Health Worker Trial Continued

October 9, 2008

I had an earlier post about this case, whereby some Scottsdale health employees were charged with failing to report alleged sexual abuse. The health company is now demanding answers into why police did not report the alleged incident. Check out AZ Central:

“Attorneys: Police neglected to report abuse” case
by Ofelia Madrid - Oct. 8, 2008, The Arizona Republic

SCOTTSDALE - As four of its employees stood trial on charges of failing to report a case of patient sexual abuse, attorneys for Scottsdale Healthcare fired off a letter demanding an internal investigation into why police neglected to report the case to state authorities as required by law.

Now, more than a month after the letter, company officials say they are still waiting for an answer.

Three of the employees, including a company vice president, were convicted last week of waiting 32 days before reporting the incident, while charges against the fourth were dismissed.

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Sex offenders sue over Halloween restrictions law says Stay at home, post sign, no candy for kids. ACLU says Limits are too vague and add punishment.

St. Louis - Four Missouri sex offenders are challenging a new state law that confines them to their darkened homes on Halloween and restricts them from contact with children that night.

Their lawyer says the law leaves them uncertain of whether they can even costume their own children or grandchildren.

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South Phoenix

I don’t know if anyone remembers, but a couple months ago Honeywell Inc. settled with the state to pay millions in fines and environmental clean-up. The state was alleging the company had been violating environmental laws for a couple decades. From all of this, South Phoenix has been fighting to get a piece of the settlement money to fund clean-up efforts in their area. They seem to have succeeded. Check out this Arizona Republic story:

“South Phoenix to get money from hazardous-waste” suit
The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has reached an agreement with south Phoenix residents, legislators and other officials who were upset that money recently received in a major hazardous-waste settlement wasn’t being funneled to their neighborhoods.

Under the compromise announced Wednesday, the state will launch a new project - using grant money - to address air pollution across South Phoenix. The exact boundaries of the project have not been identified but could stretch across a wide area between Van Buren Street, 75th Avenue, Baseline Road and 48th Street.

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