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Charleston County schools may ban shorts above knee, clothing that ‘distracts’ - Live 5 News WCSC

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 11:52 AM PST

"It's gender neutral. For example, we spoke about the leggings. Some boys wear leggings, but they also wear boxing shorts or wrestling shorts, and they have the same effect on the body and the way they fit. They're contoured to the body," Collins said. "What some people are doing which is wrong is they're taking the policy and they're trying to make it sexual, that it's geared towards shaming a girl or shaming a boy or it's insulting or it's degrading, and that's just far from the truth."

Search continues for 6-year-old girl missing in Cayce - WLTX.com

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 03:04 PM PST

CAYCE, S.C. — Cayce Department of Public Safety officers are continuing the search Tuesday for a missing six-year-old girl.

Officers say Faye Marie Swetlik was last seen around 3:44 PM Monday playing in her front yard at Londonderry Lane in Cayce just off Highway 302 in the Churchill Heights neighborhood.

Officers said Tuesday morning that residents with RING doorbells are asked to check their video feed for clues or information about Swetlik.  At this point, law enforcement says all possibilities are open about where she could be. 

There's also a special tipline that's been set up at 803-205-4444. People can also call the Cayce Department of Public Safety at 803-794-0456 or Investigator W. Dougall at 803-550-9535.

In a news conference, Capt. Adam Myrick with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department said they can confirm she rode the bus home from school and got off that vehicle near her home. He did not speculate on what may have happened next. 

Officers released a photo that was taken with a bus surveillance camera and shows her right before she exited the vehicle Monday, including the clothes she was wearing at the time. 

Faye Swetlik

Faye Swetlik

Cayce Department of Public Safety

Myrick said the search area is all in about a one mile radius of where the girl was last seen.

RELATED: Photo shows missing SC girl getting off school bus

Tuesday morning, Myrick said residents inside subdivision should expect another knock on the door and be prepared to be stopped entering and leaving in an effort to try and find Swetlik.

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He said a high level of activity would be present until further notice. Since she was reported missing, he said more than 100 personnel from multiple law agencies are part of the operation, and about 20 family members and neighbors have also joined the search. 

Myrick said officers have been knocking on doors as part of the search, and News19 observed people yelling out the little girl's name in an effort to find her. 

All known family members have been contacted and have not seen the child. She has also been entered into the NCIC database as missing.

Myrick said at this point, the case does not currently meet the qualifications for an Amber Alert, but he said that doesn't mean there isn't a hard push to find the girl. 

RELATED: Criteria for when can an AMBER alert can be issued

He said that as morning breaks, law enforcement is making plans to move systematically through neighborhood a second time.

Sgt Antley, with the Cayce Department of Public Safety, thanked the community for their overwhelming support and said the goal was a safe return of the little girl.

Officers say she has strawberry blond hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing polka dot boots and a black top.  She is lactose intolerant and has a speech impediment.  

Swetlik is first grader at Springdale Elementary School.  

Faye Marie Swetlik

Faye Marie Swetlik

Cayce Department of Public Safety

Once again, anyone with information on where she might be should call the hotline set up for tips at 803-205-4444 or the Cayce Department of Public Safety at 803-794-0456 or Investigator W. Dougall at 803-550-9535.

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Lawsuit over girl’s forced sex exam is settled for $600,000 - The Daily Post

Posted: 11 Feb 2020 07:05 AM PST

BY SONYA HERRERA
Daily Post Staff Writer

The parents who sued after three Mountain View police officers and a Santa Clara County social worker stripped their 5-year-old daughter and examined her private parts for signs of sexual abuse have filed court papers saying they'll accept a $600,000 settlement.

Danielle and Douglas Lother filed the lawsuit Sept. 19 in the U.S. District Court, naming Mountain View police officers Jason Poirier, Mason Motomura and Matthew Rogers; Joseph Phan, an emergency response social worker with the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children Services; and American Medical Response (AMR) paramedic Laura Yamada.

On Friday, the Lothers filed a motion asking a judge to approve a $600,000 settlement. The settlement would cover the Lothers' attorneys fees and does not require any admission of guilt or liability from any of the defendants. The daughter who was stripped would receive about $80,000. Her older sister, who was also questioned by police, would get about $40,000. The Lothers' attorney, Robert Powell of San Jose, would be paid $40,000. The parents would receive $440,000.

The city of Mountain View would pay $350,000 and the county would pay $200,000, according to the motion. American Medical Response or AMR, whose paramedic Laura Yamada helped examine the girl's privates, would pay $50,000.

The events began Jan. 25 when the 5-year-old girl was playing on one of the rope swings at Sky High trampoline park, according to the lawsuit. The girl slid down and was injured.

When she got home, she also told her parents, and they asked her if there was any more to it, such as had anyone touched her down there, according to the suit. The girl said no.

Teacher calls CPS

When the girl returned to school on Jan. 28, her teacher initiated a Child Protective Services investigation after she heard her say something about no longer bleeding and "Daddy touching her in her private parts," according to attorney Powell, who represents the Lothers.

The three Mountain View police officers — Poirier, Motomura and Rogers — and social worker Phan showed up at the Lothers' home that evening around 5. One of the officers pounded on the door instead of using the doorbell, which startled Danielle enough to think it was a "home invasion," according to the suit.

The officers asked to speak with the girl, which Danielle allowed without knowing why they were there. The social worker was supposed to tell Danielle why they were there and about the allegations against her and her husband, yet refused to do so even after she asked numerous times, the family claims.

5-year-old questioned by cops

The girl was taken outside and questioned. The 5-year-old told the officers about the incident on the rope swing and that she was not hurting anymore.

When her father, Douglas, got home a few minutes after police arrived, Officer Motomura allegedly said they had received a call concerning the girl, but he did not explain the nature of the call.

The family, including the Lothers' other daughter, were pulled outside one-by-one and questioned in front of their home, and each repeated the same story of the rope swing, according to the lawsuit.

Danielle offered to call the girl's pediatrician, but Officer Poirier allegedly refused the offers.

A paramedic was called and asked to come to the home to examine the girl's body, while Motomura allegedly told the parents that if they did not agree, she could be forcibly removed from their home and care.

Mother told she wasn't listening

The parents pleaded with the officers to not put their daughter through more trauma.

According to the lawsuit, Motomura "condescendingly" told Danielle at one point, "This shows how you're not listening."

This inflamed Danielle, who said, "I'm not listening? What are you talking about!?"

Motomura told her, "You're doing it again. Are you willing to listen or not, because we are not leaving until this is resolved," according to the lawsuit.

To which Douglas responded, "Well, it's not going to happen, so where are you guys sleeping."

Poirier said they needed to check to make sure the injury was healing properly. The parents said they would take her to the doctor the next day.

Motomura allegedly told them the investigation was going to happen whether the parents liked it or not and told Danielle she was being "disrespectful."

Both parents said they would go to jail, before their daughter was examined in their living room by a stranger. But they agreed after determining it was the lesser of two evils.

The county's Child Abuse Protocol for Law Enforcement states that child sexual assault investigations are to take place at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.

Girl 'struggled helplessly'

When the girl was told what was about to happen, she "became hysterical and began begging and crying not to proceed," according to the suit.

She screamed and "struggled helplessly" as her clothes were removed by her own parents, as they pleaded with Yamada not to examine their daughter, the suit states.

"(She) continued to kick and struggle even more so after her clothes were removed, and her parents were thus forced to hold her arms and legs down and force her legs apart," the lawsuit states.

When Yamada needed more light, Douglas used the light on his cellphone in what he called a "nightmarish moment."

Yamada concluded there was nothing wrong with the girl, after commenting, "Well, I'm not a doctor."

According to the lawsuit, the incident caused the family severe distress, and they had to seek counseling. It took about two months for the children to once again sleep in their own beds and not their parents' bedroom. The younger daughter had nightmares of the incident and feared being taken away by police.

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