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  • Teen Parents Allow 2-Year-Old Son To Smoke Pot

    What is it that drives some people to experiment on defenseless people or animals? How about their own children? An abundant curiosity paired with immense carelessness?

    In Mayville, New York, two teenage parents and a grandfather decided it was worth it to force their nearly 2-year-old to smoke marijuana, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office reported on Friday.

    The toddler’s father, George Kelsey, 18; the mother, Jessica Kelsey, 17; and Jessica’s father, Don Baker, 54, all of Mayfield, were charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said. All three were arrested on warrants, and sent to the Town of Chautauqua Court, NBC station WGRZ of Buffalo reported.

    The trio is being held in lieu of an estimated $10,000 cash or $20,000 bond.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT_2d_jYfrk

    Allegedly, on the evening of December 5, the incident occurred in the family’s apartment where three adults “helped, observed or encouraged” the 23-month-old to smoke marijuana from a lighted bowl, The Buffalo News reported. Investigators say there was a party going on at the apartment, and marijuana was being smoked – the Kelseys and Baker were all present when the tot was smoking pot.

    Under Sheriff Charles Holder said, “They packed the marijuana pipe, lit it for the baby and gave it to him and encouraged him to inhale…it’s just unbelievable.”

    WIVB News 4, learned that the incident may or may not have been videotaped – the sheriff’s office would neither deny or confirm that.

    “You have a 23-month-old child who’s completely helpless, can’t really say yes or no, wants to please their parents and grandparent, and this is what you do? There should be some serious consequences,” said Jodie Altman, Executive Director of Renaissance House, which leads the Kids Escaping Drugs program that helps educate children in schools about the dangers of drugs.

    “You know, you need a license for everything. But you don’t need a license to be a parent.”

    Authorities said that the toddler and another sibling are in the care of Child Protective Services.

    (Pictures via WikiCommons, (1), (2), (3))

  • Allen Iverson: Ex Wants Child Support Upfront

    Allen Iverson, father of five, is waiting on a ruling from the court system on whether or not he should pay his ex, Tawanna Turner, upfront for the next 13 years. Iverson dodged jail time less than two months ago by giving Turner $40,000 in owed child support. Iverson apparently failed to pay because he felt they could reconcile.

    After battling in court numerous times, Iverson has a record of failing to pay this lump already. It wasn’t until Iverson was threatened with jail time, that he decided to pay her the owed amount, and NOT go to jail. Not only was Iverson in court for his lack of paying child support, but he was alleged by the courts and his ex in July that he abducted his children when refusing to return them, which he denied. Allen Iverson said on the Mo’nique show in July 2008, before youngest baby Dream arrived, “I’ve got four kids and one on the way. I’m the coach in that house. If I’m not setting a good example, then I’m failing as a father. That’s the last thing I’d want to do is fail my kids.” Tawanna has sole legal and primary physical custody of their children. Father of the year right?

    Tired and angry, Turner has now asked the courts for Iverson to pay up for the next 13 years worth upfront, totaling over $1.2 million. For an ex All-Star NBA player, this seems like pocket change.

    Iverson is stacked with athletic credentials including: former No. 1 overall pick out of Georgetown, the 1997 Rookie of the Year, the 2001 MVP, a three-time All-NBA First-Team selection and a four-time scoring champion. Iverson’s has not played in the NBA since 2010 and his professional career ended in 2011 playing in Turkey. Over the course of 1996 to 2010, he made over $150 million in his NBA career.

    According to divorce documents revealed in December, Iverson has some serious financial issues. Not to mention, is preparing to retire very soon, according to SlamOnline.

    Depending on the courts ruling, Iverson could face essentially paying Turner child support in its entirety now, instead of making payments through October 2026, when their youngest turns 18 years old. Allen has five children: oldest daughter Tiaura (b. 1995), son, Allen II (b. 1998), another son, named Isaiah, and second youngest daughter, named Messiah Lauren born in 2005. Dream Alijha is the youngest, born October 7, 2008.

    Turner plans to put this money in a trust for all the children. The courts as of yet, have not ruled on this decision.

  • Jumper Kills 5-Year-Old, Lands On Top Of Her After Suicide Attemp

    South Korea has a problem with rampant suicide in their country, with it being the leading cause of death among 15-24 demographic. While this is a sad fact in and of itself, one suicide became an even more heartbreaking tragedy.

    A 39 year-old man jumped to his death from a 11-story building, killing a 5 year old girl who was leaving the building with her parents. The suicide took place in in the port city of Busan, South Korea. The man died instantly, the girl had multiple broken bones, brain damage, and was immediately taken to the hospital after the impact, where she died. Her parents were unharmed in the incident.

    No reason has been discovered as to why the man jumped to his death, but he was being treated for depression. There hasn’t been a note discovered at this time. The incident adds to the epidemic of suicides which plagues South Korea every year. Giving it one of the highest suicide rates among industrialized nations.


    [H/T: Inquistr]

  • Tornado Kills Mom While Protecting Her Daughter

    Tornado Kills Mom While Protecting Her Daughter

    Have you ever heard a parent tell you that they would die so their child could live? A mother in Florida actually did die protecting her daughter on June 25th. As tropical storm Debby was barely anything with just 45 mph winds. A tornado was produced that ripped Heather Town’s house off of its foundation and then proceeded to throw the lady, who had her daughter wrapped in her arms, 200 feet into the nearby woods where they were found covered in debris and barbed wire.

    “I am so proud of my daughter,” Elmer Town, Heather’s father, told WGRZ-TV. “I can picture her holding that little girl of hers. She died for her.” Town added that his granddaughter suffered a broken pelvis and broken ribs.

    Heather Town died at the scene from the injuries that she suffered but her daughter Anne Marie is currently in stable condition at Tampa General Hospital.

    “When they found her, she was literally holding her baby, her little girl,” neighbor Kim Bass told WTVT-TV. “They took the little child from her because she was having a hard time breathing and she had barbed wire on her and was in a very dense section of woods, about 50 feet back there.”

    This was the ultimate sacrifice that this lady made for her child and I hope that little Ann Marie has a happy and productive life!

  • Facebook In School: Social Media Scrutinized

    Facebook is often at the center of controversy, especially when it comes to pre-teens and their involvement of the social media tool in school. As reported recently, teachers and students alike find themselves in hot water as a result of Facebook use at school. Some learning facilities have even banned the use of social media in the past, according to this video from 2010:

    As previously reported by Mike Fossum and according to the Minnesota Star Tribune, a 12 year-old girl is now involved in a lawsuit against a Minnesota school district, claiming they violated her Constitutional rights when they demanded her Facebook passwords and punished her over a post she made on her page concerning her feelings toward a particular hall monitor, who was “mean to her”.

    The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, has the full support of the A.C.L.U. under the claim that the Minnewaska School District violated the sixth-grader’s First and Fourth Amendment rights–the right to freedom of speech and against illegal search and seizure, respectively. The child, identified only as “R.S.” in court documents, was initially given detention for the post, but after a second post turned up demanding to know who had turned her in, she was given in-school suspension. After a third incident regarding R.S. and a Facebook conversation about sex with another student–which garnered a complaint from the student’s parents–she was called before school officials and a deputy, who reportedly pressured her to give up her internet passwords in order to gain access to her Facebook page. Interestingly enough, the lawsuit claims that none of the posts were made from school property or on school equipment.

    According to CNN, R.S. was intimidated, frightened, humiliated and sobbing while she was detained in the small school room and says her schoolwork consequently suffered because of her embarrassment over the incident.

    “Students do not shed their First Amendment rights at the school house gate,” executive director for the ACLU in Minnesota Charles Samuelson said in a statement. “The Supreme Court ruled on that in the 1970s, yet schools like Minnewaska seem to have no regard for the standard.”

    The school district maintains that they were within their rights to search the girl’s Facebook account.

    “The district is confident that once all facts come to light, the district’s conduct will be found to be reasonable and appropriate,” a representative for the district said.