‘Friendless’ UK Boy With Autism Who Made Own Birthday Cards Receives Thousands After Mom’s Plea

Photo credit: Karen Jones

 

Ahhh!!! Finally a heartwarming story.

According to KTLA– A boy with autism from Devon has received thousands of birthday cards, gifts and messages from strangers around the world after his mother’s online plea went viral.

Ollie Jones broke his mother Karen’s heart when he made himself two birthday cards because he assumed no one would be wishing him well for his 15th birthday.

Karen Jones, 49, then took to Facebook to request help on a community page. She wrote, “my autistic son is 15 shortly … he’s just told me he loves opening cards to the extent he’s made himself a couple.”

“We are a small family and he has no friends so gets very few.”

Her Facebook post received over 25,000 shares and almost 1,000 comments, mostly from well-wishers saying their cards were on the way to Ollie. Her plea also extended to Twitter, with numerous well-wishers using the hashtag #Cards4Ollie.

Although there is no final count, Karen Jones says she and Ollie have opened 7,000 cards so far — and they still have a long way to go. And while Jones is elated with the many gifts she and Ollie have received from around the world, she told CNN, “gifts are not what it’s about. It’s about making us feel good, and others feel good.”

“I’ve received so many messages from other individuals and groups who feel that as a result of the events of the last few days, and the compassion it’s triggered globally, the autistic community have hopefully been empowered,” she added.

Some well-wishers have sent messages from as far away as Brazil and Australia.

Karen Jones, who had initially hoped for about 20 cards, said it may take a while to open them all. She urged everyone to “remember there are ‘Ollies’ everywhere.”

Her son ended the night of his birthday by sitting “in his friend’s hot tub, taking photos of himself on his new selfie stick saying ‘I’m famous’, ‘I’m famous’,” she said.

Cheers to you Ollie!

Las Vegas Man Killed After Not Holding Door for Woman at McDonald’s

According to KTLA– The cops are looking for the man who gunned down a Las Vegas father during a dispute at a local McDonald’s restaurant Saturday night.

The victim, 31-year-old Mohammad Nestor Robinson, was at the Pecos Road McDonald’s on his lunch break when a woman accused him of not holding the door for her, Robinson’s friend later told the family.

“He was coming into McDonald’s and some female was going out,” Robinson’s mother told KVVU. “The door closed before she could get out and what happened is she said a few choice words to him.”

The woman’s boyfriend confronted Robinson in the parking lot, and the two argued before the man pulled out a gun and shot him multiple times.

Robinson was rushed to University Medical Center where he died Sunday morning.

The gunman fled the scene; no arrests have been made.

How terrible is this story? Hard to fathom that a young man has lost his life behind such foolery. SMH!

Rest in paradise, Mohammad. And stop senseless gun violence!

Chris Brown Refuses To Exit His House After Woman Said He Pointed A Gun On Her

R&B singer Chris Brown refused to come out of his Tarzana home Tuesday morning after authorities responded to a call for help from a woman on the property.

According to KTLA:

Police obtained the warrant and were in the process of serving it at the property, authorities said at a news briefing outside the home shortly before 1 p.m.

The department was conducting a “protective sweep” of the residence, and occupants were coming outside, Lt. Chris Ramirez with the Los Angeles Police Department said. Once removed from the home, they would be interviewed by detectives, who would then work to piece together what took place.

Officers first responded to the home in the 5000 block of Corbin Avenue after receiving the assistance call at about 3 a.m., according to Ramirez.

Detectives from LAPD’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division were handling the investigation, said Officer Drake Madison, who confirmed the home belongs to Brown.

Video from the scene showed a woman leaving Brown’s home Tuesday morning and waiting in the back of a patrol car.

Brown initially refused to come outside and was not allowing police into his home, according to Ramirez.

Authorities sought the search warrant to look for a weapon Brown allegedly used to threaten the woman, the Los Angeles Times reported citing law enforcement sources.

According to the victim, an angry Brown pointed the gun at her before she ran outside and called police, the Times reported.

On Tuesday afternoon Baylee Curran spoke exclusively to TMZ Live, and said Brown asked her to sign a non-disclosure agreement after he threatened her. Curran said she refused to sign the waiver and left Brown’s home shortly after the alleged incident, TMZ reported.

Until witnesses were interviewed, LAPD could not provide additional information about what had transpired at the home overnight, according to Ramirez. Brown’s attorneys were also at the home.

“Right now, we’re getting cooperation from everyone who’s involved,” he said.

No arrests have been made, Ramirez stressed.

Earlier, as police waited outside, videos surfaced on Brown’s Instagram page denying he did anything wrong.

In one of the videos Brown said he was asleep most of the night and awoke to police outside his home.

Brown said in one of the videos,

“I’m not coming out … it’s always going to be f— the police. Black lives matter. Good luck when you get the warrant or whatever you need to do. You’re going walk right up in here, and you’re going to see nothing, you idiots.”

He also accused police of not responding as quickly to his own calls for help in the past.

“When I call police, for stalker people who are endangering my life, they don’t come until the next day.”

Brown has a history of abuse involving women.

He was put on probation for five years in 2009 after pleading guilty to one count of felony assault over an attack on then girlfriend Rihanna. He was jailed for almost three months in 2014 after violating his probation.

(CNN contributed to this story)

This guy has got to get out of his OWN way! Something tells me he won’t have many more second chances left.

The internet streets seem to think Chris Brown was “in his feelings” about rapper Drake publicly confessing his love for Chris’ ex, Rihanna at the Video Music Awards earlier that night. 

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