Police received several calls Sunday from concerned drivers who saw the father holding the toddler alongside the road at Thompson and Emerson.
In one of the 911 calls, a driver described what she saw.
“And this kid he is like trying to hold on to the kid and this kid is screaming ballistically and trying to wiggle out of his arms,” she said.
Police say the toddler was sunburned, sick and on the verge of heat exhaustion.
Cotton along with the girl’s mother, 23-year-old Lindsay Ramon, are charged with child neglect.
Cotton told reporters from jail, “I was trying to get gas money to go back to Bloomington and I had my daughter with me trying to get gas money and I got arrested.”
He claims all the money Ramon made as a stripper over the weekend was stolen.
See the full article from “WISH”
Cotton told police that he was “going to take her inside in a little bit after he got some money,” the police report stated.
An ambulance was called to the scene to check the child’s health.
The same witness told police that she saw the same child with a woman outside a Walmart store also with a sign asking for money earlier in the day.
Police said Cotton told officers that the child’s mother, later identified as Lindsay Ramon, 23, of Ellettsville, had money stolen from her purse and that they were trying to obtain cash to buy gas to return to Bloomington.
Ramon was still at the Walmart, Cotton told police, but she returned while officers were at the scene.
Ramon told officers that she hadn’t been soliciting at Walmart and that she had just started working at a strip club in Indianapolis, police said.
See the full article from “WRTV Indianapolis”
He landed a recurring role on the sketch show, “Uptown Comedy Club,” which appeared on a smattering of TV channels from 1992-1998.
Morgan found some success as Hustle Man on the sitcom “Martin,” where he played a character who sold stuff he found around the neighborhood assisted by his pet chihuahua he dressed like a rapper. He stayed with the show until 1996, when he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” after making his big-screen debut with a small part in the Martin Lawrence-led film, “A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.”
During “SNL,” Morgan found his niche by creating characters like animal-adventurer Brian Fellow, Uncle Jemima of Uncle Jemima’s Pure Mash Liquor, Bronx resident Dominican Lou, Bishop Don “Mack” Donald from Pimp Chat, Astronaut Jones, African Andy, Benny the Bengal, “Judge Judy” bailiff Bert and the sewer-dwelling Woodrow.
See the full article from “Alexandria Town Talk”
Questions: Can star TE Owen Daniels come back from a knee injury? Can injury-prone S Eugene Wilson bounce back? Can Amobi Okoye and the other DTs develop? Can journeyman Smith help the run blocking in the middle? Is Jacoby Jones the No. 2 WR? Will Dan Orlovsky or John David Booty back up QB Matt Schaub? Is there quality CB depth?
Key gains: LB Will Witherspoon (Eagles), DE Derrick Morgan (Georgia Tech), WR Damian Williams (Southern California), LB Rennie Curran (Georgia), QB Chris Simms (Broncos).
Key losses: DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (Lions), LB Keith Bullock (unsigned), TE Alge Crumpler (Patriots), RB LenDale White (traded).
Breakdown: QB Vince Young got into a 3 a.m. scrum at a Dallas strip club but received only a citation. Meanwhile, the Titans rely on good drafts. Morgan helps replace Vanden Bosch. Williams is a good route-runner who may complement No. 1 WR Kenny Britt. New deals locked up two good young players, G Eugene Amano and DT Tony Brown.
See the full article from “Buffalo News”
The media world is no longer defined by boxes – radios, computers, TVs, laptops, iPhones. It’s defined by products. In the traditional radio world, that means unique information, unique perspective, and unique events.
Ricky Bobby’s Dad in “Talladega Nights” says, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” That is absolutely true in media. When news breaks, it spreads faster than a case of the clap in a Thailand strip club. The question of where were you watching TV when… isn’t germane anyone. It’s who texted you with the news. One year ago, Michael Jackson died. I don’t know anyone who found out via TV or radio. TMZ reported it via Twitter, and like 100-million dominos simultaneously falling, it was retweeted to everyone under 30. Then they called their parents to let them know.
See the full article from “Kent Sterling (blog)”
The United States for the first time was assessed in the report and gave itself a Tier 1 ranking. Yet, the report did not cover the US in glory. It stated that 14,500 to 17,000 people are trafficked to the US each year but prosecutions are in the hundreds. It described the US as “a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labour, debt bondage, and forced prostitution“.
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It is estimated that nearly a million men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Last year, the International Labour Organisation estimated there were 12.3 million persons in forced labour, sex trafficking, debt bondage and working as child soldiers around the world. The result is that girls and women are forced into prostitution, labourers are made to work in dangerous conditions and nannies and domestic workers are trapped into various forms of slavery.
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Like it or not, we in Jamaica have to confront the reality that there is definitely exploitation of the poor via prostitution and drug smuggling. Let us throw the light on the murky world of human trafficking and try to end this shameful practice.
See the full article from “Jamaica Gleaner”
Sri Lanka on Tier 2 watch list on human trafficking
The US State Department has placed Sri Lanka on ‘Tier 2’ watch list on human trafficking which has now become a burning issue in the island nation.
In the latest report compiled by the US State Department on human trafficking has stated that Sri Lanka primarily a source and, to a much lesser extent, a destination for men and women subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution.
The report had also mentioned that there is evidence some sub-agents cooperated with Sri Lankan officials to procure forged or modified documents, or real documents with false data, to facilitate travel abroad. Some women were promised jobs as domestic workers in other countries, but after arriving were instead forced to work in brothels, mainly in Singapore.
See the full article from “Asian Tribune”
Mike, I’m sorry to admit it but I had thought you had already hit rock bottom. Then you write a rediculous article like this one. Dude, you are in the wrong business.
First, having lived in IN as a child, growing up on listening to the 500 on the radio, I look forward to Jim Nabors singing “Back Home Again in Indiana”.
Second, Danica Patrick is at best a mediocore driver. Except for her one victory she hasn’t accomplished anything of note on the track. It’s ironic how she is embraced because of her association with go.daddy.com. She’s accepted for all the reasons women hate. She pimps herself. Now NASCAR wants her. Why? To help reverse lagging ticket sales, boost tv ratings, and pump up merchandise sales by using, not driving talent, but her sexuality. Just look at a couple of the commercials she was in today.
See the full article from “msnbc.com”
Texas to Stay in the Big 12
by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | June 15th, 2010
The Big 12 will survive, courtesy of big ol’ Texas.
It got a little scary for a moment there, and may have prompted Vince Young to attack a strip club owner, but the Texas Longhorns are avoiding the move to the PAC 10 and Big 10 and staying in the Big 12.
As soon as Texas said it was staying in the Big 12, followed by pledges from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M.
“University of Texas President Bill Powers has informed us that the 10 remaining schools in the Big 12 Conference intend to stay together,” Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. “We are excited about the future of the Pac-10 Conference and we will continue to evaluate future expansion opportunities under the guidelines previously set forth by our Presidents and Chancellors.”
See the full article from “Bodog Beat”
5. Utah. The Pac 10 is one school away from getting a championship game, and all of the TV money that comes from such a game. Utah is the obvious school to join now, and Pac 10 officials have been spotted negotiating with the school.
6. The Big East and ACC. Rumor was that if the Pac 10 really went to 16, then the Big 10, now 12 and SEC were going to go on a feeding frenzy and raid those conferences for schools. Now these two weak football conferences will get to keep their BCS bowl status, despite a continued inability to field a team that could legitimately compete in Conference USA.
7. Orangebloods.com and Chip Brown: suck it, ESPN. These guys have owned this story and have made everybody else reporting on it look like fools.
8. Vince Young: Mr. Young got into a vicious fight inside a Dallas strip club on Saturday night, but this story has been lost in all of the hoopla over conference realignment.
See the full article from “Houston Press (blog)”