Philly police: Disabled victimized by theft scheme
By PATRICK WALTERS
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — The landlord of the apartment building at first thought a circuit breaker had tripped when he went to the basement Saturday and found all the lights were out. Then he realized all six bulbs had been removed, and he heard dogs barking inside a boiler room, its door chained shut.
He removed the chain, stepped into the dank, foul-smelling room and lifted a pile of blankets. Several sets of human eyes stared back at him.
Turgut Gozleveli had stumbled upon four mentally disabled adults, all weak and malnourished, and one chained to the boiler.
He may have also stumbled upon a vast scheme — stretching from Philadelphia to Norfolk, Va.; West Palm Beach, Fla., and Texas — to steal the Social Security disability checks of defenseless and vulnerable people, authorities said.
Philadelphia police on Saturday arrested three adults staying in an apartment upstairs, including the person accused of being the ringleader, Linda Ann Weston, who had been convicted of murder in a 1981 starvation death.
Detectives also found dozens of ID cards, power-of-attorney forms and other documents in the apartment, suggesting the theft scheme involved more than just the four captives.
"Without a doubt. This is just the beginning of this investigation," Lt. Ray Evers said Monday. "We think she's been doing this for quite some time."
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Jebus... 
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Some people are OK. She, and her accomplices, suck shit.
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I've heard of this sort of thing a few times before.
Definitely not something new.
Definitely not something new.
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Time for a new death-penalty offense, and this time it's public hanging no more than 10 minutes after the guilty verdict has been read.
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When they lock her up I don't think the state should feed her ,just shut the cell door ,turn out the lights and forget about her .(emotional knee-jerk response BTW )Linda Ann Weston, who had been convicted of murder in a 1981 starvation death.
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short drop, none of that newfangled stuff.Seth wrote:Time for a new death-penalty offense, and this time it's public hanging no more than 10 minutes after the guilty verdict has been read.
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Article today brings cultural and social morality issues in China into stark focus: http://www.smh.com.au/world/toddler-hit ... 1lyq8.html
This is incredibly fucking horrible.
This is incredibly fucking horrible.
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Some insightful comments on the above from Wolfman over at Australasian Skeptics: http://australasianskeptics.info/viewto ... 234#p18234
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It's not a great step down from skinning animals alive and draining bears Gall bladders to running over children . A total lack of compassion and empathy built into their religion their culture and their politics .
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An article linked by Wolfman: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le2206105/
I'm not sure why, but this (this willing attempt to understand people and move forward in a more enlightened way, rather than condemn outright and not address the reality) tugs my emotions as much as the video of what happened to that little girl did.
A lot to think about.
I'm not sure why, but this (this willing attempt to understand people and move forward in a more enlightened way, rather than condemn outright and not address the reality) tugs my emotions as much as the video of what happened to that little girl did.
A lot to think about.
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