Small Bits of News

Intruder Blames Beer And Whiskey
A man said yesterday "too much beer and whiskey" caused him to mistakenly climb through the window of his next-door neighbor, who shot him in the backside.
In an interview at the Fayette County jail, Joshua W. Harrison expressed remorse over the Thursday night incident on Maddie Lane in the Masterson Station neighborhood.
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Officer Arrested In Sting Operation
A Daytona Beach police officer accused of stealing evidence he was supposed to be logging for the department was arrested on Friday.
Robert Rush, 29, was charged with official misconduct, booked into the Volusia County Jail and released on bond.
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Knife at lunch gets 10-year-old girl arrested at school
A 10-year old Ocala girl brought her lunch to school and a small kitchen knife to cut it. She now faces a felony charge after being arrested. The Sunrise Elementary School and the sheriff's office disagree on the reason for the arrest.
School officials say the 5th grader had brought a piece of steak for her lunch, but she also brought a steak knife. The 10-year-old used the knife to cut the meat. That's when deputies were called. "She did not use it inappropriately. She did not threaten anyone with it. She didn't pull it out and brandish it. Nothing of that nature," explained Marion County School Spokesman Kevin Christian.
But a couple of teachers took the utensil and called the sheriff. When deputies arrived, they were unable to get the child's parents on the phone, so they arrested her and took her to the county's juvenile assessment center.