Gang of 6 teens — including 14-year-old girl 'leader' — charged for 'unprovoked,' broad-daylight beatdowns in space of 1 hour



A gang of six teenagers — including the "leader," a 14-year-old girl — have been charged in connection with a series of broad-daylight physical attacks that occurred in the space of one hour last week in Philadelphia.

The minors — all students at Anthony Wayne School in Grays Ferry — were charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and other crimes in connection with the "unprovoked" attacks last Tuesday, WTXF-TV reported.

'Of the six that were arrested, none of them were arrested before, which is very, very surprising. We're not sure what caused them to do this.'

Some of their movements were captured on video the police department posted on YouTube. The video indicates that all of victims were attacked from behind and were punched in the head and face several times.

WTXF, citing investigators, said one of the teens punched a homeless man in the face near the intersection of 15th and Chestnut Streets around 3 p.m.

Philadelphia Police Inspector Raymond Evers noted that a 14-year-old girl, whom he described as the "leader," minutes later punched a 24-year-old woman near 17th and Chestnut Streets, the station said.

The other teens joined in by punching the woman while she was on the ground, after which the victim suffered a concussion, investigators told WTXF.

Evers noted that the girl "leader" was "instructing the other kids what to do," the station said, adding the Evers noted the girl was wearing "pink boots" and that the attacks were "unprovoked."

Evers added to WTXF that the teens moved to the 200 block of North 19th Street where a 31-year-old man was punched and chased less than an hour after the first attack.

Investigators added that a 40-year-old woman was punched near the Target on 20th and Callowhill Streets moments later, the station said.

Evers said the 14-year-old girl "leader" turned herself in with her parents that day after police shared surveillance video of teens wanted for the attacks, WTXF reported.

The following day the other five teens surrendered to police while accompanied by their parents, Evers told the station.

"The parents were right on point," Evers said, according to WTXF. "They saw their kids did something wrong ... and ... they turned their kids in."

Evers added to the station that investigators are still trying to figure out a motive: "Of the six that were arrested, none of them were arrested before, which is very, very surprising. We're not sure what caused them to do this."

You can view a news video report here about the charged teens.

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Masked male caught on video allegedly trying to kidnap 6-year-old boy while victim holds his father's hand on sidewalk



A masked male was caught on video allegedly trying to kidnap a 6-year-old boy while the victim was holding his father's hand on a sidewalk in Brooklyn over the weekend.

WABC-TV reported that the 28-year-old male was seen on surveillance videos yanking the boy so hard while he held on to his father's hand that the victim's feet came off the ground — but the the dad and son continued to hold hands tight.

'I don't think it was a hate crime, but it was scary.'

The father is seen on the clip quickly turning around and shoving the culprit, and the incident appears to end at that point.

You can view a video report here about the incident, which includes a pair of surveillance clips showing the suspect grabbing the child.

The incident occurred in front of multiple cameras on a block of Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights around 3:30 p.m. Saturday while the father and son were on their way to a Sabbath gathering, WABC said.

Incredibly, the boy's mother told the station that the suspect is actually their neighbor.

What's more, the couple noted to WABC that they've seen the suspect before and said he's never said or done anything unusual.

"He'd always hold the door, he always was nice," the mother added to the station.

The mother also told WABC she's heard from neighbors that something else was going on with the suspect, and he'd had a bad day.

She added to the station that while members of the Jewish community in the neighborhood already are on edge with a citywide increase in anti-Semitic incidents since October 7 of last year, the mother doesn't believe it was a hate crime.

"I don't think it was a hate crime, but it was scary," she told WABC. "It was like a scary incident. When you live in New York, you don't expect someone to attack a six-year-old and take him away from his parents."

The mother noted to the station that she's proud of her husband and son for the way they held on to each other and didn't let go.

She added to WABC that her boy will be getting therapy, and her family is hoping justice is served in court.

The station said Stephen Sowe is charged with attempted kidnapping, harassment, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Anything else?

In mid-October, a male was charged with a hate crime after he allegedly hollered, “I’m gonna kill you f***ing Jews!" during Yom Kippur in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Police said Muhammad Hashim's alleged outburst was directed at a 43-year-old man in Borough Park, according to the New York Post.

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Mob of 30 teens on bicycles caught on video brutally beating up, robbing lone man in street: 'This is what LA has come to'



A mob of about 30 teenagers on bicycles were caught on video brutally beating up and robbing a lone man in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month, KTLA-TV reported.

You can view the station's video report — which includes cellphone video of the attack and an interview with the victim — here.

The station said a witness captured video of what happened next: The mob of teens assaulted Uulu, stole his property — including his backpack and wallet — from his vehicle, shattered the car's windows, and repeatedly stomped on the vehicle's hood and trunk.

Shailoobek Bazarbai Uulu told KTLA he was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Hope Street on Aug. 2 when the group pulled in front of his vehicle.

When the light turned green, Uulu told the station he attempted to pass them when "one of them threw a bottle of water in my car. So, I don’t know what happened.”

Uulu then pulled over and exited his car, after which he said the group surrounded him, KTLA reported.

The station said a witness captured video of what happened next: The mob of teens assaulted Uulu, stole his property — including his backpack and wallet — from his vehicle, shattered the car's windows, and repeatedly stomped on the vehicle's hood and trunk.

“This is what L.A. has come to,” the man recording video of the incident was heard saying, KTLA reported. “Dog, I’m not even playing. I literally just parked. These kids are wild, not older than 20.”

The station said Uulu could be seen barefoot and limping as the teens pushed and punched him in the back of his head.

In the end, Uulu suffered a broken leg — which will require surgery — as well as deep cuts all over his body after getting kicked and punched while on the ground, KTLA said.

“Suddenly, someone pulled me out, and she literally saved my life,” Uulu told the station. “It was a young lady [who took] me aside ...”

KTLA added that a few adults — including the witness who recorded the video — tried to stop the attack and get the teens to leave the area; traffic was backed up as a result of the attack.

'It’s a been a week, and no one has been arrested.'

Uulu told the station he’d been planning on moving, which is why many of his belongings were in his car — but many of those possessions are now gone, including documents, cash, and credit cards.

The victim told KTLA he did nothing to provoke the attack, but one of the teens in the clip can be heard telling the witness who was recording that Uulu cut them off with his car and nearly hit them.

As you might guess, the teen attackers all fled the area by the time police arrived, the station said, adding that Uulu was taken to a hospital.

“It’s a been a week, and no one has been arrested,” he noted to KTLA. “They stole my bank cards, and they even tried to use it a few days later.”

Uulu also told the station the teens caused $20,000 worth of damage to his car. A GoFundMe for the victim has raised over $11,000 as of Monday afternoon.

“I am alone here and never thought that I could find myself in such a situation,” he added to KTLA.

Those with information about the attack can call LAPD’s Central Station at 213-486-6606, and those wishing to remain anonymous can call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-222-8477 or leave tips online at www.lacrimestoppers.org, the station said.

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'Train Karen:' Woman accused of xenophobic rant against German tourists in viral video is fired from her job



A woman was caught on a viral video going on a xenophobic rant and telling a group of Germans to "get the f*** out of our country" on a New Jersey Transit train. The woman – who the internet has dubbed "Train Karen" – was fired from her job after her abusive behavior went viral online.

Brianna Pinnix, 30, was featured in a video that surfaced on Reddit on Tuesday. She is seen berating German tourists on a New York City-bound train.

The footage shows Pinnix confronting the German tourists. The group mostly laughs off the embarrassing clash.

The woman's boyfriend is seen attempting to de-escalate the tense situation, but Pinnix declares, "I can handle my own."

He warns her that she is going to get arrested, but she doesn't care. The boyfriend then threatens to never talk to Pinnix ever again, but she continues to scold the tourists.

The boyfriend tells Pinnix, "You know I’m an immigrant? I’m an immigrant, too, you know that, right?"

The boyfriend pulls Brianna away from the tourists, but she repeatedly castigates the group of men. "I love you, but get off me," she told her boyfriend.

While the boyfriend holds her back, Pinnix yells, "How about you get the f*** out of our country!"

Many online commentators have said that the woman appears to be drunk.

The video of the cringe-worthy encounter went viral this week.

Pinnix reportedly locked her social media accounts after her xenophobic rant went viral.

According to the New York Post, Pinnix was fired from her job at the New York-based pharmaceutical company.

"Our company has a zero-tolerance policy around prejudicial or discriminatory behavior. After conducting a review of the circumstances, we acted immediately and terminated the employee in question," the company said in a statement. "The former employee’s actions and words are not representative of Capital Rx, and we offer our sincerest apology to those who were hurt."

Pinnix had been a talent acquisition specialist at Capital Rx.

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Terrifying video shows jet plane crash into traffic on expressway in Malaysia



At least 10 people were killed when a private jet plane crashed into traffic on an expressway in Malaysia on Thursday.

On Thursday, a private jet plane took off from Langkawi International Airport on the island of Langkawi in the state of Kedah in Malaysia. The plane was traveling to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said in a statement.

"First contact made by the aircraft with Subang Air Traffic Control Tower was at 2.47 p.m. [local time (2.47 a.m. ET)] and landing clearance was given at 2:48 p.m.," according to the statement. At 2:51 p.m., the "control tower observed smoke originating from the crash site but no mayday call was made by the aircraft."

The private plane crashed onto an expressway north of Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur.

The Beechcraft model 390 twin-engine plane was carrying six passengers and two flight crew when it crashed.

The flight was operated by private jet services company Jet Valet, Reuters reported.

Selangor Police Head Hussein Omar Khan said the plane collided with a car and a motorcycle, each carrying one person.

"Forensic personnel are in the process of collecting the remains and will bring them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for a post-mortem examination and identification process,” Khan said, according to CNN.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said, "No one survived the crash. Victims (on the road) will also still need to be identified, will update in due time. Forensic confirmation needs to be taken."

There are multiple videos of the plane crash.

Video recorded on the dashcam of a car that passed on the other side of the expressway shows the moment that the plane crashed followed by huge flames bursting across the highway.

A surveillance camera shows the plane plummeting onto the highway and causing a large fireball. The sound wave caused the camera to shake despite being at a far distance from the crash.

The Ministry of Transport is investigating the crash.

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Man allegedly caught on video urinating on grave of ex-wife who divorced him over 40 years ago. 'I could hear the urine hitting the ground,' her son says.



The ex-husband of a deceased woman was caught on video urinating on her grave, the woman's family told News 12.

The couple has been divorced for over 40 years, the station said.

What are the details?

Michael Murphy told News 12 he and his sister last spring started finding deli bags filled with feces near the headstone of their mother, Linda Torello.

Image source: WABC-TV video screenshot

She's buried at Tappan Reformed Church Cemetery in Tappan, New York, WABC-TV reported, adding that she died five years ago.

Murphy and his sister initially thought the bag of feces may have been left by a careless dog walker or a dog owner, News 12 said — but after a second bag was found, they were convinced they'd been left there intentionally.

"We contacted the police," Murphy told News 12. "They came and took a report, and they said, 'If you find another one, let us know.' So we found another one a couple of weeks later."

Murphy and his family then got permission from the cemetery to install cameras, News 12 said.

Indeed, camera timestamps showed a man coming to the grave around 6:15 a.m. for four consecutive days last week — all while the man's wife waited in a car, News 12 reported.

Then on Day 5, Murphy propped his camera on a nearby headstone, shot video, and confirmed the man in question is his deceased mother's ex-husband, adding to News 12 that she divorced him over four decades ago.

Image source: WABC-TV video screenshot

"There's been no contact since '76," Murphy told News 12. "I know they were married for a year; they had a bad break."

"I could see him up there ... and I could hear the urine hitting the ground," Murphy added to the station in an emotional portion of the interview.

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"I promised my wife and kids the day before, I promised my sisters, because I was fuming, I would not hurt the man," Murphy added to News 12. "But we wanted to do it the right way; we thought we'd get justice this way."

Arrest made

Orangetown police arrested a 68-year-old man for allegedly urinating on the grave, WABC reported.

The family identified the suspect as Dean Eichler, WABC said, adding that he left Tortello when she got pregnant, claiming the child was not his. But the station said DNA testing showed "a much different result," and Eichler's biological daughter was shocked by her father's actions.

Tortello remarried, WABC noted.

A neighbor told WABC the suspect lives in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and works in the deli section of a major food chain in Tenafly.

It's unclear to Tortello's family how long the grave desecration has been going on, but Murphy told News 12 they want more serious charges than just public urination and are hoping for legislation that will make it criminal to desecrate a grave in that way.

Smash-and-grab in broad daylight caught on video — but victim isn't about to let robber get away with it



San Francisco resident Forrest Lanning was driving through Golden Gate Park on his way back from lunch Wednesday, KPIX-TV reported, when he caught an unusual sight ah

ead of him on the side of the road that led him to pull out his cellphone camera and start recording.

"I saw this guy at the car, and I thought he was just trying to open it, but then I saw him break the window, and then I'm like, 'He's doing one of those smash-and-grabs,'" Lanning told the station.

Image source: KPIX-TV video screenshot

Indeed, it was — but Lanning caught something else unexpected: The victim chased the robber across Martin Luther King Drive.

Video shows the robber starting off with a stolen suitcase and backpack:

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @rabidmarmot

But once he notices the victim is chasing him, the culprit drops the suitcase in the middle of the street. The victim then shoves the crook by a waiting getaway car and wrestles the backpack from him.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @rabidmarmot

Now empty-handed, the robber gets into the passenger seat of the getaway car — but the incensed victim manages to whack the crook's passenger window with his reclaimed backpack before the car beats it.

Just witnessed this smash and grab in Golden Gate Park. Giving video to police, suspects are late 20s and early 30s… https://t.co/lsb7Rcmrwn
— Forrest Lanning (@Forrest Lanning)1614200634.0

Lanning also got a photo of the suspects' Chevy Impala — California license plate 5ZZN552 — and called police, KPIX said.

Turns out the victim and his family, including a toddler, were visiting from Seattle and had checked out of their hotel Wednesday morning, Lanning told the station.

"I've never seen it done in the neighborhoods; it's always Golden Gate Park because where they know there's tourists," he added to KPIX. "Something needs to be figured out because this is a really rampant problem."

How bad is it?

The station said city crime data shows that burglaries spiked 222%, robberies are up 74%, and car thefts increased 31% in the two districts that cover Golden Gate Park compared with the same period last year.

However, larceny thefts — which include smash-and-grabs and shoplifting — are down 44%, police told KPIX, noting the reason presumably is fewer tourists parking their cars in the city and many stores having been closed due to the pandemic.

One area resident told the station he frequently walks in the park and sees smashed glass on the ground from broken-into vehicles.

Entire California school board resigns after officials caught on hot mic trashing parents who wanted to reopen schools



An entire school board in northern California resigned after a video of the officials bashing parents went viral. In a virtual meeting, the school officials ridiculed parents who wanted in-person public education to resume. The video grabbed nationwide headlines.

Shortly after the video surfaced online, a petition sprung up that called for the resignation of the school board members, and quickly amassed thousands of signatures. The president and three other members of the Oakley Union Elementary School District resigned on Friday after they were caught on a hot mic leak lambasting parents who want schools reopened.

President Lisa Brizendine, as well as Kim Beede, Erica Ippolito, and Richie Masadas, all resigned after becoming infamous on the internet for trouncing parents, including insinuating that they're drug users.

The district's superintendent, Greg Hetrick, announced the board's resignation on Friday and disavowed the "truly inappropriate comments."

"The comments made were not in alignment with our vision and are definitely not what any of us stand for as leaders," Hetrick told Fox News. "I know that we lost trust with the community. I will not make excuses for what happened or why it happened."

Hetrick said that the departing school board would temporarily be replaced by members of the Contra Costa County education board, according to Mercury News. The school district is about 50 miles east of San Francisco.

Brizendine issued an apology after announcing her resignation as president of the school board.

"I am raising a 10-year-old with special needs and having him home during this pandemic, while also holding down two jobs to support my family has been a huge stress," Brizendine said. "I suffer with many of the same things that parents are going through from mental health issues to regression. My remark was callous and uncalled for and for that I am truly sorry."

However, during the viral video, Brizendine didn't seem to show empathy toward parents who are struggling to balance their new stressful pandemic lives where they have taken a greater role in the education of their children.

"It's really unfortunate that they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back," Brizendine said of parents in the video, which she thought was a private conversation with her peers, but was being broadcast to the public and recorded. She also insulted teachers by calling them "babysitters."

School board member Richie Masadas seemed to suggest that parents are upset that classrooms are closed because children being home interrupts the adults smoking marijuana. Masadas said his brother is a cannabis delivery person, "and the clientele were parents with their kids in school." He allegedly noted that the parents were angry because could no longer "smoke up" now that their kids are home.

Oakley Union trustee Kim Beede reportedly went on a profanity-laced tirade during the eight-minute video.

"Are we alone? "B****, if you're gonna call me out, I'm going to f*** you up. Sorry, that's just me."

Beede, Masadas, and Ippolito issued an apology.

"We deeply regret the earlier comments that were made in the meeting of the Board of Education earlier this week," the joint statement by now ex-board members reads. "As trustees, we realize it is our responsibility to model the conduct that we expect of our students and staff, and it is our obligation to build confidence in district leadership; our comments failed you in both regards, and for this we offer our sincerest apology."

Ashley Stalf, whose 6-year-old daughter attends a school in the district, reacted to the school board openly disparaging parents.

"We meet regularly with the board as parents and we're constantly sending in letters and emails and telling them our griefs and our strife's over distance learning," Stalf told host Steve Doocy on "Fox & Friends." "It seems as of late that they mocked us, that we're just complaining and we have nothing better to do."

Stalf asked, "What are their true intentions, if they feel so freely that they can talk, you know, on a mic that may or may not be hot, what's truly being said behind closed doors?"

Parents are frustrated since public schools in California have been closed for in-person education for months.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, declared earlier this month that schools shouldn't reopen until the massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus plan is passed.

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