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Dermatologist's family to French: Suspect mocking your laws
The widow of slain Loop dermatologist David Cornbleet broke down in tears during an emotional meeting Monday with French officials who are holding her husband's suspected killer on an island in the French West Indies. Aileen Cornbleet's family also was told that Hans Peterson, in a statement to French authorities, said he had traveled to St. Martin to surrender because he wanted to avoid the U.S. justice system, said her son, Jon Cornbleet. "He basically is laughing at our system and their system,'' said Cornbleet, who had to walk out of the meeting at one point. "It makes me sick to my stomach.'' The French authorities are here to talk to the Chicago prosecutors and detectives who investigated Peterson, a 29-year-old man who surrendered to authorities last August in French-controlled St.
Chief: Officer abused power
A Corpus Christi police officer fired Friday bought a seized truck for about $10,000 less than its real value and visited one of its owners in jail to negotiate the sale, Chief Bryan Smith said in a disciplinary letter. The officer, 22-year veteran Senior Officer Martin Jasso, was fired Friday after he was accused of abusing his authority with his involvement in vehicle sales at the city's impound lot, the letter said. A Corpus Christi Police Department captain and lieutenant also are under investigation and were put on paid administrative leave Tuesday. Smith wouldn't comment Wednesday and has said he will make an announcement at the end of the week. He detailed allegations against Jasso in a letter sent Friday to the city's Civil Service Commission and Human Resources Department.
Nursing home violence
They need to be fed a special way so as to prevent aspiration of food into the lungs. They have to be turned constantly in bed to relieve pressure points so they do not develope life threatening bed sores. When one becomes an Early Childhood Worker or babysitter, the Ontario government says you can care for no more than five preschool children per ECE worker. Sometimes the needs of my residents are more demanding than those of a toddler--So why are the conditions for those I care for left in some Victorian era standards that are comparable to Oliver Twist's sad plea for mercy and more gruel? .
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