.Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
London Police Accused of Waterboarding Suspects
Metropolitan Police officers subjected suspects to waterboarding, according to allegations at the center of a major anti-corruption inquiry, was reported on Tuesday.
The interrogation claims are part of a wide-ranging investigation which also includes accusations that officers fabricated evidence and stole suspects’ property. It has already led to the abandonment of a drug trial and the suspension of several police officers.
None of the officers under suspicion has been arrested, but the IPCC said last night: "This is an ongoing criminal investigation and as such all six officers will be criminally interviewed under caution."
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Police: Kids in back seat of car while mom has sex in front
A Marysville mother was arrested after police found her having sex with a man in the front seat of a car while her two young children sat in the back seat, according to police reports.
Danica A. Wallace, 24, was charged with two counts of endangering children as well as public indecency, drug paraphernalia and driving while intoxicated and taken to Clark County Jail, according to a Springfield police report. Her 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter were taken in by family.
Police said they found Wallace engaged in sexual activity with Eric Welch, 29, of Springfield. Wallace told police that she had been driving, but pulled over to have sex with Welch because they could not have sex at the friend’s house where they had been, according to the police report.
Wallace admitted to drinking and failed a field sobriety test; and police found open beer bottles and a piece of foil with marijuana residue in the vehicle, according to the report.
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Nursery woman on child porn charges
A female nursery worker has been charged with seven offences including making and distributing indecent images of children and sexual assault.
Vanessa George, 39, from Plymouth, Devon, worked at the Little Ted's nursery in Laira.
George, from Efford, remains in custody at Charles Cross police station in Plymouth and will appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
She faces two counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault by touching, and three further counts of making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
The nursery, which operates from an adjoining school and church, remains closed.
Little Ted's operates from Laira Green Primary School and Laira United Church Hall.
Children are aged between two and five, but youngsters up to 11 can attend breakfast and after-school clubs.
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77 Suspects Arrested on Child Pornography Charges in Florida
State, local and federal authorities have arrested 77 suspects on child pornography charges and rescued five young victims.
Gov. Charlie Crist announced the 10-week crackdown Tuesday at a news conference with "America's Most Wanted" TV host John Walsh and Attorney General Bill McCollum.
The suspects range in age from 17 to 83 and include two registered sex offenders. The last person was arrested Tuesday in Tallahassee.
Walsh called the crackdown "historic" and heaped praise on Crist and McCollum, saying he hoped both Republicans will win their next political races.
Crist is running for U.S. senator and McCollum for governor.
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New Orleans Police Sergeant Burglarized Hours After His Death
A New Orleans police sergeant who survived the D-Day Normandy invasion to battle criminals for 63 years in the city of New Orleans finally lost one to the bad guys last week — only hours after he died.
The burglars, two men and a woman, broke into Police Sgt. Manuel Curry's house Thursday morning and stole several rifles and a handgun, along with jewelry, money and medication, New Orleans police said.
Curry, 84, believed to be the longest-serving active-duty police officer in the country, died of heart failure hours earlier.
His widow Genevieve "Jackie" Curry, whom he was married to for 51 years, was at a funeral home planning her husband's burial when she learned of the burglary, the paper reported.
"Oh my goodness. Who would do this?"
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Metropolitan Police officers subjected suspects to waterboarding, according to allegations at the center of a major anti-corruption inquiry, was reported on Tuesday.
The interrogation claims are part of a wide-ranging investigation which also includes accusations that officers fabricated evidence and stole suspects’ property. It has already led to the abandonment of a drug trial and the suspension of several police officers.
None of the officers under suspicion has been arrested, but the IPCC said last night: "This is an ongoing criminal investigation and as such all six officers will be criminally interviewed under caution."
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Police: Kids in back seat of car while mom has sex in front
A Marysville mother was arrested after police found her having sex with a man in the front seat of a car while her two young children sat in the back seat, according to police reports.
Danica A. Wallace, 24, was charged with two counts of endangering children as well as public indecency, drug paraphernalia and driving while intoxicated and taken to Clark County Jail, according to a Springfield police report. Her 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter were taken in by family.
Police said they found Wallace engaged in sexual activity with Eric Welch, 29, of Springfield. Wallace told police that she had been driving, but pulled over to have sex with Welch because they could not have sex at the friend’s house where they had been, according to the police report.
Wallace admitted to drinking and failed a field sobriety test; and police found open beer bottles and a piece of foil with marijuana residue in the vehicle, according to the report.
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Nursery woman on child porn charges
A female nursery worker has been charged with seven offences including making and distributing indecent images of children and sexual assault.
Vanessa George, 39, from Plymouth, Devon, worked at the Little Ted's nursery in Laira.
George, from Efford, remains in custody at Charles Cross police station in Plymouth and will appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
She faces two counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault by touching, and three further counts of making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
The nursery, which operates from an adjoining school and church, remains closed.
Little Ted's operates from Laira Green Primary School and Laira United Church Hall.
Children are aged between two and five, but youngsters up to 11 can attend breakfast and after-school clubs.
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77 Suspects Arrested on Child Pornography Charges in Florida
State, local and federal authorities have arrested 77 suspects on child pornography charges and rescued five young victims.
Gov. Charlie Crist announced the 10-week crackdown Tuesday at a news conference with "America's Most Wanted" TV host John Walsh and Attorney General Bill McCollum.
The suspects range in age from 17 to 83 and include two registered sex offenders. The last person was arrested Tuesday in Tallahassee.
Walsh called the crackdown "historic" and heaped praise on Crist and McCollum, saying he hoped both Republicans will win their next political races.
Crist is running for U.S. senator and McCollum for governor.
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New Orleans Police Sergeant Burglarized Hours After His Death
A New Orleans police sergeant who survived the D-Day Normandy invasion to battle criminals for 63 years in the city of New Orleans finally lost one to the bad guys last week — only hours after he died.
The burglars, two men and a woman, broke into Police Sgt. Manuel Curry's house Thursday morning and stole several rifles and a handgun, along with jewelry, money and medication, New Orleans police said.
Curry, 84, believed to be the longest-serving active-duty police officer in the country, died of heart failure hours earlier.
His widow Genevieve "Jackie" Curry, whom he was married to for 51 years, was at a funeral home planning her husband's burial when she learned of the burglary, the paper reported.
"Oh my goodness. Who would do this?"
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Man in purple bra arrested
A Sparta, Michigan man is under arrest at the Kent County Jail for allegedly breaking into a neighbor's home while he was wearing a woman's bra and boxer shorts.It happened on Elm Street in Sparta. Witnesses say around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, 20-year-old Jacob Fast, entered the back of his neighbor's home.
One of the victims, Lisa Collins says she found Fast rifling through her car. "I was actually kind of worried. He was in a bra and boxers and he's going through my car. I didn't know what to think. I didn't know who he was." As Collins dialed 911, she realized it might be her neighbor. When she startled him, he ran back to his house, two doors down. "I was panicked, I was screaming." Collins believes Fast broke-in through the back gate. He likely entered the house through an "un-locked" door. Several drawers were open and the car keys were gone. When officers arrived, they knocked on Fast's door. When he refused to come out, they got a search warrant and went in. He eventually told police that he had been out all night and was intoxicated.
At the time of his arrest, Fast was not wearing the purple bra, but police say they did find it inside his home. Collins says it was not hers.
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Man Ticketed For Wearing Speedo On Beach
Bob Hezzelwood said he has been visiting Bonita Beach for years and no one has bothered or complained about his bathing suit. However, recently, a Lee County sheriff's deputy gave Hezzelwood a ticket for trespass and told him not to return to the beach.
A judge tossed out the case.
However, Hezzelwood said he plans to sue the sheriff's department, saying his civil rights were violated.
"It frightens me and embarrasses me to go public with it. But by the same token, I don't know what else to do," Hezzelwood told The Naples News.
"I'm a civilian out here who’s been picked on by a little bully deputy and that’s wrong. It’s just wrong."
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A judge tossed out the case.
However, Hezzelwood said he plans to sue the sheriff's department, saying his civil rights were violated.
"It frightens me and embarrasses me to go public with it. But by the same token, I don't know what else to do," Hezzelwood told The Naples News.
"I'm a civilian out here who’s been picked on by a little bully deputy and that’s wrong. It’s just wrong."
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Swimsuit man pleads not guilty to 8 charges
For almost a week police in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio had been searching for an unknown man reported to be approaching women and teenage girls along the Little Miami River while wearing a women's bathing suit.Monday evening, they arrested 41-year-old Kevin Lee Miller at a property not far from the river. At the time of his arrest Miller was wearing a green women's bathing suit, over a bra that was stuffed with more women's bathing suits.
Police say over the past week they'd received about 15-20 legitimate reports about a man in a bathing suit. They say Miller never physically threatened anyone, but certainly scared some of the women and girls he came in contact with.
Miller is facing five counts of public indecency and three counts of menacing, all misdemeanors.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
He didn’t see that coming
The bully sitting behind you been flicking your ear all year?
Get the bigger guy next to you to unwittingly handle it for you.
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Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know you Needed
Dogwalker Dragged Into Oncoming Train
"A woman was struck and killed by a Capital Corridor train in Hayward when the dog she was walking dragged her onto the tracks and into the path of the oncoming locomotive, according to authorities... Nelson said the woman, in her early-to-mid 30s, was unable to simply let the dog go because of how she had the leash wrapped around her hand."
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Child who wouldn't buckle up is sent to traffic class
A New Mexico five-year-old sentenced to traffic safety class after refusing to wear a seatbelt says he is reformed.
David Kirk-Peet completed the class Thursday and was handed a certificate.
He promised to buckle up, saying: "You want to get safe."
Magistrate Buddy Sanchez sentenced David and his mother to the class after an officer spotted the boy unbuckling his seatbelt earlier this year.
His mother received a ticket for failing to restrain him.
She asked the officer to speak to David about the importance of seatbelts because he constantly unbuckled.
The ticket landed her in Sanchez's courtroom, where she explained the problem.
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Driver's sneeze turns into head-on crash
Five people were taken to hospital Saturday after a sneeze resulted in a head-on crash on Hwy. 307 at Cantley.
The crash occurred at about 2:15 p.m. MRC des Collines police said the driver of a car sneezed, veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a pickup truck.
The driver, his female passenger and an infant, as well as the couple in the pickup truck, were all taken to hospital. None of their injuries are considered serious.
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Dog playing fetch brings back hand grenade
A dog playing fetch in Germany brought its owner a live U.S. hand grenade from the Second World War.
Police in the western town of Erkrath said Monday they were called by the dog's 40-year-old owner who stopped walking her pooch when she recognized the "rusty" object it was carrying was a weapon.
Police summoned a munitions expert Sunday to identify and defuse the grenade.
Grenades and bombs left over from the war are still often found in Germany.
Sometimes whole streets in neighborhoods are evacuated so that such devices can be safely defused.
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Ambulance taken on joyride
A 29-year-old St. Albert man is facing a handful of charges after allegedly stealing an ambulance in Edmonton and taking it for a wild ride to Jasper.
Cops said a man swiped the emergency vehicle while paramedics were responding to a call near 101 Avenue and 113 Street around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Shortly after, with the help of the ambulance's on-board global positioning system, Edmonton cops caught up with the ambulance near 151 Street and Yellowhead Trail.
During the pursuit that ensued on Highway 16, police said they tried several methods -- including deploying spike belts and talking to the man on the ambulance's radio -- to get him to pull over.
None worked.
Sometimes, police say, the man appeared to deliberately try to ram police vehicles, forcing officers to take evasive action.
Shortly after sunset, at about 10 p.m., the ambulance hit a spike belt just east of Jasper, disabling it and prompting the driver to take off on foot.
He was arrested not far from the ambulance, nearly 400 km from where the incident began.
RCMP have not yet laid charges but said they are pending.
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"A woman was struck and killed by a Capital Corridor train in Hayward when the dog she was walking dragged her onto the tracks and into the path of the oncoming locomotive, according to authorities... Nelson said the woman, in her early-to-mid 30s, was unable to simply let the dog go because of how she had the leash wrapped around her hand."
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Child who wouldn't buckle up is sent to traffic class
A New Mexico five-year-old sentenced to traffic safety class after refusing to wear a seatbelt says he is reformed.
David Kirk-Peet completed the class Thursday and was handed a certificate.
He promised to buckle up, saying: "You want to get safe."
Magistrate Buddy Sanchez sentenced David and his mother to the class after an officer spotted the boy unbuckling his seatbelt earlier this year.
His mother received a ticket for failing to restrain him.
She asked the officer to speak to David about the importance of seatbelts because he constantly unbuckled.
The ticket landed her in Sanchez's courtroom, where she explained the problem.
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Driver's sneeze turns into head-on crash
Five people were taken to hospital Saturday after a sneeze resulted in a head-on crash on Hwy. 307 at Cantley.
The crash occurred at about 2:15 p.m. MRC des Collines police said the driver of a car sneezed, veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a pickup truck.
The driver, his female passenger and an infant, as well as the couple in the pickup truck, were all taken to hospital. None of their injuries are considered serious.
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Dog playing fetch brings back hand grenade
A dog playing fetch in Germany brought its owner a live U.S. hand grenade from the Second World War.
Police in the western town of Erkrath said Monday they were called by the dog's 40-year-old owner who stopped walking her pooch when she recognized the "rusty" object it was carrying was a weapon.
Police summoned a munitions expert Sunday to identify and defuse the grenade.
Grenades and bombs left over from the war are still often found in Germany.
Sometimes whole streets in neighborhoods are evacuated so that such devices can be safely defused.
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Ambulance taken on joyride
A 29-year-old St. Albert man is facing a handful of charges after allegedly stealing an ambulance in Edmonton and taking it for a wild ride to Jasper.
Cops said a man swiped the emergency vehicle while paramedics were responding to a call near 101 Avenue and 113 Street around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Shortly after, with the help of the ambulance's on-board global positioning system, Edmonton cops caught up with the ambulance near 151 Street and Yellowhead Trail.
During the pursuit that ensued on Highway 16, police said they tried several methods -- including deploying spike belts and talking to the man on the ambulance's radio -- to get him to pull over.
None worked.
Sometimes, police say, the man appeared to deliberately try to ram police vehicles, forcing officers to take evasive action.
Shortly after sunset, at about 10 p.m., the ambulance hit a spike belt just east of Jasper, disabling it and prompting the driver to take off on foot.
He was arrested not far from the ambulance, nearly 400 km from where the incident began.
RCMP have not yet laid charges but said they are pending.
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