Showing posts with label Courthouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courthouse. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2016

Deaf Paedophile Sisters Sexually Abused Boy

Deaf News: Deaf paedophile sisters sexually abused boy over 10 year period from age of six in United Kingdom.





WORCESTER, UK -- Sisters believed to be Britain's first Deaf female paedophiles have been told to expect "very significant sentences" for sexually abusing a six-year-old boy. Sick Julie Fellows, 30, and sister Jennifer, 32, repeatedly molested the youngster over a 14 year period. Worcester Crown Court heard the sisters first started abusing the boy when he was aged six in 2000.



Julie was 14-years-old when she lured the boy into a petrol station toilets where she touched her private parts. On another occasion she performed oral sex on the youngster, the court heard.



Julie was found guilty following a trial of indecently assaulting a boy aged six to nine between October 2000 and April 2004 in Leominster, and sexual activity with a boy aged 14 -16 between October 2008 and October 2010 in Hereford.



Jennifer admitted indecently assaulting a boy aged six to nine between October 2000 and April 2004 in Leominster, and inciting sexual activity with a boy aged 14-16 between October 2008 and October 2010 in Kington.



Prosecutor Simon Phillips said: "The allegations date back many years and the more serious of them when Julie was 14 and the victim was six.



"The behaviour was so frequent it became routine and he thought it was the norm."



"Julie later moved in with her fiancé Adam and the victim was sitting on the sofa with Julie watching TV while Adam was asleep," the prosecutor continued.



"She started a conversation with him about what used to happen and she put his hand down her trousers. "She told him he needed to lose his virginity and said 'Who would you rather lose it

to?'.



"She got him to get onto his knees and they had intercourse for a short period of time. She was between 22 and 24 and he was 14...Read More.



UPDATE: Deaf Sisters From Kington Who Sexually Abused A Young Boy Escape Jail - Two Deaf sisters from Herefordshire who sexually abused a young boy over a period of 10 years have escaped immediate prison sentences after a judge said their condition would make them “completely isolated” in jail.



Their suspended sentences were given despite a statement to the court from their victim saying the sexual assaults had a “profound effect” on him, leaving him with flashbacks and nightmares... Read More.

Friday, April 3, 2015

Deaf Man Is Convicted Of Murdering His Girlfriend

Exclusive: Deaf Harlem man convicted of fatally stabbing girlfriend 38 times in New York City.





NEW YORK POST - It took a Manhattan jury less than two hours Friday to convict a Deaf Harlem man of murder for stabbing his Deaf girlfriend 38 times then stuffing her corpse into the bottom of a 55 gallon drum.



After a gruesome month-long trial, jurors deliberated for an hour and half before finding Bismark Lithgow, 26, guilty of killing Francis Pellerano Feb 28 of 2013.



The barrel where the body his girlfriend was found.



Lithgow became increasingly controlling after Pellerano moved into his Harlem apartment he shared with his grandmother, and accused her of cheating, prosecutor Ryan Hayward argued at trial.



As revenge for the perceived betrayal, Lithgow viciously butchered the petite brunette, wrapped her tiny body into a sheet then stuffed it into the bottom of the blue drum.



Pellerano’s corpse festered in his room for two days until his grandmother discovered the drum’s sickening contents.



The defense conceded that Lithgow committed the heinous crime but argued he was in a state of extreme emotional disturbance caused by a frigid mother and brain damage from a childhood illness.



He’s expected to be sentenced April 1st and faces up to life in prison... Read more: nypost.com/2015/03/06/deaf-man-convicted-of-fatally-stabbing-girlfriend-38-times/

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Deaf Teacher Aide Sentenced 10 Years For Sexual Assault

Exclusive: Teaching assistant gets 10 years for sexually assaulting Deaf student in Hawaii.



HONOLULU - A state judge sentenced former Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind teaching assistant Alfie S. Lumabas to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student at the school.



State Circuit Judge Rom A. Trader declined the city prosecutor's request to impose restitution to pay for the girl's counseling because that expense is covered by a settlement to a separate federal lawsuit.



Lumabas, 38, agreed to serve a full 10-year prison term when he pleaded guilty in January to two reduced counts of second-degree sexual assault in a deal with the prosecutor. Ten years is the maximum penalty for second-degree sexual assault.



A September 2013 indictment charged him with two counts of first-degree sexual assault, which each carry a mandatory 20-year prison term.



Lumabas is legally Deaf. Through a sign-language interpreter, he declined to make a statement Tuesday before Trader handed down his sentence.



His victim, now 24, and who is also legally Deaf, had plenty to say through her own sign-language interpreter. SOURCE

Monday, February 25, 2013

Aussie Teen Dodges Jail For Bashing Deaf Man

RAW VIDEO: Western Australia teen dodges jail for bashing Deaf man.



PERTH - A teenager has dodged a jail term after pleading guilty to bashing a Deaf man at a Perth train station, but he will face imprisonment if he offends again in the next year, a judge has warned.



Joshua William Bignell, 18, bashed Seow Oh, 28, fracturing his eye socket, in the eastern Perth suburb of Carlisle in June last year.



Bignell bashed and kicked Mr Oh from behind as he was walking to his car parked at the station. Bignell was originally charged with assault occasioning bodily harm but the charge was later upgraded to grievous bodily harm.





On Monday, in the District Court of Western Australia Judge Phillip Eaton handed Bignell a pre-sentence order, subject to three reviews over the next 12 months. Judge Eaton decided not to imprison Bignell immediately because he was young, had a troubled childhood and mental health problems and was "now in a stable situation".



If Bignell committed an offence in the next 12 months, it was likely he'd be sentenced to an immediate term of imprisonment, Judge Eaton warned. "You can just about bank on that," he said.



"If you're going well, I'll allow the order to continue. "If things are falling apart, then I won't hesitate to bring it to an end. "If you fail, Mr Bignell, then the consequences will be grim."



Judge Eaton said the maximum penalty for the offence was 10 years' imprisonment, meaning Bignell was "in the big league" after "fairly relentless offending" in recent years. ... Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-teen-dodges-jail-for-bashing-deaf-man-20130225-2f1zl.html



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$5.75 Million Settlement Awarded To Deaf & Blind Students

VIDEO: $5.75 Million Settlement Awarded to Deaf and Blind Students Sexually Assaulted by Gang at Hawaii Public School.



HONOLULU - A young girl is forced to perform oral sex on an older boy while he films her with his cell phone camera and students at their school look on, another young girl becomes pregnant after she is raped by a male student at her school, a young boy is sodomized in the bathroom by an older student, but school administrators don’t penalized the perpetrator, another child is sexually assaulted by five boys on campus, and nothing is done to stop them or punish them after the fact.



These are not scenarios from an NBC’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit episode, they are actual events that parents say took place at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind, the state’s only public school for children with these disabilities.







For more than a decade, some of the school’s administrators and students covered up a terrible secret young children between 12 and 16 years old were being terrorized - robbed, raped, sodomized and even gang raped on campus and on the school buses – not by employees, but by other children. There are just 80 children enrolled in the school, which is located on the edge of Waikiki, Hawaii’s main tourism hub, and just across the street from the Honolulu Zoo.



One student heading a gang calling themselves the “Ringleaders” orchestrated the attacks, and students were ordered to participate as attackers or retaliated against.



Michael Green is one of five attorneys who successfully secured a $5,750,000 settlement last week from the state and a school counselor. ... Read more: http://www.hawaiireporter.com/5-75-million-settlement-awarded-to-deaf-and-blind-students-sexually-assaulted-by-gang-at-hawaii-public-school/123



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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Deaf Community Sues Welfare For Lack Of Interpreters

Deaf Pennsylvanians lawsuit welfare for lack of interpreters: U.S. judge eyeing deal to aid state's Deaf, intellectually disabled human service system clients.



HARRISBURG - A federal judge is being asked to approve a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that would ramp up the state's responsibility to individuals who are Deaf and intellectually disabled.



A key provision of the proposed deal U.S. Middle District Chief Judge Yvette Kane is weighing would require the state Department of Public Welfare to hire sign language interpreters and other specialists to improve communications with Deaf and intellectually disabled clients in the human services system.



About 250 such clients have been identified so far in the state's system of group homes and other service providers, according to filings in the case. Also, DPW would have to pay $450,000 to the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania, which filed the lawsuit against DPW in 2010 on behalf of a disabled client identified in court papers only as Harry M.



In seeking approval of the settlement, the rights network stated that DPW officials also have signed off on the proposed deal. The rights network claimed in its lawsuit that the state is not properly helping intellectually disabled Pennsylvanians who are Deaf, because service providers often cannot effectively communicate with them.



Clients who would be affected by the settlement receive services from their home counties through the state-funded Home and Community-Based Waiver, also known as the Consolidated Waiver program. ... Read more: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/02/us_judge_eyeing_deal_to_aid_st.html

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Sex Assaults Lawsuit Involving Deaf & Blind Students

VIDEO: Settlement reached in lawsuit involving Deaf and Blind students in the capital of Hawaii.



HONOLULU - A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached in a sex assault lawsuit involving Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind. It's been a year and a half since the State was sued by a group of students at the school. The students alleged they had been sexually abused by other students.



Friday, the attorney representing the group announced that a multi-million dollar settlement has been reached. A spotlight was cast on the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind in the Kapahulu area in 2011, after police started investigating allegations of widespread sex abuse between classmates.



In August 2011, Honolulu attorney Michael Green filed a lawsuit against the state, on behalf of 50 to 60 students.







"What we found out was, and I never thought about this, that we had children who were the aggressors, we're talking about sodomizing boys, boys on boys, boys on girls, girls on girls, in the bathroom, on school buses, in the bushes, that because no one seemed to care it seemed like it was okay. So people who were victims became aggressors. And you know that part that maybe affected me the most aside from the fact it's happening to young people, and people that have disabilities is that if you cry out who can hear you? If you have blind students who can see it?" said Green.



The State has now agreed to pay $5M to settle the lawsuit - money that'll go to the victims, and to pay for counseling and treatment... Read more: http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Settlement-reached-in-lawsuit-involving-deaf-and/qEdZ6YT6_EuWYDo6tVhRPg.cspx

Deaf Boy Sexually Assaulted In Florida

VIDEO: Mom says she caught suspect raping son inside abandoned house.



FORT PIERCE, FLA. - Jose Macias, 63, raped 13-year-old Deaf boy, police say.



A woman tells WPBF 25 News' Angela Rozier she caught a man, later identified as Jose Macias, sexually assaulting her Deaf son inside an abandoned house in Fort Pierce.







A 63-year-old Fort Pierce man was in jail Thursday, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy. The boy's mother told WPBF 25 News the incident happened Wednesday afternoon inside an abandoned house located at 202 N. 28th St.



She said she saw her son walk off with a man on a bike. By the time she caught up with them, she discovered them inside an abandoned house.



"(I) kind of caught them in the act," said the boy's mom.



According to a police report, the 13-year-old boy identified Jose Macias in a photographic lineup as the person who took him into the vacant house and sexually assaulted him... Read more: http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/treasure-coast/Jose-Macias-63-raped-13-year-old-deaf-boy-police-say/-/8882916/18356212/-/vsiptgz/-/index.html

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Deaf Lifeguard Be ‘Qualified’ Under The ADA ?

Deaf News: The Deaf lifeguard be ‘Qualified’ under the Americans with Disabilities Act ?



OAKLAND COUNTY, MI -- What would you do if you were hiring a lifeguard for a community wave pool and the applicant was Deaf, but he was also certified as a lifeguard? A new court ruling this month shows how mistakes made in assessing the applicant's medical condition can leave an employer drowning in litigation.



Case in Point: Nicholas Keith, 22, was born Deaf and communicates using sign language. He also uses a cochlear implant that helps him detect noises, such as whistles and people calling for help. Keith received his junior lifeguard certification and then successfully completed lifeguard training. (A Michigan county provided a sign-language interpreter to relay verbal instructions to Keith during both training programs.)



Keith then applied for a lifeguard position at the county's wave pool, requesting that a sign-language interpreter be present to relay verbal directions during staff meetings. The county offered Keith the job, conditioned on his passing a pre-employment physical. The doctor failed him, citing his inability to hear. Plus, the county’s safety and risk management consultants expressed concerns over Keith being unable to do the job, despite numerous accommodations the county was offering. So the county rescinded the job offer... Read More.



Deaf Lifeguard's Disability Claims Against Oakland County Go To Jury.



The Sixth Circuit has reversed the decision of a lower court and held that a Deaf individual should be permitted to proceed to trial on his claim that a prospective employer discriminated against him on the basis of disability by failing to hire him as a lifeguard. Keith v. County of Oakland, (6th Cir. Jan. 10, 2013).



In reviving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim, the Court found that a jury should be permitted to determine whether the individual was otherwise qualified to be a lifeguard, with or without accommodation, that is, whether hearing is an essential function of the job and, if so, whether reasonable accommodations could have been made... Read More.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Dawn Schriver's Legal Fund Reached 8k Goal

VIDEO [ASL] - A Deaf mother of domestic violence survivor legal fund reached $8,000 goal.



Well done and congratulations to the social media of Deaf community for the efforts and gave generously to reached a 8k goal for a domestic violence victim as seen on http://youtu.be/h-IcFRYyoPc. She made it! A big thank you from a domestic violence survivor.



Please make sure to specify in the note section: Donation(s) will only be accepted until January 25th. Please continue donating to funds to Dawn Schriver's Legal Fund for a good cause. Let's help Dawn flee completely from Domestic Violence!



In a domestic violence marriage, Dawn endured all kinds of abuse for 5 years and went through a nasty divorce. She was forced to give up her job, house, dog and her friends to get away... Read more details at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/6Q6M9.



Related Post: A Mother's Plea: '$8,000 or Jail'



'My Reflections' - Ricky Taylor also known as Ridor9th responds to the outpouring of concern, opposition and support surrounding the community discussion on Dawn Schriver of domestic violence survivor.



This video covers Ricky's thoughts regarding A Deaf Mother's Plea: '$8,000 or Jail' in which he is responsibility posted a vlog.







Stop Domestic Violence Against Women - If you or someone you know is in a DV situation and needs help, contact your local DV agency. There is nothing available nearby, contact Deaf Hope at hotline@deaf-hope.org from Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. More info at: http://Deaf-Hope.org.



Stop Domestic Violence Promo from Lavender Revolution - A social media movement to end violence against women. Watch on a tube: http://youtu.be/2_UclJCbDa0

Deaf Mother's Plea's Fund Has Been Reached

VIDEO [ASL] - A Deaf mother of domestic violence survivor legal fund reached $8,000 goal.



Well done and congratulations to the social media of Deaf community for the efforts and gave generously to reached a 8k goal for a domestic violence victim as seen on http://youtu.be/h-IcFRYyoPc. She made it! A big thank you from a domestic violence survivor.



Please make sure to specify in the note section: Donation(s) will only be accepted until January 25th. Please continue donating to funds to Dawn Schriver's Legal Fund for a good cause. Let's help Dawn flee completely from Domestic Violence!



In a domestic violence marriage, Dawn endured all kinds of abuse for 5 years and went through a nasty divorce. She was forced to give up her job, house, dog and her friends to get away... Read more details at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/6Q6M9.



Related Post: A Mother's Plea: '$8,000 or Jail'



'My Reflections' - Ricky Taylor also known as Ridor9th responds to the outpouring of concern, opposition and support surrounding the community discussion on Dawn Schriver of domestic violence survivor.



This video covers Ricky's thoughts regarding A Deaf Mother's Plea: '$8,000 or Jail' in which he is responsibility posted a vlog.







Stop Domestic Violence Against Women - If you or someone you know is in a DV situation and needs help, contact your local DV agency. There is nothing available nearby, contact Deaf Hope at hotline@deaf-hope.org from Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. More info at: http://Deaf-Hope.org.



Stop Domestic Violence Promo from Lavender Revolution - A social media movement to end violence against women. Watch on a tube: http://youtu.be/2_UclJCbDa0

Friday, January 18, 2013

Deaf Mother's Plea: '$8,000 or Jail'

VIDEO [ASL] - A Deaf mother's plea: '$8,000 or jail', Donate to the legal fund for a domestic violence victim.



A domestic violence survivor. In a domestic violence marriage, Deaf mother endured all kinds of abuse for 5 years and went through a nasty divorce. She was forced to give up her job, house, dog and her friends to get away... Read more details at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/6Q6M9.





Want to help? https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/6Q6M9 Please do spread the word!



Stop Domestic Violence Against Women - If you or someone you know is in a DV situation and needs help, contact your local DV agency. There is nothing available nearby, contact Deaf Hope at hotline@deaf-hope.org from Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. More info at: http://Deaf-Hope.org.



Stop Domestic Violence Promo from Lavender Revolution - A social media movement to end violence against women. Watch on a tube: http://youtu.be/2_UclJCbDa0

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Deaf Man Accused of Killing Man at Bus Stop

DUBLIN - Deaf man remanded in custody accused of killing man at bus stop. A Deaf man charged with killing a man who died after he was hit by a bus in Dublin city centre has been held in custody for another week.



Eoghan Dudley (28), who was originally from Rathfarnham in the city's south side, suffered horrific head injuries after he fell under a double-decker bus following an altercation at the junction of Dawson Street and Nassau Street on December 6.



The deceased man had recently been living in rented accommodation in Co Wicklow and was identified two days after his death.



On Friday last, which was also his 29th birthday, Edward Connors, whose latest address was a hostel in the city-centre's north side, was arrested in connection with the incident and detained at Pearse Street Garda station.



When charged at the station last Saturday night he had replied “I am sorry about him, it was an accident”. He did not apply for bail and had been remanded in custody at Dublin District Court last Monday.



Connors is accused of manslaughter of Mr Dudley at Dawson Street. Read more: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/deaf-man-remanded-in-custody-accused-of-killing-man-at-bus-stop-3325495.html SOURCE



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Monday, December 10, 2012

Deaf Man Charged With Manslaughter of Bus Crash Victim



DUBLIN - Deaf man charged with manslaughter of bus crash victim 'very sorry.' A Deaf man has apologised for the death of a man who was hit by a bus following an alleged roadside altercation.



Edward Connors, who is profoundly Deaf, has been charged with the manslaughter of Eoghan Dudley. The 28-year-old died last Thursday evening after suffering severe head injuries in the incident in Dublin city centre.



Connors, 29, who has been living in a homeless hostel in Dublin, was brought before the city’s District Court where proceedings were translated through a sign language interpreter.



Detective Garda Conor O’Braonain told the court that, when Connors was charged at Pearse Street Garda Station on Saturday night, he replied: “I’m very sorry about him. It was an accident.”



Judge David McHugh remanded him in custody until December 13, when he will be brought before Cloverhill courthouse.



Connors, who wore a navy tracksuit, is accused of killing Mr Dudley at the busy junction of Dawson Street and Nassau Street. Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/deaf-man-charged-with-manslaughter-of-bus-crash-victim-very-sorry-577334.html SOURCE