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Kevin McCann, 47, of Lawrence Township, Ohio, has been charged with two counts of felonious assault and two counts of felony child endangering. McCann allegedly used a Taser-like weapon this on Christina Robinson’s 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, the Canton Repository reports.
Authorities do not believe McCann shocked the children and they do not believe the weapon he allegedly used in this incident was given to him as part of his official duties, according to the newspaper.
Robinson, 22, also of Lawrence Township, is charged with four counts of felony child endangering.
Both suspects were arraigned Wednesday and denied all charges. They remain in the Stark County Jail with bond set at $500,000.
The two children in question and a younger sibling have been placed with a relative with supervision provided by the Stark County Department of Job and Family Services, the newspaper reports.
]]>Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Marcus Jackson, 25, was charged with sexual battery, second-degree sex offense, extortion, kidnapping, indecent exposure and two counts of felonious restraint. He was being held in lieu of bond totaling $360,000 ahead of a court hearing Thursday, according to jail records. The records did not indicate whether he had an attorney, and a jail spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking information.
Jackson was immediately fired after his arrest Wednesday night, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe said.
“To have one of our own involved in such a despicable act is not only a violation of the public trust, but a complete dishonor to this officer and every officer that wears this badge,” Monroe said. “We work very hard to gain and maintain the public’s trust, and this knocks us backward.”
The case began after a relative reported Monday that a 17-year-old girl said she was ordered into Jackson’s car on Dec. 18, driven to another location, and assaulted. The girl said the officer had been wearing his uniform and driving his marked patrol car.
On Tuesday, a 21-year-old woman told detectives she’d been assaulted under similar circumstances the previous night, Monroe said.
Both of the reported incidents happened between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. in east Charlotte, where Jackson was on duty.
“It is profoundly disappointing when one of our police officers engages in such heinous conduct,” Mayor Anthony Foxx said in a statement. “It obscures the fact that the vast majority of our officers are dedicated, hardworking people.”
Monroe added that “it would be naive” to think others had not been assaulted by Jackson, according to a report Thursday in the Charlotte Observer.
The police chief reportedly released Jackson’s photo at a news conference in the hopes that other potential victims will come forward.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Hurricane, Meredith and Vicky the intern decided to take a little road trip to Tiger Wood’s house in Orlando. At first MJ thought Fester would be funny to dress in drag but he knew Meredith would get more press.
Once they arrived Meredith hopped out of the car and ran out in her bikini and heels holding up a sign that said ‘Tiger – They Offered Me $500,000 – I’m Keeping My Mouth Shut!’ Security tried to kick her off the property but she refused to move so they called the police. Traffic was slowed down at least a quarter of a mile each way with passengers taking pictures and laughing as they drove by.
Meredith continued to scream, ‘’He’s Not a Tiger He’s A Cheetah!’’ to all the cars as they drove but finally had to leave when they were pulling cars over and issuing tickets to everyone that stopped.
mjmorningshow.com
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]]>By Matt Katz
Inquirer Staff Writer
If the people in charge of enforcing the rules of the road are violating the rules themselves, whom are you going to call?
The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, apparently.
The agency has cited the Camden Police Department for a “serious” violation after finding that 20 of its vehicles, mostly Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers, were in violation of state inspection laws. The vehicles had expired inspection stickers, stickers showing they had failed inspection, or no stickers at all.
The sticker on one vehicle, a Ford van, expired in September 2002.
City Business Administrator Christine Tucker said the cars and vans, which were observed by a state inspector while parked in a police lot, were part of the “reserve fleet.” They are not assigned to operational police units and are usually not used.
“I’m not going to say they’ve never been driven, but . . . they’re not part of the 250 vehicles we keep in service,” she said.
All the vehicles now will be inspected, and those that are no longer functional will be scrapped, she said.
The state has ordered the city to rectify the problem by Jan. 28 or face a fine of $350 per violation per vehicle – a potential $7,000 – every day.
Specifically, the department was cited for not providing “a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards.”
“Some of [the cars] don’t have heaters. Some of them, the steering doesn’t work. Some have problems with brakes,” said John Williamson, president of Camden Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1.
Williamson said a police officer had issued the complaint that spurred the inspection after he was reprimanded for declaring a beat-up car “out of service.”
“A lot of these vehicles are unsafe,” Williamson said.
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]]>STREETSBORO, Ohio – Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser.
A police video camera captured the 35-year-old John Ford of Cleveland grabbing the paper with his mouth as police emptied his pockets.
Ford was arrested following a report of a bank robbery in Streetsboro just south of Cleveland on Thursday.
Police say a man walked into the bank and handed a teller a note that demanded money.
Police say they found money in a bag in Ford’s car, which fit the description of the bank robber’s vehicle, along with a bank die pack that had exploded.
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