Ex-executive Robert Spetner of an Australian company with U.S. headquarters in Garden Grove claims in a lawsuit that he was fired because he was a whistle blower.
While Spetner was president of a company that sells Nad’s hair removal products, he blew the whistle on more than 30,000 boxes of defective body strips.  The faulty strips did not work, but they were still being sold to major retailers such as Walmart, Target, CVS, and Safeway.
Spetner sent a letter to the federal Food and Drug Administration and reported the company to the …

Los Angeles — Jeff Stenroos was found guilty of four felonies –insurance fraud, workers’ compensation fraud, preparing false documentary evidence and planting false evidence on Monday.  He was also found guilty of falsely reporting an emergency, a misdemeanor.  He will sentenced on December 14.
On January 19 Stenroos lied about being shot near El Camino Real High School in the San Fernando Valley.  His lie resulted in a 10-hour lockdown and a manhunt for a shooter who didn’t exist.
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy released a statement Monday: “Mr. Stenroos is …

According to a Connecticut official nine people have died and two were wounded in a shooting at a beer distribution warehouse in Connecticut.
Manchester Police Lt. Joe San Antonio stated the gunman is identified by police as Omar S. Thornton, whose body was found inside the warehouse where the shooting took place.
Police say the two wounded individuals were transported the Hartford Hospital are expected to survive.
Reports are stating that the shooting may have been racially motivated, and that Thornton reportedly told his girlfriend that he had been discriminated against, and that a …

Starbucks Coffee Company has agreed to settle a harassment lawsuit only a few weeks prior to the scheduled trial.  The lawsuit involves a former barista, 16 years old at the time, who alleged she was pressed with incessant sexual demands from her manager.
Kati Moore, now 20, contended Tim Horton, her 24-year-old supervisor at a California based Starbucks coffee shop, would send her inappropriate text messages on a daily basis.  Reports state one of the messages read, “I’d like to f-tomorrow.”
Moore accused Starbucks of failing to protect her from the daily …