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Published on: June 6, 2020

Faux Village People Rep Ripped Off Oregon Casino

After claiming he was the representative for booking events for the band The Village People, a Florida man entered a guilty plea to charges that he pilfered over $12,000 from an Oregon Casino.

The U.S. attorney’s office stated that Florida resident 67-year-old Howard Harlib has a prior collection of legal cases involving “frauds and swindles” spanning over approximately 32-years.

Harlib, a Bronx, NY native who has been incarcerated in Florida since 2016 for infractions unrelated to the current charges, sent a flyer to the Coquille Indian Tribe’s Mill Casino in North Bend, Oregon in August 2015.

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Published on: November 10, 2018

Drug Bust Wasted When “Idiot” Cop Ate Evidence

by Staycie R. Sena

A Toronto police officer is facing legal and employment consequences after he tampered with evidence in a drug case resulting in the release of seven suspects.

At the end of January, 36-year-old Vittorio Dominelli, an officer with the Toronto police for 13 years, was part of a team carrying out a raid on a marijuana shop that was under investigation for running an illegal operation. While they were collecting evidence, Dominelli retained three chocolate candy bars containing cannabis oil that he saw had been left out of the collection bag.

After the raid, Dominelli and his partner that evening went out for a bite to eat and he confided in her about stealing the candy bars. He additionally told her that he felt like he should throw them away while they were at the restaurant, but they ultimately decided that it would not be safe to get rid of them in a place that is accessible to the public.

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Published on: July 30, 2018

Naked Man Caught Doing Jumping Jacks in McDonald’s Bathroom

by Staycie R. Sena

After management called the police to report a man who was locked in the women’s bathroom inside of a Nashville McDonald’s he was caught naked and allegedly smelling like chemicals leading the responding officers to believe that he was under the influence of an inhalant intoxicant.

When the manager of McDonald’s attempted to get a man, who was identified as 25-year-old Brody Tyler Young, to leave the premises on Monday after he had reportedly locked himself inside of the ladies restroom for the entire afternoon, the authorities were notified and came to the location.

Police went into the women’s bathroom and noted that Young was inside one of the stalls with the lock on, and he was not wearing any clothing. They further believed that he smelled like chemicals and they purported that he had been inhaling something that caused him to become intoxicated.

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Published on: November 9, 2017

Woman Suspected of Lying Under Oath in Boyfriend’s Trial for Rape of Teen

by Staycie R. Sena

In October 2016, a Huntington Beach woman took the stand as a witness in defense her boyfriend who was charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Her boyfriend was found guilty and sentenced. The woman was arrested on Thursday for allegations of providing false testimony during the trial in order to protect him from a conviction.

Jeffrey Scott Jones, boyfriend of 50-year-old Cynthia Marie Dunaway-Erickson, stood trial for raping a teenage girl living under her care. The victim told her friend’s mother about the sexual assault and the mother reported it to the police. Officers took the girl for a rape examination where DNA was collected and examined. When the sample matched Jones’ DNA he was taken into custody.

Dunaway-Erickson testified on behalf of Jones, and she confirmed the defense’s claim that the semen was discovered inside the girl because she and Jones used the same towel.

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