Liverpool Echo [UK]
7 February 2019
Reports of man lurking in
woods dressed as clown from horror film IT 'not true' say police
Reports of a man lurking in woods dressed as a
sinister clown from the horror film IT
to 'entice children' are not true, say police. A warning to parents was
circulated on social media today, after claims a man was reportedly spotted
crouching in bushes in Formby Pinewoods. The man was reportedly dressed as
Pennywise the clown from Stephen King's thriller. […]
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Los Angeles Times
6 February 2019
Man choked by off-duty L.A. firefighter
wins $7.4-million settlement
A man choked unconscious by an off-duty Los Angeles
firefighter convicted of assault but never jailed will receive a $7.4-million
settlement in connection with the attack, his attorney said. A group of men
held down Samuel Chang in 2015 as he was handing out Halloween candy near his
grandmother’s home in Chatsworth. […] Video from Chang’s iPhone showed the men,
led by [Eric] Carpenter in a He-Man costume, following Chang and repeatedly
accusing him of trying to give “drug-laced candy” to children. […]
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Time magazine
7 February 2019
Cindy McCain Apologizes After
Erroneously Claiming She Stopped Human Trafficking Incident at Airport
By JONATHAN J. COOPER / AP
(PHOENIX) — Cindy McCain [the widow of former U.S.
Sen. John McCain] is apologizing after inaccurately claiming that she stopped
human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a
woman of a different ethnicity and “something didn’t click.” […] Phoenix Police
Sgt. Armando Carbajal confirmed McCain requested a welfare check on a child at
the airport on Jan. 30, but said “officers determined there was no evidence of
criminal conduct or child endangerment.” […]
