Man unwisely tries to rob Tae Kwon Do studio
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/152757/Man-unwisely-tries-to-rob-Tae-Kwon-Do-studio
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/152757/Man-unwisely-tries-to-rob-Tae-Kwon-Do-studio
Crime of the Day - Keep it light-hearted
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Since I don't often hear the word "quackery" in a sentence...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090310/od_nm/us_charles_odd;_ylt=AmkkkhZTU4If1t5v1l89N0oSH9EA
Prince Charles accused of detox "quackery"
Tue Mar 10, 2:26 pm ET
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Charles has been accused of quackery and exploitation over his Duchy Originals food company's promotion of a "detox" tincture made from artichoke and dandelion.
Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, said Charles is exploiting a gullible public at a time of financial hardship.
A long-standing critic of alternative medicines such as homeopathy, Ernst said there is no evidence that detox products work.
"Prince Charles contributes to the ill health of the nation by pretending we can all overindulge, then take his tincture and be fine again," he said in a statement.
"Under the banner of holistic and integrative healthcare, he thus promotes a 'quick fix' and outright quackery."
The detox product went on sale earlier this year and is available at Boots and Waitrose, Ernst said.
The 60-year-old prince, a long-time advocate of alternative and sustainable agriculture, founded Duchy Originals in 1990 to promote organic food and farming, with profits going to charity.
Duchy Originals Chief Executive Andrew Baker said the tincture was sold as a food supplement in accordance with both UK and European food laws.
"Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture ... is a natural aid to digestion and supports the body's natural elimination processes," he added.
"It is not -- and has never been described as -- a medicine, remedy or cure for any disease.
"We find it unfortunate that Professor Ernst should chase sensationalist headlines in this way rather than concentrating on accuracy and objectivity."
(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090310/od_nm/us_charles_odd;_ylt=AmkkkhZTU4If1t5v1l89N0oSH9EA
Prince Charles accused of detox "quackery"
Tue Mar 10, 2:26 pm ET
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Charles has been accused of quackery and exploitation over his Duchy Originals food company's promotion of a "detox" tincture made from artichoke and dandelion.
Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, said Charles is exploiting a gullible public at a time of financial hardship.
A long-standing critic of alternative medicines such as homeopathy, Ernst said there is no evidence that detox products work.
"Prince Charles contributes to the ill health of the nation by pretending we can all overindulge, then take his tincture and be fine again," he said in a statement.
"Under the banner of holistic and integrative healthcare, he thus promotes a 'quick fix' and outright quackery."
The detox product went on sale earlier this year and is available at Boots and Waitrose, Ernst said.
The 60-year-old prince, a long-time advocate of alternative and sustainable agriculture, founded Duchy Originals in 1990 to promote organic food and farming, with profits going to charity.
Duchy Originals Chief Executive Andrew Baker said the tincture was sold as a food supplement in accordance with both UK and European food laws.
"Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture ... is a natural aid to digestion and supports the body's natural elimination processes," he added.
"It is not -- and has never been described as -- a medicine, remedy or cure for any disease.
"We find it unfortunate that Professor Ernst should chase sensationalist headlines in this way rather than concentrating on accuracy and objectivity."
(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)
Suspects leave trail of cash during freeway chase
Fri Mar 20, 7:27 am ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_re_us/trail_of_cash
SAN DIEGO – Two narcotics suspects have been arrested after leading police on a wild chase, tossing out more than $17,000 in cash out of their truck's windows as motorists stopped freeway traffic to grab the bills.
The pursuit began Thursday afternoon when police and federal drug agents followed two men who drove off in a pickup truck, Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Eileen Zeidler said.
The driver took officers on a circuitous route over several streets and freeways, eventually getting onto Interstate 5 at the height of rush hour.
On the busy freeway, the suspects flung mostly $20 and $100 bills out of the truck's windows before surrendering to authorities.
As the cash blew across lanes, motorists slammed their brakes in the middle of the road and scrambled to pick up the bills, police Sgt. Kevin Rausis said.
"We saw people stopped on the freeway and running around," he said.
Officers following the money trail collected more than $17,200 and some passers-by later turned in cash to police.
"The way the money was being disposed of, I think it was more of a desperate measure to get rid of evidence," Rausis said.
Zeidler called the case "a significant drug investigation."
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Information from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.signonsandiego.com
Fri Mar 20, 7:27 am ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_re_us/trail_of_cash
SAN DIEGO – Two narcotics suspects have been arrested after leading police on a wild chase, tossing out more than $17,000 in cash out of their truck's windows as motorists stopped freeway traffic to grab the bills.
The pursuit began Thursday afternoon when police and federal drug agents followed two men who drove off in a pickup truck, Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Eileen Zeidler said.
The driver took officers on a circuitous route over several streets and freeways, eventually getting onto Interstate 5 at the height of rush hour.
On the busy freeway, the suspects flung mostly $20 and $100 bills out of the truck's windows before surrendering to authorities.
As the cash blew across lanes, motorists slammed their brakes in the middle of the road and scrambled to pick up the bills, police Sgt. Kevin Rausis said.
"We saw people stopped on the freeway and running around," he said.
Officers following the money trail collected more than $17,200 and some passers-by later turned in cash to police.
"The way the money was being disposed of, I think it was more of a desperate measure to get rid of evidence," Rausis said.
Zeidler called the case "a significant drug investigation."
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Information from: The San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.signonsandiego.com
Bride: Wedding Night in Jail Was 'My Greatest Nightmare'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510042,00.html
HOUSTON — A woman who claims she was humiliated on her wedding night because she had to spend it in jail in her wedding gown has filed a complaint with Texas authorities.
Jade Puckett, 26, filed the complaint midweek over a picture taken while she was in a courtroom in her wedding dress.
"It had turned the best day of my life into my greatest nightmare," she said in the complaint.
She and Billy Puckett, also 26, were arrested following their March 14 reception as part of a Harris County sweep targeting drunken drivers.
Billy Puckett was charged with driving while intoxicated. Officers said his new wife was charged with public intoxication after she became belligerent.
She said she was then kept in a cell overnight — still in her wedding dress — with 15 or 20 other arrested women. She said male deputies at least three times opened the cell door to point her out to other jailers.
"The male guards seemed to be enjoying themselves," she said.
Sheriff's Maj. Fred Brown told the Houston Chronicle in Saturday's editions authorities would review jail videos to see if Puckett's complaints were valid. She has not filed a formal complaint with the sheriff's office; the complaint was filed with the county constable's office.
Joe Gutheinz, an attorney for the couple, told The Associated Press he planned to file a complaint with the Justice Department.
On Sunday, Puckett pleaded guilty to the public intoxication charge in exchange for time served — her night in jail. Her husband, whose family posted bail to have him released, pleaded no contest and received a year's probation, a $300 fine and community service.
Puckett does not know the identity of the person who took her picture.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510042,00.html
HOUSTON — A woman who claims she was humiliated on her wedding night because she had to spend it in jail in her wedding gown has filed a complaint with Texas authorities.
Jade Puckett, 26, filed the complaint midweek over a picture taken while she was in a courtroom in her wedding dress.
"It had turned the best day of my life into my greatest nightmare," she said in the complaint.
She and Billy Puckett, also 26, were arrested following their March 14 reception as part of a Harris County sweep targeting drunken drivers.
Billy Puckett was charged with driving while intoxicated. Officers said his new wife was charged with public intoxication after she became belligerent.
She said she was then kept in a cell overnight — still in her wedding dress — with 15 or 20 other arrested women. She said male deputies at least three times opened the cell door to point her out to other jailers.
"The male guards seemed to be enjoying themselves," she said.
Sheriff's Maj. Fred Brown told the Houston Chronicle in Saturday's editions authorities would review jail videos to see if Puckett's complaints were valid. She has not filed a formal complaint with the sheriff's office; the complaint was filed with the county constable's office.
Joe Gutheinz, an attorney for the couple, told The Associated Press he planned to file a complaint with the Justice Department.
On Sunday, Puckett pleaded guilty to the public intoxication charge in exchange for time served — her night in jail. Her husband, whose family posted bail to have him released, pleaded no contest and received a year's probation, a $300 fine and community service.
Puckett does not know the identity of the person who took her picture.
Grand Theft Mammo: Cops Say Woman Used Fake ID to Buy Fake Breasts
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510293,00.html
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Police are seeking a woman they say used a false identity to get breast implants and liposuction, then skipped town.
Huntington Beach police said Monday that 30-year-old Yvonne Pampellone opened a line of credit in someone else's name in September 2008 and had the procedures worth more than $12,000 performed at the Pacific Center For Plastic Surgery.
Employees say she never returned for follow-up visits.
Police say Pampellone faces charges of commercial burglary, grand theft and identity theft.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510293,00.html
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Police are seeking a woman they say used a false identity to get breast implants and liposuction, then skipped town.
Huntington Beach police said Monday that 30-year-old Yvonne Pampellone opened a line of credit in someone else's name in September 2008 and had the procedures worth more than $12,000 performed at the Pacific Center For Plastic Surgery.
Employees say she never returned for follow-up visits.
Police say Pampellone faces charges of commercial burglary, grand theft and identity theft.
Driver Says GPS Unit Led Him to Edge of Cliff
And the idiot driver of the day award (almost a Darwin Award, methinks
) goes to:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510495,00.html
A British driver has blamed his GPS navigation unit for leaving his car teetering on the edge of a cliff after he followed its instructions.
Robert Jones said he trusted his navigational system and continued to follow it when it told him the steep, narrow footpath he was driving on was a road.
Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, northern England, now has a court date for driving without due care and attention.
His BMW nearly plunged down a 100-foot cliff in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, on Sunday.
He was only stopped from falling after the vehicle rammed into a wire fence.
And the idiot driver of the day award (almost a Darwin Award, methinks
) goes to:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510495,00.html
A British driver has blamed his GPS navigation unit for leaving his car teetering on the edge of a cliff after he followed its instructions.
Robert Jones said he trusted his navigational system and continued to follow it when it told him the steep, narrow footpath he was driving on was a road.
Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, northern England, now has a court date for driving without due care and attention.
His BMW nearly plunged down a 100-foot cliff in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, on Sunday.
He was only stopped from falling after the vehicle rammed into a wire fence.
Inmates baby-sit tot found alone on highway
In this case, an anti-crime of the day by criminals!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29933012/
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A prison work crew kept a toddler safe after the child was found wandering alone on a rural highway, Maryland authorities said.
The six minimum-security inmates shared their lunches with the boy and played with him, while authorities spent hours trying to locate the 2-year-old's relatives, a correction officer said.
more....
In this case, an anti-crime of the day by criminals!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29933012/
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A prison work crew kept a toddler safe after the child was found wandering alone on a rural highway, Maryland authorities said.
The six minimum-security inmates shared their lunches with the boy and played with him, while authorities spent hours trying to locate the 2-year-old's relatives, a correction officer said.
more....
Ohio man seeks trial over getting DUI on motorized barstool
See what living in the midwest does to you after a while? You start mounting barstools on lawnmowers.....
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/barstool.dui/index.html
(CNN) -- An Ohio man says he is seeking a jury trial on a charge of driving under the influence that was slapped on him after he crashed the vehicle he was piloting -- a barstool.
The barstool was welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine.
"It was just an accident. I mean a little minor accident," Kile Wygle, 28, explained in an interview this week with CNN affiliate WSYX.
His homemade vehicle was made from a barstool welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine, four wheels and a lawnmower steering wheel, according to the Newark, Ohio, police accident report.
Officers responding to a report of a crash with injuries March 4 said they found Wygle nursing his injuries and highly intoxicated. According to the police report, when asked how much he had had to drink, Wygle responded, "a lot."
He crashed during his attempt at a U-turn while speeding down the street in front of his home -- a daring move from atop the specialized barstool even for the most nimble and sober of men. Measuring 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds, and after having consumed what he later told an officer was 15 beers, Wygle appeared to be neither.
He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
According to the police report, Wygle claims his unique vehicle can reach a speed of 38 miles per hour, though at the time of the crash he was going around 20.
He entered a plea of not guilty.
See what living in the midwest does to you after a while? You start mounting barstools on lawnmowers.....
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/barstool.dui/index.html
(CNN) -- An Ohio man says he is seeking a jury trial on a charge of driving under the influence that was slapped on him after he crashed the vehicle he was piloting -- a barstool.
"It was just an accident. I mean a little minor accident," Kile Wygle, 28, explained in an interview this week with CNN affiliate WSYX.
His homemade vehicle was made from a barstool welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine, four wheels and a lawnmower steering wheel, according to the Newark, Ohio, police accident report.
Officers responding to a report of a crash with injuries March 4 said they found Wygle nursing his injuries and highly intoxicated. According to the police report, when asked how much he had had to drink, Wygle responded, "a lot."
He crashed during his attempt at a U-turn while speeding down the street in front of his home -- a daring move from atop the specialized barstool even for the most nimble and sober of men. Measuring 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds, and after having consumed what he later told an officer was 15 beers, Wygle appeared to be neither.
He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
According to the police report, Wygle claims his unique vehicle can reach a speed of 38 miles per hour, though at the time of the crash he was going around 20.
He entered a plea of not guilty.
Man foils bank robbery after assuming it was an April Fool
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...bery-after-assuming-it-was-an-April-Fool.html
Customer Andrew Stewart was sitting down reading a newspaper in an Exeter branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland on March 31 last year when a raider burst in and demanded money.
Brian Davison, 32, put his hand inside his back pack then told cashiers: "I've got a gun. Seriously I've got a gun – hand over the ******* money".
But as terrified cashiers prepared to hand over a bundle of notes, Mr Stewart calmly walked up to the robber and said: "It's April the 1st isn't it mate? It's April Fool's Day".
When Davidson said to him "I've got a gun I will shoot you", Andrew replied "go on then shoot me" and grabbed the bag from his hands.
He opened it in front of staff and after seeing it was empty sat down and carried on reading his paper, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Davison fled the scene but was later arrested and has now pleaded guilty to affray.
Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said: "Prior to Mr Stewart's intervention terrified staff believed Davison was an armed robber. They were going to hand over a pre-packed bundle of marked notes."
The court heard Davison, of Torquay, Devon, attempted to raid the bank just hours after appearing at a local court on a charge of criminal damage.
He spent 403 days in custody on remand, which was the equivalent of a 30-month sentence, so he avoided a further jail term and made the subject of a two year community order.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...bery-after-assuming-it-was-an-April-Fool.html
Customer Andrew Stewart was sitting down reading a newspaper in an Exeter branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland on March 31 last year when a raider burst in and demanded money.
Brian Davison, 32, put his hand inside his back pack then told cashiers: "I've got a gun. Seriously I've got a gun – hand over the ******* money".
But as terrified cashiers prepared to hand over a bundle of notes, Mr Stewart calmly walked up to the robber and said: "It's April the 1st isn't it mate? It's April Fool's Day".
When Davidson said to him "I've got a gun I will shoot you", Andrew replied "go on then shoot me" and grabbed the bag from his hands.
He opened it in front of staff and after seeing it was empty sat down and carried on reading his paper, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Davison fled the scene but was later arrested and has now pleaded guilty to affray.
Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said: "Prior to Mr Stewart's intervention terrified staff believed Davison was an armed robber. They were going to hand over a pre-packed bundle of marked notes."
The court heard Davison, of Torquay, Devon, attempted to raid the bank just hours after appearing at a local court on a charge of criminal damage.
He spent 403 days in custody on remand, which was the equivalent of a 30-month sentence, so he avoided a further jail term and made the subject of a two year community order.
Man lights match at gas pump and, well, you can guess the rest....
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/04/01/liu.man.catches.on.fire.kpho
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/04/01/liu.man.catches.on.fire.kpho
A Little Obsessive maybe...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_divorce_odd;_ylt=AqUWBGUkR1hBRrhqa7bko3vtiBIF
Woman divorces husband for cleaning too much
Thu Apr 2, 10:56 am ET
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German woman has divorced her husband because she was fed up with him cleaning all the time.
German media reported the wife got through 15 years of marriage putting up with the man's penchant for doing household chores, tidying up and rearranging the furniture.
But she ran out of patience when he knocked down and rebuilt a wall at their home when it got dirty, Christian Kropp, court judge in the central town of Sondershausen, said on Thursday.
"I'd never had anyone seek a divorce for this," he said.
(Reporting by Franziska Scheven; editing by Myra MacDonald)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_divorce_odd;_ylt=AqUWBGUkR1hBRrhqa7bko3vtiBIF
Woman divorces husband for cleaning too much
Thu Apr 2, 10:56 am ET
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German woman has divorced her husband because she was fed up with him cleaning all the time.
German media reported the wife got through 15 years of marriage putting up with the man's penchant for doing household chores, tidying up and rearranging the furniture.
But she ran out of patience when he knocked down and rebuilt a wall at their home when it got dirty, Christian Kropp, court judge in the central town of Sondershausen, said on Thursday.
"I'd never had anyone seek a divorce for this," he said.
(Reporting by Franziska Scheven; editing by Myra MacDonald)
Beer in Hand, Texas Woman Starts Brawl at Wake
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512841,00.html
MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Sheriff's deputies said a Texas woman started a brawl at a wake in Arkansas when she arrived with a beer can in her hand. The woman, 52, faces a third-degree domestic battery charges, as does another woman, 46, over the March 29 fight.
Deputies said the first woman arrived at the Christies Chapel Church with a beer can in hand and that she refused to leave.
The first woman then allegedly grabbed a man by the face, leaving scratch marks on his lower right cheek and causing him to bleed. The man's mother, then allegedly slapped the woman and kicked another woman in the chest.
A sheriff's report claimed the woman with the beer became "passively aggressive" with deputies and said that "no backwood country cop" was going to take her to jail.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512841,00.html
MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Sheriff's deputies said a Texas woman started a brawl at a wake in Arkansas when she arrived with a beer can in her hand. The woman, 52, faces a third-degree domestic battery charges, as does another woman, 46, over the March 29 fight.
Deputies said the first woman arrived at the Christies Chapel Church with a beer can in hand and that she refused to leave.
The first woman then allegedly grabbed a man by the face, leaving scratch marks on his lower right cheek and causing him to bleed. The man's mother, then allegedly slapped the woman and kicked another woman in the chest.
A sheriff's report claimed the woman with the beer became "passively aggressive" with deputies and said that "no backwood country cop" was going to take her to jail.
Alabama Officer Tickets Parked Car as Woman Lies Dead Inside
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513095,00.html
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A parking enforcement officer issued a ticket for a pickup truck outside an Alabama emergency room while a woman lay dead inside the vehicle, authorities said.
Rebecca Kate Haley, 25, had been dead for at least seven hours when an illegal parking ticket was put on the windshield, authorities said.
Police spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams Jr. said the officer didn't see Haley because she was slumped over in the truck's cab. Drug paraphernalia was found in the truck.
Williams said Tuesday that Haley's cause of death had not been determined.
About an hour after the ticket was issued at 10:15 a.m. Monday outside the UAB hospital, a passer-by spotted Haley.
Police did not suspect foul play, but were investigating whether someone else was in the truck before Haley died.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513095,00.html
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A parking enforcement officer issued a ticket for a pickup truck outside an Alabama emergency room while a woman lay dead inside the vehicle, authorities said.
Rebecca Kate Haley, 25, had been dead for at least seven hours when an illegal parking ticket was put on the windshield, authorities said.
Police spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams Jr. said the officer didn't see Haley because she was slumped over in the truck's cab. Drug paraphernalia was found in the truck.
Williams said Tuesday that Haley's cause of death had not been determined.
About an hour after the ticket was issued at 10:15 a.m. Monday outside the UAB hospital, a passer-by spotted Haley.
Police did not suspect foul play, but were investigating whether someone else was in the truck before Haley died.
Harry Pothead
A TEENAGE star of the Harry Potter films has been arrested after cops found a £2,000 cannabis farm in his bedroom.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2366139.ece
Drug squad officers swooped on 19-year-old Jamie Waylett — famed as bullying Hogwarts School pupil Vincent Crabbe in the wizard movies — after a tip-off.
Police first stopped him in an Audi car and discovered eight bags of pot inside the vehicle.
Waylett and a pal in the motor, also 19, were held at the scene on suspicion of possession.
Cops then raided the home the actor shares with his mum Theresa, two brothers and a sister — and seized ten mature cannabis plants valued at about £2,000.
more.....
A TEENAGE star of the Harry Potter films has been arrested after cops found a £2,000 cannabis farm in his bedroom.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2366139.ece
Drug squad officers swooped on 19-year-old Jamie Waylett — famed as bullying Hogwarts School pupil Vincent Crabbe in the wizard movies — after a tip-off.
Police first stopped him in an Audi car and discovered eight bags of pot inside the vehicle.
Waylett and a pal in the motor, also 19, were held at the scene on suspicion of possession.
Cops then raided the home the actor shares with his mum Theresa, two brothers and a sister — and seized ten mature cannabis plants valued at about £2,000.
more.....
Montezuma's revenge=felony assault
Updated: 4:23 p.m. April 07, 2009
In-flight bathroom emergency leads to felony charge
http://www.ajc.com/business/content...l?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab&imw=Y#comments
By BILL RANKIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
It’s a felony charge brought on by Montezuma’s revenge.
It was 30 minutes after takeoff. Joao Correa had to use the bathroom.
Right away.
The last meal the Philips Healthcare marketing manager ate at a restaurant in Honduras wasn’t sitting well. He looked down the single aisle of the Delta 737. A beverage cart blocked his way.
Correa, 43, asked the flight attendant if he could use the lavatory in business class. No, she said.
Correa returned to his seat. He waited for the cart to move. A few minutes passed. Desperation overcame him.
What happened next on the March 28 flight depends on who is talking.
Correa said he ran straight to the business class bathroom. “I had no choice,” he said in a telephone interview.
Correa said flight attendant Stephanie Scott put up her arm and blocked his entry into business class, according to an FBI affidavit. Correa then grabbed her arm to keep his balance.
Scott, however, said Correa stormed up the aisle and insisted to use the bathroom. She said she lightly placed her arm on his shoulder and asked him to move back. Correa then grabbed her right arm, pulled it downward and twisted it, she told an FBI agent.
Correa refused to return to his seat. Scott called the pilot who talked to Correa. The pilot let Correa use the bathroom in business class. Correa did and returned to his seat, where he stayed for the rest of the three-hour flight.
Still, Scott’s statement and corroboration from a witness who was a pilot for another airline gave the FBI probable cause to charge Correa with assault.
more...
Updated: 4:23 p.m. April 07, 2009
In-flight bathroom emergency leads to felony charge
http://www.ajc.com/business/content...l?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab&imw=Y#comments
By BILL RANKIN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
It’s a felony charge brought on by Montezuma’s revenge.
It was 30 minutes after takeoff. Joao Correa had to use the bathroom.
Right away.
The last meal the Philips Healthcare marketing manager ate at a restaurant in Honduras wasn’t sitting well. He looked down the single aisle of the Delta 737. A beverage cart blocked his way.
Correa, 43, asked the flight attendant if he could use the lavatory in business class. No, she said.
Correa returned to his seat. He waited for the cart to move. A few minutes passed. Desperation overcame him.
What happened next on the March 28 flight depends on who is talking.
Correa said he ran straight to the business class bathroom. “I had no choice,” he said in a telephone interview.
Correa said flight attendant Stephanie Scott put up her arm and blocked his entry into business class, according to an FBI affidavit. Correa then grabbed her arm to keep his balance.
Scott, however, said Correa stormed up the aisle and insisted to use the bathroom. She said she lightly placed her arm on his shoulder and asked him to move back. Correa then grabbed her right arm, pulled it downward and twisted it, she told an FBI agent.
Correa refused to return to his seat. Scott called the pilot who talked to Correa. The pilot let Correa use the bathroom in business class. Correa did and returned to his seat, where he stayed for the rest of the three-hour flight.
Still, Scott’s statement and corroboration from a witness who was a pilot for another airline gave the FBI probable cause to charge Correa with assault.
more...
California Women Cashed in on Fake Funerals Totaling $1 Million, Feds Say
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513557,00.html
LOS ANGELES — Two Southern California women have been charged with staging sham funerals to collect life insurance payments and other money totaling an estimated $1 million.
Hawthorne phlebotomist Faye Schilling, 60, and Los Angeles mortuary worker Jean Crump, 66, were arrested Wednesday on a federal grand jury indictment.
The indictment said the two women bought insurance policies, waited for them to mature, then held bogus burials or cremations and arranged for phony death certificates.
"The level of deception is shocking," said Anthony Montero, a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles.
Montero said the "dead" were likely fictitious people, but said identities of real people may have been stolen.
In one funeral at a Long Beach mortuary, authorities alleged that the women loaded a casket with various items to simulate the weight of a corpse they called "Jim Davis." They purchased a plot in a Compton graveyard, had a funeral and had the casket buried.
Fearing the body-less coffin would be discovered in an investigation, the women then had the coffin exhumed and filed false paperwork with the county saying the remains had been cremated and scattered at sea, the indictment said.
Both women were released after posting $10,000 bail. They are scheduled to be arraigned April 23.
Reached Wednesday night by the Los Angeles Times, Schilling said, "That's a lie," in response to the indictment. "That's not my line of work, that's not something I do." She declined to comment further.
Phone numbers listed under Crump's name were disconnected, and an attorney could not be reached.
In addition to the life insurance claims, which included a $250,000 policy, prosecutors said the women secured payments from financing companies to pay for inflated funeral costs.
The indictment said Crump offered one doctor $50,000 to lie on medical records to support the cause of death listed on a phony death certificate.
Two other women, Lydia Eileen Pearce, 37, owner of a mortuary in Long Beach, and Barbara Lynn, 54, a notary from Los Angeles, previously pleaded guilty in the alleged scam, said Montero, and he believed that more arrests were likely.
Montero said federal agents became involved after people approached to join the scam reported it to authorities.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513557,00.html
LOS ANGELES — Two Southern California women have been charged with staging sham funerals to collect life insurance payments and other money totaling an estimated $1 million.
Hawthorne phlebotomist Faye Schilling, 60, and Los Angeles mortuary worker Jean Crump, 66, were arrested Wednesday on a federal grand jury indictment.
The indictment said the two women bought insurance policies, waited for them to mature, then held bogus burials or cremations and arranged for phony death certificates.
"The level of deception is shocking," said Anthony Montero, a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles.
Montero said the "dead" were likely fictitious people, but said identities of real people may have been stolen.
In one funeral at a Long Beach mortuary, authorities alleged that the women loaded a casket with various items to simulate the weight of a corpse they called "Jim Davis." They purchased a plot in a Compton graveyard, had a funeral and had the casket buried.
Fearing the body-less coffin would be discovered in an investigation, the women then had the coffin exhumed and filed false paperwork with the county saying the remains had been cremated and scattered at sea, the indictment said.
Both women were released after posting $10,000 bail. They are scheduled to be arraigned April 23.
Reached Wednesday night by the Los Angeles Times, Schilling said, "That's a lie," in response to the indictment. "That's not my line of work, that's not something I do." She declined to comment further.
Phone numbers listed under Crump's name were disconnected, and an attorney could not be reached.
In addition to the life insurance claims, which included a $250,000 policy, prosecutors said the women secured payments from financing companies to pay for inflated funeral costs.
The indictment said Crump offered one doctor $50,000 to lie on medical records to support the cause of death listed on a phony death certificate.
Two other women, Lydia Eileen Pearce, 37, owner of a mortuary in Long Beach, and Barbara Lynn, 54, a notary from Los Angeles, previously pleaded guilty in the alleged scam, said Montero, and he believed that more arrests were likely.
Montero said federal agents became involved after people approached to join the scam reported it to authorities.
I was just about to post that one. I would have done the same thing, I think. Or just not eaten in Honduras before I got on a plane.
That was my first thought. Apparently, however, using common sense or actually thinking past the RULES is not required of a lot of people anymore and flight attendants (or at least some of them) are part of that group. Having the drink cart blocking the aisle in one position for more than a couple of minutes is generally forbidden, too, or didn't they think of that?
Texas Police Chief Fired, Jailed for Allegedly Using Taser on His Wife
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513795,00.html
OAKWOOD, Texas — The chief of a small Central Texas town's police department has been fired and jailed for allegedly using a Taser gun on his wife.
Former Oakwood police chief Oly Ivy is in Leon County Jail in Centerville on Wednesday, charged with aggravated assault. Bond is $100,000.
Ivy, 30, was arrested near Palestine on Monday. The city council fired him that night.
Ivy's attorney, Charley Johnson, tells KXXV-TV in Waco that his client "is taking these allegations very seriously." He says he intends for Ivy to "be treated the same as anybody in this situation."
Ivy was hired in February to be the lone full-time officer in the town of 500 residents about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. The department has two reserve officers.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513795,00.html
OAKWOOD, Texas — The chief of a small Central Texas town's police department has been fired and jailed for allegedly using a Taser gun on his wife.
Former Oakwood police chief Oly Ivy is in Leon County Jail in Centerville on Wednesday, charged with aggravated assault. Bond is $100,000.
Ivy, 30, was arrested near Palestine on Monday. The city council fired him that night.
Ivy's attorney, Charley Johnson, tells KXXV-TV in Waco that his client "is taking these allegations very seriously." He says he intends for Ivy to "be treated the same as anybody in this situation."
Ivy was hired in February to be the lone full-time officer in the town of 500 residents about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. The department has two reserve officers.
I've had aisles blocked by those stupid carts for a lot longer than that. Regardless, of illness, there are folks who cannot wait like some elderly and kids. A lot of physical conditions could be a problem, too. I hate those carts.
BTW: We can't really judge the flight attendent's common sense, unless we know for sure that the guy told her why he had to get to the restroom immediately. It didn't seem to say in the ariticle. If she didn't know why, then his behavior would have just seemed a little nuts.
BTW: We can't really judge the flight attendent's common sense, unless we know for sure that the guy told her why he had to get to the restroom immediately. It didn't seem to say in the ariticle. If she didn't know why, then his behavior would have just seemed a little nuts.
I'm wondering the circumstances. While most probably assume (and probably for good reason), that it was during an arguement, etc., what if she was threatening him with a weapon and he did it in self-defense? What if she wanted to be shocked just to see what it is like (don't laugh, some folks are like that). From the info provided, we just don't know at this time, however unlikely these options may be....
I think he did it because he could...
My first imagined scenario:
Hubby: Wow, I'm really bored. I wonder what Wifey is doing...
Wifey: zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hubby: Harumpf. She's always asleep. Wonder what she'd do if I tapped her on the shoulder?
Hubby taps wifey on shoulder...
Wifey: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hubby: Well. That didn't work. What if I drop something?
Hubby reaches down and drops a shoe on the floor.
Wifey: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hubby: Geez! She's really asleep. I wonder what would happen if I tasered her????
...
The rest is history...
My first imagined scenario:
Hubby: Wow, I'm really bored. I wonder what Wifey is doing...
Wifey: zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hubby: Harumpf. She's always asleep. Wonder what she'd do if I tapped her on the shoulder?
Hubby taps wifey on shoulder...
Wifey: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hubby: Well. That didn't work. What if I drop something?
Hubby reaches down and drops a shoe on the floor.
Wifey: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hubby: Geez! She's really asleep. I wonder what would happen if I tasered her????
...
The rest is history...
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