Peanut Corporation Of America Files For Bankruptcy Amid Salmonella Outbreak

Blakley, GA
The Virginia based food processing company, Peanut Corporation of America has filed for bankruptcy protection after 5 deaths have been linked to tainted peanut butter manufactured in a Blakey, Georgia peanut processing plant.

The Center for Disease Control reports that 453 people in 43 states have been infected with salmonella after eating products containing peanut from the plant. One case of infection is also reported in Canada. "Of these, 22 percent are hospitalized and five deaths have been reported that may be associated," the CDC's Dr. Robert Tauxe said.

PCA president Stewart Parnell, of Virginia, issued a statement on Friday saying, "Today, the FDA informed PCA that new product samples in unopened containers tested positive for Salmonella."

The Kellogg Company has recalled numerous products including some Keebler brand snacks manufactured with peanut butter paste from the tainted factory. The company also faces several lawsuits from those who became sick after eating the products.

In recent years another peanut plant in south Georgia was linked to a nation wide salmonella outbreak. It is believed that the problems are caused by unsanitary conditions within the plants, possibly due to the high number of illegal immigrants employed by many food processors in the state.

Online Petition: Jail For Hospital Employee Who Stole From Dead/Dying

Atlanta, GA

In May of 2008, scumbag "social worker" Tacuma Jawara was arrested after police learned he had stolen jewelry from the bodies of deceased patients at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital.

Since his arrest in the case involving wedding rings stolen from the late Katherine Armstrong, a wife and mother of two small children who was killed in a tragic automobile accident in April, at least two more families have come forward with allegations that Jawara had stolen from members of their families while they were patients at the hospital. Aside from the theft of Mrs. Armstrong's jewelry, Jawara has been arrested on additional charges of stealing a wedding ring from another man and stealing money orders from the purse of another female patient.

It has recently been brought to our attention that the courts are failing the public in this matter, as they often do. There is a high possibility that this scumbag will be turned back out on the streets.

We request that our readers review and sign the following online petition.

One of my dearest friends was killed in a horrific auto accident on April 30th. A Loomis (armored) truck stalled out of gas in the center lane of a busy Atlanta interstate and my friend hit it. The driver of the truck has been charged with vehicular homicide and my friend has been cleared of any fault in the accident. She leaves behind a husband and two young children, ages 1.5 and 4 (at the time of the accident).

To make matters worse, her one of a kind wedding and engagement rings were stolen from her body at the hospital where she was airlifted following the accident. It was determined that the man assigned to log victim's personal items and to tend to the victim's family is the person who stole (and pawned) her rings.

Fortunately, her rings were recovered from an Atlanta-area pawn shop and the hospital employee was charged with felony theft by taking. It has since been discovered that he stole from another victim and he has been charged with a second count of theft.

The DA has consolidated the cases, so the most this man can serve is ten years for both counts. If the DA had prosecuted the cases separately, the scum who stole her rings could have gotten ten years for each count. Unfortunately, the DA and the judge in this case are pretty jail-averse...very unfortunate as this man is so worthy of being locked up for a long time. The DA offered this man 4-6 months (yes, MONTHS) in jail, but fortunately Alan (Katherine's husband) and another victim of Jawara, named Ron Goyette were able to compel the judge to throw the plea deal out and set a court date.

Read and sign the complete petition at the follwing link:

Jail For Jawara Petition

Editor's Note: This petition is in no way connected to the Vanquishing Georgia website and was apparently started by friends and family members of the late Mrs. Katherine Armstrong. While we realize that this is a highly volatile subject, we ask our readers who do opt to sign the petition to avoid inflamatory statements and keep the respect of Mrs. Armstrong's family in mind when you post your comments. However, as always, feel free to speak your mind here in our comments section on Vanquishing Georgia. Thanks.

Arrest Made In Gwinnett County Nursing Home Identity Thefts

Buford, GA

Police have arrested Iniabel Ferrer at her home in Buford after someone reported that Ferrer and Jose Luis Cuiro had approached them and asked that they use their computer skills to steal money from the bank accounts of elderly Alzheimer's patients at a Gwinnett County nursing home.

Ferrer, 36, was arrested and charged with six felony counts of Exploitation of a Disabled Adult and six felony counts of Financial Indentity Fraud, when police stopped her vehicle as she and Cuiro were leaving their residence and found in their possession documents containing the medical and financial records of several nursing home patients. An arrest warrant was also issued for the 44 year old Cuiro.

The pair had stolen financial and medical records from six residents of a nursing home where Ferrer worked in Buford and intended to use that information to remove funds from the bank accounts of these elderly victims. Ferrer is being held under a $68,400 bond.

Another Immigrant Practicing Illegal Dentistry In Georgia

Johns Creek, GA

WSB-TV reports that a Colombian woman, living in Georgia under a visa, is under investigation by local police and Homeland Security with practicing dentistry without a license in her home in Johns Creek, Georgia.

Several similar incidents of immigrants practicing dentistry from residential homes have been reported over the past year in various areas of the state.

Local officials and qualified dental professionals urge patients of the illegal dentists to be tested for various diseases. "They probably want to go to a medical doctor now and be tested for hepatitis, AIDS," said dentist Alan Parnes.

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Homeland Security and Johns Creek police are investigating an alleged illegal dental office operating inside a home.

Claudinette Varon-Castro is facing multiple charges for allegedly operating an illegal dentist office inside a home on Ogeechee Drive.


Officials said Varon-Castro had much of the needed equipment to do the job but she didn’t have a dentistry license.

"It did not look like a business operation from the outside," said neighbor Sharon Ferrar.

"We believe there's illegal dental work going on," said Capt. Brian Weaver with the Johns Creek Police Department.

The first floor of her home in a quiet Johns Creek neighborhood is where Varon-Castro practiced her skills, according to investigators. Authorities told Channel 2 her patients were usually immigrants who may not have understood how dangerous her dental practice could be.

Ferrar, said she understands the risks because her father is a licensed dentist in another state.

"I don't know how safe it is to come in and have X-rays and dental procedures out of somebody's home," said Ferrar.

Channel 2 attempted to talk with Varon-Castro, a native of Colombia, but was unsuccessful. Investigators said she had hundreds of prescription pills and other medicines inside her home as well. Homeland Security is also looking in to the case.

"(We don't know) whether the tools are being thouroughly sanitized or cleaned like they should be and whether or not (patients) have been exposed to radiation when you have the X-ray machine. That's real, real scary," said Weaver.

Varon-Castro, who is in the United States on a visa, is out on bond. She faces several charges including practicing dentistry without a license.

WSB-TV

Scumbag "Social Worker" Jailed In Second Hospital Theft

Atlanta, Ga.

Grady Memorial Hospital social worker, Tacuma Jawara has been arrested for the second time in less than a week in relation to stealing jewelry from patients at the medical facility.

Jawara turned himself in last week after police determined he had removed wedding rings valued at approximately $5,000 from the finger of Katherine Armstrong, a White woman who had died at the hospital after being involved in an automobile accident last month. Those rings were found in a local pawn shop.

The second victim was Ron Goyette who arrived at Grady Memorial following an auto accident on April 21 and was not expected to live. Goyette however made it out of the hospital but his wedding ring and a necklace valued at $600 did not. Police later found his jewelry in a pawn shop, having been pawned by Jawara. In an interview with local news stations Jawara's nephew stated he had taken Jawara to pawn the late Mrs. Armstrong's rings and that Jawara often pawned jewelry.

More Illegal Immigrant Back Alley Dentistry

Lawrenceville, GA

Police have shut down another illegal dentist's office, the second in just two weeks, this time in an apartment in Gwinnett County. Authorities say that maintenance personnel at the Wesley Place apartments on Sweetwater Club Drive in Lawrenceville entered the apartment to fix a water leak and discovered a fully operational dentist office.

A 29 year old immigrant, Jesus Urdaneta-Casanova was arrested at the scene on felony charges of practicing medicine without a license. Earlier this month police in Carroll County arrested an illegal immigrant who was also practicing dentistry in home without a license.

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LAWRENCEVILLE - The maintenance crews were investigating a water leak at Wesley Place apartment complex Wednesday afternoon when they found a fully functional dentist office

They called police who arrested Jesus J. Urdaneta-Casanova, 29, and will charge him with practicing medicine without a license, a felony.

"It is unknown how long or how many patients Casanova has treated," said Cpl. Darren Moloney, Gwinnett County Police Department spokesman. The investigation is ongoing and further details were not available.

The maintenance people were looking into a leak at unit 1011 at the complex on Sweetwater Club Drive.

Gwinnett Daily Post

Vegan Negroes Found Guilty In Starvation Death Of 6 Week Old Infant

Atlanta, GA

The two idiot vegetarian negroes mentioned in this article were found guilty today in the starvation death of their newborn son.

A jury found Lamont Thomas, 31, and Jade Sanders, 27, guilty of malice murder, felony murder and first degree cruelty to children in relation to the death of their 6 week old son, Crown, who had been fed a diet of soy milk and apple juice and who weighed only three and a half pounds when he died of starvation. Thomas and Sanders each face automatic sentences of life in prison.

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This Buckhead newborn didn't stand a chance.

By the time he saw a doctor, the 6-week-old, born at home, was dead. Fed a diet consisting largely of soy milk and apple juice by his vegan parents, the baby boy weighed just 3 1/2 pounds.

Fulton prosecutors say it's a chilling case of murder by starvation, a painful and prolonged death. Attorneys representing parents Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31, told jurors the first-time parents did the best they could while adhering to their vegan lifestyle. Vegans typically live free of animal products.

"They're not vegans, they're baby killers," Fulton prosecutor Mike Carlson told the jury Tuesday during his closing arguments. "Think about how long they had to listen to his screams and hollers."

Thomas hung his head and appeared to nearly collapse on the defense table during closing arguments, while Sanders sat next to him listening intently. The couple's attorneys claim the parents didn't realize their baby, named Crown, was in danger until minutes before he died.

Jurors began deliberations Tuesday. Prosecutors urged jurors to convict the parents of murder, which carries an automatic life sentence in prison. Defense lawyers told jurors the death is at most a case of involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct that results in an unintentional death, punishable by up to one year in jail.

Vegans Or Baby Killers?

Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts In Vegan Baby Death Trial

Peanut Butter Recall Expands

Sylvester, GA
The recent salmonella outbreak, which was traced to a ConAgra Foods plant in the town of Sylvester in an illegal immigrant infested region of south Georgia, has been expanded to include brands other than Peter Pan and Walmart's Great Value peanut butter. Salmonella has also been found in some dessert and ice cream toppings.

The salmonella germ is a group of bacteria that pass from the feces of people or animals to other people or other animals and can cause diarrheal illness in humans. Salmonella bacteria have been known to cause illness for more than 100 years.

To date, nearly 400 people have contracted salmonella from products manufactured at the south Georgia plant. Last week the FDA announced that they had found salmonella to be present in the plant, but declined to indicate the source. The plant remains closed.

These product are now thought to also be contaminated:

- Sonic Brand Ready-To-Use Peanut Butter Topping (6 lb., 10.5 oz. cans) used to make the peanut butter regular and fudge shakes and the peanut butter regular and fudge sundaes. Sonic discontinued use of this topping on February 16 when the recall began.

- Carvel Peanut Butter Topping (6 lb., 10 oz. cans) used in the following various Carvel ice cream products: Chocolate Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Treasure, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Sundae Dasher, and other customized products containing the peanut butter toppings and flavors for ice cream within the cakes used by Carvel. These toppings and flavorings or products were discontinued by Carvel on February 16 when the recall began.

- J. Hungerford Smith Peanut Butter Dessert Topping (6 lb., 10 oz. cans). Although this product is not available for direct public purchase, retailers and restaurants across the U.S. may have used this topping in or on their food products.

Controlled media articles related to this story:

FDA Update On Peanut Butter Recall

Georgia Couple Suing ConAgra Over Tainted Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Sickens Wilmington Woman

Peanut Butter Recall Shuts Down Perrysburg Confectioners Work

One Case Of Peanut Butter Salmonella In Louisianna

Georgia's Illegal Immigrants Responsible For Salmonella Outbreak?

Sylvester, GA
A nationwide outbreak of salmonella has been traced to jars of Peter Pan and Wal-mart "Great Value" brands of peanut butter manufactured at a ConAgra Foods processing plant in an illegal immigrant infested region of south Georgia.

The Center For Disease Control announced last week that between August 2006 and January 2007 almost 300 people in 39 states, including Georgia had contracted the disease. The CDC released a report which can be viewed here.

ConAgra Foods has recalled all containers of this peanut butter with product codes beginning with the numbers 2111, which indicate the product's origin at a food processing plant in the south Georgia town of Sylvester. ConAgra said today that the recall will cost them $50-60 million.

Neither the CDC nor ConAgra Foods have confirmed any source for the contamination of the products at the Sylvester, Ga plant. The plant has been closed until the source of the contamination is determined.

ConAgra, like many other large corporations, participates in a diversity program which can be viewed here. These government sanctioned programs allow companies to openly discriminate against more qualified personnel in favor of less qualified individuals based on that individual's race, religion, national origin, etc. Many of these companies also utilize illegal immigrants as a key element in their labor force as part of their celebration of diversity.

Hiring of illegal aliens in this region of Georgia is an immense and steadily increasing problem. The illegals work for very low wages, saving the corporations big money on payroll. American citizens (i.e. people who pay taxes) can't afford to work for what the immigrants will work for. This means Americans are out of jobs when companies are hiring illegals.

Aside from there being no jobs for Americans when companies employee illegals, there is also a downside that many of the companies may not consider when they employee undocumented workers. A recent government sweep of illegal immigrants in another south Georgia town devastated a poultry processing plant after a large percentage of the company's employees were arrested.

The Crider Poultry plant in Stillmore, Ga was forced to raise wages at least twice in an effort to attract new employees after over one hundred undocumented workers who had previously staffed the plant were deported. Even after raising wages the second time, the Crider plant still was not able to maintain sufficient labor for daily operations and may be forced to close and transfer operations to another plant in Alabama, which means fewer jobs in Georgia.

ConAgra Foods manufactures various food products sold under many national brands including Peter Pan, Reddi-Whip, Chef Boyardee, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Kids Cuisine, Hunt's, Orville Redenbacher's and Hebrew National.