Thursday, July 24, 2014
Inquisitive 4-year-old boy banned from doughnut shop for asking customer if she was pregnant
An inquisitive 4-year-old boy asked a question that got him banned from a doughnut shop in Monroe, Connecticut.
"We were screamed at in front of the door, ‘he's not allowed in here, he's rude'," said Rebecca Denham as she described her experience at the Doughnut Inn on Tuesday morning.
Denham said her son, Justin Otero, asked a woman at the doughnut shop if she had a baby in her belly. When the woman said ‘No' Otero apologized, and his mother said she was mortified. "My response was ‘Oh my goodness, I'm so embarrassed, I'm so sorry'," Denham said.
While the woman said it was ‘no problem,' the managers at the Doughnut Inn were not as forgiving. When Denham and her son walked in the shop on Tuesday, they were allegedly told to leave. "She said, 'he's not allowed in here,' and I looked around, and said, 'him?' and she said 'yeah, he's rude'," Denham said.
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She said she tried to explain what happened to her son and said he "sort of" understands, but he is still asking questions. Denham said she and her son are planning to take their business elsewhere, while using this as a learning lesson for Justin. "Some people, unfortunately are quick to pass judgment, and therefore we will take our money and business elsewhere," Denham added. The manager and owner of the shop had no comment.
Denham said her son, Justin Otero, asked a woman at the doughnut shop if she had a baby in her belly. When the woman said ‘No' Otero apologized, and his mother said she was mortified. "My response was ‘Oh my goodness, I'm so embarrassed, I'm so sorry'," Denham said.
While the woman said it was ‘no problem,' the managers at the Doughnut Inn were not as forgiving. When Denham and her son walked in the shop on Tuesday, they were allegedly told to leave. "She said, 'he's not allowed in here,' and I looked around, and said, 'him?' and she said 'yeah, he's rude'," Denham said.
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She said she tried to explain what happened to her son and said he "sort of" understands, but he is still asking questions. Denham said she and her son are planning to take their business elsewhere, while using this as a learning lesson for Justin. "Some people, unfortunately are quick to pass judgment, and therefore we will take our money and business elsewhere," Denham added. The manager and owner of the shop had no comment.
School would like 75-year-old man to desist from repeatedly pooing on campus pole
A high school in Fort Smith, Arkansas, wants a man to stop defecating on a pole on their campus, a problem they say has been happening for years.
"It's not something that is very appropriate at all," said Northside Assistant Principal Chris Carter.
Security video from the high school captured a man on campus early on Monday morning. The video shows the man walking to a pole near one of the school entrances, dropping his pants and then doing his business on the pole. "It tends to be that he goes to one particular pole located in our breeze way," While most people would be shocked, the assistant principal says they've been dealing with this person defecating on school property for years. "We've been dealing with this issue I guess since about 2002," said Carter.
Police arrested 75-year-old Jerry Ross from Fort Smith. He is now facing a felony charge of indecent exposure. According to court records, Ross, served a year in the Sebastian County Detention Center in 2007 and another year behind bars in 2013 for the same charge, but in the previous cases they were misdemeanor charges. Ross was previously banned from the school's property but he keeps coming back. "It's not something that we're going to tolerate.
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"Just because there's no students here and there may not be any teachers here, that doesn't mean that somebody's not watching," said Carter. The school has approximately 85 surveillance cameras on campus that record continuously. According to court records, when Ross was sentenced in 2013 the jury recommended that he receive counselling, although no records show that Ross actually attended any counselling sessions. Ross is being held in the Sebastian County Detention Center. His bond has been set at $10,000.
Security video from the high school captured a man on campus early on Monday morning. The video shows the man walking to a pole near one of the school entrances, dropping his pants and then doing his business on the pole. "It tends to be that he goes to one particular pole located in our breeze way," While most people would be shocked, the assistant principal says they've been dealing with this person defecating on school property for years. "We've been dealing with this issue I guess since about 2002," said Carter.
Police arrested 75-year-old Jerry Ross from Fort Smith. He is now facing a felony charge of indecent exposure. According to court records, Ross, served a year in the Sebastian County Detention Center in 2007 and another year behind bars in 2013 for the same charge, but in the previous cases they were misdemeanor charges. Ross was previously banned from the school's property but he keeps coming back. "It's not something that we're going to tolerate.
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"Just because there's no students here and there may not be any teachers here, that doesn't mean that somebody's not watching," said Carter. The school has approximately 85 surveillance cameras on campus that record continuously. According to court records, when Ross was sentenced in 2013 the jury recommended that he receive counselling, although no records show that Ross actually attended any counselling sessions. Ross is being held in the Sebastian County Detention Center. His bond has been set at $10,000.
Prison visitor caught with veritable array of items up his backside
Correctional officers in Brazil were surprised at the amount of equipment that a visitor hid in his backside to try to deliver to an inmate in the prison at Ribeirao das Neves.
André Silva de Jesus, 35, was arrested with two mobile phones, two batteries, pliers, two drill bits, eight pieces of hacksaw blade, five nails and three sim cards.
All the materials were in the anus of the suspect, who presented a medical certificate saying he wore a pacemaker, and therefore could not go through an x-ray machine. André Silva appeared nervous, which alerted the prison guards.
The Military Police were called to record the occurrence. It was not clear which inmate was to receive the material. In a statement the Secretariat for Prison Administration confirmed the incident and said that the general direction of the prison "opened an internal procedure to determine what happened."
André Silva de Jesus, 35, was arrested with two mobile phones, two batteries, pliers, two drill bits, eight pieces of hacksaw blade, five nails and three sim cards.
All the materials were in the anus of the suspect, who presented a medical certificate saying he wore a pacemaker, and therefore could not go through an x-ray machine. André Silva appeared nervous, which alerted the prison guards.
The Military Police were called to record the occurrence. It was not clear which inmate was to receive the material. In a statement the Secretariat for Prison Administration confirmed the incident and said that the general direction of the prison "opened an internal procedure to determine what happened."
Armed bandits demand villagers supply them with 35 buckets of water a day or face death
Armed bandits are threatening villagers in northern India with death unless they deliver 35 buckets of water each day. Water in the area is scarce thanks to an ongoing drought and a poor supply.
So far, 28 villages have been obeying the order, taking turns to deliver what the bandits are calling a daily "water tax," police said.
"Water itself is very scarce in this region. Villagers can hardly meet their demand," officer Suresh Kumar Singh said from Banda, a city on the southern border of Uttar Pradesh. The area is cut off from supply lines, leaving the bandits reliant on surrounding villages. Since 2007, it has been starved for rain, with the yearly monsoon bringing only half the usual number of 52 rainy days a year. "A few bandits are still active in the ravines," Mr Singh said. "They ask for water, food and shelter from the villages."
Afraid of the bandits, who are from the Balkhariya gang, villagers last Wednesday began hauling water - sometimes four kilometres (2.5 miles) - into the unruly region where the gang is believed to have hideouts, said Bagwat Prasad, from the local charity group that works on water and sanitation issues. "Any request from Balkhariya gang members is an order," Mr Prasad said. "No one can dare to say no." Though the number of bandits has declined drastically in recent decades, India's bandit tradition, which began more than 800 years ago, has continued in the hard-to-reach forests and mountains of the Bundelkhand region.
But while the bandits were once admired as caste warlords with a touch of Robin Hood about them, as they fought to protest feudal orders or to avenge personal wrongs, today's bandits are considered mostly opportunistic thugs seeking personal wealth and power. Small lakes and streams have dried up, and the bandits are reluctant to risk running into police by leaving the area to fetch water supplies. India has set a Rs.252,000 reward (£2,500, $4,200) for information leading to the gang leader's arrest on charges of murder, looting and kidnapping.
"Water itself is very scarce in this region. Villagers can hardly meet their demand," officer Suresh Kumar Singh said from Banda, a city on the southern border of Uttar Pradesh. The area is cut off from supply lines, leaving the bandits reliant on surrounding villages. Since 2007, it has been starved for rain, with the yearly monsoon bringing only half the usual number of 52 rainy days a year. "A few bandits are still active in the ravines," Mr Singh said. "They ask for water, food and shelter from the villages."
Afraid of the bandits, who are from the Balkhariya gang, villagers last Wednesday began hauling water - sometimes four kilometres (2.5 miles) - into the unruly region where the gang is believed to have hideouts, said Bagwat Prasad, from the local charity group that works on water and sanitation issues. "Any request from Balkhariya gang members is an order," Mr Prasad said. "No one can dare to say no." Though the number of bandits has declined drastically in recent decades, India's bandit tradition, which began more than 800 years ago, has continued in the hard-to-reach forests and mountains of the Bundelkhand region.
But while the bandits were once admired as caste warlords with a touch of Robin Hood about them, as they fought to protest feudal orders or to avenge personal wrongs, today's bandits are considered mostly opportunistic thugs seeking personal wealth and power. Small lakes and streams have dried up, and the bandits are reluctant to risk running into police by leaving the area to fetch water supplies. India has set a Rs.252,000 reward (£2,500, $4,200) for information leading to the gang leader's arrest on charges of murder, looting and kidnapping.
Spillage of fruit preserves caused traffic jam
Drivers in western Sweden were stuck in a jam after a van shed its load of preserves and juices which led to major traffic problems.
The sticky situation occurred on the E45 outside Sunne at around midday on Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the delivery van had got into difficulty and started to shed all manner of different items.
"There was a lot of jam and juices which went down the drain," Tommy Lindh, spokesperson for the Värmland police said. The drama unfolded when the door of the delivery van opened and a pallet, loaded with breakfast favourites, was thrown out onto the road.
Predictably, it led to a traffic jam with a section of the road being sealed off so a clean-up operation of broken glass and sticky substances could be attended to. Emergency services were dispatched and firefighters ensured that the traffic backlog could be unstuck.
Firefighter Fredrik Persson, from Sunne emergency services said: "It's a mixed compote, common pancake jam. We have a stretch of 70 - 100 metres that is just full of jam." Nobody was hurt in the incident with drivers urged to take an alternative route while the clean-up continued. Traffic got back underway at 2pm.
"There was a lot of jam and juices which went down the drain," Tommy Lindh, spokesperson for the Värmland police said. The drama unfolded when the door of the delivery van opened and a pallet, loaded with breakfast favourites, was thrown out onto the road.
Predictably, it led to a traffic jam with a section of the road being sealed off so a clean-up operation of broken glass and sticky substances could be attended to. Emergency services were dispatched and firefighters ensured that the traffic backlog could be unstuck.
Firefighter Fredrik Persson, from Sunne emergency services said: "It's a mixed compote, common pancake jam. We have a stretch of 70 - 100 metres that is just full of jam." Nobody was hurt in the incident with drivers urged to take an alternative route while the clean-up continued. Traffic got back underway at 2pm.
The whole of Middlesbrough smells of fish
There's something fishy going on in Teesside.
Shoppers have been cutting trips short. And pets are being blamed for producing a noxious odour.
Twitter users have been sharing their experiences about the fishy smell that's hit the area.
It has been reported in areas including Linthorpe, Acklam, Thornaby, Billingham, Ingleby Barwick, Yarm and Middlesbrough town centre. The emergency services and Public Health England are unaware of any incidents that may have caused the smell.
Shoppers have been cutting trips short. And pets are being blamed for producing a noxious odour.
Twitter users have been sharing their experiences about the fishy smell that's hit the area.
It has been reported in areas including Linthorpe, Acklam, Thornaby, Billingham, Ingleby Barwick, Yarm and Middlesbrough town centre. The emergency services and Public Health England are unaware of any incidents that may have caused the smell.
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And then there was this generous gesture of goodwill.
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