Sunday, August 03, 2014
Dog insists on preparing his own dinner
For Louie the poodle, the ratio of wet to dry food have to be just right. And only he knows what that it. Apparently if the food is mixed for him he won't eat it.
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Man accused of groping woman while she was vacuuming car refused to stop sitting on bucket
41-year-old Leonard Dewayne Steele, from Fort Walton Beach in Florida, has been charged with coming up behind a woman and groping her while she was vacuuming the interior of a car.
The victim was cleaning the rental car at a business in Fort Walton Beach on June 10. A man, later identified as Steele, came up behind the woman and groped her chest.
The woman turned and noticed that Steele was masturbating with his other hand. The woman hit Steele with the vacuum hose and fled into the business, locking the door behind her. Steele fled the scene and could not be located. The victim was able to identify Steele from a sexual offender's website. Steele was located and arrested on July 26. He was charged with lewd and lascivious behaviour - exposing his sex organs and battery.
As police attempted to arrest Steele he sat on a bucket and refused to stand up. He continued to sit on the bucket, and despite multiple orders from Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies, refused to stand up. A deputy was able to arrest him while he was sitting on the bucket. However, when the deputy then tried to force Steele to stand, Steele attempted to jerk away.
The two went to the ground, where Steele continued to try to twist his body. Once the deputy got Steele to the patrol car, Steele used his knee to block the deputy from shutting the door. A deputy had to reach in the opposite door and physically move Steele in order to get the door shut. The deputy sustained an abrasion on his arm from the struggle. Steele was charged with resisting or obstructing an officer without violence. His next scheduled court date is August 12.
The woman turned and noticed that Steele was masturbating with his other hand. The woman hit Steele with the vacuum hose and fled into the business, locking the door behind her. Steele fled the scene and could not be located. The victim was able to identify Steele from a sexual offender's website. Steele was located and arrested on July 26. He was charged with lewd and lascivious behaviour - exposing his sex organs and battery.
As police attempted to arrest Steele he sat on a bucket and refused to stand up. He continued to sit on the bucket, and despite multiple orders from Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies, refused to stand up. A deputy was able to arrest him while he was sitting on the bucket. However, when the deputy then tried to force Steele to stand, Steele attempted to jerk away.
The two went to the ground, where Steele continued to try to twist his body. Once the deputy got Steele to the patrol car, Steele used his knee to block the deputy from shutting the door. A deputy had to reach in the opposite door and physically move Steele in order to get the door shut. The deputy sustained an abrasion on his arm from the struggle. Steele was charged with resisting or obstructing an officer without violence. His next scheduled court date is August 12.
Small bag of sugar could get neighbours evicted
A woman responsible for what she calls a gesture of kindness is in a lot of trouble at the Houston, Texas, apartment complex where she lives.
"I went and got some sugar and poured it in this bag," said Faye as she described how she describing giving sugar to a neighbour who asked to borrow some.
"He took the sugar and went to his home," she said.
But the problem stems from what someone thought they observed that day. The person told the officials at the Mansions at Hastings Green that they had witnessed an exchange of illegal drugs. Faye found out a few days later when she received a letter accusing her and a male complaining of taking part in a drug transaction. "And I couldn't believe it," she said. "It was outrageous. I didn't understand it." Neither did Terry Brown, the neighbour who received the very same letter.
"I came home and I didn't have any soda or anything in my refrigerator," said Brown. "So I came over here to borrow some sugar so I could make me some tea." He insisted there was nothing but sugar in the bag. Brown and Faye have no plans to sign the letter even though it threatens to force them to move out if they don't. "That's fine," said Faye. "I'm not going to sign a lie. I'm not going to sign something I know is not truthful."
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Officials with housing say removing someone requires a higher burden of proof, such as a police report or photographic evidence. No one at the apartment complex would talk due to privacy concerns. But the people at the centre of this sugary dilemma have plenty to say. "It's really sad," said Brown. "It's sad you can't give people sugar or salt or baking soda because the colour is white," added Faye. Both Faye and Brown say they have never used or sold drugs.
But the problem stems from what someone thought they observed that day. The person told the officials at the Mansions at Hastings Green that they had witnessed an exchange of illegal drugs. Faye found out a few days later when she received a letter accusing her and a male complaining of taking part in a drug transaction. "And I couldn't believe it," she said. "It was outrageous. I didn't understand it." Neither did Terry Brown, the neighbour who received the very same letter.
"I came home and I didn't have any soda or anything in my refrigerator," said Brown. "So I came over here to borrow some sugar so I could make me some tea." He insisted there was nothing but sugar in the bag. Brown and Faye have no plans to sign the letter even though it threatens to force them to move out if they don't. "That's fine," said Faye. "I'm not going to sign a lie. I'm not going to sign something I know is not truthful."
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Officials with housing say removing someone requires a higher burden of proof, such as a police report or photographic evidence. No one at the apartment complex would talk due to privacy concerns. But the people at the centre of this sugary dilemma have plenty to say. "It's really sad," said Brown. "It's sad you can't give people sugar or salt or baking soda because the colour is white," added Faye. Both Faye and Brown say they have never used or sold drugs.
Man accused of assaulting girlfriend and her pet raccoon
A man from Uintah County, Utah, has been charged in connection with an incident where investigators say he threw his girlfriend and her pet raccoon against a wall.
David Augilar Tapia, 41, was charged on Friday with assault, a third-degree felony, and animal cruelty, a class B misdemeanor.
A woman called police on July 14 to report that her boyfriend had assaulted her inside the home they shared in Ballard. The woman told officers she and Tapia had been living together for about two months. They began arguing after Tapia called her by his ex-wife's name, she said.
The argument escalated, and Tapia grabbed the woman by the arms and threw her against the wall, according to charging documents. "(The woman's) pet raccoon hissed at David, so David grabbed the raccoon by the collar and threw (the animal) into the back room, hitting the wall," the charges state.
The woman was able to leave the residence and get a ride to the emergency room from her ex-husband. She told officers she had suffered at least two broken ribs, according to the charges, which do not include any information about whether the raccoon was injured. Tapia was arrested on July 21 and booked into the Uintah County Jail. His first court appearance is set for Aug. 11.
A woman called police on July 14 to report that her boyfriend had assaulted her inside the home they shared in Ballard. The woman told officers she and Tapia had been living together for about two months. They began arguing after Tapia called her by his ex-wife's name, she said.
The argument escalated, and Tapia grabbed the woman by the arms and threw her against the wall, according to charging documents. "(The woman's) pet raccoon hissed at David, so David grabbed the raccoon by the collar and threw (the animal) into the back room, hitting the wall," the charges state.
The woman was able to leave the residence and get a ride to the emergency room from her ex-husband. She told officers she had suffered at least two broken ribs, according to the charges, which do not include any information about whether the raccoon was injured. Tapia was arrested on July 21 and booked into the Uintah County Jail. His first court appearance is set for Aug. 11.
90-year-old lady angry with construction workers held SWAT team at bay with shotgun for hours
A 90-year-old great-grandmother armed with a 12 gauge shotgun held SWAT officers at bay in Channelview, Texas, for hours on Thursday.
The officers were responding to a 911 call from construction workers next door who told them she threatened them with the gun.
Deputies say Eleouise Adcock was angry the workers were excavating dirt, and loading it onto a barge behind her house.
Ms. Adcock has lived on the bank of the San Jacinto River for more than four decades, but in recent years a marine towing company has moved in on either side of her house. “They've bought properties there along the waterfront, and taken down three to four houses and made room for their equipment and stuff.” neighbour Sharlene Hathorn said. Another neighbour said Adcock is the last holdout, refusing to sell her property, and irritated by the company's repeated attempts to buy it. “She don't like whats going on over there. She don't want to sell out to these people here.”
Construction workers called 911 at around 10am saying Adcock was threatening them with the shotgun. “They told us she has pointed weapons at them before.” Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Gilliland said. “They didn’t tell anyone about it the first few times. This time they felt she was much more angry about them being here working and excavating the dirt.” When deputies arrived, she refused to put the gun down as she sat on her porch, holding her weapon in her lap. The standoff lasted for about four hours, before Adcock began to relax a little.
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A sergeant engaged her in conversation while the SWAT team deployed around her house. “She talked for a little while, she came and went back into the home, came back outside and at that point she put the shotgun down,’ Gilliland said. SWAT officers rushed the porch, first grabbing the gun, and then her. Officers appeared to handle Adcock with great care, gently placing their hands on her back as they escorted her to waiting paramedics. “She was taken into custody as gently as we could,” Gilliland said. Because of her age, she was put on a stretcher and taken to the hospital as a precaution. Deputies say she will get a psychological evaluation. No charges are expected.
Ms. Adcock has lived on the bank of the San Jacinto River for more than four decades, but in recent years a marine towing company has moved in on either side of her house. “They've bought properties there along the waterfront, and taken down three to four houses and made room for their equipment and stuff.” neighbour Sharlene Hathorn said. Another neighbour said Adcock is the last holdout, refusing to sell her property, and irritated by the company's repeated attempts to buy it. “She don't like whats going on over there. She don't want to sell out to these people here.”
Construction workers called 911 at around 10am saying Adcock was threatening them with the shotgun. “They told us she has pointed weapons at them before.” Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Gilliland said. “They didn’t tell anyone about it the first few times. This time they felt she was much more angry about them being here working and excavating the dirt.” When deputies arrived, she refused to put the gun down as she sat on her porch, holding her weapon in her lap. The standoff lasted for about four hours, before Adcock began to relax a little.
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A sergeant engaged her in conversation while the SWAT team deployed around her house. “She talked for a little while, she came and went back into the home, came back outside and at that point she put the shotgun down,’ Gilliland said. SWAT officers rushed the porch, first grabbing the gun, and then her. Officers appeared to handle Adcock with great care, gently placing their hands on her back as they escorted her to waiting paramedics. “She was taken into custody as gently as we could,” Gilliland said. Because of her age, she was put on a stretcher and taken to the hospital as a precaution. Deputies say she will get a psychological evaluation. No charges are expected.
Burglars broke into 21 vegetable shops to steal only tomatoes, leaving cash behind
With the price of tomatoes soaring in India, they are now given bigger importance than gold or silver for burglars. At Sabzi Mandi, near Kotwali police station in Dausa, Rajasthan, burglars decamped with close to 75 kg of tomatoes from various vegetables shops.
As the vegetable vendors went to open their shops on Thursday morning at 6 am they were taken aback when they saw the iron kiosks had been broken into. Though stunned by the burglary, they were amused when they realised that the burglars had taken only tomatoes. As many as 21 shops had broken locks.
"As a matter of practice, the shopkeepers leave coins in their cash boxes but they were not touched. Roughly 75 kg of tomatoes were stolen. We have registered a complaint after the retailers complained and are investigating the matter," said an investigative officer of the Kotwali police station. The market is just a few metres away from Kotwali police station.
"We had unloaded the fresh vegetables including tomatoes and onions on Wednesday night and after locking the kiosks and shops, we left at one in the morning on Thursday. The burglars left all other vegetables other than tomatoes," said Radheyshyam, one of the victims of the burglary. Initially, when the shopkeepers approached the nearby Kotwali police station to complain about the matter, policemen also laughed at the development.
As the vegetable vendors went to open their shops on Thursday morning at 6 am they were taken aback when they saw the iron kiosks had been broken into. Though stunned by the burglary, they were amused when they realised that the burglars had taken only tomatoes. As many as 21 shops had broken locks.
"As a matter of practice, the shopkeepers leave coins in their cash boxes but they were not touched. Roughly 75 kg of tomatoes were stolen. We have registered a complaint after the retailers complained and are investigating the matter," said an investigative officer of the Kotwali police station. The market is just a few metres away from Kotwali police station.
"We had unloaded the fresh vegetables including tomatoes and onions on Wednesday night and after locking the kiosks and shops, we left at one in the morning on Thursday. The burglars left all other vegetables other than tomatoes," said Radheyshyam, one of the victims of the burglary. Initially, when the shopkeepers approached the nearby Kotwali police station to complain about the matter, policemen also laughed at the development.
Panda diagnosed as suffering from stress due to square dancing grannies
A panda living at China's Hongshan Zoo has been diagnosed as suffering from stress after the area outside his cage was taken over by a group of square dancing grannies.
Elderly ladies wanting to keep fit and taking up square dancing in any public space have become a mass phenomena in China, with many conflicts between the dancers and local residents who complain that sometimes the practice sessions go on into the early hours of the morning.
For their part the pensioners say during the day it is always too busy, and always too hot as well. They prefer instead to dance in the evening and sleep during the day. But that schedule has not gone down well with the panda at the zoo in the city of Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu Province. The giant panda's keeper Guang Tien, 43, said: "As soon as the music starts and the women begin dancing, Chaoyang begins pacing back and forth and is clearly nervous and distressed.
"Just like people, there are some animals that can handle noise, and other animals that get stressed out and anxious. Pandas are one of the animals that really can't handle noise, and after trying to work out why he seems so anxious and of his food lately, we discovered that the cause was the dancers." Zoo director Shen Zhijun said that they had called in experts from the Sichuan-based Ya'an Giant Panda Reserve Center, who discovered that the panda's heartbeat and breathing increased noticeably when Chaoyang heard the women arrived.
He said: "The women also sing very loudly and very badly. Even I can hear them from a long distance away when I am inside with the windows closed. I've tried to persuade them to lower their voices but they refused." Shen said that not just the pandas but also other animals, noticeably the hornbills and giraffes, are also suffering ever since the singing and dancing square dancers have taken up position. He added: "Visitors are complaining, because when the dancers start up the animals go back inside their cages and refused to come out."
For their part the pensioners say during the day it is always too busy, and always too hot as well. They prefer instead to dance in the evening and sleep during the day. But that schedule has not gone down well with the panda at the zoo in the city of Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu Province. The giant panda's keeper Guang Tien, 43, said: "As soon as the music starts and the women begin dancing, Chaoyang begins pacing back and forth and is clearly nervous and distressed.
"Just like people, there are some animals that can handle noise, and other animals that get stressed out and anxious. Pandas are one of the animals that really can't handle noise, and after trying to work out why he seems so anxious and of his food lately, we discovered that the cause was the dancers." Zoo director Shen Zhijun said that they had called in experts from the Sichuan-based Ya'an Giant Panda Reserve Center, who discovered that the panda's heartbeat and breathing increased noticeably when Chaoyang heard the women arrived.
He said: "The women also sing very loudly and very badly. Even I can hear them from a long distance away when I am inside with the windows closed. I've tried to persuade them to lower their voices but they refused." Shen said that not just the pandas but also other animals, noticeably the hornbills and giraffes, are also suffering ever since the singing and dancing square dancers have taken up position. He added: "Visitors are complaining, because when the dancers start up the animals go back inside their cages and refused to come out."
Woman terrified by whisky bottle-smashing snake
A two-metre-long carpet python with an apparent penchant for whisky has been removed from home in the Howard Springs suburb of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory after a terrified resident called police thinking it was an intruder. Helen Jackson had been home alone when she heard bottles smashing downstairs.
With her husband working night shift and her trusty seven-year-old rottweiler labrador cross Boofie by her side, Ms Jackson said she began rifling for suitable weapons should the intruders be attempting to smash into her elevated house. “It was terrifying ... I started looking through the cupboard going ‘where’s the pepper, where’s the pepper’, as I’d always heard you shouldn’t use a knife because that can be turned on you,” she said.
“I then started yelling out, ‘Is anyone there?’, but no one answered so I ran back inside and Boofie jumped straight onto my lap.” Ms Jackson said as she was contemplating calling 000 when three police officers appeared at her doorstep, having being notified by her next door neighbour who had also heard the commotion. With the authorities by her side Ms Jackson said they made their way to the downstairs spare room where they were confronted with the culprit.
The carpet python had smashed three bottles of the couple’s scotch, including Johnnie Walker Red Label and a top-notch Chivas Regal, as he was trying to slither from the roof onto the cabinet. “I’d almost stepped on him as I’d gone to turn the light on ... I’m still trembling,” Ms Jackson said. A snake catcher removed the harmless carpet python, releasing it back into bushland.
With her husband working night shift and her trusty seven-year-old rottweiler labrador cross Boofie by her side, Ms Jackson said she began rifling for suitable weapons should the intruders be attempting to smash into her elevated house. “It was terrifying ... I started looking through the cupboard going ‘where’s the pepper, where’s the pepper’, as I’d always heard you shouldn’t use a knife because that can be turned on you,” she said.
“I then started yelling out, ‘Is anyone there?’, but no one answered so I ran back inside and Boofie jumped straight onto my lap.” Ms Jackson said as she was contemplating calling 000 when three police officers appeared at her doorstep, having being notified by her next door neighbour who had also heard the commotion. With the authorities by her side Ms Jackson said they made their way to the downstairs spare room where they were confronted with the culprit.
The carpet python had smashed three bottles of the couple’s scotch, including Johnnie Walker Red Label and a top-notch Chivas Regal, as he was trying to slither from the roof onto the cabinet. “I’d almost stepped on him as I’d gone to turn the light on ... I’m still trembling,” Ms Jackson said. A snake catcher removed the harmless carpet python, releasing it back into bushland.
Man unfazed by spider that emerged from behind his cooker
A large tarantula was discovered by a Glasgow man as it emerged from behind his cooker on Tuesday.
The man immediately called animal rescue workers, who are now caring for the eight-legged creature.
The Chilean rose tarantula is now in the care of the Scottish SPCA's Glasgow Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Cardonald, where he has been nicknamed Incy.
Animal Rescue Officer Caitlin Houston said, "While tarantulas frighten a lot of people, they are actually quite popular pets. Thankfully, the man who found this escapee wasn't too fazed and managed to contain him until I arrived. He was able to catch it using a glass and piece of cardboard.
"It's possible the tarantula belongs to someone in a nearby flat and we'd really like to return him home if he has gone missing. If no-one comes forward we'll find him a new owner who understands his needs." Anyone who recognises the tarantula is being asked contact the SPCA.
The Chilean rose tarantula is now in the care of the Scottish SPCA's Glasgow Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Cardonald, where he has been nicknamed Incy.
Animal Rescue Officer Caitlin Houston said, "While tarantulas frighten a lot of people, they are actually quite popular pets. Thankfully, the man who found this escapee wasn't too fazed and managed to contain him until I arrived. He was able to catch it using a glass and piece of cardboard.
"It's possible the tarantula belongs to someone in a nearby flat and we'd really like to return him home if he has gone missing. If no-one comes forward we'll find him a new owner who understands his needs." Anyone who recognises the tarantula is being asked contact the SPCA.
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