Mom Arrested After Toddlers Found Home Alone, Eating Dog Food

According to young mom Samantha Abernathy, 19, she left her 2 and 3-year-old sons home alone about 2 am Sunday for just a short while to go see her ex-boyfriend. Her excuse? She fully expected the boy's father to show up at 9 am. He didn't and apparently the hungry toddlers went in search of food . . . near the dumpster in the parking lot of the apartment complex where the family lived.

Police said a neighbor spotted the kids at the complex near University Drive and Gilbert Road. Their mother was nowhere to be found. Investigators said when the finally figured out which apartment the 2-year-old and 3-year-old lived in, the found the door wide open and feces all over the floor.

"I'm told there was a lock on the refrigerator and there was more beer than food in that fridge," said Sgt. Ed Wessing, spokesperson for the Mesa Police Department.
Police said they saw the younger child go directly to the pantry and start eating dog food.

“We don’t know if this child routinely eats dog food, but I can tell you when our officers felt bad enough they went and purchased food themselves out of their own money and brought it to these kids, they ate it like they were extremely hungry," said Sgt. Wessing. "It's unbelievable, those poor little things. I just can't imagine," said Joann Duplessis, a neighbor.

Samantha Abernathy, 20, the children’s mother, was booked for child endangerment. Investigators said Abernathy, who worked at Centerfold Cabaret, claimed to have left around 2 a.m. on Sunday to help a friend. Court records show she returned at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday -- nearly 9 hours later -- and did not find anyone to watch her kids.

"How could you possibly leave a 2 and 3-year old alone for five minutes, let alone more than eight hours, and that’s what she's admitting to. It could be longer,” said Sgt. Wessing. “How many times has this happened?"

Children Found Unsupervised, Eating Dog Food [KPHO]

New York Cop Arrested for Pointing Gun at Woman During Road Rage Incident

You know the traffic must really suck if even the off-duty cops are pulling guns on other drivers out of frustration. On the other hand, it's hard to take seriously a witness who's given name is Chastity Cancel.

An NYPD cop was arrested Monday after he pulled a gun on a Bronx mother and her 2-year-old daughter during a road-rage incident while he was off duty, police said Tuesday. Six-year veteran Michael Gallow, 28, was suspended from the 28th Precinct stationhouse in Harlem on Monday after he was charged with menacing and possession of a weapon, cops said.

Chastity Cancel told Fox 5 that Gallow, driving a Toyota Camry, honked at her and flashed his lights as she tried to merge with traffic on Randall Ave. in Schuylerville, the Bronx. She said she let him know how she felt. "I stuck out my middle finger," she said. Gallow then pulled up to her car and pointed a gun at her head. "He said, "Do not curse me,'" she said. Cancel said she hid under her dashboard and Gallow sped away. "He said he would kill everyone in the car," she said.

Highlights From the Police Blotter Report at the Ohio State U Student Newspaper

We came across these stories while doing research for something else. And, while there's not a lot of information on any one of them, all of them made us chuckle just a little and in total made us laugh . . . sort up. Just think: some Buckeye student gets credit in a Journalism class for writing this crap. For more fun like this, please check out The Lantern.

Police Arrest Drunken, Bleeding Head-Stander
Police were called to Summit Street and East 17th Avenue early Saturday morning on reports of a man who was bleeding and standing on his head. When officers arrived they found 37-year-old Yellow Springs resident Stephen P. Ali, who was highly intoxicated. Police arrested Ali for disorderly conduct because he could not care for himself, according to the police report.

Grill thief traps student in home
Someone stole a grill from a 21-year-old Ohio State student's porch on West Norwich Avenue Sunday night, and then the thief wedged patio furniture against the front and rear doors so the student could not leave her house.

Golf ball vandals show support for Cavaliers
On Saturday, a 20-year-old Ohio State student reported to police that a golf ball shattered the double-paned rear window at her East Norwich Avenue home on Friday, May 22. The golf ball had "go cavs" written on it.

Witness chases brick thrower away
A 67-year-old man reported to police that someone threw a brick through a window at his home on the 2000 block of Iuka Avenue in an attempt to enter the house Friday night. A witness who saw the man through the rock chased him away.

We Have a Winner! Man Arrested for 153rd Time!

Forget it if you think you're hot sh*t for being arrested 20 or 30 times. Paul Baldwin of Portsmouth, New Hampshire has just been arrested for the 153rd time, this time for punching someone in the face, just days after spending a year in jail for stealing $1.99 can of beer. Baldwin wants to plead guilty, but the prosecutor hasn't been able to determine a charge yet because he hasn't had time to review the man's lengthy record.

Arraigned June 1 by video from the Rockingham County House of Corrections, Baldwin, 49, with no fixed address, was charged with a class A misdemeanor count of simple assault alleging he hit someone in the face in Market Square. He told the court he didn’t want a lawyer and was prepared to plead guilty, but prosecutor Rena DiLando said her office has not had time to contact the alleged victim for input.

DiLando petitioned the court for $5,000 cash bail, noting that Baldwin’s criminal history is so lengthy she didn’t have time to read it all. She said he was also cited twice for violation-level offenses during his first week out of jail, once for a trespassing on the railroad tracks and another time for having an open container of beer.

Free from jail for days, man arrested for 153rd time [Boston Herald]

Latest Female Teacher Sex Scandal: Woman, 27, Accused of Having Sex Seven Times With Boy, 14, in Classroom After School

Someone's not telling the truth here: the "victim" in this case, a 14-year-old boy at Middle School 8 in Jamaica (Long Island, NY) claims he and a female teacher had sex multiple times in her classroom after school. The accused, teacher Melissa Weber, 27, told cops that nothing really happened and that "I've hugged him and he put his hands on my buttocks. I reprimanded him for that." The problem for Ms. Weber might come in when officers look at what the evidence that the boy's mother found on his cell phone: hundreds of calls and text messages between the two.

Weber, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of second-degree rape, 14 counts of third-degree sexual abuse and one count of endangering the welfare of a child. If convicted, she could get up to 7 years in prison. Not sure the point that Weber's lawyer was trying to make, but at one point attorney Donald Vogelman told the media, "If you take a look at my client, what she looks like, if she goes into jail, it'll be very difficult for her."

Charges: West Babylon woman had sex with student, 14 [Newsday]

Man Arrested for Disturbance at Church Because No One Came to His High School Graduation

You work hard for what, six or seven years, and then no one shows up when you finally graduate from high school? I'd be upset, too, but probably not so upset that I'd mess with the cops and get my ass tasered in a church.

A Framingham man who became angry when his family did not attend his high school graduation on Sunday was arrested after he became combative, police said. Keith Herring, 19, was arrested at 5:50 p.m. at Power - The Holy Ghost church at 12 Irving St., police said. Herring graduated Sunday from Framingham High School's Thayer Campus.

Police went to 12 Irving St. after a call about an out-of-control teen, police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany said. When they arrived, they found Herring yelling and being restrained by several people. "He was very upset," said Shastany. "He was advised to stop yelling and he kept trying to get by the officers, trying to push past them."

The officers told Herring, who Shastany described as a large man, 6 feet 2 inches tall and 200 pounds, that he was going to be arrested for being disorderly. Herring started throwing his arms around and resisting the officers attempts to handcuff him.
"He was advised if he didn't stop, he would be tased," said Shastany. "He continued struggling, and he was Tasered. Immediately after, he was handcuffed."

Herring was not injured, but he was taken to Framingham's MetroWest Medical Center as a precaution. Later, Herring told police he was upset because no one attended his graduation.

Video: EMT Could Face Charges for Scuffle With State Trooper

This one poses an important question: if an ambulance and a police car both have their sirens on but are going to different locations, who has to pull over? A cell phone video from the man who's mother was being taken to the hospital in the ambulance shows the confrontation between cops and EMTs. (Watch video of the incident below.)

A paramedic could face charges after a scuffle with a state trooper that was caught on cell phone camera. It happened Sunday near Paden in Okfuskee County. That's about 70 miles southwest of Tulsa. Kenyada Davis' mother was being transported in the ambulance and recorded the incident on his cell phone camera. paramedic could face charges after a scuffle with a state trooper that was caught on cell phone camera.

It happened Sunday near Paden in Okfuskee County. That's about 70 miles southwest of Tulsa. Kenyada Davis' mother was being transported in the ambulance and recorded the incident on his cell phone camera.

EMT Could Face Charges After Incident With Trooper [KTUL]



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Drunk Man Arrested With Shirt Wrapped Around Boat Propeller

From the way this story reads, this guy is lucky he's only in jail and not dead or severely maimed. When sheriff's deputies approached his boat, they found him underwater with his T-shirt caught in the boat's propeller!

A 44-year-old Connecticut man was arrested for drunken boating on the Grand River (Michigan) after sheriff's deputies said he got his T-shirt caught in the boat's propeller, police said. Ottawa County sheriff's deputies responded to a report that a man had been thrown from his boat near Indian Channel. They found an empty boat and the man submerged behind the craft, fighting to breathe.

When police pulled him out of the water, they found his T-shirt wrapped around the boat's outboard motor propeller, which had killed the motor, but also secured the man to it, deputies said. Police said the man refused medical treatment.

Anyone else surprised that alcohol was involved?

Man arrested on drunken boating charge after propeller incident [MLive]

Female Teacher, 38, Caught in Van With Boy, 16 - Jennifer Espinosa

Yet another married, mother of two, middle-aged teacher is caught with an underage boy. That part's not news. What is news is that the boy in question is also--according to police--a gang member and had been expelled from school. And the fact that the cops found the boy with Jennifer Espinosa, 38, after following her Honda Pilot and noticing the smell of marijuana coming from it. When the pulled it over they found Espinosa, the boy and a 22-year-old man that they also suspect of being a gang member. Oh, and a bunch of weed.

At that point Espinosa did the right thing and refused to answer any further questions. No, just kidding: she sang like a bird to officers and admitted having sex numerous times with the underage boy in both her Pilot and at her home. Yeah, someone's going to prison for a long time. At right, Jennifer Espinosa's mug shot picture. She looks sad.

Espinosa told police she “loves” the 16-year-old boy, who was expelled from Maine East in September and is a known Sureno 13 gang member, the release said. Espinosa was taken in for questioning by Sheriff’s police on Saturday night near the Golf Terrace Apartments, on the 9600 block of North Golf Terrace, after police smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from behind Espinosa’s 2009 Honda Pilot, the release said.

As police curbed the car and noticed the windows were rolled down, they noticed one person moving quickly to a back seat. All people in the car were ordered out and Espinosa immediately told police she was a Maine East teacher, the release said.

Officer recognized the 16-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man as known gang members. Police searched the car and recovered a bag of suspected marijuana. Alejandro Landi, 22, of Niles, was charged with misdemeanor drug possession.

Upon questioning of the suspects in the vehicle, Espinosa told investigators she was a teacher and mentor to the boy unti he was expelled. She said their relationship began after his expulsion, the release said. Police said they told them they have had sex numerous times, in her Park Ridge home and in her car at various locations around the high school.

Maine East teacher charged with having sex with former student [Chicago Sun Times]