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  • D.C. Mother Demands Answers After Her Children Were Kidnapped from School

    D.C. Mother Demands Answers After Her Children Were Kidnapped from School

    A mother living in the Southeast D.C. area is asking for answers from the school district after her two children were released to a woman claiming to be the child’s parent, DC News Now reported. 

    Capria Phillips said she received the worst phone call of her life while at work on March 7 from Turner Elementary School, where her two boys attend. Her boys, 5 years old and the other 4 years old, were reportedly kidnapped from the school building after school officials gave the children to a woman named

    “Jessica”

    who claimed to be the legal guardian of the children. Phillips was informed by school attendants, who later found out they released the children to a stranger, that the children were already taken, asking if she knew the woman which Phillips did not. 

    The frantic mother rushed over to the school but her children were already gone.

    “My children were basically given away that day,”

    Capri told DC News Now.

    “Those few hours, everything was going through my head. I didn’t know if I’d see my boys again, I didn’t know if they’d come back harmed or not,”

    said Phillips. 

    According to a court affidavit, a woman who had previous relations with the kid’s father, showed up to the school using a

    “fictitious name of ‘Jessica Smart’ and stated she was the mother of (the children). The school failed to check ID and confirm that (she) was the children’s legal guardian.”

    Documents also state that the woman

    “later used the kids as leverage to contact their father,”

    who she also shares a son with, in an attempt to

    “see the son she shares with him.” 

    Police were able to locate the woman and safely recover the children. The woman was charged with two counts of kidnapping. Phillips has also taken her kids out of Turner Elementary School and wants an apology and actions enforced to prevent this from happening to any other family. 

    In a statement, the District said,

    “DC Public Schools takes any incidents or allegations regarding student safety and well-being very seriously. The Turner Elementary School administration worked closely with DCPS Police and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to promptly address this matter on March 7.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Mother Wins $2 Million Scratch-off After Spending Entire Life Savings on Breast Cancer Treatments for Her Daughter

    Mother Wins $2 Million Scratch-off After Spending Entire Life Savings on Breast Cancer Treatments for Her Daughter

    A Florida mother who spent her life savings to help pay for her daughter’s breast cancer treatments became a millionaire after winning a scratch-off ticket, per Insider.

    Geraldine Gimblet, of Lakeland, Florida stopped at a gas station in the city to buy her favorite scratch-off ticket, the Bonus Cashword. When she arrived the clerk told her there was no more left, but Gimblet determined, asked him to take another look.

    “I asked him to double-check because I like the crossword games the best. He found the last one!”

    Gimblet told lottery officials. The clerk handed Gimblet the last ticket which happened to be the winning ticket of $2 million.

    Gimblet and her family experienced two miracles as her daughter had just finished her cancer treatment a day before her huge win.

    “The day before my mom bought this ticket, I rang the bell and walked out of the hospital after completing my last treatment for breast cancer,”

    her daughter, who was not named, shared with lottery officials.

    “My mom had taken out her life savings to take care of me when I was sick. Im just so happy for her!”

    Gimblet, her daughter, and her granddaughter were all smiles as they posed with their winning check at the lottery headquarters in Tallahassee on Friday. Gimblet decided on the lump sum option, taking home her $1.6 million prize win.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Chinese Authorities Arrest Man Who Allegedly Scared His Neighbors Chicken to Death as Part of a Revenge Scheme

    Chinese Authorities Arrest Man Who Allegedly Scared His Neighbors Chicken to Death as Part of a Revenge Scheme

    A Chinese man is accused of trespassing onto his neighbor’s property and scaring thousands of the man’s chickens to death in an alleged revenge plot, NY Post reported. 

    The suspect, who was only identified by his surname Gu, reportedly had an ongoing feud with his neighbor, identified as Zhong. Gu reportedly sneaked onto Zhong’s property with a flashlight and shined it into the coop that held a flock of chickens, causing them to panic and trample one another to death. Unfortunately, 500 chickens died as a result.

    Police arrested Gu and he was ordered to pay his neighbor 3,000 yuan, or $436. However, that didn’t stop Gu from spinning the block one last time. According to China Daily, Gu became more irate over the payment and went back to  Zhong’s chicken coop and performed the same lethal act. Officials say a total of 1,100 chickens were slain in the two massacres.

    According to the outlet, the dispute between the two neighbors began in April 2022 when Gu cut down Zhong’s trees without his permission.

    Gu was charged with

    “intentionally caused property loss”

    and is ordered to pay Zhong 13,840 yuan, or $2,015. Gu will serve six months in prison with one year of probation, reports reveal. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • 6 Injured In Shooting At South Carolina Beach During High School Senior Skip Day

    6 Injured In Shooting At South Carolina Beach During High School Senior Skip Day

    Six people were caught in the crossfire of a shooting at a beach in Isle of Palms, South Carolina after multiple fights broke out between high school seniors who were reportedly participating in senior skip day, CNN reported. 

    Gunshots broke out Friday at around 5:20 p.m. ET in the coastal city of Isle of Palms, Police Chief Kevin Cornett said during a news conference. Hundreds of people including several high school students were on the beach at the time of the shooting. According to police, seniors from multiple high schools were taking part in senior skip day when several fights ensued. Shots were fired and five individuals were hit. 

    Cornett said,

    “Five of those injured were around the age of 18.”

    “One adult woman in her mid-30s or early 40s was also wounded,”

    Cornett added. Those who were injured were transported to the hospital, where they suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were released the following day, reports note. 

    Two suspects, ages 16 and 18 were taken into custody and charged with unlawful carry of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm, the release stated. Police continue to investigate, police chief Cornett told the outlet. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Man Arrested After Beating Grocery Store Worker with Frozen Fish Because The Store Closed Early, Prosecutors Allege

    Man Arrested After Beating Grocery Store Worker with Frozen Fish Because The Store Closed Early, Prosecutors Allege

    A Michigan man is behind bars after allegedly beating a grocery store worker with a frozen fish this past weekend, prosecutors claim per Insider.

    The incident occurred at the Desi Fruit Market in Warren on Sunday night around 7:13 pm, prosecutors revealed. The suspect, reportedly became violent after the store clerk told him that the fish counter closed early because of Ramadan.

    “The fish counter clerk explained that the fish counter closed at 7:00 pm due to the Ramadan holiday,”

    the office’s press release said.

    “The suspect became angry and argued with the clerk,”

    the office’s press release added.

    According to the prosecutor’s office, the man then grabbed a

    “four-pound frozen hilsa fish, a kind of herring, and ‘assaulted the clerk on the head.’”

    The grocery store clerk had to be taken to the hospital and the suspect was charged with one count of aggravated assault, reports reveal. 

    “I never thought I’d have to say this, but if you assault someone with a fish in our county you will be prosecuted. A frozen fish is dangerous if you use it to hit someone on the head,”

    Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido told Insider. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

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  • Sister Swallows Cell Phone During Fight with Brother, Had To Undergo 2-hour Surgery To Remove It

    Sister Swallows Cell Phone During Fight with Brother, Had To Undergo 2-hour Surgery To Remove It

    An 18-year-old girl living in India put her life on the line after swallowing a cell phone during a fight with her brother to stop him from getting it, NY Post reported. 

    The siblings were reportedly fighting over the gadget when the sister decided no one was going to have it.

    “As tempers flared during their argument, she took an impulsive step by swallowing the cell phone,”

    an unnamed doctor who performed surgery on the teen told the Times of India. 

    The doctor described how the girl began feeling

    “severe abdominal pain”

    and experienced

    “persistent vomiting.”

    She had to be rushed to the Jaya Arogya Hospital in the city of Gwalior, according to the outlet. Upon arrival, the teen was given a CT scan, X-ray, and ultrasound. Doctors revealed that they weren’t able to extract the device

    “via less invasive methods, such as an endoscopy”

    leaving surgery as the only alternative. 

    The teen underwent a two-hour operation. Fortunately, the phone was removed and she remains in stable condition, according to the presiding surgeon Dr. Naveen Kushwah per the Post. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Teacher Caught On Video Repeatedly Using N-word, Tells Class They’re Being ‘Oversensitive’ About It

    Teacher Caught On Video Repeatedly Using N-word, Tells Class They’re Being ‘Oversensitive’ About It

    A middle school teacher in Fontana, California was caught on video repeatedly saying the N-word during class, ABC News reported. 

    The teacher reportedly teaches language arts at Sequoia Middle School in California and was reading a Mark Twain novel to the class when one student pointed out the spelling of the word in the book. The video which was recorded by one of the classmates shows the teacher continually badgering the child to say the word. 

    “Say it!” the teacher can be heard saying in the video. “You asked me how to spell it, so go ahead and pronounce it. N****r. Pronounce it after me, n****r.”

    The student who shot the video on her phone said she was shocked to hear that coming from the teacher.

    “I was just thinking, ‘Dang, this teacher is out of her mind,’”

    said the child.

    “The teacher got in front of the class and she was saying that the word is just an English word and everybody can say it if she wants to, it’s in the dictionary, and people are oversensitive over the word,”

    the student recalled, who’s African American.

    “She was trying to force him to say the word and she repeatedly kept saying it and she had a smirk on her face,”

    she added.

    It is unclear whether any action was taken against the teacher.

    “While we acknowledge that this derogatory language comes from a novel first published in the late 1800s, and that historical context is important to consider when discussing literature, the district does not condone the language that was used in the video or using that language outside of the context of discussing the novel,”

    The Fontana Unified School District told ABC News. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Files $40 Million Lawsuit Against School Administrators

    Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Files $40 Million Lawsuit Against School Administrators

    Virginia teacher, Abigail Zwerner, who was shot by her 6-year-old student has filed a $40 million lawsuit against school officials, claiming that they failed to protect her after reporting multiple acts of violence from the student, reported Insider. 

    Zwerner, who worked as a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, filed a lawsuit against school administrators who she says ignored several warning signs before she was shot, a press release published by her lawyers said. 

    “The child who shot Ms. Zwerner had a history of violence with both students and teachers,”

    her attorney said in the press release. 

    According to the Washington Post earlier this year, before the shooting, the child had written a note to Zwerner stating that he

    “hated her and wanted to light her on fire and watch her die,”

    which was reported to school administrators. Two days before the shooting, the student reportedly

    “slammed Zwerner’s phone on the ground,”

    causing the screen to break, he was suspended for one day the release also said. 

    On the day of the shooting school officials were notified about the child carrying a gun in the building. They conducted multiple searches but did not retrieve the firearm. The same day, Zwerner was shot by the child in the middle of class, surviving a gunshot wound to the chest. 

    “Essentially, this child was a ticking time bomb on school property and the administration chose to ignore the problem,”

    one of Zwerner’s lawyers, Jeffrey Breit, said in the press release.

    “Abigail Zwerner deserved more from the school system and now she will live with the results of their neglect for the rest of their life,”

    he added. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • 2 Men Die by Electrocution After Attempting to Break Into Georgia Substation

    2 Men Die by Electrocution After Attempting to Break Into Georgia Substation

    Two Georgia men died by electrocution after attempting to break into a power company substation, Fox News reported. 

    Police identified the men as 45-year-old Shane Joseph Long and Christopher Blair Wood, 44. The men allegedly tried to break into the Georgia Power Co. substation on Monday. Gainesville Police said the men tried to steal

    “copper wiring when they were killed,”

    reports note. 

    Emergency crews responded to a call about an explosion/ possible fire however, hours passed before the bodies were recovered due to the danger of the electricity. Medical professionals are conducting autopsies for the two men. 

     “I’m not sure what they were trying to steal… One of the officers retrieved a backpack from that area, and I’m assuming it’s one of theirs. And, you know, how much could they have carried out, a couple $100 worth of stuff? And just the loss of life for that? It’s sad. It’s heartbreaking,”

    Pap Datta, owner of the adjoining Liquid Nation Brewing, told The Times of Gainesville.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Megan Thee Stallion Fan Posed As Police Officer At Concert In An Attempt To Get Close To Her

    Megan Thee Stallion Fan Posed As Police Officer At Concert In An Attempt To Get Close To Her

    A crazed Megan Thee Stallion fan posed as a police officer in an attempt to get close to the rapper, AllHipHip reported. 

    Trayvone Lil Darus Stevenson, 28, was arrested at the Houston native’s Final Four Fest concert at Discovery Green for allegedly dressing in a

    “‘Police K-9’ vest and impersonating a police officer.”

    According to the outlet, officers were able to apprehend Stevenson just before Megan took the stage.

    Stevenson told police he was there working as security at the concert, which was evidently untrue. He was taken to the Harris County Jail where his bond is set at $20,000. This is reportedly Stevenson’s first-ever offense however, according to Texas Law

    “impersonating a public servant in Texas is a third-degree felony.”

    Stevenson can face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

    “You cannot go and impersonate an officer to get into a concert venue,”

    prosecutor Mathew Jackson told reporters. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?