cell phone with the intent to impair the phone’s availability in the investigation. I had no right or authority to move the victim’s cell phone. That occurred between Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, 2018. In Teller County.'
Berreth's body has still not been found.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...eo-shows-Kelsey-Berreths-home-day-murder.html
- Patrick Frazee killed Kelsey Berreth by saying he wanted her to guess scent of a mystery candle, blindfolding her and then beating her to death, while their 14-month-old daughter sat in the next room, a CBI agent said
- Prior to that he'd allegedly asked mistress Krystal Lee Kenney to kill Berreth three times, once by giving her a drug-laced drink and twice by beating her
- Because she refused to carry this out, Frazee texted her after the murder and said she 'had a mess to clean up,' and Krystal drove to Colorado, it's claimed
- CBI agent said that after Frazee killed Berreth he went to Thanksgiving dinner with his family before returning to his fiancee's home and taking her out in a tote
- Frazee allegedly burned the body while his mother watched his daughter Kaylee
- Krystal left patches of blood in Berreth's home as evidence, and turned on the missing mom's cell so it would ping towers as she drove to Idaho, it's claimed
- Frazee is now also being charged with tampering with evidence and two counts of committing a crime of violence - bringing his total count to eight
Published: 13:32 EST, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 23:32 EST, 19 February 2019
Patrick Frazee beat his fiancee to death after claiming he wanted to have her identify the scent of a candle, blindfolding her with a sweater and then bludgeoning her with a baseball bat, said a law enforcement official.
Gregg Slater testified in court on Tuesday that Frazee killed Berreth on Thanksgiving and then called his mistress Krystal Lee Kenney, telling her that 'she had a mess to clean up.'
Krystal then drove 13 hours overnight from Idaho to Colorado, where she cleaned Berreth's blood-soaked house for four hours, it is claimed.
Frazee meanwhile left the murder scene to have Thanksgiving dinner with his family and then allegedly returned to collect Berreth's body and burn it on a pile of haystacks at a nearby farm said Slater.
Prior to that, Frazee had asked Krystal to kill Berreth four times, and she almost carried out those orders on two occasions, said Slater.
The first time was in September, when she befriended Berreth by pretending to be a neighbor and then gave the woman a drug-laced beverage from Starbucks, it is claimed.
Frazee then asked her to bludgeon Berreth with a bat and beat her to death with a pipe, which Krystal told agents she almost did, backing out when she arrived at Berreth's home and saw she was not alone, the court heard.
Krystal had been in Reno on the fourth occasion and could not book a ticket to fly in to Colorado, said Slater.
Slater said that the mistress did all this because she feared for her life and the lives of her two children.
Krystal did not carry out Frazee's final order either, according to Slater, opting to leave two patches of blood as evidence in the house for authorities to find when they searched for evidence.
She then went to eat at a nearby Sonic.
Murder: Patrick Frazee (above in December) killed Kelsey Berreth by saying he wanted her to guess the scent of a mystery candle, blindfolding her and then beating her to death, said an agent
Frazee was also hit with three additional charges for the alleged murder of Berreth - one for tampering with evidence and two for a crime of violence - bringing his total count now to eight.
Prosecutors started off the day by showing video of Frazee leaving Berreth's house at 1:30pm with their daughter and then returning alone at 3:30pm on the day she went missing.
That video was taken from a neighbor's surveillance camera.
He would later tell authorities he and Berreth had split up, claiming she texted him on November 25 and said: 'Do you even love me?'
That text was sent by Krystal.
The head of the Woodland Park Police testified on Tuesday that when Frazee called Berreth's phone the day after she went missing, both cells pinged at the same exact spot.
That continued until November 25, at which point the cell began to move westward towards Idaho, at the same time Krystal took the cell to dispose of the evidence.
Slater said Krystal told agents she had purposely pinged towers along the way by turning on the cell from time-to-time.
She also said that she had disposed of Berreth's gun by giving it to a friend, and tried to avoid detection by driving a friend's car during the trip.
Frazee had wanted to give the appearance that Berreth had killed herself, according to Krystal.
Authorities got their big break when Krystal took authorities to the location that Frazee allegedly burned the evidence, where they found a burn mark and traces of accelerant.
Slater also said that Frazee and Krystal had been in a relationship since March of last year, confirming the story that DailyMail.com broke last month.
Krystal was not aware that Frazee had a fiancee or a daughter however until July.
Slater also testified that Krystal was told by Frazee that Berreth was a drug addict and abused their daughter.
The day kicked off with prosecutors calling Frazee's mother Sheila to the stand as a surprise witness.
Lawyer Dan May said that Sheila knew where Kaylee was at the time of her mother's murder and had information about someone arriving at the house on Thanksgiving since she lives with her son.
Sheila plead the Fifth however, and after doing so the judge sided with her attorney and said she did not have to testify, excusing her from the court proceedings.
It was also revealed later in the day that Frazee is estranged from his older brother.
Frazee's mother is not completely off the hook however, and could still be called to testify if the judge changes his mind and sides with the prosecution later Tuesday or Wednesday.
A close friend of Krystal's said last week that she only disposed of Berreth's cell phone because she feared for her life.
'She had very, very good reasoning for whatever it is she may or may not have done,' said a very emotional Michelle Stein on CBS This Morning.
When pressed for further detail she added: 'I can't really comment completely, but fear. And legitimate fear.'
Stein was then asked if Krystal feared that Frazee might murder her next, to which she replied: 'Yes, that's what I believe, yes.'
Stein also explained why Krystal would have helped Frazee if this was the case, saying that he was a 'dangerous person.'
When asked if Krystal had ever stated that she was fearful of Frazee, Stein replied: 'She did tell me that she's never seen that kind of evil in anybody.'
That is why she agreed to not only dispose of Berreth's phone, but also make texts to her employer and Frazee from the cell.
'I will just tell you Krystal was very, very scared,' said Stein.
'Krystal is a level headed, kind, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky person. She's a tough cowgirl. She was absolutely scared and extremely upset.'
At this point in the interview Stein begn to cry a bit while thinking about her friend.
'She had very, very good reasoning for whatever it is she may or may not have done,' said Stein.
One thing she did not do however was participate in the actual murder.
'I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever,' said Stein on that subject.
Stein was not asked and did not address, however, when Krystal learned about the planned murder, with court documents suggesting it may have been as early as September.
Krystal broke down in tears as she confessed to destroying Berreth's cell phone after learning that the young mother, 29, had been murdered.
While agreeing to testify against Frazee at his murder trial, the former nurse, 32, told the judge that she learned about the homicide on November 22.
She will be sentenced after Frazee's trial for her own involvement after pleading guilty to one felony count of tampering with evidence.
Krystal did not provide any additional information as to how she destroyed the cell phone while in court.
'I learned that Patrick Frazee has committed a homicide on approximately Nov. 22, 2018 in Teller County. I knew that law enforcement would be investigating that crime,' said Krystal on Friday, reading from a prepared statement.
'I moved the victim’s cell phone with the intent to impair the phone’s availability in the investigation. I had no right or authority to move the victim’s cell phone. That occurred between Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, 2018. In Teller County.'
Berreth's body has still not been found.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...eo-shows-Kelsey-Berreths-home-day-murder.html
Coast Guard lieutenant, 49, 'built up an arsenal of weapons and was planning a mass terror attack with a "hit list" of prominent Democrats - including Nancy Pelosi and AOC - and journalists'
Published: 19:37 EST, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 00:33 EST, 21 February 2019
Christopher Paul Hasson (pictured) is due to appear on Thursday in federal court in Maryland after his arrest on gun and drug offenses
A U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant was arrested after investigators claimed he was planning a domestic terror attack and had a 'hit-list' that included prominent Democrats and media figures.
Christopher Paul Hasson is due in court on Thursday in Maryland after he was arrested on gun and drug charges last week.
Prosecutors said that Hasson, a 49-year-old who lives in a basement apartment in Silver Spring, espoused extremist views for years.
Court papers say Hasson drafted an email in June 2017 in which he wrote about an 'interesting idea' that included 'biological attacks followed by attack on food supply.'
Federal agents found 15 firearms and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition when Hasson was arrested.
Prosecutors allege that he had compiled a list of prominent congressional Democrats, activists, and media commentators.
He is expected to appear before a judge for a detention hearing in federal court in Greenbelt at 1pm on Thursday.
Federal investigators said that Christopher Hasson was stockpiling an arsenal of wesapons and planning to launch a terrorist attack targeting liberal politicians and journalists
Hasson's attorney declined to comment on Wednesday.
He wanted to establish 'a white homeland' and dreamed of ways to 'kill almost every last person on earth,' according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland and seen by The Washington Post.
It is understood that Hasson was gathering supplies and weapons since at least 2017 and had developed a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of 'targets' that included Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The list featured the names 'JOEY,' which prosecutors said was a reference to former Congressman Joe Scarborough and 'cortez,' which was an alleged reference to freshman U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Beto O'Rourke were also on the target list, it is believed.
Hasson developed a spreadsheet of 'targets' that included Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) and Freshman congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (right)
Authorities seized 15 firearms, including several long-guns and rifles, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his cramped basement apartment after executing a search warrant this month.
Over the last two years, he had bought nearly two dozen firearms and visited websites selling weapons or tactical gear thousands of times, sometimes using his work computer.
Authorities said Hasson harbored extremist views for years.
'The defendant is a domestic terrorist...'bent, on committing acts dangerous to human life that are intended to affect governmental conduct,' a court filing stated according to The Washington Post.
The documents do not detail a specific planned date for an attack. However an investigation revealed he searched the Internet using phrases such as 'best place in dc to see congress people' and 'are supreme court justices protected.'
'The defendant intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country,' the government said in the court documents.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (left) and Beto O'Rourke were also on Hasson's (right) hit-list
He was arrested on illegal weapons and drug charges on Friday, but the government claimed that the charges merely represented 'tip of the iceberg.'
Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland detailed that Hasson had planned to unleash destruction and violence in public places and against individuals in court documents.
Hasson was working at the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington since 2016, according to court documents filed by prosecutors.
He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1988 to 1993 and in the Army National Guard for about two years in the mid nineties, the filings state.
A Coast Guard spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Scott McBride, said Wednesday that Hasson no longer works at Coast Guard headquarters.
'An active duty Coast Guard member stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., was arrested last week on illegal weapons and drug charges as a result of an ongoing investigation led by Coast Guard Investigation Services, in cooperation with the FBI and the Dept. of Justice.' McBride told The Washington Post.
McBride declined to comment further citing the open investigation.
Hasson had read the manifesto of right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik (pictured), who was responsible for two attacks in 2011 that killed 77 people in Norway
Injured people treated by medics at the scene of the explosion near the government buildings in Norway's capital Oslo where Anders Breivik detonated one of two bombs in 2011
It is not clear why federal agents began investigating investigating Hasson.
But it is understood that he had been researching the manifesto of right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who was responsible for two attacks in 2011 that killed 77 people in Norway.
The manifesto outlined how Breivik orchestrated his attacks with the aim of providing a road-map for others planning similar terrorist operations, the U.S. court filings said.
Breivi had taken steroids and narcotics and he believed this would heighten his abilities to carry out attacks.
When law enforcement raided Hasson’s apartment, they said they found a locked container loaded with more than 30 vials of human growth hormones, The Washington Post reported.
It is understood that he ordered more than 4,200 pills of the narcotic Tramadol over a three year period.
He had also ordered a synthetic urine to allegedly bypass possible random drug screenings at work.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-arsenal-accused-plotting-massive-attack.html
- Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested after investigators claimed he was planning a massive domestic terror attack
- Hasson had an online 'hit-list' that included prominent politicians and journalists including Nanci Pelosi, Alexandra Ocasia Cortez and Elizabeth Warren
- The suspect wanted to 'establish a white homeland' and dreamed of ways to 'kill almost every last person on earth' according to court documents
- He was arrested on Friday and no longer works at Coast Guard headquarters
- Authorities seized 15 firearms, including several long guns and rifles, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his basement apartment
- He also read the manifesto of right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who was responsible for two attacks in 2011 that killed 77 people in Norway
Published: 19:37 EST, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 00:33 EST, 21 February 2019
A U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant was arrested after investigators claimed he was planning a domestic terror attack and had a 'hit-list' that included prominent Democrats and media figures.
Christopher Paul Hasson is due in court on Thursday in Maryland after he was arrested on gun and drug charges last week.
Prosecutors said that Hasson, a 49-year-old who lives in a basement apartment in Silver Spring, espoused extremist views for years.
Court papers say Hasson drafted an email in June 2017 in which he wrote about an 'interesting idea' that included 'biological attacks followed by attack on food supply.'
Federal agents found 15 firearms and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition when Hasson was arrested.
Prosecutors allege that he had compiled a list of prominent congressional Democrats, activists, and media commentators.
He is expected to appear before a judge for a detention hearing in federal court in Greenbelt at 1pm on Thursday.
Hasson's attorney declined to comment on Wednesday.
He wanted to establish 'a white homeland' and dreamed of ways to 'kill almost every last person on earth,' according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland and seen by The Washington Post.
It is understood that Hasson was gathering supplies and weapons since at least 2017 and had developed a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of 'targets' that included Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The list featured the names 'JOEY,' which prosecutors said was a reference to former Congressman Joe Scarborough and 'cortez,' which was an alleged reference to freshman U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Beto O'Rourke were also on the target list, it is believed.
Authorities seized 15 firearms, including several long-guns and rifles, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his cramped basement apartment after executing a search warrant this month.
Over the last two years, he had bought nearly two dozen firearms and visited websites selling weapons or tactical gear thousands of times, sometimes using his work computer.
Authorities said Hasson harbored extremist views for years.
'The defendant is a domestic terrorist...'bent, on committing acts dangerous to human life that are intended to affect governmental conduct,' a court filing stated according to The Washington Post.
The documents do not detail a specific planned date for an attack. However an investigation revealed he searched the Internet using phrases such as 'best place in dc to see congress people' and 'are supreme court justices protected.'
'The defendant intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country,' the government said in the court documents.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (left) and Beto O'Rourke were also on Hasson's (right) hit-list
He was arrested on illegal weapons and drug charges on Friday, but the government claimed that the charges merely represented 'tip of the iceberg.'
Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland detailed that Hasson had planned to unleash destruction and violence in public places and against individuals in court documents.
Hasson was working at the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington since 2016, according to court documents filed by prosecutors.
He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1988 to 1993 and in the Army National Guard for about two years in the mid nineties, the filings state.
A Coast Guard spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Scott McBride, said Wednesday that Hasson no longer works at Coast Guard headquarters.
'An active duty Coast Guard member stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., was arrested last week on illegal weapons and drug charges as a result of an ongoing investigation led by Coast Guard Investigation Services, in cooperation with the FBI and the Dept. of Justice.' McBride told The Washington Post.
McBride declined to comment further citing the open investigation.
It is not clear why federal agents began investigating investigating Hasson.
But it is understood that he had been researching the manifesto of right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who was responsible for two attacks in 2011 that killed 77 people in Norway.
The manifesto outlined how Breivik orchestrated his attacks with the aim of providing a road-map for others planning similar terrorist operations, the U.S. court filings said.
Breivi had taken steroids and narcotics and he believed this would heighten his abilities to carry out attacks.
When law enforcement raided Hasson’s apartment, they said they found a locked container loaded with more than 30 vials of human growth hormones, The Washington Post reported.
It is understood that he ordered more than 4,200 pills of the narcotic Tramadol over a three year period.
He had also ordered a synthetic urine to allegedly bypass possible random drug screenings at work.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-arsenal-accused-plotting-massive-attack.html
South Carolina man returns home to find a strange woman and her two kids ransacking his house, wearing his wife's clothes and eating their food
Published: 17:24 EST, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 17:44 EST, 20 February 2019
A South Carolina man was stunned to return to his home this week and find strangers inside wearing his family's clothes and eating their food, cops say.
Homeowner Kent Foster returned to his Union home after work on Wednesday but when he opened his door he found a woman standing inside asking 'Can I help you?'
Savannah Rhinehart and her two children had entered and ransacked the home while Foster was out and acted like it was theirs when he confronted them.
Rhinehart's been charged with child neglect, burglary and petit larceny for the bizarre intrusion.
Kent Foster (left) of Union, South Carolina, was shocked to find Savannah Rhinehart (right) and her two children ransacking his home on Wednesday
He said he returned home from work on Wednesday to find Rhinehart open the door and ask, 'Can I help you?'
'When she opens the door, the first thing she says is, 'Can I help you?' Yeah, the first thing you can do is leave my house,' Foster said to local station WHNS.
Foster says his well-kept home was in a state of utter disarray, his furniture moved, it reeked of smoke, and there was dog urine all over the floor.
He also told police one of Rhinehart's children wasn't wearing any pants.
'My mouth drops. She has all of [my wife's] clothes. Bedroom shoes, shirt, what she owned,' Foster said.
Foster then called police and when they arrived on the scene Rhinehart told officers she lived there.
Foster says he's a neat freak and the home was completely soiled by Rhinehart and her kids. They bathed in his tub, ate his food, and tried on his wife's clothes
'My mouth drops. She has all of [my wife's] clothes. Bedroom shoes, shirt, what she owned,' Foster said upon arriving to the home. Foster and his wife and child pictured above
The victim and the owner of the home were able to confirm to police that she did not.
Police said they couldn't get a straight answer from Rhinehart about how she entered the home.
'He was dressed from here up. But naked from here down. No diaper, nothing,' Foster said describing one of Rhinehart's young children.
Foster said the intruders had bathed in his tub and ate his food.
Cops took Rhinehart to the hospital to get her checked out for her strange behavior and the DSS was called the children were placed in emergency protective custody following the incident.
Foster believes she may have been on drugs.
'Not many teeth in her mouth, face was really sunk in and the way she acted, she tweaked, and turned the whole conversation. She may be on something,' he said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-strange-woman-two-kids-ransacking-home.html
- Kent Foster of Union, South Carolina, was shocked to find intruders in his home on Wednesday
- Savannah Rhinehart and her two children had ransacked the home
- When Foster came home, Rhinehart opened the door and said 'Can I help you?'
- She's been charged with child neglect, burglary and petit larceny
- Rhinehart failed to explain to cops just how she and her kids entered the home
- Cops took her to the hospital to check on her odd behavior
- Foster said the home was in a state of disarray and dog urine was found on floor
Published: 17:24 EST, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 17:44 EST, 20 February 2019
A South Carolina man was stunned to return to his home this week and find strangers inside wearing his family's clothes and eating their food, cops say.
Homeowner Kent Foster returned to his Union home after work on Wednesday but when he opened his door he found a woman standing inside asking 'Can I help you?'
Savannah Rhinehart and her two children had entered and ransacked the home while Foster was out and acted like it was theirs when he confronted them.
Rhinehart's been charged with child neglect, burglary and petit larceny for the bizarre intrusion.
'When she opens the door, the first thing she says is, 'Can I help you?' Yeah, the first thing you can do is leave my house,' Foster said to local station WHNS.
Foster says his well-kept home was in a state of utter disarray, his furniture moved, it reeked of smoke, and there was dog urine all over the floor.
He also told police one of Rhinehart's children wasn't wearing any pants.
'My mouth drops. She has all of [my wife's] clothes. Bedroom shoes, shirt, what she owned,' Foster said.
Foster then called police and when they arrived on the scene Rhinehart told officers she lived there.
The victim and the owner of the home were able to confirm to police that she did not.
Police said they couldn't get a straight answer from Rhinehart about how she entered the home.
'He was dressed from here up. But naked from here down. No diaper, nothing,' Foster said describing one of Rhinehart's young children.
Foster said the intruders had bathed in his tub and ate his food.
Cops took Rhinehart to the hospital to get her checked out for her strange behavior and the DSS was called the children were placed in emergency protective custody following the incident.
Foster believes she may have been on drugs.
'Not many teeth in her mouth, face was really sunk in and the way she acted, she tweaked, and turned the whole conversation. She may be on something,' he said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-strange-woman-two-kids-ransacking-home.html
Kentucky woman arrested after allegedly faking cancer diagnosis, raising $10G in donations: report
ByMadeline Farber| Fox News
Jessica Krecskay, 25, was arrested on Feb. 14 on a felony charge of theft by deception. (Kenton County Detention Center)
A woman in Northern Kentucky is facing felony charges after she allegedly faked a cancer diagnosis and ultimately swindled thousands of dollars from coworkers and other sympathizers in donations.
Jessica Marie Krecskay, 25, was arrested on Feb. 14 on felony theft charges, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. If convicted, she could face up to 10 years in jail.
Between 2013 and 2017, Krecskay reportedly amassed roughly $10,000 in donations from coworkers and others after telling them she had ovarian cancer that had spread throughout her body, Fox 19 reported.
A former coworker told the news station that some of Krecskay’s colleagues would clean her house or give their vacation time to her when they believed she was ill.
“The other girls at work would clean her house for her, take her out to eat all the time," Jessica Lunsford said, adding the 25-year-old also shaved her head as a way to sell her story. "Gave their own sick time and vacation time hours to go towards her.”
Rob Sanders, the attorney for the 16th Judicial Circuit in Kenton County, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that police began investigating Krecskay after people called expressing concerns her cancer story was not true.
"Publicity from another fake cancer case prompted those same people to report their suspicions about this defendant to police," Sanders said, referring to when a Northern Kentucky University student in 2017 also allegedly faked a cancer diagnosis for money.
"Anytime someone uses a false claim of such a dreaded disease for fraudulent purposes, it evokes understandably angry and emotional responses from the many people who actually battle cancer or love someone battling cancer," Sanders added.
Krecskay was released from jail on $2,500 bond. Her arraignment in Kenton County Circuit Court is slated for March 4.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kentucky...oxnews/national+(Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text)
ByMadeline Farber| Fox News
Jessica Krecskay, 25, was arrested on Feb. 14 on a felony charge of theft by deception. (Kenton County Detention Center)
A woman in Northern Kentucky is facing felony charges after she allegedly faked a cancer diagnosis and ultimately swindled thousands of dollars from coworkers and other sympathizers in donations.
Jessica Marie Krecskay, 25, was arrested on Feb. 14 on felony theft charges, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. If convicted, she could face up to 10 years in jail.
Between 2013 and 2017, Krecskay reportedly amassed roughly $10,000 in donations from coworkers and others after telling them she had ovarian cancer that had spread throughout her body, Fox 19 reported.
A former coworker told the news station that some of Krecskay’s colleagues would clean her house or give their vacation time to her when they believed she was ill.
“The other girls at work would clean her house for her, take her out to eat all the time," Jessica Lunsford said, adding the 25-year-old also shaved her head as a way to sell her story. "Gave their own sick time and vacation time hours to go towards her.”
Rob Sanders, the attorney for the 16th Judicial Circuit in Kenton County, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that police began investigating Krecskay after people called expressing concerns her cancer story was not true.
"Publicity from another fake cancer case prompted those same people to report their suspicions about this defendant to police," Sanders said, referring to when a Northern Kentucky University student in 2017 also allegedly faked a cancer diagnosis for money.
"Anytime someone uses a false claim of such a dreaded disease for fraudulent purposes, it evokes understandably angry and emotional responses from the many people who actually battle cancer or love someone battling cancer," Sanders added.
Krecskay was released from jail on $2,500 bond. Her arraignment in Kenton County Circuit Court is slated for March 4.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kentucky...oxnews/national+(Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text)
Republican operative at the center of North Carolina absentee ballot fraud scandal is arrested and charged with obstruction of justice
Published: 12:43 EST, 27 February 2019 | Updated: 18:42 EST, 27 February 2019
Leslie McCrae Dowless, the North Carolina Republican political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud scheme that led the state to order a re-run of a congressional election, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with obstruction of justice
The North Carolina Republican political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud scheme that led the state to order a re-run of a congressional election has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice.
Leslie McCrae Dowless, 63, was charged with three felony counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of conspiring to commit obstruction of justice and two counts of possession of absentee ballots, the Wake County District Attorney's office said in a statement. He was released from a Raleigh jail on $30,000 bail.
Dowless has been accused of directing campaign workers to collect and mail in other people's absentee ballots during the 2018 Republican congressional primary and the 2016 general election.
An indictment filed Wednesday claims that the operative's actions 'served to undermine the integrity of the absentee ballot process and the public’s confidence in the outcome of the electoral process'.
'This offense was done with deceit and intent to defraud and against the peace and dignity of the state,' the indictment reads.
Allegations that operatives working for Dowless illegally collected, and sometimes filled in, absentee ballots on behalf of Republican Mark Harris' campaign emerged shortly after the November 6 election.
Those allegations caused the state to hold off certifying Harris' apparent narrow victory over Democrat Dan McCready.
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Allegations that operatives working for Dowless illegally collected, and sometimes filled in, absentee ballots on behalf of Republican Mark Harris (above) emerged shortly after the November 6 election. Those allegations caused the state to hold off certifying Harris' apparent narrow victory over Democrat Dan McCready
An indictment filed Wednesday says Dowless' actions 'served to undermine the integrity of the absentee ballot process and the public’s confidence in the outcome of the electoral process'
Wednesday's indictment outlines how Dowless' operation worked, alleging that 'ballots were collected from voters and taken into possession unlawfully; and witness certifications were signed indicating the signor had witnessed the voter vote the absentee ballot when he or she had not'.
Additionally, the indictment says 'ballots were mailed in such a manner to conceal the fact that the voter had not personally mailed it himself'.
Three of the charges against Dowless are from the 2018 election and four are from the 2016 election.
During four days of hearings last week, the state Board of Election heard evidence of what election officials described as a well-funded and well-organized campaign to tip the election for the state's 9th District in the US House of Representatives, which stretches southeast from Charlotte.
The hearings ended with the board ordering a new election, with an official calling the first one an 'absolute mess'.
The months-long scandal became an embarrassment to President Donald Trump's Republican Party, which has accused Democrats without proof of encouraging voter fraud in races such as the 2016 presidential election.
Dowless has previously denied wrongdoing. His attorney, Cynthia Singletary, was not available to comment on Wednesday.
Harris, who had appeared to win by 905 votes out of 282,717 ballots cast, said he would not make a second run for the seat, citing health concerns. The Republican candidate is seen above during a public evidentiary hearing last week, during which he requested a new election
Harris' opponent Dan McCready (above on February 11) is planning to run in the new election, which will be scheduled following a meeting of state officials next week
Four other people who worked for Dowless have each been charged with one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and one count of possessing absentee ballots.
'These indictments should serve as a stern warning to anyone trying to defraud elections in North Carolina,' Kim Strach, executive director of the state election board, said in a statement on Wednesday.
State officials will meet on Monday to set a date for a new election, she added.
Harris, who had appeared to win by 905 votes out of 282,717 ballots cast, said he would not make a second run for the seat, citing health concerns.
McCready is planning to run again.
Harris and his campaign officials have said they did not pay Dowless to do anything illegal. But Harris' son, a US Attorney, testified that he had warned his father of potential illegal activity by Dowless, causing elections officials to question whether Harris turned a blind eye to Dowless' scheme.
Following his son's testimony, Harris himself conceded that a new election was needed.
Dowless is due to appear in court on March 25.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ve-charged-election-fraud-scheme-reports.html
- Leslie McCrae Dowless was charged in a seven-count indictment on Wednesday
- He allegedly directed campaign workers to collect and mail in other people's absentee ballots on behalf of Republican Mark Harris' congressional campaign
- Allegations of Dowless's alleged operation emerged after the 2018 election
- The state held off on certifying Harris' apparent narrow victory over Democrat Dan McCready pending an investigation
- The indictment came one day after a re-run was ordered for the 9th district race
Published: 12:43 EST, 27 February 2019 | Updated: 18:42 EST, 27 February 2019
The North Carolina Republican political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud scheme that led the state to order a re-run of a congressional election has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice.
Leslie McCrae Dowless, 63, was charged with three felony counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of conspiring to commit obstruction of justice and two counts of possession of absentee ballots, the Wake County District Attorney's office said in a statement. He was released from a Raleigh jail on $30,000 bail.
Dowless has been accused of directing campaign workers to collect and mail in other people's absentee ballots during the 2018 Republican congressional primary and the 2016 general election.
An indictment filed Wednesday claims that the operative's actions 'served to undermine the integrity of the absentee ballot process and the public’s confidence in the outcome of the electoral process'.
'This offense was done with deceit and intent to defraud and against the peace and dignity of the state,' the indictment reads.
Allegations that operatives working for Dowless illegally collected, and sometimes filled in, absentee ballots on behalf of Republican Mark Harris' campaign emerged shortly after the November 6 election.
Those allegations caused the state to hold off certifying Harris' apparent narrow victory over Democrat Dan McCready.
Scroll down for video
Wednesday's indictment outlines how Dowless' operation worked, alleging that 'ballots were collected from voters and taken into possession unlawfully; and witness certifications were signed indicating the signor had witnessed the voter vote the absentee ballot when he or she had not'.
Additionally, the indictment says 'ballots were mailed in such a manner to conceal the fact that the voter had not personally mailed it himself'.
Three of the charges against Dowless are from the 2018 election and four are from the 2016 election.
During four days of hearings last week, the state Board of Election heard evidence of what election officials described as a well-funded and well-organized campaign to tip the election for the state's 9th District in the US House of Representatives, which stretches southeast from Charlotte.
The hearings ended with the board ordering a new election, with an official calling the first one an 'absolute mess'.
The months-long scandal became an embarrassment to President Donald Trump's Republican Party, which has accused Democrats without proof of encouraging voter fraud in races such as the 2016 presidential election.
Dowless has previously denied wrongdoing. His attorney, Cynthia Singletary, was not available to comment on Wednesday.
Four other people who worked for Dowless have each been charged with one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and one count of possessing absentee ballots.
'These indictments should serve as a stern warning to anyone trying to defraud elections in North Carolina,' Kim Strach, executive director of the state election board, said in a statement on Wednesday.
State officials will meet on Monday to set a date for a new election, she added.
Harris, who had appeared to win by 905 votes out of 282,717 ballots cast, said he would not make a second run for the seat, citing health concerns.
McCready is planning to run again.
Harris and his campaign officials have said they did not pay Dowless to do anything illegal. But Harris' son, a US Attorney, testified that he had warned his father of potential illegal activity by Dowless, causing elections officials to question whether Harris turned a blind eye to Dowless' scheme.
Following his son's testimony, Harris himself conceded that a new election was needed.
Dowless is due to appear in court on March 25.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ve-charged-election-fraud-scheme-reports.html
"Hold ma beer"
A lit of N words coming out of his mouth.... And hes definitely going to jail...... He's gonna regret his oast decisions.
The GoFundMe raised
$80,000 of a goal of $75,000?!!!!
Read this shit....
"Chris Burrous, a fixture on KTLA 5's Morning News in Los Angeles, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday.
For decades, audiences across the country welcomed Chris into their homes.
He was an award-winning journalist and anchor, a storyteller, a connoisseur of the best mom-and-pop joints in every town he lived in - Burrous Bites - but the one role he was most proud of was husband and father.
Chris was a husband, a father, a son and a friend.
This account has been set up - with his family's blessing - to help Chris's wife Mai and nine-year-old daughter Isabella, the loves of his life.
Chris's friends want to make sure Mai and Isabella have all the support they need during this difficult time.
As they mourn and deal with this sudden loss, the last thing they need to worry about right now is how to pay for a funeral, Mai finding a job, bills and other immediate expenses.
If you had the good fortune to know Chris or if he simply brought you a smile from the other side of your TV, I hope you will consider a donation.
It takes a village and together WE can make a difference. No amount is too small.
All monies collected here are going straight to the family.
Please share and please keep Chris's family, including his parents, mother-in-law and extended members, in your thoughts and prayers.
We love you Mai and Isabella."
This chick didn't have a damn job...?! How the hell were they "getting by" just on his salary* in Los Angeles...?! No wonder dude was doing what he was doing... He needed the stress relief
*according to KTLA, the station he worked at, News Anchors make an average of $63K, range is $54K - $73K, with top earners (less than 10%) getting $88K.....
Grandma with the chokehold!!!!
Damn, and she just let her drop to the ground.... Cold shit
Old story, never seen it before.
Not sure how much attention this has received here or anywheres but I’m gonna share it anyways. This is John RK Howard. He and two others were charged with assault and other charges for holding down a disable black teen and kicking a coat hanger up his rectum. Yet he entered a Alford Plea (meaning he felt he couldn’t be tried fairly because any jury or court would auto-guilty his ass) and walked with probation. Here’s a link if you want to look into it.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ocial&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_c
Not sure how much attention this has received here or anywheres but I’m gonna share it anyways. This is John RK Howard. He and two others were charged with assault and other charges for holding down a disable black teen and kicking a coat hanger up his rectum. Yet he entered a Alford Plea (meaning he felt he couldn’t be tried fairly because any jury or court would auto-guilty his ass) and walked with probation. Here’s a link if you want to look into it.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ocial&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_c
PoS!Old story, never seen it before.
Not sure how much attention this has received here or anywheres but I’m gonna share it anyways. This is John RK Howard. He and two others were charged with assault and other charges for holding down a disable black teen and kicking a coat hanger up his rectum. Yet he entered a Alford Plea (meaning he felt he couldn’t be tried fairly because any jury or court would auto-guilty his ass) and walked with probation. Here’s a link if you want to look into it.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ocial&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_c
Ouch: Man Shoots Himself Below The Belt
Indiana accident victim could face criminal raps
MARCH 1--An Indiana man who yesterday accidentally shot himself in the penis and scrotum does not have a handgun license and could face criminal
prosecution, police say.
According to cops, Mark Anthony Jones, 46, suffered an “accidental self-inflicted gunshot injury” while walking early Thursday morning in Marion, Indiana (where Jones resides).
During an interview in the emergency room of Marion General Hospital, Jones said that he was carrying a Hi-Point 9mm handgun in his waistband when the weapon “began to slip.”
Jones said that when he “reached down to adjust” the gun--which was not in a holster--the firearm discharged. “The bullet entered just above his penis and exited his scrotum,” police reported.
Since Jones (seen above) does not possess a state handgun license, investigators will forward the case to the Grant County Prosecuting Attorney for a determination on whether Jones will face any criminal charges.
Jones, a Marion native, has two felony convictions for narcotics dealing.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/indiana-shooting-accident-690523
Indiana accident victim could face criminal raps
MARCH 1--An Indiana man who yesterday accidentally shot himself in the penis and scrotum does not have a handgun license and could face criminal
According to cops, Mark Anthony Jones, 46, suffered an “accidental self-inflicted gunshot injury” while walking early Thursday morning in Marion, Indiana (where Jones resides).
During an interview in the emergency room of Marion General Hospital, Jones said that he was carrying a Hi-Point 9mm handgun in his waistband when the weapon “began to slip.”
Jones said that when he “reached down to adjust” the gun--which was not in a holster--the firearm discharged. “The bullet entered just above his penis and exited his scrotum,” police reported.
Since Jones (seen above) does not possess a state handgun license, investigators will forward the case to the Grant County Prosecuting Attorney for a determination on whether Jones will face any criminal charges.
Jones, a Marion native, has two felony convictions for narcotics dealing.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/indiana-shooting-accident-690523
Hillsborough County
Therapist arrested on child pornography charges worked with children in DCF cases
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Posted:Mar 01, 2019 06:13 PM EST
Updated:Mar 01, 2019 07:21 PM EST
When Tampa police arrested Alexander C. Smith, they say their cyber crimes unit found hundreds of disturbing images of child pornography on his home and work computers.
Smith is a therapist contracted to do work with providers for the Florida Department of Children and Families.
"Oh, I just think it sent shock waves through the whole community, through the adoption community, the foster care community, like how could this happen," said Child Advocate Connie Going.
Eckerd Connects provides services for DCF and used Smith as a therapist for clients.
The Chief of Community Based Care for Eckerd Connects issued the statement by Dr. Chris Card, Chief of Community Based Care, Friday about Smith.
We follow the very strict standards set by DCF for all our service providers. This individual has no history that precluded him from working with children as he was a licensed therapist whose license was in good standing with the State of Florida and nothing could have predicted this unthinkable act that he is accused of. Upon learning of his arrest we immediately terminated our relationship with him. We are identifying any children in our system who were treated by this therapist and in collaboration with law enforcement we will be reaching out to all those affected to offer any and all support they may need.
Connie Going is concerned because Smith worked with very vunerable children.
"The ones that I knew about were adoptive families who had adopted foster children, who of course have experienced tremendous trauma and challenges both before the adoption and after," said Going.
She believes Smith's arrest will have a lasting impact on the children and families he was working with.
"You trust this person who is an expert to come into their lives, to come into your life and they are sharing some of those intimate details, they're breaking through, they're making measures and that person has a position of power, it's horrifying," said Going.
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsboro...5eybJJljdxSNiVuEuzxIwWD3MbfgtbsMil3-UN43DRvqM
Therapist arrested on child pornography charges worked with children in DCF cases
By:
Posted:Mar 01, 2019 06:13 PM EST
Updated:Mar 01, 2019 07:21 PM EST
Smith is a therapist contracted to do work with providers for the Florida Department of Children and Families.
"Oh, I just think it sent shock waves through the whole community, through the adoption community, the foster care community, like how could this happen," said Child Advocate Connie Going.
Eckerd Connects provides services for DCF and used Smith as a therapist for clients.
The Chief of Community Based Care for Eckerd Connects issued the statement by Dr. Chris Card, Chief of Community Based Care, Friday about Smith.
We follow the very strict standards set by DCF for all our service providers. This individual has no history that precluded him from working with children as he was a licensed therapist whose license was in good standing with the State of Florida and nothing could have predicted this unthinkable act that he is accused of. Upon learning of his arrest we immediately terminated our relationship with him. We are identifying any children in our system who were treated by this therapist and in collaboration with law enforcement we will be reaching out to all those affected to offer any and all support they may need.
Connie Going is concerned because Smith worked with very vunerable children.
"The ones that I knew about were adoptive families who had adopted foster children, who of course have experienced tremendous trauma and challenges both before the adoption and after," said Going.
She believes Smith's arrest will have a lasting impact on the children and families he was working with.
"You trust this person who is an expert to come into their lives, to come into your life and they are sharing some of those intimate details, they're breaking through, they're making measures and that person has a position of power, it's horrifying," said Going.
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsboro...5eybJJljdxSNiVuEuzxIwWD3MbfgtbsMil3-UN43DRvqM
I don't blame this guy
I think I found it. This shit right here is undefeatable.
Jury recommends 30 years for security guard convicted in death of Pokemon Go-playing grandfather
The victim, a Chinese immigrant, had taken to the game as a way to bond with his nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
March 4, 2019, 5:13 PM EST
ByChris Fuchs
A Virginia jury on Monday recommended a 30-year prison sentence for a former security guard who in 2017 fatally shot a Chinese immigrant who was out playing Pokemon Go.
The recommended prison sentence comes after the juryconvicted Johnathan Cromwell, 23, of second-degree murder on Friday. Sentencing is scheduled for June 24, according to Nancy G. Parr, the commonwealth’s attorney for the City of Chesapeake.
Cromwell, who was also found guilty of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, killed 60-year-old Jiansheng Chen on the night of Jan. 26, 2017, while Chen was playing the GPS-based mobile game.
Jiansheng ChenCourtesy of Chen Family
Andrew Sacks, Cromwell’s defense attorney, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cromwell had been charged with first-degree murder and claimed self-defense, arguing that Chen allegedly drove his van at him. But prosecutors argued Cromwell purposely put himself in front of Chen’s vehicle, saying he was a security guard who wanted to use his power simply because he could,according to NBC-affiliate WAVY.
Calling the shooting “a malicious killing,”prosecutors said Cromwell, while on patrol, confronted Chen about a mile from his home, where he had parked in the driveway of a clubhouse in the River Walk neighborhood of Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Chen was out playing the GPS-based mobile game Pokemon Go as a way to bond with his nieces, nephews and grandchildren, the Chen’sfamily attorneysaid. He added thatChen’s command of Englishwas limited.
Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Lori Galbraith said in her opening statement that Cromwell knew of Chen, who lived in River Walk, and had “stalked” him in the past while he was playing Pokemon Go,The Virginian-Pilotreported.
On the night of the shooting, Cromwell, who was employed by Citywide Protection Services, had stopped one of Chen’s roommates, who was also out playing Pokemon Go, and escorted him home, Galbraith said, according to the newspaper.
Johnathan CromwellChesapeake Sheriff's Office
Sacks said Chen was cited for trespassing 10 days earlier in the same area where the shooting took place,according to WAVY.Cromwell’s defense argued Chen was trying to elude security because he knew there would be up to a $2,500 fine and a year in jail, having already been cited.
In aninterview played for jurors between Cromwell and detectiveson the night of the shooting, the former security guard said he went to investigate after seeing a minivan drive up in the area of the clubhouse, WAVY reported.
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Cromwell said Chen shook his head no when he tried talking to him, then put his van in reverse and drove right at him.
“I drew my firearm and was yelling ‘stop the car,' ‘stop the car,’” Cromwell told police, according to WAVY. “That’s when I started shooting and the first couple rounds went through the driver’s window.”
Grandfather Shot While Playing Pokemon Go
JAN. 31, 201701:23
Sacks claimed Cromwell’s use of force was justified, arguing that Chen used his van as a weapon when he drove it at Cromwell,the station reported.
But prosecutors said they believed it was murder, saying that Cromwell fired first through the driver’s side window and then multiple times through the windshield,according to The Virginian-Pilot.
Chen,who police said was unarmed, was shot four times in his upper left chest and once in his left upper arm, according to the commonwealth’s attorney. He died at the scene.
TheChen family has filed a $5.35 million wrongful death lawsuitin the Virginia Beach Circuit Court against Cromwell, Citywide Protection Services and the River Walk Community Association.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-...rity-guard-convicted-death-pokemon-go-n979136
The victim, a Chinese immigrant, had taken to the game as a way to bond with his nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
March 4, 2019, 5:13 PM EST
ByChris Fuchs
A Virginia jury on Monday recommended a 30-year prison sentence for a former security guard who in 2017 fatally shot a Chinese immigrant who was out playing Pokemon Go.
The recommended prison sentence comes after the juryconvicted Johnathan Cromwell, 23, of second-degree murder on Friday. Sentencing is scheduled for June 24, according to Nancy G. Parr, the commonwealth’s attorney for the City of Chesapeake.
Cromwell, who was also found guilty of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, killed 60-year-old Jiansheng Chen on the night of Jan. 26, 2017, while Chen was playing the GPS-based mobile game.
Jiansheng ChenCourtesy of Chen Family
Andrew Sacks, Cromwell’s defense attorney, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cromwell had been charged with first-degree murder and claimed self-defense, arguing that Chen allegedly drove his van at him. But prosecutors argued Cromwell purposely put himself in front of Chen’s vehicle, saying he was a security guard who wanted to use his power simply because he could,according to NBC-affiliate WAVY.
Calling the shooting “a malicious killing,”prosecutors said Cromwell, while on patrol, confronted Chen about a mile from his home, where he had parked in the driveway of a clubhouse in the River Walk neighborhood of Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Chen was out playing the GPS-based mobile game Pokemon Go as a way to bond with his nieces, nephews and grandchildren, the Chen’sfamily attorneysaid. He added thatChen’s command of Englishwas limited.
Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Lori Galbraith said in her opening statement that Cromwell knew of Chen, who lived in River Walk, and had “stalked” him in the past while he was playing Pokemon Go,The Virginian-Pilotreported.
On the night of the shooting, Cromwell, who was employed by Citywide Protection Services, had stopped one of Chen’s roommates, who was also out playing Pokemon Go, and escorted him home, Galbraith said, according to the newspaper.
Johnathan CromwellChesapeake Sheriff's Office
Sacks said Chen was cited for trespassing 10 days earlier in the same area where the shooting took place,according to WAVY.Cromwell’s defense argued Chen was trying to elude security because he knew there would be up to a $2,500 fine and a year in jail, having already been cited.
In aninterview played for jurors between Cromwell and detectiveson the night of the shooting, the former security guard said he went to investigate after seeing a minivan drive up in the area of the clubhouse, WAVY reported.
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Cromwell said Chen shook his head no when he tried talking to him, then put his van in reverse and drove right at him.
“I drew my firearm and was yelling ‘stop the car,' ‘stop the car,’” Cromwell told police, according to WAVY. “That’s when I started shooting and the first couple rounds went through the driver’s window.”
Grandfather Shot While Playing Pokemon Go
JAN. 31, 201701:23
Sacks claimed Cromwell’s use of force was justified, arguing that Chen used his van as a weapon when he drove it at Cromwell,the station reported.
But prosecutors said they believed it was murder, saying that Cromwell fired first through the driver’s side window and then multiple times through the windshield,according to The Virginian-Pilot.
Chen,who police said was unarmed, was shot four times in his upper left chest and once in his left upper arm, according to the commonwealth’s attorney. He died at the scene.
TheChen family has filed a $5.35 million wrongful death lawsuitin the Virginia Beach Circuit Court against Cromwell, Citywide Protection Services and the River Walk Community Association.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-...rity-guard-convicted-death-pokemon-go-n979136
Florida woman shoots boyfriend for snoring too loudly, cops say
What do you do if your partner is snoring too loudly? Hopefully, not what a 47-year-old Florida woman is accused of doing.
Lorie Morin, of Cocoa, grabbed a shotgun and fired at her boyfriend, injuring him, according to WFLA.com.
And now she faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery.
Her boyfriend, who has not been identified, is still recovering from his injuries in a local hospital, clickorlando.com reports.
Brevard County deputies said the shooting happened Wednesday night at a home in unincorporated Cocoa. The couple had been drinking before the argument, which escalated into a shooting.
Morin is being held at the Brevard County Jail without bond.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-ne-cocoa-woman-shoots-snoring-boyfriend-20190308-story.html
White privilege is about the set a precedence for the preservation and proliferation of white lives. I'd love to see men get the power to say no to abortion.
In Madison County, Alabama, a probate judge’s decision to open an estate for an aborted embryo has paved the way for its would-be father, Ryan Magers, to sue the abortion clinic for wrongful death.
Magers was none too pleased when his girlfriend, who was six weeks pregnant, decided to get an abortion against his wishes. In Magers’ apparent vision of a perfect world, he would have been able to force her to carry the pregnancy to term.
“I just tried to plead with her and plead with her and just talk to her about it and see what I could do, but in the end, there was nothing I could do to change her mind,” Magers told WAAY.
So in early February, Magers filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Women’s Center—the clinic that his girlfriend went to for abortion care—along with the pharmaceutical company that manufactured the medication abortion pill she used.
But Alabama law does not permit family members of a deceased person to bring a wrongful death claim. Only the personal representative of the deceased person’s estate can sue for the “wrongful act, omission, or negligence” that caused the person’s death.
And that’s what Probate Judge Frank Barger allowed Magers to become. Magers is now the legal representative of the aborted embryo—which he and his lawyers are calling “Baby Roe,” a patently preposterous moniker since an embryo is not a baby. And as the embryo’s representative, he may proceed on its behalf with a wrongful death lawsuit against the abortion clinic and others involved in terminating the pregnancy.
If successful, Magers’ lawsuit could have devastating consequences for people of reproductive age in Alabama—especially those who could face the possibility of abusive partners going to court to seek restraining orders blocking them from getting abortions.
“This is the first estate that I’m aware of that has ever been opened for an aborted baby,” Magers’ attorney Brent Helms said, according to WAAY.
In most states, this lawsuit would be dead on arrival. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that spousal notification provisions are unconstitutional. In Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, the Court said in 1976 that a state (in this case, Missouri) may not constitutionally require the consent of a spouse or any particular person as a condition of abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy: “Clearly, since the State cannot regulate or proscribe abortion during the first stage, when the physician and his patient make that decision, the State cannot delegate authority to any particular person, even the spouse, to prevent abortion during that same period.”
And in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Court ruled in 1992 that the Pennsylvania statute provision requiring a woman to notify her husband before she got an abortion operated as a substantial obstacle to her choice and was therefore an undue burden.
Surely if a wife is not constitutionally required to notify her husband that she intends to obtain an abortion, a girlfriend—like Ryan Magers’—has no such constitutional duty.
The Court in Casey laid out its reasoning:
For the great many women who are victims of abuse inflicted by their husbands, or whose children are the victims of such abuse, a spousal notice requirement enables the husband to wield an effective veto over his wife’s decision. Whether the prospect of notification itself deters such women from seeking abortions, or whether the husband, through physical force or psychological pressure or economic coercion, prevents his wife from obtaining an abortion until it is too late, the notice requirement will often be tantamount to the veto found unconstitutional in Danforth. The women most affected by this law—those who most reasonably fear the consequences of notifying their husbands that they are pregnant—are in the gravest danger.
But Alabama isn’t most states. Last year, voters in Alabama approved a person hood amendment to the Alabama Constitution that gives constitutional rights to fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses. And the Alabama Supreme Court has already slipped so-called fetal personhood into several decisions, permitting policies and laws not explicitly intended to entrap pregnant people to nevertheless be used to prosecute and convict them.
In 2013 in Ankrom v. Alabama, for example, the Alabama Supreme Court recognized a developing fetus as a “person” under Alabama law when it held that the word “child” in the state’s child chemical endangerment statute applies to “unborn children” as well as to born children. In doing so, it upheld the criminal convictions of two women who ingested chemical substances while pregnant. The term “child” was not defined in the statute, but the court endorsed the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals’ reasoning: that “the dictionary definition of the term ‘child’ explicitly includes an unborn person or fetus.”
In 2014, the court issued a similar ruling in Hicks v. Alabama,upholding the criminal conviction of Sarah Janie Hicks under the same chemical endangerment statute.
So if Magers’ case ends up before the Alabama Supreme Court, as his lawyer believes it will, the Alabama Supreme Court will jump at the opportunity to lay its so-called personhood law on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court—giving the nation’s highest Court yet another chance to gut Roe v. Wade.
Even setting aside that dangerous precedent, though, Magers’ wrongful death claim makes no sense.
A wrongful death claim requires a wrongful act or omission, or a negligent act. There is nothing wrongful about Magers’ girlfriend—presumably she’s his ex-girlfriend now—terminating her pregnancy. Abortion is still legal in Alabama.
And certainly, it would be ridiculous to claim that the Alabama Women’s Center was somehow negligent in terminating the pregnancy. What is Magers going to argue? That the abortion clinic accidentally aborted this embryo? It is absurd.
But more importantly, it is telling that Magers is not suing his (ex-)girlfriend. She chose to get an abortion, and Magers had no right to stop her. And since a wrongful death claim requires that a wrongful or negligent act causes the purportedly wrongful death, the technical question regarding the cause of the abortion becomes crucial. Did the abortion clinic cause the abortion? Or was it the pregnant person seeking the abortion that caused it? Clinics aren’t in the business of going out into the world looking for pregnant people on whom to perform abortions against their will. And if the pregnant person sought and obtained a legal abortion, where’s the wrongfulness? If Magers truly believes that the termination of this embryo was wrongful, why isn’t he suing his ex-girlfriend?
Because it would be outrageous to do so, and it would operate as a de facto veto over the pregnant person’s reproductive choices. While we may be marching toward a world where under federal law, fetuses are persons for purposes of the Constitution—and where third parties wield control over the reproductive decisions of pregnant people, while the pregnant people serve as nothing but hosts—we’re not there yet.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Roe rejected the notion that a fetus is a person, and while Roe remains intact, federal law protecting pregnant people’s right to an abortion should trump Alabama law thanks to the Supremacy Clause. But with the new conservative Court and the potential for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to provide a fifth vote to either reverse Roeor substantially undermine its principles, that could quickly change. Certainly, Alabama is spoiling for the personhood fight that could make it happen.
So just because we’re not there yet, doesn’t mean we’re not going to end up there. And that is a frightening prospect.
https://rewire.news/ablc/2019/03/06...-abortion-clinic-on-behalf-of-aborted-embryo/
In Madison County, Alabama, a probate judge’s decision to open an estate for an aborted embryo has paved the way for its would-be father, Ryan Magers, to sue the abortion clinic for wrongful death.
Magers was none too pleased when his girlfriend, who was six weeks pregnant, decided to get an abortion against his wishes. In Magers’ apparent vision of a perfect world, he would have been able to force her to carry the pregnancy to term.
“I just tried to plead with her and plead with her and just talk to her about it and see what I could do, but in the end, there was nothing I could do to change her mind,” Magers told WAAY.
So in early February, Magers filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Women’s Center—the clinic that his girlfriend went to for abortion care—along with the pharmaceutical company that manufactured the medication abortion pill she used.
But Alabama law does not permit family members of a deceased person to bring a wrongful death claim. Only the personal representative of the deceased person’s estate can sue for the “wrongful act, omission, or negligence” that caused the person’s death.
And that’s what Probate Judge Frank Barger allowed Magers to become. Magers is now the legal representative of the aborted embryo—which he and his lawyers are calling “Baby Roe,” a patently preposterous moniker since an embryo is not a baby. And as the embryo’s representative, he may proceed on its behalf with a wrongful death lawsuit against the abortion clinic and others involved in terminating the pregnancy.
If successful, Magers’ lawsuit could have devastating consequences for people of reproductive age in Alabama—especially those who could face the possibility of abusive partners going to court to seek restraining orders blocking them from getting abortions.
“This is the first estate that I’m aware of that has ever been opened for an aborted baby,” Magers’ attorney Brent Helms said, according to WAAY.
In most states, this lawsuit would be dead on arrival. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that spousal notification provisions are unconstitutional. In Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, the Court said in 1976 that a state (in this case, Missouri) may not constitutionally require the consent of a spouse or any particular person as a condition of abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy: “Clearly, since the State cannot regulate or proscribe abortion during the first stage, when the physician and his patient make that decision, the State cannot delegate authority to any particular person, even the spouse, to prevent abortion during that same period.”
And in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Court ruled in 1992 that the Pennsylvania statute provision requiring a woman to notify her husband before she got an abortion operated as a substantial obstacle to her choice and was therefore an undue burden.
Surely if a wife is not constitutionally required to notify her husband that she intends to obtain an abortion, a girlfriend—like Ryan Magers’—has no such constitutional duty.
The Court in Casey laid out its reasoning:
For the great many women who are victims of abuse inflicted by their husbands, or whose children are the victims of such abuse, a spousal notice requirement enables the husband to wield an effective veto over his wife’s decision. Whether the prospect of notification itself deters such women from seeking abortions, or whether the husband, through physical force or psychological pressure or economic coercion, prevents his wife from obtaining an abortion until it is too late, the notice requirement will often be tantamount to the veto found unconstitutional in Danforth. The women most affected by this law—those who most reasonably fear the consequences of notifying their husbands that they are pregnant—are in the gravest danger.
But Alabama isn’t most states. Last year, voters in Alabama approved a person hood amendment to the Alabama Constitution that gives constitutional rights to fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses. And the Alabama Supreme Court has already slipped so-called fetal personhood into several decisions, permitting policies and laws not explicitly intended to entrap pregnant people to nevertheless be used to prosecute and convict them.
In 2013 in Ankrom v. Alabama, for example, the Alabama Supreme Court recognized a developing fetus as a “person” under Alabama law when it held that the word “child” in the state’s child chemical endangerment statute applies to “unborn children” as well as to born children. In doing so, it upheld the criminal convictions of two women who ingested chemical substances while pregnant. The term “child” was not defined in the statute, but the court endorsed the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals’ reasoning: that “the dictionary definition of the term ‘child’ explicitly includes an unborn person or fetus.”
In 2014, the court issued a similar ruling in Hicks v. Alabama,upholding the criminal conviction of Sarah Janie Hicks under the same chemical endangerment statute.
So if Magers’ case ends up before the Alabama Supreme Court, as his lawyer believes it will, the Alabama Supreme Court will jump at the opportunity to lay its so-called personhood law on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court—giving the nation’s highest Court yet another chance to gut Roe v. Wade.
Even setting aside that dangerous precedent, though, Magers’ wrongful death claim makes no sense.
A wrongful death claim requires a wrongful act or omission, or a negligent act. There is nothing wrongful about Magers’ girlfriend—presumably she’s his ex-girlfriend now—terminating her pregnancy. Abortion is still legal in Alabama.
And certainly, it would be ridiculous to claim that the Alabama Women’s Center was somehow negligent in terminating the pregnancy. What is Magers going to argue? That the abortion clinic accidentally aborted this embryo? It is absurd.
But more importantly, it is telling that Magers is not suing his (ex-)girlfriend. She chose to get an abortion, and Magers had no right to stop her. And since a wrongful death claim requires that a wrongful or negligent act causes the purportedly wrongful death, the technical question regarding the cause of the abortion becomes crucial. Did the abortion clinic cause the abortion? Or was it the pregnant person seeking the abortion that caused it? Clinics aren’t in the business of going out into the world looking for pregnant people on whom to perform abortions against their will. And if the pregnant person sought and obtained a legal abortion, where’s the wrongfulness? If Magers truly believes that the termination of this embryo was wrongful, why isn’t he suing his ex-girlfriend?
Because it would be outrageous to do so, and it would operate as a de facto veto over the pregnant person’s reproductive choices. While we may be marching toward a world where under federal law, fetuses are persons for purposes of the Constitution—and where third parties wield control over the reproductive decisions of pregnant people, while the pregnant people serve as nothing but hosts—we’re not there yet.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Roe rejected the notion that a fetus is a person, and while Roe remains intact, federal law protecting pregnant people’s right to an abortion should trump Alabama law thanks to the Supremacy Clause. But with the new conservative Court and the potential for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to provide a fifth vote to either reverse Roeor substantially undermine its principles, that could quickly change. Certainly, Alabama is spoiling for the personhood fight that could make it happen.
So just because we’re not there yet, doesn’t mean we’re not going to end up there. And that is a frightening prospect.
https://rewire.news/ablc/2019/03/06...-abortion-clinic-on-behalf-of-aborted-embryo/
