Las Vegas police have identified the woman accused of killing a nail salon owner after failing to pay for a $35 manicure. Police say they are looking for 21-year-old Krystal Whipple in the death of 53-year-old “Annie” Nhu Nguyen. Police say Whipple stopped by the salon, Crystal Nails & Spa to get a manicure around 3:45 p.m. on Dec 29th. She allegedly attempted to pay with a fraudulent credit card. When the credit card payment was declined, she allegedly said she would get cash from her black 2017 Chevrolet Camaro, but instead started to drive away.
When Nguyen noticed her pulling out of the parking lot, she rushed outside with husband Sonny Chung to try to stop her. Nguyen ran in front of the vehicle and Whipple accelerated and hit Nguyen. Nguyen was thrown under the car and dragged 50 feet as Whipple drove off. Nguyen died of multiple blunt force injuries and her death was ruled a homicide by the Clark County coroner’s office. Chung, who witnessed his wife’s horrific death, said he tried his best to stop Whipple from getting away by holding onto the back of the car. Police said the car, a rental that had been stolen last month, was found abandoned at a nearby apartment complex.
Nguyen left behind three daughters aged 20, 25 and 28 and two grandchildren aged four and six. She was a Vietnamese refugee who came to America and raised her three daughters as a single mother. She traveled the country before landing in Las Vegas two years ago, family members said. She and her husband Sonny loved their business. They were open 12 hours per day, seven days per week.
Las Vegas police released storefront security video footage of the incident along with a plea for information on the whereabouts of the suspect, Krystal Whipple. Officer Larry Hadfield said “We are asking the public’s help if they have knowledge of where this person is to contact the homicide section. Investigators have worked around the clock with no time off because they were determined to make Whipple “answer for this horrible crime.” A previous booking photo of Whipple, dated April 2018, was provided in a press release from LVMPD.
Whipple was convicted in 2017 in Las Vegas of attempted possession of a stolen vehicle, according to Clark County District Court records. She was sentenced to four months in jail last year for violating probation in that case.
If you have knowledge of Whipple’s whereabouts or any information about the case, please call the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or send an email to homicide@lvmpd.com.
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A Tennessee woman who was convicted as a teenager for killing a man while she said she was a sex trafficking victim, was granted clemency. Cyntoia Brown, now 30, was granted a full commutation to parole by Governor Bill Haslam and will be eligible for release Aug. 7 after serving 15 years in prison. She will remain on parole for 10 years. Brown was tried as an adult and convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery. In 2006, she was sentenced to life for the death of Johnny Mitchell Allen, who paid Brown for sex.
Her case gained national attention and awareness about the toll of human trafficking. At the time, Brown had run away from home and was living with her 24-year-old boyfriend, a pimp known as “Kut Throat,” who Brown said raped her and forced her into prostitution. According to Brown, on the night of August 6, 2004, Brown, then 16-years-old, met Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate broker and US Army veteran, in the parking lot of a Sonic Drive-In in Nashville. Brown agreed to have sex with Allen for $150. The two then ordered dinner and Allen drove them to his home.
At some point during the evening, Brown shot Allen in the back of the head with a .40-caliber handgun. Brown said she feared for her life and shot Allen, 43, while in bed with him because she believed he was reaching for a gun. She then stole $172 in cash, several firearms, and a vehicle, a Ford F150. She drove the stolen truck to InTowne Suites where she was living with her pimp.
During her trial, prosecutors argued the motive was robbery and say Allen was shot as he slept. Brown’s supporters and lawyer have argued her sentence was too extreme, given her age and circumstances. Nashville police detective Charles Robinson testified that she told investigators she shot Allen because she feared for her life. In a letter dated Dec. 12, 2017, Robinson urged Haslam not to grant clemency to Brown. “First and foremost, Cyntoia Brown did not commit this murder because she was a child sex slave as her advocates would like you to believe. Cyntoia Brown’s motive for murdering Johnny Allen in his sleep was robbery.” Among the evidence cited by Robinson, was how Allen’s “arms were folded underneath his head and his fingers were interlocked together,” which was inconsistent with Brown telling investigators he was reaching for a gun.
Haslam said in a statement that the decision comes after careful consideration of “what is a tragic and complex case. Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16. Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life.”
While in prison, Brown has earned a GED and an associate degree in 2015 through the Lipscomb Initiative for Education Program with a 4.0 GPA, Haslam said. Brown said she is scheduled to earn her bachelor’s degree in May. Brown said she is committed to live the rest of her life helping others, especially young people. “My hope is to help other young girls avoid ending up where I have been,” she said.
Brown thanked the governor and her supporters in a statement released by her attorneys. “Thank you, Governor Haslam, for your act of mercy in giving me a second chance,” Brown said. “I will do everything I can to justify your faith in me.” Brown said she is grateful for the support, prayers, and encouragement she has received, including from Tennessee Department of Corrections officials.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, January 6th, 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 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 6th, 2019 was:
ANGELA JANISSE
Wixom, MI
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx 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 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.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
12/31/18
Nikki Hunsaker
Erica Hansen
Jill Nauyokas
Brittany Light
Brooke Scott
Dale Fish
Eva Biggs
Adaria Johnson
Jeanne Marie Rousseau
Sherry Lilly
Cyndi Jansheski
Becky VanGinkel
Mya Murphy
Jessica Ownby
Nicole Blaha
Anna Nichols
Kim Minton
France Camer
Angela Janisse
Lenis Abshire
1/1/19
Alyssa DiFazio
Debbie Gremlin
Kim Minton
Amie-Lee George
Michelle Webb
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Christy Marie
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Jennifer Downing
Shannon Scott
Cyndi Jansheski
Sheila Carvell
Eric Sanders
Tabitha Rentschler
Crystal Young
Debbie Jensen
Adaria Johnson
Debbie Bloxom
Lisa David Carr
1/2/19
Derek Jennings
Amber Jacobs
Brittany Light
Hunter Coffey
April Ashcraft
Kendra George
Melissa Turner Baker
Sarah Harrison
Traci Anderson
Misty Shallcross
Alisa Jones
Jazmine Nicole
Nacole Patrick
Jennifer Lee Nalley
Bea Patrick
Wendi Black
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Marcy Coull
Jennifer Lee Nalley
Cyndi Jansheski
Dean Bruss
Kara Kilhoffer
Becky Hartman
Tracy Heyer
1/3/19
Derek Jennings
Brittany Light
April Ashcraft
Nacole Patrick
Kristina Rosson
Tabitha Sinks
Cheyenne Shaw
Kayla Clemons
Charlotte Dennis
Carol Jean
Brooke Scott
Sarah Harrison
Darlene Whyte
Paula M Bondy
Bea Patrick
Christy Hawkes
Ann Patrick
Melissa Turner Baker
Jessica Steiner
Lisa David Carr
Edward John
1/4/19
Karron Redfield
Lisa Puckett
Jennifer Garza
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Isis Sample
Aarti DM
Erica Hansen
Kelsey Polacek
Misty Shallcross
Jill Nauyokas
Debbie Bloxom
Ash Blackwell
Beth Cleveland
Eleazar Ruiz
April Ashcraft
Trish Hysell
Carl Buddy Mizell
Georgiann D’Angelo
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Kathleen Marks
Jennifer Ramlet
Joanie Waterman
1/5/19
Jill Nauyokas
Nikki Hunsaker
Anna Nichols
Eric Sander
Josephine Casey
Sheila Carvell
Alisa Jones
Shannon Rush
Be Schwerin
Dean Bruss
Kimberly Snyder
Jennifer Ramlet
Joanie Waterman
Joanna Hacker
Kayla Clemons
Carl Buddy Mizell
Nacole Patrick
Kayla Hernandez
Cheryl Hall
Bea Patrick
Shannon Scott
1/6/19
Jill Nauyokas
Christy Hawkes
Jenifer Garza
Lisa Puckett
Jeanne Marie Rousseau
Sheila Carvell
Holly Oswald
Becky Hartman
Raymond Dodier
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Eleazar Ruiz
Audessa Vaught
Amanda Nicole
Heather Wheeler Shaw
Alyssa DiFazio
Kara Kilhoffer
Heather Lynn Rood
Nancy Scharnhorst
Stacy Giacosa
Brooke Scott
Adaria Johnson
Debbie Bloxom
Maria Bouchard
Dale Fish
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The actor Kevin Spacey has been charged with felony sexual assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager in a bar in Massachusetts in 2016. A public show-cause hearing was held for the case Dec. 20 where Clerk Magistrate Ryan Kearney issued a criminal complaint for the charge against Kevin S. Fowler, also known as Kevin Spacey. Spacey is due in court on January 7 to face the felony charge that could bring him up to five years in prison. Spacey has denied the charges.
The alleged assault on a male victim took place at a Nantucket bar in July 2016. Last year, former Boston TV news anchor Heather Unruh held a press conference to share her son’s allegation of sexual assault against Spacey. She stated that her then 18-year-old son said was sexually assaulted by Spacey inside the Club Car Restaurant on Nantucket. Unruh says her son was not of legal drinking age but had told Spacey he was and that the actor bought him drink after drink after drink. “My son was a starstruck, straight 18-year-old young man who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator or that he was about to become his next victim,” she said at the time. “When my son was drunk, Spacey made his move and sexually assaulted him.”
The Nantucket Police Department began its criminal investigation in November 2017, said Massachusetts attorney Mitchell Garabedian, the attorney for the alleged victim. The department has since transferred the case to the district attorney’s office. Garabedian said in a statement, “The complainant has shown a tremendous amount of courage in coming forward. Let the facts be presented, the relevant law applied and a just and fair verdict rendered.” Multiple men have come forward with accusations of sexual assault and harassment against Spacey since October 2017, which prompted Netflix to abruptly cut ties with and drop the actor from its hit political drama House of Cards. Spacey is still under investigation in Los Angeles and in England for other alleged sexual assaults.
Soon after the charges were filed against Spacey, the actor posted a bizarre video to his Twitter account where he portrays his House of Cards character Frank Underwood. The actor addresses his House of Cards fate while also saying that he knows his fans want him back. “I know what you want,” Spacey begins in Frank’s accent. “Oh sure, they may have tried to separate us, but what we have is too strong, too powerful. After all, we shared everything, you and I. I told you my deepest, darkest secrets. I showed you exactly what people are capable of. I shocked you with my honestly, but mostly I challenged you and made you think. And you trusted me, even though you knew you shouldn’t. So we’re not done, no matter what anyone says. And besides, I know what you want. You want me back.”
“Of course, some believed everything and have been just waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all. They’re just dying to have me declare that everything said is true and that I got what I deserved. Only you and I both know it’s never that simple, not in politics and not in life,” he says. “All this presumption made for such an unsatisfying ending, and to think it could have been such a memorable sendoff.” He goes on to say that in both life and in art, nothing should be off the table: “I can promise you this. If I didn’t pay the price for the things we both know I did do, I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the things I didn’t do.” Spacey ended the 3 minute video by directly calling out his death on House of Cards. The actor puts on Frank’s signature ring before walking off. “My confidence grows each day that soon enough, you will know the full truth,” he says. “Wait a minute, now that I think of it, you never actually saw me die, did you? Conclusions can be so deceiving.”
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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 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 23rd, 2018 was:
TRACEY SMITH
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx 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 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.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
12/17/18
Jill Nauyokas
Alexis Maureen
Tina Mimick
Nicole Blaha
Kayte CookWatts
Priscilla Shimp
Brooke Scott
Beth Cleveland
Karen Bondehagen
Nikki Hunsaker
Amanda Nicole
Misty Shallcross
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Neil Anderson
Tom Cavalli
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Desire Kighlinger Swarm
Deborah Farris
Holly Cajigas
Lisa Marie Ferraiolo Whitener
Karen Brunet Moore
Tracey Smith
12/18/18
Ashley Agner
Jeanne Marie Rousseau
Josephine Casey
Shannon Rush
Phylicia Phillips
Kristina Harris
Amie-Lee George
Bea Patrick
Nacole Patrick
Karron Redfield
Misty Dawn Moores
Joanna Hacker
Jessica Steiner
CopperWorks Paul Hardy
Sheila Carvell
Brooke Scott
Nacole Patrick
Cherilyn White
Tonya Velazquez
Blanca Carrillo
Samantha Brwn
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
12/19/18
Kathleen Marks
Angel Shearl
Deborah Farris
Becky Hartman
Tracey Smith
Lisa Puckett
Tracy Heyer
Nai Merri
Jennifer Ramlet
Brittany Seiler
Audessa Vaught
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Ramlet
Susan Clarke Jette
Amber Stewart
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Stacy Nelson
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Stephanie Griffith
Lori Sexton Leal
Tracy Shafer
12/20/18
Karen Brunet Moore
Brandy Williams
Jill Nauyokas
Darlene Whyte
Jennifer Vega
Andrea Ayala
Hunter Coffey
Jennifer Garza
Dale Fish
Carol Jean
Tina Auth
Misty Shallcross
Tom Cavalli
Erica Hansen
Edward John
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Debbie Gremlin
Karen Rimiller Presley
Jenn Smith Jackson
Pallavi Deshmukh
Anna Nichols
Leah Denton
Mya Murphy
Becca Dotsun
Nupur CBorty
12/21/18
Jill Nauyokas
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Nai Merri
Brooke Scott
Becky Hartman
Amber Conaway
Kimberly Kay
Cherilyn White
Christy Hawkes
Brittany Seiler
Jeanne Marie Rousseau
Anna Nichols
Amanda Nichole Young
Debbie Gremlin
Kayla Clemons
Jessica Ownby
Tiffany Borek
Kalyani Nam
Tina Mimick
Nikki Hunsaker
12/22/18
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Debbie Gremlin
Shannon Rush
Tabitha Rentschler
Jessica Ownsby
Deborah Farris
Sarah Frank
Alison Giffune Paige
Nicole Blaha
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Tracey Shafer
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Becky Hartman
Derek Jennings
Darlene Whyte
Cheryl Hall
Tina Auth
Andrew W Sauer
Alyssa DiFazio
Aarti DM
Autumn Dansby
Lisa A Mazola
Josephine Casey
Kimberly Taylor Hall
12/23/18
Ann Patrick
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Eleazar Ruiz
Mike Adamski
Melissa Mae
Cherilyn White
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tracy Heyer
Be Schwerin
Amber Jacobs
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Amy Chavis
Amie-Lee George
Alyssa DiFazio
Megan Rhyne
Heather Wheeler Shaw
Tom Cavalli
Angel Shearl
Rosanne Clark
Kimberly Snyder
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CBS announced it will withhold all of the $120 million severance package contained in the contract for Les Moonves, former chair and CEO of the media giant. Moonves resigned in September after The New Yorker published an article detailing a slew of previously unreported sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations. The decision follows an investigation by two law firms into the allegations against Moonves which culminated in a graphic report that concluded that the company had ample of reasons to fire the television executive for cause, subsequently paving the way for it to withhold the payout.
The investigation was conducted by law firms Debevoise & Plimpton and Covington & Burling . It determined that “harassment and retaliation are not pervasive at CBS.” Even so, the board claimed that the investigation uncovered past incidents of misconduct and “concluded that the Company’s historical policies, practices and structures have not reflected a high institutional priority on preventing harassment and retaliation.”
Among the investigations findings was that Moonves “destroyed evidence and misled investigators in an attempt to preserve his reputation and save a lucrative severance deal.” Investigators interviewed 17 women who had reported accusations of misconduct and cited them as credible sources. The report also included several previously undisclosed allegations of sexual misconduct. The report states that Mr. Moonves engaged in multiple acts of serious, nonconsensual sexual misconduct in and outside of the workplace both before and after he came to CBS in 1995.”
Investigators say Moonves’ also tried to keep a previously undisclosed claim of sexual assault quiet by an actress named Bobbie Phillips, and subsequently tried to find her employment with CBS projects after her manager approached him about the incident. Investigators say Moonves removed text messages with Dauer from an iPad in an attempt to keep hidden his efforts from the board’s inquiry. The report disclosed that Moonves had provided investigators with his son’s iPad, rather than his own.
Investigators found that Moonves received oral sex from at least four employees “under circumstances that sound transactional and improper to the extent that there was no hint of any relationship, romance, or reciprocity.” The report also claims that CBS management was aware of allegations against Moonves for years. Former board member Arnold Kopelson, who died in October, was informed as early as 2007 about an attack in which a woman said “Moonves had masturbated in front of her and tried to kiss her during a doctor’s visit in 1999.” There is no evidence Kopelson took any action to look into the allegations or inform other board members.
Moonves was forced to step down in September, following a New Yorker story in which a dozen women came forward claiming he had sexually harassed or assaulted them. Multiple women have accused Moonves of sexual misconduct. The story included allegations of women who accused him of forcing them to perform oral sex, exposing himself to them, and retaliating when they rejected him. Moonves has denied the accusations. Approximately $140 million was remaining in Moonves’ employment contract, but $20 million was designated for grants after he departed the television network in September due to sexual misconduct allegations. The $120 million left was then placed in a trust.
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James A. Fields Jr., the neo-Nazi who rammed his car into a group of counter-protesters at the Unite The Right rally on August 12, 2017, has been sentenced to life for first-degree murder; 70 years for each of five counts of aggravated malicious wounding; 20 years for each of three counts of malicious wounding; and nine years for leaving the scene of a fatal crash. The jurors were instructed that the sentences would be “presumed to be consecutive” unless they recommended that the terms be served simultaneously. Fields’s overall sentence: life plus 419 years and $480,000 in fines.
The jury of seven women and five men convicted Fields of the 10 offenses in a Charlottesville Circuit Court. In Virginia, trial juries determine what penalties should be handed out within sentencing ranges dictated by law. Judge Richard E. Moore, who said he will formally sentence Fields on March 29th, can impose a lesser punishment than the jurors called for but is not allowed to increase the sentences.
During the trial, Fields psychiatric disorders dating to early childhood were detailed in court by a mental-health expert. Psychologist Daniel Murrie testified that Fields was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 6 and has been prone to angry, sometimes violent outbursts since before he could walk and was “expelled from preschool” because of his volatile behavior. As an adolescent, he was found to have schizoid personality disorder and was housed in psychiatric facilities for three stretches before his 15th birthday.
Murrie testified that Fields did not meet Virginia’s legal definition for not guilty by reason of insanity. To be acquitted on the basis of insanity, a defendant must show that he did not understand the difference between right and wrong at the time of the offense or was mentally unable to control his actions. Fields did not deny that he intentionally accelerated his Dodge Challenger into a group of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others. His lawyers contended that he was afraid for his safety and acted to protect himself but jurors rejected that argument and issued 10 guilty verdicts.
Several of the injured victims, testified at Fields’s trial and sentencing hearing, described lasting physical wounds, psychological anguish and dire financial distress. They described their injuries including shattered bones and debilitating nerve damage that they may never fully recover from. They spoke of nightmares, social isolation caused by post-traumatic stress disorder and crushing medical bills from surgeries that have depleted their insurance and could burden them far into the future.
Fields faces a separate federal trial for alleged hate crimes related to the incident, including one offense that carries a possible death sentence. No trial date has been set and the Justice Department has not said whether it will seek capital punishment.
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In France, the “yellow vest” protests continued for a fourth consecutive week with an estimated 130,000 people taking to the streets across the country. Protesters and police clashed again in the capital and other cities with police firing rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas at crowds, and some protesters smashing windows and setting vehicles on fire resulting in over 1,700 arrests.
Civil unrest began on November 17th and have continued over the four weeks with little signs of slowing. The protesters were dubbed “Les gilets jaunes” (the yellow vests) after the high-visibility jackets they adopted as a symbol of their complaint, blocked roundabouts, burned effigies and clashed with the police. They were objecting the almost 20 percent increase in the price of diesel since the start of the year, as well as the planned fuel tax hike President Emmanuel Macron had recently announced. The demands have also expanded, with even students taking part, calling for changes to the French high school examinations and university entrance procedures.
The intensity of the protests forced the government to halt the plans for the fuel tax hike but demonstrators are calling for additional economic reforms, and many for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron. While Macron said the tax was necessary to “protect the environment” and “combat climate change”, protesters claimed the decision was yet another sign that the “privileged” president is out of touch with regular folk struggling to make ends meet.
In Paris, major attractions, including the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, are closed in anticipation of the demonstrations. After images of police using tear gas and tanks against protesters in Paris hit newspapers worldwide, President Emmanuel Macron delivered a national address announcing he would raise the minimum wage and cancel a tax increase on low-income retirees. In his address to the nation, Macron said the violent protests — which have morphed from a grassroots movement against fuel tax hikes into disparate demonstrations against his presidency — have been “unacceptable” and “will not be in any way indulged.”
He proposed some social reforms, including an increase in the minimum wage by 100 euros ($113) a month beginning in January that will not cost employers extra and a promise that overtime hours will not be taxed. Macron also remained defiant and said he would not reinstate the wealth tax but would fight tax fraud. The reforms are expected to cost the government between $8.1 billion and $10.1 billion, according to Olivier Dussopt, France’s secretary of state to the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts.
While Macron’s announcement has appeased some demonstrators, some 77,000 people still turned out across the country, including 10,000 in Paris. On December 8, many Paris tourist hot spots and stores were shuttered in anticipation of violent protests after the previous week’s demonstrations resulted in the worst riots to hit the French capital in decades. By the end of the week, 1,723 people had been taken in for questioning and 1,220 into custody, according to the Interior Ministry. Across the country, 135 people were reported injured.
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French Police have shot and killed 29-year-old Chérif Chekatt, the suspected gunman of the attack at an outdoor Christmas market in the northeast city of Strasbourg which killed five people and injured 11 others. French authorities say Chekatt had multiple criminal convictions and was on a security services watchlist as a suspected Islamist extremist. Chekatt was reportedly scheduled to be arrested for an armed robbery and attempted murder charge on the day of the shooting.
He was known to security services for a total of 27 convictions in France, Germany, and Switzerland, with 67 recorded crimes in France alone. French police considered him a “gangster-jihadist”, a term referring to people convicted of various crimes and “radicalized” in prison. Chekatt was released from prison in France in 2015, then received a prison sentence for theft in Singen, Germany and was expelled to France after his release in 2017.
On December 11th, just before 8pm, Chekatt allegedly entered the outdoor market area and opened fire in three different areas. The shooting lasted ten minutes and was heard shouting “Allahu akbar” as he fired into the crowd. He also attacked people with a knife before exchanging fire with soldiers of Opération Sentinelle and with the National Police. Despite being shot in the arm during the shootout with authorities, he escaped the area in a taxi cab. The cab driver was unharmed and reported having taken an armed and wounded man from the area to police immediately.
France issued the highest level of security alert and two days later Chekatt was killed in a shootout with French police after a manhunt involving 700 officers. An investigation was initiated after the attack and four people close to Chekatt were detained for questioning after the shooting. Those detained were his father, his mother, and two of his brothers. A fifth person was taken into custody and a search warrant was issued in Algeria for a “very radicalized” third brother. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz, who handles terror cases throughout France, told a news conference that a total of seven people were in police custody. His parents and two of his brothers were later released “due to the lack of incriminating evidence at this stage” according to the prosecutor’s office.
Two victims of the shooting died at the scene and the three others later died in the hospital. Four of the 11 people injured are in critical condition. Anupong Suebsamarn, 45, a tourist from Thailand was shot multiple times and died at the scene. He was on holiday with his wife, who was also shot but survived. Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries told French TV that a local resident who has only been identified as a 61-year-old retired bank employee had also been killed. Kamal Naghchband, a 45 year old mechanic and father of three was shot in the head while walking with his family. He fell into a coma and died two days later. Antonio Megalizzi, a 29-year-old Italian journalist covering the European Parliament plenary session was critically injured and died of his wounds three days later. Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski, a 36-year-old Polish-born man was also critically injured in the attack and his death was announced three days later. Orent-Niedzielski and his Italian friend Antonio Megalizzi, who were at the market together, were severely injured when they tried to stop Chekatt from entering a bar during the assault.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, December 16th, 2018.
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 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 16th, 2018 was:
KENDRA LYNN RAMSEY
Worcester, MA
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx 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 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.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
12/10/18
Kimberly Snyder
Sandy Nevels
Eleazar Ruiz
Jennifer Vega
Brandy Williams
Adaria Johnson
Tracey Smith
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Mason
Sherri Kidwell
Derelys Peterson
Morgan Alexandra
Ashley Agner
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Be Schwerin
Mya Murphy
Tonya Velazquez
Sheila Carvell
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Tom Cavalli
Lori Sexton Leal
Karen Brunet Moore
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Alexis Maureen
12/11/18
Misty Shallcross
Be Schwerin
Deborah Farris
Jeanne Marie Rousseau
Kathleen Marks
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Tonya Velazquez
Kayla Clemons
Melissa Mae
Ashley Agner
Diane Hamric
Sandy K High
Jennifer Vega
Nyeasia Pippin
Tina Auth
Karyn Koehler
Christina Cannon
April Ashcraft
Alison Giffune Paige
Cheryl Hall
12/12/18
Sherri Kidwell
Jill Nauyokas
Ashley Agner
Mya Murphy
Heather Marocco
Anna Nichols
Paula Johnson
Kacie Rogers
Dale Fish
Shannon Rush
Hunter Coffey
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Kim Avery
Josephine Casey
Geri Rus
Mikey Mellor
Amber Conaway
Wendi Black
Eleazar Ruiz
Amanda Nichole
12/13/18
Bea Patrick
Dale Fish
Jennifer Mason
Kathleen Marks
Jessica Steiner
Karen Rimiller Presley
Brooke Scott
Deborah Farris
Derelys Peterson
Nicole Blaha
Nacole Patrick
Kristi Cervantes
Emily Boxer
Kimberly Snyder
Erica Hanson
April Ashcraft
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Derek Jennings
Amie-Lee George
Jenifer Garza
France Camer
Amanda Nicole
Megan Rhyne
Nitasha Shank
Tearsa D Keith
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Sandy K High
12/14/18
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Lang
Michelle Tyler Jeske
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Karen Brunet Moore
Mike Adamski
Betsy Brandon Riddle Smith
Jennifer Cameron
Amanda Nicole
Kristina Harris
Tracey Smith
Jade Good
Cheryl Hall
Crystal Dotson
LaKishia Wagers
Jessica Ownby
Jodi Stevens
Christy Marie
Dale Fish
Sunney Michelle Johnson
12/15/18
Michelle Webb
Derek Jennings
Kristina Harris
Holly Cajigas
Carla Williams
Susanne Killion
Wendi Black
Jennifer Downing
Jennifer Mason
Brittany Light
Tina Auth
Erica Hansen
Deborah Farris
Angela Janisse
Karen Brunet Moore
Darlene Whyte
Stacy Nelson
Susan Clarke Jette
Laura Bernard
Jodi Stevens
Carole Jacobs
12/16/18
Christy Hawkes
Darlene Whyte
Dale Fish
Amanda Nicole
Anna Nichols
Eleazar Ruiz
Stacy Nelson
Vickie Gipson
Cyndi Jansheski
Stevie Rosson
Ambreen Rouf
Jill Nauyokas
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Jennifer Downing
Jenifer Garza
Joanie Waterman
Kimberly Snyder
Tiffany Borek
Jessica Steiner
Alicia Johnson
Amanda Nicole Young
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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