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Can anybody take this guy seriously?
Weirdnews you can't make this stuff up
#1202
Posted 01 May 2012 - 05:22 PM
Charlie Sheen is suing a strip club, for naming a room after him, because it might ruin his reputation.
Oh, that's rich!
Oh, that's rich!
#1203
Posted 02 May 2012 - 02:48 AM
Student left handcuffed in holding cell for 5 days and forgotten. No food, no water, no toilet.
#1204
Posted 03 May 2012 - 04:24 AM
Family locked in restaurant, police called, for not tipping.
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
#1205
Posted 06 May 2012 - 06:52 PM
Planet, on 03 May 2012 - 04:24 AM, said:
Family locked in restaurant, police called, for not tipping.
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
When the restaurant called the police, did they use the tip line?
#1206
Posted 06 May 2012 - 07:27 PM
Colonial Cats, on 06 May 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:
Planet, on 03 May 2012 - 04:24 AM, said:
Family locked in restaurant, police called, for not tipping.
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
When the restaurant called the police, did they use the tip line?
Great question! Glad I wasn't sipping something when I read that.
#1208
Posted 07 May 2012 - 07:45 AM
Fianccetto, on 07 May 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:
Too funny. Sealand is a testament to British patience. Not sure what the US response would be if it was in (or outside) American waters. But then I still don't know why the UK hasn't put their foot down on this.
#1209
Posted 07 May 2012 - 08:29 AM
hzoi, on 07 May 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:
Fianccetto, on 07 May 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:
Too funny. Sealand is a testament to British patience. Not sure what the US response would be if it was in (or outside) American waters. But then I still don't know why the UK hasn't put their foot down on this.
I know! I suppose on the one hand it is quirky and they aren't really doing much harm, so why not let it just peter out on its own. On the other hand, if they did try to do something, it could be seen as a drain on tax payer's money to drag it through the courts and if the media got some action shots of there being any real force used, that could muster some annoying and persistent nut-job protesters.
#1210
Posted 07 May 2012 - 09:46 AM
WRASTRO, on 06 May 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:
Colonial Cats, on 06 May 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:
Planet, on 03 May 2012 - 04:24 AM, said:
Family locked in restaurant, police called, for not tipping.
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
When the restaurant called the police, did they use the tip line?
Great question! Glad I wasn't sipping something when I read that.
Yeah, that was like professional-quality humor! I'm impressed! Coming from a cat, nontheless!
#1211
Posted 07 May 2012 - 11:03 AM
Planet, on 03 May 2012 - 04:24 AM, said:
Family locked in restaurant, police called, for not tipping.
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
I worked 20 years in the restaurant industry, and never heard anything so preposterous! The publicity alone will ruin their business. It was on the national news this morning.
La Fisherman. Is it French, or is it Seafood?
Maybe it was an Italian restaurant? I had an Italian waiter follow me to the car loudly berating me after I refused to tip for poor service, not just by him but the restaurant as a whole.
#1212
Posted 08 May 2012 - 12:04 AM
The proper way to handle that situation is to have the manager ask the diners if the service was good, and if not, find out what was wrong with it, so it doesn't happen again. I happened to be a great waitress, one of the best they had, (not bragging, people told me that) and there was one time that I took the one dollar tip, handed it back to the customer and said "Here, you obviously need this more than I do."
I have never, and would never ever dream of spitting in someone's food. You hear that mentioned so much, even in sitcoms. I've never seen it happen
I have told the bartender to put less alcohol in a drink than they pay for, if someone is 'an instant idiot, just add alcohol' type personality.
I have never, and would never ever dream of spitting in someone's food. You hear that mentioned so much, even in sitcoms. I've never seen it happen
I have told the bartender to put less alcohol in a drink than they pay for, if someone is 'an instant idiot, just add alcohol' type personality.
#1213
Posted 08 May 2012 - 11:26 PM
Jefferson County, AL - A burglary suspect, tired of running, turns himself in to police.
Tyler Anderson had eluded police after burglarizing a residence in the 1500 block of Republic Road near Forestdale. Anderson was suspected of stealing a flat screen television from the residence. As Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies tracked Anderson, they found his unoccupied vehicle in the parking lot of Chapel Hill Apartments in Fultondale. As deputies began to inspect the vehicle, Anderson's brother Brian approached Deputies and said Tyler was tired of running.
Deputies returned to the home where the television was taken and found that it had been returned. The Fultondale Police then contacted the Sheriff's Office to say that they had taken Tyler Anderson into custody. Deputies picked him up and charged Anderson with Receiving Stolen Property 2, Attempt to Elude, Driving While License Revoked and No Insurance.
Anderson was taken to the Jefferson County Jail where he is being held on bonds totaling $22,500.
Tyler Anderson had eluded police after burglarizing a residence in the 1500 block of Republic Road near Forestdale. Anderson was suspected of stealing a flat screen television from the residence. As Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies tracked Anderson, they found his unoccupied vehicle in the parking lot of Chapel Hill Apartments in Fultondale. As deputies began to inspect the vehicle, Anderson's brother Brian approached Deputies and said Tyler was tired of running.
Deputies returned to the home where the television was taken and found that it had been returned. The Fultondale Police then contacted the Sheriff's Office to say that they had taken Tyler Anderson into custody. Deputies picked him up and charged Anderson with Receiving Stolen Property 2, Attempt to Elude, Driving While License Revoked and No Insurance.
Anderson was taken to the Jefferson County Jail where he is being held on bonds totaling $22,500.
#1214
Posted 09 May 2012 - 11:34 PM
Think someone has broken into your house? Call the cops... unless you're running a meth lab in it...
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Birmingham, AL - At approximately 1:00PM Wednesday afternoon Birmingham Police responded to a burglary in progress call at 321 Valley Crest Drive in northeast Birmingham when, upon arrival, discovered what appeared to be an operational meth lab.
When officers arrived on the scene they observed a possible suspect leaving the front of residence. When the suspect saw the officers he quickly ran back in and exited the rear of the residence. Officers were unable to apprehend the male suspect. While conducting an investigation of the residence officers discovered a female suspect inside the house.
BPD Narcotics detectives and Birmingham Fire and Rescue hazmat personnel responded to the scene and verified the evidence was an operational meth lab.
Due to the materials and possible hazards associated with the meth lab chemicals, the responding BPD officers and suspect will undergo a decontamination process prior to officers transporting the suspect to the city jail.
When officers arrived on the scene they observed a possible suspect leaving the front of residence. When the suspect saw the officers he quickly ran back in and exited the rear of the residence. Officers were unable to apprehend the male suspect. While conducting an investigation of the residence officers discovered a female suspect inside the house.
BPD Narcotics detectives and Birmingham Fire and Rescue hazmat personnel responded to the scene and verified the evidence was an operational meth lab.
Due to the materials and possible hazards associated with the meth lab chemicals, the responding BPD officers and suspect will undergo a decontamination process prior to officers transporting the suspect to the city jail.
This post has been edited by TheAlabamaRambler: 09 May 2012 - 11:35 PM
#1215
Posted 09 May 2012 - 11:52 PM
TheAlabamaRambler, on 09 May 2012 - 11:34 PM, said:
Think someone has broken into your house? Call the cops... unless you're running a meth lab in it...
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Birmingham, AL - At approximately 1:00PM Wednesday afternoon Birmingham Police responded to a burglary in progress call at 321 Valley Crest Drive in northeast Birmingham when, upon arrival, discovered what appeared to be an operational meth lab.
When officers arrived on the scene they observed a possible suspect leaving the front of residence. When the suspect saw the officers he quickly ran back in and exited the rear of the residence. Officers were unable to apprehend the male suspect. While conducting an investigation of the residence officers discovered a female suspect inside the house.
BPD Narcotics detectives and Birmingham Fire and Rescue hazmat personnel responded to the scene and verified the evidence was an operational meth lab.
Due to the materials and possible hazards associated with the meth lab chemicals, the responding BPD officers and suspect will undergo a decontamination process prior to officers transporting the suspect to the city jail.
When officers arrived on the scene they observed a possible suspect leaving the front of residence. When the suspect saw the officers he quickly ran back in and exited the rear of the residence. Officers were unable to apprehend the male suspect. While conducting an investigation of the residence officers discovered a female suspect inside the house.
BPD Narcotics detectives and Birmingham Fire and Rescue hazmat personnel responded to the scene and verified the evidence was an operational meth lab.
Due to the materials and possible hazards associated with the meth lab chemicals, the responding BPD officers and suspect will undergo a decontamination process prior to officers transporting the suspect to the city jail.
Then again, if you know your neighbour is running a method lab, call the police and say it looks as if there is a break in/burglary.
#1216
Posted 12 May 2012 - 02:40 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...mories-511.html
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What moose? Woman can't recall dramatic collision
She can't remember accident or the drive to Gander, says badly injured mother
Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. (Michelle Higgins)
A central Newfoundland woman, who drove about 40 kilometres with her windshield smashed out and her car's roof peeled back like an opened can, says she didn't know she'd hit a moose until she arrived at work in Gander on Monday.
"I can remember pulling into the driveway and my co-workers came out and asked me if I was okay and I said 'Why?' and they said 'Well Michelle you're bleeding and look at your car. I looked at my car and I was devastated," Michelle Higgins told CBC Friday.
"The roof was like a sardine can. I thought, 'this is impossible'."
Cindy Paulson is one of the co-workers who saw Higgins when she arrived at work.
"I said 'My god Michelle. What happened?' And she looked at me and said 'Nothing, what are you talking about?' I said, 'Michelle you were in an accident.' She said 'No, I was not in an accident.' "
Paulson was able to convince Higgins that she needed some medical attention.
"When we went to the hospital, the doctor was asking her questions, just questioning her memory. Like what's your name, your date of birth, where do you live? She knew everything like that. The accident was the only thing gone. Lost," she said. "Whoo. I tell you, I don't know. It's a miracle."
Higgins, of Norris Arm, said she received head and neck injuries during the collision. Her face is badly bruised and two bones in her neck were fractured. Higgins said her family is still finding bits of glass from her windshield around their home.
"I know my head did take a good impact and my forehead has a scuff mark that we are thinking may have been caused by the moose's hoof," she said.
But on Friday Higgins said she still doesn't remember hitting the massive animal after visiting the site where the dead moose was found.
"For me not to have control over what is happening is unreal and it's driving me crazy," she said.
It's all very jarring for Higgins who takes pride in being organized.
"I can tell you how many paydays until Christmas," she said.
"I don't really want to remember hitting the moose but from the time I hit it to the time I arrived in at my destination, I had to drive through Glenwood, and I had to go through Gander, pass the hospital and then make two lefts and a right. The girls said I arrived at work on time. So how did I get there?"
Higgins is appealing to anyone who saw her driving her badly damaged car on the Trans-Canada Highway to get in touch with her.
"Nobody reported seeing this lunatic on the road driving like this. I would like to have that part of my memory back," she said. "I'd like to know if I was driving safely."
She can't remember accident or the drive to Gander, says badly injured mother
Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. (Michelle Higgins)
A central Newfoundland woman, who drove about 40 kilometres with her windshield smashed out and her car's roof peeled back like an opened can, says she didn't know she'd hit a moose until she arrived at work in Gander on Monday.
"I can remember pulling into the driveway and my co-workers came out and asked me if I was okay and I said 'Why?' and they said 'Well Michelle you're bleeding and look at your car. I looked at my car and I was devastated," Michelle Higgins told CBC Friday.
"The roof was like a sardine can. I thought, 'this is impossible'."
Cindy Paulson is one of the co-workers who saw Higgins when she arrived at work.
"I said 'My god Michelle. What happened?' And she looked at me and said 'Nothing, what are you talking about?' I said, 'Michelle you were in an accident.' She said 'No, I was not in an accident.' "
Paulson was able to convince Higgins that she needed some medical attention.
"When we went to the hospital, the doctor was asking her questions, just questioning her memory. Like what's your name, your date of birth, where do you live? She knew everything like that. The accident was the only thing gone. Lost," she said. "Whoo. I tell you, I don't know. It's a miracle."
Higgins, of Norris Arm, said she received head and neck injuries during the collision. Her face is badly bruised and two bones in her neck were fractured. Higgins said her family is still finding bits of glass from her windshield around their home.
"I know my head did take a good impact and my forehead has a scuff mark that we are thinking may have been caused by the moose's hoof," she said.
But on Friday Higgins said she still doesn't remember hitting the massive animal after visiting the site where the dead moose was found.
"For me not to have control over what is happening is unreal and it's driving me crazy," she said.
It's all very jarring for Higgins who takes pride in being organized.
"I can tell you how many paydays until Christmas," she said.
"I don't really want to remember hitting the moose but from the time I hit it to the time I arrived in at my destination, I had to drive through Glenwood, and I had to go through Gander, pass the hospital and then make two lefts and a right. The girls said I arrived at work on time. So how did I get there?"
Higgins is appealing to anyone who saw her driving her badly damaged car on the Trans-Canada Highway to get in touch with her.
"Nobody reported seeing this lunatic on the road driving like this. I would like to have that part of my memory back," she said. "I'd like to know if I was driving safely."
This post has been edited by Pup Patrol: 12 May 2012 - 02:40 PM
#1217
Posted 12 May 2012 - 04:16 PM
Pup Patrol, on 12 May 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...mories-511.html
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What moose? Woman can't recall dramatic collision
She can't remember accident or the drive to Gander, says badly injured mother
Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. (Michelle Higgins)
A central Newfoundland woman, who drove about 40 kilometres with her windshield smashed out and her car's roof peeled back like an opened can, says she didn't know she'd hit a moose until she arrived at work in Gander on Monday.
"I can remember pulling into the driveway and my co-workers came out and asked me if I was okay and I said 'Why?' and they said 'Well Michelle you're bleeding and look at your car. I looked at my car and I was devastated," Michelle Higgins told CBC Friday.
"The roof was like a sardine can. I thought, 'this is impossible'."
Cindy Paulson is one of the co-workers who saw Higgins when she arrived at work.
"I said 'My god Michelle. What happened?' And she looked at me and said 'Nothing, what are you talking about?' I said, 'Michelle you were in an accident.' She said 'No, I was not in an accident.' "
Paulson was able to convince Higgins that she needed some medical attention.
"When we went to the hospital, the doctor was asking her questions, just questioning her memory. Like what's your name, your date of birth, where do you live? She knew everything like that. The accident was the only thing gone. Lost," she said. "Whoo. I tell you, I don't know. It's a miracle."
Higgins, of Norris Arm, said she received head and neck injuries during the collision. Her face is badly bruised and two bones in her neck were fractured. Higgins said her family is still finding bits of glass from her windshield around their home.
"I know my head did take a good impact and my forehead has a scuff mark that we are thinking may have been caused by the moose's hoof," she said.
But on Friday Higgins said she still doesn't remember hitting the massive animal after visiting the site where the dead moose was found.
"For me not to have control over what is happening is unreal and it's driving me crazy," she said.
It's all very jarring for Higgins who takes pride in being organized.
"I can tell you how many paydays until Christmas," she said.
"I don't really want to remember hitting the moose but from the time I hit it to the time I arrived in at my destination, I had to drive through Glenwood, and I had to go through Gander, pass the hospital and then make two lefts and a right. The girls said I arrived at work on time. So how did I get there?"
Higgins is appealing to anyone who saw her driving her badly damaged car on the Trans-Canada Highway to get in touch with her.
"Nobody reported seeing this lunatic on the road driving like this. I would like to have that part of my memory back," she said. "I'd like to know if I was driving safely."
She can't remember accident or the drive to Gander, says badly injured mother
Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. Michelle Higgins, of Norris Arm, doesn't remember driving about 40 kilometres in this car after hitting a moose. She has since visited the site of the crash with her father, seen standing beside the car here. (Michelle Higgins)
A central Newfoundland woman, who drove about 40 kilometres with her windshield smashed out and her car's roof peeled back like an opened can, says she didn't know she'd hit a moose until she arrived at work in Gander on Monday.
"I can remember pulling into the driveway and my co-workers came out and asked me if I was okay and I said 'Why?' and they said 'Well Michelle you're bleeding and look at your car. I looked at my car and I was devastated," Michelle Higgins told CBC Friday.
"The roof was like a sardine can. I thought, 'this is impossible'."
Cindy Paulson is one of the co-workers who saw Higgins when she arrived at work.
"I said 'My god Michelle. What happened?' And she looked at me and said 'Nothing, what are you talking about?' I said, 'Michelle you were in an accident.' She said 'No, I was not in an accident.' "
Paulson was able to convince Higgins that she needed some medical attention.
"When we went to the hospital, the doctor was asking her questions, just questioning her memory. Like what's your name, your date of birth, where do you live? She knew everything like that. The accident was the only thing gone. Lost," she said. "Whoo. I tell you, I don't know. It's a miracle."
Higgins, of Norris Arm, said she received head and neck injuries during the collision. Her face is badly bruised and two bones in her neck were fractured. Higgins said her family is still finding bits of glass from her windshield around their home.
"I know my head did take a good impact and my forehead has a scuff mark that we are thinking may have been caused by the moose's hoof," she said.
But on Friday Higgins said she still doesn't remember hitting the massive animal after visiting the site where the dead moose was found.
"For me not to have control over what is happening is unreal and it's driving me crazy," she said.
It's all very jarring for Higgins who takes pride in being organized.
"I can tell you how many paydays until Christmas," she said.
"I don't really want to remember hitting the moose but from the time I hit it to the time I arrived in at my destination, I had to drive through Glenwood, and I had to go through Gander, pass the hospital and then make two lefts and a right. The girls said I arrived at work on time. So how did I get there?"
Higgins is appealing to anyone who saw her driving her badly damaged car on the Trans-Canada Highway to get in touch with her.
"Nobody reported seeing this lunatic on the road driving like this. I would like to have that part of my memory back," she said. "I'd like to know if I was driving safely."
A lucky woman, but short-term temporary amnesia related to traumatic stress is not unusual. Her case is a bit extreme, however!
An examination of her steering wheel would likely show indentations of every finger from her squeezing and hanging on to it as she drove that last 40k!
This post has been edited by TheAlabamaRambler: 12 May 2012 - 04:18 PM
#1218
Posted 14 May 2012 - 06:48 AM
A long, long time ago I was hit by a friend on a bicycle, coming down a hill. He needed 26 stitches to his face. I had a gash over my left eye, and a puncture wound to the back of my head. My sister tells me I was up, walking and talking, and saying "I'm OK! I'm OK!". I only remember him coming down the hill, and then waking up in the hospital, with a needle pointing at my eyebrow. I lost everything in between. Trauma does that to you.
#1219
Posted 15 May 2012 - 05:57 AM
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THE JUST MAN AND THE NICE MAN: "Get out! I have a gun!" cried a homeowner
who'd awoken to the sounds of a burglary in progress at his Bremerton,
Wash., home. The burglar replied "Yes, sir!" and fled, leaving a lot of
the loot behind. That afternoon, the burglar called with what police
Sgt. Kevin Crane called a "very unusual" offer: He'd return the stolen
goods if the homeowner would return his left-behind property --
including his identification -- and not call the police. But when the
burglar turned up to carry out the transaction, the cops were waiting.
The burglar, Crane said, was arrested, and apologized to the homeowner.
(AC/KOMO Seattle) ...Of course, it would have been even nicer of him
not to commit the burglary in the first place.
who'd awoken to the sounds of a burglary in progress at his Bremerton,
Wash., home. The burglar replied "Yes, sir!" and fled, leaving a lot of
the loot behind. That afternoon, the burglar called with what police
Sgt. Kevin Crane called a "very unusual" offer: He'd return the stolen
goods if the homeowner would return his left-behind property --
including his identification -- and not call the police. But when the
burglar turned up to carry out the transaction, the cops were waiting.
The burglar, Crane said, was arrested, and apologized to the homeowner.
(AC/KOMO Seattle) ...Of course, it would have been even nicer of him
not to commit the burglary in the first place.
#1220
Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:49 AM
http://healthandfitn...stores/46281a90
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Blood-filled syringes found in Quebec stores
14/05/2012 6:09:00 PM
The Canadian Press
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Shoppers in Sherbrooke, Que., are being urged to be careful when they try on clothing in local stores because they could be jabbed by a blood-filled syringe.
Local police say that, since January, eight people have been pricked by syringes placed inside pant pockets - mostly in stores in one of Sherbrooke's big shopping centres.
Twenty syringes have been found in all.
Two blood-filled needles were found this past weekend in two stores, including a Zellers outlet.
One of the syringes was inside the pockets of a pair of Bermuda shorts for children.
"They usually are found in the pockets of pants, they were found in jeans, Bermudas (and) not just in men's pants," Const. Rene Dubreuil told The Canadian Press. "It's a bit of everything."
The Sherbrooke police spokesman says all of the 20 syringes contained blood and that tests conducted on the first three to be analyzed reveal they contained human blood from the same person.
He would not say whether the blood was contaminated.
"For the protection of everybody and the citizens who were pricked by the syringes and who were injured, we are not saying if the blood was infected," Dubreuil said.
He also said he did not know if anyone who was jabbed has become sick.
"I can't say if they are in danger or if they became ill because it's a question of confidentiality," Dubrueil said.
Retailers are being urged to take extra time in the morning to check the pockets of pants before they open their doors.
"But also, we're telling residents and citizens to pay attention and be careful when they shop," Dubreuil said.
During a news conference Monday, Sherbrooke's police chief said people should not stop shopping.
''We have a sick person who is in the Sherbrooke area right now who is creating a certain amount of panic in all the shopping centres,'' Gaetan Labbe said.
"I think it's premature to tell citizens to stay at home.
14/05/2012 6:09:00 PM
The Canadian Press
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Shoppers in Sherbrooke, Que., are being urged to be careful when they try on clothing in local stores because they could be jabbed by a blood-filled syringe.
Local police say that, since January, eight people have been pricked by syringes placed inside pant pockets - mostly in stores in one of Sherbrooke's big shopping centres.
Twenty syringes have been found in all.
Two blood-filled needles were found this past weekend in two stores, including a Zellers outlet.
One of the syringes was inside the pockets of a pair of Bermuda shorts for children.
"They usually are found in the pockets of pants, they were found in jeans, Bermudas (and) not just in men's pants," Const. Rene Dubreuil told The Canadian Press. "It's a bit of everything."
The Sherbrooke police spokesman says all of the 20 syringes contained blood and that tests conducted on the first three to be analyzed reveal they contained human blood from the same person.
He would not say whether the blood was contaminated.
"For the protection of everybody and the citizens who were pricked by the syringes and who were injured, we are not saying if the blood was infected," Dubreuil said.
He also said he did not know if anyone who was jabbed has become sick.
"I can't say if they are in danger or if they became ill because it's a question of confidentiality," Dubrueil said.
Retailers are being urged to take extra time in the morning to check the pockets of pants before they open their doors.
"But also, we're telling residents and citizens to pay attention and be careful when they shop," Dubreuil said.
During a news conference Monday, Sherbrooke's police chief said people should not stop shopping.
''We have a sick person who is in the Sherbrooke area right now who is creating a certain amount of panic in all the shopping centres,'' Gaetan Labbe said.
"I think it's premature to tell citizens to stay at home.
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This post has been edited by Pup Patrol: 15 May 2012 - 08:50 AM
#1222
Posted 20 May 2012 - 09:19 AM
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...-recovered.html
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Alleged jewel thief expels $20K diamond
Gem he allegedly swallowed finally 'came out,' police say
Police in Windsor say an alleged jewel thief they have in detention has finally passed a diamond that was stuck inside his intestinal tract for several days.
They say the stone "came out" on Saturday, nine days after a Precision Jewellers salesperson reported a man had swallowed a $20,000 gem while pretending to be a customer.
He allegedly tried to switch a 1.7-carat diamond with a cubic zirconia.
Store employees confronted him and locked him in, and while police were on the way, they say he swallowed the diamond and two cubic zirconia gems. He expelled one of the fake gems on Friday.
Investigators spotted the stones inside the man after he was taken to hospital to undergo an ultrasound procedure. Since then he has been in a cell under close surveillance. He agreed to take laxatives and other fluids to assist in bowel movements.
Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000.
Gem he allegedly swallowed finally 'came out,' police say
Police in Windsor say an alleged jewel thief they have in detention has finally passed a diamond that was stuck inside his intestinal tract for several days.
They say the stone "came out" on Saturday, nine days after a Precision Jewellers salesperson reported a man had swallowed a $20,000 gem while pretending to be a customer.
He allegedly tried to switch a 1.7-carat diamond with a cubic zirconia.
Store employees confronted him and locked him in, and while police were on the way, they say he swallowed the diamond and two cubic zirconia gems. He expelled one of the fake gems on Friday.
Investigators spotted the stones inside the man after he was taken to hospital to undergo an ultrasound procedure. Since then he has been in a cell under close surveillance. He agreed to take laxatives and other fluids to assist in bowel movements.
Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000.
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#1223
Posted 20 May 2012 - 01:21 PM
Pup Patrol, on 20 May 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...-recovered.html
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Alleged jewel thief expels $20K diamond
Gem he allegedly swallowed finally 'came out,' police say
Police in Windsor say an alleged jewel thief they have in detention has finally passed a diamond that was stuck inside his intestinal tract for several days.
They say the stone "came out" on Saturday, nine days after a Precision Jewellers salesperson reported a man had swallowed a $20,000 gem while pretending to be a customer.
He allegedly tried to switch a 1.7-carat diamond with a cubic zirconia.
Store employees confronted him and locked him in, and while police were on the way, they say he swallowed the diamond and two cubic zirconia gems. He expelled one of the fake gems on Friday.
Investigators spotted the stones inside the man after he was taken to hospital to undergo an ultrasound procedure. Since then he has been in a cell under close surveillance. He agreed to take laxatives and other fluids to assist in bowel movements.
Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000.
Gem he allegedly swallowed finally 'came out,' police say
Police in Windsor say an alleged jewel thief they have in detention has finally passed a diamond that was stuck inside his intestinal tract for several days.
They say the stone "came out" on Saturday, nine days after a Precision Jewellers salesperson reported a man had swallowed a $20,000 gem while pretending to be a customer.
He allegedly tried to switch a 1.7-carat diamond with a cubic zirconia.
Store employees confronted him and locked him in, and while police were on the way, they say he swallowed the diamond and two cubic zirconia gems. He expelled one of the fake gems on Friday.
Investigators spotted the stones inside the man after he was taken to hospital to undergo an ultrasound procedure. Since then he has been in a cell under close surveillance. He agreed to take laxatives and other fluids to assist in bowel movements.
Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000.
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I wonder what would be worth now, once word gets out about it.
#1224
Posted 21 May 2012 - 09:59 AM
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And you thought Octomom had her hands full—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support.
Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV.
The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn't amount to much when Hatchett is making only minimum wage. Some of the moms receive as little as $1.49 a month. The oldest child is 14 years old.
Hatchett explains how he reached such a critical mass: He had four kids in the same year. Twice.
Back in 2009 when Hatchett was in court to answer charges that many of the mothers were not receiving child support, he had 21 children. At the time, he said he was not going to father any more kids, but he ended up having nine more in the past three years.
The state cannot order Hatchett to stop making babies. He hasn't broken any laws, according to the report.
Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV.
The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn't amount to much when Hatchett is making only minimum wage. Some of the moms receive as little as $1.49 a month. The oldest child is 14 years old.
Hatchett explains how he reached such a critical mass: He had four kids in the same year. Twice.
Back in 2009 when Hatchett was in court to answer charges that many of the mothers were not receiving child support, he had 21 children. At the time, he said he was not going to father any more kids, but he ended up having nine more in the past three years.
The state cannot order Hatchett to stop making babies. He hasn't broken any laws, according to the report.
#1225
Posted 21 May 2012 - 05:29 PM
Police: Drunk Indiana Man Strapped 4 Children To Hood Of Car
Police in Fort Wayne, Ind. have arrested Aaron S. Stefanski, 29, alleging he drove out of a liquor store parking lot with four children strapped to the hood of his car.
Stefanski had a blood alcohol content of .17, more than twice Indiana's legal limit, according to police. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent. His passenger, Jessica A. Clark, of Fort Wayne, also faces a neglect charge.
On Monday evening, witnesses stay Stefanski used a tow strap to secure the children, ages 4, 5, 6 and 7 and believed they would enjoy the experience. The journey lasted for three blocks. A U.S. marshal who happened to be driving in the neighborhood, pulled the vehicle over and called the police.
The kids had been secured, "with one of those straps you crank on a semi to hold down lumber, they were strapped with that thing, wiggling and wobbling down the street," witness Tom Nowak tells the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne.
The newspaper reported the children were uninjured, and that more charges could come, as the incident is still under investigation from the Fort Wayne Police Department, Department of Child Services and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office.
Three of the children were related, according to television station WLKY, and are now home with their mother, who was unaware of the unusual transportation arrangement until police called.
Police in Fort Wayne, Ind. have arrested Aaron S. Stefanski, 29, alleging he drove out of a liquor store parking lot with four children strapped to the hood of his car.
Stefanski had a blood alcohol content of .17, more than twice Indiana's legal limit, according to police. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent. His passenger, Jessica A. Clark, of Fort Wayne, also faces a neglect charge.
On Monday evening, witnesses stay Stefanski used a tow strap to secure the children, ages 4, 5, 6 and 7 and believed they would enjoy the experience. The journey lasted for three blocks. A U.S. marshal who happened to be driving in the neighborhood, pulled the vehicle over and called the police.
The kids had been secured, "with one of those straps you crank on a semi to hold down lumber, they were strapped with that thing, wiggling and wobbling down the street," witness Tom Nowak tells the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne.
The newspaper reported the children were uninjured, and that more charges could come, as the incident is still under investigation from the Fort Wayne Police Department, Department of Child Services and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office.
Three of the children were related, according to television station WLKY, and are now home with their mother, who was unaware of the unusual transportation arrangement until police called.
#1226
Posted 21 May 2012 - 05:40 PM
I can't do anything right... so I'm just going to end it all right now!!
Man survives 180-foot plunge over Niagara Falls By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press – 42 minutes ago
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt Monday — only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.
Niagara Parks Police said witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a railing 20 to 30 feet out over the Horseshoe Falls at 10:20 a.m. and "deliberately jump" into the Niagara River. Seriously injured, he surfaced in the lower Niagara River basin near the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform and managed to make it to shore on his own.
"He waded ashore," said Platoon Chief Dan Orescanin of the Niagara Falls, Ontario, Fire Department. "He must have gotten swept into an eddy, floated over there and was able to get out on his own.
Man survives 180-foot plunge over Niagara Falls By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press – 42 minutes ago
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt Monday — only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.
Niagara Parks Police said witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a railing 20 to 30 feet out over the Horseshoe Falls at 10:20 a.m. and "deliberately jump" into the Niagara River. Seriously injured, he surfaced in the lower Niagara River basin near the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform and managed to make it to shore on his own.
"He waded ashore," said Platoon Chief Dan Orescanin of the Niagara Falls, Ontario, Fire Department. "He must have gotten swept into an eddy, floated over there and was able to get out on his own.
#1227
Posted 22 May 2012 - 06:29 AM
The former president of CNN's Headline News almost found himself in deep doo-doo after he was caught on camera placing a bag filled with dog excrement in a neighbor's mailbox last week.
Bob Furnad was seemingly oblivious to the surveillance camera capturing him and his dog as he looked up his neighbor's driveway, then shoved a plastic baggie into their mailbox.
Hours later Benjamin Dameron and Ralph Miller discovered just what he'd left behind. Dameron said that he was "shocked" to discover what was in the bag.
"We cannot figure out why he did it," Dameron said. "At this point we really don't care why he did it … You know it was a silly thing to do, and were over it. I mean it's just a silly prank."
Dameron, 71, said that the prank that you'd expect from a teen came from Furnad, who is also a respected professor at the University of Georgia.
Furnad, who was head of CNN Headline News until 2001, admitted to the act to police and local media, but did not apologize.
"This was an immature act in response to years of malicious rumor mongering that I consider defamation of character," he told he told the Covington News.
Dameron and Miller have lived in Worthington Manor, a historic home in the quiet, upscale Georgia town of Covington for more than two decades. They say they haven't spoken to Furnad in years, and that any feud is news to them.
But nasty neighbor run-ins like this are all too common - and thanks to ever-present surveillance cameras, it's now easier to catch people in the act, and anyone can find these clips on YouTube.
A Houston man captured his neighbor - who is a sitting judge - keying his car. And in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a neighbor left Steve Miller not just one bag of dog doo-doo - but dozens.
"I noticed there was another ten bags in there, and I knew I had a problem," Miller said.
Back in Covington, Furnad was fined $181 for littering … and though they certainly could, these neighbors have opted not to sue.
"I think this is embarrassing enough for him, as well as everyone in Covington," Dameron said.
http://gma.yahoo.com...topstories.html
Bob Furnad was seemingly oblivious to the surveillance camera capturing him and his dog as he looked up his neighbor's driveway, then shoved a plastic baggie into their mailbox.
Hours later Benjamin Dameron and Ralph Miller discovered just what he'd left behind. Dameron said that he was "shocked" to discover what was in the bag.
"We cannot figure out why he did it," Dameron said. "At this point we really don't care why he did it … You know it was a silly thing to do, and were over it. I mean it's just a silly prank."
Dameron, 71, said that the prank that you'd expect from a teen came from Furnad, who is also a respected professor at the University of Georgia.
Furnad, who was head of CNN Headline News until 2001, admitted to the act to police and local media, but did not apologize.
"This was an immature act in response to years of malicious rumor mongering that I consider defamation of character," he told he told the Covington News.
Dameron and Miller have lived in Worthington Manor, a historic home in the quiet, upscale Georgia town of Covington for more than two decades. They say they haven't spoken to Furnad in years, and that any feud is news to them.
But nasty neighbor run-ins like this are all too common - and thanks to ever-present surveillance cameras, it's now easier to catch people in the act, and anyone can find these clips on YouTube.
A Houston man captured his neighbor - who is a sitting judge - keying his car. And in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a neighbor left Steve Miller not just one bag of dog doo-doo - but dozens.
"I noticed there was another ten bags in there, and I knew I had a problem," Miller said.
Back in Covington, Furnad was fined $181 for littering … and though they certainly could, these neighbors have opted not to sue.
"I think this is embarrassing enough for him, as well as everyone in Covington," Dameron said.
http://gma.yahoo.com...topstories.html
#1228
Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:51 AM
knowschad, on 20 May 2012 - 01:21 PM, said:
Pup Patrol, on 20 May 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:
http://www.cbc.ca/ne...-recovered.html
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Alleged jewel thief expels $20K diamond
Gem he allegedly swallowed finally 'came out,' police say
Police in Windsor say an alleged jewel thief they have in detention has finally passed a diamond that was stuck inside his intestinal tract for several days.
They say the stone "came out" on Saturday, nine days after a Precision Jewellers salesperson reported a man had swallowed a $20,000 gem while pretending to be a customer.
He allegedly tried to switch a 1.7-carat diamond with a cubic zirconia.
Store employees confronted him and locked him in, and while police were on the way, they say he swallowed the diamond and two cubic zirconia gems. He expelled one of the fake gems on Friday.
Investigators spotted the stones inside the man after he was taken to hospital to undergo an ultrasound procedure. Since then he has been in a cell under close surveillance. He agreed to take laxatives and other fluids to assist in bowel movements.
Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000.
Gem he allegedly swallowed finally 'came out,' police say
Police in Windsor say an alleged jewel thief they have in detention has finally passed a diamond that was stuck inside his intestinal tract for several days.
They say the stone "came out" on Saturday, nine days after a Precision Jewellers salesperson reported a man had swallowed a $20,000 gem while pretending to be a customer.
He allegedly tried to switch a 1.7-carat diamond with a cubic zirconia.
Store employees confronted him and locked him in, and while police were on the way, they say he swallowed the diamond and two cubic zirconia gems. He expelled one of the fake gems on Friday.
Investigators spotted the stones inside the man after he was taken to hospital to undergo an ultrasound procedure. Since then he has been in a cell under close surveillance. He agreed to take laxatives and other fluids to assist in bowel movements.
Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is charged with theft over $5,000.
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I wonder what would be worth now, once word gets out about it.
A lot. The Human Palm Civet Diamond. If it's good for coffee beans, it's gotta be good for diamonds.
#1229
Posted 25 May 2012 - 12:04 PM
This explains so much...
(actually just the title is sufficient for this thread)
Beer-guzzling cows crash backyard party
Cows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., crashed a backyard party last weekend, and went right for the beer.
“They enjoyed it. There’s no doubt about it. They went right for the beer and then when one was done, they’d knock another one over and take care of that beer,” Lt. James Riter of the Boxford Police Department told NBC affiliate WHDH.com.
Police said they heard reports of screams from a group of women as five or six cows stumbled into the yard, eagerly hurtling toward the beers.
“They got up as the cows went toward the table. They stepped back and the cows took over the table, knocking over the beers with their noses, drinking the beer off the table. They went to the recycling bin to find any leftovers,” Riter told the TV station.
A caller told the 911 dispatcher: “We thought they were deer, but they're huge, huge, huge cows. There's got to be five or six of them.”
Andrea Poritzky also called 911 after spotting "about six cows" in her yard.
"I don't own cows,” she said.
“I was initially a little nervous. And then after I found it very comical and not very surprising due to the fact that we live in the country here,” Poritzky said.
A police escort rounded up the cows and returned them to a farm about a mile away.
(actually just the title is sufficient for this thread)
Beer-guzzling cows crash backyard party
Cows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., crashed a backyard party last weekend, and went right for the beer.
“They enjoyed it. There’s no doubt about it. They went right for the beer and then when one was done, they’d knock another one over and take care of that beer,” Lt. James Riter of the Boxford Police Department told NBC affiliate WHDH.com.
Police said they heard reports of screams from a group of women as five or six cows stumbled into the yard, eagerly hurtling toward the beers.
“They got up as the cows went toward the table. They stepped back and the cows took over the table, knocking over the beers with their noses, drinking the beer off the table. They went to the recycling bin to find any leftovers,” Riter told the TV station.
A caller told the 911 dispatcher: “We thought they were deer, but they're huge, huge, huge cows. There's got to be five or six of them.”
Andrea Poritzky also called 911 after spotting "about six cows" in her yard.
"I don't own cows,” she said.
“I was initially a little nervous. And then after I found it very comical and not very surprising due to the fact that we live in the country here,” Poritzky said.
A police escort rounded up the cows and returned them to a farm about a mile away.
#1230
Posted 25 May 2012 - 08:37 PM
Scott9282 beat me to it!
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"They went right for the beer and then when one was done, they'd knock another one over and take care of that beer," Lt. James Riter of the Boxford Police Department told a local newspaper. "I saw one cow drinking the beer on its way down as it spilled off the table... Some of the cows were also picking through the empties in the recycling bin... They just went in and helped themselves."
According to Wicked Local, the bovine beer-lovers frightened human party-goers indoors. One person from the party, as well as a neighbour called 911.
Riter said he witnessed 10-13 women jumping on the rear deck of the house to avoid contact with the cows when he arrived. "The young women were absolutely in shock," he told a reporter.
The cows' owner eventually showed up to help herd them back to his field - but not before police could snap a few photos.
According to Wicked Local, the bovine beer-lovers frightened human party-goers indoors. One person from the party, as well as a neighbour called 911.
Riter said he witnessed 10-13 women jumping on the rear deck of the house to avoid contact with the cows when he arrived. "The young women were absolutely in shock," he told a reporter.
The cows' owner eventually showed up to help herd them back to his field - but not before police could snap a few photos.
#1231
Posted 27 May 2012 - 08:09 PM
Pup Patrol, on 25 May 2012 - 08:37 PM, said:
Scott9282 beat me to it!
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"They went right for the beer and then when one was done, they'd knock another one over and take care of that beer," Lt. James Riter of the Boxford Police Department told a local newspaper. "I saw one cow drinking the beer on its way down as it spilled off the table... Some of the cows were also picking through the empties in the recycling bin... They just went in and helped themselves."
According to Wicked Local, the bovine beer-lovers frightened human party-goers indoors. One person from the party, as well as a neighbour called 911.
Riter said he witnessed 10-13 women jumping on the rear deck of the house to avoid contact with the cows when he arrived. "The young women were absolutely in shock," he told a reporter.
The cows' owner eventually showed up to help herd them back to his field - but not before police could snap a few photos.
According to Wicked Local, the bovine beer-lovers frightened human party-goers indoors. One person from the party, as well as a neighbour called 911.
Riter said he witnessed 10-13 women jumping on the rear deck of the house to avoid contact with the cows when he arrived. "The young women were absolutely in shock," he told a reporter.
The cows' owner eventually showed up to help herd them back to his field - but not before police could snap a few photos.
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Did the police issue any mooving violations?
#1232
Posted 29 May 2012 - 02:07 PM
Naked man killed by Police near MacArthur Causeway was ‘eating’ face off victim
It was a scene as creepy as a Hannibal Lecter movie.
One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp Saturday, police said.
The horror began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots were heard on the ramp, which is along NE 13th Street, just south of The Miami Herald building.
According to police sources, a road ranger saw a naked man chewing on another man’s face and shouted on his loud speaker for him to back away.Meanwhile, a woman also saw the incident and flagged down a police officer who was in the area.
The officer, who has not been identified, approached and, seeing what was happening, also ordered the naked man to back away. When he continued the assault, the officer shot him, police sources said. The attacker failed to stop after being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots.
Miami police were on the scene, which was just south of The Miami Herald building on Biscayne Boulevard. The naked man who was killed lay face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper’s two-story parking garage. Police have requested The Herald’s video surveillance tapes.
The other man was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to police. Their identities were not released.
It was a scene as creepy as a Hannibal Lecter movie.
One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp Saturday, police said.
The horror began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots were heard on the ramp, which is along NE 13th Street, just south of The Miami Herald building.
According to police sources, a road ranger saw a naked man chewing on another man’s face and shouted on his loud speaker for him to back away.Meanwhile, a woman also saw the incident and flagged down a police officer who was in the area.
The officer, who has not been identified, approached and, seeing what was happening, also ordered the naked man to back away. When he continued the assault, the officer shot him, police sources said. The attacker failed to stop after being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots.
Miami police were on the scene, which was just south of The Miami Herald building on Biscayne Boulevard. The naked man who was killed lay face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper’s two-story parking garage. Police have requested The Herald’s video surveillance tapes.
The other man was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to police. Their identities were not released.
#1233
Posted 29 May 2012 - 04:01 PM
Harry Dolphin, on 29 May 2012 - 02:07 PM, said:
Naked man killed by Police near MacArthur Causeway was 'eating' face off victim
It was a scene as creepy as a Hannibal Lecter movie.
One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp Saturday, police said.
The horror began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots were heard on the ramp, which is along NE 13th Street, just south of The Miami Herald building.
According to police sources, a road ranger saw a naked man chewing on another man's face and shouted on his loud speaker for him to back away.Meanwhile, a woman also saw the incident and flagged down a police officer who was in the area.
The officer, who has not been identified, approached and, seeing what was happening, also ordered the naked man to back away. When he continued the assault, the officer shot him, police sources said. The attacker failed to stop after being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots.
Miami police were on the scene, which was just south of The Miami Herald building on Biscayne Boulevard. The naked man who was killed lay face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper's two-story parking garage. Police have requested The Herald's video surveillance tapes.
The other man was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to police. Their identities were not released.
It was a scene as creepy as a Hannibal Lecter movie.
One man was shot to death by Miami police, and another man is fighting for his life after he was attacked, and his face allegedly half eaten, by a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway off ramp Saturday, police said.
The horror began about 2 p.m. when a series of gunshots were heard on the ramp, which is along NE 13th Street, just south of The Miami Herald building.
According to police sources, a road ranger saw a naked man chewing on another man's face and shouted on his loud speaker for him to back away.Meanwhile, a woman also saw the incident and flagged down a police officer who was in the area.
The officer, who has not been identified, approached and, seeing what was happening, also ordered the naked man to back away. When he continued the assault, the officer shot him, police sources said. The attacker failed to stop after being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots.
Miami police were on the scene, which was just south of The Miami Herald building on Biscayne Boulevard. The naked man who was killed lay face down on the pedestrian walkway just below the newspaper's two-story parking garage. Police have requested The Herald's video surveillance tapes.
The other man was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to police. Their identities were not released.
I don't even need to know that he was naked for that to be weird news!!
#1234
Posted 30 May 2012 - 09:51 AM
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By Julia Duin, Published: May 29
Mack Wolford, a flamboyant Pentecostal pastor from West Virginia whose serpent-handling talents were profiled last November in The Washington Post Magazine , hoped the outdoor service he had planned for Sunday at an isolated state park would be a “homecoming like the old days,” full of folks speaking in tongues, handling snakes and having a “great time.” But it was not the sort of homecoming he foresaw.
Instead, Wolford, who turned 44 the previous day, was bitten by a rattlesnake he owned for years. He died late Sunday.
Mark Randall “Mack” Wolford was known all over Appalachia as a daring man of conviction. He believed that the Bible mandates that Christians handle serpents to test their faith in God — and that, if they are bitten, they trust in God alone to heal them.
He and other adherents cited Mark 16:17-18 as the reason for their practice: “And these signs will follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
The son of a serpent handler who himself died in 1983 after being bitten, Wolford was trying to keep the practice alive, both in West Virginia, where it is legal, and in neighboring states where it is not. He was the kind of man reporters love: articulate, friendly and appreciative of media attention. Many serpent-handling Pentecostals retreat from journalists, but Wolford didn’t. He’d take them on snake-hunting expeditions.
Last Sunday started as a festive outdoor service on a sunny afternoon at Panther Wildlife Management Area, a state park roughly 80 miles west of Bluefield, W.Va. In the preceding days, Wolford had posted several teasers on his Facebook page asking people to attend.
“I am looking for a great time this Sunday,” he wrote May 22. “It is going to be a homecoming like the old days. Good ’ole raised in the holler or mountain ridge running, Holy Ghost-filled speaking-in-tongues sign believers.”
“Praise the Lord and pass the rattlesnakes, brother” he wrote on May 23. He also invited his extended family, who had largely given up the practice of serpent handling, to come to the park.
“At one time or another, we had handled [snakes], but we had backslid,” his sister, Robin Vanover, said Monday evening. “His birthday was Saturday, and all he wanted to do is get his brothers and sisters in church together.”
And so they were gathered at this evangelistic hootenanny of Christian praise and worship. About 30 minutes into the service, his sister said, Wolford passed a yellow timber rattlesnake to a church member and his mother.
“He laid it on the ground,” she said, “and he sat down next to the snake, and it bit him on the thigh.”
A state forester, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said park officials were unaware of Wolford’s activities. “Had we known he had poisonous animals, we would have never allowed it,” he said.
The festivities came to a halt shortly thereafter, and Wolford was taken back to a relative’s house in Bluefield to recover, as he always had when suffering from previous snake bites. By late afternoon, it was clear that this time was different, and desperate messages began flying about on Facebook, asking for prayer.
Mack Wolford, a flamboyant Pentecostal pastor from West Virginia whose serpent-handling talents were profiled last November in The Washington Post Magazine , hoped the outdoor service he had planned for Sunday at an isolated state park would be a “homecoming like the old days,” full of folks speaking in tongues, handling snakes and having a “great time.” But it was not the sort of homecoming he foresaw.
Instead, Wolford, who turned 44 the previous day, was bitten by a rattlesnake he owned for years. He died late Sunday.
Mark Randall “Mack” Wolford was known all over Appalachia as a daring man of conviction. He believed that the Bible mandates that Christians handle serpents to test their faith in God — and that, if they are bitten, they trust in God alone to heal them.
He and other adherents cited Mark 16:17-18 as the reason for their practice: “And these signs will follow those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
The son of a serpent handler who himself died in 1983 after being bitten, Wolford was trying to keep the practice alive, both in West Virginia, where it is legal, and in neighboring states where it is not. He was the kind of man reporters love: articulate, friendly and appreciative of media attention. Many serpent-handling Pentecostals retreat from journalists, but Wolford didn’t. He’d take them on snake-hunting expeditions.
Last Sunday started as a festive outdoor service on a sunny afternoon at Panther Wildlife Management Area, a state park roughly 80 miles west of Bluefield, W.Va. In the preceding days, Wolford had posted several teasers on his Facebook page asking people to attend.
“I am looking for a great time this Sunday,” he wrote May 22. “It is going to be a homecoming like the old days. Good ’ole raised in the holler or mountain ridge running, Holy Ghost-filled speaking-in-tongues sign believers.”
“Praise the Lord and pass the rattlesnakes, brother” he wrote on May 23. He also invited his extended family, who had largely given up the practice of serpent handling, to come to the park.
“At one time or another, we had handled [snakes], but we had backslid,” his sister, Robin Vanover, said Monday evening. “His birthday was Saturday, and all he wanted to do is get his brothers and sisters in church together.”
And so they were gathered at this evangelistic hootenanny of Christian praise and worship. About 30 minutes into the service, his sister said, Wolford passed a yellow timber rattlesnake to a church member and his mother.
“He laid it on the ground,” she said, “and he sat down next to the snake, and it bit him on the thigh.”
A state forester, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said park officials were unaware of Wolford’s activities. “Had we known he had poisonous animals, we would have never allowed it,” he said.
The festivities came to a halt shortly thereafter, and Wolford was taken back to a relative’s house in Bluefield to recover, as he always had when suffering from previous snake bites. By late afternoon, it was clear that this time was different, and desperate messages began flying about on Facebook, asking for prayer.
Bolding mine. Reckon he "backslid" right into the grave.
#1235
Posted 30 May 2012 - 12:38 PM
Where's Amercia, anyhow? Maybe there's an app that can find it. 
edit: "Hunt, shoot and protect their families" is right up there with "Panda: An animal that eats, shoots and leaves."
edit: "Hunt, shoot and protect their families" is right up there with "Panda: An animal that eats, shoots and leaves."
This post has been edited by DragonsWest: 30 May 2012 - 12:41 PM
#1236
Posted 30 May 2012 - 12:52 PM
DragonsWest, on 30 May 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:
Where's Amercia, anyhow? Maybe there's an app that can find it.
edit: "Hunt, shoot and protect their families" is right up there with "Panda: An animal that eats, shoots and leaves."
edit: "Hunt, shoot and protect their families" is right up there with "Panda: An animal that eats, shoots and leaves."
The only problem I see with that is that they neglected to capitalize CIA. You can bet that certain other countries will capitalize on it.
This post has been edited by knowschad: 30 May 2012 - 12:54 PM
#1237
Posted 30 May 2012 - 01:18 PM
http://news.sympatic...uspect/ea644015
Quote
Canada-wide warrant issued for body parts case suspect
30/05/2012 4:11:31 PM
CTVNews.ca Staff
Montreal police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a 29-year-old male suspect in connection with a dismembered torso found in their city and two body parts found in the mail in Ottawa.
Police said Wednesday they are seeking Rocco Luka Magnotta, who also uses the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov.
It's believed that the male victim, whose torso was discovered Tuesday in a suitcase, knew his assailant, Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere told reporters on Wednesday.
Lafraniere said anyone with information about Magnotta's whereabouts should call 911 immediately.
"This is a priority for us," Lafraniere said. "We really need to get in touch with that suspect as soon as possible."
Homicide investigators are also still trying to establish a clear link between the torso and the severed foot and hand that were mailed to Ottawa.
Police will have to wait for DNA tests to confirm the link, said Lafreniere. Meanwhile, Ottawa police have confirmed that the body parts sent to Ottawa originated in Montreal.
Lafreniere confirmed that the torso, which was found Tuesday morning in a pile of garbage behind an apartment in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood, belonged to a while male, but said the victim's identity has yet to be confirmed.
But he did say police believe the suspect and the victim knew each other.
Meanwhile, police in Montreal are sifting through a second-floor apartment in the Cote-des-Neiges that has been identified as a crime scene.
While Lafreniere would say little about the crime scene, reporters who looked in the open doorway noticed a great deal of blood.
"For most of the officers that have been there all night long, this is the kind of crime scene they've never seen in their life, in their career," Lafreniere said. "So yes I can consider that a horrible crime."
Internet searches for Magnotta bring up a variety of lurid stories about the suspect, including a history as a porn actor and a possible connection to kitten snuff films that were posted online.
A website, luka-magnotta.net, contains several glamour shots of the suspect, who has claimed to work as a male model.
There was also speculation on social media sites that the recent killing was videotaped.
Lafreniere said Wednesday that Magnotta does not have a criminal record.
The case broke Tuesday, when a human foot arrived in a package delivered to the Conservative Party's Ottawa headquarters, triggering a lockdown of the building and nearby street.
Conservative Party staffers quickly called police on Tuesday when the blood-stained package arrived at the 12th-floor office.
A staffer had reportedly begun to open the package, but became suspicious due to the overwhelming smell and blood stains on the outside of the parcel.
Police were contacted and a hazardous material team was brought in to perform an X-ray on the package, and determined it contained what appeared to be a human foot.
Then late Tuesday, Ottawa police confirmed they had seized another package at a Canada Post office. That parcel contained a hand, but police have not confirmed the address on that package.
Lafreniere said both Ottawa police and the RCMP are assisting with the investigation.
"The two parts of a body that were found in Ottawa, we've got all the reasons to believe it's linked to our homicide," said. "That's the reason why the Ottawa police and the RCMP are working with us."
30/05/2012 4:11:31 PM
CTVNews.ca Staff
Montreal police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a 29-year-old male suspect in connection with a dismembered torso found in their city and two body parts found in the mail in Ottawa.
Police said Wednesday they are seeking Rocco Luka Magnotta, who also uses the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov.
It's believed that the male victim, whose torso was discovered Tuesday in a suitcase, knew his assailant, Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere told reporters on Wednesday.
Lafraniere said anyone with information about Magnotta's whereabouts should call 911 immediately.
"This is a priority for us," Lafraniere said. "We really need to get in touch with that suspect as soon as possible."
Homicide investigators are also still trying to establish a clear link between the torso and the severed foot and hand that were mailed to Ottawa.
Police will have to wait for DNA tests to confirm the link, said Lafreniere. Meanwhile, Ottawa police have confirmed that the body parts sent to Ottawa originated in Montreal.
Lafreniere confirmed that the torso, which was found Tuesday morning in a pile of garbage behind an apartment in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood, belonged to a while male, but said the victim's identity has yet to be confirmed.
But he did say police believe the suspect and the victim knew each other.
Meanwhile, police in Montreal are sifting through a second-floor apartment in the Cote-des-Neiges that has been identified as a crime scene.
While Lafreniere would say little about the crime scene, reporters who looked in the open doorway noticed a great deal of blood.
"For most of the officers that have been there all night long, this is the kind of crime scene they've never seen in their life, in their career," Lafreniere said. "So yes I can consider that a horrible crime."
Internet searches for Magnotta bring up a variety of lurid stories about the suspect, including a history as a porn actor and a possible connection to kitten snuff films that were posted online.
A website, luka-magnotta.net, contains several glamour shots of the suspect, who has claimed to work as a male model.
There was also speculation on social media sites that the recent killing was videotaped.
Lafreniere said Wednesday that Magnotta does not have a criminal record.
The case broke Tuesday, when a human foot arrived in a package delivered to the Conservative Party's Ottawa headquarters, triggering a lockdown of the building and nearby street.
Conservative Party staffers quickly called police on Tuesday when the blood-stained package arrived at the 12th-floor office.
A staffer had reportedly begun to open the package, but became suspicious due to the overwhelming smell and blood stains on the outside of the parcel.
Police were contacted and a hazardous material team was brought in to perform an X-ray on the package, and determined it contained what appeared to be a human foot.
Then late Tuesday, Ottawa police confirmed they had seized another package at a Canada Post office. That parcel contained a hand, but police have not confirmed the address on that package.
Lafreniere said both Ottawa police and the RCMP are assisting with the investigation.
"The two parts of a body that were found in Ottawa, we've got all the reasons to believe it's linked to our homicide," said. "That's the reason why the Ottawa police and the RCMP are working with us."
#1238
Posted 31 May 2012 - 07:28 AM
OCD Cleaning Fairy breaks into houses to tidy up
One family's "cleaning fairy" may have sounded like a dream — until they got the bill.
A mysterious woman broke into a Cleveland-area house just to tidy up — to the tune of $75, according to a note she left.
One day while Sherry Bush wasn't at her Westlake, Ohio, home and her daughter was asleep upstairs, While was out and her daughter was asleep upstairs, somebody broke into the house, Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC reported.
But the intruder took nothing but the trash, some dust and some dirt with her.
"There were some coffee mugs that my husband had out," a stunned Bush said when she got home. "She had washed them all."
The intruder also put away toys, vacuumed and took out the trash. She then left a note on a napkin on the table identifying herself as Sue Warren, sharing her phone number and charging $75 for her unsolicited services.
Bush figured when she found the note in her immaculate home that Warren had accidentally cleaned the wrong house, but when she called the mysterious cleaning lady, Warren corrected her.
"I said, what happened, did you get the wrong house? She said, 'No, I do this all the time.' I said, What do you mean? She said, 'I just stop and clean your house,'" Bush told WKYC.
Warren also reportedly told police investigators that she had made a habit of entering strangers' homes to clean.
Warren already has charges pending against her in the nearby town of Beachwood for her alleged criminal trespassing into a house in need of a scrubbing.
No charges have been filed against her yet in Westlake.
http://www.nbclosang...-155932585.html
One family's "cleaning fairy" may have sounded like a dream — until they got the bill.
A mysterious woman broke into a Cleveland-area house just to tidy up — to the tune of $75, according to a note she left.
One day while Sherry Bush wasn't at her Westlake, Ohio, home and her daughter was asleep upstairs, While was out and her daughter was asleep upstairs, somebody broke into the house, Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC reported.
But the intruder took nothing but the trash, some dust and some dirt with her.
"There were some coffee mugs that my husband had out," a stunned Bush said when she got home. "She had washed them all."
The intruder also put away toys, vacuumed and took out the trash. She then left a note on a napkin on the table identifying herself as Sue Warren, sharing her phone number and charging $75 for her unsolicited services.
Bush figured when she found the note in her immaculate home that Warren had accidentally cleaned the wrong house, but when she called the mysterious cleaning lady, Warren corrected her.
"I said, what happened, did you get the wrong house? She said, 'No, I do this all the time.' I said, What do you mean? She said, 'I just stop and clean your house,'" Bush told WKYC.
Warren also reportedly told police investigators that she had made a habit of entering strangers' homes to clean.
Warren already has charges pending against her in the nearby town of Beachwood for her alleged criminal trespassing into a house in need of a scrubbing.
No charges have been filed against her yet in Westlake.
http://www.nbclosang...-155932585.html
This post has been edited by 4wheelin_fool: 31 May 2012 - 07:32 AM
#1239
Posted 07 June 2012 - 06:06 PM
Okay, can someone please explain this one to me? Maybe a clue is in the last line of the article.
WPIX
Dead 2-Year-Old Wakes Before Own Funeral, Asks For Water, Dies Again
By ANDREW RAMOS
@AndrewJRamos
3:03 PM EDT, June 7, 2012
BELEM, BRAZIL (PIX11)
Police are investigating the claims made by a Brazilian father who said his dead 2-year-old son sat up in his casket moments before he was to be buried and asked for water, only to die again.
According to reports, Kelvin Santos died from complications of pneumonia at the Aberlardo Santos Hospital in the northern city of Belem on June 1.
Doctors declared him dead at 7:40 p.m. and his body was immediately handed over to his family for a wake the following day.
An hour before his funeral, Kelvin's body laid in an open casket where he was surrounded by relatives and friends in prayer.
Witnesses say the child suddenly reanimated, sitting up in his coffin where he reportedly asked his father, "Daddy, can I have some water?"
"Everybody started to scream, we couldn't believe our eyes," the father, Antonio Santos, recounted to a local newspaper. "Then we thought a miracle had taken place and our boy had come back to life."
Unfortunately, the apparent miracle was short lived after the boy, according to Mr. Santos, died again.
"Then Kelvin just laid back down, the way he was. We couldn't wake him. He was dead again."
The child was transported back to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead for the second time in two days. The claim puzzled doctors and have launched a police complaint by the child's father.
Antonio Santos believes his son was a victim of medical malpractice.
Copyright © 2012, WPIX-TV
Here's the link to the article.
WPIX
Dead 2-Year-Old Wakes Before Own Funeral, Asks For Water, Dies Again
By ANDREW RAMOS
@AndrewJRamos
3:03 PM EDT, June 7, 2012
BELEM, BRAZIL (PIX11)
Police are investigating the claims made by a Brazilian father who said his dead 2-year-old son sat up in his casket moments before he was to be buried and asked for water, only to die again.
According to reports, Kelvin Santos died from complications of pneumonia at the Aberlardo Santos Hospital in the northern city of Belem on June 1.
Doctors declared him dead at 7:40 p.m. and his body was immediately handed over to his family for a wake the following day.
An hour before his funeral, Kelvin's body laid in an open casket where he was surrounded by relatives and friends in prayer.
Witnesses say the child suddenly reanimated, sitting up in his coffin where he reportedly asked his father, "Daddy, can I have some water?"
"Everybody started to scream, we couldn't believe our eyes," the father, Antonio Santos, recounted to a local newspaper. "Then we thought a miracle had taken place and our boy had come back to life."
Unfortunately, the apparent miracle was short lived after the boy, according to Mr. Santos, died again.
"Then Kelvin just laid back down, the way he was. We couldn't wake him. He was dead again."
The child was transported back to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead for the second time in two days. The claim puzzled doctors and have launched a police complaint by the child's father.
Antonio Santos believes his son was a victim of medical malpractice.
Copyright © 2012, WPIX-TV
Here's the link to the article.
#1241
Posted 08 June 2012 - 07:24 AM
I don't know. Any time I read about a story like that, if it's set in some out of the way place, I automatically assume that it's either out of the "Weekly World News" or someone with a similar mindset. Not all of their stories are as obviously fake as Bat Boy.
#1243
Posted 08 June 2012 - 06:56 PM
Oh this is a good one!!!
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
#1244
Posted 08 June 2012 - 07:02 PM
Sol seaker, on 08 June 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:
Oh this is a good one!!!
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
SWEET!
#1245
Posted 08 June 2012 - 09:34 PM
thistleRacers, on 08 June 2012 - 07:02 PM, said:
Sol seaker, on 08 June 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:
Oh this is a good one!!!
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
SWEET!
Yeah, a pretty sticky situation
#1247
Posted 09 June 2012 - 06:12 AM
Sol seaker, on 08 June 2012 - 09:34 PM, said:
thistleRacers, on 08 June 2012 - 07:02 PM, said:
Sol seaker, on 08 June 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:
Oh this is a good one!!!
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
Hungry Jack Syrup truck spills on Buttermilk turnpike
A highway truck accident never sounded so delicious. A semitrailer hauling Hungry Jack pancake syrup collided with a highway median at the Buttermilk Pike overpass in northern Kentucky, causing the truckload of syrup to spill all over the highway.
"Every lane of southbound I-75 was covered in pancake syrup," Fort Mitchell Police Officer Mark Spanyer told the Kentucky Enquirer. "It was a royal pain in the butt."
The semitrailer dumped hundreds of boxes of Hungry Jack syrup bottles.
Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in the accident, including the driver. Spanyer said the incident occurred on Thursday when the Hungry Jack driver maneuvered to avoid a car on the highway with a blown-out tire. While the driver was able to avoid the car, he then crashed into a median on the Buttermilk Pike overpass.
Sadly, cleanup crews were forced to use sand, rather than giant pancakes, to clean up the mess.
SWEET!
Yeah, a pretty sticky situation
Reminds me of two incidents that occurred on the Long Island Expressway.
The first was on a midnight tour. A poultry truck carrying live chickens overturned on the LIE and there were chickens running around everywhere. There we were, out there in full uniform, Highway Patrol, Emergency Service cops, precinct cops and some detectives all trying to corral chickens running around like, well chickens with their heads soon to be cut off.
It's like they knew their fate.
Anyway we managed to get most of them contained, the truck was uprighted, and the chickens put back on board. As the chickens were slated for the kitchen table, the loss of a few, some due to passing vehicles, including one spectacular smash on the front grill of a passing semi on the other side of the highway, we were offered some chickens to take home by the driver and his boss.
A quote from this has gone down in Highway Unit 3 history... "Go on officer, don't be a shmuck, take a chicken."
The second incident involved a beer truck, which had the bad fortune to overturn close to quitting time for the day tour. I ended up with the assignment because, well I was stupid enough to answer the radio after the car who's post it was suddenly experienced radio trouble. At the beginning all we knew was that it was an overturned truck, no details beyond that.
Well upon my arrival, and transmission that it was a beer truck and there were beer cans and kegs all over the highway, suddenly the radio "problems" cleared up and now I had more help than I knew what to do with. Including Emergency Service cops, precinct guys again, and even a couple of Mounted (horse) units. I guess the way to get help was to properly motivate those guys.
#1248
Posted 09 June 2012 - 06:36 AM
Beer does that to people. LOL! I think I remember hearing about the chicken accident. And more than one beer truck incident. We get your LIE news here in Fairfield County. You'd think it was park of NY. Even if you go on Craiglist, you have to search NYC to get to Fairfield County. The rest of CT you can find under CT. Go figure.
#1249
Posted 09 June 2012 - 12:20 PM
knowschad, on 09 June 2012 - 05:53 AM, said:
"Holy flapjacks, Batman!!"
hmmm, nice legs. Kind of remind me of... well muffins or something...
This post has been edited by Sol seaker: 09 June 2012 - 12:21 PM
#1250
Posted 10 June 2012 - 12:58 AM
Quote
Glazed donut vodka promises full taste, fewer calories
2 days agoWe've been introduced to some pretty gross sounding drinks lately (bacon and Bailey's milk shake, anyone?), but the latest release from the 360 Vodka company actually sounds pretty dadgum good: glazed donut flavored vodka. Starting July 1, vodka lovers can get their hands on the tipple that boasts capturing the "irresistible taste of America's most-popular donut." And as if the thought of glazed donut anything weren't enough to whip us into an excited frenzy, those clever marketing people have also appealed to our health conscious side, pointing out that the average glazed donut has 250 calories, while a serving of donut vodka has a mere 80. We're sold.
2 days agoWe've been introduced to some pretty gross sounding drinks lately (bacon and Bailey's milk shake, anyone?), but the latest release from the 360 Vodka company actually sounds pretty dadgum good: glazed donut flavored vodka. Starting July 1, vodka lovers can get their hands on the tipple that boasts capturing the "irresistible taste of America's most-popular donut." And as if the thought of glazed donut anything weren't enough to whip us into an excited frenzy, those clever marketing people have also appealed to our health conscious side, pointing out that the average glazed donut has 250 calories, while a serving of donut vodka has a mere 80. We're sold.
This post has been edited by TheAlabamaRambler: 10 June 2012 - 12:59 AM
