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Florida man impersonates police for discount at Wendy’s

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A Florida man was arrested after allegedly falsely impersonating a police officer to get a discount at Wendy’s.

Bunnell Police officers arrested Jesse Stover on Monday after witnesses said he argued with employees over a discount. When the request was denied, an argument ensued and police were called. During the argument, Stover told Wendy’s staff he was not a police officer, but worked for the DEA as an undercover agent.

During the investigation, officers learned Stover was a regular customer at the Flagler County Wendy’s, and regularly demanded the discount.

When officers searched Stover, they found the badge used to impersonate a law enforcement officer in his wallet. The badge was actually a concealed weapon permit badge, which closely resembles a police badge. It was seized as evidence.

Stover was arrested and booked into the Flagler County Jail.

Source; Local 10

Guard soldier who stole $200K caught after filing pay inquiry, feds say

A member of the Michigan National Guard made his first appearance in federal court late last month after authorities say he quietly collected his full pay and allowances for more than two years after resigning from full-time Guard status and reverting to part-time service.

Staff Sgt. Clayton H. Mitsui Jr. remains a member of the Michigan Guard while he awaits trial for theft of public funds, confirmed state spokesperson Penny Carroll. A federal public defender representing the soldier declined comment when reached by Army Times.

The alleged theft was discovered when Mitsui submitted a pay inquiry about a missing part-time drill paycheck, according to publicly-available court records.

The $205,435.48 that Mitsui reportedly stole went towards “child support, bills, and credit card debt,” according to an arrest warrant request from Army Criminal Investigation Division agent Joseph Kajer.

The NCO resigned from the Hawaii National Guard’s Active Guard Reserve program in June 2017, the warrant application said.

But even after Mitsui became a weekend warrior, he continued to receive his previous active duty pay and allowances on top of his monthly drill pay, Kajer said. The CID agent attributed the error to Mitsui failing to complete administrative requirements when leaving the AGR program, and the Hawaii Guard failing to tell the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to stop his pay.

Mitsui then moved to Michigan and transferred into the National Guard there in February 2019.

Four months later, in June, the NCO reported that he hadn’t been receiving his monthly drill paychecks since transferring, according to Kajer.

“Coordination with the [Michigan Army National Guard] revealed that Mitsui was not receiving drill pay because he was receiving active duty pay and entitlements,” said the CID agent in the warrant application.

Michigan officials quickly realized that Mitsui was receiving active duty pay and submitted paperwork to DFAS halting it in November 2019, explained Kajer. They reported the discovery to CID.

Kajer interviewed Mitsui over the phone in April 2020, and the NCO allegedly admitted to taking the money and spending it.

“I knew I was doing something wrong,” Mitsui reportedly told the investigator, adding that he’d hidden the fact that he received active duty pay from superiors. “I got caught when I came to Michigan…If I could turn back time and change it, I would.”

A federal judge ordered Mitsui released from custody pending trial on an unsecured $10,000 bond.

According to federal law, theft of public funds in excess of $1,000 is punishable by up to ten years in federal prison. If convicted, offenders often have to repay the funds they stole.

In a similar case that concluded earlier this month, a disgraced Air Force officer who received more than $800,000 in pay after being dismissed from the service for misconduct was sentenced to five years in prison. That airman, former Maj. Brandon Bailey, also defrauded the Social Security Administration.

Prosecutors initially did not seek jail time for Bailey, who also has to pay $1.5 million in restitution and forfeit most of his assets, but he violated the conditions of his bond while awaiting sentencing.

Mitsui’s next court appearance is on April 19.

Source; Army Times

Man on Disability Welfare Accused of Faking Blindness After Being Caught Looking at Woman’s Bottom

A 60-year-old who claimed to be blind and received around €30,000 from 2014 to 2018 from the Italian state is accused of faking his disability after being caught looking at a woman’s bottom.

The 60-year-old, who lives in the northern city of Turin, was out of his home when the Italian Guardia di Finanza, Italy’s financial police, caught him looking back at a passing woman in March of 2018 to catch a glimpse of her bottom, despite the man claiming to be completely blind.

Local prosecutor Gianfranco Colace has indicted the man for pretending to be blind and pocketing €29,740 (£24,619/$32,186) of taxpayer cash over the course of four years between 2014 and 2018, the newspaper Il Giornale reports.

It is unclear how the man was able to fool the medical experts who would have had to sign off on his disability and allowed him to collect the government cash, as the man was declared completely blind.

According to Roberta Alba, the lawyer for the accused man, he suffers from a genetic disease that has reduced his vision.

“There are medical records that prove it. What has probably been ignored by the investigators is that you do not have to be in a condition of total darkness or not to see anything, to be declared blind,” he said.

“There are very serious situations, like this, where however a peripheral vision remains, albeit very limited, perhaps in one eye. That is, there are different nuances,” he added. The trial for the man is set to take place on May 25th after being postponed.

The case comes just months after another person in Palermo, Sicily, was caught driving a car, shopping and riding a scooter while claiming to the government that he was also blind.

The 40-year-old was arrested in December after being placed under surveillance by the Guardia di Finanza. They became suspicious of him when he renewed his driving license in 2018, despite collecting at least €170,000 (£140,689/$184,013) in disability benefits since 2008.

Source; Breitbart

Man told employer not to celebrate his birthday. He was awarded $450,000 after unwanted party.

A Kentucky man with an anxiety disorder asked his employer not to celebrate his birthday because it would trigger a panic attack.

When the company, Gravity Diagnostics, ignored Kevin Berling’s request and had a surprise lunchtime celebration for him on Aug. 7, 2019, he got upset, and days later, Berling was fired, according to a lawsuit he filed against the company in a Kenton County court.

On March 31, a jury awarded him $450,000. The jury found that Berling suffered an “adverse employment action” because of his anxiety disability, court documents show.

The saga began in August 2019 when Berling told his office manager that he did not want to celebrate his birthday because it would trigger a panic attack. The company has a practice of having birthday celebrations at the office for employees, says the lawsuit, which was filed in 2019.

However, the company surprised him on his birthday with a celebration in the lunchroom. Berling had a panic attack, the suit says. He quickly left and finished the rest of his lunch in his car and then texted his manager, upset that the company failed to accommodate his request.

A day after the celebration, Berling was called into a meeting where he “was confronted and criticized” for his reaction, according to the lawsuit.

“This confrontation triggered another panic attack,” the lawsuit says. “At the conclusion of this meeting and because plaintiff had a panic attack, plaintiff was sent home from work for the remainder of August 8 and August 9.”

On Aug. 11, he was sent a letter telling him he was being terminated “because of the events of the previous week,” the lawsuit says.

Berling sued, alleging disability discrimination and retaliation.

Gravity Diagnostics did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.

Founder and Chief Operating Officer Julie Brazil told the northern Kentucky news website Link NKY that Berling was terminated for violating a “workplace violence policy” and that the company stands by its decision.

She also said there had been an increase in incidents of workplace violence, telling the site: “My employees de-escalated the situation to get the plaintiff out of the building as quickly as possible while removing his access to the building, alerting me and sending out security reminders to ensure he could not access the building, which is exactly what they were supposed to do.”

Tony Bucher, an attorney for Berling, said his client posed no threat.

“I think the significance for employers is that they need to understand that they shouldn’t make assumptions about individuals with mental health issues. Kevin was an exceptional employee that went above and beyond for his employer and if they would have taken a step back it would have been clear that he did not present any danger at all,” he said in a statement.

Source; NBC

$2 million worth of meth found in woman’s home after she called police under the influence

Two million dollars worth of meth was found in a woman’s home after she called deputies under the influence and said she couldn’t take care of her child, according to investigators.

The woman reportedly called 911 and admitted she was under the influence and couldn’t take care of her 2-year-old child, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division tweeted.

When deputies arrived at the woman’s home they said they discovered the woman was manufacturing crystal meth.

Narcotics officers removed about 112 kgs of crystallized meth and 87.2 kgs of liquid meth from the home which totaled about $2 million, investigators said.

The female was taken into custody and her child was released to CPS.

Artemio Hernandez said he has been living in the same mobile home neighborhood for almost 20 years and has never seen anything like this.

“It’s crazy, it’s crazy all these things happening here,” Hernandez said. “I can’t believe it.”

Hernandez said the woman moved into the home about a month ago with two young girls.

It’s unknown if both children were in the home at the time deputies were called.

KHOU 11 reporter Matt Dougherty is following this story and will have more on KHOU 11 at 10 p.m.

Source; KHOU

Sacramento police officer Benjamin Gray arrested after accusations of recording women without consent

A Sacramento police officer was arrested following accusations he recorded intimate encounters with women without their consent.

On Monday, the Sacramento Police Department announced the arrest of officer Benjamin Gray on suspicion of the off-duty crimes, which stemmed from a Folsom Police Department investigation.

Gray ultimately turned himself in to the Sacramento County jail. He was placed on administrative leave back on Jan. 17 and also had his police officer powers removed after Folsom police told Sacramento police they were pursuing a criminal complaint related to Gray.

Gray will be on leave as the investigation continues.

“As peace officers we should hold ourselves to the highest standards, both on and off-duty. This alleged criminal behavior is both disturbing and unacceptable and weakens the trust between law enforcement and the community, which we work so hard every day to build and maintain,” Chief Katherine Lester said in a press release.

The arrest warrant for Gray was issued on the following charges:

• 632(a) PC (Recording confidential communication without consent)
• 647(j)(3)(A) PC (Video recording of intimate settings without consent

Source; ABC10

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