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Man Attacked for Mocking Woman in Wheelchair at Disney World

A drunken Florida man was arrested for his alleged involvement in an altercation at Walt Disney World that broke out after he reportedly made fun of a woman with Down Syndrome. On January 25, a 62-year-old man was with his wife and a group of friends at the Belle Vue…

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Van with Non-Verbal Disabled Passenger Stolen from Liquor Store 

A man from New Hampshire was arrested in Florida last week after allegedly stealing a group home transportation vehicle with a wheelchair-dependent non-verbal passenger inside.  On January 31, the driver of a group home van had a passenger who uses a wheelchair. The man is also non-verbal.  While the driver…

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30 lbs. of Cocaine found in Man’s Wheelchair at Airport 

A man was reportedly caught at an airport with more than one dozen bricks of cocaine hidden in his wheelchair.  34-year-old Gabriel Ruiz lives in Union City, New Jersey.  On June 21, Ruiz landed at the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after he left Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The man…

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Airport Worker Fired for Scrimmage with Ex-NFL Player 

A United Airlines employee and former NFL player Brendan Langley allegedly got into a physical altercation which led to Langley’s arrest and the employee’s termination.  27-year-old Brendan Langley previously played for the Denver Broncos as a cornerback after he was drafted out of Lamar University. He is currently an American gridiron…

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Adoptive Mother Charged with Medical Child Abuse

Washington authorities have accused an adoptive mother of forcing her youngster to endure hundreds of reckless, medically unnecessary doctor’s appointments and procedures. 31-year-old Sophie Hartman lives in King County, Washington. The woman adopted a 6-year-old girl and her sister, who had been orphans in Zambia, Africa. The 6-year-old suffers from…

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Father Accused of Setting Fire to Daughter in Wheelchair

Authorities inspecting the details of a fire that occurred in May at a home in Tennessee have alleged that the blaze was started when a man set his daughter’s wheelchair aflame while she was sitting in it. A home where a father and daughter reside in Pulaski, Tennessee, caught fire…

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Police-Dubbed ‘Kingpin Granny’ Accused of Dealing Prescription Narcotics

A 75-year-old woman who authorities have nicknamed “Kingpin Granny” is facing six felony charges for allegedly selling prescription pills out of her home in Tennessee. Betty Jean Jordan, a grandmother and homeowner from Parsons, Tennessee, has become one of the people who has raised the interest of police who are…

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