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Professor Allegedly Shows Explicit Video
Fri Mar 3, 8:01 PM ET
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A criminal justice professor at Grand Rapids Community College has resigned after showing a video in class of a man having sex with a pig, students and a faculty representative said.
A school administrator confirmed that Samuel Naves, 47, resigned Feb. 17, but would not comment on why he left.
However, students and a faculty leader said the resignation had to do with the video. They said Naves was teaching an introductory criminal justice class earlier this year when he was going through video files on his computer.
The video appeared on a projection screen and students begged Naves to show the 10-second footage, according to the accounts.
Faculty association president Fred vanHartesveldt said the incident occurred this year. He said Naves was known for a blunt teaching style.
"His pedagogy was to teach real life," vanHartesveldt told The Grand Rapids Press. "His classes were very earthy. Some students took to that very well, and some students didn't."
Naves, who had worked at the college since 1997, declined to comment to the newspaper.
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Couple Cited in Bizarre Fake Penis Case
By JOE MANDAK, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 3, 5:27 PM ET
PITTSBURGH - A man and woman were cited Friday in connection with a bizarre incident that resulted in a fake penis being microwaved at a convenience store last week.
Leslye Creighton, 41, of Wilkinsburg, and Vincent Bostic, 31, of Pittsburgh, were both cited for criminal mischief and disorderly conduct in the Feb. 23 incident at the Get Go! gasoline and convenience store in McKeesport, about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Each charge carries a possible sentence of up to 90 days in jail and up to a $300 fine.
Bostic had filled a fake penis with his urine that Creighton, a friend, planned to use to pass a drug test she was taking to get a job, Police Chief Joseph Pero said.
Creighton asked a store clerk to microwave the device so the urine inside would be body-temperature and fool those giving the drug test, Pero said.
Police still aren't sure why or how Creighton chose to use a device that mimics the male sex organ to pass her drug test.
Creighton didn't immediately return a call to her home on Friday.
Defense attorney William Difenderfer didn't dispute the police account, but said there's no proof his clients had any criminal intent to damage the microwave — the basis for the criminal mischief charge.
"I certainly understand the ramifications and I'm certainly not saying it wasn't a stupid thing to do," Difenderfer said. "But there's a lot of bizarre stuff that we don't always have a remedy for in the crimes code."
Difenderfer said his clients want to settle the case, in part, by reimbursing the store for a new microwave oven.
Pero said the store got rid of the old oven because it couldn't be used for food once bodily fluids were cooked inside it.
Neither Difenderfer nor Pero know what kind of job the woman applied for, or whether she was hired.
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Teen's stolen legs are returned
Associated Press
Mar. 3, 2006 07:15 AM
ARCADIA, Calif. - A 16-year-old girl's prosthetic legs, which were stolen twice since November, have been quietly returned, police said.
Melissa Huff's mother found the legs in her unlocked car, which she had parked at Arcadia High School on Wednesday afternoon.
"Nobody was seen in or around the car," Arcadia police Lt. Ken Harper said. "There were no witnesses. We lifted some fingerprints and will see if there is any match."
Huff's right leg was amputated below the knee after she was struck by a car two years ago.
The first theft happened Nov. 1, when someone cut a hole in a window screen in Huff's home and stole a $12,000 cosmetic leg. Her doctor and two companies donated money for a new, $16,000 sports leg, which she uses to play softball on the Arcadia High team.
The stolen leg was tossed into the family's back yard in January.
But on Valentine's Day, somebody stole both legs after prying open a screen window. She had been unable to wear either prosthetic at the time because of a surgery. The legs were returned Wednesday, but had graffiti on them.
She was scheduled Friday to pick up another new leg, which the community rallied to buy for her.
Huff said she and her family believe the thief knows her.
"It doesn't bother me," she said. "I'm not scared of them."
Arcadia is about 24 miles east of Los Angeles.
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Nipple Pincher Gets Juvenile Detention
Thursday, March 2, 2006
A teen who pinched and twisted another boy's nipple while standing in line at a deli has been sentenced to four days in juvenile detention because he refused to write a letter that explained his actions.
David Thumler, 16, was convicted of offensive physical touching in July 2005, after the victim's parents complained to police. The Crater High School student paid a $67 fine and served three days of community service.
"I emptied trash cans, mowed lawns and shoveled gravel," Thumler said.
But Thumler's refusal to comply with the final piece of his sentence will cost him four days in detention. He was required to write the letter during four classes put on by Mediation Works, which operates the victim-offender program for Jackson County Community Justice.
Mary Miller, executive director of Mediation Works, said the purpose of the letter is to prepare teens to be accountable for their offenses.
"They don't have to apologize," she said. "But they are required to be accountable."
The offender is required to describe the act in detail, explain "thinking errors,""express empathy" and describe any resultant life changes.
Miller said the program is "often a very, very healing experience between the victim and youth offender."
Thumler said he presented a rough draft of his letter in the third session. He said he balked when told he must also describe his "criminal thought processes."
He said that would imply malicious or criminal intent, and "none of that applied to my feelings or actions."
Thumler said he had no criminal intent because he considered the victim to be a friend at the time of the incident — which he deemed horseplay. Including the language sought by Mediation Works, he said, would turn his prior court statements into lies.
"It was a matter of conscience," Thumler said. "I figure the worst is already over."
Ken Chapman, a Community Justice juvenile probation supervisor, verified Thumler's sentence.
"The judge found a willful violation of the court order," Chapman said.
Information from: Mail Tribune
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Professor Allegedly Shows Explicit Video
Fri Mar 3, 8:01 PM ET
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A criminal justice professor at Grand Rapids Community College has resigned after showing a video in class of a man having sex with a pig, students and a faculty representative said.
A school administrator confirmed that Samuel Naves, 47, resigned Feb. 17, but would not comment on why he left.
However, students and a faculty leader said the resignation had to do with the video. They said Naves was teaching an introductory criminal justice class earlier this year when he was going through video files on his computer.
The video appeared on a projection screen and students begged Naves to show the 10-second footage, according to the accounts.
Faculty association president Fred vanHartesveldt said the incident occurred this year. He said Naves was known for a blunt teaching style.
"His pedagogy was to teach real life," vanHartesveldt told The Grand Rapids Press. "His classes were very earthy. Some students took to that very well, and some students didn't."
Naves, who had worked at the college since 1997, declined to comment to the newspaper.
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Couple Cited in Bizarre Fake Penis Case
By JOE MANDAK, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 3, 5:27 PM ET
PITTSBURGH - A man and woman were cited Friday in connection with a bizarre incident that resulted in a fake penis being microwaved at a convenience store last week.
Leslye Creighton, 41, of Wilkinsburg, and Vincent Bostic, 31, of Pittsburgh, were both cited for criminal mischief and disorderly conduct in the Feb. 23 incident at the Get Go! gasoline and convenience store in McKeesport, about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Each charge carries a possible sentence of up to 90 days in jail and up to a $300 fine.
Bostic had filled a fake penis with his urine that Creighton, a friend, planned to use to pass a drug test she was taking to get a job, Police Chief Joseph Pero said.
Creighton asked a store clerk to microwave the device so the urine inside would be body-temperature and fool those giving the drug test, Pero said.
Police still aren't sure why or how Creighton chose to use a device that mimics the male sex organ to pass her drug test.
Creighton didn't immediately return a call to her home on Friday.
Defense attorney William Difenderfer didn't dispute the police account, but said there's no proof his clients had any criminal intent to damage the microwave — the basis for the criminal mischief charge.
"I certainly understand the ramifications and I'm certainly not saying it wasn't a stupid thing to do," Difenderfer said. "But there's a lot of bizarre stuff that we don't always have a remedy for in the crimes code."
Difenderfer said his clients want to settle the case, in part, by reimbursing the store for a new microwave oven.
Pero said the store got rid of the old oven because it couldn't be used for food once bodily fluids were cooked inside it.
Neither Difenderfer nor Pero know what kind of job the woman applied for, or whether she was hired.
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Teen's stolen legs are returned
Associated Press
Mar. 3, 2006 07:15 AM
ARCADIA, Calif. - A 16-year-old girl's prosthetic legs, which were stolen twice since November, have been quietly returned, police said.
Melissa Huff's mother found the legs in her unlocked car, which she had parked at Arcadia High School on Wednesday afternoon.
"Nobody was seen in or around the car," Arcadia police Lt. Ken Harper said. "There were no witnesses. We lifted some fingerprints and will see if there is any match."
Huff's right leg was amputated below the knee after she was struck by a car two years ago.
The first theft happened Nov. 1, when someone cut a hole in a window screen in Huff's home and stole a $12,000 cosmetic leg. Her doctor and two companies donated money for a new, $16,000 sports leg, which she uses to play softball on the Arcadia High team.
The stolen leg was tossed into the family's back yard in January.
But on Valentine's Day, somebody stole both legs after prying open a screen window. She had been unable to wear either prosthetic at the time because of a surgery. The legs were returned Wednesday, but had graffiti on them.
She was scheduled Friday to pick up another new leg, which the community rallied to buy for her.
Huff said she and her family believe the thief knows her.
"It doesn't bother me," she said. "I'm not scared of them."
Arcadia is about 24 miles east of Los Angeles.
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Nipple Pincher Gets Juvenile Detention
Thursday, March 2, 2006
A teen who pinched and twisted another boy's nipple while standing in line at a deli has been sentenced to four days in juvenile detention because he refused to write a letter that explained his actions.
David Thumler, 16, was convicted of offensive physical touching in July 2005, after the victim's parents complained to police. The Crater High School student paid a $67 fine and served three days of community service.
"I emptied trash cans, mowed lawns and shoveled gravel," Thumler said.
But Thumler's refusal to comply with the final piece of his sentence will cost him four days in detention. He was required to write the letter during four classes put on by Mediation Works, which operates the victim-offender program for Jackson County Community Justice.
Mary Miller, executive director of Mediation Works, said the purpose of the letter is to prepare teens to be accountable for their offenses.
"They don't have to apologize," she said. "But they are required to be accountable."
The offender is required to describe the act in detail, explain "thinking errors,""express empathy" and describe any resultant life changes.
Miller said the program is "often a very, very healing experience between the victim and youth offender."
Thumler said he presented a rough draft of his letter in the third session. He said he balked when told he must also describe his "criminal thought processes."
He said that would imply malicious or criminal intent, and "none of that applied to my feelings or actions."
Thumler said he had no criminal intent because he considered the victim to be a friend at the time of the incident — which he deemed horseplay. Including the language sought by Mediation Works, he said, would turn his prior court statements into lies.
"It was a matter of conscience," Thumler said. "I figure the worst is already over."
Ken Chapman, a Community Justice juvenile probation supervisor, verified Thumler's sentence.
"The judge found a willful violation of the court order," Chapman said.
Information from: Mail Tribune
www.mailtribune.com