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05.14.
Proud Parents: In The News
A Jacksonville Beach, Florida mother is being charged with trying to sell her six year old daughter for sex to two middle aged men in exchange for drugs and cash. 35 year-old Dalina Nicholas was arrested by police in Columbus, Georgia as a fugitive from justice on charges that she willingly handed over her six year-old daughter to drug dealers in order to get her fix of crack cocaine.
Police began investigating Nicholas when a homeless man who said he had done drugs in Nicholas’ home told the authorities about the child abuse he witnessed. Two men, Quinn Brooks, 56 and John Hagans, 47 have also been charged with capital sexual battery in the case, and one other suspect is being sought. Brooks and Hagans both have extensive criminal records.
“I can’t think of an adjective that’s (bad enough) to describe the charges.” says Jacksonville Beach city police chief Bruce Thomason. Nicholas’ mother who has custody of the girl at the moment says that the charges against her daughter aren’t true, saying that she believes that her daughter was also a victim in the grand scheme of things, saying that Nicholas’ never knew that the little girl was being sexually abused in her home, claiming that “These drug dealers kept returning and basically took over their home; she was as much a victim as her daughter was.”
Neighbors of Nicholas’ didn’t hold back about how they felt about the case, with neighbor Ronnie Swartz saying “A 6-year old are you serious? That’s distgusting. That’s insane.” While neighbor Maria Sullo says “It’s distgusting, I can’t even fathom the thought. I have a 3 year-old and a 2 year-old. I can’t fathom it.”
Police will be going to Georgia this week to Nicholas up and bring her back to Jacksonville Beach.
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Would You Hire This Clown?
Below is a serious occupation, not a joke.
Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes. He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked. But Deville is not an escaped lunatic or some demonic monster, he is a birthday treat, hired by mom and dad, and the ‘attack’ involves being splatted in the face with a cake.
‘The child feels more and more that it is being pursued,” said Deville. ‘The clown’s one and only aim is to smash a cake into the face of his victim, when they least expect it, during the course of seven days.”
If the boy or girl manages to avoid the ‘hit’, they are given the cake as a birthday present. Well, that’s alright then.
The frightening fun can be stopped at any time, which is handy for parents who have second thoughts and don’t fancy the cost of child therapy.
Deville said: ‘The clown will never break into a residence or show up at work. ‘It’s all in fun and if, at any point, the kids get scared or their parents are concerned, we stop right there. But most kids absolutely love being scared senseless.’
Deville set up his Evil Clown service in Lucerne, Switzerland, after being inspired by some of his favourite horror films – possibly including Stephen King’s It and Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
The idea is unlikely to be popular with sufferers of coulrophobia – the irrational (irrational?) fear of clowns.
But Stephen Vaughan of Clowns International, said scary clowns could be as funny as their red-nosed counterparts. ‘I think what Dominic is doing is a great idea. Bringing a little bit of life and laughter into kids’ lives is what we are all about.’
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In The News: Suffering From ‘Tanorexia’
44-year-old Patricia Krentcil was arrested and charged with child endangerment after her 5-year-old daughter was spotted at school with a sunburn. Apparently the little girl told classmates she “went tanning with Mommy.” But Krentcil insists that the kid wasn’t in the tanning booth:
“It’s like taking your daughter to go food shopping,” she told NBC 4 New York at her Nutley, N.J. home after being released on $25,000 bail. “There’s tons of moms that bring their children in.”
“I tan, she doesn’t tan,” she continued. “I’m in the booth, she’s in the room. That’s all there is to it.”
Krentcil claims her daughter got burned the old-fashioned way: From being in the sun. She’s been released on $25,000 bail.
What are your thoughts?
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