Employee background checks

Sex offender arrested for taking photos of girls at Federal Way Costco

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“Getting free samples at Costco may seem like a treat, but the Issaquah-based company just discovered one of the people contracted to hand out the goodies in Federal Way is a convicted sex offender.

Gregory O’Neall, 51, has been arrested again. An undercover agent conducting an online sting discovered O’Neall sharing photos of little girls he took while working at Costco and at several other places where girls would shop with their families.

According to the Tacoma News Tribune, the U.S. Attorney’s Office discovered more than a hundred photos taken by O’Neall. If convicted, he could face a minimum of 15 years in prison.

A spokesman for Costco said they have a policy against hiring convicted felons, including sex offenders. They do thorough background checks and require the same of their contract companies.

That apparently didn’t happen in this case. The Costco spokesman said they will be addressing the problem with the contractor, Warehouse Demo Services.”

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Newton Public Schools expands background checks for new hires

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“Newton Public Schools will expand the background checks it performs on all new hires by checking the Sex Offender Registry Information system (SORI), a nationwide database of sex crime convictions. The move comes after the arrests of two city employees, including a second grade teacher, on child pornography charges earlier this year.

The two cases caused many local parents to call for tougher hiring processes.

City officials maintain they conducted thorough background checks on the two men. Since neither Ettlinger nor Buchanan had criminal records, the tighter procedures being adopted would not have flagged their applications.

Both the city and the Newton Public Schools currently CORIs all new hires and current employees, volunteers, interns, seasonal employees, subcontractors and constables.”

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Yahoo confirms CEO is out after resume scandal

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“Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is out after it was found he padded his resume with an embellished college degree, ending his term at the company after just four months.

Thompson’s published Yahoo bios– including the one in the company’s latest annual report, a legal document that CEOs must personally swear are truthful — have claimed that he holds a bachelor’s degree in both accounting and computer science from Stonehill College. His degree is actually in accounting only.”

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Noblesville bus driver arrested, charged with child molestation

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“A Noblesville Schools employee is in jail Monday, accused of several counts of child molestation.

Noblesville police arrested Garrett Cornell, 42, at his home in the 1500 block of Hannibal Street Saturday afternoon.

Cornell was charged with four counts of child molesting, Class A felonies; three counts of child molesting, Class C felonies; and one count of child exploitation, a Class C felony.”

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