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The Senators Firm Investigates Tattoo Ink-Related Infections Resulting in Serious Injuries
Permanent body tattooing has become a huge industry in the United States as the acceptance of “body art” by younger generations has brought the practice outside of grimy storefronts in the seamier sections of urban areas and into the mainstream. Recent figures indicate that annual spending on tattoos by US consumers exceeds $1.65 billion…
Male Day Care Worker Arrested on Suspicion of Lewd Acts with Child
On Aug. 23, 2014, the Orange County Register published an article about a La Mirada man who was arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with a 3-year-old girl. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said that the reported victim was a family member, but investigators learned that the defendant, Thomas Burke Pulver, had worked…
Boy Bullied at Miramonte Required Surgery for Serious Injury
Charges continue to stack against the Los Angeles School District as families file lawsuits related to child abuse and bullying at Miramonte Elementary School. In the most recent case, a mother has claimed that her special needs son was bullied so violently that he had to have one of his testicles removed. The boy’s…
Records Uncovered in LAUSD Child Abuse Investigation
In an ongoing child abuse investigation involving a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District, a number of Suspected Child Abuse Reports (“SCAR”) have surfaced. These records are among many documents that LAUSD claims to have destroyed in 2008. The recent discovery has escalated the controversy over alleged retention of information throughout the…
Lake Forest Piano Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Committing Lewd Acts on Children
On Sunday August 10, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced that they arrested a Lake Forest piano teacher after investigating the man for lewd acts on a child. The suspect, John Mordecai Scott, taught piano lessons from his home and is suspected of taking and showing lewd photographs of at least two elementary school-age…
Former Monterey Park Teacher Pleads Guilty to Molesting Special Education Students
On Tuesday July 29, a former Los Angeles County teacher pleaded guilty to several sex crime charges involving special education students at a Monterey Park elementary school. Jose Mosqueda, the 44-year-old teacher, pleaded guilty to three counts of committing lewd acts on a child, as well as one count of continuous sexual abuse. He…
Private School Contacts LAPD to Investigate Former Teacher’s Conduct
On Sunday, July 14, administrators from the Marlborough School – a private female high school in Hancock Park, announced that the school has launched an investigation of a former teacher involving allegations of inappropriate conduct from a decade ago. According to school officials, the Los Angeles Police Department was contacted after a former student…
Consent Decree for New York Dietary Supplement Manufacturer Approved by Federal Judge
Last week, on Wednesday July 2, 2014, a Federal Judge in New York approved a consent decree for permanent injunction with Mira Health Products Ltd., a dietary supplement manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York. The company had been under scrutiny since the FDA issued a consumer warning in July, 2013 regarding illnesses associated with…