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  • Mother Arrested For Concealing $30,000 Worth Of Drugs On Her Children During Traffic Stop, Prosecutors Say

    Mother Arrested For Concealing $30,000 Worth Of Drugs On Her Children During Traffic Stop, Prosecutors Say

    An Ohio mother was apprehended after authorities discovered an estimated $30,000 worth of illegal pharmaceutical drugs hidden on her children, reports Law & Crime. 

    Victoria N. Barrientos, 27, was initially charged with engaging in

    “corrupt activity, fentanyl trafficking, and money laundering.”

    She now faces additional charges which were brought forth during her appearance in Zanesville Municipal Court, Wednesday. The new charges include,

    “encompass endangering children, corrupting a child with drugs, drug trafficking within a school zone, and drug possession,”

    relating to her arrest. 

    Despite a judge’s ruling to have Barrientos’s bond reduced from $750,000 to $500,000, prosecutors sought to increase it to $1 million following the latest charges. The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office also revealed that Barrientos has an extensive criminal rap sheet, including convictions for drug-related offenses and money laundering. 

    After serving time in prison for money laundering on behalf of her boyfriend, Deangelo ‘D-Lo’ Tellis, who is currently serving a 15-year sentence for corrupt activity and narcotics trafficking, Barrientos allegedly returned to the drug trafficking scene. For almost a year, detectives from the Zanesville/Muskingum County Joint Drug Unit and CODE Task Force closely monitored her

    “drug operation,”

    observing

    “the gradual reintroduction of her boyfriend’s Columbus-based associates to the Muskingum County area.”

    According to prosecutors, based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, authorities conducted a traffic stop on Barrientos’ vehicle on Monday. This occurred while she was en route to Zanesville in an attempt to regain custody of one of her children.

    “Children’s Services arrived at the stop because Barrientos had other children with her who needed to be placed in proper care. While sorting through the children’s care items, caseworkers found a large quantity of suspected suboxone strips which had been individually bagged for distribution,”

    the release states.

    “Suboxone is a street drug of abuse marketed by pharmaceutical companies as an alternative to opiates. The drugs planted on the child have an estimated prison value of $30,000.”

    #Clique, where are your thoughts?

  • Drunk Woman in Ohio Attempts To Lure A Four-Year-Old Boy Away From His Parents By Impersonating As A CPS Officer

    Drunk Woman in Ohio Attempts To Lure A Four-Year-Old Boy Away From His Parents By Impersonating As A CPS Officer

    Police arrested Lisa Nacrelli after she drunkenly attempted to lure a 4-year-old boy to her home. The Ohio native posed as a CPS worker to gain access to the child, according to Radar Online. 

    The incident occurred June 17 after the 44-year-old woman paid the child’s family a visit at their home. She came dressed for the part, claiming to work for local Child Protective Services. Ohio authorities state Nacrelli wore a badge and asked to enter the family’s home to perform a welfare inspection because of a submitted complaint. The victim’s mother, Jaimie Spradlin, said she knew all the children’s names, which made her ruse even more convincing.

    When Nacrelli left without giving any contact information to the parents, they knew something wasn’t right. The parents reviewed their security footage and allegedly saw Nacrelli touch the child, stroke his hair, and place her arm around him before she spoke to the parents separately, WCPO-TV reported.

    After seeing the footage, the parents researched and quickly discovered Nacrelli was not a CPS officer.

    Jaimie told WCPO-TV,

    “Everything was a lie, and now we’re sitting here on top of being enraged that this even happened, terrified because I don’t know what her plan was”

    Tim Spradlin, the father, added,

    “It creeps us out a little bit; it’s gut-wrenching.”

    Court records state that Nacrelli had been day drinking and noticed the child outside when she returned from Kroger. She felt the young boy wasn’t receiving proper supervision, so she pretended to be CPS to scare his parents. However, she never mentioned wanting to kidnap the young boy.

    Apparently, the CPS impersonator lives near the child and has allegedly asked him to come home with her on three separate occasions before the boy told his mom, officials state.

    Norwood Police Department has charged Nacrelli with criminal child enticement, burglary, and impersonating an officer. Nacrelli has been given a $10,000 bond for her crimes.

    #Clique, what would you have done in this situation?

  • Father Accused of Taping Pacifier into Infant’s Mouth, Told Police He Was So Intoxicated

    Father Accused of Taping Pacifier into Infant’s Mouth, Told Police He Was So Intoxicated

    A Pennsylvania father was arrested for child endangerment after his 18-month-old son was found with a bloody nose and his 2-month-old daughter with a pacifier taped into her mouth, NY Post reported. 

    Jordan Hirst, 22, called several friends in a panic around 8 p.m. on April 25 asking for help to find his young son, according to the local outlet. Five friends showed up at Hirst’s home and found the father intoxicated. Friends discovered the 18-month-old on the floor of his nursery with a bloody nose, reports reveal. 

    They later observed Hirst’s 2-month-old daughter with a pacifier taped into her mouth, according to court documents. The children were taken to his grandmother’s house. Hirst told police that he was so intoxicated that he could not recollect what happened from 7 p.m. that night to 4 a.m. the next day, according to WPXI.

    He was charged with

    “two felony counts of child endangerment and one misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment.” 

    He has since been released after making a $25,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on June 9, according to WPXI.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Arrested for Sexting Runaway Teens Told Cops She Identifies as 15-Year-Old Boy

    Woman Arrested for Sexting Runaway Teens Told Cops She Identifies as 15-Year-Old Boy

    A woman told police that she identifies as a 15-year-old boy after she was caught sexting and providing alcohol and drugs to a group of runaway teens she planned to run away with, NY Post reported. 

    Amanda Dorrough of Washington State is reportedly known for housing underage runaways at her apartment. The 35-year-old woman referred to herself as

    “Taz”

    around the teen group. She was arrested after police received a call about her attempting to run away to Seattle with the crew. 

    According to the outlet, the vice principal at Port Angeles High School reported the incident after two students came forward and confessed to the planned runaway.

    Police searched Dorrough’s residence and found teenagers

    “running through the parking lot away from Dorrough’s apartment.”

    They also discovered Dorrough

    “sitting next to one of the students who was identified as a runaway,”

    the case report said. Police also obtained

    “two empty condom packets, one unopened condom, a bra, and an empty cigarette packet with a lighter,”

    at the scene. Dorrough allegedly told an officer that

    “she feels like teenagers ‘understand’ her better”

    and that

    “she ‘identifies’ better with teenage kids,”

    according to the report.

    Police had previously received several reports and complaints about Dorrough’s involvement with juveniles, according to the incident report.

    Dorrough was charged with

    “one count of distributing a controlled substance (marijuana/cannabis) to a minor and posted bail on May 14,”

    the article stated.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Arrested After Daughter Writes School Story About Mom Shooting At Dad, Reports Say

    Woman Arrested After Daughter Writes School Story About Mom Shooting At Dad, Reports Say

    A Tennessee woman was taken into custody after teachers reported reading their kindergartners story that detailed her parents getting into a domestic violence altercation that ended in gunshots, NY Post reported. 

    Shelby County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kaydra Johnson, 28, on Monday after receiving a call about a domestic violence dispute that ended in gunfire. A school counselor at Donelson Elementary notified Child Protective Services about the disturbing note who then notified authorities.  Johnson allegedly shot at the father of her children inside their home while their four children were present.  

    In the story, the child writes,

    “Mother and father got into a fight. Mom told him to get out because he was smoking too much. Father hit mother in the eye. Mother said look what you’ve done… Mother got the gun from under the bed. I was in the living room, and my sisters and brother were in the room. Mother pulled the gun on father and shot three times. The bullets hit the wall. Mother told him to sleep in his car in the driveway and not to come back or she will shoot him again.”

    Police arrested Johnson at her home, where they found her locked out of her residence with her 1-year-old and 4-year-old children stuck inside, they told WREG. Deputies reported multiple bullet holes in the living room, bedroom, and hallway walls. 

    Authorities say Johnson admitted to shooting at her husband at least twice after he allegedly entered the home without permission and began to attack her. Police noted that Johnson had a cut and bruising around her right eye. She was charged with four counts of reckless endangerment and has since been released from jail. She is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 23, reports state. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Arrested On Live TV After Toddler Is Seen Roaming Apartment Hallway With Handgun

    Man Arrested On Live TV After Toddler Is Seen Roaming Apartment Hallway With Handgun

    On Saturday night, those watching Reelz’s “On Patrol Live” saw police in Beech Grove, Indiana arrest a man after his son was seen roaming an apartment hallway with a firearm, NBC News reported.

    In the beginning of the live streamed segment, police arrive to an apartment complex after someone called to notify authorities that a toddler was seen with a gun. After officers spoke with the child’s father, they begin to leave but are stopped by the caller, who had captured the incident on his Ring camera.

    In the video, the young boy is seen alone and wandering outside of the apartment, wearing nothing but a diaper. Footage shows him waving a firearm around, cooing happily as he plays while unsupervised. He eventually re-enters through the apartment’s front door, calling out to his mother.

    “That’s absolutely tough to see,” the live show’s analyst and former police sergeant Sean Larkin comments as he watches. “You could see the kid was clearly pulling the trigger. Had it been chambered, loaded, it could have been a horrific, horrific situation. There’s a point that he’s holding it up, and it’s literally, it almost looks like it’s pointing up toward his own face.”

    Beech Grove police immediately returned to the apartment to search for the weapon. They eventually found a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson inside a closed roll-top desk. The boy’s father, who cannot legally own a firearm due to being an ex-con, was arrested and charged with neglect of a dependent and providing a firearm to a child.

    “We hear these type of stories where kids come across and find these firearms, and these horrific results that do happen sometimes,” Larkin later says. “But seeing it on video is definitely very different.”

  • ABC News Producer and His Wife Left Kids Alone To Go To Restaurant Before He Suddenly Died Of A Heart Attack

    ABC News Producer and His Wife Left Kids Alone To Go To Restaurant Before He Suddenly Died Of A Heart Attack

    An ABC News producer and his wife left their two young daughters in a hotel room unattended to go to a restaurant with friends — before he suddenly collapsed and died of a heart attack, NY Post reported.

    Dax Tejera and Veronica Tejera allegedly left their daughters who are five months and two years old alone at the Yale Club at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, police said per the Post. The two reportedly went out to grab dinner at Bobby Van’s 230Park steakhouse, with friends. Witnesses say that In the middle of dinner, Dax began to feel ill and when exiting the restaurant he suddenly collapsed. He was accompanied by his wife to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 

    Veronica Tejera was arrested just hours later on charges of child endangerment. She told the Post,

    “When Dax collapsed on December 23rd, I accompanied him in an ambulance to the hospital. I asked both a close friend and my parents to rush to my children’s hotel room to attend to them as I monitored them by camera. The hotel would not allow my friend in and instead called the NYPD,”

    the statement said. However, hotel staff says they discovered the children hours after the couple left. 

    According to the outlet, the couple left the hotel at 8 p.m. and NYPD received a call from hotel employees on account of

    “unattended children”

    at 11 p.m.. Veronica is expected to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on January 12th.

    Dax Tejera worked as a senior producer on

    “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”

    since 2017 before joining his current show in February 2020. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?