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October 24, 2024
Los Angeles Sheriff Deputies tear gas celebrating Dodgers fans
October 24, 2024
Zachary Radcliff, the former worship director and interim youth pastor of Oakwood Church in Saline, Michigan, where his father, Frank Radcliff, serves as lead pastor, is now facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after he was slapped with multiple charges of sexually abusing minors.
The 29-year-old former youth pastor has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity, two counts of child sexually abusive activity, and six counts of using the internet to communicate with another to commit a crime, MLive reported.
A statement shared on the church’s website said officials suspended the youth director with pay on Oct. 3, after receiving some “very disturbing news” about him “pending further investigation.”
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“The information that we received was shocking. We were told that Zachary had been soliciting inappropriate photos and possibly videos from teens. We have also heard other stories. This information has ripped our hearts apart,” they added. “The safety and protection of the individuals in our church is what is paramount to us. We are devoted to doing what we can for the care of the victims of these crimes.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-shocked-youth-pastor-son-accused-of-abusing-minors.html
Oakwood Church pastor shocked youth pastor son accused of abusing minors.. MAGAs
Zachary Radcliff, the former worship director and interim youth pastor of Oakwood Church in Saline, Michigan, where his father, Frank Radcliff, serves as lead pastor, is now facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after he was slapped with multiple charges of sexually abusing minors.
The 29-year-old former youth pastor has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity, two counts of child sexually abusive activity, and six counts of using the internet to communicate with another to commit a crime, MLive reported.
A statement shared on the church’s website said officials suspended the youth director with pay on Oct. 3, after receiving some “very disturbing news” about him “pending further investigation.”
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“The information that we received was shocking. We were told that Zachary had been soliciting inappropriate photos and possibly videos from teens. We have also heard other stories. This information has ripped our hearts apart,” they added. “The safety and protection of the individuals in our church is what is paramount to us. We are devoted to doing what we can for the care of the victims of these crimes.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-shocked-youth-pastor-son-accused-of-abusing-minors.html
October 23, 2024
48 year old woman trashes strangers halloween display.
October 23, 2024
When officers from the Rio Rancho Police Department first approached Patrick Ethridge, he was self-scanning a cart of groceries at a Walmart on Unser Boulevard, the city’s main drag. It was shortly after 7 p.m. on Aug. 24, and Ethridge, 47, the executive editor and vice president of the Albuquerque Journal, was wearing a motorcycle festival T-shirt with a slogan on the back: “Chasin’ Tail Raisin’ Hell.” The police told him that they’d seen his kids causing trouble elsewhere in the store.
His two teenage sons, the officers said, had been caught on camera knocking over displays and opening Monster energy drinks that they hadn’t paid for, discarding the empty cans on shelves. Now they were all wanted in the back office, where store employees would soon show Ethridge and the boys — along with a young woman whose connection to Ethridge is not made clear in the video or audio — some damning footage. Ethridge finished scanning his groceries, carefully rotating bottles of Gatorade to register every barcode, and then agreed to escort his sons to the back.
Inside Walmart’s de-facto situation room, a wall of monitors displayed vantage points from throughout the store. As Ethridge saw, customers were being watched while they opened a door in the freezer aisles, while they gawked at a $4,000 flat-screen TV, and while they rang up groceries at the same kind of self-checkout register he’d been using.
As this was going on, three responding officers stepped out of the room and leaned against a wall next to a Redbox movie rental machine. In body-camera footage obtained by Searchlight, two of them pass the time by bantering about the NFL — debating fine points like whether there’s a more unforgivable sin than being a New England Patriots fan.
https://searchlightnm.org/inside-the-shoplifting-bust-of-albuquerque-journal-editor-patrick-ethridge/
A man and his two kids were trespassed from a Walmart in Rio Rancho, New Mexico in an alleged shoplifting scandal. Police were called to the store after two boys were allegedly acting disorderly by knocking over displays and drinking two Monster Energy drinks without paying before stashing the cans on a shelf, according to the Rio Rancho Police Department.
Body Camera footage shows officers approaching the boys when they are led to their father, who was allegedly busy with his own scheme at the self-checkout register. Police said Patrick Ethridge, 47, who worked as the Executive Editor and Vice President of The Albuquerque Journal was “skip-scanning” items by passing some items through without paying. All three were led to a loss prevention area in the store where they were issued a summons for shoplifting. Ethridge, reportedly, parted ways with his job shortly after the alleged crime. Watch the incident unfold on this episode of Law&Crime BodyCam.
Inside the shoplifting bust of Albuquerque Journal editor Patrick Ethridge
When officers from the Rio Rancho Police Department first approached Patrick Ethridge, he was self-scanning a cart of groceries at a Walmart on Unser Boulevard, the city’s main drag. It was shortly after 7 p.m. on Aug. 24, and Ethridge, 47, the executive editor and vice president of the Albuquerque Journal, was wearing a motorcycle festival T-shirt with a slogan on the back: “Chasin’ Tail Raisin’ Hell.” The police told him that they’d seen his kids causing trouble elsewhere in the store.
His two teenage sons, the officers said, had been caught on camera knocking over displays and opening Monster energy drinks that they hadn’t paid for, discarding the empty cans on shelves. Now they were all wanted in the back office, where store employees would soon show Ethridge and the boys — along with a young woman whose connection to Ethridge is not made clear in the video or audio — some damning footage. Ethridge finished scanning his groceries, carefully rotating bottles of Gatorade to register every barcode, and then agreed to escort his sons to the back.
Inside Walmart’s de-facto situation room, a wall of monitors displayed vantage points from throughout the store. As Ethridge saw, customers were being watched while they opened a door in the freezer aisles, while they gawked at a $4,000 flat-screen TV, and while they rang up groceries at the same kind of self-checkout register he’d been using.
As this was going on, three responding officers stepped out of the room and leaned against a wall next to a Redbox movie rental machine. In body-camera footage obtained by Searchlight, two of them pass the time by bantering about the NFL — debating fine points like whether there’s a more unforgivable sin than being a New England Patriots fan.
https://searchlightnm.org/inside-the-shoplifting-bust-of-albuquerque-journal-editor-patrick-ethridge/
A man and his two kids were trespassed from a Walmart in Rio Rancho, New Mexico in an alleged shoplifting scandal. Police were called to the store after two boys were allegedly acting disorderly by knocking over displays and drinking two Monster Energy drinks without paying before stashing the cans on a shelf, according to the Rio Rancho Police Department.
Body Camera footage shows officers approaching the boys when they are led to their father, who was allegedly busy with his own scheme at the self-checkout register. Police said Patrick Ethridge, 47, who worked as the Executive Editor and Vice President of The Albuquerque Journal was “skip-scanning” items by passing some items through without paying. All three were led to a loss prevention area in the store where they were issued a summons for shoplifting. Ethridge, reportedly, parted ways with his job shortly after the alleged crime. Watch the incident unfold on this episode of Law&Crime BodyCam.
October 23, 2024
Florida hurricane victims are selling their homes "as is"
woman highlighted in video:
purchased home 3 years ago: $575,000
Listing it for $425,000 "as is"
October 23, 2024
a man who deserves to be made famous, openly slashing the non-moms for liberty candidate signs
https://x.com/inminivanhell/status/1848726422258643210
October 23, 2024
Existential uncertainty: Constant doomscrolling and worrying damages the brain
To cope with this uncertainty and anxiety, one common response people use is information seeking – where we seek out information about an event or situation in order to feel more certain and less anxious.
But this coping mechanism can lead to doomscrolling on social media, where negative content tends to be shared more frequently and feelings of existential uncertainty are exploited for financial or political gain. Our brains also remember negative information better than positive information, which is why negative content is often used for manipulation.
Our attempts to make sense of existential uncertainty can also make some people more susceptible to conspiracy theories. This is because when we feel threatened and uncertain, any explanation for what’s happening seems better than none – and this brings some short-term relief from our worries.
These coping mechanisms may only provide short-term relief from feelings of anxiety – and even worsen our mental health in the long run. To better cope and protect your mental health during times of existential uncertainty, here are some more effective things you can do instead:
It can be helpful when experiencing existential uncertainty to remind yourself that others are probably feeling the same way. Acknowledging the common humanity of our worries may help reduce the feelings of threat we have.
Awe-inducing activities, such as spending time outdoors, making art or meditating, or praying, can all expand feelings of connectedness and reduce worry.
https://studyfinds.org/existential-uncertainty-damages-brain/
October 23, 2024
SEVEN INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER, ABDUCTION, AND CARJACKING
Christopher Perdomo, Kayla Alvarenga, and Five Adolescents Allegedly Killed Linver Ortiz Ponce Because He Parked in Front of Alvarenga’s House
22 October 2024
(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Christopher Perdomo, 27, of Georgia, was indicted for Murder in the First Degree, and other related charges, for his role in the killing of Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29, of Central Islip, for simply parking in front of Perdomo’s friend’s home. That friend, Kayla Alvarenga, 22, of Bay Shore, and five others, all adolescent offenders, have also been charged with murder and other crimes for assisting Perdomo.
“The alleged murder in this case occurred with no provocation and for no good reason. No one deserves to suffer a violent death for simply parking a car. The alleged brutality showed here is unconscionable,” said District Attorney Tierney. “We will seek justice for Mr. Ortiz Ponce and his family by aggressively prosecuting this vicious crime.”
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According to the investigation, on September 16, 2022, just before midnight, Ortiz Ponce, parked his vehicle, a red Chevrolet Camaro, in front of Alvarenga’s home on Fifth Avenue in Bay Shore. Angry that he had parked in front of her house, Alvarenga allegedly confronted Ortiz Ponce and ordered him to move his car.
During the ensuing verbal dispute between Alvarenga and the victim, Alvarenga allegedly placed a phone call to friends, including Perdomo, instructing them to come and take care of the victim in front of her home. None of the defendants knew the victim; he had been a complete a stranger to them.
After receiving the alleged phone call from Alvarenga, Perdomo and three adolescents who were, at the time, ages 16, 16, and 17, allegedly drove to Alvarenga’s house in a BMW that they had allegedly stolen just hours earlier, after allegedly car jacking a young woman in Bay Shore.
After watching Ortiz Ponce get away on foot, Alvarenga allegedly instructed the group, including Perdomo and the adolescents plus two additional adolescents, age 16 and 17 at the time, to find Ortiz Ponce, abduct him, and kill him.
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Church surveillance video captured the occupants of the BMW and the Camaro exiting the vehicles. After each of the seven defendants allegedly beat the victim severely, Alvarenga allegedly ordered Perdomo to kill him. Perdomo then allegedly repeatedly shot the victim as he attempted to crawl away.
https://suffolkcountyny.gov/da/Newsroom/Press-Releases/ArtMID/2343/ArticleID/12560/SEVEN-INDICTED-FOR-FIRST-DEGREE-MURDER-ABDUCTION-AND-CARJACKING
Man carjacked, beaten, shot to death for parking outside stranger's L.I. home, for parking in "her" spot. 7 indicted
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/10/22/long-island-parking-spot-carjacking-shooting-murder-linver-ortiz-ponce-kayla-alvarenga-christopher-perdomo/SEVEN INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER, ABDUCTION, AND CARJACKING
Christopher Perdomo, Kayla Alvarenga, and Five Adolescents Allegedly Killed Linver Ortiz Ponce Because He Parked in Front of Alvarenga’s House
22 October 2024
(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Christopher Perdomo, 27, of Georgia, was indicted for Murder in the First Degree, and other related charges, for his role in the killing of Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29, of Central Islip, for simply parking in front of Perdomo’s friend’s home. That friend, Kayla Alvarenga, 22, of Bay Shore, and five others, all adolescent offenders, have also been charged with murder and other crimes for assisting Perdomo.
“The alleged murder in this case occurred with no provocation and for no good reason. No one deserves to suffer a violent death for simply parking a car. The alleged brutality showed here is unconscionable,” said District Attorney Tierney. “We will seek justice for Mr. Ortiz Ponce and his family by aggressively prosecuting this vicious crime.”
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According to the investigation, on September 16, 2022, just before midnight, Ortiz Ponce, parked his vehicle, a red Chevrolet Camaro, in front of Alvarenga’s home on Fifth Avenue in Bay Shore. Angry that he had parked in front of her house, Alvarenga allegedly confronted Ortiz Ponce and ordered him to move his car.
During the ensuing verbal dispute between Alvarenga and the victim, Alvarenga allegedly placed a phone call to friends, including Perdomo, instructing them to come and take care of the victim in front of her home. None of the defendants knew the victim; he had been a complete a stranger to them.
After receiving the alleged phone call from Alvarenga, Perdomo and three adolescents who were, at the time, ages 16, 16, and 17, allegedly drove to Alvarenga’s house in a BMW that they had allegedly stolen just hours earlier, after allegedly car jacking a young woman in Bay Shore.
After watching Ortiz Ponce get away on foot, Alvarenga allegedly instructed the group, including Perdomo and the adolescents plus two additional adolescents, age 16 and 17 at the time, to find Ortiz Ponce, abduct him, and kill him.
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Church surveillance video captured the occupants of the BMW and the Camaro exiting the vehicles. After each of the seven defendants allegedly beat the victim severely, Alvarenga allegedly ordered Perdomo to kill him. Perdomo then allegedly repeatedly shot the victim as he attempted to crawl away.
https://suffolkcountyny.gov/da/Newsroom/Press-Releases/ArtMID/2343/ArticleID/12560/SEVEN-INDICTED-FOR-FIRST-DEGREE-MURDER-ABDUCTION-AND-CARJACKING
October 22, 2024
Project 2025 related pastor advocates that women lose the vote, that their fathers, brothers, uncles will vote
https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1g9jx10/women_get_their_voice_from_their_father_their/
October 22, 2024
Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, 1st District, has resigned and agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges.
Do funneled COVID-19 relief money into the Viet America Society, a nonprofit for which his daughter, Rhiannon Do, served as an executive.
Investigations by LAist and other outlets discovered that VAS received millions through the county, and Rhiannon Do, 23, purchased a million-dollar home.
Do’s brief resignation letter did not include any details about the scandal, only explaining that the resignation takes effect immediately.
Do’s now-former colleagues lambasted him in individual statements.
Orange County supervisor resigns, will plead guilty to corruption charge
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/orange-county-supervisor-resigns-will-plead-guilty-to-corruption-charge/Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, 1st District, has resigned and agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges.
Do funneled COVID-19 relief money into the Viet America Society, a nonprofit for which his daughter, Rhiannon Do, served as an executive.
Investigations by LAist and other outlets discovered that VAS received millions through the county, and Rhiannon Do, 23, purchased a million-dollar home.
Do’s brief resignation letter did not include any details about the scandal, only explaining that the resignation takes effect immediately.
Do’s now-former colleagues lambasted him in individual statements.
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