Code 313 STEM Academy helps kids bridge tech divide - FOX 2 Detroit

Posted: 07 Mar 2020 06:13 AM PST

DETROIT (FOX 2) - The wheels are already turning for Reddick Grant as he visits Code 313 inside Detroit's new STEM Academy Headquarters.

"I want to work at NASA," said Grant. "And start my own robotics center."

Code 313 offers Detroit STEM education for children

Code 313 Executive Director Bartel Welch says Code 313 helps bridge the digital divide by hosting workshops on coding, web design, cyber security, robotics and drones.

The non-profit organization provides hands on educational training using cutting edge technology.

"I'm really having fun, the thing I most like is virtual reality," Grant said. "I really want to travel around the world and virtual reality is kind of like how I can do it."

Sadly, Detroit is America's least connected city with 27 percent of residents without internet access and 19 percent of households relying on their cell phones to get online.

Code 313 Executive Director Bartel Welch says Code 313 helps bridge the digital divide by hosting workshops on coding, web design, cyber security, robotics and drones.

"I love when the kids come in, their eyes are super-bright and wide open," Welch said. "They love it; it is stuff some have never seen before or never have been able to take part in. When they come in, they are super excited."

Just like sixth grader Jaylah Fowler. She used her new training to make a lie detector test.

"I like (that) I get to express my creativity with my lie detector tests, explain how it works, how I made it, and put coding into it," Fowler said.

The partnership with Code 313 and Junior Achievement is not only inspiring students - it is providing them the skills they need to pursue careers in computer science - and advanced technology that will help them take that next step.

"The world has changed and tech has become an extremely important part of everyday life," said Welch. "So learning technology especially at young age expand careers now and set career paths at early age."

Evelyn Boswell: Missing Tennessee tot's mom lied about being pregnant. Reward reaches over $60K as search continues [Reports] - CrimeOnline

Posted: 28 Feb 2020 07:25 AM PST

The mother of a missing Tennessee toddler reportedly claimed she was denied a lie detector test because she's pregnant. Authorities said it's not true.

"I am pregnant….that's why they won't give me a polygraph. Due to policy if you are pregnant they will not give you one," Megan "Maggie" Boswell previously told News Channel 5.

According to the Sullivan County jail records, however, Boswell is not pregnant. There were four pregnant inmates when Boswell was arrested on Tuesday at around 9 p.m. The pregnant inmate count remained at four after she was booked in, the outlet reports.

Boswell is currently behind bars for making false reports in connection with the disappearance of her 1-year-old daughter, Evelyn Boswell, who was last seen over two months ago in Sullivan County.

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Further, Sheriff Jeff Cassidy of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department said that Boswell was never denied a polygraph.

"She was never asked to meet us for a polygraph," he said. "We don't have a polygraph examiner. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation does the polygraphs and we never set up any interview for her."

Cassidy previously said Boswell has given inaccurate statements since the beginning of the investigation into the disappearance of her missing toddler. Authorities issued an AMBER Alert for Evelyn on February 18. She wasn't reported missing until around two months after the last time she was seen.

Boswell said she last saw Evelyn around Christmas, but during a press conference last week, Cassidy said he believes the last time Evelyn was seen was on December 10 or 11 by a babysitter.

"Every time we talk to her, her story changes," Cassidy said. "I'm serious when I say every single time."

On February 18, the day authorities issued an AMBER Alert for Evelyn, Boswell reportedly told a DCF worker that Evelyn's father, Ethan Perry, had the child and she planned to pick her up.

Authorities said that Perry, who is stationed in Louisiana and actively serving in the military, did not have the baby.

Boswell later told News 5 that her mother took the baby to someone in a silver camper in Virginia.

On Tuesday, Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Capt. Andy Seabolt responded to Boswell's claim. According to the Tennessean, Seabolt said Boswell's camper claim was "investigated completely." Authorities did not find Evelyn.

"The claim that Megan made stating that Evelyn was in a camper in Mendota was investigated completely," Seabolt said.

"The Washington County Virginia Sheriff's Office along with the United States Marshals checked every campground in Mendota and nothing was found. Megan's story has changed multiple times throughout this investigation."

Meanwhile, the reward for information leading to the safe return of Evelyne has increased to over $60,000.

Evelyn is described as a white female with blue eyes and blonde hair. She weighs around 28 pounds and stands 2-feet tall. She was last seen wearing pink shoes, a pink tracksuit, and a pink bow.

Anyone with information on Evelyn is urged to contact the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office at 423-279-7330 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

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[Feature Photo: Megan & Evelyn Boswell/Police Handout]

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