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December 25, 2008
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Deputy Sheriff William K. Chadwell
Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office Ohio
End of Watch: Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Biographical InfoAge: 70
Biographical InfoAge: 70
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Incident Details Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Deputy William Chadwell was killed when he was struck by a vehicle while attempting to clear a fallen tree from Stout Road, in Washington Township.He was off duty, en route to a private residence when he came upon the tree. He reported into dispatch and requested assistance from on duty deputies to remove it. As he waited for the other deputies to arrive, a vehicle struck the tree, knocking it into Deputy Chadwell.Deputy Chadwell was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
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Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office
PO Box 100600 Island Road
Circleville, OH 43113
Phone: (740) 474-2176
Please contact the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
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Disabled woman claims mall guards harassed her www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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NATICK MA Dec 25 2008
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A woman with limited use of her legs and uses a motorized scooter to get around, said security at Natick Collection would not allow her to use her vehicle last week, but mall representatives said the problem was not the scooter but the commotion she caused.
Maryan Amaral of Newton visited the shopping center last Thursday evening to do some Christmas shopping and used her Izip i650 to move around the mall. Amaral has limited use of her legs and has difficulty lifting heavy objects following a car accident six years ago. Since then she has become an advocate for disabled rights and access.
“I can’t carry anything. If I go shopping, I have to have something to carry my items,” Amaral said. “I’m never quite sure how dependably I will be able to walk. I use a wheelchair all the time, but it is hard to push so I bought a scooter.”
Jennifer Kearney, general manager of Natick Collection, said security was called after a couple merchants in the mall complained that a woman was riding a scooter in their stores.
“First we received two complaints from retailers of someone driving around their store on a scooter, and weaving in and out of customers while they shopped,” Kearney said. “She was approached by security. We were not familiar with the scooter. It is not a wheelchair, it looked like a scooter.”
Amaral bought the scooter, which is about 3.5 feet long and 3 inches wide, from an online store called TheSuperKids.com.
“It’s promoted as a kids toy,” Amaral said. “I looked at others, but my criterion was what could I get to fit in my car and what could I get that will hold a charge in winter and have enough clearance to get over snow banks.”
Her scooter can move up to 15 miles per hour and has a range of about 12 miles between charges, Amaral said. She has been approached at other stores, such as the Harvard Coop bookstore and Target, she said, but they let her continue shopping when they saw she used it instead of a wheelchair.
The security officer told Amaral scooters cannot be ridden in the mall. She responded that she used it in place of a wheelchair, and showed him the handicapped symbols she placed on the scooter’s basket. The security guard called in his supervisor, who asked Amaral for a document showing she is disabled.
The sides disagree about what happened next. Amaral said she offered to take the guard to her car to show him her handicap placard and her wheelchair, but he refused to go and asked her for papers to prove she was handicapped.
“I said ‘You can’t ask that. I don’t need to walk around with medical records,”‘ Amaral said. “I said ‘I can take you to my car and can show you my handicap placard.’ He said ‘I don’t care. I can have you arrested.”‘
Kearney said the guard did not refuse and would have let her go on her way but Amaral began yelling and causing a scene.
“She became very loud, and was attracting attention,” Kearney said. “We would have said yes (she can use the scooter), and just let it be.”
The guard, according to Amaral, also told her no electric-powered vehicles could be used in the mall. Kearney denied that, saying that a wide variety of electric vehicles are used in the mall. Only gas-powered vehicles are banned, Kearney said.
Amaral asked for the security guard’s name. When he began writing down the information, Kearney said she got on the scooter and headed toward the FYE store.
“He tried to talk to her, but she didn’t want anything to do with him,” Kearney said. “She started yelling about her placard.”
Amaral denies yelling or even raising her voice, and said she would have trouble yelling because she was fighting a cold.
“Did I raise my voice? Enough to be heard without coughing,” Amaral said. “I was definitely not yelling.”
According to Amaral, the guard left the area and she went shopping in FYE and was in line to pay for some items when the guard told her to put the items back and said he would call the police.
“I’m waiting in line and he comes in said ‘There you are. I told you, you can’t shop here,”‘ Amaral said. “I said I was waiting to purchase my items, and he said, ‘No you’re not,’ and he called police. “
Police were called, Kearney said, because Amaral continued to make a scene.
“We never asked her to leave the shopping center,” Kearney said. “Her disruptive and belligerent behavior was the only reason they were called.”
The police asked Amaral for some identification, and she refused unless they were going to charge her. Natick Police could not be reached yesterday for comment.
Amaral eventually showed police her ID and left. She said she plans to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Office on Disability, and would like the mall to give security guards training on the rights of the disabled and sensitivity toward people with disabilities.
“I’m sure the security officers were stressed, it’s Christmas time. But they didn’t just overreact, they went too far,” Amaral said. “If he had stopped, and said ‘OK, I don’t recognize that as a wheelchair, but OK I’ll go to your car and see the placard,’ it would have ended that. He did not do that.
“Instead he called police and wanted me arrested.”
The mall has a policy welcoming all people with disabilities and has wheel chairs available for those who need them, Kearney said. She said the mall may change its policy to handle similar situations in the future.
“What we will probably do now is ask the person to fill out a form of release to ride this type of vehicle in the mall,” Kearney said. “We are concerned about other people’s safety – kids, mothers with baby carriages, elderly, and the disabled. We have to protect everyone.”
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A woman with limited use of her legs and uses a motorized scooter to get around, said security at Natick Collection would not allow her to use her vehicle last week, but mall representatives said the problem was not the scooter but the commotion she caused.
Maryan Amaral of Newton visited the shopping center last Thursday evening to do some Christmas shopping and used her Izip i650 to move around the mall. Amaral has limited use of her legs and has difficulty lifting heavy objects following a car accident six years ago. Since then she has become an advocate for disabled rights and access.
“I can’t carry anything. If I go shopping, I have to have something to carry my items,” Amaral said. “I’m never quite sure how dependably I will be able to walk. I use a wheelchair all the time, but it is hard to push so I bought a scooter.”
Jennifer Kearney, general manager of Natick Collection, said security was called after a couple merchants in the mall complained that a woman was riding a scooter in their stores.
“First we received two complaints from retailers of someone driving around their store on a scooter, and weaving in and out of customers while they shopped,” Kearney said. “She was approached by security. We were not familiar with the scooter. It is not a wheelchair, it looked like a scooter.”
Amaral bought the scooter, which is about 3.5 feet long and 3 inches wide, from an online store called TheSuperKids.com.
“It’s promoted as a kids toy,” Amaral said. “I looked at others, but my criterion was what could I get to fit in my car and what could I get that will hold a charge in winter and have enough clearance to get over snow banks.”
Her scooter can move up to 15 miles per hour and has a range of about 12 miles between charges, Amaral said. She has been approached at other stores, such as the Harvard Coop bookstore and Target, she said, but they let her continue shopping when they saw she used it instead of a wheelchair.
The security officer told Amaral scooters cannot be ridden in the mall. She responded that she used it in place of a wheelchair, and showed him the handicapped symbols she placed on the scooter’s basket. The security guard called in his supervisor, who asked Amaral for a document showing she is disabled.
The sides disagree about what happened next. Amaral said she offered to take the guard to her car to show him her handicap placard and her wheelchair, but he refused to go and asked her for papers to prove she was handicapped.
“I said ‘You can’t ask that. I don’t need to walk around with medical records,”‘ Amaral said. “I said ‘I can take you to my car and can show you my handicap placard.’ He said ‘I don’t care. I can have you arrested.”‘
Kearney said the guard did not refuse and would have let her go on her way but Amaral began yelling and causing a scene.
“She became very loud, and was attracting attention,” Kearney said. “We would have said yes (she can use the scooter), and just let it be.”
The guard, according to Amaral, also told her no electric-powered vehicles could be used in the mall. Kearney denied that, saying that a wide variety of electric vehicles are used in the mall. Only gas-powered vehicles are banned, Kearney said.
Amaral asked for the security guard’s name. When he began writing down the information, Kearney said she got on the scooter and headed toward the FYE store.
“He tried to talk to her, but she didn’t want anything to do with him,” Kearney said. “She started yelling about her placard.”
Amaral denies yelling or even raising her voice, and said she would have trouble yelling because she was fighting a cold.
“Did I raise my voice? Enough to be heard without coughing,” Amaral said. “I was definitely not yelling.”
According to Amaral, the guard left the area and she went shopping in FYE and was in line to pay for some items when the guard told her to put the items back and said he would call the police.
“I’m waiting in line and he comes in said ‘There you are. I told you, you can’t shop here,”‘ Amaral said. “I said I was waiting to purchase my items, and he said, ‘No you’re not,’ and he called police. “
Police were called, Kearney said, because Amaral continued to make a scene.
“We never asked her to leave the shopping center,” Kearney said. “Her disruptive and belligerent behavior was the only reason they were called.”
The police asked Amaral for some identification, and she refused unless they were going to charge her. Natick Police could not be reached yesterday for comment.
Amaral eventually showed police her ID and left. She said she plans to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Office on Disability, and would like the mall to give security guards training on the rights of the disabled and sensitivity toward people with disabilities.
“I’m sure the security officers were stressed, it’s Christmas time. But they didn’t just overreact, they went too far,” Amaral said. “If he had stopped, and said ‘OK, I don’t recognize that as a wheelchair, but OK I’ll go to your car and see the placard,’ it would have ended that. He did not do that.
“Instead he called police and wanted me arrested.”
The mall has a policy welcoming all people with disabilities and has wheel chairs available for those who need them, Kearney said. She said the mall may change its policy to handle similar situations in the future.
“What we will probably do now is ask the person to fill out a form of release to ride this type of vehicle in the mall,” Kearney said. “We are concerned about other people’s safety – kids, mothers with baby carriages, elderly, and the disabled. We have to protect everyone.”
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Teacher charged with molesting student www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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Salinas CA Dec 25 2008
A Salinas teacher suspected of molesting a male student was arrested again Tuesday for allegedly molesting two other boys.
A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old former student told police they were molested by Manuel Rivera, 66, Salinas police Sgt. Don Cline said.
Rivera, a Spanish teacher at Everett Alvarez High School, was arrested Nov. 1 after a 16-year-old boy reported being molested by Rivera. The boy stayed after school to get help with schoolwork when the alleged incident occurred, police said.
Rivera posted bail and was released from Monterey County Jail. After news coverage of the teacher’s arrest, the other boys came forward, police said.
Rivera was arrested Tuesday at his home and lodged into county jail with bail set at $1.8 million.
Police are recommending that he be charged with 18 counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and one count of annoying a child.
A Salinas teacher suspected of molesting a male student was arrested again Tuesday for allegedly molesting two other boys.
A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old former student told police they were molested by Manuel Rivera, 66, Salinas police Sgt. Don Cline said.
Rivera, a Spanish teacher at Everett Alvarez High School, was arrested Nov. 1 after a 16-year-old boy reported being molested by Rivera. The boy stayed after school to get help with schoolwork when the alleged incident occurred, police said.
Rivera posted bail and was released from Monterey County Jail. After news coverage of the teacher’s arrest, the other boys came forward, police said.
Rivera was arrested Tuesday at his home and lodged into county jail with bail set at $1.8 million.
Police are recommending that he be charged with 18 counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and one count of annoying a child.
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Private security investigated for sexual assaults of immigrant detainees www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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Pearsall TX Dec 25 2008- More claims of sexual assaults at a detention center for immigrants in Pearsall.
Allegations of guards having sex with inmates were uncovered by the news four WOAI Trouble Shooters last May.
Now there is new information.
It’s been seven months since we asked for the records from the Department of Homeland Security.
Activist Jaime Martinez says there needs to be congressional investigations. He’s reacting to more claims of sexual assaults at the Pearsall facility that holds illegal immigrants waiting to be deported.
“They need to prosecute those people, the security that had those inappropriate relationships with the immigrants,” said Martinez.
But that’s not happening according to the records we obtained using the Freedom of Information Act.
They include a report showing an investigation into claims a security guard, working for a private company called Geo, was accused of having had sex with a detainee from Mexico.
The guard was fired but the United States Attorneys Office here in San Antonio declined to prosecute the case.
Another report says a male detainee claimed earlier this year to be the victim of numerous sexual assaults.
Many details in the reports are blacked out including the person accused.
Also in the D.H.S. documents is a note by one investigator that says the detention center is experiencing many problems with the private security officers working there and that more attention needs to be placed there.
“It was going on a lot. It was going on almost all the time, the sexual abuse,” said a former detainee.
Last may a former detainee told us there is rampant sexual abuse by the guards.
Because of what we uncovered, several activists, including Gabriel Velasquez with the Cesar Chavez Organization, went to the facility demanding to know if the abuse has been stopped.
“You guys went up to the facility. You made some phone calls. Have you gotten any answers?” asked Collister.
“No we haven’t. We haven’t,” said Velasquez.
After our initial investigation, federal officials sent a team to the facility to investigate.
“ICE holds it’s employees and contractors to the highest standards and ensures no one is above the law. Any allegation of misconduct by either an ICE employee or contractor is reviewed and investigated by the office of professional responsibility and the DHS Office of the Inspector General. “
Allegations of guards having sex with inmates were uncovered by the news four WOAI Trouble Shooters last May.
Now there is new information.
It’s been seven months since we asked for the records from the Department of Homeland Security.
Activist Jaime Martinez says there needs to be congressional investigations. He’s reacting to more claims of sexual assaults at the Pearsall facility that holds illegal immigrants waiting to be deported.
“They need to prosecute those people, the security that had those inappropriate relationships with the immigrants,” said Martinez.
But that’s not happening according to the records we obtained using the Freedom of Information Act.
They include a report showing an investigation into claims a security guard, working for a private company called Geo, was accused of having had sex with a detainee from Mexico.
The guard was fired but the United States Attorneys Office here in San Antonio declined to prosecute the case.
Another report says a male detainee claimed earlier this year to be the victim of numerous sexual assaults.
Many details in the reports are blacked out including the person accused.
Also in the D.H.S. documents is a note by one investigator that says the detention center is experiencing many problems with the private security officers working there and that more attention needs to be placed there.
“It was going on a lot. It was going on almost all the time, the sexual abuse,” said a former detainee.
Last may a former detainee told us there is rampant sexual abuse by the guards.
Because of what we uncovered, several activists, including Gabriel Velasquez with the Cesar Chavez Organization, went to the facility demanding to know if the abuse has been stopped.
“You guys went up to the facility. You made some phone calls. Have you gotten any answers?” asked Collister.
“No we haven’t. We haven’t,” said Velasquez.
After our initial investigation, federal officials sent a team to the facility to investigate.
“ICE holds it’s employees and contractors to the highest standards and ensures no one is above the law. Any allegation of misconduct by either an ICE employee or contractor is reviewed and investigated by the office of professional responsibility and the DHS Office of the Inspector General. “
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Man dressed as Santa kills 3 and then himself www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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COVINA, Calif. Dec 25 2008 AP – A man dressed as Santa who had been having marital problems opened fire at a Christmas party, leaving more than three people dead in a home that then caught fire, authorities said.
Hours later, police found the body of the suspect, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, at the home of his brother early Thursday in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. Police said he killed himself but would not say how.
“He was going through some type of marital problems, and we believe that this residence is a relative’s residence,” Lt. Pat Buchanan said of the house that burned.
Police initally said three people were dead in the shootings and fire late Wednesday. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Thursday that investigators sifting through the ashes of the house found “several” more bodies, but would not say how many.
The bodies were too badly burned to immediately determine whether they died in the shootings or the fire, Winter said. “We have multiple bodies inside,” Winter said. “They’re extremely charred and burned.”
The gunman arrived at the party in Covina late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun, Buchanan said. Witnesses told police that the man took off the Santa suit and left the scene of the burning house in street clothes.
Winter said the search through the destroyed home would take at least until the end of the day.
Jan Gregory, a neighbor, said about 25 people were at the party when the gunshots rang out and people started running by the house.
She said she saw a teenage boy run from the house screaming, “They shot my family.”
Buchanan says three other people were injured. A woman in her 20s and an 8-year-old girl had gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, and a third person had a broken ankle.
Police received several 911 calls with reports of shots fired at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, and were still hearing gunshots after they arrived and found the house in flames, Buchanan said.
At first, firefighters were held back by police because shots were still being fired, though it may have been ammunition burning in the blaze, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
Firefighters had extinguished the blaze by about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
The two-story home on a cul-de-sac was destroyed in Covina, a quiet suburb 25 miles east of Los Angeles.
“This neighborhood is really quiet,” said Jeffrey Barrientos, who lives half a block from the house that burned. Barrientos said the neighborhood’s residents were mostly retirees and elderly people.
Hours later, police found the body of the suspect, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, at the home of his brother early Thursday in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. Police said he killed himself but would not say how.
“He was going through some type of marital problems, and we believe that this residence is a relative’s residence,” Lt. Pat Buchanan said of the house that burned.
Police initally said three people were dead in the shootings and fire late Wednesday. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Thursday that investigators sifting through the ashes of the house found “several” more bodies, but would not say how many.
The bodies were too badly burned to immediately determine whether they died in the shootings or the fire, Winter said. “We have multiple bodies inside,” Winter said. “They’re extremely charred and burned.”
The gunman arrived at the party in Covina late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun, Buchanan said. Witnesses told police that the man took off the Santa suit and left the scene of the burning house in street clothes.
Winter said the search through the destroyed home would take at least until the end of the day.
Jan Gregory, a neighbor, said about 25 people were at the party when the gunshots rang out and people started running by the house.
She said she saw a teenage boy run from the house screaming, “They shot my family.”
Buchanan says three other people were injured. A woman in her 20s and an 8-year-old girl had gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, and a third person had a broken ankle.
Police received several 911 calls with reports of shots fired at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, and were still hearing gunshots after they arrived and found the house in flames, Buchanan said.
At first, firefighters were held back by police because shots were still being fired, though it may have been ammunition burning in the blaze, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
Firefighters had extinguished the blaze by about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
The two-story home on a cul-de-sac was destroyed in Covina, a quiet suburb 25 miles east of Los Angeles.
“This neighborhood is really quiet,” said Jeffrey Barrientos, who lives half a block from the house that burned. Barrientos said the neighborhood’s residents were mostly retirees and elderly people.
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