Small Bits of News

Man Dies After Being Taking To Police Station With Kerosene Soaked Clothes
Hifumi Kubota, 45, was arrested by police after a phone call from the woman he was living with to say that he was acting violently.
In front of police he poured kerosene all over himself and was taken to the station where he was asked to change his clothes. He refused.
He asked for a cigarette inside the station and was given a whole packet and a lighter despite his clothes still being kerosene soaked and the no-smoking rule. Upon lighting up the man became engulfed in flames and later died in hospital.
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Daughter Fails GED, Dad Jailed
Brian Gegner is in jail for 180 days for failing to keep an eye on his daughter's education. The problem is his daughter is 18 and has passed all except the math portion of the GED which she has failed several times. The order stems from 2 years ago.
When the original truancy happened, Brian Gegner had custody of his daughter even though she was living with her mother. Brittany and her mother both say they should be the ones to go to jail if anyone had to. "It's ridiculously wrong," said Brittany.
The court says that even though Brittany is now an adult the order can be upheld since she was a juvenile at the time. Gegner is also facing the possibility of losing his job, which he has had for 15 years, over this situation.
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13 Year Old Steals Dad's Credit Card to Buy Hookers
A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order.
Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father's existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing "Halo" on an Xbox with a couple of hookers in a Texas motel.
The credit card company involved said it was regular practice to send extra credit cards out as long as all security questions are answered.
The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.