On December 28, 2019, the seventh night of Hanukkah, a masked intruder wielding an 18 inch machete entered the home of a Hasidic Rabbi in Monsey, Rockland County, NY where a Hanukkah party was underway and began attacking the guests. Five people were wounded, two of whom were hospitalized in critical condition. Grafton Thomas, 37, was arraigned in a Rockland County court and pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree burglary. He is also charged with a federal hate crime and his bail was set at $5 million.
The frenzied attack took less than 2 minutes at the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, where almost 100 people had gathered to watch the rabbi light the candles and to celebrate a Hanukkah party. Around 10 pm, Thomas entered the home with his face covered by a scarf and immediately began stabbing guests with a machete. Rabbi Rottenberg’s son was among the injured. Guests struck back, hitting the attacker with chairs and a small table, forcing him to flee the home.
Thomas attempted to enter the synagogue next door, Congregation Netzach Yisroel, but the doors were locked. Thomas then fled the scene in a car but a witness provided police with the license plate number of the car. At 11:45 pm, a license plate reader on the George Washington Bridge captured the license plate of the car as it entered New York City. Police stopped the car in Harlem and arrested him without incident after midnight. Rockland County Senior District Attorney Michael Dugandzic said police found the suspect with blood on his clothes and smelling “strongly” of bleach at the time of his arrest.
Thomas’ family said in a statement Sunday night that Thomas has “a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations” and that his attorney, Michael H. Sussman, had been instructed to seek “immediate mental health evaluation of Grafton.” Thomas was arrested at least seven times since 2001, on charges which include assault, resisting arrest, killing or injuring a police animal, driving under the influence, possessing controlled substances, and menacing a police officer. In 2013, he was arrested for punching a police horse and was jailed briefly for possession of a controlled substance. In 2018, he was charged with weapon possession, endangerment, and menacing a policeman.
One of the two gravely injured victims is 72 year old Josef Neumann, who has been in a coma since the attack and is connected to a breathing tube. According to his family, he had been struck three times in the head and suffered a wound that penetrated directly into the brain. His doctor does not have high hopes of a recovery. He turned 72 on Dec. 30 while unconscious.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, January 5th, 2020.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, January 5th, 2020 was:
GEORGE POWNALL
Ocean City MD
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
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The Trivia Winners and Drawing Entries 12/30/19 thru 01/05/2020 are as follows…
12/30/19
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Vickie Gipson
Shona Ort
Alison Giffune Paige
Demara Peterson Broadus
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Maggie Smith
Crystal Young
Mary Mcmenamy
Julia Rivera
Be Schwerin
Dawn Waddington
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Amanda Rosario
George Pownall
Becky Hartman
Karen Rimller Presley
Ashley Sammons
Maria Bouchard
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Nelle Bailey
Kiki Roberson
Kimberly Snyder
Becca Neuenschwander Long
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
12/31/19
Brittany Doerfler
Christy Hawkes
Nicole Blaha
Nicole Watson
Alisa Jones
Kim Minton
Brandi K Chaney
Debbie Gremlin
Andrea Somers
Mike Wallace
Martha Prescott
Angela Janisse
Jodi Stevens
Jeannine Scavo
Cathy Ahner
Penny Fisher
Sherry Lilly
Steve Ahner
Trish Hysell
Be Schwerin
1/1/20
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Kim Avery
Michael Flagg
Alexis Maureen
Brittany Seiler
Kimberly Nicole
Janice McKay Donahue
Pamela Garner Sloss
Becky Hartman
Kalynnilene Carter
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Deborah Thomas
Dale Fish
Tracy Heyer
Stacy Nelson
Brandi K Chaney
Jenai Merri
Be Schwerin
Dean Bruss
Alyssa DiFazio
1/2/20
Dawn Waddington
Christina Domingue
MarTez Rodgers
Lauren Bradley
Shannon Rush
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Thomas Ryan Gan
Vickie Gipson
Brooke Scott
Deidra Dees
Melissa Barnes Walker
Terry Schmitt Sutton
Wendi Black
Becky Holland
Stacy Nelson
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Beth Kumjian
Alisa Jones
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Beth Cleveland
Kimberly Snyder
Anna Nichols
1/3/20
Dale Fish
Lori Sexton Leal
Jane Peterson
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Adaria Johnson
Michelle Webb
Rosanne Clark
Debbie Gremlin
Derek Michelle Polk
Lauren Bradley
Jennifer Lang
Beth Epley Minton
Nikki Hunsaker
Angela Hendricks
Rhonda Grisham
Kevin Cusack
Shannon Rush
Becca Neuenschwander Long
Jenifer Garza
Karen Brunet Moore
Kristina Rosson
Lenis Abshire
Amand Brewer
Ellen Ciambrelli Ferrari
1/4/20
Dale Fish
MarTez Rodgers
Tammy Lee Stookey
Angela Janisse
Eleazar Ruiz
Brooke Scott
Crystal Young
Amanda Reid
Vickie Gipson
Tessa Davis
Angel Shearl
Tiffany Borek
Michael Flagg
Sarah Frank
Cathy Ahner
Karen Goodwin Delaney
1/5/20
Maggie Smith
Andrea Somers
Christina Cannon
Alison Giffune Paige
Melissa Ann Stura Bassett
Nicole Blaha
Holly Cajigas
Jennifer Vega
Britney Erskin
Wendi Black
Alana Dimambro
Jennifer Marie
Jo Bhagavatula
Maria Bouchard
Diane Maxwell
Stephen Earl
Brittany Light
Charlotte Dennis
Alison Giffune Paige
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Sarah Harrison
Thomas Ryan Gan
Cathy Ahner
Janice McKay Donahue
Brittany Seiler
Steve Ahner
Rhonda Grisham
Melissa Barnes Walker
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Newly released body-camera video shows a Sonoma County sheriff deputy fatally slamming a man’s head into his own car. The sheriff deputy, Charlie Blount, and his partner, Deputy Jason Little, apparently thought the driver, David Glen Ward, had stolen the car — which he in fact owned. Ward had been the victim of a carjacking days earlier and reported the car stolen.
He had somehow recovered the vehicle but hadn’t notified police yet. When the officers spotted the Honda Civic they attempted to pull the vehicle over thinking he was the perpetrator, which resulted in a police chase that lasted more than 5 minutes. Once Ward finally stopped, deputies can be heard shouting at Ward to put his hands up, with their guns drawn. Ward puts his hands up but repeatedly tries to put them back on the wheel before putting them up again.
In the video, Blount tries to pull Ward out of the vehicle but Ward says that his legs are in pain and Deputy Jason Little can be heard off-camera saying that his legs are stuck. Blount and Little both can be heard saying that Ward bit them. As the officers try to pull Ward from the vehicle, Deputy Blount grabs him by the hair and slams his head into the car’s frame. Deputy Little deploys the taser on Ward and Blount puts Ward in a “sleeper hold” to restrain him. The deputies then pull Ward’s limp body out of the car and handcuff him. They then call for medical assistance. Ward was declared dead at a local hospital later that day.
Later, Deputy Nick Jax can be heard telling the two officers that Ward was the owner of the vehicle. “Then why did he run?” Little asks. Jax responded that he didn’t know and there was no reason for him to respond that way. “Oh well,” Blount said.
Deputy Blount’s lawyer Harry Stern said “ Mr. Ward caused his own death by inexplicably taking a number of bizarre actions that confirmed in the deputies’ minds that he was an armed carjacker rather than the victim of that crime.”
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Several confidential military interviews with the Navy SEALs who accused Chief Edward Gallagher of war crimes were released to the public. Members of SEAL Team 7 Alpha Platoon described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher as “toxic” and “evil,” according to video recordings of the interviews. Navy SEAL Special Operations Cheif Edward Gallagher was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder by a military jury in San Diego.
Gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing a young wounded ISIS fighter, posing for a picture with the corpse and shooting two civilians from a sniper’s perch in Iraq in 2017. He was found guilty of the charge involving the photo with the corpse. Seven SEALS testified that Gallagher abruptly stabbed the boy just after he was treated by a medic without saying a word to any of them.
“The guy is freaking evil,” Special Operator First Class Craig Miller said of Gallagher during his interview with Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents. “You could tell he was perfectly O.K. with killing anybody that was moving,” Special Operator First Class Corey Scott said of his former platoon leader, the newspaper reported. “The guy was toxic,” Special Operator First Class Joshua Vriens told investigators, the report said.
In the videos, the platoon members accuse Gallagher of shooting at a 12-year-old, refer to Gallagher as a “psychopath,” and tell of rumors that Gallagher had targeted civilians and bragged about having killed women. “I think he just wants to kill anybody he can,” one said while another said “We can’t let this continue.” The testimony paints a chilling pattern of violence executed by their platoon chief.
In July, Gallagher was found not guilty by a military jury for the stabbing. He was, however, demoted after the jury convicted him of posing for a photo with the ISIS fighter’s corpse. The Navy Board also considered stripping Gallagher of his status as a Navy SEAL. But last month, President Trump intervened and restored Gallagher’s rank.
“They wanted to take his pin away and I said, ‘No, you’re not going to take it away,'” he said at the time. “These are tough people, and we’re going to protect our warfighters.” That move angered many in the Navy, including former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, who was ousted after requesting the president not get involved in Gallagher’s case. “I don’t think he really understands the full definition of a warfighter. A warfighter is a profession of arms, and a profession of arms has standards that they have to be held to and they hold themselves to,” Spencer said.
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Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the killing of prominent journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Three additional people were sentenced to prison over the brutal October 2018 murder carried out inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, which sparked international outrage. Saudi Arabia has not announced who has been sentenced to death or imprisoned. The CIA has concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s assassination, but the prince remains a close ally to the U.S. government.
Saudi Arabia has cleared a former top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. There was no evidence against Saud al-Qahtani, Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor Shaalan al-Shaalan announced in a televised press conference. A court also dismissed charges against Ahmed al-Assiri, a former deputy intelligence chief, and Mohammed al-Otaibi, Saudi’s consul general in Istanbul when the murder took place. Al-Qahtani and al-Otaibi were sanctioned a year ago by the US Treasury for their alleged involvement in the murder. Both were part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s inner circle and were relieved of their duties in the immediate aftermath of Khashoggi’s killing.
The Saudi government investigation concluded that the murder was not premeditated and that the perpetrators agreed to kill the journalist when they found it would be too hard to move him to another location. They determined that “there was no prior intention to kill him at the beginning of the mission and the death happened on the spot.” Prosecutors investigated 31 people in relation to the murder of Khashoggi, 21 of whom were arrested. Eleven of the 21 were charged and tried in total secrecy.
UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard called the court rulings “anything but justice” in a series of posts on her official Twitter account. The UN expert previously found “sufficient credible evidence” that called for the Saudi Crown Prince to be investigated. Callamard criticized the court’s conclusion that the killing was not premeditated, citing “the presence of a forensic doctor,” how the “defendants had repeatedly stated they were obeying orders” and how the consul general “took all necessary precautions to ensure there will be no eye witness present. Bottom line: the hit-men are guilty, sentenced to death. The masterminds not only walk free. They have barely been touched by the investigation and the trial. That is the antithesis of Justice. It is a mockery.”
Khashoggi’s son eldest son Salah, who handles the family’s relations with the government, described the ruling as “fair” on Twitter. “A fair judiciary is based on 2 principles: justice and quick proceedings. Today’s judiciary was fair to us, the sons of Jamal Khashoggi. We affirm our confidence in Saudi judiciary on all its levels as it ruled in our favor and achieved justice.” Earlier this year, Salah denied that a settlement had been reached between his family and the Saudi government after a source claimed that Khashoggi’s family have received millions of US dollars in cash and assets as compensation for the killing.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, December 29th, 2019.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, December 29th, 2019 was:
KACIE ROGERS
Jacksonville, FL
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex/Visa Gift Card.
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Trivia Winners and Drawing Entries 12/23/19 thru 12/29/19…
12/23/19
Morgan Alexandra
Tabitha Sinks
Jennifer Marie
Terry Schmitt Sutton
Derek Michelle Polk
Heather Lynn Rood
Kim Minton
Rosanne Clark
Jenifer Garza
Diane Hamric
Eleazar Ruiz
Kimberly Snyder
Amanda Reid
Kathleen Hickman
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Alicia Johnson
Maria Bouchard
MarcyLynn Coull
Christina Cannon
Jane Peterson
12/24/19
Jeannie Prosser
Angela Janisse
Becky Holland
Anna Nichols
Annette French
Deborah Thomas
Theresa Sigourney
Gina Guarente Fieger
Andrea Ayala
Shannon Schleif
Lenis Abshire
Brandy Cardenas
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Becky Holland
Beth Kumjian
Tina David Konegan
Alicia Johnson
Heather Sullivan
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Lauren Bradley
Nicole Flynn
12/25/19
Jenn Anthony
Michelle Webb
Rosanne Clark
Melinda Dreier
Stephanie Beckwith
Dawna McKnight
Christine McKinnon
Shannon Rush
Eleazar Ruiz
Amanda Kyrie’ Ayala
Alyssa DiFazio
Wendi Black
Crystal Young
Dean Bruss
Melissa White
Kelsey Mcknight
Sherri Kidwell
Stacy Draeger-Brogan
Alisa Jones
Amy Conyers
12/26/19
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Dale Fish
Holly Cajigas
Candace Lynn Huerta
Amber Critchley
Mita Dave
Kimberly Snyder
MarTez Rodgers
Shannon Rush
Cathy Ahner
Kristina Harris
Fanny Wat
Amanda Kyrie’ Ayala
Althea Thomas
Tabitha Sinks
Sonali Jain Modi
Joanna Hacker
Alana Dimambro
Tina Gilbert
Kim Minton
Charlotte Dennis
Steve Ahner
12/28/19
Misty Shallcross
Amanda Reid
Rosanne Clark
Melissa White
Tiffany Borek
Andrea Timms-Hill
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Theresa Sigourney
Lauren Bradley
Paula Gillespie
Diane Hamric
Thomas Ryan Gan
Amy Conyers
Sarah Frank
Wendi Black
Jennifer Lang
Mary Mcmenamy
Lisa Puckett
Chelcie Malow
Andrea Ayala
Diane Hamric
Cassandra Berholtz
Jodi Stevens
12/29/19
Becca Neuenschwander Long
Nelle Bailey
Erica Hansen
Dean Bruss
Nicole Angelique
Be Schwerin
Michael Ingelido
Tonya Velaquez
Misty Shallcross
Nitasha Shank
Becky VanGinkel
Brittany Deaver
Ellen Ciambrelli Ferrari
Heather Marocco
Andrea Somers
Nicole Watson
Maria Bouchard
Kim Avery
Jennifer Vega
Althea Thomas
Susan Clarke Jette
Brandy Cardenas
Trish Marks
Alana Dimambro
Kacie Rogers
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Amazon is facing backlash over its Ring home security camera and “smart home” product after a data leak exposed the personal information of over 3,000 users. The data breach included emails, passwords and other sensitive information that would allow hackers to access live camera footage from inside every room of people’s homes. This leak could potentially provide criminals and stalkers with access to view live video feeds from inside and around thousands of Ring customers’ homes, see archived videos, and get the precise location of all Ring devices attached to the compromised account by studying the orientation of the footage and location information attached to each camera.
Using the log-in email and password, an intruder could access a Ring customer’s home
address, telephone number, and payment information, including the kind of card they have, and its last four digits and security code. An intruder could also access live camera footage from all active Ring cameras associated with an account, as well as a 30- to 60-day video history, depending on the user’s cloud storage plan.
Ring has claimed that this attack was the result of credential stuffing, a technique where
attackers gather usernames and passwords compromised in another data breach and try them on other websites. “Ring has not had a data breach. Our security team has investigated these incidents and we have no evidence of an unauthorized intrusion or compromise of Ring’s systems or network,” the spokesperson said. “It is not uncommon for bad actors to harvest data from other company’s data breaches and create lists like this so that other bad actors can attempt to gain access to other services.”
The Ring spokesperson added that the company will notify customers who were affected and require them to reset their passwords. Ring does not alert users of attempted log-in from an unknown IP address, or tell users how many others are logged into an account at one time. Because of this, there is no obvious way to know whether any bad actors have logged into people’s compromised Ring accounts without their consent.
This data leak is the latest in a string of incidents involving compromised Ring accounts. The home surveillance camera company was acquired by Amazon in 2018 and has been targeted by hackers who used the cameras to harass children and families while documenting their actions on podcast livestreams. In November, cybersecurity company BitDefender published a white paper describing a now-resolved vulnerability that allowed hackers to physically intercept communications between Ring Video Doorbell Pros and a person’s Wi-Fi network.
The company has also received criticism when it was revealed that over 700 police departments in the US have signed contracts with Ring. These contracts give police access the company’s law enforcement portal, which allows police to request camera footage from residents without receiving a warrant. In exchange, Ring often gives police free cameras, and it offers police more free cameras if they convince enough people to download its neighborhood watch app, Neighbors. In October, a group of 30 civil rights groups published a joint letter demanding that law makers stop the police partnership, calling it a threat to civil rights and liberties.
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A Wisconsin teenager, Crystul Kizer, is facing life in prison after she confessed to killing
34-year-old Randall Volar at his home last year after she says he raped her, according to her attorneys. The killing incident occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee, in June 2018. Kizer allegedly shot Volar twice in the head, set his home on fire and then stole his luxury vehicle. Randy Volar began sexually abusing Chrystul Kizer when she was 16 years old, filmed the abuse and allegedly trafficked her for sex.
Kizer says she connected with Volar through the now-defunct Backpage.com, which was shut down last year for its involvement in human trafficking. Kizer reportedly told Volar she was 19 at the time, but she was actually 16 when he allegedly began paying her for sex and eventually selling her to other men. She admits to initially lying about her age but says Volar knew she was a minor because they had celebrated her 17th birthday together. The teen said she eventually tried to distance herself from Volar, because she wanted to get more serious with her boyfriend, Delane Nelson, who is three years older than her. Volar allegedly threatened to kill Kizer when she told Volar about her decision. Kizer didn’t report the threats to police, as she was convinced they would not help her. In June 2018, Kizer said she had reached out to Volar after getting into a fight with Nelson.
The teen claims she was afraid her boyfriend would hurt her, so she asked Volar if she could come to his house until things cooled down. Months before his death, in February 2018, Volar was arrested on charges of child sexual assault. He was taken into custody shortly after a 15-year-old girl called the police from his house, claiming Volar had given her drugs and was going to kill her. In a search of his home, they confiscated computers and other electronics, along with women’s bikini bottoms and underwear.
Although police found evidence Volar was abusing dozens of underage girls, he was released without bail. At the time of his death he was suspected of human trafficking and child pornography — and Chrystul Kizer was among the girls police had footage of him having sex with. In June 2018, Chrystul killed him after she says he attacked her when she refused to have sex with him. At the time of his death he was suspected of human trafficking and child pornography — and Chrystul Kizer was among the girls police had footage of him having sex with.
When confronted by police, Kizer, who was 17 at the time, allegedly confessed to killing him because she was tired of him sexually assaulting her. She also alleged that he sold her to other men for sex, which is why her attorneys say she should be protected under sex trafficking victim laws. Kizer faces multiple felony charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, possession of a firearm and arson, court records show. She is currently being held on $1 million bail and faces life in prison if convicted.
District Attorney Michael Graveley built a first-degree homicide case against her and wrangled with the public defenders about whether they had the right to review the case against Volar and the accompanying video, photographic, and financial evidence. Eventually Kizer’s lawyers were granted access to evidence that clearly showed Kizer had been trafficked. Federal law dictates that any child under the age of 18 who has been bought or sold for sex is a sex-trafficking victim, regardless of circumstance. Prosecutors say the law that protects those who are sex trafficked doesn’t apply wholly in this case. They said they do not believe she was engaged in prostitution at the time of the crime and they don’t believe her life was in danger at the moment. Prosecutors also said they have evidence, including communications with Kizer’s boyfriend and others, indicating that she plotted and planned the murder ahead of time
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A former North Carolina school resource officer was fired after video surface showing him body slamming an 11 year old child went viral. The assault at Vance County Middle School was caught on surveillance video, which shows the school resource officer and a small boy walking down the hallway when the officer picks the boy up and throws him to the ground. The officer then picks the boy up again and slams him to the ground again. The officer, Warren Durham, was first placed on paid leave and was then fired as the disturbing video went viral.
District Attorney Mike Waters said Durham is also facing a misdemeanor assault and child abuse charges. The announcement came a day after the State Bureau of Investigation finished its probe into the incident. While the family wanted Warren Durham to face stiffer felony charges, Waters said state law left him no choice but to pursue misdemeanor charges against the ex-officer. “Despite the violent nature of this assault depicted in the video, the student did not suffer any fractured or broken bones, or sustain any injuries that could be defined under North Carolina law as serious bodily injury,” which are a prerequisite for filing felony charges, the district attorney said during a news conference.
Waters said he didn’t know what prompted the incident, but he echoed the sentiment of Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame in saying that the cause wasn’t relevant. “Ï don’t think there’s any kind of training or anything like that that would lead someone to act in that way with an 11-year-old,” Waters said. The maximum sentence Durham will face is 120 days in jail. The video shows the Vance County Middle School resource officer walking down the hall with the student. He is then seen grabbing and slamming the child to the ground, then picking him up and doing it again before yanking the child up and continuing to walk down the hall.
The school alerted the sheriff’s office minutes after the incident. Durham had been with the department for two years and had had no prior incidents that raised concern.
The boy’s grandfather, Pastor John Miles said at a news conference that the family was
disappointed in the misdemeanor charges, but he thanked officials. “We wanted them to be felony charges,” he said. “But as the D.A. said, they went by the law book and they went by the guidelines.” Miles said previously that his grandson called his mother after the incident, and that an assistant principal at the school took him home. The boy’s
mother has said he has a bump on his head from the incident but was not hospitalized.
The Vance County school district said the incident was “unacceptable and egregious.” “We are disappointed, embarrassed and most of all, want to express our apologies to our community that this occurred,” the district said in a statement Monday. “No student should ever experience this anywhere, especially not in our schools. We are better than this.” Vance County Schools plans to modify its agreement with the sheriff’s office, Superintendent Anthony Jackson said at a news conference. He did not go into detail about what the modifications meant, but said the district will review protocols and procedures and ensure it is using best practices.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, December 22nd, 2019.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, December 22nd, 2019 was:
BETH MASON
Northfolk, WV
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex/Visa Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook fan and “Like and Follow” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
The drawing entries 12/16/19 thru 12/22/19 are:
12/16/19
Mya Murphy
Karen Brunet Moore
Trish Musgrave
MarcyLynn Coull
Cathy Ahner
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Kristina Harris
Kelsey Polacek
Steve Ahner
Be Schwerin
Michael Ingelido
Emily Rice Bowersock
Priscilla Shimp
Debbie Bloxom
Emily Rice Bowersock
Jay Robert
Paula M Bondy
Dan Maloney
Jeannie Prosser
MarTez Rodgers
Traci Anderson
Stephen Earl
Mike Wallace
12/17/19
Misty Shallcross
Nancy Scharnhorst
Melissa White
Amanda Kyrie Ayala
Carol Jean
Rosanne Clark
Paula M Bondy
Kassie Lynn DiFazio
Beth Cleveland
Jodi Stevens
Johann Landsaw-Davis
Margaret Primos
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tabitha Sinks
Crystal Young
Madeline Lonergan
Amanda Rosario
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Eva Biggs
Jennifer Ramlet
April Ashcraft
Sherry Lilly
12/18/19
Karen Brunet Moore
Adaria Johnson
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Morgan Alexandra
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Lena Perry
Chantel Bell
MarTex Rodgers
Kimberly Snyder
Lesa Moats
Tracy Heyer
Jo Bhagavathula
Samantha Smith
Eva Biggs
Amanda Brewer
Tiffany Borek
Angela Janisse
Kim Avery
Amanda Rosario
12/19/19
Shannon Schleif
Karen Brunet Moore
Debbie Bloxom
Christina Cannon
Barbara Carter
Andrea Somers
Traci Anderson
Jennifer ParDue
Nitasha Shank
Jan Peoples
Jodi Stevens
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Deborah Thomas
Priscilla Shimp
Amy Conyers
Alicia Dansby
Christy Marie
Crystal Young
Alicia Dansby
Jenifer Garza
Kim Avery
Kathi Taylor
Nicole Watson
12/20/19
Gina Rock
Martha Prescott
Deborah Thomas
Vickie Gipson
Trish Hysell
Carole Jacobs
Lena Perry
Sherri Kidwell
Debbie Gremlim
Jodi Stevens
Amanda Kyrie’ Ayala
Nancy Scharnhorst
Johann Landsaw-Davis
Michael Ingelido
Lori Capobianco
Jessica Steiner
Jill Nauyokas
April Ashcraft
Priscilla Shimp
Be Schwerin
Kimberly Snyder
Jean Simmons Homfeld
12/21/19
Erik Karow
Sarah Harrison
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Jan Peoples
Alicia Dansby
Renee Jc
Sheila Carvell
Jessica Steiner
Shannon Scott
Rosanne Clark
Jeremy Mclaughlin
Nelle Bailey
Mike Adamski
Ashley Tipton
Kathleen Hickman
Kassie Lynn DiFazio
MarcyLynn Coull
Karen Brunet Moore
Alisa Jones
Tiffany Greene Elliott
12/22/19
Deborah Thomas
Jodi Stevens
Alyssa DiFazio
Debbie Gremlin
Georgiann D’Angelo
Carol Jean
Karyn Koehler
Becky VanGinkel
Jeannie Prosser
Beth Mason
Sarah Harrison
Christy Marie
Stephanie Griffith
Brandy Cardenas
Sherri Kidwell
Nacole Patrick
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Carrie Capehart
Bea Patrick
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Renee Jc
Melissa White
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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