Tuesday, September 18, 2007
O.J Simpson Latest News
LAS VEGAS — A man described as a key suspect has become the fourth person arrested in the case accusing O.J. Simpson of 10 felonies in the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino hotel room.
The man was arrested Tuesday after turning himself in to Las Vegas police, authorities said. Police have described Michael McClinton, 49, of Las Vegas, as "a key player."
McClinton arranged through his attorney to surrender. Two other men who have not been identified also are being sought by police.
Simpson was arrested Sunday after a collector reported that a group of armed men charged into his hotel room and took several items the former NFL great claimed belonged to him.
Click here to read the criminal complaint filed against O.J. Simpson.
Simpson was booked on suspicion of assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. Clark County District Attorney David Roger filed those charges and added kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping, according to court documents.
Criminal Complaint (Nevada Vs. Simpson, et al) Simpson, who was accused along with three other men, was also charged with one misdemeanor. He faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted.
According to the charges filed Tuesday, Simpson and the others went to the room under the pretext of brokering a deal with the men. Once in the room, Simpson prevented one of the collectors from calling emergency authorities on his cell phone "by ripping it out of Bruce Fromong's hand" while one or more accomplices pointed or displayed a handgun.
The complaint does not specify which of the men involved was carrying the weapon.
Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter, said he planned to ask for Simpson's release on his own recognizance.
"If it was anyone other than O.J. Simpson, he would have been released by now," Galanter said.
Simpson has insisted he was not armed and that he went to the hotel simply to retrieve property that had been stolen from him.
"You can't rob something that is yours," Galanter said. "O.J. said, 'You've got stolen property. Either you return it or I call the police."'
Witnesses and authorities have said that they don't believe Simpson had a gun but that some of the men who accompanied him during the confrontation were armed.
Two others named in the complaint, Walter Alexander and Clarence Stewart, have been arrested and released. Authorities were seeking an arrest warrant for a fourth man, Michael McClinton, 49, of Las Vegas, a man police describe as "a key player" in the alleged theft.
"We hope to have him in custody today," said officer Ramon Denby, a police spokesman. "Hopefully, he'll be cooperative and surrender with his attorney."
Alexander, one of the men arrested with Simpson, said Tuesday that Simpson may have been tricked because another memorabilia dealer who tipped him off also recorded everything on tape.
"It sounds like a setup to me," Alexander told ABC's "Good Morning America." He said Simpson had thought the memorabilia belonged to him after getting a call from the dealer.
Simpson and the other three men are charged with: two counts of first-degree kidnapping; two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon; burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon; two counts of assault with a deadly weapon; conspiracy to commit kidnapping; conspiracy to commit robbery; and a misdemeanor, conspiracy to commit a crime.
Simpson also faces one charge of coercion with use of a deadly weapon, a felony.
Bruce Fromong, one of the collectors in the room at the time, spoke publicly about the incident on Monday and described Simpson and a group of men coming into the hotel room "commando style."
Later Monday, Fromong had a heart attack. He was in critical condition Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Earlier Tuesday in California, a judge gave Fred Goldman a week to come up with a list of sports memorabilia O.J. Simpson is accused of stealing from the Vegas hotel room, but he refused to order Simpson to hand over his earnings from everything from autograph signings to video games.
Simpson was acquitted more than a decade ago of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman's son, Ron. He was later found liable for the slayings in a wrongful death trial.
The civil jury returned a $33.5 million judgment against Simpson, but it remains largely unpaid. The Goldman family has waged a campaign to claim Simpson's assets since then.
In court in Santa Monica, David Cook, an attorney for Fred Goldman, accused Simpson of "sitting on a treasure trove of sports memorability" while ignoring the multimillion-dollar judgment. But both Cook and Simpson lawyer Ronald Slates said they had no idea what the items were, and Slates argued it was unclear whether Simpson really owned any of them.
Cook also filed a new request to get Simpson's watch, which he described as a Rolex Submariner that he saw the former football star wearing in a photo featured on the celebrity Web site TMZ.com. Such watches sell for $5,000 or more, he said.
He also argued that Simpson was wealthy, citing a 2003 tax form indicating income of $400,000.
Slates noted Simpson has expenses for his three children. "He has a right, like everybody else, to be protected (under the law)," Slates said.
Slates also said Simpson has repeatedly offered to settle the judgment with the Goldman family.
"It is inconceivable that the father of a murder victim would sit and haggle," Cook said.
Mother sets her 7-5-3 yr old kids on fire
HALTOM CITY, Texas — A woman whose three young daughters were seriously burned was arrested, and neighbors said the mother told a fire investigator she had doused the children with gasoline and set them on fire.
The oldest girl, just 7, screamed, "Why mommy? Why mommy? Why did you do this to me?" after she and her sisters were pulled out of their burning house Saturday, neighbor Kevin Lopez said Monday.
The woman, Alysha Green, 29, had no answer for the fire investigator, Lopez said.
"She was crying and saying `I'm sorry' and she didn't know why she did it," Lopez told The Associated Press.
The girls — ages 7, 5 and 3 — remained in the burn unit of a Dallas hospital Monday; their conditions were not released.
Green, 29, who also was burned and remained hospitalized, was arrested Saturday on three counts of causing serious bodily injury to a child, police said. Each count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Greg Donihoo, who pulled the two oldest girls out of the smoke-filled house, said Green told authorities that she coaxed her daughters into the closet by saying they were playing a game. He also said he saw investigators remove a gas can from the house.
Police would not confirm neighbors' accounts of what happened or fire officials' earlier statements that Green put her daughters in a closet, poured gasoline on them and herself and set them on fire.
"It's part of an ongoing investigation, and we're not going to discuss specific details of what occurred," police Sgt. Terry Stayer said.
Lopez said that after hearing a commotion on Saturday just before noon, he looked toward the Greens' house a few doors down and saw the girls and their mother in the yard, screaming.
As another neighbor sprayed the kids with a hose, Lopez grabbed some wet towels and ran to the house, which he wrapped around the 7-year-old. Her youngest sister's hair and body were so badly burned that Lopez thought she was a little boy.
"I couldn't recognize them," Lopez said of the children.
The girls' father arrived a short time later, saying his wife must not have taken her medication and that he could not believe what had happened, Lopez said.
Adam Green, the father, could not be reached for comment Monday by phone or at his home. Police said they did not know whether Alysha Green had a lawyer.
In May, Child Protective Services investigated a complaint that the youngsters had witnessed domestic violence between the parents, but that claim could not be substantiated, said agency spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales.
Police in Haltom City, a Fort Worth suburb, had not been called to the Greens' house for criminal matters, but city officials had cited them for code violations, Stayer said.
On Monday, a row of balloons, teddy bears, flowers and candles lay in the front yard of the wood and tan brick house. Someone placed a sign that read, "Get well soon; we are praying for you" by a front window. A doll house, small purple plastic car, pink scooter and pink bicycle were by the front porch.
On a boarded side window, soot was visible on the window sill and a faint odor of smoke was in the air.
The alleged arson would be yet another high-profile case in which a Texas mother turned against her children.
In August in Flower Mound, Andrea Roberts shot her husband and 11- and 7-year-old children to death before killing herself. In May, Gilberta Estrada hanged herself and her four children in their Hudson Oaks mobile home. Only the 8-month-old survived.
Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family's Houston bathtub in 2001. In 2003, Deanna Laney beat her two young sons to death and injured a third with stones in East Texas, and Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her two daughters in a Plano bathtub. Dena Schlosser fatally severed her 10-month-old daughter's arms with a kitchen knife in 2004.
All four of those women were found innocent by reason of insanity. Yates initially was convicted of capital murder, but that verdict was overturned on appeal.
The girl chosen as the face of an Australian fashion event is just 13
The girl chosen as the face of an Australian fashion event says she fits into women's clothes, so she should be allowed to model them — even though she just turned 13.
Prime Minister John Howard has led a chorus of criticism of the choice of Maddison Gabriel, who was 12 when she was named the face of the inaugural Gold Coast Fashion Week.
The middle school student told Australia's Channel Seven that she was the right model for the job.
"I believe that I can fit into women's clothes, I can model women's clothes, so I should be able to do it," Maddison said.
"It doesn't matter about age, it matters that you can do the job."
Her mother, Michelle Gabriel, also defended the role, saying at the time of her daughter's selection that she could be both a 12-year-old girl and a young woman.
"For a 12-year-old I think she's handling it very well; I'm very proud of her," she said.
Howard earlier said Australia should follow the example of Europe and ban models younger than 16 appearing on catwalks.
"We do have to preserve some notion of innocence in our society," he told Southern Cross Broadcasting in Melbourne.
"Catapulting girls as young as 12 into something like that is quite outrageous and I'm totally opposed to it and think most Australians would feel the same way."
Federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd said he was concerned that Maddison and others would miss out on their childhood.
"I have real concerns about littlies that young going out there doing that sort of thing," he said.
Premier Anna Bligh agreed that 12 is too young for the catwalk but stopped short of recommending the state legislate against it.
"I think 12-year-olds are children," she told reporters in Brisbane.
Bligh said parents and event organizers should exercise discretion when choosing models.
"There wasn't anything illegal going on, and I don't think it's an area we'd like to step in and have the state regulate," she said.
"But I would just say to organizers of an event like this, just be a little careful about what you're involving yourself with."
Gabriel said she was disappointed by Howard's and Rudd's comments.
"They obviously don't know the whole story," she said.
Her mother said Maddison was not hurt by the controversy.
"She's laughing; she's having fun," she said. "She thinks you're all mad.
"She said: 'What's all the fuss?'
"I'm just waiting for someone to say we are bad parents."
Maddison's fashion week engagements include an appearance at a Surfers Paradise nightclub, which bans underage patrons.
Gold Coast Fashion Week organizers were unavailable for comment.
Gabriel stressed the family had yet to make any money from Maddison's modeling.
Alicia Silverstone will appear nude
HOUSTON — Alicia Silverstone will appear nude in a television commercial set to debut Wednesday in Houston.
The 30-year-old actress, who appeared in movies such as "Clueless" and "Batman & Robin," shot the ad to promote vegetarianism in the spot sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
In the 30-second ad, which will air about two dozen times in Houston on Wednesday, Silverstone is shown emerging from a swimming pool and talking about the benefits of being a vegetarian. She obscures the view of her body with her arms as she gets out of the pool.
"I wasn't always a vegetarian, but I've always loved animals," she said in a news release. "Physically, the effect has been amazing."
The animal-rights group said it launched the commercial in Houston because the city is often high on lists of cities with unhealthy eating habits. Houston was named the sixth-fattest city in the nation by Men's Fitness magazine this year.
The 30-year-old actress, who appeared in movies such as "Clueless" and "Batman & Robin," shot the ad to promote vegetarianism in the spot sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
In the 30-second ad, which will air about two dozen times in Houston on Wednesday, Silverstone is shown emerging from a swimming pool and talking about the benefits of being a vegetarian. She obscures the view of her body with her arms as she gets out of the pool.
"I wasn't always a vegetarian, but I've always loved animals," she said in a news release. "Physically, the effect has been amazing."
The animal-rights group said it launched the commercial in Houston because the city is often high on lists of cities with unhealthy eating habits. Houston was named the sixth-fattest city in the nation by Men's Fitness magazine this year.
Britney Spears Loses Her Kids To K-Fed
Britney Spears Britney’s Team Leaves Her High and High?
Britney Spears.
she’s in major trouble. Late Monday, her manager of one month, Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm, fired her. This was only a few hours after her divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, did the same.
As I reported late Monday afternoon, sources tell me that Spears is just a breath away from Commissioner Scott Gordon ruling that her children will be placed in the custody of ex-husband Kevin Federline. And it’s not like he’s Father of the Year.
Let’s not forget that Federline already had a baby and one on the way with a woman to whom he was not married when Britney got pregnant. Violins never played when these two walked into a room, just ominous soap-opera organs.
Tony Barretto, who was briefly Spears’ bodyguard, gave a declaration in court last Friday accusing her of drug abuse in front of her children, among other things. He was the “secret” witness.
On Monday, the declaration went unquestioned into Spears’ file with Gordon. Wasser, or her successor Marcie Levine, could have cross-examined Barretto in court. He was present, along with Allred. But it didn’t happen, and now the declaration stands.
It’s not surprising that Kwatinetz dropped Spears. I told you last week that immediately following her disastrous appearance on the MTV Video Music Awards, Kwatinetz would be held responsible for the debacle by his partners at The Firm.
Kwatinetz is currently trying to keep Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and their manager Rick Yorn. Blame for the end of a pop tart’s career is not something he needs or can handle.
Wasser, on the other hand, has been trying to bail out on Spears for weeks. There were reports all summer that she was leaving. Now she’s gone. It’s not a good sign. Whatever she knows that we don’t, she no longer has the energy or interest in defending Spears. That’s very bad.
Who is Britney Spears, anyway? She’s not a writer or a singer. She’s not much of a dancer. She is, however, a spectacle, a teen star whose fame has lasted well beyond its limits.
She’s known primarily for “Oops … I Did It Again,” a novelty song, and for her tabloid hijinks. Among the latter: not wearing underwear.
If you’re a certain age, you’ll understand this: Britney Spears is no Joni Mitchell; she’s not even Madonna. She’s this generation’s answer to the Andrea True Connection, and that’s on a good day.
What will happen to her Nov. 13 CD release? Two months is a long time in short-term memory America. Perhaps all will be forgiven and forgotten.
But Spears will have to promote her CD, and that should be a sticky issue since she has no publicist either. The indefatigable Leslie Sloane Zelnick is also long gone.
man dies after being headbutted by an armless man in a fight over a woman.
SNELLVILLE, Ga. — Police are investigating the death of a man who collapsed after being headbutted by an armless man in a fight over a woman.
Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead said the two men, Charles Keith Teer and William Russell Redfren, scuffled Monday afternoon in the driveway of a suburban Atlanta home.
Witnesses told authorities that Redfren, who has no arms, kicked Teer, and Teer struck Redfren, Whitehead said.
After bystanders separated them, Redfren "came back and headbutted [Teer] one time," Whitehead said.
Teer complained of feeling dizzy, collapsed, and died, Whitehead said.
Police are awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether Redfren should be charged
Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead said the two men, Charles Keith Teer and William Russell Redfren, scuffled Monday afternoon in the driveway of a suburban Atlanta home.
Witnesses told authorities that Redfren, who has no arms, kicked Teer, and Teer struck Redfren, Whitehead said.
After bystanders separated them, Redfren "came back and headbutted [Teer] one time," Whitehead said.
Teer complained of feeling dizzy, collapsed, and died, Whitehead said.
Police are awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether Redfren should be charged
Prosecutor was arrested in an Internet sting with wanting to have sex with 5yr old
DETROIT — A U.S. prosecutor was arrested in an Internet sting operation after flying from Florida to Michigan allegedly to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, officials said.
John David Roy Atchison, 53, appeared Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit on a charge of interstate travel to have sex with a minor. He is an assistant U.S. attorney in northern Florida.
The arrest followed several weeks of Internet conversations between the prosecutor and a detective posing as the mother of a 5-year-old girl, authorities say.
The prosecutor is charged with using interstate communication to entice a minor to have sexual contact and with traveling across state lines with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual contact. The charges carry a possible sentence of up to 30 years in prison.
Atchison, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport as part of an undercover sting operation by the Macomb Area Computer Enforcement Team.
"There wasn't much reaction from him at all," said Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel, whose department runs the team. He said Atchison was cooperative with authorities.
Atchison brought a Dora the Explorer doll, hoop earrings and petroleum jelly with him from Florida, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Click here to read the Detroit Free Press report.According to court records, Atchison initiated an online chat Aug. 29 with an undercover officer posing as a mother interested in letting men have sex with her daughter.
In several conversations, he said he wanted to have oral, vaginal and anal sex with the woman's fictitious daughter, Hackel said.
"I'm always gentle and loving; not to worry; no damage ever; no rough stuff ever ever," Atchison said at one point, according to an affidavit filed in court.
"I've done it plenty," he said.
Hackel said his department brought in federal authorities after it became clear that the case involved an out-of-state suspect.
The arrest has come as a shock in Florida, where Atchison is president of a community sports organization, the Gulf Breeze Sports Association, where girls as young as 4 can participate in the soccer program.
Teresa Hawthorne, the organization's youth sports coordinator, told FOXNews.com no one from the association would comment on the case.
Atchison was a soccer and baseball coach, Lt. Rick Hawthorne of the Gulf Breeze police told the Detroit News.
Click here to read the Detroit News report.
"I'm shocked," Edwin "Buz" Eddy, the city manager of Gulf Breeze told the Pensacola News Journal. "That's about all I can say. I hope this is something that can be cleared up by some explanation. What that might be, I don't know."
Eddy told the paper that he had known Atchison for more than a decade and considered him a "pillar of the community."
Click here to read the Pensacola News Journal report.
Atchison's wife is a science teacher at Gulf Breeze High School.
The couple have three children high school age or older, according to the Detroit News.
The fact that an Internet child sex suspect is a law enforcement official shouldn't be unexpected, Hackel said.
"The people who are doing it come from all walks of life," the sheriff said. "It doesn't surprise us anymore."
Atchison asked for a court-appointed lawyer. A detention hearing was scheduled for Tuesday
The Slut Trolly In Seatle Causes Buzz
A new trolley line in Seattle has residents buzzing about its supposedly salacious name.The Slut
Officially, the new line along the downtown waterfront is the South Lake Union Streetcar, but that's only after its first name, the South Lake Union Trolley, or SLUT, was changed, locals told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Vulcan, the developer of the former Cascade neighborhood, said that the SLUT acronym is just an urban legend, but it seems here to stay, the paper reports.
Click here to read the report.
"We're welcoming the SLUT into the neighborhood," Jerry Johnson, 29, a part-time barista at Kapow! Coffee house told the Post-Intelligencer. The local haunt already has sold out its first run of "Ride the SLUT" T-shirts.
Gregg Hirakawa, a spokesman for the Seattle Department of Transportation, told the paper the term "streetcar" was selected because it sounded more modern than "trolley."
The first cars were to be unveiled Tuesday and the line should be up and running in December, the paper said.
Man Claims Crazy Sex Made Him Crash His Car
MOSCOW, Idaho — A 22-year-old carnival worker blames two friends having sexual intercourse in the back seat of his car for an accident in which his Chevrolet S-10 Blazer struck a telephone pole.
Joshua D. Frank, who is living in a trailer parked on the Latah County Fairgrounds, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing to notify a police officer of a traffic accident. That's after he left the vehicle at the site of the mishap. He was fined $188.
Frank told Moscow Police Department officers that he was driving the vehicle near downtown early Saturday while a man and woman were having sex in the rear of the vehicle.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Frank told authorities that the actions of the pair in the back caused the Blazer, which "was top heavy anyway," to become "tippy" and lose control.
Frank left the accident scene with a minor head wound and returned to his trailer.
The other two occupants of the vehicle were treated for injuries, according to the affidavit, though further information on their condition wasn't available.
Joshua D. Frank, who is living in a trailer parked on the Latah County Fairgrounds, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing to notify a police officer of a traffic accident. That's after he left the vehicle at the site of the mishap. He was fined $188.
Frank told Moscow Police Department officers that he was driving the vehicle near downtown early Saturday while a man and woman were having sex in the rear of the vehicle.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Frank told authorities that the actions of the pair in the back caused the Blazer, which "was top heavy anyway," to become "tippy" and lose control.
Frank left the accident scene with a minor head wound and returned to his trailer.
The other two occupants of the vehicle were treated for injuries, according to the affidavit, though further information on their condition wasn't available.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Countefiet Money Doesnt Fool Strippers .......Damn, There Goes That Idea
Fake Money Doesn't Fool Tennessee Strippers
Smyrna, Tenn.-- A man who authorities say used his computer to make fake $100 bills to buy lap dances at a strip club has pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges, federal prosecutors said.
Strippers at Deja Vu in Nashville were suspicious of the bills and called police after Damon Armagost spent $600 of the fake money April 16, authorities said.
When officers arrived, Armagost first told them he got the money when he sold gold coins for $1,400 to an unidentified person.
U.S. Secret Service agents later determined that counterfeit bills with the same serial number had been passed in other parts of the country. When they went to Armagost's Smyrna home, about 20 miles southeast of Nashville, a family member told agents that an image of a $100 bill had been on a computer there.
Armagost then acknowledged that he had downloaded the image from the Internet and printed 14 of the bills, prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty Friday to manufacturing and passing counterfeit currency and has a sentencing date of Nov. 5.
Peeping Tom Wants His Porn Back
Peeping Tom Sues Police To Get Porn Back
A man recently released from jail in California after being convicted of secretly videotaping a woman and a teenage girl has sued a Marin County police department for the return of a massive porn collection taken during the investigation.
Dennis Saunders, 59, filed suit against San Rafael police in Marin County Superior Court after the department refused to give back some 500 pornographic movies and 250 magazines his lawyer described as unrelated to the peeping case.
"There's absolutely no legal foundation for them withholding perfectly legal adult-oriented material," lawyer Jon Rankin told the Marin Independent Journal today.
The video collection alone was likely worth at least $10,000, Rankin said.
Saunders was arrested in 2002 and charged with taping the women in their homes at a San Rafael apartment complex where he worked. He was released last month.
A lawyer representing the city said authorities wanted direction from a judge on whether it would be "lawful or appropriate" to return the material to Saunders, who has a history of peeping-related arrests dating back to 1979,
"If the court orders us to give it back to him, we will give it back to him," city lawyer Thomas Bertrand said.
Grandparents Trying To Kill Her With Needels To The Body
23 Needles Found In Woman's Body
CHINA-- Chinese surgeons will try to remove 23 needles from a woman that doctors believe may have been imbedded under her skin by grandparents trying to kill her so that a baby boy might take her place.
After Luo Cuifen of China saw blood in her urine, doctors found 23 needles in her body. Her grandparents may have inserted the needles to try to kill her as a child because they wanted a boy, a hospital said Sept. 10.
The needles - about an inch in length - were discovered by X-ray after Luo Cuifen, 29, went to doctors complaining of blood in her urine.
Many of the needles have worked their way into Luo's vital organs including her lungs, liver, bladder and kidneys, making their removal difficult, said Qu Rui, a spokesman for the Richland International Hospital in Yunnan province's capital, Kunming.
He said six of the 23 needles, all of them in the woman's abdomen, would be removed Tuesday in the first of several expected operations.
"Tomorrow's surgery carries a definite degree of risk," Qu said.
According to a hospital news release, Luo has for years suffered from severe depression and anxiety and long-term insomnia, and was completely unable to do any heavy lifting or hard physical labor.
The operation will involve 23 doctors in fields ranging from women's medicine to neurology and including bone specialists and cardiologists, the news release said. Doctors from Canada and the United States will join those from China in the operation.
Qu said doctors believe the woman's grandparents may have inserted the needles long ago, hoping she would die and her parents might have a boy in her place. China limits most families to just one child, although rural Chinese may be allowed to have a second if their first is a girl, subject to the payment of fines.
It wasn't clear whether further investigations into the case were planned, with media reports saying Luo's grandparents had already died.
In many parts of China, baby boys are still heavily favored over girls because they are bound by tradition to support their parents in their old age, and because they carry on the family name.
Infanticide and abortions of female fetuses have created a skewed ratio between the genders, with 119 boys reported born for every 100 girls, according to official figures. By comparison, the ratio in industrialised countries between 104 and 107 boys for every 100 girls.
Crazy Fall Trapped Boys Balls In A Metal Pipe
Boy Falls Traps His Nuts In Metal Pipe
MALAYSIA-- Malaysian doctors performed a 30-minute operation to free the testicles of a nine-year old stuck in a metal pipe after the boy slipped while bathing.
In response to a call from his brother in an adjacent room, the boy climbed up a partition in the bathroom, but slipped and fell on an uncovered metal pipe, trapping his testicles in the narrow tube, the New Straits Times reports today.
Medical staff answering the emergency call at the boy's home on the northern island of Penang were unable to remove the L-shaped pipe and had to call in firemen.
They used a hydraulic cutter to open both ends of the pipe before the child could be taken to hospital, shrieking in agony.
He was discharged after doctors performed a half-hour operation
Pastor Has Sex With His Daughters
Pastor Banged His Daughters To Educate Them
AUSTRALIA-- fundamentalist church pastor had sex with two of his teenage daughters to educate them on how to be good wives, a South Australian court has heard.
The 54-year-old man, who cannot be named, was today sentenced in the SA District Court to eight and a half years jail after pleading guilty to seven counts each of incest and unlawful sexual intercourse.
The court heard that the man had sex with his daughters for nearly a decade from 1991 when they were aged 13 and 15 at the family property.
The sex took place at various locations including in a shearer's shed, a paddock, on the back of a ute and, on one occasion, at the girls' grandparents house.
The man told the court the sex was not about fulfilling his desires but about teaching his daughters how to behave for their husbands when they eventually married, as dictated in scripture.
In sentencing, Judge David Lovell said the misrepresentation of scripture used to justify the abuse of the girls "defied belief", and that he had "hypocritically betrayed" his religion and principles.
"You said the acts were about learning about sex rather than engaging in the acts of sex," Judge Lovell said.
"I do not accept that.
"You treated your daughters as your property ... using them to satisfy and gratify your sexual urges."
Judge Lovell gave full credit for the man's guilty pleas, saying he was genuinely remorseful and had a good chance of rehabilitation as his wife and the church remained supportive.
The man will be eligible for parole in four years.
Friday, August 24, 2007
बेअर्स एअत आ मन अत आ बेर Festival
BELGRADE, Serbia-- A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival.
They say the man was naked, with his clothes lying intact inside the cage. Two adult bears, Masha and Misha, had dragged the body to their feeding corner and reacted angrily when keepers tried to recover it. Damn Bears.
"There's a good chance he was drunk or drugged. Only an idiot would jump into the bear cage," zoo director Vuk Bojovic told sources.
द्वार्फ गेट्स पेनिस स्तुक इन वाकुमे Cleaner
A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his dick got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly wrong.
Daniel Blackner, or Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf, was due to perform at the Circus of Horrors at the festival known for its oddball, offbeat performances.
The main part of his act was for him to appear on stage with a vacuum cleaner attached to his member with a special apparatus.
The attachment broke before the performance and Blackner tried to fix it using extra-strong glue, but unfortunately let it dry for only 20 seconds instead of the 20 minutes required.I guess his brain is smaller than normal as well.
He then joined it directly to his organ. The end result? A solid attachment, laughter, mortification and ... hospitalisation.
"It was the most embarrassing moment of my life when I got wheeled into a packed A&E with a vacuum attached to me," Blackner said.
"I just wished the ground could swallow me up. Luckily, they saw me quickly so the embarrassment was short-lived."
फुक्किंग इडोत डेस फ्रॉम रोब्बिंग लिकुओर Store
Idiot Bleeds To Death During Burglary
STERLING, Ill. — A man who attempted to burglarize a liquor store cut his arm on a broken window and died early Thursday, Sterling police announced in a news release.
At 1:28 a.m., Sterling Police received a 911 call about a person who was lying in the street on the 900 block of E. 4th Street.
The man, who has been identified as Tony C. Rupp, 19, of Sterling, had a severe laceration to his left arm.
Rupp was taken to CGH Medical Center, Sterling. He was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.
Police said the investigation revealed that Rupp had been involved in a burglary of Broadway Express Liquors, 302 Broadway, and during the process of entering through a broken window severely cut his left arm, what a dick.
Friday, August 10, 2007
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Virtua Fighter 5
Sega's fighting legend takes to the PS3 arena
Using every ounce of the PlayStation 3's graphical muscle, this is the best looking Virtua Fighter yet, with millions of brutal, beautifully-animated attacks, epic battle arenas and lifelike fighters who sweat, wince and grunt as the fierce fisticuffs unfold. But while it all looks great, the game is virtually identical to previous editions on other consoles, and unfortunately holds few surprises for fans of Sega's legendary series.
Woman Has Pencil Removed From Head
BERLIN, Germany-- A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused, Bild newspaper reported on Monday.
Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil in her hand when she was four.
"The pencil went right through my skin -- and disappeared into my head," Wegner told the newspaper.
It narrowly missed vital parts of her brain. At the time no one dared operate, but now technology has improved sufficiently for doctors to be able to remove it.
The majority of the pencil, some 8 cm (3.1 inches) long, was taken out in an operation at a private Berlin clinic, but the 2 cm tip had grown in so firmly that it was impossible to remove.
Man Attacks Girlfriend With PISS & Fists
FLA-- JENSEN BEACH — A 60-year-old Stuart man was arrested and charged with domestic battery after he allegedly urinated on his sleeping girlfriend and her son early Saturday morning.
Wilfred Hart, of the 2100 block of Northwest 20th Avenue, allegedly woke the woman and her 13-year-old son at about 5:45 a.m., called her “dirty trailer trash,” and then forced her out of bed and into the shower because she smelled bad, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office report.
Once in the shower, Hart allegedly cornered the woman and punched her in the jaw and in the chest, according to the report.
Hart was booked into the Martin County Jail without bail.
Wilfred Hart, of the 2100 block of Northwest 20th Avenue, allegedly woke the woman and her 13-year-old son at about 5:45 a.m., called her “dirty trailer trash,” and then forced her out of bed and into the shower because she smelled bad, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office report.
Once in the shower, Hart allegedly cornered the woman and punched her in the jaw and in the chest, according to the report.
Hart was booked into the Martin County Jail without bail.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Rapper 50 Cent has accepted a challenge
Rapper 50 Cent has accepted a challenge to face fellow MC Kanye West in a live televised presidential-style debate that would determine whose forthcoming album is the hottest.
Drama has been building between the two lyricists ever since West moved the release date of his Def Jam album “Graduation” from Sept. 18 to Sept. 11, which falls on the date already secured by 50 Cent for his new CD, “Curtis.”
During an appearance Friday on BET’s “106 & Park,” 50 accepted an offer from hosts Terrance J. and Rocsi to participate in a debate with Kanye several weeks before their albums are released. The event aims to determine which album packs the most heat.
"I accept the challenge," 50 Cent said on the show. "Kanye, he's not going to want to show up. Just don't be asking me if I am a conscious rapper. I know exactly what I am saying - so I am conscious."
Should Kanye agree to participate, the rappers would face off on “106 & Park” over which of their albums is better produced. Fans wagering on gaming site Bodog.com are picking 50 Cent to outsell West 180 to 140, and have also bet that “Curtis” will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, reports Allhiphop.com.
Michael Vick Chew Toy
The dogs can now get their revenge with the Michael Vick Chew Toy.
The Michael Vick Chew Toy has recently crept on to the market after Michael Vick was indicted in a dog fighting scandal.
Due to this, Michael Vick has been banned from pre season training with the NFL.
Nike, Reebok and other sponsors have stopped selling Michael Vick merchandise due to the dog fighting case.
This Michael Vick Chew Toy is designed to withstand even the most violent dogs, include Michael Vick’s favourite, the pit bull.
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Friday, August 3, 2007
DOGS KILL MAN AT VIN RHAMES LA HOME
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two dogs belonging to actor Ving Rhames apparently mauled a man to death at the star's home Friday, authorities said.
The 40-year-old victim, who has not been identified, had lived on the property and worked as a caretaker at the home for about two years, police said. He was among those responsible for caring for the dogs, said Los Angeles police Officer Sandra Gonzalez. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Three bull mastiffs and an English bulldog were seized by animal services, police said.
"Two of those dogs appeared to be responsible for the tragic death," said Officer Jason Lee, adding that "several" dogs remain at the property.
Police were called at about 7:15 a.m. by someone reporting a dead body at the home in Brentwood. Gonzalez didn't know who made the call.
"The victim had a large number of bites and scratches which appear to be dog bites," Lt. Ray Lombardo said during a press conference.
The victim was found on the front lawn, Gonzalez said.
An autopsy was expected to be performed Monday, said Capt. Ed Winter of the coroner's office.
"It's premature to say how he died," Winter said. "We don't know if he was attacked by the dogs and suffered a heart attack."
Rhames, 46, an action star who appeared in the Mission Impossible series, was not home at the time of the attack, Gonzalez said. The actor told Time magazine in 2001 that he had "eight Fila Brasileiro mastiffs — the national dog of Brazil, also used by U.S. Marines in jungle warfare."
Calls to Rhames' agent, Steve Muller, were not returned.
Bizarre Sex Tape
Bizarre Sex Tape Spurs Criminal Investigation
Detective Robert Smith
8/1/2007 6pm report
By Jessica Clark
First Coast News
BRADFORD COUNTY, FL -- A sex tape has launched a criminal investigation.
Fearing that her husband might hurt her, police say a Clay County woman contacted the sheriff's office. First Coast News will refer to the woman as Jane for her protection.
While Clay County officers investigated, Jane gave them a video tape. Its contents shocked detectives. A police report says the video shows Jane and her husband torturing a live frog, two live chameleons, and a live parakeet -- all for sexual gratification.
Detective Robert Smith of the Bradford County Sheriff's Office said, "On three of the animals, they were nailed to a board while they were still alive. Prior to the killing animal, they would poke the animal with different sharp objects."The report says the couple slowly beheaded the animals with large knives.
The report also says "the bird can be heard crying from the pain" as the couple laughed.
Smith said the tape's time stamp indicates dates from late 2006 to early 2007.
Determining the video was shot at the couple's former home in Bradford County, the Bradford County Sheriff's Office stepped in to investigate. It was now a case of animal cruelty.
"I would believe there is more than just the four incidents we have evidence on," Smith said.
Officers found "Jane" at her workplace in Putnam County and arrested her Tuesday. She faces four counts of animal cruelty.
Smith said the couple has children, but they were not home at the times the tape was made.
Detective Robert Smith
8/1/2007 6pm report
By Jessica Clark
First Coast News
BRADFORD COUNTY, FL -- A sex tape has launched a criminal investigation.
Fearing that her husband might hurt her, police say a Clay County woman contacted the sheriff's office. First Coast News will refer to the woman as Jane for her protection.
While Clay County officers investigated, Jane gave them a video tape. Its contents shocked detectives. A police report says the video shows Jane and her husband torturing a live frog, two live chameleons, and a live parakeet -- all for sexual gratification.
Detective Robert Smith of the Bradford County Sheriff's Office said, "On three of the animals, they were nailed to a board while they were still alive. Prior to the killing animal, they would poke the animal with different sharp objects."The report says the couple slowly beheaded the animals with large knives.
The report also says "the bird can be heard crying from the pain" as the couple laughed.
Smith said the tape's time stamp indicates dates from late 2006 to early 2007.
Determining the video was shot at the couple's former home in Bradford County, the Bradford County Sheriff's Office stepped in to investigate. It was now a case of animal cruelty.
"I would believe there is more than just the four incidents we have evidence on," Smith said.
Officers found "Jane" at her workplace in Putnam County and arrested her Tuesday. She faces four counts of animal cruelty.
Smith said the couple has children, but they were not home at the times the tape was made.
Monday, July 30, 2007
WOMAN SWALLOWS CONDOM
A 27-year-old lady presented with persistent cough, sputum and fever for the preceding six months. Inspite of trials with antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis treatment for the preceeding four months, her symptoms did not improve. A subsequent chest radiograph showed non-homogeneous collapse-consolidation of right upper lobe. Videobronchoscopy revealed an inverted bag like structure in right upper lobe bronchus and rigid bronchoscopic removal with biopsy forceps confirmed the presence of a condom. Detailed retrospective history also confirmed accidental inhalation of the condom during fellatio.
PARIS HILTON IS A DUMB ASS
Paris Hilton Loses the Hilton Inheritance! Who would Paris Hilton be without the Hilton fortune behind her? Would her name have the same cachet and would she be as powerful? Looks like we’ll find out soon enough.
According to several sources, the 25-year-old socialite will no longer be inheriting the Hilton fortune from her grandfather, Conrad "Barron" Hilton.
The 79-year-old billionaire is reportedly not impressed with his jailbird granddaughter and how she’s butchered the Hilton name.
“He (Conrad) was, and is, extremely embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris," says Jerry Oppenheimer, author of “House of Hilton.” “He doesn't want to leave unearned wealth to his family.” Instead, the chunk of cash will go to charity.
The exact amount of money that Paris will lose out on remains uncertain. While sites like NineMSN.com are reporting $59 million, others are reporting as high as $60 million to as low as $29 million, as well.
Looks like Paris will be working hard for her money. But will she be able to support her upscale lifestyle? A poorly recorded album and a few seasons of “The Simple Life” simply won’t cut it anymore.Don't get me wrong she's not broke...Yet but I Wonder how she’ll get herself out of this one?
Has one bad apple spoiled it for the rest of the Hilton gang? I can't wait to hear what Nicky has to say about this!
According to several sources, the 25-year-old socialite will no longer be inheriting the Hilton fortune from her grandfather, Conrad "Barron" Hilton.
The 79-year-old billionaire is reportedly not impressed with his jailbird granddaughter and how she’s butchered the Hilton name.
“He (Conrad) was, and is, extremely embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris," says Jerry Oppenheimer, author of “House of Hilton.” “He doesn't want to leave unearned wealth to his family.” Instead, the chunk of cash will go to charity.
The exact amount of money that Paris will lose out on remains uncertain. While sites like NineMSN.com are reporting $59 million, others are reporting as high as $60 million to as low as $29 million, as well.
Looks like Paris will be working hard for her money. But will she be able to support her upscale lifestyle? A poorly recorded album and a few seasons of “The Simple Life” simply won’t cut it anymore.Don't get me wrong she's not broke...Yet but I Wonder how she’ll get herself out of this one?
Has one bad apple spoiled it for the rest of the Hilton gang? I can't wait to hear what Nicky has to say about this!
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
SOME WOMAN ARE JUST CRAZY
Woman Accused Of Killing Neighbors Over Bad Cookies Found InsaneNews Edition: 07/17/2007
A 55-year-old Port Orange woman who said she killed her neighbors because their "green mothball cookies" made her sick was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, according to a judge.
A judge signed an order committing Linda Sue Anderson to a Florida Department of Children and Families facility.
Anderson told Port Orange police that she hated her neighbors, Robert Goerlich, 70, and his wife, Shirley, 68, because their cookies sickened her.Both were found shot to death by a neighbor at their home located at 110 Gregory Circle.
A short time after the shooting, Anderson was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder.
During questioning, Anderson told police, "I didn't see any blood or bullet holes in their clothing. …They are over there watching TV aren't they? I was shooting blanks."
Anderson also said, "They make me cookies with green mothballs in them and I get sick."
Anderson had a 20-year history of mental illness, the report said.
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~Deb has left a new comment on your post "SOME WOMAN ARE JUST CRAZY":
Are you kidding??????????? Oh my GAWD this is horrible. That poor old couple.
Posted by ~Deb to . at July 29, 2007 7:34 PM
A 55-year-old Port Orange woman who said she killed her neighbors because their "green mothball cookies" made her sick was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, according to a judge.
A judge signed an order committing Linda Sue Anderson to a Florida Department of Children and Families facility.
Anderson told Port Orange police that she hated her neighbors, Robert Goerlich, 70, and his wife, Shirley, 68, because their cookies sickened her.Both were found shot to death by a neighbor at their home located at 110 Gregory Circle.
A short time after the shooting, Anderson was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder.
During questioning, Anderson told police, "I didn't see any blood or bullet holes in their clothing. …They are over there watching TV aren't they? I was shooting blanks."
Anderson also said, "They make me cookies with green mothballs in them and I get sick."
Anderson had a 20-year history of mental illness, the report said.
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~Deb has left a new comment on your post "SOME WOMAN ARE JUST CRAZY":
Are you kidding??????????? Oh my GAWD this is horrible. That poor old couple.
Posted by ~Deb to . at July 29, 2007 7:34 PM
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SickFuck Forces Mom and Daughter Into Sex Acts With Each Other
News Edition: 07/19/2007
ALABAMA-- A man broke into a Prichard home early Tuesday morning and made a woman and her 14-year-old daughter remove their clothes and perform sexual acts on each other before raping them both, police said.
Authorities said the man jimmied a bedroom window open so quietly that the victims didn't know there was a prowler until he was already inside at 3:30 a.m.
Police said the man did not brandish a weapon but threatened the mother and daughter with bodily harm.
The victims' names were being withheld to protect their identity.
Three other children were in the house at the time, but they were not harmed and didn't witness the crime, Prichard police Maj. Pat Mitchell said.
Police had not identified the assailant as of Tuesday evening.
They described him as a middle-aged black male with a dark complexion and a burn scar on the right side of his face, near his eye. Police said he stood about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed about 140 pounds.
Mitchell said investigators do not believe the victims knew their attacker.
"All information suggests that it was a random act," he said.
Residents of the neighborhood where the crime occurred, which is just north of the old Mattie T. Blount High School in the city's center, were stunned by the news.
Resident Marie Davis, who was unaware of the break-in until she saw a television report, said she had lived in that area for 40 years and never heard of any violent crimes on the scale of Tuesday's double rape.
"Lord have mercy, that's so wrong. Just so wrong," she said. "It's scary because a lot of women are alone around here. We try to watch out for one another."
News Edition: 07/19/2007
ALABAMA-- A man broke into a Prichard home early Tuesday morning and made a woman and her 14-year-old daughter remove their clothes and perform sexual acts on each other before raping them both, police said.
Authorities said the man jimmied a bedroom window open so quietly that the victims didn't know there was a prowler until he was already inside at 3:30 a.m.
Police said the man did not brandish a weapon but threatened the mother and daughter with bodily harm.
The victims' names were being withheld to protect their identity.
Three other children were in the house at the time, but they were not harmed and didn't witness the crime, Prichard police Maj. Pat Mitchell said.
Police had not identified the assailant as of Tuesday evening.
They described him as a middle-aged black male with a dark complexion and a burn scar on the right side of his face, near his eye. Police said he stood about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed about 140 pounds.
Mitchell said investigators do not believe the victims knew their attacker.
"All information suggests that it was a random act," he said.
Residents of the neighborhood where the crime occurred, which is just north of the old Mattie T. Blount High School in the city's center, were stunned by the news.
Resident Marie Davis, who was unaware of the break-in until she saw a television report, said she had lived in that area for 40 years and never heard of any violent crimes on the scale of Tuesday's double rape.
"Lord have mercy, that's so wrong. Just so wrong," she said. "It's scary because a lot of women are alone around here. We try to watch out for one another."
WHERES MICHAEL VICK WHEN YOU NEED HIM
Dog Rapes Kid!
News Edition: 07/10/2007
NY-- Lockport police are investigating an apparent attack by a pit bull on a small boy.
The 2-year-old is recovering at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo after police say he was attacked and sexually assaulted by his family’s pit bull.
Police said the toddler was in his home on Washburn Street about 2 p.m. Sunday when the pill bull attacked. According to police, the dog sodomized the boy.
“The dog sexually attacked the kid and caused some pretty significant injuries,” said Lockport Police Detective Capt. Larry Eggert.
Eggert said the boy’s family members, who were reportedly home at the time, and neighbors had to beat the dog to get him off the boy.
The dog has been impounded at the Niagara County SPCA in Wheatfield as the investigation continues. Eggert said a veterinarian will be brought in to take DNA samples from the dog.
“(The vet will) compare DNA taken from the boy to kind of verify it happened,” Eggert said.
Eggert said everyone involved in the case was shocked by the bizarre incident.
“I have never, ever heard of an assault quite like that,” Eggert said.
Niagara County SPCA Executive Director Al Chille said this case is an unusual one.
“I have had reports of adults having (sexual) relationships with animals, but not anything like that,” he said. “The majority of the calls we receive with regards to pit bulls are bite calls, not calls of this nature. We get a considerably large number of those (bite calls) from all over the county.”
The dog was a 2-year-old pit bull that had been with the family since it was a puppy, Eggert said. Sunday’s incident was the first time the family had any problems with the dog being aggressive or biting, he said.
The boy underwent surgery on Sunday night and may need more reconstructive surgery in the future, Eggert said.
coments
I like how they use the word "assault" here over and over again. It's dog for crying out loud. A dog can not assault anyone as that implies malicious intent.
Posted by B. Durant to . at July 29, 2007 6:55 PM
~Deb has left a new comment on your post "WHERES MICHAEL VICK WHEN YOU NEED HIM":
I had a bull mastiff that tried to "assault" me, but through thick jeans, nothing went anywhere... he was 150 lbs and overbearing.
This is weird though---------how did he have to have reconstructive surgery if he had all his clothes on? Or did he? What happened? GEEZ!
Posted by ~Deb to . at July 29, 2007 7:47 PM
SOME PEOPLE SHOULD BE SHOT
Parents Sentenced For Forcing Children To Sniff CocaineNews Edition: 07/25/2007
COLUMBIA, S.C.-- A Lexington County couple were each sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for forcing their children to snort crack cocaine. Circuit Judge Kenneth Goode sentenced Brandon Suggs, 24, and Ragane Suggs, 30, after they entered an Alford plea to child abuse with great bodily injury, meaning they didn't admit guilt but acknowledged that prosecutors likely have enough evidence to convict them.
The couple had forced their 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter to snort what they called "white medicine" through a straw, authorities said.
"He was very explicit as to that they had to suck it up through a straw, him and his sister, and that sometimes (his sister) would cry and it would choke her -- and that mom and dad were present," said Danielle Belk, a detective with the Cayce Department of Public Safety who interviewed the boy.
The parents were arrested Feb. 15 after they walked out of a store without paying for food. When officers arrived, they found the children were dirty and placed them in emergency protective custody.
Two weeks later, social workers noticed that the children were showing withdrawal symptoms and test results came back positive for cocaine.
The parents admitted smoking crack cocaine in front of their children but denied forcing their children to snort the drug. But the levels of the drug in each child's system were so high it would be impossible to have gotten them from fumes, said Dr. Bob Stafford, medical director for the Lexington-Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council.
The children have been living with relatives, Belk said.
COLUMBIA, S.C.-- A Lexington County couple were each sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for forcing their children to snort crack cocaine. Circuit Judge Kenneth Goode sentenced Brandon Suggs, 24, and Ragane Suggs, 30, after they entered an Alford plea to child abuse with great bodily injury, meaning they didn't admit guilt but acknowledged that prosecutors likely have enough evidence to convict them.
The couple had forced their 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter to snort what they called "white medicine" through a straw, authorities said.
"He was very explicit as to that they had to suck it up through a straw, him and his sister, and that sometimes (his sister) would cry and it would choke her -- and that mom and dad were present," said Danielle Belk, a detective with the Cayce Department of Public Safety who interviewed the boy.
The parents were arrested Feb. 15 after they walked out of a store without paying for food. When officers arrived, they found the children were dirty and placed them in emergency protective custody.
Two weeks later, social workers noticed that the children were showing withdrawal symptoms and test results came back positive for cocaine.
The parents admitted smoking crack cocaine in front of their children but denied forcing their children to snort the drug. But the levels of the drug in each child's system were so high it would be impossible to have gotten them from fumes, said Dr. Bob Stafford, medical director for the Lexington-Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council.
The children have been living with relatives, Belk said.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR A KLONDIKE BAR
Family Searches Through Turds Of Cash-Eating Dog
News Edition: 07/26/2007
MENOMONIE, Wis. - Debbie Hulleman's dog Pepper has been known to gnaw on lipstick, munch on shampoo bottles and chew on toothpaste. But Pepper got Hulleman into a real mess after gobbling nearly $750.
"This is probably the worst," Hulleman said Thursday, recalling how she poked through vomit and dog piles left in the yard to recover the cash.
Hulleman had asked her mother in Oakdale, Minn., to take care of Pepper and Zach, the family's other dog last month while she and husband went on vacation.
Pepper, an 8-year-old black Labrador-German shorthair, got into a purse belonging to her mother's friend and chewed the cash from an envelope.
Hulleman's mother recovered some of the money that Pepper spit out, thinking she had it all. But when Hulleman returned from the trip and went to clean up her dogs' mess outside, she noticed a $50 bill hanging from one pile.The chore of sorting through dog feces netted about $400, the 50-year-old dog lover said. Between that and other bills that Pepper had either vomited or simply chewed on, the family recovered $647.
"We have a $100 bill that can't be recovered because you need three-fourths of a bill and it is only half of a bill," Hulleman said.
The family swapped the soiled money for fresh currency at a bank.
"It wasn't that bad. I soaked it and strained it and rinsed it. I just kept rinsing it and rinsing it. I had rubber gloves on of course," Hulleman said.
"Everyone said, 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400, yeah, I would do that," she said.
News Edition: 07/26/2007
MENOMONIE, Wis. - Debbie Hulleman's dog Pepper has been known to gnaw on lipstick, munch on shampoo bottles and chew on toothpaste. But Pepper got Hulleman into a real mess after gobbling nearly $750.
"This is probably the worst," Hulleman said Thursday, recalling how she poked through vomit and dog piles left in the yard to recover the cash.
Hulleman had asked her mother in Oakdale, Minn., to take care of Pepper and Zach, the family's other dog last month while she and husband went on vacation.
Pepper, an 8-year-old black Labrador-German shorthair, got into a purse belonging to her mother's friend and chewed the cash from an envelope.
Hulleman's mother recovered some of the money that Pepper spit out, thinking she had it all. But when Hulleman returned from the trip and went to clean up her dogs' mess outside, she noticed a $50 bill hanging from one pile.The chore of sorting through dog feces netted about $400, the 50-year-old dog lover said. Between that and other bills that Pepper had either vomited or simply chewed on, the family recovered $647.
"We have a $100 bill that can't be recovered because you need three-fourths of a bill and it is only half of a bill," Hulleman said.
The family swapped the soiled money for fresh currency at a bank.
"It wasn't that bad. I soaked it and strained it and rinsed it. I just kept rinsing it and rinsing it. I had rubber gloves on of course," Hulleman said.
"Everyone said, 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400, yeah, I would do that," she said.
SIZE DOESNT MATTER OR DOES IT
Cops: Man Mutilated His Own Ramrod
News Edition: 07/28/2007
FLA-- A Florida man was taken to Community Medical Center early Monday after he attempted to cut off his penis, authorities said.
Officers were dispatched about 4:45 a.m. to 437 Taylor Ave., in the city’s Hill Section, after reports of a man who cut himself. When they arrived James Powell, 20, of Miami, was standing in the kitchen, holding a towel over his penis, Scranton police Capt. Carl Graziano said.
“Officers observed a large amount of blood on the kitchen floor and on the counter where the knife was located,” Capt. Graziano said. “They asked the male what happened and he said he tried to cut his penis off.”
It’s unknown why Mr. Powell wanted to hurt himself, Capt. Graziano said.
CMC spokeswoman Noelle Snyder said no information was available on Mr. Powell’s condition.
News Edition: 07/28/2007
FLA-- A Florida man was taken to Community Medical Center early Monday after he attempted to cut off his penis, authorities said.
Officers were dispatched about 4:45 a.m. to 437 Taylor Ave., in the city’s Hill Section, after reports of a man who cut himself. When they arrived James Powell, 20, of Miami, was standing in the kitchen, holding a towel over his penis, Scranton police Capt. Carl Graziano said.
“Officers observed a large amount of blood on the kitchen floor and on the counter where the knife was located,” Capt. Graziano said. “They asked the male what happened and he said he tried to cut his penis off.”
It’s unknown why Mr. Powell wanted to hurt himself, Capt. Graziano said.
CMC spokeswoman Noelle Snyder said no information was available on Mr. Powell’s condition.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
MORE FUCKIN REASONS TO BOMB EM
Taliban Tries To Trick 6-Year-Old Boy Into Being Suicide Bomber
Tells boy that vest "will spray out flowers"TALIBAN militants have tried to trick a six-year-old Afghan boy into being a suicide bomber by telling him to wear a vest that "would spray out flowers" when he pressed a button after throwing himself at American soldiers.
Juma Gul, who collects scrap metal for money, told Afghan tribal leaders and US soldiers that militants cornered him in the Taliban-controlled district in southern Afghanistan's Ghanzi province.
"When they first put the vest on my body I didn't know what to think, but then I felt the bomb, "Juma told Associated Press. "After I figured out it was a bomb, I went to the Afghan soldiers for help."
Juma said he was scared when he was surrounded by the Taliban fighters, and cupped his hands together to show the size of the bomb beore running his hands along his waist to show where it was on his body, Associated Press reported.
Intelligent child
The Taliban has dismissed the story as propaganda, but both Afghan elders and US soldiers are convinced Juma's story is true.
Local government leaders have also backed Juma's account. Chief administrator for Juma's village of Athul, Abdul Rahim Deciwal, took Juma to a meeting between Afghan elders and US Army Col. Martin Schweitzer.
Col. Schweitzer called the Taliban's attempt "a cowardly act."
"I think the boy is intelligent," Col. Deciwal said.
"When he comes from the enemy he found a checkpoint of the ANA (Afghan National Army), and he asked the ANA: 'Hey, can you help me? Somebody gave me this jacket and I don't know what's inside but maybe something bad'."
"Just propaganda"
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said the group did not use child fighters, and said it had hundreds of adults ready for suicide missions.
"We don't need to use a child,'' Ahmadi said.
"It's against Islamic law, it's against humanitarian law. This is just propaganda against the Taliban.'' However, a Taliban video that surfaced in April showed militants instructing a boy of about 12 as he beheaded an alleged traitor with a large knife, which UN officials condemned as a war crime.
Tells boy that vest "will spray out flowers"TALIBAN militants have tried to trick a six-year-old Afghan boy into being a suicide bomber by telling him to wear a vest that "would spray out flowers" when he pressed a button after throwing himself at American soldiers.
Juma Gul, who collects scrap metal for money, told Afghan tribal leaders and US soldiers that militants cornered him in the Taliban-controlled district in southern Afghanistan's Ghanzi province.
"When they first put the vest on my body I didn't know what to think, but then I felt the bomb, "Juma told Associated Press. "After I figured out it was a bomb, I went to the Afghan soldiers for help."
Juma said he was scared when he was surrounded by the Taliban fighters, and cupped his hands together to show the size of the bomb beore running his hands along his waist to show where it was on his body, Associated Press reported.
Intelligent child
The Taliban has dismissed the story as propaganda, but both Afghan elders and US soldiers are convinced Juma's story is true.
Local government leaders have also backed Juma's account. Chief administrator for Juma's village of Athul, Abdul Rahim Deciwal, took Juma to a meeting between Afghan elders and US Army Col. Martin Schweitzer.
Col. Schweitzer called the Taliban's attempt "a cowardly act."
"I think the boy is intelligent," Col. Deciwal said.
"When he comes from the enemy he found a checkpoint of the ANA (Afghan National Army), and he asked the ANA: 'Hey, can you help me? Somebody gave me this jacket and I don't know what's inside but maybe something bad'."
"Just propaganda"
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said the group did not use child fighters, and said it had hundreds of adults ready for suicide missions.
"We don't need to use a child,'' Ahmadi said.
"It's against Islamic law, it's against humanitarian law. This is just propaganda against the Taliban.'' However, a Taliban video that surfaced in April showed militants instructing a boy of about 12 as he beheaded an alleged traitor with a large knife, which UN officials condemned as a war crime.
Couple Fights To Name Baby 'Metallica'
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-- Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal band, but a Swedish couple is struggling to convince officials it is also suitable for a baby girl.
Michael and Karolina Tomaro are locked in a court battle with Swedish authorities, which rejected their application to name their six-month-old child after the legendary rock band. "It suits her," Karolina Tomaro, 27, said Tuesday of the name. "She's decisive and she knows what she wants."
Although little Metallica has already been baptized, the Swedish National Tax Board refused to register the name, saying it was associated with both the rock group and the word "metal."
Tomaro said the official handling the case also called the name "ugly." The couple was backed by the County Administrative Court in Goteborg, which ruled on March 13 that there was no reason to block the name. It also noted that there already is a woman in Sweden with Metallica as a middle name.
The tax agency appealed to a higher court, frustrating the family's foreign travel plans.
"We've had to cancel trips and can't get anywhere because we can't get her a passport without an approved name," Tomaro said.
'Satan made my husband microwave our baby'
TEX-ASS-- A woman blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the two-month-old was put in a microwave, a Texas TV station has reported.
Eva Marie Mauldin said Satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, Joshua Royce Mauldin, to microwave their daughter on May 10 because the devil disapproved of Joshua's efforts to become a preacher.
"Satan saw my husband as a threat. Satan attacked him because he saw (Joshua) as a threat," Eva Mauldin told Houston television station KHOU-TV.
A Galveston County grand jury indicted Joshua Mauldin last week on child injury charges after hearing evidence that he placed his daughter in a motel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds.
The infant, Ana Marie, remains hospitalised. She suffered burns on the left side of her face and to her left hand, police said.
Eva Marie Mauldin, the girl's 20-year-old mother, told the television station that her husband is "not the monster people are making him out to be".
"That was not my husband; my husband is a wonderful father," she said. "Satan was working through his weaknesses."
Eva Maudlin described those weaknesses as an undisclosed mental disability, and that her efforts to get help for him have failed.
Police said Joshua Mauldin told them he put Ana Marie in the microwave because he was under stress. The family had arrived in Galveston the day before.
Eva Maudlin, who met her husband in an Arkansas church, denied those claims by police.
Man Coats Puppy In Oil, Feeds To Snake
A man who coated a three-week-old puppy in cooking oil and then fed it to his pet boa constrictor has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years probation, US prosecutors said.
Joseph Beadle, 40, pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge in March. He has served 51 days of his jail sentence while the case was pending.
Beadle, of Glendale, Arizona, faced up to a year in jail on the charge.
Police reports said Beadle fed the mixed-breed puppy to the 2.5-metre-long snake last June as two 15-year-old boys watched.
He poured the cooking oil on the dog so it would be easier for the snake to swallow. Investigators seized his snake after finding it was the victim of neglect.
"The County Attorneys Office has made prosecuting animal cruelty cases a high priority," Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said in a statement.
"Experience and empirical evidence have shown that people who commit cruelty to animals are more likely to commit crimes against people."
Dipshit Kid Dialed Wrong Number, Offered Cop Drugs
GULFPORT, FLA-- A 14-year-old boy was arrested after dialing a wrong number and offering to sell drugs to the person on the other end -- a police detective.
After the call, Gulfport Detective Matt Parks arranged to meet the teen in the parking lot of a school to buy an ounce of marijuana and some crack cocaine, a police report said.
When the boy showed up on Sunday, he was arrested on charges of possession of 18 grams of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school.
The 22-year-old driver of the car the boy was riding in was arrested as a principal to the offense and driving with a suspended license.
Parks' phone number is unlisted, and there were no similar phone numbers found in the boy's cell phone, police said. Detectives said the boy, whose name was not released, likely dialed a random number to try to drum up new business.
Parks said on Tuesday that the boy has been released from custody.
DAVENPORT, Iowa — A woman's fall in a puddle of vomit has resulted in a lawsuit against Wal-Mart.June Medema, of Blue Grass, slipped in the vomit at a Davenport Wal-Mart on June 13, 2005, according to the lawsuit, filed by Medema and her husband, James, in Scott County District Court earlier this month.
Medema claims that she was seriously injured in the fall. The lawsuit alleges that Wal-Mart's negligence led to Medema's fall, but it does not specifically say how the store was negligent.
John Simley, a Wal-Mart spokesman, declined comment saying he hadn't seen the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims that Medema suffered serious neck and upper back injuries in the fall and has undergone several surgeries and is unable to work.
Girl Survives After Intestines Sucked Out In Pool Pump Accident
A six-year-old US girl has been hospitalised after a horrifying accident at a swimming pool, when she sat on an open drain and a powerful suction pump tore out part of her intestinal tract.
A surgeon told the family that part of her intestines had been lost.
Abigail Taylor was severely injured on Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club, according to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge website.
The posting, which has since been taken down, said it was a "medical miracle" that Taylor was still alive.
Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob Bennett, a lawyer representing the family, told the St Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late on Tuesday, but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.
Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered.
An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's lawyer, who declined to comment.
Dinner Guest Finds Host's Wife, Son In Freezer
BELGIUM-- A Belgian man appeared in court after a woman at his dinner party found the bodies of his wife and stepson in the freezer as she put away the leftovers, prosecutors said.
The woman went to the police after discovering the 46-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son and officers arrested the man in the town of Verviers, near Liege in east Belgium.
"She went to the freezer and that is what she saw. She then alerted the police," said Georges Lahaye of the local public prosecutors' office. Prosecutors want the suspect, aged 43, to be remanded in custody to allow more time for an investigation into the deaths.
Lahaye said the suspect had not made a confession. He added that the couple argued a lot.
Two teenagers were accused of gang raping a woman and forcing her 12-year-old son to join in the assault, who was then beaten and had cleaning solution poured into his eyes, police said Friday.
Avion Lawson, 14, and Nathan Walker, 16, were jailed without bail on suspicion of armed sexual battery by multiple perpetrators, sexual performance by a child, armed home invasion and aggravated battery. Both were arrested this week. Formal charges had not yet been filed.
"Any rape case is horrible but this takes it to another level, something you can't think of even in your worst dreams," West Palm Beach police spokesman Ted White said.
Authorities allege the boys were among a group of up to 10 masked suspects who forced their way into the woman's home the night of June 18.According to the police report, a man knocked on the woman's door at about 9 p.m. and told her he had a flat tire. The mother and son, whom police have not identified, went outside and were ambushed by a group of gun-wielding masked suspects.
The victims told police they were forced back into the house and beaten and sexually assaulted. According to authorities, the men raped, sodomized and beat the woman, then forced her 12-year-old son to participate in the assault at gunpoint, making him have sex with his mother in front of them.
The boy was then beaten and had numerous household cleaning liquids poured into his eyes, according to the police report.
White said robbery might have been a motive. He said the suspects stole a few hundred dollars worth of cash and jewelry.
White said more arrests were expected, but he would not say if authorities had identified additional suspects. The teens in custody were not cooperating, but Lawson allegedly confessed to participating, police said. Walker denied involvement.
But investigators say they found a palm print belonging to Walker at the scene. DNA evidence in a condom found in the victims' home also linked Lawson to the crime, police said.
Prosecutors have 21 days from the time a suspect is arrested to formally file charges. Lawson was arrested Tuesday. Walker was arrested Thursday. Authorities said the two would be charged as adults.
Walker made a first court appearance on Friday, after which his father, also named Nathan Walker, spoke briefly.
"My son has a good heart," the elder Walker said outside court. "I can't believe my son would do something like this. I don't teach my son violence so I don't understand."
The victims did not suffer life-threatening injuries and have since been released from the hospital, White said.
"They're going through the county victim services for counseling," he said.
Lawson lived in the hard-scrabble, crime-ridden housing project where the attack occurred. Walker was apparently visiting a friend there, White said.
Authorities believe the suspects all knew each other from the neighborhood, but they don't think they knew the victims directly.
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