71-year-old woman brutally beaten with aluminum baseball bat after act of kindness to young man



California police are searching for a man in his 20s who allegedly beat an elderly woman with an aluminum baseball bat.

The woman's family says that the 71-year-old had offered to let the young man stay at her home in Crestline in San Bernardino County.

'If it weren't for the neighbors calling the police, my mother would have bled to death alone in her home.'

Therese Garcia had met the man while she sat on her front porch, her daughter said to KNBC-TV.

The 26-year-old man told Garcia that all of his belongings had been stolen while he was camping, and she offered him space at her home. After two weeks, the man started to take over her home, leading Garcia to ask him to leave.

That's when the man got violent, according to Garcia's daughter.

"When she went to sleep that night, she just woke up to him beating her with a metal bat, and that went on for hours," said Abbie Garcia.

"She would lose consciousness and wake up a little bit," she added. "Every time she would wake up a little bit, he would come back and beat her again to the point where she finally lost consciousness fully."

The man stole the woman's keys, phone, and e-bike before fleeing.

Her daughter said that Garcia was found after the neighbors called for a wellness check from police.

"If it weren't for the neighbors calling the police, my mother would have bled to death alone in her home," she said.

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The victim suffered injuries that included broken bones, deep lacerations, and a traumatic brain injury, according to her daughter.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office later identified the suspect as Erik Eduardo Navarro of Orange County.

"My mom didn't deserve this," Abbie Garcia added. "She was simply trying to help someone she believed was in need, something she has always done throughout her life. This time, her kindness was met with unimaginable violence."

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Trans person brags about hitting children — and says he'd do it again



A recent picnic in the park turned violent when a child allegedly called a transgender-identifying person named Leanne Lawson a name he didn’t like — and he reacted by allegedly hitting the child.

Rather than expressing regret, he doubled down in multiple follow-up TikTok videos, arguing that anyone who uses certain language toward him should expect a violent response.

“So I was just minding my business here in Lewis Park, just having a little picnic, you know, just minding my own business, having a picnic. And then this group of kids came up and started hassling me,” Lawson began in the first video.

“Talking s**t to me, calling me a t*****,” he explained.


“They used words they weren’t supposed to, and I smacked one of them upside the head. And yeah, they didn’t like that,” he added.

In a second video, he continued, saying, “I smacked a couple kids upside the head for saying words they shouldn’t be saying.”

“But I’m going to be honest with you: It wouldn’t have mattered if they were kids. Anybody talks to me like that now, and I’m going to react like that. Any person that starts using language that requires me to justify my existence for just sitting there, eating some charcuterie in the f**king park,” he said.

“I’m going to smack them upside the head,” he added.

“Sir … are you denying that you are a t*****?” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments.

“You’re not fooling anyone,” she adds.

Lawson even posted a follow-up video, explaining that the “kid's mom came up and apologized” to him.

“This kid’s mom came up and like, ‘I’m so sorry about my son,’ and I was just like, ‘Yo, your son better not talk crazy like that or he’s going to get his head knocked off.’ Like, I didn’t lie about what I did,” he said.

“Who could have predicted that maybe trans and mentally ill people could be violent, right?” Gonzales asks. “Like, boy, we’ve never seen that happen before.”

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Shocking study: Marijuana use in men DOUBLES the risk of miscarriage



Marijuana has long been portrayed through film and television as a relatively harmless substance associated with relaxation, laughter, and the “munchies.”

But BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler says the scientific evidence tells a much darker story, and Alex Berenson’s book “Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence” is what ultimately changed her mind.

“Alex Berenson changed my mind on marijuana almost single-handedly,” Wheeler says, before pointing to a study on the drug.

“A recent study shows that if a man uses marijuana, then — even once a week, if he smokes marijuana — then his wife is twice as likely to miscarry. So, even if the woman, the mother, never uses pot and the man smokes once a week, his wife is twice as likely to miscarry,” Wheeler says.


As devastating as that is, it’s not all marijuana is linked to. The drug is also known to cause psychosis, schizophrenia, and violence.

But most people have no idea.

“The reason that most people think of pot and they think chill and munchies is because of that propaganda that I mentioned that was paid for by this humongous marijuana lobby who obviously stood to profit enormous amounts of money if they were able to farm marijuana,” she explains.

“They first, you know, tried to normalize it by making it a medicinal thing, medical marijuana, and then once it was kind of normalized as medicinal, which obviously had a positive connotation in people’s minds, their goal was actually just recreational legalization,” she says.

And in Colorado, where marijuana was legalized recreationally, Wheeler explains that crimes, car crashes, and ER visits are up.

“I would argue that it’s a net negative to society. It’s certainly a net negative to this channel. It causes me to lose subscribers any time I mention this,” she adds.

And anecdotally, Berenson’s wife worked in medical care and would “come home and tell him about these psychotic patients that she had and how there was always a connection to marijuana.”

“He scoffed at her. He said that is ridiculous. Like, marijuana is not tied to psychosis. It’s not tied to mental health. It’s not tied to violence. It’s like, you just smoke it, and then you get hungry. And so he tried to prove her wrong,” Wheeler explains.

But when he started researching it, he was shocked by what he found.

“And when he started researching it, that’s when he began to put the book together because he found that the actual research contradicts the narratives that we’re all pretty familiar with around marijuana,” she says.

“What Berenson actually found in the scientific literature was that it does ... lead to psychosis and schizophrenia and ultimately violence, particularly violence committed by men against women,” she continues.

“I don’t think my position is extreme, that if it’s a dangerous drug that leads to these things, if it’s a net negative to society, then yes, we should ban it,” she adds.

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'Alarming violence' leads community to cancel Fourth of July celebration ahead of America's 250th anniversary



Citing "alarming violence," a New Jersey community has decided to cancel its Fourth of July celebration ahead of America's 250th anniversary, KYW-TV reported.

The township of Mount Holly and its police department released a joint announcement earlier this week about the cancellation, the station said.

'We understand the disappointment this decision may cause.'

"We regret to announce the cancellation of the 2026 Mount Holly Township Independence Day Celebration," the announcement said, according to KYW. "This decision was not made lightly — over the past few months, we have been meticulously monitoring local and regional events throughout New Jersey, assessing which events have been canceled due to alarming violence, as well as those communities that have continued their events with significantly increased security measures and protocol put into place."

Mount Holly is about 45 minutes east of Philadelphia.

KYW said the announcement indicated the township couldn't create an "actionable solution in such a short period of time to alleviate our security concerns without incurring additional, significant costs to the township and our residents."

"We understand the disappointment this decision may cause and extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all who have supported this event over the years," the announcement also said, according to the station.

While Mount Holly didn't get into specifics regarding the "alarming violence" the announcement cites, KYW reported that numerous carnivals recently have been canceled. In May, the Roebling Carnival in Florence Township was canceled after the first night when crowds became unruly, the station said, adding that a police officer was injured amid numerous fights. Florence is about 20 minutes north of Mount Holly.

WTXF-TV noted that several recent area events have been "impacted by violence, including large fights involving teenagers."

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Indeed, a rash of "teen takeovers" have plagued various communities around the country over the last several months:

  • With one culprit claiming that "we was bored!" hundreds of teens rampaged a Bronx mall and even fought with police in a planned "takeover" on Presidents' Day in February.
  • A violent Florida teen takeover in May led to the arrests of 22 suspects as young as 12, officials said, adding that it resulted in "significant disruptions, fights, and other issues in the park."
  • A teen brawl in a Washington, D.C., Chipotle restaurant last month saw combatants using chairs as weapons — and occurred just one day after U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced she would prosecute parents of youths taking part in teen takeovers.
  • In contrast, Chicago aldermen this week rejected a proposed ordinance that would have held parents of teen takeover participants financially accountable for their children's actions.

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UK officials’ worst fear about horrific near-beheading by African suspect: Racist backlash



An African migrant was arrested in Northern Ireland on Monday after allegedly attempting to behead a British national in Belfast. Locals incensed by the news of yet another savage crime committed on camera by a foreign suspect — this time a Sudanese national who entered Northern Ireland via the Republic of Ireland in 2023 — took to the streets in protest.

While there were initially peaceful demonstrations, things quickly went sideways.

'Politicians aren't listening.'

On Tuesday evening, multitudes of young men wearing masks and clad in black clashed with police, pelted migrant housing complexes with rocks, and torched several buildings and vehicles. There was "significant rioting" in the streets of Belfast again on Wednesday, where police liberally used nonlethal rounds and powerful water cannons — never before deployed in other parts of the U.K. — against protesters and made 16 arrests.

While some officials in the United Kingdom have acknowledged the unaddressed concerns and desperation underpinning the native population's recent violent outbursts, others appear more focused on how minorities might be feeling in this time of upheaval and "racist thuggery."

Hilary Benn, a member of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party and the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, expressed outrage during a press conference on Wednesday over recent criticism in parliament of "alien cultures" and the uncritical acceptance of refugees from Sudan, stating that "there's probably a surgeon from Sudan operating on someone somewhere in the United Kingdom as we stand here this morning saving somebody's life."

On Thursday, Benn further evidenced the chief focus of his concern, stating in an interview, "It is really important to convey the sense of fear that has been created, above all, for those who were intimidated, burned out of their houses by masked thugs, on the basis of their skin. But talking to those community organizations, everyone else in Northern Ireland who is an ethnic minority is thinking, 'Well, is someone going to come for me?'"

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"There is no justification for the kind of violent thuggery that we have seen," Benn continued. "This is not the true face of Northern Ireland."

Prime Minister Keir Starmer similarly spoke out against the backlash with a vehemence not similarly present in his condemnation of 30-year-old Sudanese national Hadi Alodid's alleged blinding and near-beheading of Scottish national Stephen Ogilvie on Monday.

"There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere," Starmer wrote. "It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it. Those responsible will feel the full force of the law."

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill also focused on the backlash rather than on the trigger, stating, "Racism, intimidation and violence are wrong wherever they occur. There can be no excuse and no justification for these attacks tonight."

While not necessarily justifying the backlash, some Britons have provided critical context for why violence may be regarded as some citizens' only recourse.

Ron McDowell, a Trade Unionist Voice councillor in Belfast, said, for instance, in a statement on Wednesday, "Politicians who say, 'don't engage in violence, trust me and vote for me' have completely failed the people because they simply haven't delivered and there is now a massive chasm between the public and the political class who design and deliver their communities. As often happens when politics fails in Northern Ireland, violence exploits the void."

"We are at a critical tipping point," McDowell continued. "The void between politicians and the public is widening by the hour, and we must step up with genuine, accountable action to address immigration before violence steps in irreversibly."

A Belfast local identified only as Chris told CBS News that locals are becoming less and less surprised by the kinds of attacks seen on Monday, alluding also to the response to 18-year-old British teen Henry Nowak's barbaric murder by a Sikh man in December.

Chris suggested that locals "just want a sensible immigration policy, and for the people here not to be put last."

"This is what causes this: Politicians aren't listening, and people just feel like they have to make a stand and be noticed," Chris added.

Among the many lawmakers who condemned the violent response to the latest apparent display of imported barbarism, Carla Lockhart, a Democratic Unionist Party member of parliament, echoed Chris' sentiment, stating that "politics and the government have failed local communities."

Lockhart — who stressed to Starmer on Wednesday the need to address the open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland — said, "People are angry and concerned for their safety. Therefore, they want the government to give answers around issues such as how many migrants, illegal migrants, have arrived in the U.K. via the Republic of Ireland land border. That, I believe, is one of the most important questions around all of this."

Chris Rose, a black environmental campaigner and Reform UK member, highlighted a difference in approach adopted in response to the Black Lives Matter riots and the riots in Belfast.

"I don't support rioting from anyone but when BLM did it, Labour said that MPs should speak to the black community and listen to the concerns," Rose wrote. "Following the scenes in Belfast, has any Labour MP mentioned speaking to white, working class communities to listen to their concerns?"

With the stated aim of restoring the status quo, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has launched the "Op Exposure" campaign — releasing images of protesters in order to "identify those responsible and bring them to justice."

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