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Cali Man Stabs Driver and Steals Car to Get to Methadone Clinic

FOX 5 SAN DIEGO — Police arrested a man accused of stabbing a person who tried to stop him from stealing a car before taking that stolen vehicle to a methadone clinic across town Sunday morning.

Officers first got a call around 9 a.m. from a person who said their car had been stolen in Point Loma. Police learned the man had also allegedly stabbed a person in the arm who tried to stop him from taking the Honda, though it was not immediately clear whether the stab victim was also the owner of the car.

The theft victim had a tracking device in their vehicle, allowing police to follow the car all the way to a methadone clinic in Mission Valley, Lt. Christian Sharp explained. The suspect stopped inside the clinic before eventually leaving with two other people in an SUV.

Lynn Kearns a patient at the clinic did not want to show her face but says she saw the suspect and all the commotion.

“I was at the Methadone clinic in Fashion Valley, and I was taking a dose of Methadone when the nurse said, ‘You might want to get out of here, there’s a lot of police coming, we’ve got two people bloodied that we’re bringing into the back door,” said Kearns.

The investigation was only further complicated when that car stopped at a Ralph’s parking lot and the suspects swapped vehicles once again, Sharp said. Officers were still sorting through multiple crime scenes Sunday afternoon, but they were eventually able to track down the man and arrest him in Ocean Beach.

“Obviously this is kind of a convoluted crime scene so we’re trying to figure out exactly everybody’s part in the stolen vehicle portion, and the stabbing,” Sharp said.

The stab victim was expected to make a full recovery.

For those unfamiliar, methadone clinics are ~~legal dopehouses~~ established for people seeking treatment for addiction to various opioid drugs, including heroin, morphine and oxycontin.

It would seem that these facilities are set up to aid in reducing crimes of this nature associated with drug addiction? It’s fascinating that these crimes now occur as a result of the clinics.

According to the Recovery Village website:

“By administering methadone, clinics use replacement therapy to help patients deal with the withdrawal symptoms and cravings experienced when they stop using other opioids. All clinics are state and federally regulated and are certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).”

Thoughts?

Pennsylvania Chef Feeds Thousands Impacted by Floods

What the world needs is a trillion more of these kind people. Kudos to Chef Quintanna for stepping up to help the community in a desperate time of need!

FOX 5 SAN DIEGO – A chef in Schuylkill County has fed 8,000 people and counting who are in desperate need of help in the flood zone near Port Carbon.

Flood waters ravaged the town on Monday.

Some people weren’t able to have a hot meal until Hiram Quintana showed up.

He is the owner of the Tamaqua Trading Post restaurant and he made it his mission to help.

He was cooking up 350 pounds of pork when Newswatch 16 showed up. He wants to feed everyone who wants a hot meal in the flood zone near Port Carbon. He hasn’t stopped since Monday.

“I’ve fed them 24 hours a day. I kept the smokers rolling all day, making sure everyone was nourished. Nobody was hangry so everything came together,” Quintana said.

Just down the street at United Methodist Church, families can have a real dinner eating Quintana’s food.

For some, it was the first hot meal they’ve had all week.

Most people in Port Carbon still don’t have running water.

“We just got power yesterday and [we’re dealing with] the six inches of sludge and I just bought my house in May,” Donna Henninger said.

People here in Port Carbon are still cleaning out and salvaging whatever they can after the flood, which is why this outpouring of community support means so much.

“Very warm in the heart. I kind of want to cry,” Beverly Nally said.

Volunteers have basically set up a grocery store of free donated cleaning supplies and food. There for the taking for anyone who needs it.

“So many people in this area think they get forgotten about because the coal industry isn’t what it used to be,” Volunteer Lori Lewis said.

But it’s people like Quintana that make everyone in Port Carbon remember, they are not forgotten.

“Feed a city? I can do that. Feed a state? I can do that. Plus it’s not just me, it’s the whole community,” Quintana said.

If you want to help with donations, you can drop off non-perishable foods and cleaning supplies at the Port Carbon Borough building.

This Sunday, Quintana said he’ll be hosting a block party near the borough building and handing out grocery bags full of food for everyone who needs it.

Funeral Home Cremates Woman by Mistake, Gives Ashes to Wrong People

HOUSTON — A Texas family is suing a funeral home accused of cremating a woman who was supposed to be buried, then giving her ashes to another family.

Roberta Salazar’s relatives say the 79-year-old helped plan her own funeral, down to the dress she would wear. Instead of embalming Salazar’s body, however, they say Grace Funeral Home in Victoria not only cremated her — but gave the remains to the wrong family who then buried the ashes, thinking they were burying their loved one.

Now, the Salazar family is suing the funeral home for $50 million in damages, and the family’s attorney says the story only gets worse.

The lawsuit claims the funeral home let the Salazar family know they had mistakenly cremated Roberta’s body – but only days before her scheduled funeral in March of 2017. Their attorney says the funeral home had first tried to cover up the error by trying to convince the family to have a closed casket, saying the body had deteriorated.

The funeral home gave the following statement to KIAH:

“Grace Funeral Home deeply regrets the mistake in cremating Ms. Salazar’s body […] specific details were provided to assure the family that the cremated remains provided for burial were those of Ms. Salazar. There were no efforts to deceive anyone about what occurred.”

Salazar has four children, 22 grand children with 51 great grandchildren and 14 great-great grandchildren. Salazar’s faith also forbids cremation, according to KIAH.

The family says they will bury Salazar’s cremated ashes next to her late husband.

The funeral home has just over two weeks to respond to the $50 million lawsuit.