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Denver man faces felony after city accuses him of making pickleball court without permission<\/h3>\n

A 71-year-old Denver man is facing a felony charge after city officials say he made a pickleball court without permission. With prosecution on the table, some believe the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.<\/p>\n

“The whole pickleball community is really saddened and shocked,” said Jan Devor, a friend of 71-year-old Arslan Guney and fellow pickleball player.<\/p>\n

Guney and others use a basketball court at Denver’s Central Park Recreation Center for pickleball. Last Monday, the markings on the court had faded, so Guney re-marked them with a Sharpie.<\/p>\n

Three days later, an arrest warrant for felony criminal mischief was issued for Guney. The court document also claims ten thousand dollars in damages.<\/p>\n

Guney also received an email notifying him his Denver Parks and Recreation membership had been suspended indefinitely.<\/p>\n

The game \u2014 a mix of tennis, racquetball and ping-pong \u2014 is one Guney has played for years, according to close friends. Devor said she and others are appalled, shocked and saddened by the situation.<\/p>\n

“He is what we call the mayor of pickleball,” Devor said. “He is an expert player himself but always takes time to slow down his game… to teach others to play with people of any ability. I have 40 letters that have been given to me that I’m submitting to the lawyer that attest to his kindness and his generosity. He has written a letter to Denver Parks and Recreation apologizing.”<\/p>\n

Devor went on to say her friend was devastated by the ordeal.<\/p>\n

According to her and others in the pickleball community, apologies have not been enough. Now, Guney is represented by Hollynd Hoskins, an attorney who happens to be a pickleball player herself.<\/p>\n

“This community is willing to remove the marks, hire a contractor to do it safely, to apologize, to volunteer with the community, but this is outrageous,” Hoskins said.<\/p>\n

Denver Parks and Recreation declined to sit down for an interview with Denver7. Instead, they provided an statement:<\/p>\n

“It is our duty and responsibility to the citizens of Denver to protect city assets and public property. Defacing or damaging public property is unacceptable, a criminal offense and will not be tolerated in any of our public buildings or spaces. Law enforcement is aware of the damage and the incident is being investigated. Pickleball play was temporarily suspended to assess the damage and related repairs.”
\nA spokesperson added pickleball play has since resumed.<\/p>\n

Hoskins said she is now trying to get the arrest warrant turned into a court summons so Guney can avoid jail time.<\/p>\n

“The community wants answers but we, again, we want to sit down and work this out, reach a resolution,” Hoskins said. “This was an incredible misunderstanding and a mistake. It was not a crime.”<\/p>\n

“The courts should be saved for real criminal matters, not for matters like this,” Devor said.<\/p>\n

Guney turned himself in on Thursday morning. His attorney, Hollynd Hoskins, said the district attorney agreed to a personal recognizance bond for Guney around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hoskins said Guney would be released in 6-8 hours from then if court proceedings are functioning as normal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Denver 7 ABC<\/a><\/p>\n

Minnesota lawmaker proposes bill to require license for gun owners<\/h3>\n

I’d like to know where this idiot thinks a 16 year old can walk in and legally buy a gun?<\/p>\n

Sen. John Marty, (DFL) Roseville, told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS his proposed bill which would require gun owners to have a license would, in the long run, help save lives.<\/p>\n

Under Marty\u2019s proposed bill, anyone purchasing a gun at a commercial business, gun shows or through individual sales, would have to acquire a license which would require gun safety education and training similar to what people have to do when they obtain a driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems to me that it is no more of a burden on lawful gun owners than driver\u2019s licenses are a lawful burden on drivers,\u201d said Marty.<\/p>\n

Marty told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he is trying to target juveniles and young adults whom he said often have an easy path toward buying guns.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor young people, the 15-year-olds who can easily access guns now and commit armed carjackings and murders and other things, you know, they would have to go through training and they would have to go through a process to do this,\u201d said Marty. \u201cAnd, we would have limits so that some of these 16-year-olds couldn\u2019t go out and buy guns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Steve Drazkowski, (R) Mazeppa, said he disagreed with Marty and called the proposed bill, which has a companion bill in the House, \u201cthe most outlandish and extreme gun bill I have seen in my 14 years in the Minnesota House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Drazkowski told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he does not share the same belief as Marty that a gun licensure requirement will save lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cA firearm is just simply a tool, guns are not violent, guns are just guns and people are violent,\u201d said Drazkowski.<\/p>\n

Drazkowski also said he does not believe Marty\u2019s proposed bill would pass constitutional tests either.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, period,\u201d said Drazkowski.<\/p>\n

So far, Marty\u2019s bill, and the House companion bill, has not had a scheduled committee hearing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; KSTP<\/a><\/p>\n

Charges: Corrections officer sent drug-laced mail to inmates<\/h3>\n

A Minnesota corrections officer is accused of mailing drug-laced printouts of song lyrics and motivational notes to inmates.<\/p>\n

Grace Marie Telfer, 24, of Minnetonka, was charged via summons Monday with one count of introducing contraband to a state prison.<\/p>\n

A criminal complaint states, the Office of Special Investigations started looking into the arrival of narcotics at several facilities in March 2021. One of the people found to be involved was Telfer, a corrections officer at the Shakopee prison at the time.<\/p>\n

In the complaint, officers noted \u201ccountless phone calls\u201d where Telfer and inmates openly talked about smuggling drugs into the prisons.<\/p>\n

Investigators learned Telfer would saturate mail with a liquid spray of K2, a synthetic marijuana, and send them into Minnesota Department of Corrections facilities by using various return addresses.<\/p>\n

Telfer resigned from her job as a corrections officer on April 13, 2021, according to the complaint. Three days later, investigators executed a search warrant at her home and the home of a former inmate who was also suspected of being involved in the scheme. Authorities found computers and printers, envelopes, a syringe with suspected THC and paperwork in the name of \u201cGina Dixon\u201d in Telfer\u2019s home, and similar items in the other suspect\u2019s residence, as well as digital scales, ink stampers and identification cards for another inmate.<\/p>\n

Telfer was also interviewed by a U.S. Postal inspector and admitted to spraying K2 onto printer paper, then printing various items, including song lyrics, onto the paper before mailing it to inmates at the Stillwater and Faribault prisons. The complaint adds that she also admitted to using a \u201clegal mail\u201d stamp on the items and using various law firms\u2019 addresses for return addresses so the mail would get to inmates faster.<\/p>\n

She also wrote motivational quotes to one of the four inmates she admitted to sending K2-saturated papers.<\/p>\n

Telfer said the inmates used the K2-saturated mail to get high, and she sent the drug-laced mail to the inmates to help them make money, the complaint states. For her role, she admitted to making $3,500.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Telfer faces up to 10 years in prison. Her first court appearance is set for April 14.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; KSTP<\/a><\/p>\n

Deputy fired for likely causing own injuries with box cutter, firing gun while intoxicated, Sheriff’s Office says<\/h3>\n

A Dane County [Wisconsin] sheriff\u2019s deputy who was fired for undisclosed reasons in November \u2014 a month after saying she shot at a man who stabbed her in Festge Park \u2014 likely caused her own injuries with a box cutter while she was intoxicated, according to her termination letter.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Department of Justice\u2019s Division of Criminal Investigation originally reported the deputy, Sarah Bortz-Rodriguez, said she saw a \u201csuspicious person\u201d while on routine patrol at the park in the town of Berry near Cross Plains at about 8:15 p.m. on Oct. 21. And Bortz-Rodriguez initially told authorities she approached a man who stabbed her with an edged weapon. The action caused her to fire her gun, and she was later taken to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

Throughout that night and into the morning, police searched for the alleged assailant. Residents in the immediate area were on lockdown. The investigation turned up no answers, but rather factual inconsistences in Bortz-Rodriguez\u2019s initial statement about the incident, according to a nine-page letter the Wisconsin State Journal obtained from the Sheriff\u2019s Office about her firing.<\/p>\n

Bortz-Rodriguez later told authorities \u2014 after they pointed out the inconsistencies \u2014 that \u201cfollowing an earlier critical incident review at the precinct\u201d she drove around to try and calm herself emotionally, according to the letter.<\/p>\n

The deputy told authorities she then returned to the precinct and \u201ctraveled to an area near Riley\u2019s Tavern\u201d where she later consumed a substance that is blacked out in the letter. Bortz-Rodriguez afterward decided she was going to \u201cride out\u201d the rest of her shift, the letter states.<\/p>\n

After not notifying a supervisor of her condition, Bortz-Rodriguez told authorities that upon arrival to Festge Park, she felt the substance she consumed take effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou stated that you attempted to clear the park and while driving through … believed you may have seen someone,\u201d according to the letter. \u201cYou stated you believed you \u2018really did see someone there\u2019 but now believe you may have \u2018hallucinated this stuff.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her impaired condition, Bortz-Rodriguez told authorities that she discharged her firearm once, later thinking she may have shot herself.<\/p>\n

After authorities asked if she had also caused some cuts to her arm, Bortz-Rodriguez said it was possible, the letter states. Authorities also asked her if a box cutter police found on the ground the night of the incident was likely department-issued \u2014 from her squad bag and not owned by the alleged assailant.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou asked if the box cutter found at the scene was the box cutter from your squad bag,\u201d according to the letter. \u201cYou stated \u2018if it\u2019s not in my squad bag, then it\u2019s probably on the one on the ground.\u2019 There was not a box cutter in your squad bag when it was examined after the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter states Bortz-Rodriguez was found to have violated several policies outlined in the Sheriff\u2019s Office Code of Conduct \u2014 those surrounding truthfulness, \u201cunbecoming conduct,\u201d ethical behavior, conformance to laws, insubordination and work performance. The deputy also violated work rules surrounding the use of property, work performance and \u201cpersonal actions and appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bortz-Rodriguez, 30, had been with the Sheriff\u2019s Office since May 2014.<\/p>\n

In a separate letter to the State Journal explaining why portions of a 100-page case report about the incident and termination letter are blacked out, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said it was not disclosing what the deputy consumed \u201cbecause of the sensitive nature of the investigation and the number of current employees who were interviewed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRelease of these records without redactions would undermine the Department\u2019s ability to manage its workforce and to conduct its business, particularly with respect to investigating future internal matters of a confidential or sensitive nature,\u201d the letter from Sheriff Kalvin Barrett and Lt. Brian Hayes states. \u201cCertain medical information provided by the deputy has also been redacted.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Madison.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Lesbian Couple Sues Fertility Clinic For Receiving Male Embryo Instead Of Female<\/h3>\n

Fair warning, if you’re a decent human being, this one will disgust you.<\/p>\n

A couple is suing a fertility clinic after receiving a male embryo instead of the female one they were promised.<\/p>\n

After Heather Wilhelm-Routenberg found out she was having a boy at 15 weeks pregnant, she and her wife Robin (Robbie) Routenberg-Wilhelm were surprised, The New York Post reported. That\u2019s because CNY fertility clinic in Latham, N.Y., told the couple that the lab could determine the embryo\u2019s sex using Robbie\u2019s egg and the donor\u2019s sperm before it was transferred to Heather, The New York Post reported.<\/p>\n

Heather reportedly wanted a girl because she was traumatized by being sexually assaulted twice after college, according to The New York Post.<\/p>\n

With the assistance of Eric Wrubel of Warshaw Burstein, LLP, Heather and Robbie are suing CNY on 11 counts, which include breach of contract, medical malpractice and battery, The New York Post reported.<\/p>\n

Heather proceeded to do IVF after Robbie had a miscarriage \u2013 in fact, on the same day, the Post reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt attached to this baby girl, and it was going to be a tiny Robbie, which was the best part,\u201d Heather told the outlet.<\/p>\n

When Heather found out she was having a boy, she said, \u201cIt scared the sh*t out of me. I don\u2019t know how to explain this \u2014 it felt like there was an alien living inside of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heather told the Post that while she\u2019d never have an abortion, she was hoping there was a mix up with someone else, and that they\u2019d swap each other\u2019s babies after giving birth. She described seeing the ultrasound as \u201cthe worst night of [her] life,\u201d calling the experience \u201cdumbfounding and traumatizing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember lying in my bedroom, thinking, \u2018This can\u2019t be happening!\u2019 Not only was the baby in my body not ours, but the baby in my body was male and he was put there against my will, just like rape,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

Heather told the Post that her son is \u201can innocent being\u201d who \u201cdidn\u2019t deserve any of this.\u201d While she loves her son, she believes that the CNY fertility clinic interfered with the initial bonding phase of their relationship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Imagine hating half the human race so much that you conflate the baby growing in your belly to rape. So much anger. I feel bad for that kid.<\/p>\n

Source; Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n

Rep. Maxine Waters Tells Homeless People To \u2018Go Home\u2019<\/h3>\n

Lastly, we have one of Congress’ dumbest members, and a leading candidate for dumbest person overall.<\/p>\n

Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters warned a reporter not to share footage of her exchange where she told a group of homeless people to \u201cgo home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Connor Sheets reported an incident Wednesday where homeless people confronted Waters at an event amid confusion in obtaining Section 8 housing vouchers. The event was held by the advocacy group Fathers and Mothers Who Care.<\/p>\n

The group told the attendees they would only be able to provide information and enter an emergency housing database, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want everybody to go home,\u201d Waters told the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ain\u2019t got no home! That\u2019s why we\u2019re here,\u201d one person exclaimed.<\/p>\n

Where the hell we going to go to?\u201d someone said.<\/p>\n

Water said \u201cnothing\u201d would happen that day and vowed to meet with the Los Angeles Housing Service Authority (LAHSA) to assist them. One person complained that Waters\u2019 office had denied meeting requests to discuss housing issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nobody in Washington that works for the people any fucking harder than I do!\u201d Waters snapped. \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A person in the crowd pleaded for Waters to work with her to house people, to which the representative replied she assists people in need of housing everyday. She again told the people to \u201cgo home\u201d and that there were no new vouchers.<\/p>\n

When Sheets reached out to Waters concerning the incident, the lawmaker tried to convince him not to publish the story, the LA Times reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll hurt yourself and the community trying to put this together without background,\u201d Waters warned. \u201cI don\u2019t want you to start trying to write it, you won\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A separate event was held Tuesday, where several homeless citizens stood in line for several hours to receive their vouchers, though the door remained closed throughout most of the day, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Joyce Burnett, a 77-year-old disabled woman, told the Times she was denied service from LAHSA after filing all of the necessary paperwork Waters instructed her and others to fill out.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaxine Waters was here, and she said to come back Tuesday with our paperwork filled out,\u201d Burnett said. \u201cI have it, everything they asked for. But every time we get near the front of the line, they shut the door. They opened the door about 20 minutes ago and said they\u2019re not servicing anyone else today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last recorded homeless data found that 66,436 people were experiencing homelessness, a 13% increase from 2019, the outlet reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n