Archive for the 'Other' Category
Mar26th
Monday, March 26th, 2007
MANCHESTER, Conn. - A man landed in hot water after police say he hid a tiny camera in a shampoo bottle to watch two of his female roommates as they took showers.
A male roommate, curious why the shampoo wasn’t moved for some time, found wires protruding from the back of the bottle, then called police, authorities said.
The camera recorded through a pinhole, and the images were sent to Steven Thibodeau’s television, police said. Thibodeau, 25, had placed the camera to record the women showering and made video of one of them changing clothes, according to police.
Thibodeau was arraigned Wednesday on 15 counts of voyeurism and one count of evidence tampering, which alleges he tried to delete some images.
He was being held in jail on $250,000 bail. The defense attorney who attended his arraignment was out of the office Thursday and could not be reached for comment.
Police said Thibodeau made a compilation video of one of the women, but they have no evidence he transferred the files to the Internet. It wasn’t yet known how long the shampoo had been wired.
This story was found on BaltimoreSun.com
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Mar23rd
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Indianapolis - For months it’s been a well-kept secret. But now Warren Township Schools confirm a disturbing case of sex in the classroom. The illicit activity has parents concerned and a district at a loss for words.
Shop class gives students a chance to learn outside of the book. But at Warren Township’s Raymond Park Middle School, two students engaged in illicit acts in view of goggled eyes.
13 Investigates was tipped off by a disturbed resident who writes:
“…during school hours in a classroom with an experienced teacher present, two sixth graders completed the act of intercourse…at least ten students were witnesses. No disciplinary actions were taken against the teacher… All teachers were told to keep quiet.”
Middle school students having sex in a busy classroom while a teacher is present? Warren Township Associate Superintendent Jeff Swensson confirmed it’s true. It’s been kept under wraps since November.
The principal at Raymond Park Middle School would not speak to us about the incident or parents concerns. The superintendent in charge of middle schools in the district also backed out of an on-camera interview and instead provided a three-sentence statement:
“Two students were involved in inappropriate conduct in a lab class last semester. We have investigated the matter and taken appropriate action. The school corporation considers the matter closed and will have no further comment.”
Associate Superintendent Jeff Swensson told Eyewitness News off camera the teacher didn’t know what was going on because another student acted as a “look-out.” But once the teacher discovered the behavior, immediate action was taken. Swensson says the students involved were recommended for expulsion. But he did not say whether the board followed that recommendation.
Warren Township School Police were not aware of the incident and say no report was made even though the children were recommended for expulsion.
We sought comment from all seven Warren Township School Board Members about how this case was handled. No one was available to speak with us.
Wow, unbelievable.
This story was found on WTHR.com
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Mar17th
Saturday, March 17th, 2007
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — Three men accused of operating what police described as a sadomasochistic “dungeon” that included castrations have been sentenced to jail time. Richard Peter “Master Rick” Sciara, his partner of 20 years Michael Mendez, and the man they called their slave, Danny Carroll Reeves, pleaded guilty to felony castration and maiming. Superior Court Judge Dennis Winner said it was difficult to call the dungeon’s willing patients “victims,” but he said six castrations performed there were certainly a crime.
“I think this is a type of perversion that cannot be tolerated by society,” Winner said during a sentencing hearing Thursday.
In plea bargains, Sciara, 62, was sentenced to a year in prison, though he has served all but two weeks of that time. Reeves, 50, was sentenced to eight months in prison, and Mendez, 61, received four months. Reeves and Mendez have already served their sentences and will enter four and two months of house arrest, respectively, and three years of supervised probation.
In exchange for the pleas, the state dropped charges of misdemeanor practicing medicine without a license and conspiracy.
Prosecutors said the men ran a sadomasochistic “dungeon” fashioned from an enclosed carport in 2004 and 2005 at a house in a quiet neighborhood near Waynesville in western North Carolina. Six men, some from as far away as South America, came to the home for castration, while others went seeking other types of body-modification surgery, prosecutors said.
Sciara had worked as a physician’s assistant at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kan., from February 1976 to June 1999
This story was found on Newsday.com
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Mar16th
Friday, March 16th, 2007
It’s illegal to walk into a department store, grab women’s clothing and other merchandise, masturbate on it all and then leave.
It might just be dumb to go back afterward.
That’s how police ended up finding and charging 20-year-old Joseph Eric Renno with open lewdness last week.
According to court records:
Renno, of the 300 block of W. Reliance Road in Franconia Township, was spotted taking magazines and clothes into a dressing room at the Wal-Mart off Route 309 in Richland Township on March 1.
The store’s loss prevention officer suspected he might be trying to steal things when he walked out of the dressing room a bit later without the merchandise.
She went to check the dressing room and found the magazines and a man’s shirt, plus panties and a bra. She also found a thick substance she believed to be semen on the items and the dressing room mirror.
The merchandise, valued at $36, was destroyed except for the shirt, which police kept as evidence.
Another Wal-Mart employee told police the man frequented the store; she knew him as ”Eric.” Employees promised to call police if the man returned.
He did last Friday.
Police went to the Wal-Mart when employees called, found Renno and took him to headquarters for questioning. He admitted masturbating on the mirror and the merchandise, police said.
Richland Police Chief Larry Cerami said there’s no evidence Renno planned to masturbate on more items when he returned to the store.
He declined to answer other questions about the case, including ones about Renno’s motive and which magazines he took to the dressing room.
”It’s quite an offensive case, and I think we ought to just let the system do what the system has to do at this point,” Cerami said.
In addition to open lewdness, Renno is charged with disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. He was released after he was charged. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 12, and a district judge could decide then if the case merits setting bail.
A woman who answered the phone at Renno’s house Wednesday afternoon hung up when a reporter asked to speak with him.
A manager at the Richland Wal-Mart referred questions about the incident to a corporate spokeswoman.
”Out of respect for our customers and associates, we certainly do not tolerate inappropriate behavior in our Wal-Mart locations,” spokeswoman Marisa Bluestone said, ”and we’ve worked closely with our local authorities to help capture this individual.”
This story was found on MCall.com
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Mar10th
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) — An accused child molester in Wisconsin cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet, then took a limousine to Chicago to appear on “The Jerry Springer Show,” authorities said.
A judge set bail Friday at $50,000 for Mario Sims, 21, who had been awaiting trial on 2004 charges of child enticement and first-degree sexual assault of a child.
Defense lawyer Margaret Johnson argued against the bail amount, but Racine County Circuit Judge Emily Mueller stood firm.
“A significant bond is legally necessary given the fact he absconded, admittedly for one of the more unique reasons I’ve heard in my time on the bench,” the judge said.
According to court records, Sims had been out of jail about three weeks when he cut off the bracelet and missed a court date September 6. His defense attorney at the time, Domingo Cruz, told the judge his client was seen getting into the television show’s limousine.
Sims appeared on an episode of the show that aired last fall.
A TV.com Web site teaser for it said: “Outrageous nuptials! Returning guest Mario is a proud father and is ready to marry his baby’s mother — who’s also his half-sister.”
A message left for Johnson was not returned Friday. A message left for a producer of the “Jerry Springer Show” was not immediately returned Saturday morning.
This story was found on CNN.com
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Oct22nd
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
Overland Park, Kansas – A list of names got some Johnson County Middle School students suspended, but according to police, there wasn’t any crime.
Six Overland Park students who go to Indian Woods Middle School were suspended for ten days accused of making a list of people they’d kill if murder were legal.
According to police, the students involved never made any actual threats. Police said the kids just makes a list.
“Kids do stupid things, so if you make a list of something, that was dumb,” said Alex Karanevich, high school student. “Letting administrators find it was dumber.”
FOX 4 talked to some high school students, who graduated from Indian Woods, and said they’re surprised to hear about the list, but not the punishment.
“I could go for a suspension for making a list of who you’d like to kill,” said Jordan Boucher, Indian Woods graduate.
The five girls and one boy accused of making the list were suspended for at least ten days.
“I think that’s a little overdrawn, ten days,” said Josh Hartman of Leawood, Kan.
Hartman, 19, said there’s got to be more to the story.
“It could just be a couple of girls or guy upset at friends, or someone not being chosen to hang out,” said Hartman.
Police said school administrators found the list on October 13.
“I understand the threat and the feeling that schools have to prepare and be cautious about everything that’s going on,” said Hartman.
Hartman was talking about the wave of school shootings across the country this fall in Joplin, Missouri, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
But, since police said nothing criminal happened at Indian Woods, the students we talked to list suspension as the best punishment.
This story was found on MyFoxKC.com
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