Articles Tagged with mental health

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When a woman learned she was going to be held at a mental health facility involuntarily, she allegedly struck one of the attending nurses and said psych nurses should expect they will be hit by patients while on the job.

On February 7, a 32-year-old woman was taken to BayCare Behavioral Health at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida, for a psychiatric evaluation. They did not reveal the source of the call, but the police report noted that the woman was brought to the unit after “a separate call for service.”

After the woman was brought into a hospital room, she was given a gown and told to take off her street clothing and put it on. She inquired about whether Florida’s Baker Act was why she was being admitted. The University of Florida (UC Health) defined the act, which has been in effect since 1972, as a “law that enables families and loved ones to provide emergency mental health services and temporary detention for people who are impaired because of their mental illness, and who are unable to determine their needs for treatment.”

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A California woman who used to work for the county behavioral health services in Sierra County has been accused of taking advantage of a client by stealing their financial information and embezzling thousands of dollars while on the job.

Last April, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received information about a situation where a woman employed at Sierra County Behavioral Health had allegedly financially exploited one of the clients for thousands of dollars. It was purported that she could do so by using her position of power to access and illegally pilfer funds from the bank cards of a vulnerable person.

During their months-long investigation, the authorities gathered information that caused them to believe they should check the woman’s home for evidence of purchases that could be connected to the allegations.

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A man from Wyoming who was making his way to California allegedly hijacked a car, called 911 several times for a tow truck, and got naked on the interstate to prove he was unarmed when police arrived.

On the morning of August 23, 911 received a slew of calls from someone who wanted the assistance of a tow truck because his tires were punctured. The caller was informed he was not to use 911 for that reason since it is not considered an emergency. The police went to the caller’s location to check on them, and they said the tires on the vehicle were fine.

Right after the police left, the man allegedly called 911 again, and officers returned. They reported that they saw the man in the middle of the street trying to get vehicles to stop for him. When one of the drivers stopped their car, he entered it, and reportedly told the driver to go to the nearest police department.

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A man in New Mexico is facing charges after he allegedly misused the emergency call system and left a napkin full of dog excrement at the police station when asked to stop.

On the morning of December 20, a man reportedly called the New Mexico State Police at least 14 times in one hour.

When the calls were answered, the man made harassing and threatening statements to the dispatchers.

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A mother in Pennsylvania may face many charges after being accused of stabbing two of her young sons in the neck, leaving them both in critical condition. 

29-year-old Sydnie Jefferson lives with her children in the Crawford-Roberts neighborhood of Pittsburgh. 

At approximately 7:00 am, a man carrying his wounded child rushed into a police station in Pittsburgh. It was asserted that the 3-year-old had been stabbed, and emergency medical responders transported him to the hospital for treatment. 

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While an ambulance was transporting a patient to the hospital for shortness of breath, the man allegedly took off his clothing and began touching himself sexually.

30-year-old Terry Majors lives in Florida, and it was reported that he is currently unhoused.

Around 3:00 pm on October 14, Majors called 911 to report that he was having trouble breathing.

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A Michigan home inspector was allegedly caught on camera as he reportedly used an Elmo doll as a masturbatory aid in a client’s child’s nursery.

59-year-old Kevin Wayne VanLuven is employed as a home inspector in Michigan.

On March 12, VanLuven was hired to inspect a home that had recently sold.

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A 5-year-old boy lost his life after his babysitter allegedly horrifically abused him causing trauma to his brain and internal organs.

Laurren Jeanette Courtney is a 22-year-old self-employed entertainer in Las Vegas.

Since August, Courtney has supplemented her income by providing sitting services to a family with a 5-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter. Courtney reportedly sat for the children between 3 and 5 days per week.

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A man from Boston is facing charges after he was accused of setting a ballot box containing more than 100 ballots on fire.

Around 4:00 am on October 25 in Copley Square, it was reported that a ballot box in front of the Boston Public Library was set on fire.

Upon using water to douse the flames, 87 of the 122 ballots inside of the box were still able to be processed, but 35 were destroyed.

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When the wife of a man who cheated and fathered a child with another woman had a birthday approaching, she allegedly tried to pay an unknown man to help her murder the other woman as a present to herself.

Ashley Spencer is a 33-year-old married woman from Palm Bay, and she will celebrate her  34th birthday on September 16.

Spencer learned that someone had filed a petition asking her husband for child support, and she figured out that he had an affair with a woman who works as a deputy at the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. She additionally discovered that during their extramarital coupling they produced a male child together.

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