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  • Massachusetts Bill Will Allow Inmates To Trade Their Organs For A Reduced Prison Sentence

    Massachusetts Bill Will Allow Inmates To Trade Their Organs For A Reduced Prison Sentence

    A new bill proposed by Massachusetts lawmakers will allow inmates to donate their organs for a shorter sentence, CBS News reported.

    Democratic Reps. Judith Garcia, of Chelsea, and Carlos Gonzalez of Springfield sponsored the bill which will give inmates the choice of 60 days to a year off their prison sentence

    “on the condition that the incarcerated individual has donated bone marrow or organ(s).”

    Their justification for the bill is that it will

    “restore bodily autonomy to incarcerated folks”

    and increase the number of donors, especially for people of color who have a hard time finding a match. However, the proposed bill has since sparked controversy with critics calling it

    “illegal.” 

    “It’s like you’re harvesting organs. It just doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t feel humane… You’re bargaining with vulnerable people over their time,”

    Project Turnaround founder Romilda Pereira told the Boston Globe. 

    “There are certainly ways we can engage our free communities in educating them about the options of organ and bone marrow donation,”

    Monik Jiménez a Brigham & Women’s Hospital epidemiologist said.

    “But going to our incarcerated population as a source is problematic, at best, and exploitative.”  

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • LSU Closed Over 300 Reported Sexual Assault Cases Without Discipline In One Year

    LSU Closed Over 300 Reported Sexual Assault Cases Without Discipline In One Year

    In the wake of the tragic death and rape of Louisiana State University’s student Madison Brooks, new details have revealed that the University had closed more than 300 reported cases of sexual assault, per Fox News. 

    According to the outlet, there were 308 cases of sexual assault reported to LSU between October 2021 and September 2022. Of those total cases only 26 reports were followed up with. Reports reveal that more than 80% of the cases reported were closed due to

    “complainant not responsive to outreach,”

    “complainant requested supportive measures only”

    or the

    “complainant requested no further action.” 

    LSU spokesperson Abbi Rocha Laymoun defended the campus telling Fox News Digital that there have been

    “significant improvements to our Title IX operations,”

    and each sexual assault victim’s process toward healing is different.

    “Some wish to file a criminal or Title IX complaint, others want health and mental health resources and still others are focused on academic support to help them remain successful in the classroom,”

    Laymoun said. 

    For those who are unaware Title IX is a 1972 federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.

    “Many survivors do not wish to share their experience in those ways,”

    Laymoun continued.

    “A formal resolution is not the only pathway for survivors. That is why resources and supportive measures are available to all survivors, regardless of whether a formal complaint is filed.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • High School Basketball Coach Fired After Impersonating 13-Year-Old Player In JV Game

    High School Basketball Coach Fired After Impersonating 13-Year-Old Player In JV Game

    A High School basketball coach in Virginia was terminated after she was caught impersonating one of her players in a game, NY Post reported. 

    Arlisha Boykins, 22, of Churchland High School is accused of suiting up in her student’s basketball jersey and playing on the junior varsity girl’s basketball team. The assistant coach was caught on video surveillance wearing a black No. 1 jersey when she competed against 14 and 15-year-old girls from Nansemond River reports state. 

    According to the outlet, the Churchland High School JV team was missing one of their players who was out of town for a club basketball tournament, parents of the girl revealed. That is when Boykins stepped in to fill in for the team where she is seen

    “blocking and driving to the basket for a layup”

    in highlights obtained by WAVY TV 10. The 22-year-old is also shown throwing free throws, engaging with other players, and even

    “dove”

    into the stands to retrieve a loose ball. 

    Churchland High School also fired the Truckers’ junior varsity head coach and the head coach of the varsity team who they say

    “encourag[ed] the behavior”

    of Boykins. Parents and the Churchland JV players have chosen to sit out for the rest of the season and not play any more games. 

    The Parents of the 13-year-old player who was at an away game said they will be pulling their daughter out of Churchland.

    “Coaches always preach to the kids about integrity and those types of things, so I was just shocked,”

    the father of the 13-year-old told WAVY.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Transgender Instagram Model Allegedly Killed Dad And Stabbed Sister Over Argument About A Laptop, Police Say

    Transgender Instagram Model Allegedly Killed Dad And Stabbed Sister Over Argument About A Laptop, Police Say

    A transgender Instagram model from Brooklyn allegedly murdered her father and stabbed her little sister over a dispute about a laptop, Fox News reported. 

    Nikki Secondino, 22, who was born Nicholas Secondino is accused of killing her father, Carlo Secondino, 61, and nearly fatally wounding her 19-year-old sister Liana on Dec. 29. The family is said to have a history of violence against one another, the Post reported. 

    According to WNBC, Secondino told investigators that she came out of her bedroom around 5:20 a.m. and when she saw her father sleeping on the couch she took a hammer and bashed it in his head. She then allegedly admitted to

    “grabbing my favorite German steel knife and stabbed the s— out of him,”

    reports state. 

    Hearing the loud noise coming from the living room, the sister stepped in, attempting to stop Secondino, and was stabbed in the back, head, and stomach. Though brutally injured, the teen was described as in stable condition. 

    According to court documents obtained by NY Daily News, Nikki initially told authorities that her family was the victim of a home invasion.

    “They took my f—ing family. Two men broke into the kitchen. They left through the window in the kitchen. They stabbed my father and sister. They tied me up. They tried to rape me,”

    she said according to the court filings.

    Secondino was arrested and indicted in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Monday on a slew of charges including murder and attempted murder. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • TikToker Arrested After Scamming GoFundMe Donors Out Of Thousands After Documenting Fake Cancer ‘Battle’

    TikToker Arrested After Scamming GoFundMe Donors Out Of Thousands After Documenting Fake Cancer ‘Battle’

    An Iowa woman is accused of faking her cancer diagnosis and swindling over $37,000 from concerned donors, NY Post reported. 

    Madison ‘Maddie’ Russo was arrested on Jan. 23 after authorities got wind of the 19-year-old’s TikTok campaign where she documented her journey with

    “Stage 2 pancreatic cancer, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.”

    Russo talked about what it was like being a college student suffering from a tumor

    “the size of a football that wrapped around her spine.”

    However, Maddie’s story began to crumble when anonymous witnesses claiming to be medical professionals said they recognized faulty medical equipment and

    “discrepancies”

    after watching her videos. They notified the police who later issued a search warrant at Russo’s Bettendorf apartment. Police discovered a brown paper bag with medical supplies, an IV pole with a feeding pump filled with cotton swabs, a wig, and pills for nausea in a relative’s name in it, according to the court documents.

    The teen reportedly opened a GoFundMe account where she raised $37,303 from more than 439 anonymous donors, officials said. In her GoFundMe description, it reads,

    “Maddie is currently undergoing vigorous chemotherapy and radiation treatments that make her very sick… As one can imagine, this diagnosis has been very hard on Maddie’s family… If you are able to, donations would be greatly appreciated to help cover medical expenses and to allow Maddie to focus on one thing only, which is to show that she is stronger than cancer and will beat this.”

    The profile has since been removed and donors were reimbursed. 

    Russo was charged with first-degree theft and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Accused Of Murdering Her ‘Look-A-Like’ In An Attempt To Fake Her Own Death

    Woman Accused Of Murdering Her ‘Look-A-Like’ In An Attempt To Fake Her Own Death

    A German woman is behind bars after murdering her

    “doppelganger”

    in an attempt to fake her own death, police say per the NY Post. 

    The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Sharaban K. is accused of luring German beauty blogger, Khadidja O., to the woods and fatally stabbing her over 50 times. The victim, who is also 23 years old is a well-known beauty blogger in Germany. 

    Investigators say Sharaban searched Instagram and dm’d multiple women that had a resembled her physical appearance.

    “It has been confirmed that the accused had contacted several women via Instagram before the act who seemed to look similar to her,”

    Attorney General Veronika Grieser told local publication, Bild.

    “It can be assumed that the suspect wanted to go into hiding, due to internal disputes with her family, and fake her own death,”

    she added. 

    Police discovered the body in Ingolstadt, Germany in the backseat of Sharaban’s Mercedes-Benz. Investigators said after tracing the registration of the vehicle they found that it belonged to Sharaban’s family and believed she was the victim of the heinous crime. However, after an autopsy was performed they discovered that the body was actually that of Khadidja O. Police spokesman Andreas Aichele told Bild that the injuries to the victim’s face made her unrecognizable.

    “The victim was killed with more than 50 stab wounds and her face was badly injured. That was brutal in the extreme,”

    he stated.

    Sharaban K. and her boyfriend, Sheqir K., who helped her carry out the vicious slaying of Khadidja were arrested and charged with murder. They face life in prison if convicted.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Doctor Convicted Of Fraud After Reusing Single-use Tools For Sinus Surgeries ‘Hundreds Of Times’

    Doctor Convicted Of Fraud After Reusing Single-use Tools For Sinus Surgeries ‘Hundreds Of Times’

    A North Carolina ENT Doctor has been convicted of fraud after she was caught reusing single-use tools for sinus surgeries hundreds of times, Dailymail reported. 

    Anita Louise Jackson, 59, owned three offices of Greater Carolina Ear, Nose and Throat where she defrauded her patients by reusing single-use devices from 2011 to the end of 2017. According to the outlet, Jackson utilized only 36 devices for 1,400 procedures. Jackson is accused of performing these heinous acts on her patients who were on Medicare. 

    Jackson reportedly had been operating balloon sinuplasty procedures, which treats chronic sinusitis where she used Entellus XprESS, an FDA-approved device. However, the FDA only approved it for use on one patient, for one surgery, and then it is meant to be discarded. According to Justice Department officials, records revealed that Jackson had only ordered 36 new devices in the years in which she conducted 1,400 surgeries. She also failed to inform her patients about her malpractice. 

    “This doctor put profit ahead of patients, luring in Medicare patients with free ‘sinus spas’ and risking infection to those patients by reusing the same single-use surgical devices on them again and again,”

    said Michael Easley, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

    She is also accused of using those surgeries to bill Medicare over $46 million.

    Jackson is convicted on charges of fabricating medical and healthcare records, paying illegal remunerations, mail fraud, and conspiracy. She faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted and fines exceeding $250,000. The jury already ordered an appropriation of $4,794,039.31 in Medicare fraud.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Rick Ross Says He Would Never Ride In A Tesla Because They Might Drive Him To Police

    Rick Ross Says He Would Never Ride In A Tesla Because They Might Drive Him To Police

    It looks like Rick Ross won’t be hopping in a Tesla anytime soon. The ‘Stay Schemin’ rapper said he fears that the electric vehicle can possess the power to take him to the authorities against his will, Consequence of Sound reported. 

    “I won’t say I’ll never have a smart car, but I’ve never ridden in a Tesla,”

    Ross said on his Instagram story.

    “Never. Never in my life. I’ve never ridden in a Tesla and the reason being is because I’ve always had in the back of my mind, the government could tap into the brain of the car. ‘OK, where’s Rick? He’s over there. Nah, bring him in for questioning,’”

    he gathered. 

    Ross continued making up multiple scenarios of how the electric vehicle could betray you.

    “N****, like, where I’m going? It’s leaving WingStop. You pull up to the building and the agent walk out. ‘Hey, Rick.’”

    Ross looking over to someone off camera said,

    “What you think it can’t?”

    “So if you get in that muthaf***a, that muthaf***a lock the door and take you where it wanna go. You think you finna smoke a blunt? That b***h will suck the air out that b***h,”

    he continued. In another post, Ross said the self-driving cars could repossess themselves if the owner were to miss a payment.  

    Although Ross’s statements may sound humorous the rapper isn’t totally wrong. According to Insider, Cyber Security Researcher David Colombo hacked into 25 Teslas gaining control of the vehicles in January 2022. Colombo revealed on Twitter that he discovered a

    “security bug”

    in TeslaMate,

    “a popular open-source logging tool that stores sensitive information, including location history, in order to link to the cars,”

    reports state. The bug was later fixed and Colombo explained that he was only able to control certain features and start the car but not move the car remotely. 

    However, Ross, we feel you. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Kaivon Washington, Suspect In The Madison Brooks Rape, Accused Of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl In 2020

    Kaivon Washington, Suspect In The Madison Brooks Rape, Accused Of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl In 2020

    New details into the rape and death of LSU student Madison Brooks have revealed that one of the suspects was involved in a prior rape of a 12-year-old girl in 2020, the NY Post reported. 

    According to documents obtained by WBRZ, Kaivon Washington, 18, was accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at the age of 15. Reports state, that the two attended a birthday party and after the girl left the party to go swimming at an apartment complex Washington allegedly followed and raped her. The incident occurred at Livingston Parish in May or June 2020, reports note. 

    The girl told police that Washington forced her towel off and raped her for about 30 minutes in an apartment. The 12-year-old was taken to the hospital where she was examined. Washington denied the allegations and the case had gone cold until recently. A witness came forward on Friday stating that she had seen Washington go into a room with the victim. 

    “She witnessed the accused enter the victim’s bedroom, but denied hearing any voices or sounds that would have led her to think someone was having sex,”

    the arrest report states.

    “She further stated that she did not hear anyone hollering.”

    Ron Haley, Washington’s lawyer, addressed the allegations against his client and questioned the timing of the witness. 

    “Mr. Washington and his mother cooperated with the investigation two years ago, and law enforcement took no action,”

    Haley said.

    “Upon the review of the new statement from a witness that came forward yesterday, we are concerned not only of the timing of this statement, but whether it meets the threshold of probable cause.”

    Washington was arrested and charged with third-degree rape in connection to the alleged rape of LSU student Madison Brooke who later died from being struck by a vehicle after Washington along with two other men and a 17-year-old boy dumped her on the side of the street.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Boy Playing Hide-And-Seek Discovered In Another Country Six Days Later

    Boy Playing Hide-And-Seek Discovered In Another Country Six Days Later

    A 15-year-old boy accidentally locked himself inside a shipping container while playing hide and seek with friends and was found a week later across the country, India Times reported. 

    The boy identified only by his first name, Fahim of Bangladesh was playing hide and seek with friends when he wandered off into the parked container. The teen reportedly locked himself inside the container and while waiting for friends to find him he fell asleep. 

    The container was taken to a commercial ship where it was transported from Chittagong to Malaysia. The boy who went missing on January 11th was discovered six days later in West Port Klang in Malaysia.

    According to the outlet, Fahim cried out for help from within the container but could not be heard. A Reddit video taken by workers at Port Klang shows the teen emerging from the container seemingly weak and confused. Officials said he had a fever and he was later taken to a nearby hospital. Arrangements for him to return to Bangladesh have been made as soon as he recovers. 

    Investigators initially thought Fahim was a victim of a human trafficking scheme and is happy to know he’s alive. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?