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Florida woman charged with buying and selling human body parts on Facebook Marketplace

A 52-year-old Florida woman was recently arrested after she knowingly bought and sold human bones online, police say.

Kymberlee Anne Schopper of Deltona was charged with trading in human tissue, according to the Orange City Police Department.

Schopper was released Friday from the Volusia County Jail on $7,500 bond.

Police received a report Dec. 21, 2023, about a local business selling human bones on Facebook Marketplace, FOX 35 Orlando reported.

Officers were sent images from the business’s Facebook page, which allegedly advertised the disturbing items.

The Orange City business, Wicked Wonderland, was selling on its website two human skulls for $90, a human clavicle and scapula for $90, a human rib for $35, human vertebrae for $35 and a partial human skull for $600, according to authorities.

Police took the human remains as evidence and submitted them for testing by a medical examiner, FOX 35 Orlando reported.

When asked about the products, a shop owner told authorities the shop sold human bones for years and did not know it was illegal in Florida, according to the report.

“She confirmed that the store had multiple human bone fragments, all purchased from private sellers, and mentioned she has documentation for these transactions but could not provide it at that moment,” according to an arrest affidavit. “She described the bones as genuine human remains and delicate in nature.”

However, Schopper, another one of the shop’s owners, told police the bones were “educational models.”

Models can be sold legally in Florida, according to state law.

Experts found the cranium and the skull fragment were likely archaeological finds, some being more than 100 years old and others being more than 500 years old, FOX 35 reported.

Source; NY Post

Influencer busted over terrifying video of 192-mph motorcycle ride on busy Connecticut highways

He had a need for speed — and now, he needs a good lawyer.

Connecticut cops arrested a 22-year-old influencer this week for a risky and reckless motorcycle ride — at 192 mph — he took last year across two of the Nutmeg State’s busiest highways.

Showboating YouTuber Brice Bennett would likely have gotten away with his death-defying joyride, had he not shared the frightening footage with his 220,000 subscribers, according to an arrest warrant obtained by The Post.

State police said they were tipped to the video’s existence by Gov. Ned Lamont’s office, which received an anonymous complaint about Bennett’s YouTube channel in late December.

Bennett’s self-incriminating video allegedly shows him weaving in and out of traffic on his Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade at speeds of up to 192 mph.

The video has been viewed over 4 million times since it was first posted to YouTube 11 months ago.

According to the warrant, cops reviewed 72 videos Bennett posted in 2024, and found many showing “a male . . . traveling at reckless speeds on public roadways.”

While the video includes a disclaimer that “All content is filmed in Mexico” and has “no affiliation to the poster in anyway,” cops said the helmet-cam clip was filmed in the Nutmeg State, along Interstates 84 and 91, between New Haven and Hartford.

They also used his own social media profiles to trace the YouTube account back to Bennett.

“Based on Bennett’s YouTube and Instagram accounts, he has been found to drive recklessly, exceeding 85 miles per hour with ease,” it is alleged in the warrant. “Bennett unsafely passes other motorists, creating a high risk of physical injury to others and himself.”

This year, Bennett has posted 16 videos, “indicating ongoing instances of his unsafe and illegal driving habits.”

The influencer was arrested at his home in Bloomfield, and has been charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and failure to drive in the proper lane.

Bennett posted $5,000 cash bond for his release.

Source; NY Post

Torrance police officers plead guilty to painting swastika on car

Two former Torrance police officers pleaded guilty recently to felony vandalism charges for spray painting a victim’s vehicle with a swastika in January 2020.

Christopher Tomsic and Cody Weldin pled guilty Thursday after initially pleading not guilty to the charges in 2021.

The victim’s vehicle was tied to a reported mail theft and was taken to a tow yard. When the defendants in the mail theft case came to pick up their car, they discovered the swastika painted on the car’s rear seat, as well as a happy face painted on the front seat.

“Vandalizing property with hateful messages is reprehensible and violates the oath police officers take to uphold the law and protect and serve their communities,” District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.

Tomsic and Weldin, both 32, pleaded guilty to one count each of felon vandalism and were sentenced to two years of formal probation, restitution to the victim, the surrender of their Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification, 100 hours of community service, a tour of the Museum of Tolerance and 15 hours of Anti-Racism coursework, the D.A.’s office stated.

In addition, officials ensured Tomsic and Weldin “will never again work as police officers in our state,” Hochman said.

The Torrance Police Department was commended by the D.A.’s Office for its swift action against the officers.

“The actions of these former officers were disgraceful and violated the core values of our department,” Torrance Police Chief Jeremiah Hart said.

A progress report is scheduled for July 10 at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

Source; KTLA

CPD applicant’s interview leads to arrests in 2016 kidnapping, rape investigation, prosecutors say

Stephon Arnold walked into a Chicago Police Department station last October looking for a job, but prosecutors said details he revealed during his interview led them to uncovering he and his brother were connected to a nearly decade-old kidnapping and rape investigation.

Arnold, 30, and his brother, Sherrow Harris, 35, were both arrested and charged on Friday with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated criminal sexual assault after investigators said they violently assaulted two 18-year-old women back in 2016, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

That investigation had been suspended until late last year when Arnold “applied to the Chicago Police Department and consented to a polygraph,” prosecutors revealed during a Friday hearing for the accused brothers.

“On that polygraph form, [Arnold] made admissions regarding this incident,” prosecutors said. “The details provided by [defendant] Arnold… allowed detectives to cross reference the facts and locate the original case incident report from 2016.”

According to police and court records reviewed by the I-Team, the night of Sept. 10, 2016, started as a sneaker shopping expedition at the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg for the two young women, along with Harris and his cousin, who has since died.

Both women would later tell investigators the men took them to the mall to find “new Jordan 12 shoes” but when the store at the mall did not have their sizes, Harris and his cousin told the women they should go back to their apartment. There, they would meet someone the men knew who had the shoes in their sizes for sale, according to the police report.

Both men and women went to a south side apartment near 72nd and South Aberdeen, where prosecutors said Arnold was waiting to rob the women of their jewelry at gunpoint, and then force them into having sex with Harris and the brothers’ cousin.

Police records state both women went to the hospital the next day for injuries they suffered. Chicago police were called, took a report, noting where the victims alleged the crime occurred, but the investigation was ultimately suspended, according to prosecutors.

The investigation would have remained suspended if it wasn’t for Arnold applying for a job at the Chicago police department this past October.

After detectives began to look into the statements Arnold made in his application’s polygraph statement, prosecutors said the investigators found Arnold and Harris had both been previously arrested by Chicago police, and during those arrests, they listed the apartment near 72nd and Aberdeen as their home address.

Nearly nine years after the crime took place, prosecutors said in court on Friday that both victims identified Harris and his cousin in a photo lineup this past week.

Investigators believe the armed robbery by Arnold that took place at the brothers’ apartment was “a ruse.”

After reading Arnold his Miranda rights, prosecutors said he made statements to investigators “regarding the armed robbery being a ruse so that the other two [Harris and their cousin] could have sex with the victims.”

Arnold and Harris are currently being held in jail, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Department.

The brothers have been appointed public defenders, but according to the court docket, they have yet to enter a plea to the charges they face.

A spokesperson for the Chicago police department would not comment on this specific case, but said background checks are critical when interviewing potential employees.

“While we will not comment on specific individuals, the Chicago police department conducts a thorough pre-employment background investigation process, including a polygraph examination,” a spokesperson told the I-Team. “The polygraph examination is an important component of the background process to determine an applicant’s eligibility for hire.”

Source; ABC7 Chicago

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