Tuesday News Brief

The emergency room nurse at Oishei Children’s Hospital that was recently arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography made his first court appearance yesterday. The judge ordered 46-year-old Erik Hjemdahl-Monsen of Springville, New York to be held pending a detention hearing on October 5th. He was charged after State Police were notified that Hjemdahl-Monsen uploaded an image of child pornography on the Kik application. Last month, a search warrant was executed and law enforcement found multiple videos on his electronics. None of the children pictured had been patients at Oishei. The charges Hjemdahl-Monsen faces carry a minimum penalty of five years and maximum of 20 years in prison.

 

The Albion Police Department tells us that an Albion teen has been reported missing. 14-year-old Aniyah Hyde is Black, with brown eyes and brown hair. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds. Aniyah’s family notes she ran away at about 9:00am on October 12th and has not been in contact with her family since then. A photo of the missing girl is posted on today’s Tuesday News Brief page.  Anyone with information should contact Albion Police immediately: 585-589-5627.

 

As reported by Tom Tharp this morning: Rochester Police are looking for suspects after a vehicle with a toddler inside was stolen outside a store on the city’s northwest side Tuesday night. Around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to the 1300 block of Dewey Avenue for the report of a stolen vehicle and abduction. Once there, officers found a woman who said she had gone into a store, leaving her 2-year-old child in her car, when a suspect got into the car and sped off with the boy inside. Moments later, police said a citizen called 911 after finding the child walking alone on Electric Avenue. Officers reportedly found the young boy there, and took him to the hospital after finding he sustained a non-life threatening injury to his upper body.

 

The website Stacker has released a list of the counties in New York State with the worst unemployment numbers. While Genesee County and 11 other counties have low enough unemployment to not make the top 50, Livingston, Wyoming and Orleans County didn’t fare as well. Wyoming County came in at 50th in the state with 3.2% unemployment or 577 people out of work. Livingston came in at 47th place with 3.2% and 976 people without jobs. Orleans County came in 10th in the state with 4% of residents unemployed and that’s a half percent increase in the last month. Number 1 for worst unemployment is the Bronx with 7.3 percent of people out of work.

 

The New York State Department of Health has issued a standing order involving the Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine. Pharmacists across the state are now allowed to give that vaccine to adults who are 60 and older. Folks in that age group can suffer serious health issues if they contract RSV and should make an appointment to get their shot. RSV is highly contagious and has cold-like symptoms that can lead to pneumonia if not treated quickly enough.

 

The Buffalo Sabres will be kicking off their four game home stand tonight against one of the top teams in the National Hockey League. The Sabres are hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning at KeyBank Center. On Saturday, the Sabres lost to the New York Islanders on the road and remain winless this season. Face-off tonight is set for 7:30.

 

There’s some good news to report on the heath of Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris. He has been released from the hospital after getting hurt during Sunday night’s game against the New York Giants at Highmark Stadium. Harris never lost feeling in any of his extremities and was diagnosed with a neck sprain. There is no word yet how many games he may miss. Meanwhile, Josh Allen continues to get daily x-rays of his throwing shoulder; he may have injured it when he got involved in a fight towards the end of the 3rd quarter on Sunday.

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A new documentary is telling the tale of the Provincetown, Massachusetts lobsterman who said he was nearly swallowed by a whale. Michael Packard was on a dive in the summer of 2021 when he said what felt like a truck hit him, and everything went dark. Eventually, Packard’s crewmate witnessed the whale spit him out to the surface. Packard suffered injuries from the ordeal including a broken leg. The film titled “In the Whale” is screening at several New England film festivals, and will be shown at Cape Cinema in Dennis. A little over 20 years ago, Packard also reportedly survived a small plane crash in a jungle in Costa Rica that killed three people. He spent two nights in the jungle before being rescued.

 

A judge is issuing a limited gag order against former President Donald Trump in his federal election interference case. The order prohibits all parties from making statements publicly targeting special counsel Jack Smith and his staff, court staff and potential witnesses. The federal judge, however, decided against restrictions on disparaging the Justice Department at large, which prosecutors requested.

 

The White House has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the separation of children and their parents at the border with Mexico. Kids, during the Trump Administration, were sent to a sponsor while parents were detained. Some were never reunited. If approved by a judge, the deal would ban the government from similar separations for eight years.

 

Today is Tuesday, October 17th, the 290th day of the year.

October 17 in history…

 

…In 1902, the first Cadillac was completed in Detroit, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1919, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1931, noted mobster Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to eleven years in prison.

 

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1966, “The Hollywood Squares” debuted on NBC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…In 1967, the musical, “Hair,” opened on Broadway. The show ran for more than 1,700 performances.

 

 

 

 

…In 1989, a major earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area during a World Series game between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. The quake measured six-point-nine on the Richter Scale and caused an estimated 270 deaths, three-thousand injuries and more than three-billion dollars in damage.

 

 

 

 

…In 2006, the 300 millionth person was born in the United States. Statistically, it was believed that person was a male child, born somewhere in the southwest region of the country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

…In 2015, female Viagra went on sale. Addyi hit the market on this day and became available to women with a doctor’s prescription. The pill is pink.