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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Man faces charges after jumping into aquarium tank containing shark
A man is facing charges after jumping into a tank containing a shark at the New England Aquarium in Boston on Thursday evening.
Stephen Pellegrine, 51, of Quincy, Massachusetts, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on Friday on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct after jumping into the tank, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
Aquarium staff demanded that he get out of the water, but he swam around for “several minutes” before exiting, Wark said. “Fortunately the shark had already been fed,” Wark added. The four-storey tank is 26 feet deep, 40 feet wide and holds 200,000 gallons of salt water.
In addition to the shark, it includes a coral reef and hundreds of Caribbean animals, including sea turtles, stingrays, eels and fish. Pellegrine was held on $1,500 cash bail and ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and to stay away from the aquarium. He is due back in court on July 23.
Stephen Pellegrine, 51, of Quincy, Massachusetts, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on Friday on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct after jumping into the tank, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
Aquarium staff demanded that he get out of the water, but he swam around for “several minutes” before exiting, Wark said. “Fortunately the shark had already been fed,” Wark added. The four-storey tank is 26 feet deep, 40 feet wide and holds 200,000 gallons of salt water.
In addition to the shark, it includes a coral reef and hundreds of Caribbean animals, including sea turtles, stingrays, eels and fish. Pellegrine was held on $1,500 cash bail and ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and to stay away from the aquarium. He is due back in court on July 23.
Man arrested for allegedly stabbing and carving watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner
A Connecticut man has been charged with threatening after his wife told police he stabbed and carved a watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner.
Thomaston Police Chief Jim Campbell said Carmine Cervellino’s wife originally went to police on July 4 to report finding marijuana and drugs in a toolbox at the house.
The toolbox was not there when police responded and no charges were filed. When the woman later returned home, she found a watermelon on the counter with a butcher's knife in it, police said.
She told police that Cervellino, 49, came in soon after and carved the watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner, Campbell said. Cervellino was arrested on July 12 and charged with threatening and disorderly conduct. According to police the couple are in the process of going through a divorce.
Thomaston Police Chief Jim Campbell said Carmine Cervellino’s wife originally went to police on July 4 to report finding marijuana and drugs in a toolbox at the house.
The toolbox was not there when police responded and no charges were filed. When the woman later returned home, she found a watermelon on the counter with a butcher's knife in it, police said.
She told police that Cervellino, 49, came in soon after and carved the watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner, Campbell said. Cervellino was arrested on July 12 and charged with threatening and disorderly conduct. According to police the couple are in the process of going through a divorce.
Chinese city has banned and destroyed 20,000 boxes of matches in bid to fight terror attacks
A city in China's far western region of Xinjiang has banned matches and destroyed more than 20,000 boxes of them as part of efforts to fight terror attacks.
Fukang, which sits near regional capital Urumqi, decided to remove all matches from circulation to ensure they are not used by "terrorist groups or individual extremists to carry out criminal activities."
Police destroyed 20,223 boxes of matches, which will ensure that the city maintains its current peaceful environment, a local government spokesperson said. The county police made the original announcement last week but it was only picked up by state media on Tuesday.
The announcement didn't say how the matches are used for criminal activity. China has been toughening its response after a spate of bloody incidents nationwide centred on Xinjiang, the traditional home of the Muslim Uighurs. China has blamed attacks on Islamist separatists in the region, who, it says, want to establish an independent state there called East Turkestan.
Fukang, which sits near regional capital Urumqi, decided to remove all matches from circulation to ensure they are not used by "terrorist groups or individual extremists to carry out criminal activities."
Police destroyed 20,223 boxes of matches, which will ensure that the city maintains its current peaceful environment, a local government spokesperson said. The county police made the original announcement last week but it was only picked up by state media on Tuesday.
The announcement didn't say how the matches are used for criminal activity. China has been toughening its response after a spate of bloody incidents nationwide centred on Xinjiang, the traditional home of the Muslim Uighurs. China has blamed attacks on Islamist separatists in the region, who, it says, want to establish an independent state there called East Turkestan.
Hundreds of bras missing after fence ransacked
The bra fence in the Cardrona Valley, New Zealand, has been ransacked and hundreds of bras were removed one night last week.
The bras have been a feature of a farm fence just north of the Cardrona Alpine Resort entrance for about 15 years.
Operator of The Cardrona Horse Trekking and Quad Biking tours business behind the fence, Sean Colbourne, said he was disappointed a ''sneak thief'' was prowling around at night with a pair scissors taking the bras, many of them left by passing tourists. ''The next time someone tampers with it we will charge them with theft and trespass.
''We're not quite sure who's doing it or what their agenda is. I just find people sneaking around in the middle of the night with scissors is a little bit mischievous.'' Mr Colbourne said he had not complained to the police but was looking at ways to make the bra fence more secure. One possibility was to move it further away from the road on to the land where his business operates.
The original bra fence was started by Cardrona identity John Lee and revived by son Sam Lee last year, in memory of his late girlfriend, Danielle Cook, who had enjoyed the fun of contributing to the bra fence. Supporters have always maintained it is a bit of fun that puts the Cardrona on the map. Opponents have raised concerns about road safety. Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell, of Wanaka, said as no complaints had been laid with police they were not actively seeking a bra thief.
Operator of The Cardrona Horse Trekking and Quad Biking tours business behind the fence, Sean Colbourne, said he was disappointed a ''sneak thief'' was prowling around at night with a pair scissors taking the bras, many of them left by passing tourists. ''The next time someone tampers with it we will charge them with theft and trespass.
''We're not quite sure who's doing it or what their agenda is. I just find people sneaking around in the middle of the night with scissors is a little bit mischievous.'' Mr Colbourne said he had not complained to the police but was looking at ways to make the bra fence more secure. One possibility was to move it further away from the road on to the land where his business operates.
The original bra fence was started by Cardrona identity John Lee and revived by son Sam Lee last year, in memory of his late girlfriend, Danielle Cook, who had enjoyed the fun of contributing to the bra fence. Supporters have always maintained it is a bit of fun that puts the Cardrona on the map. Opponents have raised concerns about road safety. Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell, of Wanaka, said as no complaints had been laid with police they were not actively seeking a bra thief.
Police ask for help after giant sausage stolen during the night
On Saturday night in the small Austrian town of Sankt Michael in Lungau, a massive sausage was stolen by a person or persons unknown.
Known as a mortadella, the 80 kg (176 pounds) specimen was not even the largest one available to the thieves - but given it weighs as much as a grown man, it's probably all they could carry.
According to police, the missing banger is 1.5 metres (five feet) long, with a diameter of 40 centimetres (16 inches.) The Italian owner of the market stall which sells the sausage estimates its value at more than €2,000. Police have asked for the public to inform them of any sightings of the purloined pepperoni.
In the centuries before black pepper was available as a seasoning for sausage meat, the ancient European sausage was seasoned with myrtle berries, which provides its name. The Italian mortadella recipe consists of ground pork, salt, pepper, sugar and bacon fat. The larger specimens can weigh up to 100 kg.
Known as a mortadella, the 80 kg (176 pounds) specimen was not even the largest one available to the thieves - but given it weighs as much as a grown man, it's probably all they could carry.
According to police, the missing banger is 1.5 metres (five feet) long, with a diameter of 40 centimetres (16 inches.) The Italian owner of the market stall which sells the sausage estimates its value at more than €2,000. Police have asked for the public to inform them of any sightings of the purloined pepperoni.
In the centuries before black pepper was available as a seasoning for sausage meat, the ancient European sausage was seasoned with myrtle berries, which provides its name. The Italian mortadella recipe consists of ground pork, salt, pepper, sugar and bacon fat. The larger specimens can weigh up to 100 kg.
Family discovered three live grenades on day out at the beach
The bomb disposal squad were called after a family discovered three live hand grenades on an Essex beach on Saturday.
Amanda Lockey almost trod on one of the seventy-year-old grenades as she was walking across the mud with her husband Bob at Dovercourt as the tide went out.
Mrs Lockey spent the day at the beach with 13 of her family, including her two daughters, aged 10 and five. "I shouted up to everyone to say there's a grenade and no one believed me," she said. "Then my husband looked and we found two more.
"We couldn't believe it. I'd say I was a few feet away from it when I saw the first one. I almost trod on it. I had been in the sea and was wary of standing on jellyfish and stuff like that. That's why I was looking down and noticed it."
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Captain Nick Mathieson, from the Colchester section of The Royal Logistic Corps 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, said the grenades were Second World War vintage No 36 Mills bombs. "Blowing the grenades up in situ was the safest thing to do as old ammunition can be quite unstable," he said. "They were in very good condition and looked like they had been placed on the beach rather than washed up from the sea."
Mrs Lockey spent the day at the beach with 13 of her family, including her two daughters, aged 10 and five. "I shouted up to everyone to say there's a grenade and no one believed me," she said. "Then my husband looked and we found two more.
"We couldn't believe it. I'd say I was a few feet away from it when I saw the first one. I almost trod on it. I had been in the sea and was wary of standing on jellyfish and stuff like that. That's why I was looking down and noticed it."
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Captain Nick Mathieson, from the Colchester section of The Royal Logistic Corps 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, said the grenades were Second World War vintage No 36 Mills bombs. "Blowing the grenades up in situ was the safest thing to do as old ammunition can be quite unstable," he said. "They were in very good condition and looked like they had been placed on the beach rather than washed up from the sea."
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