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Bad Santa – Yikes! edition
Posted on December 6, 2006 4:56 PM
Someone at the hiring department for Westminster Mall in Colorado may need to be just a teensy bit more diligent about background checks for prospective Santa photographers...
The Westminster Police Department says they were notified by a local news agency that they had received a tip that a registered sex offender was working at the Santa Clause set at the Westminster Mall.There's just not a lot I can add to this. Fortunately the Rocky Mountain News came to the rescue...
Investigators looked into the situation to see if in fact the information was accurate and if any laws were being violated. Jonathan Scott Yeoman, who was employed as a photographer at the Santa Claus display, was indeed, a registered sex offender.
According to his sex offender registration there were no restrictions prohibiting him from being in contact with or around children. The charges originated in 1992 in Indiana.
...his wife helped him get the job as a photographer.Here's a hint for the geniuses in the human resources department that blew the background check. Next time, try getting a Social Security number along with the name of an applicant because, and you may be completely shocked to learn this, sometimes people do lie about themselves.
"She was instrumental in helping him slip under the wire," Jeff Angelo, president of SEPIA Photo Promotions, said today. SEPIA is the company that contracts with the mall for their Santa Claus photo display.
Angelo said the wife of Jonathan Yeoman, a registered sex offender, was the manager of the photo display and was responsible for handling his application. Angelo said Yeoman used his middle name, Scott, as his first name, which failed to bring up his history when the company did its background check.
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hey maybe you should get all the facts before you go running off at the mouth. The company we were hired by still does not have the applications for Christmas 2006 for the westminster mall santa set They could not have done a back ground check without an application. The company lied to cover their own butts. Would you like to see the original application. Ask the company if they have it . NO they dont. And my husband was lied on from his ex step daughter who was (at that time in 1992) my step daughter also. Feel free to call me if you want the facts instead of only printing what you think you know.l Thank you, from someone with ALL the facts. My number is 720-309-3378
Posted on: August 13, 2007 5:13 PM
Running off at the mouth is funnier, especially when a local paper has already gathered the essential bits into one easy to read article. Call the Rocky Mountain News if you think you've been wronged.
Posted on: August 15, 2007 4:19 PM
k! Well thats my dad and no thats not funny!! ur just stupid and its people like u that have nothing!
Posted on: August 19, 2007 1:58 PM