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From homeless drifter to millionaire
Saturday, 01.30.10
THE NOVACK FAMILY
Troubled Novack son goes from drifter to millionaire
In another twist to a famous family's history, a troubled son has inherited millions from his mother.
JULIE BROWN
Miami Herald
A little more than a year ago, a homeless drifter named Ronald Marc Novack surfaced to claim a $100,000 inheritance from the estate of his late mother, Bella Novack.
It was a curious rags to riches story: the long lost 62-year-old man who spent most of his adult life living in the woods could now eat a handsome meal and sleep in his own bed.
What wasn't known at the time was that his mother's estate wasn't worth $100,000; it was worth millions -- and he was the sole heir.
He also carried a secret: He was the adopted son of Bella and the late Ben Novack Sr., who built and ran a number of hotels in Miami Beach, including the storied Fontainebleau resort.
His father and mother went through a bitter divorce. Ben Novack Sr. was having an affair with a model, Bernice, whom he later married, and together, had a son, Ben Novack Jr., in 1959.
Ben Novack Sr. had very little to do with his adopted son after the divorce. And when he died in 1985, he left the bulk of his estate to his biological son and, in a codicil, willed Ronald Novack just $1.
The Novack sons would live very different lives -- one would fall into mental illness and eventually wander the streets, panhandling; the other enjoyed all the spoils of rich and famous parents: private schools, elaborate parties, exotic vacations, chauffeur-driven limousines.
Until last July, when tragedy befell part of the Novack family. Novack Jr. turned up dead in a New York hotel room leaving police to sort out the murder and family members to fight over his multimillion-dollar estate.
In the meantime, Novack's disowned son surfaced to collect his mother's inheritance -- eight years after her death.
And in a twist of fate, Ronald Novack would end up with something from his father that was far more valueable than the $1 he had left him.
TALE OF 2 BROTHERSThe probate file in the Broward County Courthouse is now four inches thick -- its contents filled with accusations of infidelity, theft and murder.
It's labeled simply: ``Ben Novack Jr.''
Novack Jr., a self-made multimillionaire, was found beaten to death July 12 in what appears to have been a hit.
Now, a legal fist-a-cuffs battle between his wife and other family members wages on as the file is stuffed almost daily with depositions, interrogatories and court orders.
A probate trial on his estate is set to start Monday.
Novack Jr.'s wife, Narcy -- a prime suspect in his murder -- is fighting off attempts by her daughter and her husband's aunt to block her from being named personal representative of the will on the grounds that she committed the murder. But no one has been charged in the crime, and until that is settled, the estate has been placed in the hands of a curator, Fort Lauderdale lawyer Douglas Hoffman.
But the will of another member of the Novack dynasty has also been under scrutiny in the county's probate division -- that of Bella Novack -- who died in 2001.
Turns out that as part of her divorce settlement, Bella Novack received a 1.5-acre piece of land at 3101 Collins Ave., which was once the former Sans Souci Hotel.
By the time of his death, Ben Novack Sr., had lost all his hotels and had very little left of his fortune. His relationship with his biological son was strained for many years and, prior to his father's death, Ben Jr. tried to have his father declared mentally incompetent.
But Bella Novack held onto the Miami Beach property, collecting about $30,000 annually after taxes for the leased building.
After she died, the estate fell into the hands of a trustee -- a cousin and Oregon musician Craig Einhorn-- who was assigned to disburse the estate in installments to Ronald Novack.
Einhorn and his family began looking for Ronald Novack in 1999, hiring private investigators and using other sources, all of them unsuccessful. Ronald Novack worked for a time as a desk clerk at the Fontainebleau, but vanished off and on, sometimes showing up at his mother's Fort Lauderdale doorstep when he needed money.
Life on the streets meant hand-outs, food stamps and sleeping in cars.
Finally, believing Ronald Novack was dead, Einhorn moved to terminate Novack's interests in 2008.
``We looked for him for years. We thought he fell into a ditch and was eaten by an alligator,'' said Einhorn, 44.
But two days before a judge was to declare him dead, Ronald Novack surfaced at the Broward County Courthouse and walked up to a stranger, telling him about the inheritance.
The stranger, lawyer Richard Ansara, had doubts, but promised to look into it. But by the time Ansara confirmed that Novack was entitled to money from his mother's will, the drifter had disappeared again.
Ansara went public with the story of the missing homeless heir, and a few days later, on Aug. 7, 2008, Novack came forward.
He never revealed that he was part of the famous Novack family, saying that his father ``Benjamin'' was ``a landlord'' who died in the 1970s. He admitted that he had a record of petty theft, mostly related to his homelessness.
``Please be advised that I, Ronald Marc Novack, is alive and well,'' Novack wrote the judge overseeing his mother's estate after he surfaced.
Ansara tried unsuccessfully to show that Einhorn was trying to prevent his cousin from collecting the estate.
The estate has since been settled with no dispute, and Ronald Novack is being well taken care of, said Einhorn's lawyer, Douglas Hoffman -- the same lawyer in charge of Ben Novack Jr.'s estate.
``Bella's will is not being contested,'' Hoffman said. ``Ronnie is a very troubled young man. There is a trust for his benefit. He receives all the benefits and more from the assets.''
RAGS TO RICHESTurns out that Ronald Novack, once a pauper, is now prosperous. Einhorn sold the Collins Avenue property for $7.5 million and has invested the money so that his cousin will live out the rest of his life comfortably.
Einhorn said he got a good deal for the land, considering it was sold after the real estate bust and that the hotel on the property has a 99-year lease. Private appraisers valued the property at only $1.5 million, he said.
Concerned that Novack would misspend the money, his mother created a trust, allocating her son $400 a week and $5,000 more a year on the anniversary of her death. His healthcare and any emergency provisions are to be covered by the trust.
Einhorn said Novack has received far more than his mother decreed in her will, and that he is living well -- though Einhorn won't say where.
The Miami Herald was unsuccessful in reaching Ronald Novack's new attorney, Adrian Thomas, or his former attorney, Richard Ansara.
As for the sale of the property, Einhorn said that the rent for the estate -- after taxes -- wasn't worth keeping the property because it was fixed at the same amount since it was leased more than seven decades ago.
``The appraisal takes into consideration the lease which is binding on the property. The land apart from that lease I'm sure was worth a lot more,'' Einhorn said.
Other than the costs of administering the trust, he said he hasn't made a penny.
Einhorn said he was keeping his cousin's location secret because he wants to protect him.
``I feel any articles written about my cousin, Ronnie, is not in his best interest,'' Einhorn said. ``Because he lives a transient lifestyle, any information that gets published might make people go out and take advantage of him.''
Craig's mother, who was close to Bella, said they are happy that Ronald Novack is now safe.
``Here is someone who could have had everything and he was living on the streets,'' said Leah Einhorn, who is related to the family by marriage.
She said his mother tried her best to care for her son, but he refused to take medication.
``Mental illness is such a tragedy. It's so sad, because if he took the medication, he could have had a wonderful life.''
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Entry #1,710
President Obama and newly-elected GOP senator Scott Brown are relatives
Getty/NewsThey may be rivals, but President Obama (l.) and newly elected Mass. Sen. Scott Brown are tenth cousins, according to a genealogical society.
President Obama's failed bid to derail the candidacy of newly elected Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown wasn't just politics - it was a family feud.
It turns out that Obama and the rising Republican star are 10th cousins, the New England Historic Genealogical Society says.
"The President's reaction is that Sen. Brown clearly comes from the better-looking branch of the family," White House spokesman Bill Burton said Friday when told of the finding.
Brown, who once posed in the pages of Cosmo, was also complimentary after learning earlier that he and Obama were kin.
"I'm glad to be in such distinguished company," Brown said.
Don't expect a family reunion anytime soon. Brown's unexpected victory - over the Democrat that Obama had been backing to win the seat that the late Sen. Ted Kennedy held for a half-century - derailed the president's plans to push through health care reform.
Obama's late mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, and Brown's mother, Judith Ann Rugg, both descend from Richard Singletary of Haverhill, Mass., who died in 1687 at the remarkably ripe age of 102.
"I think it's a really interesting thing, where you have the separation between a Democrat and a Republican, but you have one link," said geneologist David Allen Lambert, who helped make the connection.
But Brown is not the only Republican in Obama's ancestral closet.
Two years ago, the society discovered that Obama was also distantly related to presidents George H.W. Bush, his son, George W. Bush, and Gerald Ford - all Republicans.
He's also related to president James Madison, who was a Democrat-Republican.
Obama can also claim as kin former Democratic presidents Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson and Harry Truman - and actor Brad Pitt.
Entry #1,709
Thief arrested after 20 years of stealing 20,000 shoes and photos of men
Baltimore Sun
January 29, 2010
Shoe theft suspect arrested
Police in Delaware announced Friday night that they have arrested a man in connection with a spree of burglaries over the past two decades in which thousands of pairs of men's shoes and photos of men were stolen.
The break in the case came after a passerby spotted three duffel bags of shoes left in a Maryland creek near the Delaware line and reported seeing a person drive off in a yellow Mitubishi Eclipse, according to authorities.
Police said the suspect, from Delaware, mainly targeted student housing in the off-campus area of the University of Delaware, striking during breaks such as Christmas and Easter.
Police said the searched the man's home and seized 150 boxes of shoes and photograhs, photos taken from a college fraternity, eight guitars, one mandolin, eight snowboards, a surfboard and sports equipment, all linked to burglaries.
Authoritie also said they confirmed that the shoes found in the Maryland creek were from the burglaries, which they said span a period of 20 years.
Walter J. Rubincon, 46, of Newark, has been charged with 25 counts of burglary, 77 counts of theft and 15 counts of criminal mischief.
Here's a statement from police in Newark, Delaware:
SUBJECT: Shoe Burglar In Custody
The Newark Police Department announces the arrest of the “Shoe Burglar”. Working from the description of the yellow Mitsubishi Eclipse provided by a witness, the investigator was able to connect the defendant to numerous burglaries and thefts involving men’s shoes and photographs of men.
Three truckloads of stolen property were recovered from the defendant’s house. The property includes approximately 150 boxes of shoes and photographs. A count has not yet been conducted, but it is a safe estimate that the boxes contain several thousand shoes. Several fraternity composite pictures were also seized. The remaining recovered items include eight guitars, one mandolin, eight snowboards, a surfboard, and sports equipment that were also stolen during the burglaries. It has been confirmed that the shoes recovered last week from the Little Elk Creek in Cecil County, MD were part of the shoe burglar’s stash. The investigation revealed that the defendant has been stealing shoes in and around Newark for about 20 years.
Entry #1,708
Pair puts drugs in courtroom jury box
January 28, 2010 12:06 am
Suspected drug plot in courtroom foiled
Deputies honed in on two suspects after monitoring a jail phone call.
JEFF TUCKER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
An attempt to sneak prescription pain killers into the Pueblo County jail through the judicial building was foiled by Pueblo County Sheriff's deputies Wednesday.
Phil Martinez, 26, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to introduce contraband into the jail, after he was observed walking into the Division C courtroom and dropping a bag of narcotics in the jury box, the Sheriff's office said.
Sheriff's detectives said the narcotics were intended for Martinez's girlfriend, Felisha Trujillo, 22, an inmate at the jail who was due in court for a sentencing that day.
Martinez is being held on additional charges of possession of a controlled substance, unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, conspiracy and two counts of violating a restraining order.
Trujillo is being held on suspicion of introduction of contraband, possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy. Deputies said they learned of Martinez's plan to deliver the drugs to his girlfriend by monitoring a phone call between the two earlier in the day.
Deputy Laurie Kilpatrick said the sheriff's office worked with District Judge Victor Reyes to monitor the courtroom.
At 11 a.m., detectives observed Martinez walk into the empty courtroom and drop the bag of narcotics in the jury box.
Martinez was arrested by deputies as he left the judicial building.
The incident happened minutes after more than 70 fifth-graders from Belmont Elementary School had finished a mock trial in the same courtroom.
This photo provided by the Pubelo County Detention Center shows Phil Martinez , who Pueblo County authorities say tried to get narcotics into jail for his girlfriend, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 through a courtroom exchange at her sentencing hearing. (AP Photo/Pubelo County Detention Center) (AP / January 28, 2010)
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AP / January 28, 2010 This photo provided by the Pubelo County Detention Center shows Felisha Trujillo, who Pueblo County authorities say tried, with her boyfriend, to get narcotics into jail, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 through a courtroom exchange at her own sentencing hearing. (AP Photo/Pubelo County Detention Center)
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Entry #1,707
Meet the world's second 'pregnant MAN'
Fame PicturesScott, 30, who is legally married to Thomas because he still has a female birth certificate, says he is eagerly looking forward to giving birth.
They have decided to call the child ‘Miles’.
‘We know some people will criticise us but we are blissfully happy and not ashamed,’ Scott said.
The couple, from California, already have two children - Gregg, 12, and Logan, 10 - who Thomas had with a previous female partner.
The case is similar to that of Thomas Beatie, from Oregon, who made headlines around the world in 2008 when he gave birth to a girl.
Scott, who started out in life as a girl named Jessica, first realised he wanted to be a man when he hit puberty aged 11.
‘When I told my family they thought I was crazy but they gradually realised I was serious and allowed me to start taking male hormones when I was 16 years old,’ he said.
His parents paid $4,600 for Scott to have his 36DDD chest removed. However, he could not afford the gender surgery, so still has female organs.
Thomas, who used to be called Laura, had a hysterectomy and gender reassignment surgery last year.
'Not ashamed': Scott and Thomas posted photos of themselves online. They have been together since 2007 after meeting at a support group for transgender men
They met in 2005 at a support group meeting for transgender men but lost touch – but saw each other again in 2007.
‘We knew we had to be together,’ Scott said. ‘Two months later I gave up my job to live with Thomas and the boys.
‘Now they call me “dad two”.’The couple, who live in a four-bedroom house, decided in December 2008 to try for a baby.
Scott was inseminated with the sperm of a male friend and fell pregnant in June 2009.
‘We were so happy we did what all gay men do when they get excited - we went shopping,’ Thomas said.
'Two dads': Scott and Thomas with Gregg and Logan at their home in California. Thomas had the boys with a previous female partner who died
The couple have dismissed concerns that Miles might be teased at school, saying they are confident they can deal with it.
‘We've been through it already,’ Thomas said.
‘My son Logan was bullied but now he just says to teasers: “You may have a problem with my two dads but I don't so you're not hurting me”.’
Scott plans to have a natural birth at their local hospital. Their doctor and obstetrician have told the medics at the local hospital.
‘We didn't want everyone to be shocked when a man turns up to give birth,’ Scott said.‘We found it very difficult to get a doctor and midwife at first. It was hard when people didn't want to treat me.
‘No pregnant person should be denied healthcare just because they are a man.’
But he added: ‘I'm looking forward to giving birth now. With Thomas at my side everything will be just fine.’
Thomas said: ‘We want to show the world that trans-families can be healthy, loving and nurturing.’
LINK TO PHOTOS OF NEW BABY AND FAMILY:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1246153/Second-pregnant-man-Scott-Moore-birth-baby-boy-month.html#ixzz0e3hGRaY3
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Entry #1,706
Pastor pulls gun on son for poor church attendance
Alcoa pastor's son accuses him of pulling gun during argument at church
Mark Boxley
The Daily Times
Originally published: January 28. 2010 3:01AM
Last modified: January 28. 2010 12:19AM
The 32-year-old son of a well-known Alcoa pastor has taken out an order of protection against his father, claiming the man threatened him with a gun during an argument over the younger man's lack of church attendance.
The order of protection filed Monday by Michael Louis Colquitt, 32, Grayson Drive, Alcoa, stems from a Friday incident Colquitt reported to Alcoa police Sunday.
Colquitt reportedly told officers that his father — Joe Colquitt, 60, Evergreen Farms Lane, Greenback — called him to St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 178 Bessie Harvey Ave., Alcoa, “so they could talk.” Joe Colquitt was listed in the Alcoa report as being pastor at the church.
Once Michael Colquitt arrived to meet his father, he said Joe Colquitt was upset because he wasn't attending church like he should, and at some point alleged the argument came to a head with the pastor pulling out a handgun.
“(Michael) Colquitt stated (Joe) Colquitt pulled out a handgun and stated he would kill him, his wife and family,” the report said. “(Michael) Colquitt stated (his father) was upset because he cussed him.”
In the order of protection filed by Michael Colquitt — which was served to Joe Colquitt Tuesday — the allegations made by the younger man go one step further, as he claims his father “pulled out a gun and loaded it ... he pointed it at me numerous times ... he also punched me in my face.”
When officers contacted Joe Colquitt, he reportedly admitted that he did pull out a handgun during the argument, but said he pointed it at the ceiling, not his son.
The pastor denied threatening his son's wife and family, but said he told the 32-year-old that “because he cussed his father, God could kill his wife and family.”
According to the Tennessee Department of Safety, Joe Colquitt does not currently have a permit to carry a handgun.
Joe Colquitt declined to comment for this story when contacted by The Daily Times.
A phone message left for Michael Colquitt seeking comment was not returned.
The Alcoa police report also listed Joe Colquitt as an employee of Blount Memorial Hospital. While a representative of the hospital said she could not “confirm the employment status of any Blount Memorial Hospital employee or potential employee,” Colquitt was listed as working in customer relations in a BMH newsletter from October 2009. He was also listed as a BMH chaplain and customer service representative in an April 3, 2009 article in The Daily Times.
When the reporting officer contacted the Blount County District Attorney's Office about the case and explained the situation Monday, the office declined to prosecute Joe Colquitt “based on the conflicting stories and (because) there were no witnesses,” the report said.
The order of protection filed Monday prohibits Joe Colquitt from contacting Michael Colquitt or his family, and seeks to have a judge order the minister to “attend available counseling programs that address violence and control issues or substance abuse problems,” and prohibit him from owning, possessing, transporting or using a firearm or ammunition.
The case involving the order of protection is set to be heard at 9 a.m. Feb. 4 in front of Blount County General Sessions Judge Robert Headrick.
The Daily Times
Joe Colquitt's son has taken an order of protection out against him.
Link to Order of protection:
http://www.thedailytimes.com/assets/docs/MT70480127.PDF
Link to Alcoa police report:
Entry #1,705
Funeral director finds dead man not dead
Dead man not dead
A POLISH funeral director said he opened the coffin of a 76-year-old man to retrieve items for the bereaved family only to discover the man was still alive
Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 3:12 PM on 25th January 2010
A Polish beekeeper pronounced dead after he suffered a suspected heart attack was about to be sealed up in a coffin when a funeral director miraculously discovered a faint pulse.
Jozef Guzy collapsed as he started work among his beloved hives near the southern city of Katowice.
An ambulance was called and an experienced doctor declared that the 76-year-old had died.
Jerzy Wisniewski, a spokesman for the Regional Ambulance Service in Katowice, said: 'The patient was not breathing, there was no heart beat, the body had cooled - all are the characteristics of death.
Three hours later, an undertaker arrived to take Mr Guzy's body away.
As Mr Wysluchato fiddled with the watch chain he happened to touch Mr Guzy's neck and detected a pulse.
He said: 'I touched around the neck artery and suddenly realised he asn't dead after all. I checked again and shouted, "It's a pulse!"
'I had a friend check and he noticed the man was breathing. God, it was a miracle!"
The ambulance was called again and the same doctor returned. He confirmed the pensioner had 'come back from the dead'.
Mr Guzy was taken to hospital where puzzled doctors failed to find anything wrong with him.
After a few days rest, he was sent home.
Mr Wysluchato said: 'Thank God I did not close the coffin - if I had done that it would have been a tragedy.
'Something touched me to touch his neck - I'm so pleased he's alive.'
His wife, Ludmila, said: ‘I could not believe it when they said he was dead. The doctor put a white sheet over him and three hours later local undertakers pulled up.’
Mr Guzy added: ‘The undertaker saved my life. The first thing I did when I got out of hospital was take him a pot of honey.’
Alive and well: Jozef Guzy was declared dead by a doctor after he collapsed
Discovery: Funeral director Dariusz Wysluchato with the coffin he was about to seal when he happened to detect Mr Guzy's pulse and so was able to rescue himRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1245843/He-noise-raise-dead-Beekeeper-wakes-coffin-doctor-declares-dead.html#ixzz0e2rc2XyW
Entry #1,703
Baby Born Without Eyes
Florida Baby Born Without Eyes
A baby in Florida is born with a rare condition that has left her without eyes.
Entry #1,702
No Sex For A Year Could Equal Divorce
No Sex For A Year Could Equal Divorce In Md.
Current Law Requires Many Couples To Live Seperately For Year
POSTED: 2:23 pm EST January 28, 2010
UPDATED: 7:32 pm EST January 28, 2010
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A Maryland lawmaker wants to allow courts to grant divorces to couples after they go a year without having sex instead of forcing them to live apart during the waiting period.
Click To Read The Bill
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/hb/hb0336f.pdf
Montgomery County Delegate Luiz Simmons is behind the legislation.
Simmons, an attorney, said he's backing the measure to ease the initial financial burden for couples seeking a mutual, uncontested divorce.
Maryland divorce law currently requires many couples to live separately for a year before they can receive an uncontested divorce.
Simmons said the cost of that requirement can be very challenging for some couples, especially when both parties must live in places large enough to accommodate children.
The measure would allow couples to remain in the same house if they're not having sex during the yearlong waiting period.
Entry #1,701
Dentist's drill bit left in head for 11 months
Dentist's drill bit left in head for 11 months, lawsuit says
Marlene Sokol
Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
TAMPA — Donna Delgado just wasn't healing properly after dental surgery.
There was too much bleeding, too much pain. Her head hurt. She was dizzy. She had nosebleeds and sinus infections.
And with good reason, according to her lawsuit: The surgeon left an inch-long piece of steel in the wound.
Lodged in Delgado's right maxillary sinus, the drill bit burr made the 35-year-old woman miserable for nearly a year as she held down a job and cared for her children, her lawyer said.
She wound up in a hospital, where the medical staff detected the foreign object. She was referred to another hospital for surgery.
"The poor thing," said the lawyer, Anthony Martino. "You don't know how horrible it's been for her."
Reached by phone, the oral surgeon, Ralph Eichstaedt, would not discuss Delgado's treatment or the lawsuit.
"I don't think I have any comment at this time," he said. Nor was there any immediate comment from Dental Health Group, also named in the suit.
Delgado, who declined to be interviewed, first visited the dental office at 1060 W Busch Blvd. in August 2008, according to the suit.
Eichstaedt, who has since stopped practicing there, recommended pulling two decayed teeth, the suit said. Delgado returned two weeks later for the procedure.
Eichstaedt used the burr to separate the teeth and make the extraction easier, Martino said. Somewhere along the line, the burr became detached and lost.
A simple X-ray during a followup visit would have detected the metal piece, Martino said.
Instead, he alleges, Delgado was sent away repeatedly.
A nurse for an insurance company, Delgado had premium dental coverage, he said.
It didn't matter.
"She was discharged, and they said, 'Get over it,' " he said. "When she went back to complain, they kept saying, 'This is normal,' and 'Stop complaining.' "
According to the lawsuit, which asks for unspecified damages and a jury trial, Delgado was experiencing dizziness and numbness on her right side, where the burr was.
Concerned about the numbness, she was taken for emergency treatment at St. Joseph's Hospital on July 13, 2009.
Not knowing about the burr, doctors performed a magnetic scan that caused the object to move inside her head, Martino said.
"She was in excruciating pain," he said, adding that the shifting of the burr could have killed her.
Doctors debated whether it would be safe to remove the object, but Dr. Dennis Agliano, an ear-nose-and-throat specialist, said it must come out.
He removed it on Aug. 27.
Delgado still has not fully recovered from the effects of the incident, which could include nickel poisoning, Martino said.
[STEPHEN J. CODDINGTON | Times]Donna Delgado’s lawyer holds up an inch-long drill bit burr that he says was left behind after her dental surgery was botched in 2008.
Entry #1,700
Baby Left At Day Care For Week
Police: Baby Left At Day Care For Week
Baby In Protective Custody; Teen Mother To Undergo Evaluations
POSTED: 10:10 am EST January 28, 2010
UPDATED: 10:32 am EST January 28, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. -- An 18-year-old Nebraska woman is accused of child neglect after police said she left her baby with her day care provider for a week, Omaha TV station KETV reported.
The baby is 2 months old.
The day care provider told KETV that she knew the infant's mom, Haley Nugent, from about five years ago.
Nugent asked if the baby could live with her because she didn't have suitable housing for the baby, the provider said.
She said she told Nugent she could move in with her and help with care. On Jan. 18, Nugent told her she needed to collect a few things and asked her to watch the baby for just one night, police said.
But after seven days, Nugent still had not returned despite repeated attempts by the day care provider to contact her, the provider said.
Nugent said she eventually called the day care provider, but the provider said Nugent was drunk and told her she was coming to get the baby without a car seat.
The provider called Child Protective Services, which put the 8-week-old in protective custody.
Health and Human Services said Nugent will go through a series of evaluations to determine if she'll get her daughter back.
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Entry #1,699
Chris Matthews I Forgot Obama Was Black For An Hour
Entry #1,698
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