GAME FREAK

Florida man suffocated his young, crying son so he could play video games on his Xbox and watch TV, sheriff’s deputies said Friday. Cody Wygant, 24, is charged with third-degree murder and child neglect. He was being held Friday without bail at the Citrus County Jail. Sixteen-month-old Daymeon Wygant wasn’t breathing when emergency crews arrived at the home Thursday morning. The child pronounced dead at a hospital, investigators said. “It is inconceivable that a father could kill his infant son — it just baffles the mind,” Sheriff Jeff Dawsy said.  ”Our only sense of relief now comes from knowing that we did exactly what we needed to do to bring justice to him swiftly.

DRUNK TEACHER

An Estero High School teacher was arrested on a DUI charge as she drove to work Monday morning, Lee County sheriff’s deputies said. Nancy Vaughn, listed as a reading teacher on the school’s website, had blood alcohol content readings of 0.26 and 0.27, more than three times the legal limit, at 9:11 a.m., about two hours after deputies pulled her over in Estero, according to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Deputies said Vaughn, 57, of Bonita Springs, was swerving across lanes at 20 mph on Three Oaks Parkway, about a mile from Estero High School, when a deputy stopped her at about 7 a.m., roughly the same time as the start of school. Vaughn told deputies she hadn’t consumed alcohol or taken any prescription drugs, and that she was driving 45 mph en route to her job as a teacher, the report said. 

PLAYING DOCTOR??

An Arkansas gynecologist is facing video voyeurism charges after he allegedly used his cell phone to take nude photos of patients during office exams. Police began investigating Paul Becton, Jr. earlier this month after a patient told cops that she was concerned that the 68-year-old doctor “produced his cellular telephone and took photographs of her pubic region and buttocks” during an office visit, according to an arrest affidavit. Armed with a search warrant, Arkansas State Police investigators seized Becton’s phone during an April 10 visit to his office in Paragould, a city about 20 miles northeast of Jonesboro. A subsequent analysis of Becton’s phone revealed “numerous images of nude females that appear to have been taken in a medical office during medical examinations.” The photos were found “in the deleted images within the hard-drive” of the phone.

HEADS OR TAILS

Pakistan – A man previously arrested for digging up bodies and eating them was arrested again after authorities in Pakistan said they found the head of a young child in his home. The BBC reports that convicted cannibal Mohammad Arif Ali was taken into custody on Monday morning after police in Darya Khan, Pakistan, raided his home following reports of a bad smell emanating from the residence. “We found the severed head of a young child, about 2 or 3 years old,” Ameer Abdullah Khan, superintendent of police in Darya Khan, said. “They probably dug up his body from a grave, but the identity of the child and the graveyard from where his body might have been stolen is not clear.”


YEP..., WE SHOULDN'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT INFRINGING ON THEIR BORDERS....

WHAT A SHITTY DEAL

Who has been defecating on children's slides in Ypsilanti’s Prospect Park for the past five to six months? Ypsilanti police and city officials are hunting for the person officials have described as the “mystery pooper” as warmer weather approaches. Officials have discovered feces on the slides so frequently that police installed a hidden camera to try to capture an image of the act. Council Member Pete Murdock, who is also the head of the Friends of Prospect Park, described the act as “weird and deliberate.” He said he first received a call about the issue more than five months ago and the culprit struck as recently as early March. Department of Public Works employees are supposed to be checking the slides daily and cleaning up any human waste, Murdock said, and the suspect appears to be using the slide only at night. In January, Ypsilanti police Chief Tony DeGiusti sent a communication out to YPD officers about the incidents. “We have a problem in Prospect Park with a miscreant that does not understand the difference between a children’s playground slide and a toilet,” the email stated. “Apparently this extremely misguided individual feels the need to defecate on the slide despite the cold weather. This has been an ongoing problem at this location. Please make frequent checks in the area and record them on your daily log.” DeGiusti did not return calls from The Ann Arbor News and City Manager Ralph Lange declined to comment. “We most definitely need to get this under control before school (recess) and park season starts,” Murdock said. “It’s hard to deal with because it’s so unbelievable to begin with. When somebody called me and told me what happened I said ‘What? You gotta be kidding me!” Murdock said the Friends of the Prospect Park may stake out the park as temperatures warm and the nights grow shorter. He said he has encouraged staff and residents to contact him every time defecation is discovered so he can determine if there’s a pattern in regards to a schedule. “We need to get him or her and get them the help they need,” Murdock said. Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter for The Ann Arbor News.