Pastor Installed Cameras in Women's Restroom

Tippercanoe County Police Dept.

In April, a woman noticed an air freshener had fallen off the door inside a restroom stall at Sunrise Christian Reform Church in Lafayette, Indiana.

She picked it up and realized it was no ordinary air freshener; there was a camera hidden inside.  She checked the other two stalls and found air fresheners in both, but only one additional camera.

The three "air fresheners" were plastic, rectangular boxes with homemade "Glade Air-o-matic" stickers; two had been modified to hide the cameras.

Detective Robert Goldsmith said the memory cards from the cameras showed two adult women and one juvenile female using the restroom. On one of the memory cards was a short video in an office area; the hidden camera was turned on, placed inside the box and moved to the restroom.

In mid May, Detective Goldsmith went back to the church to try to match the scene on the video with an actual office space. He spoke with Pastor Robert Lyzenga and told him he wanted to look around.  Lyzenga showed Goldsmith several office spaces, but none of the spaces matched the video.

Goldsmith then asked to see his office and Lyzenga was noticeably nervous as he led the Detective inside his office.  Lyzenga's office matched the video tape which included a shot of his "Superman" mouse pad.



Lyzanga has been married for 30 years and is the father of three children.  He was arrested on May 10 with a primary charge of voyeurism, but the investigation is ongoing.  He posted a $5,000 bond and was released.  According to church elders, he was immediately fired from his position as lead pastor after his arrest.

Too bad the Sunrise Christian Reform Church couldn't reform Lyzanga.  Guess now we should call him "head" pastor.

Peace

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Four Kids Strapped to the Hood of a Car

Stefanski and Clark

On Monday, the two people to the left were at the liquor store when they thought it would be fun to strap four kids to the hood of the car.

According to a witness, the children whose ages are 4, 5, 6 and 7, had a "strap" across their legs and they were trying to get free. She said she told the two adults, "Don't do that."

The car, with the kids strapped on the hood, left the parking lot. Police received a call around 5:30 p.m. Monday reporting that a man and a woman strapped four kids to the hood of a car and left the liquor store parking lot.

Thanks to a U.S. Marshall, they didn't get very far; he stopped the car two blocks from the liquor store and detained them until police arrived. Police arrested the driver, Aaron Stefanski, 29 years-old, and passenger, 29 year-old Jessica Clark.

Two charged after strapping kids to hood of car: wane.com

"They were all drunk.  They were all all high, or whatever. They've got babies on a car!  That's not nice," said Tom Nowak. Unless Tom has a driver, the police should arrest him, too. Seems to have had a few too many himself.

In a later interview with Sarah, Stefanski's ex-wife:
Sarah said she was shocked to hear her ex-husband do something like that.  She said she won't let her husband see the kids ever again.

"If the courts tell me I have to, I will," Sarah said.  "I feel for him.  I know he loves his children.  But as a mother, he put my children in harms way.  He's done."

Though her kids weren't physically hurt, she worries about the long-term effects surrounding the traumatic incident.

You can watch the full interview with Sarah here.

According to Sarah, it is out of character for either Stefanski or Clark to behave this way.  She said both are good parents; she lived next door to Clark for over two years.

Sarah said she has gotten a lot of criticism, but said she had nothing to do with it. However, since the children spend half the time with their father and half with Sarah, it's difficult to believe she didn't know Stefanski drank while the children were in his custody.

Sarah didn't want to give her last name or her age, but she appears much older than Stefanski's 29 years.

Peace

Source:  http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/Children-strapped-to-the-hood-of-a-car?

Walking While Texting

Most people know that texting and driving is a very dangerous thing. Texting while walking can also be dangerous.  Apparently, the women in these videos became so absorbed in texting they failed to notice where they were walking.

Last week, Bonnie Miller, of South Bend, Indiana was walking along the pier with her husband and their son.  She remembered she scheduled an appointment incorrectly and was texting to change the appointment.  While she was texting and walking, she walked off the pier and fell into the icy water below.

Her husband and a bystander jumped in to help, moving her closer to the pier. Her son reached for her hand and they all held onto her until rescue arrived.



She is very lucky this accident did not result in loss of life; hers, her husband's and the bystander's lives were all in danger.  They were in the river channel leading to Lake Michigan.

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In February of this year, while the cameras were rolling reporting the news, a woman walks into the picture. Watch the woman to the right of the screen. While she is waking and texting, she falls down the stairs.



Nice people rushed over to help her and I'm sure she was embarrassed, too.

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Cathy Cruz Marreno of Reading, Pennsylvania was walking in the Berkshire Mall while texting.  She suddenly  falls, head first, into the fountain.  Cathy, who works in that mall, was so embarrassed when this video went viral, she hired an attorney.



Merreno said Security did not do enough...what!?!  Unfortunately for you, Cathy, it is your responsibility to look where you are walking.

A Stony Brook University research team recently released a study on texting while walking. From Yahoo News:

"Earlier this year, a research team at Stony Brook University conducted a study around texting while walking and found that participants consistently veered away from walking a straight path by a 60 percent deviation. Wandering to the left or right could easily explain how Bonnie Miller found herself falling off the edge of the pier. The amount of distance traveled by people within the study increased by 13 percent and participants took approximately 33 percent longer to reach a destination when texting while walking. The research team also found that walking while talking on a cell phone increased travel time by about 16 percent."

Please read the entire Stony Brook University study here.

Bonnie Miller, Cathy Cruz Merreno and the unknown woman only got their pride hurt this time. Hopefully, they learned a valuable lesson and will not walk while texting in the future.

Peace