Friday, May 30, 2014
Man accused of stealing skin from hospital
A man from Delaware County has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $350,000 worth of human skin from a local hospital over the past few years.
Gary Dudek, 54, of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, is charged with theft and tampering with records.
According to investigators, Dudek repeatedly stole skin grafts from Mercy Hospital between November 2011 and July 2013. Police say their investigation didn’t begin until January of this year, however, after officials at Mercy conducted an audit of their finances and noticed that skin grafts were missing.
According to investigators, Dudek worked as a sales representative for Organogenesis, a Massachusetts-based regenerative medicine company, between September 2006 and September 2013. Police say he was in charge of managing accounts for Mercy Hospital’s bio-science department and that he also supplied the hospital with skin grafts. Due to his position, Dudek had an “open purchase order” which allowed him to order the skin grafts whenever he wanted.
However, police say Dudek made several unauthorized purchases and Mercy never received the grafts, leading to the hospital losing an estimated $357,000. Officials also say Dudek was captured twice on surveillance video taking the skin grafts from the hospital and placing them in his car. Dudek was arrested and released on Tuesday after posting 10 percent of $10,000 bail. At this point, investigators say they don’t know what Dudek did with the skin or the motive behind the alleged thefts. They suspect however that he was trying to make commission from sales.
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According to investigators, Dudek repeatedly stole skin grafts from Mercy Hospital between November 2011 and July 2013. Police say their investigation didn’t begin until January of this year, however, after officials at Mercy conducted an audit of their finances and noticed that skin grafts were missing.
According to investigators, Dudek worked as a sales representative for Organogenesis, a Massachusetts-based regenerative medicine company, between September 2006 and September 2013. Police say he was in charge of managing accounts for Mercy Hospital’s bio-science department and that he also supplied the hospital with skin grafts. Due to his position, Dudek had an “open purchase order” which allowed him to order the skin grafts whenever he wanted.
However, police say Dudek made several unauthorized purchases and Mercy never received the grafts, leading to the hospital losing an estimated $357,000. Officials also say Dudek was captured twice on surveillance video taking the skin grafts from the hospital and placing them in his car. Dudek was arrested and released on Tuesday after posting 10 percent of $10,000 bail. At this point, investigators say they don’t know what Dudek did with the skin or the motive behind the alleged thefts. They suspect however that he was trying to make commission from sales.
With news video.
Police found steroids, cocaine, marijuana and a raccoon in a birdcage during drugs bust
A drugs bust in Florida led to police finding a raccoon inside a bird cage when the home of David Watson, 50, in Port St. Lucie was searched.
Police also found vials human growth hormones (HGH) in Watson's refrigerator, and cocaine and marijuana in the house. Police say they believe the raccoon spent all day, every day in the cage, never being let out.
"The only door that opened up to the cage was zip-tied shut," Master Sgt. Frank Sabol said. "And the raccoon was obese." Along with the raccoon, police also confiscated several rabbits, a snake and two kittens.
Watson's mother came up from Miami to care for most of the animals. The raccoon was transferred to a wildlife shelter in Jupiter. Watson was arrested and was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail for booking.
Police also found vials human growth hormones (HGH) in Watson's refrigerator, and cocaine and marijuana in the house. Police say they believe the raccoon spent all day, every day in the cage, never being let out.
"The only door that opened up to the cage was zip-tied shut," Master Sgt. Frank Sabol said. "And the raccoon was obese." Along with the raccoon, police also confiscated several rabbits, a snake and two kittens.
Watson's mother came up from Miami to care for most of the animals. The raccoon was transferred to a wildlife shelter in Jupiter. Watson was arrested and was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail for booking.
Allegedly untidy man threw boot at girlfriend who called him gay for watching transgender porn
A tiff involving pornography and domestic tidiness ended with a 32-year-old Florida man being arrested.
The girlfriend of Geraldo Rodriguez told Port St. Lucie police that she and Rodriguez quarrelled over Rodriguez’s “porn watching and the cleanliness of their home.” Rodriguez’s girlfriend said Rodriguez got upset and tossed a workboot at her, striking her thigh.
She also accused Rodriguez of slapping her. Meanwhile, Rodriguez said they argued about his viewing of pornography. “Geraldo advised that (his girlfriend) called him gay for watching transgender porn and he became very angry,” a recently released arrest affidavit states.
That, said Rodriguez , is when he hurled the workboot. He denied slapping his girlfriend. Rodriguez was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge.
The girlfriend of Geraldo Rodriguez told Port St. Lucie police that she and Rodriguez quarrelled over Rodriguez’s “porn watching and the cleanliness of their home.” Rodriguez’s girlfriend said Rodriguez got upset and tossed a workboot at her, striking her thigh.
She also accused Rodriguez of slapping her. Meanwhile, Rodriguez said they argued about his viewing of pornography. “Geraldo advised that (his girlfriend) called him gay for watching transgender porn and he became very angry,” a recently released arrest affidavit states.
That, said Rodriguez , is when he hurled the workboot. He denied slapping his girlfriend. Rodriguez was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge.
Police on the hunt for car-attacking raven
Police in Richmond, Maine, are dealing with reports of an amorous raven that has caused hundreds of dollars in damage to at least three cars.
Police Chief Scott MacMaster said two people went to the police station last week to report their vehicles had been attacked by the raven, which caused damaged rubber gaskets around windscreen and windows and the windscreen wipers on at least three cars.
MacMaster said the first raven attack, in which a pickup truck was damaged was reported on May 21. The owner said he had watched the raven land and see its reflection in the truck window. The bird caused approximately $500 in damage, according to the owner. “The raven does its territorial strut as he described it and it starts attacking the reflection in the window and pulling off the rubber around the windows and his windshield wipers,” MacMaster said.
“The raven in the reflection would not back down, so he attacked himself.” The next day a resident reported that “a buzzard” had ripped the windscreen wipers off his car. MacMaster said the buzzard was, in fact, a raven. “He had to bring his own car in to be fixed, and while he was having the repairs done and it started attacking the rental car,” MacMaster said. The second victim said he took an unpaid day off from work so he could conduct a stakeout to try to catch the bird in the act. When that failed he went to the police station. “He wanted us to shoot the raven,” MacMaster said.
MacMaster said officers inspected the rental car and found rubber missing from around the window and windscreen and scratches on front. MacMaster said the vehicle owners would be allowed to safely dispatch of the nuisance bird, but he advised both to contact the Warden Service as well. MacMaster said identifying the bird could prove difficult. Ravens are easily mistaken for crows, but the first victim was confident in the type of bird that carried out the attack. “He said he’d researched it,” MacMaster said. “He says he believes it’s a raven because it’s much bigger.”
MacMaster said the first raven attack, in which a pickup truck was damaged was reported on May 21. The owner said he had watched the raven land and see its reflection in the truck window. The bird caused approximately $500 in damage, according to the owner. “The raven does its territorial strut as he described it and it starts attacking the reflection in the window and pulling off the rubber around the windows and his windshield wipers,” MacMaster said.
“The raven in the reflection would not back down, so he attacked himself.” The next day a resident reported that “a buzzard” had ripped the windscreen wipers off his car. MacMaster said the buzzard was, in fact, a raven. “He had to bring his own car in to be fixed, and while he was having the repairs done and it started attacking the rental car,” MacMaster said. The second victim said he took an unpaid day off from work so he could conduct a stakeout to try to catch the bird in the act. When that failed he went to the police station. “He wanted us to shoot the raven,” MacMaster said.
MacMaster said officers inspected the rental car and found rubber missing from around the window and windscreen and scratches on front. MacMaster said the vehicle owners would be allowed to safely dispatch of the nuisance bird, but he advised both to contact the Warden Service as well. MacMaster said identifying the bird could prove difficult. Ravens are easily mistaken for crows, but the first victim was confident in the type of bird that carried out the attack. “He said he’d researched it,” MacMaster said. “He says he believes it’s a raven because it’s much bigger.”
Father charged with child cruelty for making teenage son carry heavy stone
Police in Douglasville, Georgia, arrested a father on child cruelty charges after the man punished his 16-year-old son by making him carry a 23-pound landscape stone for several miles.
Charlie Mayes, a 40-year-old military veteran with no criminal record, told police he used military-style punishment because his son watched too many videos and didn't do his chores and school work. Douglasville Police charged Mayes with first-degree child cruelty. "This was done multiple times over a three-day period, sometimes as early as 3 o'clock in the morning," Police Sgt. Todd Garner said.
Garner said the boy, who is only 4'2" tall, was also punished in-between the 3-mile hikes. In between that time, he was at home having to move rocks and stuff from one side of the back yard to the other and then being taken right back out to the same location and dropped off and made to walk back again," Garner said.
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A pizza delivery driver alerted police to the teen's punishment walks, one of which was captured in the background of a police dash cam video during an unrelated traffic stop. Mayes freely admitted what happened. "He did not feel that this was inappropriate at all and neither did his wife," Garner said. Meanwhile police alerted DFCS about the case and Mayes was released from jail on $3,500 bond. A judge also ordered Mayes to get family counselling.
Charlie Mayes, a 40-year-old military veteran with no criminal record, told police he used military-style punishment because his son watched too many videos and didn't do his chores and school work. Douglasville Police charged Mayes with first-degree child cruelty. "This was done multiple times over a three-day period, sometimes as early as 3 o'clock in the morning," Police Sgt. Todd Garner said.
Garner said the boy, who is only 4'2" tall, was also punished in-between the 3-mile hikes. In between that time, he was at home having to move rocks and stuff from one side of the back yard to the other and then being taken right back out to the same location and dropped off and made to walk back again," Garner said.
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A pizza delivery driver alerted police to the teen's punishment walks, one of which was captured in the background of a police dash cam video during an unrelated traffic stop. Mayes freely admitted what happened. "He did not feel that this was inappropriate at all and neither did his wife," Garner said. Meanwhile police alerted DFCS about the case and Mayes was released from jail on $3,500 bond. A judge also ordered Mayes to get family counselling.
Mother angry after teenage daughter's armpits were shaved by teacher
A mother is furious that a teacher shaved her teenage daughter's armpits in front of two other girls in a classroom as part of the school's "life skills" programme.
Melissa Woods said 14-year-old Taylah came home "extremely upset" after being made to shave and told she "will get picked on" if her underarms are hairy. Wangaratta District Specialist School in Victoria, Australia, said that lessons on personal care are part of the curriculum, but Ms Woods said she never gave permission for her daughter to be physically shaved.
"I spoke to the teacher the very next day and she told me she has the right to do it, it's part of the curriculum," Ms Woods said. "I wasn't satisfied with that so I went to the principal and sent her a letter. She wrote back saying... she regrets that they didn't have a permission slip for me to sign." Ms Woods said her daughter has a condition called microcephaly, a neurodevelopmental disorder, as well as ADHD. She added that Taylah has in the past expressed apprehension towards shaving.
"She's seen me do it and she's told me before this happened that 'I don't want to do it'," she said. "I said to her: 'That's fine. I have no problems with it. You come to me when you're ready.' But when the school did it I thought, 'No, that's invading her rights as a person to decided whether she wants to get it done or not.'" Ms Woods said a practical demonstration was unnecessary as "at 14, she hardly had any hair there anyway".
Includes audio interview with Ms Woods.
Melissa Woods said 14-year-old Taylah came home "extremely upset" after being made to shave and told she "will get picked on" if her underarms are hairy. Wangaratta District Specialist School in Victoria, Australia, said that lessons on personal care are part of the curriculum, but Ms Woods said she never gave permission for her daughter to be physically shaved.
"I spoke to the teacher the very next day and she told me she has the right to do it, it's part of the curriculum," Ms Woods said. "I wasn't satisfied with that so I went to the principal and sent her a letter. She wrote back saying... she regrets that they didn't have a permission slip for me to sign." Ms Woods said her daughter has a condition called microcephaly, a neurodevelopmental disorder, as well as ADHD. She added that Taylah has in the past expressed apprehension towards shaving.
"She's seen me do it and she's told me before this happened that 'I don't want to do it'," she said. "I said to her: 'That's fine. I have no problems with it. You come to me when you're ready.' But when the school did it I thought, 'No, that's invading her rights as a person to decided whether she wants to get it done or not.'" Ms Woods said a practical demonstration was unnecessary as "at 14, she hardly had any hair there anyway".
Includes audio interview with Ms Woods.
Police called about amorous peacocks disturbing the peace
A pair of amorous feral peacocks screeching throughout the night are making neighbours’ lives a misery.
The loved-up pair of birds mysteriously arrived in the Whalley Range area of south Manchester a few weeks ago and have been keeping people up during the night ever since.
Desperate residents even called in the police to try and track down the owners.
But neighbours say it is a mystery where the birds came from - but are desperate for them to be re-homed so they can get some sleep. While the peahen is content to sit on garden fences, the peacock struts around back gardens, displaying his feathers and emitting piercing shrieks from 3am onwards. Residents say the pea hen first arrived around a month ago with the peacock flying in about two weeks later - and the birds are now inseparable.
Paul Unslow-Leaver, 45, said: “I’d just like them to go back to where they came from. It’s driving the kids mad - it starts calling at 3am and by the time I get up for work at 5am it’s usually outside our back door. You just wouldn’t believe how loud it is.” Eva Manley, 54, said: “They are beautiful birds but the peacock is just too loud. The first time it let out a scream I’d come out into the garden and I just ran back inside. It starts at about 5am and just keeps going and going.”
Joan Barton, 73, said: “It’s a blinking nuisance - I’ve been chasing it off my garage roof with a clothes prop.” Neighbours first contacted police in a bid to trace the birds’ owners - but no reports of any lost peacocks had been made. Officers advised residents to contact the RSPCA - but the charity say they are unable to help because the birds are not sick or injured. Local councillors are now looking at whether the pair could be re-homed in nearby Alexandra Park once restoration work there is completed this summer.
But neighbours say it is a mystery where the birds came from - but are desperate for them to be re-homed so they can get some sleep. While the peahen is content to sit on garden fences, the peacock struts around back gardens, displaying his feathers and emitting piercing shrieks from 3am onwards. Residents say the pea hen first arrived around a month ago with the peacock flying in about two weeks later - and the birds are now inseparable.
Paul Unslow-Leaver, 45, said: “I’d just like them to go back to where they came from. It’s driving the kids mad - it starts calling at 3am and by the time I get up for work at 5am it’s usually outside our back door. You just wouldn’t believe how loud it is.” Eva Manley, 54, said: “They are beautiful birds but the peacock is just too loud. The first time it let out a scream I’d come out into the garden and I just ran back inside. It starts at about 5am and just keeps going and going.”
Joan Barton, 73, said: “It’s a blinking nuisance - I’ve been chasing it off my garage roof with a clothes prop.” Neighbours first contacted police in a bid to trace the birds’ owners - but no reports of any lost peacocks had been made. Officers advised residents to contact the RSPCA - but the charity say they are unable to help because the birds are not sick or injured. Local councillors are now looking at whether the pair could be re-homed in nearby Alexandra Park once restoration work there is completed this summer.
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