Jennifer Chambers The Detroit News Published 11:02 PM EST Dec 25, 2018 Huntington Woods — Law enforcement officials in Metro Detroit want parents to know that online predators posing as teenage boys are actively trolling social media to lure and manipulate teenagers to perform sex acts on camera. And it's happening in their own communities, homes and their children's bedrooms. One Metro Detroit mother said her daughter was 11 when she fell victim to child exploitation in 2014 when a man manipulated and threatened the girl through a school-issued computer used in their own home and at school. "I had no clue on any of it," said the mother, whose name is not being published to protect the identity of her daughter. "I did not find out about everything until the FBI showed up at my house. She did not tell me." Experts in prosecuting child exploitation and sextortion cases involving minors say online hunters are … [Read more...] about Metro Detroit parents warned of teen sextortion dangers
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Teen’s life ruined after jealous fiancé ‘doused her in petrol and set her alight after she spoke to another man’
A WOMAN'S drunk and jealous fiancé set fire to her in savage attack after he was enraged by the way she spoke to another man, it is claimed. Evgeny Bondaruk, 24, allegedly carried out the attack in the living quarters he shared with Alexandra Kuzmina at the petrol station where the 19-year-old worked. Angered the way she had spoken to the man, he returned home drunk, smashed up the furniture, poured petrol over her and then set it alight, it is claimed. Kuzmina, a cashier at a filling station, suffered burns covering 80 per cent of her body from the attack, which took place near Yalta in Crimea. A witness who saw the aftermath described it as being “like out of a horror film”. Bondaruk himself has burns to his hands and face and is under armed guard by police in hospital. He faces an attempted murder charge which could lead to 20 years in jail. The couple shared the quarters where they both worked for the summer season in the tourist peninsula and bedding was also … [Read more...] about Teen’s life ruined after jealous fiancé ‘doused her in petrol and set her alight after she spoke to another man’
“I couldn’t have been luckier”: How compassion changed a homeless teen’s life
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. -- Generally speaking, bars are not bastions of grace and kindness. But at Jimmy's in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, owner Jimmy Gilleece believes there's a lot more to serving customers than a good pour. As we first reported a few months ago, he went way above and beyond for one patron -- a total stranger who lost her wallet with her wedding ring inside. "She was frantic, really upset about it, so it just became my mission," Jimmy said. His mission to find her ring began with a thorough screening of the security footage. He had to watch three hours before finally finding her wallet on a bench outside the bar with the shady character approaching. Eventually, Jimmy figured out who it was and got him to confess to taking the cash and dumping the wallet in an ocean channel. It was long gone. "After I invested all that time, I'm gonna find the ring," Jimmy said. "So I hired divers to come out the next day." Divers scoured the seabed and eventually … [Read more...] about “I couldn’t have been luckier”: How compassion changed a homeless teen’s life
Florida mom says Apple Watch saved teen’s life, sparks response from Tim Cook
close Video Apple Watch credited with saving girl's life Notification on Florida 18-year-old's Apple Watch leads to trip to emergency room and diagnosis of kidney failure. Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to the mother of a teenage girl in Lithia, Florida, who told him an Apple Watch saved her daughter's life. In late April, Deanna Recktenwald’s Apple Watch notified her that her resting heart rate jumped to 160 beat per minute -- well over the normal range of 60 to 100 beat per minute. "I didn't know what was going on at all and it was just out of the blue," Recktenwald, 18, told WFTS-TV. Recktenwald's mother and registered nurse, Stacey, shared her daughter's health story in an email to Apple CEO Tim Cook. At first, Stacey explained in the email posted by WFTS-TV, she thought the reading was “just a fluke” because the 18-year-old is a “healthy, athletic young lady with no previous medical conditions." But the teen’s heart rate continued … [Read more...] about Florida mom says Apple Watch saved teen’s life, sparks response from Tim Cook
Molly Ringwald thanks Southwest Airlines for saving her father’s life with emergency landing
By Martha Ross | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: April 30, 2018 at 5:16 am | UPDATED: April 30, 2018 at 5:22 am Molly Ringwald took to Twitter to thank Southwest Airlines, crediting the airlines with saving her 77-year-old father’s life after he suffered some sort of medical emergency mid-flight. The “Breakfast Club” star detailed how the airline made an emergency landing so that her father, jazz pianist Bob Ringwald, could receive medical attention. She also expressed her gratitude to a doctor on board who aided her father until paramedics met the plane on the ground. “We all love to publicly vent against airlines but today I would like to thank Southwest Airlines and the doctor who happened to be onboard. They emergency landed the plane for my dad. Because of their speed and professionalism, my father’s life was saved. #SouthWest #gratitude,” Ringwald tweeted. We all love to publicly vent against airlines … [Read more...] about Molly Ringwald thanks Southwest Airlines for saving her father’s life with emergency landing