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A community firestorm has erupted over an alleged strip search of four 12-year-old girls at a New York middle school.

The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin says about 200 community members packed a heated school board meeting this week to discuss the incident.

They said the girls, who are black, were questioned and strip-searched by the school nurse and assistant principal because they seemed giddy during their lunch hour and were suspected of possessing drugs.

The local NAACP is demanding accountability measures.

The school district says it's sorry for the "unintended" consequence of "making the students feel traumatized."

It says students may be required to empty their pockets and remove shoes or jackets. Its statement made no mention of strip searches.

A procedural review is planned.

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Anger over alleged strip searches at upstate NY school

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A community firestorm has erupted over an alleged strip search of four 12-year-old girls at a New York middle school. The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin says about 200 community members packed a heated school board meeting this week to discuss the incident. They said the...

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St. Louis police officer dies from gunshot wound

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A nurse is accused of impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who later gave birth

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A 36-year-old nurse has been arrested on suspicion of impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who unexpectedly gave birth last month at a Phoenix health care facility, police said Wednesday.

Nathan Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse who was caring for the woman at the Hacienda HealthCare facility, has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse, according to court documents from Maricopa County Superior Court.

A court order compelled Sutherland to provide a DNA sample to investigators on Tuesday, and crime lab technicians determined his DNA "matched the baby," Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said. Sutherland was arrested on Tuesday.

A judge set a cash bond at $500,000 and scheduled Sutherland's next court appearance for January 30. The nurse is being held in the Maricopa County Jail.

Sutherland has "invoked his Fifth Amendment rights" and has not participated in an interview with police, Thompson said.

The arrest is the latest chapter in a weekslong investigation that started when the 29-year-old woman - who is not able to give consent and has been at the facility since 2002 - gave birth in late December.

Investigators are trying to determine whether he assaulted anyone else, or whether this woman was assaulted more than once, Thompson said.

"We owed this arrest to the victim. We owed this arrest to the newest member of our community - that innocent baby," Phoenix police Chief Jeri Williams said at a news conference Wednesday.

The woman's family is aware of Sutherland's arrest but declines to comment further, said their attorney, John Micheaels.

Hacienda HealthCare said every member of the company is "troubled beyond words to think that a ... nurse could be capable of seriously harming a patient."

The arrest came two days after the facility announced, without elaboration, that one doctor who led the woman's care resigned, and another was suspended. The company did not name the doctors, and police did not mention them at their news conference.

'We had no idea she was pregnant'

Caretakers of the woman were surprised by the December 29 birth, with one telling a 911 dispatcher, "We had no idea she was pregnant." The woman is a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and has long been in a vegetative state, the tribe's chairman has said.

"The baby, I am told, is doing quite well," Thompson said, without elaborating on who is taking care of the infant.

Police began investigating the case as a sexual assault because the woman cannot give consent. Hacienda was ordered to hire a third-party manager to oversee several of its facilities.

Investigators obtained search warrants for records that helped them identify people who had access to the woman, as well as court orders to get DNA evidence from men who worked at the facility, police said.

Detectives learned that Sutherland was among those responsible for caring for the woman "during the time this sexual assault occurred," leading to the court order compelling him to provide a DNA sample, Thompson said.

At Sutherland's initial court appearance, Cohen explained the prosecution's decision to seek the significant cash bond.

"The charges in this case are very serious, the defendant sexually assaulted a very vulnerable adult who had no capacity to resist, no capacity to cry out, no capacity to do anything other than to be subject to what the defendant did to her," Cohen said.

Sutherland attorney David Gregan asked for a much lower bond, saying there was "no direct evidence that Mr. Sutherland has committed these acts," and that he anticipated that Sutherland's defense would include his own DNA expert.

Sutherland, wearing a dark shirt and jacket, said nothing other than his name and date of birth.

If he posts bond, Sutherland must be under house arrest and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet while awaiting trial, a judge said.

Sutherland has also been ordered to stay away from the Hacienda HealthCare facility and cannot contact the victim or any witnesses involved in the case, according to the court documents.

Chairman Terry Rambler of the San Carlos Apache Tribe said the tribe "hopes that justice will be served to the maximum extent allowed under the law."

Nicole Capone, a spokeswoman for Arizona Department of Health Services, said the agency's requirement for additional safety measures remains in place, including increased staff presence during interactions with patients and more monitoring of patient care areas.

Hacienda HealthCare offers apology

"Once again, we offer an apology and send our deepest sympathies to the client and her family, to the community and to our agency partners at every level," the company said in a statement Wednesday.

Sutherland had worked at the facility since 2012, Hacienda HealthCare said Wednesday. Thompson had previously said Sutherland had worked at the facility since 2011.

Sutherland, who had a current nursing license and had undergone an extensive background check before he was hired, was fired immediately Wednesday morning after the company learned of his arrest. His last shift was on Sunday, the company said.

"We will do everything in our power to ensure justice in this case," the statement said, adding that Hacienda had been cooperating with investigators.

"In the past two weeks, the Hacienda team has increased security measures to ensure the safety of all our patients. We will continue to do so. We also will continue to review and improve what is already an in-depth vetting process for caregivers at Hacienda. We will not tolerate any mistreatment of a Hacienda patient, nor will we stop until every Hacienda patient is as safe as we can make them."

Family says woman is not in a coma

CNN is not reporting the woman's name because police are investigating the case as a sexual assault.

The woman's parents said in a statement Tuesday that she has "significant intellectual disabilities" but is able to move and respond to sound.

"The victim's parents would like to make clear that their daughter is not in a coma," said the statement released to CNN by the attorney for the parents. "She has significant intellectual disabilities as a result of seizures very early in her childhood."

The woman does not speak but has some ability to move her limbs, head and neck. She also "responds to sound and is able to make facial gestures."

"She has feelings, likes to be read to, enjoys soft music and is capable of responding to people she is familiar with, especially family," the parents said.

"The important thing is that she is a beloved daughter, albeit with significant intellectual disabilities."

Woman has breathing and feeding tubes

A doctor who gave a yearly checkup to the patient about 37 weeks before she gave birth wrote that there were no major changes in her health, according to medical records sent to an Arizona court.

Medical records say the woman had an external exam April 16. A doctor noted her "firm belly" in the abdomen section. There were no notes on the forms about a pelvic exam, or urine or blood tests.

The doctor had given the woman her physicals since 2009 when a court appointed her mother as legal guardian.

The woman has breathing and feeding tubes, the records show. In March, she weighed 112 pounds.

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A 36-year-old nurse has been arrested on suspicion of impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who unexpectedly gave birth last month at a Phoenix health care facility, police said Wednesday.

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Report: Pacers Fear Victor Oladipo's Gruesome Knee Injury Is Season-Ending

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has enjoyed a career resurgence after the Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, who Oklahoma City Thunder traded him and Domantas Sabonis for superstar forward Paul George in 2017, suffered a gruesome knee injury on Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors.

The Pacers announced Oladipo had a "serious" injury and would undergo an MRI on Thursday.

Fox Sports Indiana shared footage of the play:

Multiple sources provided information regarding the injury:

In 2017-18, the ex-Indiana Hoosier star averaged 23.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and a league-leading 2.4 steals per game. Not only did he easily win the Most Improved Player award, but the six-year veteran was also named to the All-Defensive first team and the All- NBA third team.

Oladipo led the Pacers to a surprising playoff appearance as Indiana earned the Eastern Conference's fifth seed with a 48-34 record. The Pacers nearly took down LeBron James and the eventual Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round but lost in seven games despite Oladipo's 22.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.4 steals per contest.

This season started out with much promise as the 6'4" guard averaged 22.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.7 steals in the Pacers' first 15 games, which resulted in a 9-6 record.

However, Oladipo then missed 11 full games with a sore right knee. In his absence, the Pacers did an excellent job staying afloat with a 7-4 mark.

Oladipo returned to the court against the Milwaukee Bucks and hadn't shown any ill effects from the knee injury since. Entering Wednesday, the 26-year-old had posted 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.7 steals for the 31-15 Pacers.

Indiana has done well without Oladipo on the floor, with Sabonis emerging as a dominant force thanks to 15.0 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.

However, the Pacers don't have a consistent primary scorer sans Oladipo, and that could end up being a problem.

Bojan Bogdanovic has raised his scoring average from 14.3 points per game to 16.0 points on 49.2 percent shooting, but he's best used as a complementary offensive threat. Oladipo is the only Pacer capable of being the team's top offensive weapon on a game-by-game basis.

Regardless of the Pacers' performance sans Oladipo on the court, the hope is that the exciting young guard returns to the court 100 percent. His improvement-and the Pacers' ability to defy expectations after the George trade-have been two of the NBA's better stories recently.

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The University of South Florida St. Petersburg says that it mistakenly sent 430 acceptance emails to applicants over the weekend.

In a statement to ABC News, the school said that the emails were sent on Saturday and that they were a result of "human error."

"All of us work in higher education because we care about students, and we understand the confusion and distress a mistake like this can cause," the school's statement said. "As soon as we found out about the situation, we immediately reviewed our process for communicating with prospective students and have changed our procedures to prevent this from happening again."

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A copy of the email, which was obtained by ABC News said, "Once again congratulations on your admission to USFSP! We are excited to welcome you to the university and are very proud of all that you have accomplished so far! I also wanted to provide you with your next steps."

The email then goes on to provide instructions for students to find their university IDs, pay their admission deposit, apply for housing and more.

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Soon after the initial email, the school sent out a follow-up email to the students that said, "There was an error in the system. Please disregard the previous email."

USF St. Petersburg applicant Alexandria Rizzotto told ABC affiliate WFTS that she received the acceptance email in the middle of the day Saturday, only to receive the second email nearly an hour later.

"I was just so disappointed. I was very, very let down because I've been waiting for a final decision from them since November now," Rizzotto told WFTS.

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Rizzoto also told WFTS she still hoped to be accepted to the school in the future.

Carrie O'Brion, USF St. Petersburg's director of marketing and communications, told ABC News that 680 total emails were sent, of which 250 went to students that had been accepted.

"The remaining 430 received the acceptance email by mistake, either because their application was still under review, was incomplete or they were not selected for admission at this time," O'Brion said. "We're calling each student who received the acceptance mistakenly to update them on their status."

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An illegal immigrant linked to four murders in Nevada allegedly pawned jewelry that belonged to at least two of the victims, officials said.

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An illegal immigrant linked to four murders in Nevada allegedly pawned jewelry that belonged to at least two of the victims, officials said.

Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, was held on immigration charges Saturday after investigators linked him to the four killings in Carson City. He was expected to be formally charged in the murders on Thursday, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT EXPECTED TO FACE MURDER CHARGES IN NEVADA KILLING SPREE
Martinez-Guzman, an El Salvador national, was charged with nine counts of burglary-related charges, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported Wednesday, citing court documents. Stolen items from the victims included an Elks ring with a blue stone that was engraved with one of the victims' initials, two gold diamond rings, 16 silver rings, toe rings and turquoise rings, the newspaper reported.

He allegedly tried to pawn the items at a coin shop on different occasions.

Gerald David, 81, a former Reno rodeo boss, and his wife Sharon David, 80, were found dead last week in Reno. In Gardnerville, Connie Koontz, 56, was found dead Jan. 10 and Sophia Renken, 74, was found dead three days later. The killings all took place within a one week span.

Investigators searched a home associated with Martinez-Guzman Sunday, the Gazette-Journal reported.
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Police believe Martinez-Guzman came to northern Nevada about a year ago, according to the newspaper.
Fox News' Robert Gearty contributed to this report.

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Illegal immigrant linked to multiple murders allegedly stole victims' jewelry, court docs say

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An illegal immigrant linked to four murders in Nevada allegedly pawned jewelry that belonged to at least two of the victims, officials said. Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, was held on immigration charges Saturday after investigators linked him to the four killings in Carson City.

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4 12 year old black girls were strip searched at school because they seemed "giddy" during lunch

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A community firestorm has erupted over an alleged strip search of four 12-year-old girls at a New York middle school.

The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin says about 200 community members packed a heated school board meeting this week to discuss the incident.

They said the girls, who are black, were questioned and strip-searched by the school nurse and assistant principal because they seemed giddy during their lunch hour and were suspected of possessing drugs.

The local NAACP is demanding accountability measures.

The school district says it's sorry for the "unintended" consequence of "making the students feel traumatized."

It says students may be required to empty their pockets and remove shoes or jackets. Its statement made no mention of strip searches.

A procedural review is planned.

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Anger over alleged strip searches at upstate NY school

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Most expensive home in US – dubbed ‘billionaires’ bunker’ – purchased for $238 million

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Most expensive home in US – dubbed ‘billionaires’ bunker’ – purchased for $238 million

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A hedgefunder has just bought the most expensive home in US history — a $238 million four-story condo on Central Park South in a building dubbed the billionaires’ bunker.”

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St. Louis police officer dies from gunshot wound

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In order to compete, cruise lines like Caribbean, Norwegian and Carnival are going all out and adding rides, slides and even a roller coaster to their already mega ships.

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kenya terror attack: how a group chat helped save lives  - cnn

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Trapped for hours, they used a group chat to share their fears as terrorists roamed the halls

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When terrorists burst into a hotel complex in Kenya last week, killing at least 21 people, a WhatsApp group chat became a lifeline for the people trapped for hours. Some of the victims say it saved their lives.

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A St.Louis Officer was shot and killed. This is the Second law enforcement officer in the United States this week to die from gunfire in the line of duty. Officer Sean Tuder was shot and killed Sunday attempting to serve an arrest warrant in Mobile, Alabama.

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A child "accidentally" shot his mom with a gun when he was sitting in the back seat. There was 2 other kids in the back under 4 but they are not sure how old the kid who shot was.

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A child sitting in the backseat of a four-door sedan accidentally shot his mother with a shotgun on Wednesday, critically injuring her as she sat in the driver's seat.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said it responded to the shooting at about 3:30 p.m. in Norwalk, California, regarding a "rescue responding, assault with a deadly weapon, gunshot victim." The shooting happened just steps from a preschool though it's not known if any of the children were attendees.

Upon their arrival, deputies found the mother suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the torso. She was taken to a local hospital where her condition was upgraded to fair, and she is expected to survive.

Deputies responded to the 14600 block of Dinard Street, Norwalk, and discovered a child sitting in the backseat of a four-door sedan accidentally shot his mother with a shotgun. The victim is listed in fair condition. #Norwalk #LaMirada #Whittier
- LASD Norwalk Station (@NorwalkLASD) January 24, 2019

There were three children in the backseat, and another woman and young child in the front passenger seat who were not injured, police said.

All of the children were under 4, but it's unclear how old the child was who pulled the trigger, police said.

The sheriff's office said preliminary information showed the woman's three children were in the back seat of the car when one of the children picked up an unsecured shotgun and shot her through the back of the seat.

The weapon was recovered. No arrests have been made.

All four children are currently in the custody of Department of Children and Family Services, authorities said.

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A child sitting in the backseat of a four-door sedan accidentally shot his mother with a shotgun on Wednesday, critically injuring her as she sat in the driver's seat. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said it responded to the shooting at about 3:30 p.m. in Norwalk, California, regarding a...

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Martinez-Guzman, an El Salvador national, was charged with nine counts of burglary-related charges, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported Wednesday, citing court documents. Stolen items from the victims included an Elks ring with a blue stone that was engraved with one of the victims’ initials, two gold diamond rings, 16 silver rings, toe rings and turquoise rings, the newspaper reported.

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An illegal immigrant linked to four murders in Nevada allegedly pawned jewelry that belonged to at least two of the victims, officials said.

Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, was held on immigration charges Saturday after investigators linked him to the four killings in Carson City. He was expected to be formally charged in the murders on Thursday, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT EXPECTED TO FACE MURDER CHARGES IN NEVADA KILLING SPREE
Martinez-Guzman, an El Salvador national, was charged with nine counts of burglary-related charges, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported Wednesday, citing court documents. Stolen items from the victims included an Elks ring with a blue stone that was engraved with one of the victims' initials, two gold diamond rings, 16 silver rings, toe rings and turquoise rings, the newspaper reported.

He allegedly tried to pawn the items at a coin shop on different occasions.

Gerald David, 81, a former Reno rodeo boss, and his wife Sharon David, 80, were found dead last week in Reno. In Gardnerville, Connie Koontz, 56, was found dead Jan. 10 and Sophia Renken, 74, was found dead three days later. The killings all took place within a one week span.

Investigators searched a home associated with Martinez-Guzman Sunday, the Gazette-Journal reported.
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Police believe Martinez-Guzman came to northern Nevada about a year ago, according to the newspaper.
Fox News' Robert Gearty contributed to this report.

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Illegal immigrant linked to multiple murders allegedly stole victims' jewelry, court docs say

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An illegal immigrant linked to four murders in Nevada allegedly pawned jewelry that belonged to at least two of the victims, officials said. Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, was held on immigration charges Saturday after investigators linked him to the four killings in Carson City.

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A nurse has been accused of impregnating the woman who gave birth while in a vegetative state. The nurse, Nathan Sutherland, 36, has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse.

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A 36-year-old nurse has been arrested on suspicion of impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who unexpectedly gave birth last month at a Phoenix health care facility, police said Wednesday.

Nathan Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse who was caring for the woman at the Hacienda HealthCare facility, has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse, according to court documents from Maricopa County Superior Court.

A court order compelled Sutherland to provide a DNA sample to investigators on Tuesday, and crime lab technicians determined his DNA "matched the baby," Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said. Sutherland was arrested on Tuesday.

A judge set a cash bond at $500,000 and scheduled Sutherland's next court appearance for January 30. The nurse is being held in the Maricopa County Jail.

Sutherland has "invoked his Fifth Amendment rights" and has not participated in an interview with police, Thompson said.

The arrest is the latest chapter in a weekslong investigation that started when the 29-year-old woman - who is not able to give consent and has been at the facility since 2002 - gave birth in late December.

Investigators are trying to determine whether he assaulted anyone else, or whether this woman was assaulted more than once, Thompson said.

"We owed this arrest to the victim. We owed this arrest to the newest member of our community - that innocent baby," Phoenix police Chief Jeri Williams said at a news conference Wednesday.

The woman's family is aware of Sutherland's arrest but declines to comment further, said their attorney, John Micheaels.

Hacienda HealthCare said every member of the company is "troubled beyond words to think that a ... nurse could be capable of seriously harming a patient."

The arrest came two days after the facility announced, without elaboration, that one doctor who led the woman's care resigned, and another was suspended. The company did not name the doctors, and police did not mention them at their news conference.

'We had no idea she was pregnant'

Caretakers of the woman were surprised by the December 29 birth, with one telling a 911 dispatcher, "We had no idea she was pregnant." The woman is a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and has long been in a vegetative state, the tribe's chairman has said.

"The baby, I am told, is doing quite well," Thompson said, without elaborating on who is taking care of the infant.

Police began investigating the case as a sexual assault because the woman cannot give consent. Hacienda was ordered to hire a third-party manager to oversee several of its facilities.

Investigators obtained search warrants for records that helped them identify people who had access to the woman, as well as court orders to get DNA evidence from men who worked at the facility, police said.

Detectives learned that Sutherland was among those responsible for caring for the woman "during the time this sexual assault occurred," leading to the court order compelling him to provide a DNA sample, Thompson said.

At Sutherland's initial court appearance, Cohen explained the prosecution's decision to seek the significant cash bond.

"The charges in this case are very serious, the defendant sexually assaulted a very vulnerable adult who had no capacity to resist, no capacity to cry out, no capacity to do anything other than to be subject to what the defendant did to her," Cohen said.

Sutherland attorney David Gregan asked for a much lower bond, saying there was "no direct evidence that Mr. Sutherland has committed these acts," and that he anticipated that Sutherland's defense would include his own DNA expert.

Sutherland, wearing a dark shirt and jacket, said nothing other than his name and date of birth.

If he posts bond, Sutherland must be under house arrest and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet while awaiting trial, a judge said.

Sutherland has also been ordered to stay away from the Hacienda HealthCare facility and cannot contact the victim or any witnesses involved in the case, according to the court documents.

Chairman Terry Rambler of the San Carlos Apache Tribe said the tribe "hopes that justice will be served to the maximum extent allowed under the law."

Nicole Capone, a spokeswoman for Arizona Department of Health Services, said the agency's requirement for additional safety measures remains in place, including increased staff presence during interactions with patients and more monitoring of patient care areas.

Hacienda HealthCare offers apology

"Once again, we offer an apology and send our deepest sympathies to the client and her family, to the community and to our agency partners at every level," the company said in a statement Wednesday.

Sutherland had worked at the facility since 2012, Hacienda HealthCare said Wednesday. Thompson had previously said Sutherland had worked at the facility since 2011.

Sutherland, who had a current nursing license and had undergone an extensive background check before he was hired, was fired immediately Wednesday morning after the company learned of his arrest. His last shift was on Sunday, the company said.

"We will do everything in our power to ensure justice in this case," the statement said, adding that Hacienda had been cooperating with investigators.

"In the past two weeks, the Hacienda team has increased security measures to ensure the safety of all our patients. We will continue to do so. We also will continue to review and improve what is already an in-depth vetting process for caregivers at Hacienda. We will not tolerate any mistreatment of a Hacienda patient, nor will we stop until every Hacienda patient is as safe as we can make them."

Family says woman is not in a coma

CNN is not reporting the woman's name because police are investigating the case as a sexual assault.

The woman's parents said in a statement Tuesday that she has "significant intellectual disabilities" but is able to move and respond to sound.

"The victim's parents would like to make clear that their daughter is not in a coma," said the statement released to CNN by the attorney for the parents. "She has significant intellectual disabilities as a result of seizures very early in her childhood."

The woman does not speak but has some ability to move her limbs, head and neck. She also "responds to sound and is able to make facial gestures."

"She has feelings, likes to be read to, enjoys soft music and is capable of responding to people she is familiar with, especially family," the parents said.

"The important thing is that she is a beloved daughter, albeit with significant intellectual disabilities."

Woman has breathing and feeding tubes

A doctor who gave a yearly checkup to the patient about 37 weeks before she gave birth wrote that there were no major changes in her health, according to medical records sent to an Arizona court.

Medical records say the woman had an external exam April 16. A doctor noted her "firm belly" in the abdomen section. There were no notes on the forms about a pelvic exam, or urine or blood tests.

The doctor had given the woman her physicals since 2009 when a court appointed her mother as legal guardian.

The woman has breathing and feeding tubes, the records show. In March, she weighed 112 pounds.

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A child sitting in the backseat of a four-door sedan accidentally shot his mother with a shotgun on Wednesday, critically injuring her as she sat in the driver's seat.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said it responded to the shooting at about 3:30 p.m. in Norwalk, California, regarding a "rescue responding, assault with a deadly weapon, gunshot victim." The shooting happened just steps from a preschool though it's not known if any of the children were attendees.

Upon their arrival, deputies found the mother suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the torso. She was taken to a local hospital where her condition was upgraded to fair, and she is expected to survive.

Deputies responded to the 14600 block of Dinard Street, Norwalk, and discovered a child sitting in the backseat of a four-door sedan accidentally shot his mother with a shotgun. The victim is listed in fair condition. #Norwalk #LaMirada #Whittier
- LASD Norwalk Station (@NorwalkLASD) January 24, 2019

There were three children in the backseat, and another woman and young child in the front passenger seat who were not injured, police said.

All of the children were under 4, but it's unclear how old the child was who pulled the trigger, police said.

The sheriff's office said preliminary information showed the woman's three children were in the back seat of the car when one of the children picked up an unsecured shotgun and shot her through the back of the seat.

The weapon was recovered. No arrests have been made.

All four children are currently in the custody of Department of Children and Family Services, authorities said.

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A child sitting in the backseat of a four-door sedan accidentally shot his mother with a shotgun on Wednesday, critically injuring her as she sat in the driver's seat. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said it responded to the shooting at about 3:30 p.m. in Norwalk, California, regarding a...