Southwest
Oklahoma family recalls hospital nightmare after college students allegedly drugged at Cancun resort
The family and friends of the Oklahoma State University students who were allegedly drugged while on vacation at a resort in Cancun are sharing more details about the harrowing event that unfolded.
“This is really hitting home tonight as I sit here and think about just one week ago today our worst nightmare started,” said Stephanie Snider, whose son Jake, is dating one of the girls who was allegedly drugged. “This time last Friday night we were in constant contact with my son on the phone while his girlfriend was in the so-called ICU in a Mexico hospital…so sedated that she couldn’t open her eyes or speak.”
Disturbing photos shared by Zara Hull and her family show the moment Hull and Kaylie Pitze say they became unconscious after drinking the tainted water Aug. 1.
“I had called my mom at like 10 that morning to tell her how beautiful the resort was and how amazing it was. By 4:30, Jake called her and let her know that I was completely incoherent, like I was gone, like I was unconscious,” Hull told Fox 32 News.
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Hull and a group of friends were in Cancun for a four-day trip that was quickly cut short after she and Pitze had a few drinks of the tainted water.
Jake took both girls back up to their room, but transported Hull to a local hospital after she began throwing up and having what he thought was a seizure.
In her most recent post on social media, Snider says after Jake took the girls to the hospital is when the rest of the nightmare continued.
“My son was not allowed to stay with her. We had to pay $200 for him to have a room upstairs for the night. It was the 2nd floor of the hospital and the floor was completely VACANT. The room was merely a hospital room. The door would not lock from the inside-only the outside,” Snider said.
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Snider continued saying that her son was afraid to sleep or close his eyes for fear of someone coming in and doing something to him. She said Jake was not allowed to see Hull again until the next morning.
When her son was able to see Hull again, Snider said Hull was on a ventilator, and Jake was told they were taking her to another location to do an MRI.
“He told them to STOP EVERYTHING he’s taking her out. We told him, “do NOT let them take her, do NOT let them do anything else to her-we were working on getting them out!” Snider said.
Snider added that her worst fears were that something worse was about to take place.
“We believe they were planning to take her away to be trafficked or perhaps even to take her organs (which is what we were later told is a common thing that is done). They most likely would have done something to my son as well, possibly even death,” Snider continued.
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Snider said that this whole ordeal was real and should be a warning for other people traveling to resorts outside the country.
“This is happening a lot, folks. To people all the time. It could be you or your family next time. PLEASE be aware. As parents of Jake, and Zara’s and Kaylie’s parents, we still can’t close our eyes at night because these things are still haunting us,” Snider said.
“For Jake, he is never going to forget the hell he went through to get Zara and himself out of there alive. For Zara and Kaylie, they have horrible feelings of only what we told them happened to them and yet no memory at all during the ordeal-but are tortured by the fact it happened to them,” Snider continued.
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Nearly 27 hours later and after spending thousands of dollars, Hull’s family was able to negotiate with the U.S. Embassy and have her flown to Dallas to continue medical treatment.
Hull was released from the hospital and returned home to Oklahoma with Jake on Sunday, Snider wrote.
Snider said the name of the resort or hospital is not being released at this time due to legal and privacy issues.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Southern California deputy dragged across parking lot by suspect vehicle
A man is in custody after authorities said he dragged a deputy with his car during an attempted arrest in Ventura.
The suspect was identified as Bryan Ismael Torres, 30, from Ventura, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
At the time, he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. On Aug. 13, deputies spotted Torres at a gas station at around 8:30 p.m.
Authorities approached Torres and attempted to arrest him but he refused to cooperate, deputies said. He got back into his car and drove away while deputies were still trying to take him into custody.
As the suspect sped off, “he dragged one of the deputies from his vehicle a distance through the gas station parking lot” before escaping, authorities said.
The deputy was transported to a local hospital for injury treatment. His wounds were non-life-threatening, officials confirmed.
The Ventura Police Department arrived at the scene and took over the investigation. The next day, officers located Torres in Oxnard where he was taken into custody.
He was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting an executive officer and the initial outstanding Post Release Offender Status felony warrant.
He is being held on $10,000 bail. An arraignment hearing is scheduled for Aug. 16 at Ventura County Superior Court.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to call Ventura Police Detective Stephanie Avila at 805-339-4478.
Southwest
Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's daughter running for mother's old House seat: 'I want to finish for my mom!'
Late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter, Erica Lee Carter, announced Monday she is running in the special election for the U.S. House seat formerly held by her mother to finish the remainder of the late congresswoman’s term.
This comes after Jackson Lee, D-Texas, died last month at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. She had represented Texas’ 18th congressional district for 30 years.
Lee Carter said in a statement: “I want to finish for my mom!”
“Nearly two weeks after we laid my dear mother, the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to rest, I am humbled to thank the entire Houston community for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support and appreciation for our entire family,” Lee Carter wrote. “As I witnessed my mother’s tremendous commitment to public service and legislative acumen firsthand, the countless stories and moments that I have heard since her passing have made her ‘larger than life’ presence even more so.”
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“The people of the 18th Congressional District, re-elected my mother to the 118th Congress to protect their interest and uphold our democratic values,” she continued. “Congresswoman Jackson Lee kept their interests in her heart and mind until the very end. Since then, so many community leaders and democratic stalwarts have requested that I consider completing her term this year by running in the November 5th Special Election. After careful consideration, the answer is YES.”
Jackson Lee also previously battled breast cancer, having been diagnosed in 2011, before announcing the following year she was cancer free.
Prior to her time in Congress, Jackson Lee served as a judge before she was elected to an at-large Houston City Council seat in 1989.
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Last year, Jackson Lee ran an unsuccessful campaign for Houston mayor, losing by a wide margin to then-state Sen. John Whitmire, also a Democrat, before announcing she would seek re-election in Congress.
“My Mom was the ultimate finisher,” Lee Carter wrote. “She would stay until the latest hour at her D.C. Congressional office, she supported community events late into the evening, made calls doing the ‘people’s business’ until the wee hours of the morning, closed every important meeting with an ask, solution, or next step and never took ‘No’ as a final answer.”
Lee Carter said she cared for her mother until her passing.
The winner of the special election, which will be held on Nov. 5, would only fill the seat for the remainder of the current term, which runs through Jan. 3.
A separate election, which will also be held on Nov. 5 for the general election, will be for the opportunity to hold the seat for the next Congress, which runs from Jan. 3, 2025 until Jan. 3, 2027. Harris County Democratic Party precinct chairs will meet on Tuesday to nominate a candidate in that race to run against Republican Lana Centonze in the district considered safe for Democrats.
Lee Carter said if the people of Texas’ 18th congressional district entrust her with their vote, then she wishes to complete the 118th session “in the way that [Jackson Lee] would have, by supporting justice, equality, healthcare, human rights and economic opportunity for all.”
“I call on all Harris County Democrats to unite to ensure that the people of the 118th Congressional District regain their vote on critical national issues,” Lee Carter said. “Together, we will finish for my Mom, The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee.”
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Los Angeles, Ca
Man selling child sexual abuse material in Southern California took Amazon gift cards as payment
A 30-year-old man in San Bernardino County has been arrested it was discovered had nearly 3,000 files of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), authorities announced Thursday.
Investigators with the Redlands Police Department arrested Bradley Clarence Peck on Aug. 13 near his home in the 13300 block of First Avenue in Victorville.
After receiving two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, detectives served a search warrant at his residence, recovering numerous electronic devices containing more than 2,950 of CSAM, a Redland PD news release stated.
Authorities determined that the 30-year-old, who works for a company with locations in Redlands and Rancho Cucamonga, used a KIK messenger app to upload the illicit material in approximately 20 transactions with other users.
“Peck sold the images through KIK and other online apps in exchange for Amazon gift cards and cash transactions to his PayPal and Cash App accounts,” the release noted.
Peck was booked at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino and released on $30,000 bail.
“This investigation is part of an ongoing operation by the Internet Crimes Against Children’s regional task force known as Online Guardian 2.0 to crack down on the sexual exploitation of children online. The regional task force includes law enforcement agencies from San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties,” authorities said.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact Redlands Police Dispatch at 909-798-7681, ext. 1.
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