Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Firefighters rescued cat and woman from tree
Firefighters in Erie, Pennsylvania, had to rescue a woman from a tree after she tried to rescue a cat on Sunday.
Tara Dennis, 21, and the cat, whose name and owner weren't known, made it safely to the ground.
Firefighters used a 28-foot ladder to help Ms Dennis and animal out of the backyard tree. "Normally, we recommend they just let animals come down by themselves," Erie Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Carroll said. He said firefighters responded because a person was stuck in the tree too.
Ms Dennis and other neighbours on that block said they'd heard the cat crying for a couple of days. On Sunday afternoon, Ms Dennis decided to do something. "I love animals," she said. "I couldn't let the cat stay up there." She said she climbed a fence, then onto a garage roof and then "hopped onto the first branch" of the tree.
She estimated she went up more than 40 feet to reach the animal. "I got the cat," she said. "I put it in my shirt." She began coming down but reached a point at which she couldn't go any further. That's when neighbour Marty Tirak called 911. Firefighters responded a little before 1pm and first carried the cat down and then assisted Ms Dennis. Carroll said all were safe.
Firefighters used a 28-foot ladder to help Ms Dennis and animal out of the backyard tree. "Normally, we recommend they just let animals come down by themselves," Erie Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Carroll said. He said firefighters responded because a person was stuck in the tree too.
Ms Dennis and other neighbours on that block said they'd heard the cat crying for a couple of days. On Sunday afternoon, Ms Dennis decided to do something. "I love animals," she said. "I couldn't let the cat stay up there." She said she climbed a fence, then onto a garage roof and then "hopped onto the first branch" of the tree.
She estimated she went up more than 40 feet to reach the animal. "I got the cat," she said. "I put it in my shirt." She began coming down but reached a point at which she couldn't go any further. That's when neighbour Marty Tirak called 911. Firefighters responded a little before 1pm and first carried the cat down and then assisted Ms Dennis. Carroll said all were safe.
Salesperson of the Month award at scene of crime led to man being charged with burglary
Police have charged a man with burglary after he allegedly left his "Salesperson of the Month" award at the scene of the crime.
According to charges filed on Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court, a Lakewood, Washington, resident was asleep at home at around 8:50am when a man tapped her on the shoulder, waking her up.
The man walked out, and the victim got out of bed to find her front door had been forced open and her purse and a box of coins had been taken, according to the charging documents. Fortunately for the victim, the intruder made one small mistake: leaving behind a South Tacoma Mazda Salesperson of the Month award with the name Alfred J. Shropshire III on it, which officers found in the victim's yard.
Officers contacted the dealership and were informed Shropshire, 49, had left his job back in January. According to the charging documents, Shropshire was under Department of Corrections monitoring at the time of the burglary and checked in with his DOC officer the following day.
He reportedly told the officer he went to visit a friend in Steilacoom on Monday night but they weren't home, so he walked around until an unknown woman invited him into her home in the middle of the night to sleep. He told the officer he slept there and went to his friend's house in the morning. The officer called the Lakewood Police Department, and Shropshire, who reportedly admitted to winning Salesperson of the Month at South Tacoma Mazda, was arrested. He has been charged with residential burglary.
The man walked out, and the victim got out of bed to find her front door had been forced open and her purse and a box of coins had been taken, according to the charging documents. Fortunately for the victim, the intruder made one small mistake: leaving behind a South Tacoma Mazda Salesperson of the Month award with the name Alfred J. Shropshire III on it, which officers found in the victim's yard.
Officers contacted the dealership and were informed Shropshire, 49, had left his job back in January. According to the charging documents, Shropshire was under Department of Corrections monitoring at the time of the burglary and checked in with his DOC officer the following day.
He reportedly told the officer he went to visit a friend in Steilacoom on Monday night but they weren't home, so he walked around until an unknown woman invited him into her home in the middle of the night to sleep. He told the officer he slept there and went to his friend's house in the morning. The officer called the Lakewood Police Department, and Shropshire, who reportedly admitted to winning Salesperson of the Month at South Tacoma Mazda, was arrested. He has been charged with residential burglary.
Gun tattoo in waistband man arrested for having real gun in waistband - Update
A man whose lifelike gun tattoo on his stomach brought police to his home in March was arrested on Friday, this time with a real gun tucked into his waistband.
Michael Smith, 41, of Norridgewock, Maine, is accused of stealing Suboxone strips from his former girlfriend.
He was arrested after showing up at the home of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy with the drugs on him and a real gun in his waistband, police said. Police said he was crying and had been drinking alcohol. Suboxone is a narcotic used to treat drug dependence. Smith, charged with stealing drugs and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, was released from the Somerset County Jail in East Madison on $1,000 cash bail.
According to an affidavit by Officer Brett Lowell of the Madison Police Department, police were called to the home of Deputy Don Avery in Madison at 8:07pm on Thursday. Smith was standing in front of Avery’s cruiser with a gun tucked into his waistband, police said. Police took the gun from Smith as well as a knife he had been carrying in his backpack, according to the affidavit. He told them that he had just had a fight with his former girlfriend and wanted to hurt himself, according to the affidavit.
Smith told Avery that he had stolen Suboxone strips from the woman, who has a prescription for them, and that they were in the outer pocket of the backpack. The backpack was confiscated and Smith was taken to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan. Madison police contacted Smith’s former girlfriend, whose name they didn’t make public, and she confirmed that her prescription was missing. A search warrant was executed for Smith’s backpack at the Skowhegan Police Department, where police found the Suboxone strips, and Smith was arrested. He is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 6
Previously.
He was arrested after showing up at the home of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy with the drugs on him and a real gun in his waistband, police said. Police said he was crying and had been drinking alcohol. Suboxone is a narcotic used to treat drug dependence. Smith, charged with stealing drugs and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, was released from the Somerset County Jail in East Madison on $1,000 cash bail.
According to an affidavit by Officer Brett Lowell of the Madison Police Department, police were called to the home of Deputy Don Avery in Madison at 8:07pm on Thursday. Smith was standing in front of Avery’s cruiser with a gun tucked into his waistband, police said. Police took the gun from Smith as well as a knife he had been carrying in his backpack, according to the affidavit. He told them that he had just had a fight with his former girlfriend and wanted to hurt himself, according to the affidavit.
Smith told Avery that he had stolen Suboxone strips from the woman, who has a prescription for them, and that they were in the outer pocket of the backpack. The backpack was confiscated and Smith was taken to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan. Madison police contacted Smith’s former girlfriend, whose name they didn’t make public, and she confirmed that her prescription was missing. A search warrant was executed for Smith’s backpack at the Skowhegan Police Department, where police found the Suboxone strips, and Smith was arrested. He is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 6
Previously.
Man who thought he was slapping an opossum discovered the hard way that it was a porcupine
After confusing a porcupine with an opossum, Antonio Rodrigues Mororó, 50, from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was left with almost 400 porcupine quills stuck in his hand.
During a party at Mr Mororó's home, one of his son's said that his pregnant wife was afraid to enter the house because the animal was sitting on a wall by the entrance stairs.
So, in a bid to remove it, Mr Mororó slapped the animal, resulting in him receiving a handful of quills. He was taken to the Emergency Unit of the local hospital and despite three shots of anaesthetic, the pain continued.
Following a tetnus jab and a course of antibiotics, Mr Mororó is recovering, albeit with a hand full of holes. Neighbours have reported that the porcupine is still living in the neighbourhood.
There's a news video in Portuguese here.
During a party at Mr Mororó's home, one of his son's said that his pregnant wife was afraid to enter the house because the animal was sitting on a wall by the entrance stairs.
So, in a bid to remove it, Mr Mororó slapped the animal, resulting in him receiving a handful of quills. He was taken to the Emergency Unit of the local hospital and despite three shots of anaesthetic, the pain continued.
Following a tetnus jab and a course of antibiotics, Mr Mororó is recovering, albeit with a hand full of holes. Neighbours have reported that the porcupine is still living in the neighbourhood.
There's a news video in Portuguese here.
Man who bought more than 1,000 bags of crisps in bid to meet his pop idol arrested for littering
Japanese police have arrested a pop fan for littering after he bought more than 1,000 packets of crisps to collect tokens offering the chance to win a backstage pass to a Nana Mizuki concert.
Kazuki Fukumoto, of Hyogo Prefecture in central Japan, was arrested last Tuesday after allegedly dumping 89 cardboard cartons of crisps – still containing the crisps – in fields and forests across the district. Police have charged Mr Fukumoto, 25, with violating the waste disposal and public cleaning law. Fukumoto admitted the charges.
“I bought in bulk, but I was troubled about what to do with them, so I threw them away,” was the straightforward explanation that he gave to police. The office worker also admitted spending Y300,000 (£1,750, $3,000) on the boxes of crisps, which weighed in at 458 pounds. In addition to having a string of hit pop songs, 34-year-old Nana Mizuki is one of Japan’s most famous voice actresses.
In collaboration with crisp manufacturer Calbee, fans were invited to collect tokens attached to packets for the chance to win one of 10 backstage passes for Mizuki’s concert in Yokohama on August 3. The winners will also have the chance to meet Mizuki at the event. The winners of the lottery will be announced in July and as Fukumoto is unlikely to receive a custodial sentence for his crime, he may yet be fortunate enough to meet his idol.
Kazuki Fukumoto, of Hyogo Prefecture in central Japan, was arrested last Tuesday after allegedly dumping 89 cardboard cartons of crisps – still containing the crisps – in fields and forests across the district. Police have charged Mr Fukumoto, 25, with violating the waste disposal and public cleaning law. Fukumoto admitted the charges.
“I bought in bulk, but I was troubled about what to do with them, so I threw them away,” was the straightforward explanation that he gave to police. The office worker also admitted spending Y300,000 (£1,750, $3,000) on the boxes of crisps, which weighed in at 458 pounds. In addition to having a string of hit pop songs, 34-year-old Nana Mizuki is one of Japan’s most famous voice actresses.
In collaboration with crisp manufacturer Calbee, fans were invited to collect tokens attached to packets for the chance to win one of 10 backstage passes for Mizuki’s concert in Yokohama on August 3. The winners will also have the chance to meet Mizuki at the event. The winners of the lottery will be announced in July and as Fukumoto is unlikely to receive a custodial sentence for his crime, he may yet be fortunate enough to meet his idol.
Bank clerk's €90,000 'fell in river while tyre was being changed' defence failed to impress judge
A former bank employee in Salzburg, Austria, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for embezzlement. He claimed that almost €90,000 had “fallen into a river” when he stopped to change his car tyre.
In 2013 the bank clerk was tasked with transporting the money from a savings bank branch in Obertauern to its headquarters in Radstadt.
During the trip, the 46-year-old said he got a flat tyre, and claims that whilst he was fixing his car the money got swept away. He said that he had put the money in a plastic bag, and then into a banana box which he put in the boot of his car. He also put a bag containing €670 worth of coins and blank savings books in the boot. He claimed that when he noticed he had a flat tyre, he had to put the banana box on the ground near to the car, in order to access the spare tyre and jack. He told the judge that he didn’t notice that the fast-flowing Taurach river was nearby.
The judge was incredulous. “You put money worth almost €90,000 near to a flooded stream - did you not think that might be dangerous?” The bank clerk said that suddenly he noticed that the banana box had gone, but could not explain how it might have fallen into the river. “This is a question that has given me sleepless nights, maybe I knocked the box with the spare tyre, maybe the coins shifted, and the box fell down…” Police, mountain rescuers, and fire fighters searched the river for hours looking for the money but only found €3,500.
The prosecution accused the clerk of having thrown in some of the money so that people would believe it had been an accident, and said that he in fact embezzled around €87,000 euros. The defence pleaded for an acquittal, despite the many contradictions in the accused’s testimony. "There was a chain of unfortunate circumstances. He had no motive, he was not in debt and had no financial obligations,” his lawyer, Helmut Schott, pleaded. However, the judge ruled that he could not believe the man’s story. The bank was awarded compensation of €87,000 euros.
During the trip, the 46-year-old said he got a flat tyre, and claims that whilst he was fixing his car the money got swept away. He said that he had put the money in a plastic bag, and then into a banana box which he put in the boot of his car. He also put a bag containing €670 worth of coins and blank savings books in the boot. He claimed that when he noticed he had a flat tyre, he had to put the banana box on the ground near to the car, in order to access the spare tyre and jack. He told the judge that he didn’t notice that the fast-flowing Taurach river was nearby.
The judge was incredulous. “You put money worth almost €90,000 near to a flooded stream - did you not think that might be dangerous?” The bank clerk said that suddenly he noticed that the banana box had gone, but could not explain how it might have fallen into the river. “This is a question that has given me sleepless nights, maybe I knocked the box with the spare tyre, maybe the coins shifted, and the box fell down…” Police, mountain rescuers, and fire fighters searched the river for hours looking for the money but only found €3,500.
The prosecution accused the clerk of having thrown in some of the money so that people would believe it had been an accident, and said that he in fact embezzled around €87,000 euros. The defence pleaded for an acquittal, despite the many contradictions in the accused’s testimony. "There was a chain of unfortunate circumstances. He had no motive, he was not in debt and had no financial obligations,” his lawyer, Helmut Schott, pleaded. However, the judge ruled that he could not believe the man’s story. The bank was awarded compensation of €87,000 euros.
Man held on suspicion of false imprisonment after gatecrashing Brands Hatch race
Police have arrested a man after a car was able to get past Brands Hatch race track circuit stewards and race marshals and join cars during a live race event.
Contains NSFW language.
YouTube link. LiveLeak link. Censored video with NSFW language removed.
The unnamed 21-year-old is being held by officers after a car, believed to belong to his girlfriend, gatecrashed through security at the track on Saturday.
The driver may have put his life and that of his passengers - as well as racing drivers - at risk during the stunt at the Kent track.
YouTube link.
A police statement said officers had been made aware of possible offences at the circuit. The Tonbridge man is being held on suspicion of false imprisonment.
Contains NSFW language.
YouTube link. LiveLeak link. Censored video with NSFW language removed.
The unnamed 21-year-old is being held by officers after a car, believed to belong to his girlfriend, gatecrashed through security at the track on Saturday.
The driver may have put his life and that of his passengers - as well as racing drivers - at risk during the stunt at the Kent track.
YouTube link.
A police statement said officers had been made aware of possible offences at the circuit. The Tonbridge man is being held on suspicion of false imprisonment.
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