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Police say video shows Alissa Lloyd tattooing one of the teenage girls. The former Moore High School teacher and basketball coach faces a misdemeanor charge.

A former Oklahoma high school teacher and basketball coach has been arrested after allegedly tattooing two juvenile students during a visit to her home.

Alissa Lloyd, 35, faces one misdemeanor count of unlawful tattooing in Cleveland County. She has resigned from her position with Moore Public Schools and is no longer employed by the district.

Investigators allege that two teenage girls visited Lloyd’s Norman home April 3 and both received permanent tattoos while there.

Lloyd knew the girls through her work as a teacher and coach, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by KOKH-TV.

Police said they obtained a video that appears to show Lloyd using tattooing equipment on one of the teenagers. Investigators later executed a search warrant at the residence and reportedly recovered equipment resembling the items visible in the recording.

The precise ages of the students and the designs or locations of the tattoos have not been publicly disclosed.

Lloyd posted a $1,000 bond after her arrest, according to Law&Crime. Her arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 16.

Video Allegedly Captured Tattoo Session

The investigation began April 3 when Norman police received a report that Lloyd had tattooed a juvenile girl inside her home.

Officers subsequently learned that two teenagers had allegedly received tattoos during the visit.

According to the affidavit, investigators obtained video that appeared to capture Lloyd in the process of tattooing one of the girls.

Police later searched Lloyd’s home. The tattooing equipment officers recovered allegedly matched the equipment visible in the video.

Authorities have not disclosed who recorded the footage, how officers obtained it, or whether Lloyd charged the students for the tattoos.

No allegation has been reported that the girls suffered an infection or another physical injury.

Oklahoma Prohibits Tattooing Minors

Oklahoma law makes it unlawful for anyone to perform or offer to perform tattooing on a person younger than 18.

Unlike body piercing, which may be permitted for minors under certain conditions involving parental consent and supervision, the state’s prohibition against tattooing minors does not include a comparable parental consent exception.

Lawmakers adopted the restriction as part of a broader regulatory system giving the Oklahoma State Department of Health oversight over tattooing businesses and practitioners.

The law was intended in part to protect minors and limit the transmission of bloodborne illnesses through improperly sterilized needles and other equipment.

The publicly available reporting does not establish whether Lloyd was licensed to perform tattoos on adults. Even a licensed tattoo artist generally cannot legally tattoo someone younger than 18 in Oklahoma.

School District Removed Coach From Duties

Lloyd worked as a teacher and assistant girls basketball coach at Moore High School, located south of Oklahoma City.

Moore Public Schools said administrators learned about the allegation in the spring and immediately removed Lloyd from her school duties. Lloyd subsequently resigned.

“Moore Public Schools learned of an allegation concerning a former coach in the spring,” the district said in a statement. “They were immediately removed from their duties and chose to resign.”

“MPS follows state law with any allegation brought to our attention,” the statement continued. “The safety and security of Moore Public Schools’ students and employees is our foremost concern.”

The district did not identify the students or disclose whether they remained enrolled at Moore High School.

School officials also did not say whether Lloyd was already employed by the district when the alleged tattooing occurred. The district’s statement indicates she was removed after administrators learned of the accusation and resigned sometime afterward.

Public athletic materials previously identified Lloyd as an assistant coach for the Moore Lions girls basketball program.

Case Heads Toward Arraignment

Lloyd is expected to appear in court Oct. 16 for her arraignment.

At that hearing, the court will formally address the charge and the next stages of the criminal case. Prosecutors would still need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Lloyd knowingly performed unlawful tattooing on the minors.

The video and the equipment recovered during the search could become central evidence if the case proceeds.

No public statement from Lloyd or an attorney representing her was included in the initial reports.

For now, the former coach remains accused of crossing a clear legal boundary during what police described as a private visit involving two students at her home.


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Deputies found the former Republican governor working as a “featured extra” in a Christmas production after receiving a tip about his location. A judge has now ordered him to serve 60 days in jail.

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested while working as an extra in a Christian Christmas movie after spending months under an outstanding family court warrant.

Bourbon County sheriff’s deputies took the Republican former governor into custody Thursday at Houstondale, a horse farm estate in Paris, Kentucky.

Bevin was appearing on camera as a “featured extra” in "The Greatest Christmas Gift of All," a Great American Family production associated with the Christian streaming service Great American Pure Flix.

The arrest ended an unusual search for the former governor, who had repeatedly failed to provide court-ordered financial records in an ongoing divorce and child-support dispute.

Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson ordered Bevin on Friday to serve 60 days in jail without bond, rejecting his attorney’s request for home detention or a reduced sentence.

“He has over and over again demonstrated a complete disregard and utter disrespect for this court,” Johnson said during the hearing, according to WDRB+WAVE.

“You have done nothing to show the court that you are willing to act in good faith, and I cannot reward that with a reduced sentence or an alternative sentence or some form of relief for you,” she added.

Tip Led Deputies to Movie Set

Sheriff Tony Asbury said his office received information that Bevin was participating in a film project in Bourbon County.

Deputies verified that Bevin had an active warrant before traveling to the production location.

“The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office contacted Former Governor Bevin at the location reported and he was taken into custody shortly after and lodged into the Bourbon-Nicholas County Region Detention Center without any issues as Bevin was very cooperative,” Asbury said.

A woman who called 911 reportedly told a dispatcher that Bevin was working on what she described as a “Hallmark movie set.”

“There’s like a Hallmark movie filming today, and he’s one of the people working currently, right now,” the caller said.

The production was not a Hallmark project, however. Property owner Jessica Mohr told Kentucky Public Radio that Great American Family was shooting the Christmas movie at her estate.

Mohr said deputies arrived asking members of the production whether they had seen Bevin.

“The sheriff showed up and was asking some people if they’d seen his picture, and a young man was like, ‘I think that gentleman’s inside,’” Mohr recalled. “And then there he was, and he was sitting there speaking to the lead male actor, and yeah, he was arrested.”

Mohr said authorities may have learned Bevin’s location after he posted a photograph of himself with the movie’s lead actor.

“I’m pretty sure he deleted that picture,” she said.

Financial Records at Center of Dispute

The arrest warrant arose from Bevin’s divorce from Glenna Bevin and a related child-support dispute involving their estranged adopted son, Jonah Bevin.

Johnson found the former governor in civil contempt after he repeatedly failed to produce bank statements, tax returns, income records, and other financial documents requested by the court.

Bevin said during an earlier proceeding that he did not have conventional proof of income and needed additional time to assemble the requested material.

The judge previously sentenced him to 14 days in jail or a $250 fine after he failed to appear in person at a hearing. Bevin attempted to participate remotely and said a large boulder had fallen onto a vacation home he owned in Maine.

He paid the fine and was ordered to provide the financial records by June 5. His attorney sought an additional 10 days shortly before the deadline, but the judge rejected the request and issued another warrant.

Bevin did not turn himself in and did not attend the next hearing in person.

The former governor previously accused Johnson of singling him out because of his political profile.

“She is using me as a political piñata,” Bevin alleged in a March court filing quoted by Mediaite.

Judge Refuses Immediate Leniency

Bevin appeared in court Friday wearing an orange jail uniform after being transferred to the Louisville Metro Detention Center.

His newly retained attorney, Scott Cox, argued that one night behind bars had captured Bevin’s attention and asked the judge to consider home detention or another form of relief.

“To the extent that the court maybe rightly wanted to get his attention, I can tell you that you have accomplished that,” Cox said. “You’ve gotten his attention.”

An attorney for Jonah Bevin argued that the former governor should face the same consequences as any other citizen who ignored a court order.

“These are the same rules that apply to every citizen, everyone in the state of Kentucky, and rather than comply with the court orders, he was a fugitive for months, and decided to be an extra on a movie set rather than comply with the law of the commonwealth,” attorney John Helmers said.

Johnson ordered Bevin returned to jail. She suggested she might consider some form of relief after he serves 30 days and demonstrates improvement, but left the 60-day sentence intact.

“You are going to serve these 60 days as of today,” Johnson said.

Son Seeking Retroactive Support

Jonah Bevin is seeking retroactive support from Matt and Glenna Bevin.

He alleges that his adoptive parents abandoned him at Atlantis Leadership Academy, a Jamaican facility for troubled teenagers that was later shut down following abuse allegations. Those accusations remain part of the family-court dispute and have not been resolved in the current contempt proceeding.

“The sad reality is that adoption is supposed to be forever,” Jonah said in a statement released after Friday’s hearing.

“And this makes it clear that my parents haven’t felt that kind of love for me in a long time,” he added.

Matt and Glenna Bevin adopted Jonah from Ethiopia in 2012. Jonah has also accused the former governor of using his adoption to strengthen Bevin’s political image during his 2015 campaign.

Bevin Served One Term

Bevin was elected Kentucky’s governor in 2015 after previously mounting an unsuccessful Republican primary challenge against then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

He served one term before narrowly losing his 2019 reelection campaign to Democrat Andy Beshear.

Bevin became a nationally prominent conservative governor during his tenure, frequently clashing with teachers’ unions and defending policies intended to restructure Medicaid and public pensions.

His arrest does not involve conduct from his time in office or allegations connected to the movie production.

The circumstances nevertheless produced a striking scene: A former governor who had avoided an outstanding warrant for months was located, arrested, and removed from the set of a faith-oriented Christmas movie.


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Prosecutors concluded that Melissa Payne was protected by Florida’s stand-your-ground law after video showed Bart DiGuglielmo continuing to approach as she retreated and repeatedly warned him.

A Florida woman who fatally shot a retired Army veteran during a confrontation over a Walmart parking space will not face criminal charges after prosecutors concluded that they could not disprove her claim of self-defense.

Melissa Payne shot 62-year-old Bart DiGuglielmo once in the abdomen June 30 outside a Walmart in North Lauderdale.

The Broward County State Attorney’s Office determined that Payne was immune from prosecution under Florida’s stand-your-ground law. Prosecutors found that she was legally present, lawfully possessed her firearm, and could have reasonably feared that DiGuglielmo was about to cause her serious bodily harm.

“Florida is a Stand Your Ground State,” Homicide Trial Unit Division Chief Stephen Zaccor wrote in the state’s closeout memorandum. “MP did not have to wait to be attacked before resorting to deadly force.”

“She did not have to retreat as long as her fear was reasonable and no evidence has been presented to disprove that,” he added.

The decision does not mean prosecutors concluded that Payne handled the confrontation appropriately. Rather, they determined that the available evidence could not overcome her immunity claim under the heightened standard required by Florida law.

Dispute Began Over a Parking Space

The confrontation began at approximately 12:19 p.m. when Payne and DiGuglielmo attempted to pull into the same parking space.

Payne was driving a white Chevrolet Malibu with her niece and infant great-niece inside. DiGuglielmo was alone in a white Kia SUV.

A “brief stalemate ensued” before the occupants got out of their vehicles, according to the prosecution memorandum.

DiGuglielmo then left his SUV in a travel lane, retrieved a shopping cart, and entered the Walmart. Payne parked in the disputed space and remained in her vehicle while her niece entered the store.

DiGuglielmo returned approximately 90 seconds later and spoke to Payne.

Witnesses reported hearing him threaten to “mess her car up” and “f*** her s*** up.” Payne separately told investigators that he directed a racial slur toward her.

DiGuglielmo then drove away at a high rate of speed but parked approximately two aisles from Payne’s vehicle rather than leaving the property or returning directly to the store.

He remained in his vehicle for about 90 seconds before walking back toward Payne. Prosecutors said he paused beneath two trees, smoked a cigarette, and watched her vehicle.

Multiple witnesses described him as visibly angry and shaking.

Video Shows Payne Retreating

Prosecutors reviewed approximately 18 minutes of footage captured by Walmart surveillance cameras, cellphones, and a nearby Tesla.

The videos showed DiGuglielmo approaching Payne’s vehicle while she sat inside with the baby.

Payne stepped out holding her phone in her left hand and a firearm pointed downward in her right.

“When I see he come walking up again, he’s walking in my direction, I step out of the vehicle, I had my gun down on the side,” Payne later told investigators, according to CBS News Miami.

She said she told DiGuglielmo, “Sir, please do not approach my vehicle, do not come near us.”

Witnesses heard Payne warn him, “If you keep coming up to me, I’m going to f***ing shoot you!”

She also reportedly yelled, “Don’t come over here,” “Don’t come near my car,” and “Don’t try that.”

A bystander called out, “It’s not worth it!”

Despite those warnings, prosecutors said, DiGuglielmo continued advancing as Payne repeatedly backed away.

Footage showed her retreat into an empty parking space after a minivan pulled away. DiGuglielmo followed as she backed between two parked vehicles, continued around one of them, and eventually returned toward her car.

The memorandum said DiGuglielmo pursued Payne “the entire time.”

He then approached her vehicle and appeared to gesture with his keys as though he intended to damage it. After turning toward Payne and approaching her again, she fired one round into his abdomen.

WATCH: Video captures final moments before fatal Walmart shooting

Payne Immediately Called for Police

Payne was speaking with her husband by phone during the confrontation.

Immediately after firing, she reportedly told him, “Bae, I shot. Call the cops.”

Payne placed the firearm on top of her car and remained at the scene. Broward County sheriff’s deputies briefly detained her before advising her of her Miranda rights and requesting a statement.

Prosecutors said Payne’s account was consistent with the available video and witness evidence.

DiGuglielmo was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.

The medical examiner classified his death as a homicide, a term indicating that one person caused another person’s death. That classification does not determine whether the killing was criminal or legally justified.

Toxicology Detected Multiple Substances

A postmortem toxicology examination detected amphetamines, delta-9 THC, and sertraline in DiGuglielmo’s blood.

Delta-9 THC is the principal intoxicating compound in marijuana. Sertraline is a commonly prescribed antidepressant sold under the brand name Zoloft.

The presence of those substances does not, by itself, establish that DiGuglielmo was legally intoxicated or that a particular drug caused his conduct.

Witness observations and video recordings formed the primary basis for the prosecution’s analysis.

DiGuglielmo’s family described him as a decorated veteran who served during Operation Desert Storm. He also worked as an emergency room trauma nurse for approximately 30 years.

Prosecutors Say Video Did Not Vindicate Payne

Zaccor emphasized that the decision should not be interpreted as an endorsement of Payne’s actions.

“The video does not demonstrate that MP was in the right,” he wrote. “Rather, it demonstrates that the State of Florida cannot overcome her claim that she was in reasonable fear of great bodily harm by clear and convincing evidence.”

Under Florida’s self-defense immunity law, a person who is not engaged in criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a legal right to be has no duty to retreat before using justified force.

Deadly force is permitted when a person reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.

A 2017 amendment placed the burden on the party seeking to overcome a defendant’s self-defense immunity claim. Prosecutors must do so through “clear and convincing evidence,” a higher standard than the probable cause ordinarily required to file criminal charges.

DiGuglielmo was unarmed, but prosecutors concluded that the law did not require Payne to wait until he physically attacked her.

His reported threats, repeated approaches, visible anger, pursuit of Payne around another vehicle, and refusal to stop after seeing the firearm and hearing her warnings prevented the state from proving that her fear was unreasonable.

The presence of Payne’s infant great-niece inside the car also factored into the analysis.

Family Disputes Self-Defense Finding

DiGuglielmo’s daughter, Amanda, and her attorney strongly disagreed with the decision.

“Amanda DiGuglielmo is very disappointed to hear that they won’t be pursuing criminal charges in the case,” attorney Melissa Rodriguez told Local 10 News. “We have maintained that the situation did not warrant stand your ground immunity.”

Rodriguez argued that threats to damage property did not justify lethal force.

“This was not a situation of self-defense or stand your ground immunity,” she said. “I don’t believe that the shooting was justified. I believe that criminal charges should be filed.”

Amanda DiGuglielmo described her father as a devoted father, grandfather, brother, veteran, and nurse.

“He was a great man,” she said. “He was a father, he was a grandfather, and he was a brother.”

Florida law provides immunity from both criminal prosecution and civil action when a use of force is legally justified. Any potential lawsuit would therefore have to overcome Payne’s statutory immunity rather than merely satisfy the lower burden ordinarily applied in civil court.

Unless new evidence changes the analysis, the state attorney’s decision closes the criminal investigation.

The extensive video evidence gave prosecutors an unusually complete view of the confrontation. It did not persuade them that Payne was necessarily “in the right,” but it also did not allow the state to prove that her fear of serious harm was unreasonable.


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Jurors deliberated for nearly 40 hours but could not agree on whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible when she killed her three young children.

A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial Friday in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict following seven days of deliberations.

Clancy, 36, did not dispute that she strangled her three children inside the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023. The central question was whether she was criminally responsible at the time.

Her attorneys argued that severe postpartum psychosis prevented her from understanding that her actions were wrong. Prosecutors maintained that Clancy was mentally ill but remained capable of planning, understanding, and intentionally carrying out the killings.

The jury told Plymouth County Superior Court Judge William Sullivan for a third time Friday that it could not reach a unanimous decision.

After approximately 38 hours of deliberations, Sullivan concluded that further discussion was unlikely to produce a verdict and declared a mistrial.

The decision does not amount to an acquittal, and all charges remain pending. Prosecutors may seek a second trial before a new jury.

Defense Pursues Emergency Appeal

The mistrial announcement did not immediately conclude the courtroom dispute.

Moments after Sullivan declared the mistrial, defense attorney Kevin Reddington requested a temporary stay so he could file an emergency appeal with a single justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Sullivan granted the defense approximately one hour to pursue that request, according to CBS News Boston.

Reddington argued that the judge should have removed a holdout juror who allegedly refused to apply the court’s instructions concerning reasonable doubt.

The defense contended that the other 11 jurors agreed on a verdict and that the remaining juror was improperly blocking the result.

Sullivan declined to dismiss or separately question the juror, finding that the record did not establish bias, incapacity, or refusal to participate in deliberations.

Removing a juror after deliberations have begun is an extraordinary step because judges cannot dismiss someone merely for holding a different view of the evidence.

Foreperson Reported Problem With One Juror

The unusual dispute became public Thursday when the jury foreperson sent a note saying one member of the panel would not follow the judge’s legal instructions.

The jury consisted of nine women and three men. Reddington later disclosed that the disputed juror was a man.

The defense attorney accused the juror of misapplying the reasonable doubt standard and urged Sullivan either to remove him or conduct another inquiry.

Sullivan had already questioned the jurors individually and determined that they remained capable of continuing their work. He then repeated the relevant legal instructions to the entire panel.

The exchange between the judge and defense attorney became heated Friday morning.

Reddington complained that Sullivan had been too restrained when reinstructing the jury on reasonable doubt. Sullivan responded, “What do you want? A brass band?”

After the jury returned another deadlock note, the judge concluded that the impasse could not be resolved.

Three Children Killed in Family Home

Clancy was charged with three counts each of murder and strangulation in the deaths of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan.

The children were killed with exercise bands in the basement of their Duxbury home Jan. 24, 2023.

Prosecutors said Clancy sent her husband, Patrick, out to pick up medication and food before attacking the children.

She then jumped from a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt, suffering spinal injuries that left her paralyzed from the waist down.

Patrick Clancy returned home, found his injured wife outside, and subsequently discovered the children in the basement.

Cora and Dawson were pronounced dead that night. Callan was taken to a hospital but died several days later.

Trial Focused on Criminal Responsibility

The defense did not ask jurors to determine whether Clancy physically killed the children. Instead, it argued that she should be found not guilty by reason of a lack of criminal responsibility.

Under Massachusetts law, defendants are not criminally responsible if a mental disease or defect prevented them from appreciating the wrongfulness of their conduct or conforming their behavior to the requirements of the law.

Clancy’s lawyers said she experienced delusions, heard a voice directing her to kill the children, and believed they could not survive without her.

The defense also argued that a complicated regimen of psychiatric medications destabilized Clancy after she repeatedly sought medical help.

Jurors heard evidence that Clancy had numerous appointments with healthcare providers, received multiple prescriptions, and spent several days at a psychiatric hospital before the killings.

Prosecutors disputed the claim that she was psychotic during the attack.

They emphasized Clancy’s internet searches, her decision to send her husband away, her calculations concerning how long his errands would take, and her actions inside the home.

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague argued that Clancy understood what she was doing and viewed her children as an obstacle to ending her own life.

Experts Offered Conflicting Conclusions

The trial included testimony from more than 80 witnesses and the admission of hundreds of exhibits.

Mental health experts reached sharply different conclusions about Clancy’s condition.

Defense witnesses testified that she was experiencing psychosis, delusions, and symptoms consistent with serious postpartum mental illness.

Prosecution experts argued that available medical records did not establish psychosis at the time of the killings and that Clancy’s conduct demonstrated planning and awareness.

Patrick Clancy testified during the trial and described his former wife as a devoted mother before her mental health deteriorated.

He has publicly said that he forgives her and believes mental illness, rather than hatred or malice, drove the killings.

Mistrial Leaves Charges Unresolved

Jurors had several possible verdicts available, including first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, and not guilty by reason of a lack of criminal responsibility.

A first-degree murder conviction would carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

A finding that Clancy lacked criminal responsibility would not necessarily have resulted in her release. Prosecutors could have sought her commitment to a psychiatric facility if a court determined that she remained dangerous because of mental illness.

The deadlock means the jury reached none of those outcomes.

Clancy is expected to remain in custody at Tewksbury Hospital while the defense pursues its challenge and prosecutors determine their next move.

The Plymouth County district attorney’s office may retry the case, negotiate a plea agreement, or decline to pursue another trial. A retrial is generally considered the most likely option following a hung jury in a case involving three murder charges, but prosecutors had not announced a formal decision immediately after the mistrial.

The Fifth Amendment’s protection against double jeopardy does not ordinarily prevent a retrial following a genuinely deadlocked jury.

The first trial therefore ended without resolving the question that dominated weeks of testimony: whether Clancy legally understood the nature and wrongfulness of her actions when she killed Cora, Dawson, and Callan.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.


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