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  • 97-Year-Old Froze To Death Near Door of Assisted-Living Center In Colorado, Family Lawsuit Says

    97-Year-Old Froze To Death Near Door of Assisted-Living Center In Colorado, Family Lawsuit Says

    An assisted living center in Louisville, Colorado is now facing a wrongful death lawsuit almost a year after an elderly resident was found frozen to death outside of the facility in February of 2022, Fox News reported.

    Mary Jo Staub was placed in the care of Balfour at Lavender Farms after she had been been experiencing confusion, depression and memory loss, and was determined by healthcare professionals to need close monitoring. With the starting rates of $7,500 a month, Staub’s relatives paid an additional $1,500 every month for heightened care. Despite their extra efforts to keep their loved one safe, no one was watching Staub when she wandered outside in below-freezing temperatures in the middle of the night.

    In a surveillance video, Staub is seen wandering the facility, getting locked out, and then banging on the doors for help. She made her way to a snow mound that was near the nurse’s station’s window and climbed it, but injured herself trying to get their attention. According to CBS News, she then crawled on her hands and knees towards the doors again, leaving a blood trail. Despite banging on a glass window for five hours, “No one at Lavender Farms was monitoring the security cameras that night,” the lawsuit states. “Not a single Balfour employee noticed Staub was locked out of the facility… Not a single Balfour employee was present to help Mary Jo in any way.”

    The Louisville Police Department did not press criminal charges against any of the employees responsible for Staub’s death, but the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment conducted their own investigation and issued eight violations against the facility. Their findings were also listed in the lawsuit.

    “Mary Jo will be greatly missed by all that knew her and forever be an inspiration to her family on how hard work, grit and determination will take one far in life,” her obituary read. “Rest In Peace. You are loved beyond words. A life well lived.”

  • Released Video Footage Shows Armed Robbery Of Florida Amazon Delivery Truck Driver

    Released Video Footage Shows Armed Robbery Of Florida Amazon Delivery Truck Driver

    Two Florida men are now in police custody after a deliver truck driver was robbed at gunpoint earlier this month. A video of the incident was taken on dashboard camera and released by Orange County Sheriff’s Office, showing 22-year-old Arkimase Divinard and 23-Year-old Joel Junior Aime before their arrests, Law And Crime reports.

    After completing a delivery at an apartment complex, an Amazon driver noticed Aime near the driver’s side door of his company-issued van. Thinking nothing of it, he enters the vehicle from the rear sliding door on the passenger’s side, and is followed inside by Divinard.

    “[Divinard] told the delivery driver he had a gun and wasn’t afraid to shoot him,” the affidavit says. “[Divinard] then pointed a silver handgun at the delivery driver and demanded his belongings.”

    With a handgun pressed against his neck, Divinard demands the victim to tell him the phone’s passcode and his debit card’s pin. He then takes around 10 packages and flees the scene. As the robbery occurred, a witness ran to flag down police. During the arrest, Divinard became enraged, and caused self-inflicted harm while in custody, but his partner was arrested without incident.

    “The two suspects are back behind bars where they belong, facing charges of robbery with a firearm,” the now deleted Orange County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post said. “With a criminal history that includes 85 felony charges and 11 felony convictions between them, we hope they will stay locked up for a long, long time.”

  • Mariah Carey Speaks About Refusing To Pay For Siblings Hospital Bills In Autobiography: Older Sister “Tried To Sell Me To A Pimp”

    Mariah Carey Speaks About Refusing To Pay For Siblings Hospital Bills In Autobiography: Older Sister “Tried To Sell Me To A Pimp”

    Mariah Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. With over 220 million records sold worldwide, she holds the records for most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist, a female songwriter, and a female producer. Despite her being the highest certified female artist in the United States, 53-year-old “Songbird Supreme” has struggled with maintaining her relationships with her family members. In her autobiography, “The Meaning of Mariah,” the award winning singer and actress reveals why she made the decision to cut ties with her brother and sister.

    Growing up, Mariah Carey’s family struggles financially. When her parents divorced, her mother worked multiple jobs in order to support them. After her rise to fame, Mariah Carey took on the financial responsibilities of her family, including her older siblings: sister Alison and brother Morgan. With the combination of feeling used, mixed with resentment, she became low-contact with them.

    “When I was 12 years old, my sister drugged me with valium, offered me a pinky nail full of cocaine, inflicted me with third-degree burns, and tried to sell me out to a pimp,” she recalls.

    After years of therapy, Carey decided that the trauma they inflicted was too great, and cut them out of her life for good.

    “For my sanity and peace of mind, my therapist encouraged me to literally rename and reframe my family. My mother became Pat to me, Morgan my ex-brother, and Alison my ex-sister… I had to stop expecting them to one day miraculously become the mommy, big brother, and big sister I fantasized about.”

    In 2016, Morgan Carey spoke to The Sun, claiming his celebrity sibling refused to pay his and their sister’s hospital bills, despite his failed attempts to get ahold of her, Animated Times reports. After the release of her book, Alison and Morgan Carey have filed a defamation suit. Though the songstress has distanced herself with her brother and sister, she has created a family with her children, friends, and millions of adoring fans.

  • New York Man Sent Estranged Wife Cryptic Message Before Fatally Their Shooting 14-Year-Old Daughter: “This Is How It sends For Us”

    New York Man Sent Estranged Wife Cryptic Message Before Fatally Their Shooting 14-Year-Old Daughter: “This Is How It sends For Us”

    Throughout the month of January, Heather Wood received multiple harassing and threatening text messages from her estranged husband, Christopher Wood. Though she was still legally married to the 51-year-old, they were legally separated and living apart. According to People, Christopher was confronted by police for stalking, but Heather regretfully never pressed charges. Ava, their daughter and a ninth-grader at Durgee Junior High School, went back and forth between her parents’ homes.

    On January 20th, Mrs. Wood received a call from Ava’s school informing her that her daughter was reported as absent. She immediately recalled a cryptic text she received from her soon-to-be ex the night before that read, “This is how it ends for us.” Frightened, she called police to perform a welfare check, and Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office sent deputies out to Christopher Wood’s New York home.

    Inside the home, police discovered the bodies of Christopher and Ava in their rooms, each with fatal gunshot wounds. The murder weapon, a shotgun that was purchased 16 days before the murder-suicide, was found next to Christopher.

    Ava, who was an honor student and soccer player, was known for her “competitive spirit and a love for life” as well as “for the strong relationships she had with family and friends,” her obituary reads. In order to support her mother during the tragic loss of her beloved daughter, a GoFundMe that raised over $50,000 was created to pay for the funeral expenses.

    “She was kind, gentle, and had the most loving spirit, the fundraiser stated. “She loved her teammates and her friends and shared many memories on and off the field with them. She was deeply adored by her momma, and her family and she instantly stole the hearts of all those around her.”

  • Florida Woman Accused Of Defrauding 87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Of Almost $3 Million

    Florida Woman Accused Of Defrauding 87-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Of Almost $3 Million

    On Wednesday, January 25th, a Florida woman was arrested for allegedly defrauding an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, The Guardian reported. “Today, we allege the defendant callously preyed on a senior citizen simply seeking companionship, defrauding him of his life savings,” said FBI assistant director Michael J Driscoll on the day of the arrest.

    The accused, Peaches Stergo, met the victim on a dating website in 2014, posing as a woman named “Alice Watson.” In 2017, the 38-year-old told the unnamed elderly man that she had won a lawsuit from a car accident she was in, and needed money to pay her lawyer in order to receive the settlement funds. Despite her never being a part of a suit, he wrote her a check of $25,000. Later, she told the victim that if she wasn’t given more money, the bank would freeze her account and prevent her from paying him back. She even disguised her voice to pose as a bank employee to facilitate the ruse.

    Within five years, Stergo received 62 checks totaling $2.8 million. The accused reportedly used the money to pay for several homes, cars, designer clothing, international trips, name brand clothing, jewelry, and gold and silver bars. While she and her husband were embracing a luxurious lifestyle, her victim lost his life savings and was forced to move out of his Manhattan home.

    Peaches Stergo has since been charged with one count of wire fraud. If convicted, she could face up to 20 years in prison.

  • Arkansas Pastor And Founder Of Halfway House Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Resident

    Arkansas Pastor And Founder Of Halfway House Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Resident

    In May of 2021, Pastor Thomas Gilman Hartman and his wife founded Wings of Peace, a Christian transitional living facility for those who were released from prison. The purpose of the halfway house was to provide help and support to the previously incarcerated as they transitioned into their new lives while remaining sober. Though he claimed to provide services and basic necessities to former drug offenders, investigators discovered Hartman was using his position of power to sexually assault one of his residents, The Arkansas Democrat reports.

    A 23-year-old, who was required to live at the location because he was on probation, told authorities that he had known Hartman for around fives years and had considered him a father figure. His feelings changed when he was forced to engage in sexual intercourse multiple times with the pastor. The victim says he obliged because Hartman had bonded him out of jail, and he was afraid that he would be turned in if he decided to leave or report his assaults.

    Hartman admitted to the sexual contact with the victim, but claims that the acts were consensual. According to The Arkansas Democrat, Hartman has a history of committing sexual abuse. In 1998, he was convicted of sexual assault in the second degree of a child and was released on parole five years later. He is currently registered as level 3 sex offender.

    On January 20th, Hartman was arrested and charged with sexual assault. While searching his home, deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office discovered a rifle and he was later charged with possession of a firearm by certain persons. Despite his history, Hartman was released on a $150,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment February 27th.

  • UK Man Sentenced To 11.5 Years In Prison For Hate Speech Videos Linked To Mass Shooters

    UK Man Sentenced To 11.5 Years In Prison For Hate Speech Videos Linked To Mass Shooters


    In May of last year, a gunmen entered a supermarket in Buffalo, New York and fatally shot teen Black people. Half a year later, in November, another mass shooting in a Colorado Springs LGBT night club took the lives of five and injured twenty-five. Though these murderers, who intentionally targeted marginalized groups of people, were mostly met with disdain, a select few influenced them.

    Earlier today, a 19-year-old from the United Kingdom was sentenced to 11 1/2 years in prison for five counts of encouraging terrorism, and one count of possession of material for terrorist purposes for attempting to make a gun with a 3D printer, BBC reported. Before his arrest, Daniel Harris made dozens of far-right online posts and videos that glorified and praised mass killings. The British teen’s videos were liked and shared by the attackers of the Buffalo and Colorado Springs mass shootings, where he called for the “total extermination of subhumans.” Judge Patrick Field, who announced the sentence, described Harris’ footage as “vile antisemitic, racist, misogynistic and homophobic.”

    “What they did was truly appalling, but what they did was no more than what you intended to encourage others to do when publishing this material online,” Field said at Harris’ sentencing. “You intended to encourage terrorism, and it’s plain that what was being encouraged was lethal, racist and anti-Semitic violence, as well as violence against the gay community.”

  • Woman Asleep In Car Wakes Up To Find Stranger Driving Her Away From Rest Stop

    Woman Asleep In Car Wakes Up To Find Stranger Driving Her Away From Rest Stop

    In Columbia County, Wisconsin, a woman who was sleeping in her car parked at a Love’s Truck Stop, while her husband went inside to use the bathroom, woke to a stranger driving at high speeds, NBC 15 reported. Video footage from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office captured the January 14th pursuit.

    When the female victim spoke to dispatch, she informed them that she didn’t know her location, but read road names and signs that were around the city of Lodi, Wisconsin. During the call, the victim and suspect are also heard arguing.

    “ You know, you should get back,” the victim said.
    “I will. OK, I’m going back,” Wagner said.
    “No, you are not,” the victim responded.

    In police documents, the car thief and kidnapper reportedly told the victim that he was a truck driver and that there was “a conspiracy and that people wanted to kill them so he was saving her.” He also falsely told her that her husband was dead.

    At around 4 A.M., officers located the vehicle and began to chase it. Police dash cams show the car swerving and crossing over to the wrong side of traffic. Half an hour later, a police vehicle used tire deflation devices and a chase tactic, causing the car to hit a guardrail and lift into the air.

    The suspect left the vehicle first, and runs to safety. Police then arrest Kyle Wagner, who admitted to have recently using fentanyl and meth. The 51-year-old has since been charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, false imprisonment, attempting to flee or elude an officer, and possession of methamphetamine. Wagner is being held on a $40,000 cash bond, and is scheduled to appear in court in February.

  • Man Called Mom To Confess To Random Killings At Convenience Store Before Fatally Shooting Himself

    Man Called Mom To Confess To Random Killings At Convenience Store Before Fatally Shooting Himself

    On Tuesday, January 24th, at around 3:30 A.M., Jarid Haddock drove to an ARCO gas station in Yakima, Washington. When the 21-year-old pulled on the doors and discovered that they were locked, he walked across the street to a Circle K convenience store. According to CNN, Haddock then fatally shoots two customers that were waiting for their food and walks away. After he leaves the store, Haddock kills another person that was standing outside, before crossing the street to return to his vehicle and flee the scene.

    “There was no interaction between him and people,” explained the Yakima Police Chief, Matt Murray. “They were just sitting there getting food and got surprised by this person who came in. . . And literally as he was opening the door, he started shooting these people.”

    Later that day, Haddock asked a shopper inside a Target if he could borrow her cell phone. When the woman agreed, she heard him confess to his mother about the killings. “I killed those people,” the witness heard him admit before saying he planned to kill himself next. After he returned the shopper’s phone, she immediately notified police.

    “I listened to that call- it’s pretty harrowing,” Murray said. “I have to really thank her again, because she was very courageous in getting us there.”

    Minutes after being provided with his location, Yakima police arrived to the Target and found Haddock hiding behind nearby warehouses. As officers attempted to approach him, Haddock fatally shot himself in the head, NBC reported.

    Though the identities of Haddock’s three victims have yet to be released, it was discovered that the suspect has a history of criminal activity. In March of 2020, he was arrested for fleeing police after being pulled over for stealing a car that had been left running. Haddock later completed a diversion program, despite violating its terms after being discovered using methamphetamine or heroin.

  • 29-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Enrolling In High School And Posing As Student

    29-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Enrolling In High School And Posing As Student

    A 29-year-old woman in New Brunswick, New Jersey has been arrested after enrolling at a high school and posing as a student, NBC News reported. Officials say that the woman, later identified as Hyejeong Shin, attended New Brunswick High School for several days before her true age was discovered.

    According to New Jersey statutes, all public schools are required by law to “immediately enroll unaccompanied children, even in the absence of records normally required for enrollment,” but the school district is permitted to request additional documents at a later date to verify a student’s age. In this case, Hyejeong Shin had provided a fake birth certificate to do so.

    School employees immediately grew suspicious after Shin’s enrollment, and the woman spent the majority of her schooldays with guidance counselors who were trying to coax information from her. She participated in only two classes, and spent more time with her actual peers (other adults) than the high school students.

    The high school employees were eventually able to uncover “this woman’s ruse and enable us to address this situation promptly,” New Brunswick Public School District Superintendent Aubrey Johnson said Tuesday, during a Board of Education meeting. “All appropriate authorities were immediately notified and the individual in question was arrested for providing false documentation,” he explained, later stating that she was barred from district property.

    Hyejeong Shin has since been arrested and charged with one count of providing a false government document. New Brunswick Police Department has yet to provide any information about Shin’s intentions, so her motive remains unclear.