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Wisconsin Slaughterhouse Violates Child Labor Laws To Clean Facility

Federal investigators said Packers Sanitation Services Inc., also known as PSSI, hired at least 50 children to clean slaughterhouses. Investigators said some of the teens they found working for PSSI told them that everyone knew they were minors. Attorneys for PSSI pushed back on a request by the U.S. Labor Department to extend a temporary restraining order. PSSI agreed to review and enhance its child labor policies, hire a third-party consultant, and submit to periodic …

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Mom Kills Her Daughter By ‘Treating’ Her For Fake Illnesses

A judge sentenced Kelly Turner to 16 years in prison for child abuse resulting in death. She also received 10 years for felony theft, and 3 years for charity fraud. Investigators say Turner made up fake medical illnesses for her daughter, Olivia Turner. She subjected Olivia to unnecessary hospital visits and surgeries to “cure” a mysterious medical illness that could never be pinpointed. Staff at Children’s Hospital Colorado suspected Turner of lying about her daughter’s …

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Deputy Who Killed His Best Friend Claims He Didn’t Know The Gun Was Loaded

A Florida deputy was fatally shot by his fellow deputy roommate in what authorities allege was an accident. According to sources, the two deputies were best friends. However, their friendly banter turned into a deadly crime scene when a joke went much too far. Brevard County Sheriff’s Office deputy Austin Walsh was killed Saturday morning in Palm Bay by his roommate, Andrew Lawson. Before the shooting, the pair were playing video games online. They were …

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Woman Robbed In Car Scam

A woman was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy a used car on Facebook Marketplace. Police say more victims are falling for this kind of scam, and that it’s safest to avoid picking up anything for free. The woman drove from Dearborn, Michigan, to Cincinnati with $14,500 cash so that she could buy a truck she had her eye on. She had already sent $500 to the seller before leaving her home to confirm …

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Underage Girls Escape Cult

Eight underage girls were found hiding in an Airbnb after escaping from group homes. After federal agents searched the homes of Samuel Bateman, the leader of a small new offshoot of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, nine young girls were removed from among his followers. Bateman began calling himself a prophet in 2019 and started claiming his own daughter as his wife. He promised the girl an airplane ride and …

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Man Caught With A Severed Head Inside Of His Truck

A man who was arrested after police found a severed head and body parts in his stolen truck has been sentenced to up to 45 years in prison for second-degree murder and felony theft. Eric John Holland evaded a traffic stop in Las Vegas last December, leading to a police chase. He switched trucks, but was eventually caught. After he was confronted by the authorities, police found human remains inside of Miller’s truck. There were …

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California Teacher Under Fire For Providing Sexually Explicit Books To Students In The Classroom

A transgender California high school teacher named Flint shared their queer-centric library on TikTok. However, the instructor is now being slammed by parents over the sexually explicit content in many of the books. The library is set up in the classroom of the English and film teacher. All of the books in the collection free and available to all students. One of the books in the teacher’s library contains references to kink and BDSM, including …

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Boy, 10, Shoots Mom In The Face For Not Buying VR Headset On Amazon

A 10-year-old boy shot his mother in the eye at close range on Nov. 21 after she wouldn’t let him buy a virtual reality headset from Amazon. The boy allegedly told detectives he had taken the gun out because he was angry she had woken him up 30 minutes early. The 10-year-old initially told police he’d shot his mom accidentally. However, he later told his aunt he had been intentionally aiming the gun at his …

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FedEx Driver Kidnaps Little Girl During Delivery And Murders Her

A FedEx contract driver has been arrested and accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand. He has confessed to the crime and told authorities where Athena’s body was found. Athena Horner was making a delivery in front of Athena’s house when she disappeared Wednesday. Her body was found on Friday evening along the water’s edge of the Trinity River near Boyd, and Horner confessed to the crime and told authorities where to find her …

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Wife Pleads Guilty To Shooting Husband After Learning He Molested Kids At Her Daycare

A retired Baltimore police officer was hospitalized after being shot by his wife. He remains in police custody while he awaits trial on multiple sexual abuse charges. Shanteari Weems, 50, shot her retired police officer husband, James Weems, Jr., 57, in July after she confronted him about sexual abuse allegations made against him by the parents of three children who attended her Lil’ Kidz Kastle Daycare Center in Owings Mills, Md. The parents of the …

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