Woman at center of Jackson Mahomes case regrets police involvement
by: Heidi Schmidt, Malik Jackson
Aspen Bar & Lounge owner says business declined after charges were filed
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Two days before Jackson Mahomes is scheduled to return to a Johnson County courtroom, the woman making some of the claims against him says she wouldn’t have called the police the night of the alleged assault.
During an interview with FOX4’s Malik Jackson, Aspen Vaughn, the owner of Aspen Restaurant & Lounge, describes the months since the Feb. 25 incident as “exhausting,” and wants to “just go back to normal.”
“What happened that evening we don’t condone it – it wasn’t OK, but in the same aspect we have our lives to live and to go on, and I feel like a lot of people just made assumptions and came after us,” Vaughn said.Arrest made in Kansas City’s Ford plant swatting case
Mahomes was charged in May by the Johnson County District Attorney with three felony counts of aggravated sexual battery and one misdemeanor count. He pleaded not guilty to the crimes.
Vaughn said she hoped everything associated with the case would blow over, but that hasn’t happened.
Instead, she said people have targeted her and the restaurant. Aspen has also lost up to 75% of its business since the Johnson County District Attorney charged Jackson Mahomes, she said.
“We’ve had gas pipes cut. We’ve had the AC pipes cut from the outside, you know – you name it – it’s pretty much happened,” Vaughn said.
According to court documents, police responded to Aspens Restaurant on Feb. 25 after a man reported Jackson Mahomes shoved his son, who works at the restaurant.Pilot injured in small plane crash outside Gardner
The allegations against Mahomes became more serious when police interviewed the restaurant’s owner that evening.
Court documents show Aspen’s owner told investigators she was in the restaurant’s office with Mahomes. She claimed Mahomes grabbed her by the throat, forced her head back and kissed her three different times according to the affidavit.
She told investigators she did not consent to any of the contact.
At one point, the owner pushed Jackson Mahomes away from her. The court document shows he then told her not to tell anyone what happened.
Now, months later, Aspen’s owner said she believes the situation has been blown out of proportion. When asked if she would have called the police herself that evening, she added the following:
“No I would not,” Vaughn said.
“I don’t think it was necessary,” said Jennifer Thomas, the manager at Aspen’s the night of the incident. Kansas news: Headlines from Wichita, Topeka and around the Sunflower StateDownload the FOX4 News app on iPhone and Android
The attorney representing Mahomes released the following statement.
“I have not viewed the entirety of the interview secured by Fox 4. As I stated before, when this cause first caught media attention, ‘Every interaction between people needs to be placed in the proper context,’ for that reason, until I have seen this interview in its entirety, I will withhold further comment. Until all the facts are known any further comment in the media could potentially jeopardize Jackson’s chance at a fair trial.”Brandan Davies of Roth Davies, LLC.
The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the case, or whether the restaurant owner’s new comments would have any impact on the case against Mahomes.
Harris County family says uniformed deputy refused to help as their 5-year-old had a seizure
Friday, October 3, 2025
A Harris County family says they asked an off-duty deputy to call 911 for a 5-year-old girl having a seizure, and he said no.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An east Harris County family says a uniformed deputy refused to help and mocked them as their 5-year-old had a seizure.
“He took an oath to protect and serve, and this Sunday, he did not do his job,” Evelyn Argueta said.
Argueta said her 5-year-old granddaughter, Marissa, had a seizure as the family shopped at the Walmart off of I-10 and Freeport Street Sunday afternoon.
“Her head kind of just flipped back in the basket and her eyes rolled back,” she explained.
Argueta said her granddaughter had never previously experienced a seizure.
“That’s why we were so scared,” she explained.
She said the family held the urine-soaked little girl’s head to prevent injury and turned her on her side so she would not choke on her vomit. Argueta said her daughter, Marissa’s mother, called 911 but struggled to guide dispatchers to the store. She said dispatchers requested an exact address from her daughter, who was flustered and crying, while attempting to tend to Marissa.
Argueta said the family sought out a man in a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy uniform working an off-duty security job at the store. She said they asked him for help after explaining the situation and requested that he call 911.
“The officer then told my son, ‘No.’ That’s what you have your own phone for. Use your phone. What do you think? I can just pick up this walkie-talkie and get some help here for you?'”
With each plea, Argueta claimed that the deputy’s responses grew more and more combative.
“He told me, ‘I don’t work for you, I work for Walmart,'” she said.
Argueta said strangers and Walmart employees jumped in to help Marissa, but the deputy did not acknowledge her.
“He failed,” she said. “He sat on a chair and refused to move.”
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office told ABC13 the following:
“The Harris County Sheriff’s Office initiated an internal affairs investigation into the circumstances surrounding this incident on Monday, Sept. 29 when we became aware of the social media post. The results of this investigation will be presented to the Sheriff’s Administrative Disciplinary Committee to determine whether any policy violations occurred and to recommend disciplinary action, if warranted.”
Argueta said that both HCSO and Walmart contacted her family on Monday after she posted about the incident on Facebook.
She said Marissa was taken via ambulance from Walmart to Texas Children’s Hospital and is undergoing extensive testing to determine the cause of the seizure.
When asked if she felt the deputy involved should retain his job, Argueta replied, “No. I don’t think so. I mean, if you won’t get up off a chair to come and help, and we’ve told you a 5-year-old is outside on the ground having a seizure, what else are you gonna not do?”
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Death of 19-year-old employee found in Walmart walk-in oven was not foul play, police say
“We do not believe anyone else was involved in the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death,” a Halifax Regional Police spokesperson said.
Nov. 19, 2024, 1:00 AM GMT+7
No foul play is suspected in the death of the 19-year-old Walmart employee whose body was found in the store’s walk-in oven in Canada last month, police said Monday.
Halifax Regional Police had responded on a report of a sudden death to the Walmart at 6990 Mumford Rd. the evening of Oct.19 and found Gursimran Kaur dead in “a large walk-in oven belonging to the store’s bakery department.”
The investigation has determined that her death was not suspicious, and “there is no evidence of foul play,” police said in a news release Monday.
“We conducted several interviews, reviewed video footage, and worked very closely with our partners at Nova Scotia Department of Labor and medical examiner service,” Martin Cromwell, public information officer for Halifax Regional Police, said in a video statement. “We do not believe anyone else was involved in the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.”
Investigators met with her family to share the update and extend condolences, police said.
Cromwell said police expect that to be the final update on the case.
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The young woman was identified as Kaur by the Maritime Sikh Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which launched a fundraiser on behalf of the family last month.
The organization said Kaur was discovered by her mother, who also worked at the store. The two had worked there for two years.
The evening of Oct. 19, Kaur’s mother tried to find her after not having seen her for an hour. She asked around and tried to call her to no avail.
“Mother started panicking as it was unusual for her to switch her phone off during the day,” the fundraiser said. “Imagine the horror that her mother experienced when she opened the oven, when someone pointed it out to her!”
Kaur and her mother are originally from India, the Maritime Sikh Society said.
Walmart told NBC News last month that the store was closed until further notice. It remains closed as of Monday, the CBC reported.
The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration also said it issued a stop-work order on Oct. 22 for the Walmart’s bakery and a piece of equipment at the store. The order was lifted on Oct. 28 “after the oven was assessed and determined to have been operating as per the manufacturer’s requirements.”
In a statement Monday, the department said: “Now that Halifax Regional Police have concluded their investigation, effective November 18, the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has assumed the lead in the ongoing workplace investigation.”
Walmart told the CBC last week the bakery oven was being removed from the store as part of a standard remodel program being implemented across the country.
