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Cops: Texas High School's Star Athlete Really 22

Basketball Star Claiming To Be 16 Was Really U.S. Citizen From Haiti Who Was Had Already Played at Fla. High School

ODESSA (AP/CBS 11 News)

A West Texas student who led his high school basketball team to the state playoffs last season was actually a 22-year-old man, police said Tuesday.

Police say the basketball star was really Guerdwich Montimere, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti who school officials say was recognized last month by Florida coaches as having been a star high school player in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a few years ago.

Ector County school district officials said the man posed as 16-year-old Jerry Joseph and enrolled at Permian High School in Odessa for the 2009-2010 academic year. He also presented himself as homeless to the school's basketball coach, Danny Wright, who took the boy in last summer, the coach said.

Montimere was arrested at Permian High on Tuesday and booked into Ector County jail on a charge of presenting false identification to a peace officer. He was released from jail Wednesday after posting a $500 bond.

Officials said Jerry Joseph originally enrolled at the local junior high as a 15-year-old in February 2009, then moved on to high school.

Permian High officials say suspicions about the player's identity first arose when three Florida basketball coaches familiar with Montimere recognized him last month at an amateur tournament in Little Rock, Ark. The Odessa American reported that the coaches recognized him as Montimere, who graduated from Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale in 2007.

School district officials said they grew more suspicious after contacting U.S. immigration officials.

The smoking gun came from a fingerprint match from his original immigration papers - a direct contradiction to the false documents he gave to the school district, reports CBS affiliate KOSA in Odessa.

"The only information we had identified him as a 16 year old male identifying him as Jerry Joseph," said Police Lt. Mark Rowden.

The investigation shows that Montimere mingled with even younger students when he was enrolled at Nimitz Junior High at the age of 21, the station reports.

So how did it happen?

The school district says they're bound by state law to allow anyone an education as long as they have proof that they are of the proper age, KOSA reports.

"Anyone has to be attended for at least the first 30 days without any I'd, they have to be admitted so we really don't have that much of a choice, that would be a matter of changing the law," said Rowden.

Police said they arrested Montimere after confronting him about his identity.

"I feel like I was hit by a ton of bricks," district athletic director Leon Fuller said. "In my 50 years in education, I've never heard of anything like this."

Wright told The American that the player was like a family member.

"This affected a lot of people. The whole school of Permian embraced that kid. He deceived us and played on everyone's emotions," Wright said.

Montimere was being held on $500 bond Tuesday night, according to jail records. Jail officials said no attorney was listed for Montimere.

If convicted of the misdemeanor, Montimere could face up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.

The revelation means Permian likely will have to forfeit the 2009 basketball season in which the 6-foot-5 player known as Jerry Joseph led the team to District 2-5A state playoffs and earned newcomer of the year accolades.

"I feel sick, but now that we've gotten the truth we can move on from here," said Permian principal Roy Garcia.

Permian High School's football program and the community support for it inspired the book "Friday Night Lights."

LINK TO PICTURES

http://www.inquisitr.com/72617/guerdwich-montmiere/

Crack bust nets 87-year-old woman

Woman, 87, caught on tape selling drugs to undercover officer

Sean Dugas

News Journal

May 14, 2010

Ola Mae Agee

(Special to the News Journal)

Woman Flirts With Obama: 'You're A Hottie With A Smokin' Little Body'

Huffington Post

First Posted: 05-13-10 02:22 PM   |   Updated: 05-13-10 02:29 PM

The New York Times' Sheryl Stolberg provided one of the better White House pool reports in recent memory Thursday while covering President Obama's jobs-and-the-economy tour of upstate New York. Here's how Stolberg opens the recap of their lunch stop at Duff's Famous Wings in the Buffalo-adjacent town of Cheektowaga:

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You're a hottie with a smokin' little body."

Yes indeed, some people will say just about anything to get a hug from Barack Obama. Those words were spoken by Luann Haley, 45, to the president, during his unannounced visit to this local landmark. He replied by giving her a big hug. ("He gave me a squeeze,"' she said afterward.) She swooned and he said Michelle would be watching on television. "That's all right,"' Ms. Haley said as the cameras rolled. "Hi Michelle, eat your heart out."

Ironically, given the nature of the tour, Haley was part of a large crowd of Department of Education contractors who work one door down from Duff's as collection agents on defaulted student loans. The collection agents saw Secret Service pull up at the wings joint and decided to take their lunch break, Stolberg reports.

The President ordered wings, declaring to Stolberg, "This is the wing capital." He initially requested medium, she reports, but upon conferring further with some of the other 100 or so patrons and employees asked for half regular, half extra-spicy. In a possible breaking scandal, Stolberg notes that Obama vocally insisted on paying the $10.82, but she did not witness him pay.

Officer Under Investigation For "Weed Spanking"

Reserve Ripley, TN officer in court after abuse allegations

Stephanie Scurlock

WREG

6:32 PM CDT, May 13, 2010

• Part time Ripley, TN police officer in court after allegations of beating child over drugs
• 4-year-old says she spilled drink on her father's "weed"
• Judge upholds restraining order against officer until full hearing

Highland Park High officials say canceling Ariz. trip 'not political'

May 13, 2010 10:10 PM

Chicago Tribune

From Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh to Whoopi Goldberg, national attention focused on the decision to keep the Highland Park High School girls basketball team out of an Arizona tournament because of that state's controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Talk shows and bloggers across the country jumped on the story Thursday, with Limbaugh telling listeners, "You have a bunch of childish, immature, liberal little adults running this school who care more about what people think of them and what they think of each other than they do about any kid anywhere."

District 113 administrators hunkered down, refusing to address the firestorm of debate -- except through e-mail statements about why they canceled the trip.

"We cannot commit at this time to playing at a venue where some of our students' safety or liberty might be placed at risk because of state immigration law," Superintendent George Fornero said in a letter to parents.

Board members also did not return calls and e-mails seeking their input on the burgeoning controversy that put the school under the national spotlight.

"Since undocumented students may be participating on any of our extracurricular teams, we need to ensure that all of our students can travel safely, especially in the United States," Suzan Hebson, the assistant superintendent, said Thursday in an e-mail to the Tribune.

Earlier this week, Hebson said she did not know if anyone associated with this year's team is undocumented. The district does not yet know the make-up of its varsity team next fall.

Parents and players said they knew of no one currently on the team who was in the country illegally.

Coming off their best season in 26 years, players have been raising money to attend the tournament next season in Scottsdale, Ariz., which is scheduled for late December.

But last week an executive team made up of Fornero, Hebson and other administrators rejected the basketball team's request. Coach Jolie Bechtel broke the news to her players on Monday.

Fornero and Hebson on Thursday backed away from any suggestion that the decision was a political protest, despite Hebson's comment to the Tribune on Tuesday that the trip "would not be aligned with our beliefs and values."

"District 113's decisions regarding travel of its students in regard to extracurricular activities is never `political,'" Hebson said in her follow-up e-mail.

Meanwhile, former vice presidential candidate Palin was making the media rounds, following up on her criticism of school district officials during an appearance in Rosemont on Wednesday evening.

"An economic and political boycott of one of our sister states is not a way to secure our borders," Palin told the Rosemont audience, urging the players to, "go rogue, girls."

"They're using their own kids to advance a fraudulent, phony agenda," Limbaugh told his radio audience, according to a transcript on his Web site. "So here you have a bunch of liberals that run this school who are no different than your garden variety liberals anywhere else."

For Michael Evans, father of basketball player Lauren Evans, the political bickering now swirling around the canceled trip is exactly what parents did not want to happen.

"I've gotten calls from (Sean) Hannity and (Greta) Van Susteren," Evans said, referring to Fox News commentators. "I heard Whoopi Goldberg talking about it on The View this morning."

"Shouldn't they have had this conversation with the parents first before they just canceled it?" Goldberg said on the show. "It would behoove the folks, those parents who are upset, to get to their school and say you cannot make these decisions without talking to us and at least allowing us to talk to our children. Because they did all this work and you (school officials) made the decision."

But Evans says he isn't looking for support from celebrities or pundits.

"What I don't want to do is politicize one way or another this tournament," the parent said. "That's what I was upset about: It was politicized (by school district administrators). Just let them play basketball."

Administrators say they are seeking another out-of-state tournament for the team to play in next season.

But now it's gone beyond basketball in Highland Park, an upscale North Shore community that includes the heavily Hispanic town of Highwood in its educational district. If the national discourse is intense, the debate locally has been equally energetic.

As students flowed from the high school on Thursday afternoon, they were greeted by reporters, photographers and a TV satellite truck from the national Fox News as it prepared for a live broadcast.

"I feel bad for the girls," said Evan Deahl, 17, a junior. "They worked hard to get all the funds together to go on this trip. But on the other hand we need to show support for our community. Many people don't know that Highwood feeds into our community and that Highwood has a high proportion of Latino students."

Jessie Rooth, 17, a junior, said she's in the band, which went to China last year.

"I don't think the team should be stopped from going to Arizona seeing as how we were allowed to go to China," Rooth said. "There are issues in China with communism. Before we left we talked about certain things and how we couldn't act certain ways. Arizona has its issues, and there shouldn't be a correlation between the kids not being able to go just because of the laws in Arizona."

Marissa Medansky, 17, a junior, applauded the administrators' decision.

"We have a very diverse student population, and it's our responsibility to protect everyone who goes to this school regardless of their race, regardless of their documentation status," she said.

"I think the media attention is unfortunate," she added. "I think the district did a brave thing, and it's horrible how it's being misconstrued by all these media outlets. There are two sides to the story, and they're only choosing to tell one side of the story, that the team can't go."

Highland Park resident Neil Codell, whose daughter attends the high school, questioned the decision to cancel the trip and the superintendent's refusal to speak publicly about it.

Codell, former superintendent for Niles Township High School District 219, called the trip a "teachable moment" in which the basketball team could talk to Arizona residents about their new law and its ramifications.

"I don't see the imminent danger in Arizona except for the fact that it is a state that has embarrassed itself, not only by being the last to adopt the (Martin Luther) King holiday but ... this in-your-face attitude that further alienates people," Codell said.

Joe Peddle lives in Highland Park and graduated from the high school in 1979.

"They should not politicize the school," Peddle said. "This is not a place for it."

Brian Cox contributed to this report.

--Jeff Long and Lisa Black

Thieves steal hearse with body but leave note so corpse could be found

Mark Puente

The Plain Dealer

May 12, 2010, 1:53PM

Updated: 6 p.m.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Thieves who stole a hearse with a corpse inside early Wednesday from a Cleveland crematory left a note behind when they abandoned the vehicle so police could find the body.

The 2009 Chrysler was taken from Greenfield Crematory on Lake Court. Police received a call Wednesday about 7 a.m. about an abandoned vehicle in a driveway on East 55th Street, north of St. Clair Avenue.

A dispatcher told a cop that a body should be inside the car. The crematory had reported the theft and the missing body.

The officer did not find the body but found a note saying where the corpse was left. Another officer found the gurney and female corpse about two miles away at Ashland Road and Tivoli Court, police said.

Detectives took pictures of the gurney and corpse before crematory workers retrieved the body.

The thieves also took computer equipment from the crematory. Police are exploring whether the thieves stole the van to haul away the computer equipment, Sgt. Sammy Morris said.

Funeral homes and crematories are sometimes targeted for embalming chemicals, which when mixed with other drugs produce a potent high. It was unclear if any chemicals were taken from Greenfield in the theft.

No one had been arrested in the theft as of late Wednesday.

The corpse was not harmed, said Jim Murphy, president of Schulte & Mahon-Murphy Funeral Home in Lyndhurst. The company owns the van and part of the crematory, officials said.

The corpse was left on the gurney in the vehicle inside a locked building and was scheduled to be cremated Wednesday, Murphy said. He refused to discuss the theft at length.

"Everything is fine," he said. "No harm done."

Traffic camera rakes in nearly $1 million in a month

A traffic camera has brought in almost $1 million in just a month after motorists were left confused by conflicting signs, it has been claimed.

Published: 9:00AM BST 13 May 2010

Photo: EPA

Around 7,000 fines were issued to motorists who drove down a road in Westminster, London, which had been closed for engineering works between March and April.

Those who were given the $120 penalty claim that the signs did not make it clear the road was only open to buses and taxis.

Mark Reed, who was caught out at the junction between Vauxhall Bridge Road and Wilton Road in Westminster, told the Daily Express: “I went through this area, turned right and the next thing I know, a week or so later, I got a $120 ticket.

“It’s very confusing signage. There’s probably going to be a lot more before we’re through.”

The tickets issued added up to around $840,000, although Transport for London said individual fines went down to $60 if paid within 14 days.

Motorists’ rights group Penalty Charge Notice told the Daily Express: “Sometimes it is almost impossible to comply with restrictions. Quite often there are too many signs and there are two restrictions operating at one location.”

Andrew Howard, from the AA, added: “If it isn’t clear whether or not you’re breaking the law, it becomes very difficult not to be sympathetic.”

TfL said the majority of drivers did understand the signs and warnings had been in place for a month before closure.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2971494/Jackson-kid-does-Star-Wars.html

'Oh, no, it's on'—East Bremerton McDonald's employees take on would-be robber

May 10 2010, 10:57 AM

Lover's Lane Truck Stolen In 'Panty Heist'

Over $250,000 Of Merchandise Missing

Stop drinking your lotion, people!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

5:30 PM PT

JoNel Aleccia

MSNBC

Here's a warning you probably thought you'd never need: The federal Food and Drug Administration is urging consumers not to swallow Benadryl Extra-Strength Itch-Stopping Gel after receiving reports of people chugging the lotion that’s meant to be used only on the skin.

At least 121 people have reported gulping the gel, which they confused with other over-the-counter Benadryl products that are actually intended to be swallowed, between 2001 and 2009. FDA officials said they had received reports of serious side effects from drinking the lotion. In large amounts, the active ingredient in the gel, diphenhydramine, can cause numb lips, unconsciousness, hallucinations and confusion.

One man reported that he simply grabbed the wrong medicine from the kitchen cabinet where he stored the cough medicine.

“One small swig and he knew he had made a mistake,” reported the patient safety site www.consumermedsafety.org. “He threw it up and his lips were numb for two hours.”

Some of the confusion is understandable. The anti-itch gel comes in bottles that are similar in shape and size to the oral medication, and the consistency of the products is similar.

Still, the product’s manufacturer, Johnson and Johnson, has taken steps to prevent serious injuries. They’ve changed the product label to add a new, bold statement that says “For Skin Use Only,” and added a sticker to the cap that says the same thing.

They’re also planning to research the problem further to understand why consumers may be mistakenly swallowing a lotion that’s only meant to be rubbed into the skin.

The FDA’s best advice? Store skin gels and oral medications separately. And, read the labels, folks.

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/05/mark_seamands_accused_of_brand.php

9 Indicted For Allegedly Accessing Obama Records

Defendants Charged With Illegally Snooping On President's Student Loan Records

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)

 

President Barack Obama

Alex Brandon/AP

Nine people were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records while they were employed for a Department of Education contractor in Iowa.

The U.S. attorney's office said a grand jury returned the indictments in U.S. District Court in Davenport.

All nine are charged with exceeding authorized computer access. They are accused of gaining access to a computer at a Coralville office where they worked between July 2007 and March 2009, and accessing Obama's student loan records while he was either a candidate for president, president-elect or president.

U.S. attorney spokesman Mike Bladel referred questions to online copies of the indictments.

Each of eight indictments posted by Wednesday night were brief, saying the charged individual "intentionally exceeded authorized access to a computer and thereby obtained information from a department and agency of the United States" and "intentionally accessed student loan records" of Obama without authorization.

Those charged are Andrew J. Lage, 54, Patrick E. Roan, 51, Sandra Teague, 54 and Mercedes Costoyas, 53, all of Iowa City; Gary N. Grenell, 58, and Lisa Torney, 49, of Coralville; Anna C. Rhodes, 32, of Ainsworth; Julie L. Kline, 38, of West Branch; and John P. Phommivong, 29, for whom no hometown was listed.

Lage told The Associated Press on Wednesday evening he did not know about the indictment and declined comment.

Messages were left for Teague, Torney and Costoyas. A telephone listing for Kline rang unanswered and a listing for Rhodes was disconnected. No telephone numbers were immediately found for Phommivong, Roan or Grenell.
Six of them are accused of accessing Obama's records when he was a candidate, according to the indictments online. One is accused of accessing the records when he was president-elect. An indictment for the ninth defendant was not immediately available online.

Court records did not name the contractor that employed the defendants.

Arraignments are scheduled for May 24. The charge is punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-major-pot-bust,0,6060234.story