Sunday, July 13, 2014
Underwear thief made getaway in ice cream truck
A woman accused of stealing two pairs of underwear from a Dollar General store in Rock Hill, South Carolina, made her getaway in an ice cream truck.
Police say the 34-year-old shoplifting suspect put the undergarments in her purse on Thursday afternoon and then walked out of the store without paying.
She then fled in a white ice cream truck. The underwear is valued at $13. An officer was familiar with a woman matching the suspect's description who operated an ice cream truck.
Police went to the woman's home and told her she was caught on surveillance video stealing from Dollar General. Lessa Iannone was arrested and charged with shoplifting and held at the Rock Hill Jail on a $2,000 bond.
Police say the 34-year-old shoplifting suspect put the undergarments in her purse on Thursday afternoon and then walked out of the store without paying.
She then fled in a white ice cream truck. The underwear is valued at $13. An officer was familiar with a woman matching the suspect's description who operated an ice cream truck.
Police went to the woman's home and told her she was caught on surveillance video stealing from Dollar General. Lessa Iannone was arrested and charged with shoplifting and held at the Rock Hill Jail on a $2,000 bond.
Burglar left home cleaner than before breaking in
An woman from Athens, Georgia, reported that when she returned to her home on Wednesday afternoon she found it had been burgled and also cleaner than how she’d left it, Athens-Clarke County police said.
Sometime between 9:30am and 3:40pm someone entered the woman’s trailer at the Athens Mobile Home Court by removing a window screen.
The woman said after checking around, the only thing that seemed to be missing was a set of headphones valued at $85. She also discovered the kitchen floor was mopped, her cat’s litter box was cleaned, and trash was bagged and placed outside. The woman found items the burglar left in her home, including some pans, coffee mugs and a jar of instant coffee.
She told police “it was very odd to her that someone would break in and clean her kitchen,” according to an incident report. The woman told police the only person she could think of that might be responsible was a 26-year-old man she recently allowed to spend a night in her home. She said she did know the man well, and was acquainted with him through friends with whom she used to hang out and do drugs.
The man showed up at her home on Sunday night, drunk and possibly high, and she let him in after he banged on her window. She allowed him to spend the night. When he left on Monday he told the woman he was going to check into a rehab programme. The woman recalled that during his brief stay the man had mentioned her home needed a cleaning. She only learned the man’s last name because he left behind documents from a criminal case he had in Oconee County.
The woman said after checking around, the only thing that seemed to be missing was a set of headphones valued at $85. She also discovered the kitchen floor was mopped, her cat’s litter box was cleaned, and trash was bagged and placed outside. The woman found items the burglar left in her home, including some pans, coffee mugs and a jar of instant coffee.
She told police “it was very odd to her that someone would break in and clean her kitchen,” according to an incident report. The woman told police the only person she could think of that might be responsible was a 26-year-old man she recently allowed to spend a night in her home. She said she did know the man well, and was acquainted with him through friends with whom she used to hang out and do drugs.
The man showed up at her home on Sunday night, drunk and possibly high, and she let him in after he banged on her window. She allowed him to spend the night. When he left on Monday he told the woman he was going to check into a rehab programme. The woman recalled that during his brief stay the man had mentioned her home needed a cleaning. She only learned the man’s last name because he left behind documents from a criminal case he had in Oconee County.
Poltergeist in couple's home turned out to be woman on a meth rampage
Police say a Seattle couple called 911 on Wednesday night after returning to their condo to find remnants of what appeared to be "paranormal activity."
The couple said the condo had been ransacked and someone, or something, had torn open their mail, spread clothes throughout the house and smeared lotion on a door handle.
If that wasn't bizarre enough, the couple said the soles of their shoes had been removed and a single screw had been screwed into a piece of scrap wood and crammed into space between a door and and its frame. An upside down can of paint had also mysteriously appeared on their toilet. The only clue the couple had to work with was an unknown purse found on their bed. Inside the purse was a 27-year-old woman's ID card. Officers searched the condo for obvious signs of a break in, but they found none.
The only other way to get inside the home would have been to shimmy up a tree and climb through a window, police said. Baffled, the officers dusted for fingerprints, but once again came up empty. The couple said nothing appeared to have been stolen, save for $50 in cash, so the stumped officers returned to the West Precinct to document the spooky case. But a short time later the couple called police yet again to say they had been hearing noises coming from underneath their bed.
"Now facing the possibility of having to figure out how to arrest a poltergeist, officers dutifully sped back to the University District condo," police spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee said. The officers arrived in time to see a 27-year-old woman emerge from the couple's bedroom. The woman, who turned out to be the owner of the mysterious purse, appeared to be having a panic attack, according to police. Officers called medics to treat the woman, at which point she told them she had been on a "meth rampage" for several days and had broken into several homes in the neighbourhood. Officers arrested the woman and booked her into King County Jail for investigation of burglary.
If that wasn't bizarre enough, the couple said the soles of their shoes had been removed and a single screw had been screwed into a piece of scrap wood and crammed into space between a door and and its frame. An upside down can of paint had also mysteriously appeared on their toilet. The only clue the couple had to work with was an unknown purse found on their bed. Inside the purse was a 27-year-old woman's ID card. Officers searched the condo for obvious signs of a break in, but they found none.
The only other way to get inside the home would have been to shimmy up a tree and climb through a window, police said. Baffled, the officers dusted for fingerprints, but once again came up empty. The couple said nothing appeared to have been stolen, save for $50 in cash, so the stumped officers returned to the West Precinct to document the spooky case. But a short time later the couple called police yet again to say they had been hearing noises coming from underneath their bed.
"Now facing the possibility of having to figure out how to arrest a poltergeist, officers dutifully sped back to the University District condo," police spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee said. The officers arrived in time to see a 27-year-old woman emerge from the couple's bedroom. The woman, who turned out to be the owner of the mysterious purse, appeared to be having a panic attack, according to police. Officers called medics to treat the woman, at which point she told them she had been on a "meth rampage" for several days and had broken into several homes in the neighbourhood. Officers arrested the woman and booked her into King County Jail for investigation of burglary.
Engine trouble turned out to be a 7-foot python
When a woman's pick-up stalled on a street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Thursday local chef Jackson Ault stopped to lend a hand.
Ault and the driver both ended up with a surprise they discovered a brown and yellow python slithering across the engine block.
“I popped the hood and I looked right down at the battery and I noticed this big spotted lump,” recalled Ault. Slithering through the engine compartment was a 7-foot long Burmese Python, not what Ault or the Toyota Tacoma’s driver expected. “She screamed at the top of her lungs, and jumped back about 10 or 15 feet,” he said. “I started screaming some obscenities, cause it really caught me off guard.”
Ault isn’t fond of snakes. When he called Animal Control, the officer asked him to check if the snake was alive. “It flicked its tongue out at me and saw those crazy snake eyes, and then it proceeded to crawl around on top of the V-6,” said Ault. Santa Fe Police Lieutenant Louis Carlos was first on scene, and lifted the python out of the truck’s engine.
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“It’s obvious after I picked her up that she started to curl herself around me, and it’s obvious that she’s used to the human touch, she’s used to being handled,” Carlos said. The snake made it out alright, with minor injuries, mainly redness on her tail and midsection. Now at the animal shelter, workers believe the python sought warmth from the truck’s engine, and likely has a home nearby.
“I popped the hood and I looked right down at the battery and I noticed this big spotted lump,” recalled Ault. Slithering through the engine compartment was a 7-foot long Burmese Python, not what Ault or the Toyota Tacoma’s driver expected. “She screamed at the top of her lungs, and jumped back about 10 or 15 feet,” he said. “I started screaming some obscenities, cause it really caught me off guard.”
Ault isn’t fond of snakes. When he called Animal Control, the officer asked him to check if the snake was alive. “It flicked its tongue out at me and saw those crazy snake eyes, and then it proceeded to crawl around on top of the V-6,” said Ault. Santa Fe Police Lieutenant Louis Carlos was first on scene, and lifted the python out of the truck’s engine.
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“It’s obvious after I picked her up that she started to curl herself around me, and it’s obvious that she’s used to the human touch, she’s used to being handled,” Carlos said. The snake made it out alright, with minor injuries, mainly redness on her tail and midsection. Now at the animal shelter, workers believe the python sought warmth from the truck’s engine, and likely has a home nearby.
Cat saved owner's life by tapping on neighbour's window to raise alarm after she collapsed
A woman has hailed her cat a life-saver after the moggy alerted neighbours when she collapsed at home.
Former nurse Janet Rawlinson, 48, was left in a semi-comatose state for five days after suffering a bad reaction to morphine for her chronic back pain.
But normally timid tomcat Slinky Malinki came to her rescue by tapping on the window of next door neighbours Mel and Stephen Sharp with his paw to raise the alarm.
Mother-of-one Janet, from Cornholme, near Cliviger, Lancashire, said: “He saved my life. Without him I might not have made it." Janet said two-year-old Slinky was usually shy and aloof but his behaviour changed when she needed help. She said: "I used to be a nurse but after the reaction to the morphine those instincts didn’t work. I was drifting in and out of consciousness for five days. I was almost comatose. Slinky was on the fence outside, trying to get the neighbours attention.
"He was tormenting their dog as well to get their attention. They realised they hadn’t seen me for a few days so tried the front door with the spare key, but my key was in the door. They got in through the back and managed to wake me up. My neighbour said he thought I was dead.” Since the incident Slinky has started to keep a closer eye on Janet. “He sits on hills beyond the house and he watches out for me going into the kitchen," she said .
"If he doesn’t see me go in for a couple of hours he will come into the house and find me, and if I don’t see him he will tap me on the leg or arm until I respond. He never did that until the incident with the morphine. I’ve just rescued two 12-week old kittens and he looks over them too.” Janet added: “He is like a gentlemanly uncle. That is how he treats everybody. He is both aloof and caring. He likes his own space but he is a voracious hunter as well. He brings live mice into the house as well as birds and rabbits.”
Mother-of-one Janet, from Cornholme, near Cliviger, Lancashire, said: “He saved my life. Without him I might not have made it." Janet said two-year-old Slinky was usually shy and aloof but his behaviour changed when she needed help. She said: "I used to be a nurse but after the reaction to the morphine those instincts didn’t work. I was drifting in and out of consciousness for five days. I was almost comatose. Slinky was on the fence outside, trying to get the neighbours attention.
"He was tormenting their dog as well to get their attention. They realised they hadn’t seen me for a few days so tried the front door with the spare key, but my key was in the door. They got in through the back and managed to wake me up. My neighbour said he thought I was dead.” Since the incident Slinky has started to keep a closer eye on Janet. “He sits on hills beyond the house and he watches out for me going into the kitchen," she said .
"If he doesn’t see me go in for a couple of hours he will come into the house and find me, and if I don’t see him he will tap me on the leg or arm until I respond. He never did that until the incident with the morphine. I’ve just rescued two 12-week old kittens and he looks over them too.” Janet added: “He is like a gentlemanly uncle. That is how he treats everybody. He is both aloof and caring. He likes his own space but he is a voracious hunter as well. He brings live mice into the house as well as birds and rabbits.”
Department for Transport blames English geography blunders on data source issue
The Department for Transport has defended the geographical knowledge of its staff after several blunders appeared in an official announcement.
The mistakes included saying Manchester was in the North East of England, Leicestershire in the South East and Plymouth was in the North West. The government department blamed a "data source issue".
However, the document was emailed to journalists before anyone spotted the mistakes. The blunders were in a press release announcing millions of pounds of investment in green transport projects across the English regions.
A member of staff at the department suggested the errors were down to a mix-up in "sorting and formulating options". The department insisted that its staff were aware of the locations of places in England.
The mistakes included saying Manchester was in the North East of England, Leicestershire in the South East and Plymouth was in the North West. The government department blamed a "data source issue".
However, the document was emailed to journalists before anyone spotted the mistakes. The blunders were in a press release announcing millions of pounds of investment in green transport projects across the English regions.
A member of staff at the department suggested the errors were down to a mix-up in "sorting and formulating options". The department insisted that its staff were aware of the locations of places in England.
Police release images of cleverly disguised bank robbery suspect
Detectives investigating a robbery at a bank in Dorset have released images of the suspect who bizarrely disguised himself with blue tape.
Armed police descended on the Wallisdown’s Barclays Bank at around 10am on Thursday, shortly after the drama unfolded. Initially there were reports the man may have been armed, but detectives later said no weapons were seen.
After shocked bank staff handed over cash, the man ran down an alleyway to a service road behind the building. He jumped into the getaway car, a light green metallic Peugeot Estate, driven by a second man. At this point police believe a security pack discharged inside the car, covering the robber, the getaway driver and the vehicle with red dye.
Detective Sergeant Dave Colomb, of Bournemouth & Poole CID, said: “Following enquiries I am now able to release CCTV images of the suspect. Even though his face is disguised it is hoped that someone may recognise him by his clothing and his stature. It is believed that a security pack containing red dye discharged over the suspect shortly after the robbery. If anyone has seen this man with red dye on his clothing they are urged to contact the police urgently.”
One witness, who asked not to be named, said: “He was limping, he had blue tape over his face. When he got in the car they went off around the corner and there was a lot of pink smoke – the dye they put in the money bags had gone off in the car.” Despite a large search, involving armed officers and the police helicopter, the offenders escaped. Detectives describe the man who entered the bank as white, 5ft 10ins, wearing blue tape or a bandana to disguise his face.
After shocked bank staff handed over cash, the man ran down an alleyway to a service road behind the building. He jumped into the getaway car, a light green metallic Peugeot Estate, driven by a second man. At this point police believe a security pack discharged inside the car, covering the robber, the getaway driver and the vehicle with red dye.
Detective Sergeant Dave Colomb, of Bournemouth & Poole CID, said: “Following enquiries I am now able to release CCTV images of the suspect. Even though his face is disguised it is hoped that someone may recognise him by his clothing and his stature. It is believed that a security pack containing red dye discharged over the suspect shortly after the robbery. If anyone has seen this man with red dye on his clothing they are urged to contact the police urgently.”
One witness, who asked not to be named, said: “He was limping, he had blue tape over his face. When he got in the car they went off around the corner and there was a lot of pink smoke – the dye they put in the money bags had gone off in the car.” Despite a large search, involving armed officers and the police helicopter, the offenders escaped. Detectives describe the man who entered the bank as white, 5ft 10ins, wearing blue tape or a bandana to disguise his face.
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