Teacher Guilty of Nasty with 5 Boys - Updated

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(Clinton, South Carolina) In March 2007, a 23-year-old married English teacher at Bell Middle School, Allenna Williams Ward, was arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with five African-American schoolboys, aged 14 and 15.

The sexual episodes allegedly occurred in the school, at a motel, in a park and behind a restaurant between December 2006 and February 2007. Ward was charged with five counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and six counts of lewd acts on a minor.

Earlier today (09/06/07), Ward pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor.

Family members and her attorneys accompanied her as she made an emotional statement to the court.

She said, "Today, I publicly admit my guilt and would like to apologize. I sincerely apologize for the effects of my actions."

Ward will face sentencing at a later unspecified date. Reportedly, she could get 105 years in prison.

Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. If she is treated similarly to most female teacher sex offenders, it's likely that she won't get more than 18 months in the slammer. That's my guess.


[Update 02/19/08]

Allenna Ward Gets Six Years Prison

Today, 24-year-old Allenna Williams Ward (aka Allena) was sentenced to "15 years in prison for each lewd act count, but the punishments were suspended to six years. She also was sentenced to six years on each second-degree criminal sexual conduct count. The sentences are to run concurrently."

Ward was fired from her teaching position last year but no information has been provided as to whether she will retain her teaching license. It's also not known if Ward will be required to register as a sex offender.

It is known, however, that the mainstream media has completely ignored the fact that an adult white person was convicted of molesting black children. The MSM apparently has some sort of secret algorithm which defines when to report the race of people in the news. I suspect that race would be reported if the teacher was a white male molesting black girls.

Illegal Deported 14 Times, Caught Again

(Eagle County, Colorado) A 22-year-old illegal alien was arrested yesterday and charged with human smuggling after being stopped on I-70 driving a van carrying 13 other illegal aliens.

Omar Alaverez-Mecedo, age 22, was arrested and charged with Human Smuggling, a class three felony, and operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license, a class two misdemeanor.

In the course of the investigation it was discovered that "Omar Alaverez-Mecedo's" real name is Israel Robles-Gaytan.

According to ICE, Robles-Gaytan had already been caught and deported fourteen times; he gave law enforcement officials a different name each time.

Robles-Gaytan will be charged with Criminal Impersonation and 2nd degree Forgery in addition to the charges of Human Smuggling and operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license.

Robles-Gaytan was booked into custody at the Eagle County Detention Facility with immigration holds.

Presumably, Robles-Gaytan will be deported again and that would make 15 total deportations, placing him in the bonus round. It's probably covered in a confidential Homeland Security memo, but I'd guess that he is now eligible for cash awards for each additional deportation.

Kidding aside, it's difficult to understand how border patrol and immigration agents maintain any enthusiasm for their jobs. Everything they do seems to be automatically undone.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.

Colorado Love Triangle Murder Trial

(Fort Collins, Colorado) A 36-year-old Greeley woman, Shawna Nelson, has been accused of the murder Heather Garraus, who was gunned down in a parking lot in January 2007.

Heather Garraus was married to Greeley Police Officer Ignacio Garraus who admitted to having a two-year affair with Nelson, resulting in a baby boy.

After Ignacio ended the affair, he and Nelson had a disagreement about custody of the child. Nelson then started stalking and threatening Ignacio. Ultimately, Heather Garraus was fatally shot.

According to two witnesses of the shooting, a woman wearing a black hood and a mask walked up to Heather Garraus, pointed a gun at her and told her to get on her knees.

"You ruined my life. Get on the ground," the woman told Garraus.

Garraus replied "OK, OK," before getting down on her knees, witnesses said.

The woman then lifted her right arm and fired two shots from a black handgun, according to the affidavit.

Nelson has been charged with first-degree murder and her trial starts today with jury selection after a venue change to Fort Collins. Reportedly, 300 witnesses are scheduled to testify.

Nelson reportedly denies responsibility for the shooting.


[Update 03/03/08]

Shawna Nelson convicted of first-degree murder by a jury after five hours of deliberation. Judge Roger Klein then sentenced her to life in prison without parole.

Kosovo

I applaud Kosovan independence too. I don't see why people should have to cohabit with other people whom they loathe

US and Britain join rush to recognise Kosovo: "Leading Western powers gave their formal blessing to the independence of Kosovo yesterday, as angry Serbs took to the streets across the Balkans to vent their fury over the loss of their historical heartland. Europe had hoped to speak with one voice on Kosovo but a failure to reach agreement left each country to issue its declarations separately. The first, from Spain, brought disappointment when it announced that it would not recognise a secession that it viewed as a breach of international law. But there was jubilation and relief when France affirmed its support, followed moments later by Britain, Germany and then Italy."


Why Russia sides with Serbia: "President Tadic told the UN Security Council there were "dozens of various Kosovos in the world and all of them lie in wait for Kosovo's act of secession to... be established as an acceptable norm". "If you cast a blind eye to this illegal act, who guarantees to you that parts of your countries will not declare independence in the same illegal way?" he asked. It is easy to understand why Russia would be concerned that states like Chechnya might declare independence and leave."


Posted by John Ray.

Ohio EPA Pollution Data Questioned

(Dayton, Ohio) The Miami Conservancy District is disputing the estimates provided by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency regarding pollution in the Great Miami River watershed.

The Conservancy, whose program covers Ohio's portion of the Great Miami River watershed, estimated 167,753 kilograms of phosphorus was discharged between April 2005 and April 2006 in the portion of the watershed drained by the Stillwater River. Comparable amounts of phosphorus were discharged the next year, [Conservancy program manager] Hall said.

That's far lower than the Ohio EPA's recent baseline estimate of 669,579 kilograms and the EPA's goal of 225,693 kilograms.

And the disparity is not insignificant. The Ohio EPA estimated four times the amount of pollution that the Miami Conservancy estimated. Either one or both groups are way off.

One must wonder if there are other examples where the estimates provided by the Ohio EPA are questionable. I'd speculate that there are because it seems that virtually all of the people baptized to save the planet are prone to grossly exaggerate.

Getting Nailed Strangely

Don't you just hate when things like this happen?

From Gulf Daily News:

DOCTORS successfully removed a two-inch nail from a man's genitals yesterday. The 37-year-old Indian underwent a non-surgical procedure known as a cystoscopy at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC).

Doctors pulled the nail out of his urethra on their first attempt and later said the man could have died if the object had not been spotted on X-ray.

The GDN reported yesterday that he admitted himself to SMC on Sunday night with extreme abdominal pain and was unable to speak.

An X-ray clearly showed the outline of the nail inside his penis, which he claimed was inserted there without his knowledge by a gang of Bahrainis who attacked and robbed him.

He said he had been walking around with the nail inside his genitals for three days before going to hospital.

Just guessing but I imagine one day would be enough for me. Nonetheless, there is skepticism regarding the existence of a gang that inserts nails into penises. It's believed the man made up the story because he is an illegal immigrant subject to deportation.

More at Wicked Thoughts.

Sex Scheme Nets Prison Sentences

(Nassau County, New York) A 35-year-old woman, Shawn Payne, has been sentenced to two to six years in prison for grand larceny related to a sex extortion scheme.

Payne and conspirator Michael Largue, 46, both pleaded guilty to secretly taping sex trysts with partners found on the Internet and then blackmailing them by threatening to make the images public if not paid.

"Granted these things I did were terrible, but life throws cruel, chaotic curveballs, causing even the most stable, intelligent and well-meaning person to lose sight of the right path," Payne read from a prepared statement to Nassau Judge George Peck before he sentenced her in a nearly empty Mineola courtroom to 2 to 6 years in prison.

Payne's co-conspirator and former lover, Largue, was sentenced last November to four to eight years in prison.

Tip: slwlion

A pain in Spain



The two photos above of a famous statue in Spain differ significantly. The statue is in the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela and is of one of the liberators of Spain from Muslim occupation. The statue originally showed the triumphant Spaniard on a horse rearing over the heads of defeated Muslims. But that has recently become "incorrect". The defeated Muslims are now covered by a bank of flowers.

Conservative Brazilian blogger Luis Afonso has the details.


Posted by John Ray.

Muslim Cleric Loses Security Clearance

(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) A 57-year-old Muslim cleric who is a founder of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, a Pennsylvania state prison imam and a nuclear physicist doing classified work for the government, Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni, lost his security clearance in a dispute with the FBI and the Department of Energy.

El-Ganayni has vowed to fight for its reinstatement.

It all began with a book, "The Miracle in the Ant," one of numerous volumes published by Harun Yahya, an Islamic creationist from Turkey. The book details ant anatomy and behavior, and argues that these characteristics disprove the theory of evolution.

Dr. El-Ganayni had ordered the book for the Forest prison library and was passing out photocopied chapters for the Muslim inmates housed in segregation to read in their cells. Eventually, he came to the chapter called "Defence and War Tactics," about ants that produce acid, use camouflage or enslave other ants.

Then there's this passage, under the heading "Walking Bombs":

"The ultimate in public service is to destroy enemies by committing suicide in defense of the colony. Many kinds of ants are prepared to assume this kamikaze role in one way or another, but none more dramatically than a species of Camponotus of the saundersi group living in the rain forests of Malaysia."

Additionally, El-Ganayni put himself in the sights of the FBI by allegedly speaking in opposition to the agency's recruitment at mosques. To further complicate the situation, El-Ganayni was fired from his position with the prison because of disputes regarding Ramadan and visitation policies.

Ultimately, the DOE began investigating and El-Ganayni's security clearance was pulled. He had worked at the Bettis Laboratory, an advanced naval nuclear propulsion technology lab in West Mifflin operated by Bechtel Bettis Inc. for the U.S. Department of Energy for 18 years. Now the job and all accrued benefits are in jeopardy with the loss of the security clearance.

The DOE isn't commenting on the case, however, El-Ganayni has a hearing promised for some future date. He'll present his case and fight the government in court, if necessary.

To conclude, the Post-Gazette weighs in on the case with:

There is much the public doesn't know about the DOE's case against Dr. El-Ganayni, but one hopes he's not about to lose his livelihood over baseless or exaggerated fears. The scientist is probably just another misunderstood person who has run afoul of paranoid bureaucracies in post-9/11 America.

El-Ganayni is just "another misunderstood person," eh?

Tip: JTowers

Nessie Dead From Global Warming

Yes, according to an expert, the Loch Ness Monster is believed to have died from global warming. Legendary Nessie hunter Robert Rines has given up. (video)

For the sake of full disclosure, I could not care less. My radar has always imaged Nessie as a hoax.

Rich/poor gap smaller than it appears

"The top fifth of American households earned an average of $149,963 a year in 2006. As shown in the first accompanying chart, they spent $69,863 on food, clothing, shelter, utilities, transportation, health care and other categories of consumption. The rest of their income went largely to taxes and savings. The bottom fifth earned just $9,974, but spent nearly twice that - an average of $18,153 a year.

How is that possible? A look at the far right-hand column of the consumption chart, labeled "financial flows," shows why: those lower-income families have access to various sources of spending money that doesn't fall under taxable income. So, bearing this in mind, if we compare the incomes of the top and bottom fifths, we see a ratio of 15 to 1. If we turn to consumption, the gap declines to around 4 to 1...

Let's take the adjustments one step further. Richer households are larger - an average of 3.1 people in the top fifth, compared with 2.5 people in the middle fifth and 1.7 in the bottom fifth. If we look at consumption per person, the difference between the richest and poorest households falls to just 2.1 to 1. The average person in the middle fifth consumes just 29 percent more than someone living in a bottom-fifth household."

More here

Posted by John Ray

Drag Race Mishap Kills 7

(Accokeek, Maryland) This is sad.

A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch a drag race on a suburban road early Saturday, killing seven people and injuring at least four, police said.

Witnesses said they had just watched two cars in the illegal street race speed past when a car without any lights on came up behind them and veered into a crowd of about 50. [ ... ]

A white sedan hit people standing on the side of Route 210 around 3:40 a.m., Prince George's County Police Cpl. Clinton Copeland said, but it wasn't clear whether that was one of the cars involved in the race. A tractor-trailer that came by shortly afterward may also have struck someone on the road as it tried to avoid the crash, he said.

"It's probably one of the worst scenes I've seen," Copeland said. "This is a situation that could have been avoided, and it's a very tragic situation."

Police are in the process of identifying the victims and making notification.

Tip: slwlion

Illinois Woman Accused of Sex with Boy

(Joliet, Illinois) A 23-year-old donut shop worker, Mydee F. Cadiente, was arrested last week for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy. Police were alerted to the alleged offense by the boy's parents.

Cadiente allegedly worked with the teenager at a Shorewood coffee shop, police said.

"This is not the usual case," said Shorewood Police Chief Robert Puleo. "With criminal sexual abuse, the usual case is the male is the older party. This time, with this alleged crime, the female is the older party. We've got to make sure there's no double standard here."

Cadiente and the boy were allegedly seeing each other for several months, Puleo said.

Cadiente was booked into custody at the Will County Jail with bail set at $25,000. If convicted, Cadiente faces a term of three to seven years in prison.

Tip: SuidaeEmpathy

Homeless Update - An Expert's Guidance

(Edmonton, Canada) An expert from New York, Sam Tsemberis, told a local Edmonton crowd that the first step in ending homelessness is to solve the homeless problem.

Time for a collective, international "Well -- Duh!"

The method to solve the homeless problem, says Tsemberis, is to give the homeless free subsidized housing. (Oops! Typo.)

As a result, Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel has confidently made plans to eliminate homelessness in the city within 10 years.

We'll check back to see how things are going. Frankly, though, once word gets out that the city is providing free subsidized housing, homeless people in other locations will be magnetically drawn to Edmonton.

Logically, given that vagrants are quite mobile, the most reasonable method of trying to eliminate homelessness in a city is to offer significantly fewer benefits to homeless people than other cities. Think about it. If City A prohibits panhandling in business districts while City B has no restrictions on panhandling, homeless people will migrate to City B. Net result, City A has fewer homeless.

Just because people are homeless doesn't mean they're stupid.

White BBC Staffer Hits Back at Racism Accusation

A rather amazing show of spirit!

"An award-winning BBC reporter has accused Lenny Henry of insulting her white colleagues by calling for affirmative action employment polices at the corporation. The comedian claimed that racism was still rife within broadcasting and asked why ethnic minorities were often found only in menial roles.

But he was criticised by Olenka Frenkiel, a leading investigative reporter who has produced acclaimed reports for Newsnight, Correspondent and the Today programme. Ms Frenkiel concluded: "For goodness sake, campaign for a person to be Director General - not for a colour. I am still offended by Greg Dyke's lamenting of the BBC as `hideously white'. Why is it okay to vilify white people for their colour not black ones? It's insulting."

Source

Posted by John Ray

New Hampshire Rape Case

(Nashua, New Hampshire) The rape trial of a 37-year-old local mom, Robin Mowery, has been postponed in a case that began in the summer of 2006.

Mowery is accused of felonious sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy in April and May 2006.

A judge ruled last month that Mowery's statements to police could be used as evidence against her, but he has yet to decide whether to allow her to appeal his ruling before trial. Her trial has been rescheduled for June 2.

Last week, a judge granted a request by Mowery's lawyer, Adam Cook, to have the state's forensic psychology evaluate Mowery to determine whether she is mentally competent to stand trial. A hearing on that issue has been scheduled for April 21.

Cook wrote that Mowery disputes the charges, maintaining that the boy raped her, but has been unable to meaningfully help him prepare for trial because she becomes overwrought "to a point of incoherence" every time they talk about the case.

Mowery remains free on bail.


[Update 5/22/08]

Mowery ruled fit to stand trial.


[Update 12/8/08]

Mowery sentenced per judge's double-standard interpretation.

Naughty Woman Hosts 14-Year-Old Boys

(Sheboygan, Wisconsin) A 27-year-old local woman, Kelly D. Oiler, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 14-year-old boy in July 2007. Oiler faces sexual assault charges.

The sexual encounter occurred sometime in July, though it was not brought to the attention of Sheboygan police until this week.

The 14-year-old, a North High School student, told police he was at Oiler's apartment with another 14-year-old boy when the incident occurred. They had come to hang out and watch a movie.

Oiler followed the victim when he into the bathroom to look for his cell phone. He said it was his idea to have sex, and they did so while his friend was in the living room.

Okay, what's wrong with this picture? A hang-out place for 14-year-old boys is the apartment of a 27-year-old woman. Huh?

Nevertheless, Oiler reportedly admitted to the alleged offenses. She was booked and released on $10,000 bond.


[Update 03/31/08]

Oiler sentenced to jail.

"Youths" Riot in Copenhagen

Mysterious bored youths are once again violently rioting in Europe.

From AFP:

Six youths were arrested in Copenhagen for setting cars and dumpsters ablaze and throwing stones at police in a fifth night of riots in a predominantly immigrant area of the Danish capital, police said Friday.

"We've had six arrests so far. They've been charged with throwing stones at police and setting fires to cars and waste containers," Chief Inspector Henrik Olesen of the Copenhagen police told AFP.

At least 11 cars were torched in various neighbourhoods of Copenhagen, and 10 others in the nearby town of Kokkedal.

On Thursday, 17 youths were arrested for rioting the previous night.

"We don't know why they're rioting. I think it's because they're bored. Some people say it's because of the cartoons but that's not my opinion," Olesen said.

Maybe once the mainstream media figures out who the bored "youths of Europe" are, the general public will be informed. Or, maybe not.

Personally, I'd like to see a WWF challenge match between the bored European youths and the drunken soccer hooligans. The edge would have to go to the hooligans. Of course, a real ratings giant would be a battle royale in a parking lot pitting the bored youths, the drunken hooligans and the Code Pinkers against each other.

Religion Trumps Helmet Law

(Brampton, Ontario) A 39-year-old devout Sikh and businessman, Baljinder Badesha, was issued a traffic ticket for not wearing a helmet while riding his motorcycle.

Badesha fought the ticket claiming that wearing a helmet instead of a turban was contrary to his religion.

"I know it is for safety, but people die in car accidents all the time," the 39-year-old owner of a used car dealership said yesterday outside a Brampton court. He is fighting a $110 ticket he received for wearing his turban instead of a helmet while riding his motorcycle on Queen St. in Brampton near Hwy. 410.

Now the Ontario Human Rights Commission is siding with him, insisting Badesha is being discriminated against.

"Telling Mr. Badesha to choose between his religion or participating in the normal life of Ontario is discrimination," Scott Hutchison, an attorney for the human rights commission, told a Brampton court yesterday.

As a result, the motorcycle helmet law in Ontario does not apply equally to all citizens. According to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, some citizens are exempt depending on their religion.

Of course, the opposite is true also. People who do not follow the right religion must comply. Ironically, that sounds like more discrimination.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.

Passed Out in Driver's Seat

(Lee County, Florida) A 19-year-old Estero woman, Keala Marie Kao, was found passed out in the driver's seat of her idling vehicle early Thursday morning by Lee County Sheriff's deputies.

From Naples News:

Reports show responding deputies tried to rouse her by knocking on the window, but to no avail. Since all the car doors were locked, a deputy fearing Kao needed medical attention smashed out the rear driver’s-side window, reached in to unlock the front door and shut off the engine.

Able to rouse her at that point, the deputy allegedly observed a white powdery substance consistent with cocaine on the back of her neck and on a rolled-up $5 bill on her seat.

A further search of her vehicle turned up an ID not belonging to Kao, according to the report. When confronted with the fake ID, Kao allegedly became upset and said, "Just charge me and take me to jail."

The deputies obliged. Kao faces charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a fake ID.

Kao was booked into custody at the Lee County Jail. Left unexplained is how cocaine comes to rest on the back of someone's neck.

Tip: SuidaeEmpathy