Fair 43°
Tag:

Drug use

Business
No Coffee, No Bathroom: Starbucks Ends Open-Door Policy For Non-Customers No Coffee, No Bathroom: Starbucks Ends Open-Door Policy For Non-Customers
No Coffee, No Bathroom: Starbucks Ends Open-Door Policy For Non-Customers Starbucks is ending its open-door policy, prioritizing access for paying customers and employees. The coffeehouse chain will no longer allow just anyone to hang out in its cafes or use its bathrooms. Starbucks has created a new Coffeehouse Code of Conduct, requiring people to buy something to use the cafe, patio, or restrooms. Starbucks said it hopes the change will improve the overall coffeehouse experience. "We want everyone to feel welcome and comfortable in our stores," company spokesperson Sam Jefferies said in a statement to Daily Voice. "Implementing a Coffeehouse Code of Conduct i…

SHARE

by Chris Spiker
News
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Asks Judge To Rule On Mental Fitness Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial Ex-Abercrombie CEO Asks Judge To Rule On Mental Fitness Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Asks Judge To Rule On Mental Fitness Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries is hoping to delay his federal sex trafficking case. An attorney for the 80-year-old Jeffries filed a motion on Monday, Dec. 9, asking a Manhattan judge to schedule a hearing to determine whether Jeffries is mentally competent to stand trial. “[The motion] will be dealt with in court as, and when, appropriate – according to the judge,” Jeffries’ attorney, Brian Bieber, told Daily Voice. Federal prosecutors are expected to challenge the move, potentially delaying the case by months. An indictment unsealed in October accused Jeffries of pr…

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
News
Florida Man On Mushrooms Admits Causing Chaos, Groping Attendant On Flight To DC Florida Man On Mushrooms Admits Causing Chaos, Groping Attendant On Flight To DC
Florida Man On Mushrooms Admits Causing Chaos, Groping Attendant On Flight To DC A Miami man is facing 20 years behind bars after admitting to getting handsy with a flight attendant and causing a nuisance on a chaotic flight coming into Washington Dulles International Airport. Florida resident Cherruy Loghan Sevilla, 24, pleaded guilty this week to interfering with a flight crew and assaulting a flight attendant while making a scene onboard a United Airlines flight from Miami to Washington, DC. The strange episode played out on Oct. 4, 2022. About an hour into the flight, Sevilla - who is a "restaurant specialist," according to his LinkedIn account - began to sta…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Suspected Drug User Makes Great Escape From Virginia Police Suspected Drug User Makes Great Escape From Virginia Police
Suspected Drug User Makes Great Escape From Virginia Police A wanted man pulled a fast one on police officers attempting to arrest him in Prince William County when he escaped custody and was able to run away from custody, authorities announced. Woodbridge resident Isaiah Dimitri Hall, 25, is at large after making his great escape from members of the Prince William County Police Department attempting to apprehend him for alleged illegal drug use in a Bayside Avenue apartment complex. Officers were called to the Bayvue Apartments complex in the 1400 block of Bayside Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, where there was a report of suspected…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Speed, Drugs Could Be Factors In Crash That Killed Woodbridge Driver: Police Speed, Drugs Could Be Factors In Crash That Killed Woodbridge Driver: Police
Speed, Drugs Could Be Factors In Crash That Killed Woodbridge Driver: Police A Woodbridge driver died in a single-car crash after his car slammed into a retaining wall in Woodbridge, police said.At around 11:30 a.m. on August 20, police arrived at the scene near River Rock Way and Potomac Center Boulevard, where they discovered a Volkswagen Jetta that drove onto the center grass median and into the wall, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Law enforcement said the driver, 32-year-old Garrett Clark, who was not wearing his seat belt, was taken to a local hospital where he later died of his injuries. Speed and drug use do appear to be factors in …

SHARE

by AJ Goldbloom