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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Daycare employee charged with sexually abusing children, documents say
Charges are allegations only. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. MURRAY, Utah () — A Magna man has been charged with sexually abusing children at the daycare where he was an employee. It is currently unknown whether he is still employed at the daycare. Shawn David Beebe, 38, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree aggravated sexual abuse of a child. According to a detective with the Murray Police Department, on Feb. 19, 2025, the detective was made aware that a daycare employee may have been sexually abusing children. He took reports from the parents of three children who told their parents about what happened. Three children, all aged six years old or younger, told their parents that Beebe had touched them inappropriately while at daycare. One child, in a Children's Justice Center interview, said that they didn't tell their mother what happened because they were afraid Beebe would be fired. A warrant has been issued for Beebe's arrest; he is not in custody at this time. The daycare has not been identified by officials, and ABC4 is investigating where he was or is employed. There is no further information at this time. BMW's new flagship SUV to debut in US Police arrest more than 20 people on first night of curfew in Los Angeles Daycare employee charged with sexually abusing children, documents say Teen charged as juvenile in 2022 West Jordan triple homicide now facing adult charges Don't be late to this spin on Alice in Wonderland from West Valley City Arts Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Otago Daily Times
11-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Sex workers battle Queenstown strip shows
A sex workers' collective is calling for a new Queenstown bar featuring strip shows to be shut down as it is not operating under an "adult entertainment" liquor licence. The Ultimate Man Cave Seek — 40% owned by controversial Christchurch-based strip club chain Calendar Girls — opened last Friday in underground Church St premises formerly occupied by the Seek nightclub. Promotions for the venue's first two nights depicted two strippers around a pole and promised "lap dancers, private rooms, karaoke, gaming — whatever you desire we're here to provide". However, Calendar Girls founder James Samson said the bar was primarily a sports tavern, which only had Calendar Girls strip shows, lap dances and pole dancing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm. Early this year, Christchurch-based Alan Samson Ltd, whose sole director is James Samson's mother, Vicki Samson, bought 40% of Seek Night Club Ltd with the intention of buying the remaining shares over 18 months. Mr Samson is barred from owning a company after being jailed on drugs charges. Seek Night Club Ltd then applied for an adult entertainment liquor licence, which attracted a total of 71 written objections. The Queenstown Lakes District Council confirmed "there is currently no date set for a hearing". In its application, Seek Night Club Ltd said when it reopened it would remain a tavern until its adult entertainment liquor licence was granted. Sex workers union Fired Up Stilettos chairwoman Bianca Beebe said "we were really surprised to learn they're able to reopen on an expired tavern licence, particularly since the police objected very strongly to the idea you can operate a strip club on a tavern licence". Though that licence had expired, "you're allowed to continue operating your licence if you have already applied for a renewal" — which had been in train since mid-last year, the council confirmed. A tavern licence permits "entertainment", which Ms Beebe said she thought was being used as a loophole to allow Calendar Girls to run strip shows at the venue. "Unfortunately, neither in statutory or case law does it define what entertainment is." She said the situation was "making a mockery of all of Queenstown's restrictions, and honestly I don't understand how every business owner who has a legitimate licence isn't furious". "I would ask if Queenstown council wants to be a joke. "Seek/Calendar Girls were told they cannot operate a strip club on a tavern licence, and here they are explicitly advertising for and operating a strip club under a tavern licence." Ms Beebe questioned whether the council was going to be played for a fool, "or are you going to do something about this?" Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers said his regulatory team was preparing a report for the district licensing committee on whether the venue could operate under its existing tavern licence due to the "entertainment" provision. "There is case law that defines what a tavern is, but there's nothing that talks about entertainment that we can see. "From my point of view, there is a grey area. "Look, they might be testing the limits on 'entertainment' with respect to a tavern, but I'm not the decision-maker here." Asked if lap dancing and nude dancing were normal entertainment in a tavern, Mr Lewers said "I might be old school". "[For me] it's turning up for a jug with your mates with a bit of pool and watching a bit of sport on TV and the occasional meat raffle." Asked if council could apply some urgency to its decision-making , he responded: "look, like with all legislation from central government, they've got timeframes to meet". As for the adult entertainment licence application, "we'll prepare a report and take into account all the submissions". "That report will then go to the district licensing committee, and if the applicant wants to pursue that licence, that will go to a hearing and that hearing will be made public, and it will be on our website." Mr Samson, however, said he would now withdraw the application for an adult entertainment licence. Last September, a petition trying to stop Calendar Girls coming to Queenstown was launched by a dancer from existing local strip club Soho. Spurred by concerns over Mr Samson's link to Calendar Girls and over the chain's alleged "labour exploitation", it attracted 1724 signatures before it was pulled by its host website.
Otago Daily Times
11-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Sex workers' collective calls for bar to be shut
A sex workers' collective is calling for a new Queenstown bar featuring strip shows to be shut down as it is not operating under an "adult entertainment" liquor licence. The Ultimate Man Cave Seek — 40% owned by controversial Christchurch-based strip club chain Calendar Girls — opened last Friday in underground Church St premises formerly occupied by the Seek nightclub. Promotions for the venue's first two nights depicted two strippers around a pole and promised "lap dancers, private rooms, karaoke, gaming — whatever you desire we're here to provide". However, Calendar Girls founder James Samson said the bar was primarily a sports tavern, which only had Calendar Girls strip shows, lap dances and pole dancing on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm. Early this year, Christchurch-based Alan Samson Ltd, whose sole director is James Samson's mother, Vicki Samson, bought 40% of Seek Night Club Ltd with the intention of buying the remaining shares over 18 months. Mr Samson is barred from owning a company after being jailed on drugs charges. Seek Night Club Ltd then applied for an adult entertainment liquor licence, which attracted a total of 71 written objections. The Queenstown Lakes District Council confirmed "there is currently no date set for a hearing". In its application, Seek Night Club Ltd said when it reopened it would remain a tavern until its adult entertainment liquor licence was granted. Sex workers union Fired Up Stilettos chairwoman Bianca Beebe said "we were really surprised to learn they're able to reopen on an expired tavern licence, particularly since the police objected very strongly to the idea you can operate a strip club on a tavern licence". Though that licence had expired, "you're allowed to continue operating your licence if you have already applied for a renewal" — which had been in train since mid-last year, the council confirmed. A tavern licence permits "entertainment", which Ms Beebe said she thought was being used as a loophole to allow Calendar Girls to run strip shows at the venue. "Unfortunately, neither in statutory or case law does it define what entertainment is." She said the situation was "making a mockery of all of Queenstown's restrictions, and honestly I don't understand how every business owner who has a legitimate licence isn't furious". "I would ask if Queenstown council wants to be a joke. "Seek/Calendar Girls were told they cannot operate a strip club on a tavern licence, and here they are explicitly advertising for and operating a strip club under a tavern licence." Ms Beebe questioned whether the council was going to be played for a fool, "or are you going to do something about this?" Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers said his regulatory team was preparing a report for the district licensing committee on whether the venue could operate under its existing tavern licence due to the "entertainment" provision. "There is case law that defines what a tavern is, but there's nothing that talks about entertainment that we can see. "From my point of view, there is a grey area. "Look, they might be testing the limits on 'entertainment' with respect to a tavern, but I'm not the decision-maker here." Asked if lap dancing and nude dancing were normal entertainment in a tavern, Mr Lewers said "I might be old school". "[For me] it's turning up for a jug with your mates with a bit of pool and watching a bit of sport on TV and the occasional meat raffle." Asked if council could apply some urgency to its decision-making , he responded: "look, like with all legislation from central government, they've got timeframes to meet". As for the adult entertainment licence application, "we'll prepare a report and take into account all the submissions". "That report will then go to the district licensing committee, and if the applicant wants to pursue that licence, that will go to a hearing and that hearing will be made public, and it will be on our website." Mr Samson, however, said he would now withdraw the application for an adult entertainment licence. Last September, a petition trying to stop Calendar Girls coming to Queenstown was launched by a dancer from existing local strip club Soho. Spurred by concerns over Mr Samson's link to Calendar Girls and over the chain's alleged "labour exploitation", it attracted 1724 signatures before it was pulled by its host website.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Some new Connecticut mothers are going home with orange bracelets. Here's why
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Trinity Health of New England has just launched a program to help new mothers with post-birth health complications. It involves a simple orange bracelet. Being a new mom can come with immense joy, but within the first 12 weeks, women also deal with a host of postpartum health complications. Saint Mary's ER doctor also a member of SWAT team Some of those conditions can include high blood pressure, increased bleeding and blurred vision, according to Karen Beebe, a perinatal nursing professional development specialist at St. Mary's Hospital. 'There's tons of stories out there of women who were not heard, who came into the (Emergency Department),' Beebe said. It's why Trinity Health hospitals like St. Mary's have started giving out orange bracelets as part of the Maternal Bracelet Program to new mothers that read 'I gave birth.' Beebe said if the mother experiences symptoms once she leaves the hospital, or if she goes to an emergency room, it can help paramedics or medical personnel quickly determine that she might be experiencing maternity-related issues. Celebrating National Hospital Week with the inspiring story of a Hartford HealthCare worker's life 'If a bracelet like this was seen, it's like 'oh okay, she must've had a baby recently so let's look at some of the other complications that could have happened,'' she said. 'They can end up seizing, they can have other complications such as blood dyscrasias, so we want them to get the right management for the symptoms they're experiencing.' Kadian Alseph, a registered nurse in the hospital's Woman and Infant Center, said the bracelet can also help with what many know as 'baby blues,' or postpartum depression. 'A lot of moms, first time moms, are not aware that they're going through post-partum depression. It's a visual and a reminder to say 'hey, this is what I'm going through, maybe I need to speak with someone,'' she said. The Maternal Bracelet Program was just implemented this week and so far three new mothers have been given bracelets, including one who had a baby on Mother's Day. Beebe said the hospital delivers about 700 babies annually. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Remains ID'd, found in 1982 in Loxahatchee near serial killer Christopher Wilder's property
One of the most diabolical killers in history roamed Florida and Palm Beach County in the 1970s and '80s before he ended it all in a cross-country killing spree that took nine lives. Race car driver and wealthy business owner Christopher Wilder of Boynton Beach went on a seven-week rampage in 1984, abducting 12 women, most from shopping malls posing as a fashion photographer and promising to help them establish a modeling career. He had come to South Florida in 1969, escaping as the top suspect from Australian authorities about the rape and killings of two 15-year-old girls on a Sydney beach. In Palm Beach County, authorities arrested him on rape charges, but he was acquitted in 1977. Then he was arrested again 1980 on the same charges but got a deal that put him on probation. More: Hulu to air show on Christopher Wilder of Boynton Beach who killed 9 in a nationwide rampage Wilder is suspected in other disappearances and killings from Florida, including two women whose remains were found near property he owned in Loxahatchee. The remains of one wasnn't identified until 2024. Here are some other crimes that law enforcement believe he may have committed. Wilder owned several acres of property in Loxahatchee, including one off F Road, close to where the remains of two women have been found. Nearby skeletal remains were discovered in a green nylon bag on May 29, 1982, in the 300 block of F Road north of Southern Boulevard. The remains were not identified until 2013 when the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office looked at dental records, finding they belonged to 17-year-old Tina Marie Beebe. Beebe was last seen on Jan. 20, 1981, in Fort Myers, when she told her sister that a man had offered her a job as a model. The sheriff's office believes Beebe was killed. With Beebe's remains were a digital watch and earrings of U.S. pennies minted in 1979. In another Loxahatchee case, a real estate agent inspecting land nearby on Dec. 19, 1982, found the decomposed remains of a female dispersed through thick bush in woods 140 yards north of Okeechobee Boulevard off F Road. She had been shot in the head. In August 2024, authorities identified the remains through DNA and genetic genealogy as those of 37-year-old Leona Jean Keller, known as "jewelry mom" because of the pieces found with her body, according to a news release from Othram, a company that does that kind of work. The jewelry included a white metal "Benrus" brand wristwatch, two diamond rings, one white metal diamond pinky ring and a 10 karat ladies yellow metal cocktail ring with four baguette diamonds. Also found was a necklace with yellow metal mariner's anchor pendant. Keller hailed from Philadelphia but married her husband in Broward County in 1976, Florida marriage records show. Shari Lynne Ball, 20, of Boca Raton told relatives that she was leaving to pursue a modeling career. She called a friend two days later from a truck stop in Ashland, Virginia, then went missing on June 17, 1983. A hunter found her decomposed body in Shelby, New York, on Oct. 29, 1983, but she wasn't identified until 2014. A cold-case investigator said her slaying was consistent with 'Wilder's method of operations.' About 35 miles away, a body had been discovered four years earlier in Caledonia, New York, on Nov. 10, 1979. The teen was found shortly after her death but wasn't identified until 2015 as Tammy Jo Alexander, 16, who had vanished from Brooksville, Florida, in 1979. She had been wearing an Auto Sports Products jacket, a brand Wilder had been fond of. The .38-caliber bullet found beneath her could be used in .357-caliber revolvers, like one that Wilder used to kill himself. Mary Opitz, 17, went missing in Fort Myers on Jan. 16, 1981. She was last seen leaving the Edison Mall on her way to the parking lot. Opitz was shopping with her mother and brother. She told them she was tired and was heading back to the car. When her mother went back, Mary's bag of pretzels and other bags were found on top of the trunk, but there was no Mary. She was last seen wearing two gold bracelets, a gold necklace with a charm. She had braces on her teeth, which she had expected to have removed in weeks. Another girl who resembled Opitz, 18-year-old Mary Elizabeth Hare, disappeared about a month later on Feb. 11, 1981, from the same parking area near the Woolworth's. Hare had come to pick up her mother, who worked at the mall, but they never met up. The Edison Community College student had picked up her mother there several times before. Hare's green Buick was found at the mall, doors unlocked and keys missing. Hare's body was found in June 1981 in a remote, undeveloped area of Lehigh Acres. The last time Tammy Lynn Leppert, 18, of Rockledge was seen was on July 6, 1983, while she argued with a male friend. The friend was never considered a suspect in her disappearance. But Wilder at one point was. Her mother sued him before he died in Concord, New Hampshire, on April 13, 1984, but dropped the suit afterward. Linda Curtis claimed Leppert, once a contestant in more than 300 beauty pageants, had met Wilder on the set of the movie "Spring Break" in Fort Lauderdale. The aspiring actress and model had a short appearance in the movie "Scarface," according to Curtis said he traveled to Brevard County in an attempt to convince Leppert to let him photograph her. Police were not able to link her to Wilder. Holly Baltz is investigations editor at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach her at hbaltz@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Serial killer Christopher Wilder suspected in unsolved Florida deaths
