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Yahoo
24-07-2025
- Yahoo
'Street preachers' facing hate crime charges after allegedly harassing worshippers at 2 B.C. churches
A pair of so-called street preachers are facing hate crime charges after allegedly harassing worshippers at two B.C. churches. The two previously have been convicted of public nuisance in Ontario. As Jon Hernandez reports, those familiar with the men say they are heavily influenced by a doomsday cult that's known to target women.
Malay Mail
21-07-2025
- Malay Mail
Beep! Singapore man jailed, fined after tapping bus driver's face with EZ-Link card
SINGAPORE, July 21 — A 53-year-old man, Wilson Loh, was sentenced today to five weeks' imprisonment and fined S$1,500 (RM4,900) after he caused a scene on a public bus and used criminal force on the driver and a fellow passenger. He pleaded guilty to one charge of public nuisance and two counts of using criminal force by tapping the bus driver's face with his EZ-Link card and pushing the hand of a 75-year-old passenger who tried to calm him down, CNA reported. The court heard that Loh had consumed eight bottles of beer at a coffee shop in Commonwealth from noon on March 18 before boarding bus service 195 around 6pm. Loh failed to alight at his intended stop, and when the bus moved off, he accused the driver, 46-year-old Yin Xusheng, of not opening the door, despite the driver's explanation that he had. Loh then used his EZ-Link card to tap the driver's face, an act the court described as criminal force done to cause annoyance without provocation. He continued shouting and causing a disturbance on the bus until the next stop, where a fellow passenger approached him, only to have his hand pushed and phone knocked to the floor. Loh was arrested at about 8.20pm following a police report and was found to have a long criminal history dating back to 1989, including convictions for disorderly behaviour, snatch theft, and voluntarily causing hurt. During mitigation, Loh claimed he was triggered by being filmed after a Covid-19 vaccine, but the judge told him his drinking was to blame and urged him to control or stop drinking altogether.
CBS News
18-07-2025
- CBS News
Dallas woman crushed police did not arrest neighbor allegedly urinating on shared porch
Barbara Chavez said her security footage of her next-door neighbor allegedly peeing on her porch was not enough for Dallas police to make a case. Dallas police confirmed there was no criminal offense. Barbara Chavez said she is considering moving from the Jubilee Park duplex she currently occupies. The mother of six adults and two grandchildren admits part of her past is living next door. "I was married to her nephew for 14 years, and then I divorced him," she said. CBS News Texas is not naming the woman or her boyfriend because neither faces criminal charges in this case. Chavez's former aunt, an adult, and others live next door. They share a porch. About two months ago, Chavez stated that the community space had been violated. She said it was clear as day on her security video. The man who lives next door goes out on the porch in the video, obtained by CBS News Texas, and is allegedly urinating. "I told his girlfriend that it's not appropriate," Chavez said. "I have a five-year-old granddaughter in my house. And what if she was to look outside?" On the morning of July 15, Chavez said that it had happened again. She called the Dallas Police Department. According to the video, the officer arrived after 9 a.m. He warned the man on the video. "I've seen the footage of you continuously peeing here on the porch," the officer said. "Because y'all do share this balcony." In the video, the man agrees with the officer about the shared space. "If you could try to take it inside," the officer said. Following his July 15 conversation with the man, the officer rang the doorbell for Chavez to come out on the porch. He told her the case was not a criminal one because Chavez had not walked outside where the man was allegedly urinating, nor had a child seen the person exposing himself. She would eventually go back inside her home. "But I thought the video would be good enough, but I guess it wasn't," Chavez said. Before the officer left, he informed her that the video was in black and white, which made it difficult to discern details such as the color of the man's pants and shirt, despite her assertion that it was him in the video. Thursday afternoon, the Dallas police confirmed that no criminal offense had occurred. CBS News Texas attempted to speak with the man and Chavez's former aunt to gain an understanding of the porch incidents. A man inside the residence said neither was at home. Chavez said the floor plan for each one of their residences includes one bathroom.
Daily Mail
16-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Judge orders famous Seattle nude beach closed because people keep having sex in public there
A Seattle judge has ordered that a popular beach be closed because it has become a hot spot for public sex and nudity. King County Superior Court Judge Samuel Chung has given the city two weeks to handle the ongoing inappropriate behavior occurring at Denny Blaine Park. The waterfront park has become known as a nudist spot for over 50 years, though it is not specifically designated by Seattle Parks and Recreation as a clothing optional park. Residents of the Denny Blaine area have reported an escalation in aggressive sexual behaviors over the last few years at the park, and neighbors organized a group - Denny Blaine Park for All - to combat the issue. As part of the lawsuit that the group filed, they provided video evidence of people masturbating in the park. The group wrote an open letter to the community which detailed some of the troubling incidents, including a man exposing himself to a female neighbor while making sexually aggressive remarks, and another nude man masturbating on the hood of his car for over six hours. Four public masturbation incidents occurred in a single week this March, according to the open letter, and the community has been plagued by ongoing trespassing, indecent exposures and 'menacing behavior'. Chung ruled that the sexual behavior and nudity at the park constitutes a 'public nuisance' in a preliminary injunction issued Monday. Lee Keller, a spokesperson for Denny Blaine Park for All, said, 'At a minimum, we need the law upheld.' 'This gives the city an opportunity for 14 days to get a plan together, so that's what the judge is asking for,' Keller continued. 'These sexual misconducts, lewd activity, masturbation, and public sex acts need to stop. However the city wants to do that; that's up to them.' Denny Blaine Park for All members said they brought the lawsuit about after 'exhausting every possibility' of trying to get the city to step in and handle the issue. It is unclear exactly how the city plans to address the new law, but Mayor Bruce Harrell on Tuesday called Chung's order an 'opportunity' to talk with different communities who use the park. 'We recognize the historical significance of that park,' the mayor told KOMO News. 'I've also made it clear that some of the unacceptable behaviors, some of the lewd behaviors, there's no place for that at any park... we'll see with the city attorney's office how they proceed,' Harrell continued. Although nudity is generally considered legal in the city of Seattle, Judge Chung said that nudity must be addressed as part of the city's plan to combat nuisances at the park. Friends of Denny Blaine is a group that supports allowing nudity in the park. It is unclear exactly how the city plans to address the new law, but Mayor Bruce Harrell on Tuesday called Chung's order an 'opportunity' to talk with different communities who use the park The group said that Chung's ruling 'erroneously links harassment and other misconduct to general nude usage of the park.' A statement from the group said, 'An enormously overwhelming majority of nude usage of the beach by thousands of Seattleites each year is friendly, legal, and positive.' 'Our aim is to ensure the case, and the city's response, focuses solely on actual criminal activity -- public masturbation and sexual harassment -- which cannot be conflated with mere nudity,' the statement continued - adding that non-sexual nudity is protected free expression under the First Amendment. Friends of Denny Blaine says the group has been working with park users, the parks department, Seattle police and neighbors to handle issues arising at the park.
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Yahoo
City of Seattle ordered to come up with plan to address public lewdness at Denny Blaine Park
The city of Seattle has been ordered to come up with a plan to address the 'public nusiances' at Denny Blaine Park. This comes after a court granted an injunction that was brought fourth by the group 'Denny Blaine Park For All,' a neighbor association. The group was calling for the closure of Denny Blaine Park following 'nearly daily' instances of public masturbation, sex acts and drug use. The neighborhood group argued in their injunction that the city has not taken action to address these problems, and that the 'city is refusing to even comply with its own code of conduct which prohibits nudity, not to mention sexual acts,' according to the injunction. In the injunction, the city did not dispute most of the allegations and countered that nudity has been practiced at Denny Blaine Park for years. The city said in the injunction that nudity itself is not considered a nuisance, but the sex acts are. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Group files suit against city of Seattle over multiple instances of lewd acts at park 'While the city has indeed taken action to alleviate parking problems, it has elected not to reduce or eliminate nudity and sexual problems at the park,' the injunction read. The court ruled that the city has 14 days to submit a plan of abatement. It also ruled against the neighborhood group's request to have the park closed immediately. "Today's decisiongranted the injunction andconfirmsthe City has failed to stop ongoing illegal activity at Denny Blaine Park — including public sex and masturbation, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct. The injunction is a necessary step to make the park safe for everyone, giving the City two weeks to do what it has ignored for years: respond to very real complaints and restore public safety," the Denny Blaine Park for All community group said in a statement. KIRO 7 has reached out to the city of Seattle for comment and has yet to hear back. It's unclear what the next course of action is after the city sends its abatement plan.
