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Known worldwide as “Mr. Cub,” Banks became the Cubs first African-American player on Sept. 17, 1953, and went on to become an 11-time All-Star and two-time National League Most Valuable Player (1958-59). His boundless enthusiasm and optimism personified what it meant to be a Cubs fan.
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Rahm Emanuel has already spent THREE TIMES what the city owes the city pensions on upgrades for the CTA trains lines and 95th Street station....
Upgrades that were NOT PHYSICALLY NEEDED but KICKBACK WISE really needed for his family, friends and political contributors.
So it is really hard to believe that Rahm Emanuel can pull out almost ONE BILLION DOLLARS for overpriced corrupt CTA contracts but somehow paying the money the City of Chicago owes its pension will bankrupt Chicago!
Chicago faces a $300 million deficit in 2016 with shortfalls continuing “for the forseeable future” — even before piling on $20 billion in pension liabilities that have saddled the city with the “worst credit rating of any major city other than Detroit.”
And if state legislation that saved two of four city employee pension funds is overturned, a “catastrophic outcome” awaits retirees and Chicago taxpayers alike triggered by “further downgrades.”
Nobody’s talking about it in the race for mayor, thanks to Rahm Emanuel’s decision to postpone the day of reckoning until after the election. But that’s the dire portrait of city finances painted in the city’s friend-of-the court brief in the state pension case.
After putting the state case on a fast-track, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled this week that it won’t have time to hear any friend-of-the court briefs.
But the city’s filing nevertheless paints the bleakest and most accurate picture yet of the financial crisis that awaits the winner of the Feb. 24 mayoral election.
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A sex crazed teacher at a junior high school in Joliet has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse after she was accused of having sex with two former students from a school in Orland Park, authorities said Friday.
Cara Labus, 30, of Joliet, was charged with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving two victims between the ages 14 and 16 and was ordered held in lieu of a $150,000 bond Friday, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.
Prosecutors said Labus met the students while she was a teacher and basketball coach at Jerling Junior High School in Orland Park.
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In the latest shooting, a 19-year-old man was found shot on the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue at 6:23 p.m., police said.
The man suffered gunshot wounds to his foot, leg and buttocks and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious condition. Police said he is a documented gang member.
A short time earlier, at 6:15 p.m., police were called to the 6800 block of South Western Avenue, where they found a man with a gunshot wound to his head, police said.
The man, whose age was not immediately available, was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical condition. The man also is a documented gang member, police said.
At 5:25 p.m. a man was found shot in a vehicle on the 1500 block of South Trumbull Avenue on the West Side, police said.
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Recently, the Chula Vista, California Police Department ran an e-mail forum with the local community (a question and answer exchange) with the topic being, "Community Policing." One of the civilian e-mail participants posed the following question:
"I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to continually harass people and get away with it?"
From the "other side" (the law enforcement side) Sgt. Bennett, obviously a cop with a sense of humor replied:
"First of all, let me tell you this ... it's not easy. In Chula Vista, we average one cop for every 600 people. Only about 60% of those cops are on general duty (or what you might refer to as "patrol") where we do most of our harassing. The rest are in non-harassing departments that do not allow them contact with the day-to-day innocents. At any given moment, only one-fifth of the 60% patrollers are on duty and available for harassing people while the rest are off duty. So roughly, one cop is responsible for harassing about 5,000 residents.
When you toss in the commercial business, and tourist locations that attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single cop is responsible for harassing 10,000 or more people a day.
Now, your average ten-hour shift runs 36,000 seconds long. This gives a cop one second to harass a person, and then only three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND then find a new person to harass. This is not an easy task. To be honest, most cops are not up to this challenge day in and day out. It is just too tiring. What we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those people which we can realistically harass.
The tools available to us are as follow:
PHONE: People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment. "My neighbor is beating his wife" is a code phrase used often. This means we'll come out and give somebody some special harassment.
Another popular one: "There's a guy breaking into a house." The harassment team is then put into action.
CARS: We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars with no insurance or no driver's licenses and the like. It's lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, they are drunk, or have an outstanding warrant on file.
RUNNERS: Some people take off running just at the sight of a police officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying as running after them like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you can harass them for hours to determine why they didn't want to talk to us.
STATUTES: When we don't have PHONES or CARS and have nothing better to do, there are actually books that give us ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called "Statutes"; Criminal Codes, Motor Vehicle Codes, etc...They all spell out all sorts of things for which you can really mess with people. After you read the statute, you can just drive around for awhile until you find someone violating one of these listed offenses and harass them.
Just last week I saw a guy trying to steal a car. Well, there's this book we have that says that's not allowed. That meant I got permission to harass this guy. It's a really cool system that we've set up, and it works pretty well. We seem to have a never-ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it. Why? Because for the good citizens who pay the tab, we try to keep the streets safe for them, and they pay us to "harass" some people.
Next time you are in my town, give me the old "single finger wave." That's another one of those codes. It means, "You can't harass me." It's one of our favorites. Hopefully sir, this has clarified to you a little bit better how we harass the good citizens of Chula Vista.
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Dantis Porter, 28, appeared before Judge Peggy Chiampas, who denied bail during a hearing Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.
On Jan. 6, Porter was at his home in the 1100 block of West Marquette Road taking care of 17-month-old Johnny "BJ" Kimble and three of BJ’s siblings, ages 5, 4 and 2, while his girlfriend, BJ’s mother, was at work, according to Assistant State's Attorney Enrique Abraham.
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A primarily white group of Alamo Heights fans chanted "USA! USA!" after winning a boys basketball game on March 3, 2012, against Edison High School, which had a predominantly Hispanic roster.
Members of the Idalou High School section during a game Tuesday against Slaton High School began a similar chant, which drew allegations of racism from Slaton Superintendent Julee Becker. Idalou ISD officials later apologized.
Members of the Idalou High School section during a game Tuesday against Slaton High School began a similar chant, which drew allegations of racism from Slaton Superintendent Julee Becker. Idalou ISD officials later apologized.
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Marthaler said that doing business in Chicago was difficult, particularly considering Family Pride competes with suburban stores. Plastic bag restrictions, minimum wage increases and bottled water taxes all put his business at a disadvantage, he said.
MOUNT GREENWOOD — The line at the deli counter of Family Pride Finer Foods was long on Wednesday and so were the faces.
The small grocery store at 10601 S. Pulaski Road in Mount Greenwood told employees on Monday that the store would soon close.
"It's just the competition — competition with Jewel. I have five Jewels within a 2-mile radius, not to mention Pete's Fresh Market and Mariano's," said Bob Marthaler, who's owned the store for the last 16 years.
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The offices just south of Family Pride moved it business to the suburbs
Mt. Greenwood Hardware forced to shut its doors after decades in business on 111th just off Kedzie
This is the reason why various TV News cameras are present at 10700 South Pulaski in Mt. Greenwood tonight
Claudia M. Beruben, suddenly, age 37.
Beloved mother of Brianna Sanchez; cherished daughter of Ignacio (Linda) Beruben and Graciela Beruben; loving sister of Narubi (James) Wilson, Guillermo (Yesenia) Beruben and Anthony Beruben; adoring aunt of Michael, Angelica, Nicholas, Isabella, Sergio and Vivianna; dearest niece and devoted friend of many. Visitation Friday 3-9pm. Funeral Saturday 9:15am from Andrew J. McGann & Son Funeral Home 10727 S. Pulaski Road to St. Benedict Church for Mass at 10:00am. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers donations “Hopes & Dreams for Claudia Beruben’s Daughter Brianna at www.giveforward.com or http://gfwd.at1Bx21lE.
Long Time Chicago Illegal Beaner Disk Jockey Rafael Rodriguez, 42, Known as DJ Lego, was doing 90 mph on the ice when his vehicle flew into Lincoln Park Lagoon killing fellow illegal beaner 37-year-old Claudia Beruben after partying at Chicago's Time Nightclub
May I get Two Illegal Beaners On Ice Please!
Rafael “DJ Lego” Rodriguez was rescued by fire crews Monday and remains hospitalized Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Rodriguez was driving more than 90 mph and weaving in and out of traffic when he lost control of his vehicle about 1:45 a.m. Monday. The 42-year-old Lakeview resident has been charged with aggravated DUI, DUI and driving on a suspended license. He was also ticketed for speeding.
Rodriguez was leaving Time Nightclub between sets on Monday when his car careened through a gaurdrail, struck a tree and flipped over onto a frozen lagoon in Lincoln Park near the 2200 block of North Lake Shore Drive.
Crews found the car upside down on the frozen surface and were able to rescue both occupants, police said. But 37-year-old Claudia Beruben later died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
A callous con man who had his mom dress up as a federal judge as part of a bizarre “Catfish” scam was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison.
Geovani Ozuna, 25, of Merrillville, preyed on a naive, gay illegal immigrant who had posted an online lonely hearts ad on Craigslist, manipulating him in a way that was “disturbing in many ways,” U.S. District Judge John Tharp said.
By posing at different times as a Skokie cop, a corrupt lawyer and a student lover — and roping his mom into play the role of a judge — Ozuna over the course of a year concocted an elaborate story to extort his Salvadoran victim into handing him more than $27,000 in cash.
Testifying through a Spanish-speaking interpreter, the 32-year-old victim on Thursday said he had immigrated to Chicago a decade ago to escape homophobic violence in his homeland. He tearfully explained how he had been left homeless and without money even for food by Ozuna’s scam.
“I had to humiliate myself with many people,” the victim told Tharp, explaining how he’d begged friends and clients at his accounting job to loan him money to pay Ozuna off. “I had to sleep on the floor at my workplace. . . . It was extremely shameful.”
The stranger-than-fiction scheme began when Ozuna responded to his victim’s lonely-hearts ad in 2012, pretending to be a cop. Ozuna then adopted a second phony online identity, this time posing as an 18-year-old college student from California who wanted to be the victim’s lover.
After the victim sent money so that the “student” could travel to Chicago, Ozuna expertly switched back and forth between the two personas in a series of email and telephone conversations, convincing the victim that the “student” had been arrested en route and was in fact underage.
By warning the victim that he faced arrest and deportation for soliciting sex with a minor, and by taking advantage of his ignorance of U.S. law, Ozuna forced the victim to pay “fines” and “legal fees.” He invented another character — a California lawyer — and had his mom pose as a federal judge in a series of threatening phone calls and visits.
Eventually, Ozuna even threatened violence against the victim’s family in El Salvador, bringing a gun to a meeting at which he demanded payment.
“I would like to say sorry to the victim,” Ozuna said during a brief speech to the court Thursday. “I’m a human and I made a mistake.”
But Tharp told him, “You can’t simply wipe it away.”
“Most disturbingly, you recruited your own mother to assist you in a crime of violence,” he said.
The judge — who is due to sentence Ozuna’s mother later this year for her role in the scam — warned Ozuna, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, that he faces likely deportation once he completes his prison term.
He also ordered Ozuna to pay the victim back the $27,000. But the victim said he wasn’t counting on receiving a penny.
He still owes his pals and clients $14,000 they loaned him, he said.
“I’ve lost this money,” he said. “I’m the one who has to pay it back.”
The owner of a local hardware store that was closed by city officials said he is working to resolve issues with the Illinois Department of Revenue and reopen the longtime business.
Mt. Greenwood Hardware, 3124 W. 111th St., was closed by the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) on Dec. 15. A large orange sticker was placed on the front door of the hardware store informing people of the store’s closure, which created a stir of concern as well as expressions of support for the business from local residents on social media.
A spokesman for the BACP said he could not comment as to why the store was closed, but he directed a reporter to the Web site that lists businesses that hold a valid business license. Mt. Greenwood Hardware was not listed on the site.
Officials from the Illinois Department of Revenue could not provide specific details of the closure by press time.
According to owner Barry Zimmerman, the city was unable to give his firm a business license due to issues with the state. He said he has been working to resolve the issues for months and hopes a resolution can be agreed upon.
He said that the expressions of support from local residents are gratifying.
"We hit the WHITE BABY LOTTO!"
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When Angela Ihegboro first saw her newborn daughter, she was “speechless.”
“She’s a miracle baby,” the 35-year-old mother said yesterday. “But still, what on Earth happened here?”
What happened is that baby Nmachi is a blond, blue-eyed white baby born to two black Nigerian immigrant parents at a London hospital.
“The first thing I said was, ‘What the flip?’ ” said the father, Ben Ihegboro. “We both just sat there after the birth staring at her for ages — not saying anything.”
He quickly sought to dispel any speculation.
“Of course she is mine. My wife is true to me,” the 44-year-old customer service adviser said. “Even if she hadn’t been, the baby still wouldn’t look like that.”
Genetics experts don’t believe in miracles, but they didn’t have any simple answers to the mystery of baby Nmachi. Instead, they offered three theories:
- She’s the result of a gene mutation unique to her. If that is the case, Nmachi would pass the gene to her children — and they, too, would likely be white.
- She’s the product of long-dormant white genes, passed on to her by her parents, that might have been carried by their predecessors for generations without surfacing until now.
- While doctors have said Nmachi is not an outright albino, or lacking in all pigment, they added that the child may have some kind of mutated version of the genetic condition — and that her skin could darken over time.
President Barack Obama has given thousands of criminal illegal aliens amnesty by refusing to deport them after they have been convicted of felonies.
One such recipient took advantage of Obama’s unconstitutional generosity and killed a U.S. citizen in cold blood over a pack of cigarettes in Mesa, Arizona early Thursday morning.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu took to Twitter on Friday to criticize the Obama administration for failing to deport the illegal alien:
“This illegal was let out on probation for burglary. Why was he not deported? A truly terrible, heartless crime. http://bit.ly/1upgr5U”
PHOTO: Richard "Daredevil Dick" Schaefer
A 51-year-old Cannon Falls, Minn., man was killed in a snowmobile crash Thursday night near Orr.
Richard Schaefer was traveling along the Arrowhead State Trail in northern St. Louis County, about 10 miles northeast of Orr, when his sled left the trail and entered a wooded area, the St. Louis County Sheriff's office reported in a news release. The accident occurred at 7:20 p.m., the news release said.
Sgt. Kevin Friebe of the sheriff's office reported that Schaefer was headless & unresponsive when he was located short time after the crash by members of his party. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation, the sheriff's office reported. Orr fire and ambulance, the St. Louis County Rescue Squad, Minnesota State Patrol and Life Link III air medical all assisted in the operation.
7 month old, adult killed in Milwaukee stabbing
A 7 month old and a man were killed Friday in a stabbing incident early Friday near N. 39th St. and Clybourn Ave. in Milwaukee, according to news reports.
Police said officers were called for a stabbing at a residence in the area, which is several blocks west of Marquette University High School's football field, about 8:30 a.m. Friday.
The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office confirmed it was responding to the 400 block of N. 39 St. for a death investigation involving two homicide victims. The Milwaukee Fire Department reported its paramedics did transport at least one individual, but a fire official said the incident was ongoing and could not provide further information.
Two people were arrested and subsequently charged after police searching an apartment in northwest suburban Elgin say they found cocaine meant for sale along with handgun with its serial number removed.
Taft C. Burtton, 22, and Brianna T. Clark, 21, each face several charges following the execution of a search warrant on Dec. 20 at an apartment in the Buena Vista Apartment Complex, 1285 Fleetwood Dr., police said. The warrant was executed after a month-long investigation during which officers were told drugs were being sold from the apartment.
According to police, Burtton was charged with:
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a senior housing facility
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver
-Unlawful possession of a weapon by a parolee
-Unlawful use of a weapon by a convicted felon
-Unlawful use of a weapon/no FOID
-Possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance
Police said that Clark was charged with:
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a senior housing facility
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver
-Possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number
-Unlawful possession of a controlled substance
-Unlawful use of a weapon/no FOID
Bond for both Burtton and Clark was set at $150,000, police said.
“She is doing her due diligence to see if there is a path for her to run,” spokesman Kayce Ataiyero told the Sun-Times Friday morning.
“She believes that given her strong experience in all levels of government, she would be a strong candidate to represent Illinois in the Senate,” Ataiyero said.
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He had arrested mobsters, drug smugglers, rapists and serial killers during his 38-year career before retiring in 2008 as a sergeant in command of major-case squad detectives.
But, DeLeonardis said, there was only one criminal like Michael Paulson. A master safecracker whose career also spanned four decades, Paulson pried, drilled and sawed his way across Chicago and the collar counties with unmatched expertise.
DeLeonardis helped send the prolific thief to prison twice previously and even kept his photograph tacked to the wall of a former office. Beneath it a caption read, "Safe burglar extraordinaire."
Their paths hadn't crossed in years, but it was Paulson who DeLeonardis thought of when he read an August 2011 Tribune article about a Barrington sandwich shop burglary.
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Gay Chicago Robbers steal cartons of cigarettes, condoms, anal lube and Swisher Sweets
Four robberies took place between Dec. 7 and Jan. 13 in Galewood, Montclare and Belmont Gardens neighborhoods, according to a statement from Chicago Police Department’s Office of News Affairs.
In the four incidents, offenders started a conversation with a store employee over merchandise, displayed a handgun or implied they had a weapon and proceeded to take items from the store, according to the statement.
In two robberies, two people robbed the store, taking cartons of cigarettes, condoms, anal lube and Swisher Sweets. In the other two incidents, one offender walked into the store and stole money from the register.
The first robbery happened around 3:20 a.m. Dec. 7 in the 6800 block of West North Avenue, and the second incident took place around 9:10 p.m. Jan. 3 in the 2700 block of North Harlem Avenue, according to the statement.
In both of those cases, the suspect is a white man between 28 and 35 years old. He is about 6 feet and weighs 170 to 190 pounds. He was wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and black jeans.
A second suspect is a black man, 30 to 36 years of age. He is between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot-2 and weighs 220 to 250 pounds. He has a dark complexion and was wearing a black, fur-lined jacket and black jeans.
The second and third incidents happened in the 2900 block of North Pulaski Road. The first robbery occured around 1:25 p.m. Jan. 8, and the second was around 9:40 a.m. Jan. 13, authorities said.
The suspect in the Pulaski incidents is a white man, 20 to 30 years of age, about 5-foot-9, weighs about 175 pounds and has blonde hair. He was wearing a partial face mask, hooded green jacket and blue jeans. He was armed with a dark-colored handgun.
Anyone with information about the robberies should contact Area North detective at 312-744-8263.
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Michigan State tells Detroit man: Pay for child that isn't yours or go to jail!
Wisconsin Gov. Walker pushes drug testing Cheese head free cheese welfare users
Kid rock to Michael Moore-FUCK YOU--over American Sniper comments
Rick Santorum Again Questioning Legal Immigration
Catfish Looking Islamic Woman - Malak Kazan - files lawsuit against Dearborn Heights Michigan Police for forcing her to remove hijab
A Violent Act and Its Impact on the Grosse Pointes
TWO NEGROES sentenced to life for murder, torture of TWO WHITE Westland teens
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Ho Hum! Another food stamp fraud case involving an immigrant-run store; St. Louis this time
Thursday, January 22, 2015
St. Baldrick's Event Info
Plans are well underway for the 2015 St. Baldrick's event to be held on Friday, March 20th from 0600 - 1700 hours. Registration is open and you can go to THIS LINK HERE and choose the location you want to go to.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the south side location organizer, Bill Murphy, will not be able to help with getting an event in 022 again this year, but there is plenty of room at either the Academy or 025.
If you have any questions you can contact me at chromedome1269@sbcglobal.net or Anne Zamzow for 025 at annezamzow@yahoo.com
Thanks to all who have helped in the past and in advance for all who will be participating this year, we look forward to seeing all of you.
Until we find a cure!
Bill O'Reilly
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the south side location organizer, Bill Murphy, will not be able to help with getting an event in 022 again this year, but there is plenty of room at either the Academy or 025.
If you have any questions you can contact me at chromedome1269@sbcglobal.net or Anne Zamzow for 025 at annezamzow@yahoo.com
Thanks to all who have helped in the past and in advance for all who will be participating this year, we look forward to seeing all of you.
Until we find a cure!
Bill O'Reilly
From the Walmart parking lot at 11110 Causeway Boulevard, Michael Foster, 43, of Lithia had watched Daniels, 62, take from his car the handgun — for which he holds a concealed carry permit — and place it on his hip underneath his coat, Hillsborough sheriff's deputies reported.
As Daniels entered the store, a label for the coffee creamer in his pocket in case he forgot the brand, Foster tackled him to the ground and placed him in a choke hold, sheriff's spokesman Larry McKinnon said.
"He's got a gun!" deputies said Foster shouted.
"I have a permit!" Daniels yelled back multiple times, McKinnon said.
The men struggled and were separated until law enforcement arrived on scene just before noon. Foster was arrested and charged with battery.
"Unfortunately he tackled a guy that was a law-abiding citizen," McKinnon said. "We understand it's alarming for people to see other people with guns, but Florida has a large population of concealed weapons permit holders."
The Sheriff's Office recommends that vigilante-inclined citizens refrain from taking matters into their own hands, especially when an incident is gun-related. Call 911 or alert security, McKinnon said, before taking any drastic measure.
"You better make sure there's a good reason," he added. "Otherwise you might be confronting a guy that is legally permitted to carry a gun."
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At the sentencing hearing on Wednesday for the torture and execution of two white teenage boys by two Black men one of the convicted killers made a ‘Black lives matter’ speech to the judge which he finished by doing the ‘hands up don’t shoot, Black lives matter’ shtick.
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Police in a tiny, rural Oklahoma town have slapped a female high school teacher with a felony charge after she admitted to having a whirlwind romance with a male student.
The teacher is Daresa Deann Poe, reports the Enid News & Eagle.
Poe, 32, teaches family and consumer sciences (which you might know as home economics) at Waynoka High School in Waynoka, Okla.
The Waynoka High student told a state police investigator that he and Poe had been having sex with some frequency for a few weeks now.
He is unidentified. His age is unclear.
“I’m not going to talk politics except to say the GOP had better go on offense. Man, they are not going to win any game on defense,” she told TheBlaze. “Being in the majority there in D.C. — we’re blowing it if we just bend our back.”
She added, “That GOP leadership, that establishment, they’ve got to get their stuff together. I love what they believe in, I believe in it too. But they’ve got to get tough, man. You know what? It’s not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now.”
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Kin Folks Said, "Wayne died while doing something he loved, stealing and robbing!"
Southwick, MA - An Edgewood man died Monday night from an apparent heart attack while trying to rob the Aldi grocery store in Edgewood, police said.
Investigators also said the same man is also connected to two other recent robberies in Edgewood
Around 8:50 p.m. Monday, a man later identified as Wayne Clark, 52, of Meadowood Court, walked into the Aldi in the 1300 block of Business Center Way, according to Cristie Kahler, spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies responded to the store where Clark was lying face down, appearing to be suffering from cardiac arrest, she said.
A witness told deputies Clark came into the store, announced a robbery and demanded cash.
"We believe in a few seconds after that, he suffers cardiac arrest and collapses," Kahler said Thursday.
Once Clark collapsed, she said, someone called 911 to say "we've been robbed and something's wrong."
"When we get there, he is already on the floor and unresponsive," Kahler said.
Deputies first searched the store to make sure no other suspects were inside.
They then approached Clark, recovered a handgun from underneath him and began CPR, Kahler said. Deputies also shocked Clark twice with an AED before emergency medical workers from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company arrived.
EMS workers took Clark to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, where Clark was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m., Kahler said.
Deputies investigating the robbery searched Clark's home and found evidence to connect him to two earlier robberies. The first was on Nov. 6 at the same Aldi in which he was armed, and the other was on Nov. 29 of the Dollar General store, in the 2200 block of Hanson Road in Edgewood, in which he implied he had a weapon, Kahler said
Kahler said it doesn't matter that Clark was a suspect in a crime. The first responsibility when deputies arrived was to see he received medical attention.
"Our job is to protect life," she explained. "If you are a suspect suffering a medical emergency, or a person suffering a medical emergency or a victim suffering a medical emergency, it our job to protect life."
Kahler said deputies will try to determine if Clark is connected to any other armed robberies and also communicate with other local police agencies to see if he could be connected to any robberies in their areas.
It is no secret that rape is a huge problem in America. One of the biggest reasons for that is the fact that rape kits often go unprocessed, sometimes for many years. One of the worst offenders in this area is Detroit, Michigan’s so-called justice system.
Actress Mariska Hargitay, known for her roles as sex crimes detective Sergeant Olivia Benson on Law and Order: SVU, has teamed up with Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to solve Michigan’s problem of untested rape kits. The duo will be working with state lawmakers to draft legislation that would set time limits and other guidelines regarding the testing of rape kits.
"I've been doing this ... for 25 years," Kalamazoo County Assistant Prosecutor Mike Reisterer said Tuesday as Tucker, 51, appeared in circuit court for sentencing in the November assault.
"This is one of the few cases that turns my stomach. To take a two-week-old puppy and bludgeon his significant other to the point that she requires hospitalization and the puppy is dead ... is incomprehensible."
Tucker, who has a lengthy criminal record, pleaded guilty in December to one count of third-offense domestic violence as a second-time habitual offender. As part of a plea agreement in the case, one count of killing/torturing animals was dismissed and Tucker was able to avoid being convicted as a fourth-time habitual offender.
A Cobbs agreement between Tucker and the court called for no prison time for Tucker and entry into the Swift and Sure Sanctions Program. A Cobbs plea allows for defendants to enter a guilty plea in a case that can later be withdrawn if a judge's sentence falls outside the terms put forth by the judge before a defendant entered their plea.
Reisterer argued Tuesday for Tucker to be sent to prison. According to court documents, Tucker has prior convictions for third-offense domestic violence in 2005, fleeing police in 2006 and writing counterfeit checks in 2008.
Circuit Judge Alexander C. Lipsey also noted during Tuesday's sentencing that Tucker was previously convicted of second-offense domestic violence in 1999, 2001 and 2013 and illegal entry and malicious destruction of property in 2010.
Lipsey on Tuesday stuck to the terms of the Cobbs agreement and sentenced Tucker to six months in jail with credit for 68 days already served, as well as four years of probation and entry into the Swift and Sure Sanctions Program. He ordered Tucker to pay state fees and restitution and told Tucker that failure to successfully complete Swift and Sure could result in prison time.
"The court looked fairly extensively at the history in this particular matter and it does appear the defendant has potential anger issues," Lipsey said. "There is a point at which the system can help but help is the operative word. The initiative has to come from the defendant, he has to be able to figure out if he's willing to accept help and act on it."
Tucker, according to court documents, punched his girlfriend in November, leaving her with a "severely swollen eye." He then took the puppy and repeatedly struck the woman with the animal.
After the assault, fecal matter from the puppy was found on the woman, according to court documents.
In court Tuesday, the woman told Lipsey that Tucker's actions "put me in a real dark place" and that she was not able to see for weeks because of her injuries. She also said that she's struggled with depression since the assault.
"I was hurt, scared in my own house, being attacked in my own house," the woman said. "I'm still scared and I shouldn't have to feel like that from someone I cared about, someone I loved.
"... He's going to find the wrong broken person and either they're going to kill him or he's going to kill them."
Tucker said little in court Tuesday other than to say that he wanted his property back from his former girlfriend and would give her property that's in his possession back to the woman at that point.
Tucker's attorney, Robert Champion, asked Lipsey to sentence Tucker to time already served and order him to enter the Swift and Sure program.
Roberto Almeida, 41, of 1296 W. Oriole Court, Round Lake, faces four felony counts, also including predatory criminal sexual assault. He is being held in Lake County jail on $1 million bond.
“Nothing happened in the churches, we don’t want to implicate the churches,” Gillette said.
The case currently involves two churches, Gillette said, but he would not say which because the investigation is ongoing.
According to police, the charges stem from an alleged assault that occurred at Almeida’s home.
“Right now we are pretty confident he used churches to vet out possible victims. He’d build trust with the family and kids,” Gillette said. “He wasn’t a group leader or anything. He made himself a mentor on his own. He would befriend families and kids.”
Almeida allegedly volunteered to watch kids and offered to take them camping, Gillette said. According to Gillette, he was targeting boys between 10 and 13 years old.
At least one of the churches took note of suspicious behavior, Gillette said.
“They started getting suspicious and then he moved onto a different church,” he said.
With that in mind, Round Lake Police expressed concerned that there might be more victims.
“We’re hoping people see the picture and read the story and say ‘I was 12 and he did that to me,’” Gillette said.
The Round Lake Police investigation began Dec. 3 after the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services contacted the department with information about a young man who said he was sexually abused several years ago by a church volunteer.
Anyone with information or suspicious related to the case are encouraged call Detective Sgt. David Prus at (847) 546-8112.
Armando Colon, 19, and Deon Reece, 16, who was charged as an adult, were ordered held on $150,000 bail each Thursday on charges of holding up delivery men for Domino’s Pizza and the Alice Garden Chinese restaurant at gunpoint.
The bond hearing was delayed temporarily after Reece told his public defender that Judge Peggy Chiampas had spoken at his high school.
After learning that Reece attended Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Chiampas said she thought she had spoken at a career day there and didn’t recall Reece. Reece agreed to continue his bond hearing before Chiampas.
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Former McDonald's Corp workers in Virginia on Thursday filed a civil rights lawsuit against the world's largest fast-food chain and the owner of restaurants where they worked in the latest bid to hold the chain legally responsible for the actions of its franchisees.
Nine African-American and one Hispanic worker claimed they were subjected to "rampant racial and sexual harassment" by supervisors at three restaurants run by McDonald's franchisee Michael Simon, who operates as Soweva Co. The workers are also claiming wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia.
The workers alleged they called McDonald's corporate office to complain about the discrimination and their firings, but that the company did nothing.
Representatives from McDonald's were not immediately available for comment.
In the lawsuit, the workers alleged that McDonald's Corp has control over nearly every aspect of its franchised restaurants' operations, including hiring, firing, wage-setting, scheduling, training and discipline.
Paul Smith, an associate at Patterson Harkavy LLP who represents the workers, said courts look to the degree of control and authority over franchisee operations when determining if a franchisor is a joint employer.
About a month ago, the general counsel of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against McDonald's Corp, which could hold it liable for violations by its franchisees. Restaurant workers from across the country claimed they were fired or intimidated for participating in union organizing and in protests calling for higher wages.
The outcome of those cases could affect a wide swath of industries, including hotel chains, manufacturers, construction firms and fast-food chains like McDonald's.
Pending class-action lawsuits filed last year in California, Michigan and New York also seek to hold McDonald's responsible for alleged wage theft and other violations by franchisees.
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