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Sep 21 2023
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Ride-share drive found guilty of sexual assault of passenger in NJ
A ride-share driver was found guilty on Wednesday of the sexual assault of a young passenger in 2019. A Passaic County jury found Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton, guilty of second-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree luring or enticing a child, said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes in a press release
North Jersey News
Aug 23 2023
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State releases disciplinary records for police officers, Sheffield police officer listed in eight misconduct incidents, 17 Pittsfield officers listed in misconduct incidents
The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) logo, from its website. The POST Committee listed multiple police officers in Berkshire County municipalities in its report. The report itself does not list full details of the incidents, and in some places does not list the disciplinary actions taken as a result of the incident. Berkshire County — The state’s Peace
The Berkshire Edge
Aug 24 2023
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26 Berkshire County officers appear in state's misconduct database
A state commission has released a database of records of police officers in Massachusetts who have had sustained allegations of misconduct. 26 officers from Berkshire County officers are in it, which was compiled by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission as part of the state's police reform law. There are a total 2,165 officers from 273 law enforcement agencies in the dataset, the
The Berkshire Eagle
Aug 22 2023
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Mass. police misconduct database is released, but excludes many complaints
A long-awaited database of complaints against police officers in Massachusetts was published Tuesday, a year after its deadline, but there's a lot of information that's not being released to the public. The data includes 3,400 disciplinary records involving 2,100 officers accused of misconduct, ranging from not properly responding to an incident to being convicted of a crime. The data was
WBUR
Sep 21 2023
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Lyft Driver Guilty Of Sexual Assaulting Child, Passaic Co. Jury Rules
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A rideshare driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting an underage girl who had been a passenger in his car, the Passaic County Prosecutor announced on Thursday. Officials said 43-year-old Julio Mejia, of Wharton, was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault and second-degree luring or enticing a child on Sept. 20, following a jury trial. The Morris County
Patch.com
Sep 18 2023
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Russell Brand Cancels Comedy Dates After Sexual Assault Allegations
Russell Brand postponed the remaining dates of a comedy tour on Monday, two days after British news organizations published an investigation in which several women accused him of sexual assault. Mr. Brand was scheduled to perform two shows as part of his “Bipolarisation” tour of Britain this week. But in a statement provided on Monday by the Theater Royal Windsor, which was set to host Mr.
New York Times (News)
Sep 18 2023
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Woman Reports Russell Brand to London Cops for 2003 Sexual Assault
A woman filed a report on Sunday with London’s Metropolitan Police claiming comedian Russell Brand sexually assaulted her in 2003, the agency said Monday, days after four women leveled harrowing allegations against him in a TV documentary.
Brand has strenuously denied allegations of sexual assault, calling all his relationships consensual.
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Daily Beast
Sep 20 2023
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues Walmart for sexual harassment and retaliation
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Inc., which is headquartered in Bentonville.The EEOC said that Wal-Mart Stores East, LP broke the law "when it subjected female employees to sexual harassment and fired a female employee in retaliation for reporting the harassment."The lawsuit claims that the manager of Walmart Supercenter #1499 in
4029 News
Sep 19 2023
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Walmart ignored rampant sexual harassment at West Virginia store, EEOC claims
Sept 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)on Tuesday accused Walmart Inc of failing to put an end to severe sexual harassment of female workers by the manager of a West Virginia store and of firing a woman after she complained to the commission. The complaint filed in West Virginia federal court says the manager of the Lewisburg store told an employee he wanted
Reuters
Sep 19 2023
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Russell Brand: Scotland Yard Reviewing New Claim of Sexual Assault in London
WARNING: Contains graphic details of alleged sexual assault that some readers may find distressing. Russell Brand is the subject of a new allegation of sexual assault. The Metropolitan Police said the alleged attack took place in London in 2003 and they are in contact with the woman concerned. The new claim comes after U.K. newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times published allegations of
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