Sunday, September 07, 2014
Intruder held at gunpoint by homeowner offered to mow his lawn in exchange for freedom
A Florida homeowner held a burglar at gunpoint on Wednesday morning, and while the man waited in his house for police to arrive, the intruder made a proposition.
In exchange for his freedom, the burglar offered to mow the man's lawn.
The incident began when Joseph Cihak woke to use the bathroom at about 4:30am.
He carried his handgun with him because less than a week before, someone had broken into his home in St. Petersburg. He and his wife made a plan to carry a gun any time they left their bedroom at night. On his way to the bathroom, Cihak heard a rustling noise coming from the living room, police said. There, he found a man rifling through his belongings. The burglar rushed Cihak, police said, and the homeowner fired two shots.
Then the gun jammed. The burglar ran toward the kitchen, trying to find a way out, and police said Cihak ran for another gun. Cihak came back to the kitchen to find Bryan Remley, 25, lying on the floor, police said. He was uninjured. Cihak's wife, Colleen Traversa, heard her husband confront the man and called police. As they waited for police to arrive, Remley asked Cihak to let him go and promised to come back to mow the lawn, police said.
"That probably would have done it for me," joked police spokesman Mike Puetz, "but for this particular guy, he wanted to wait for the cops." Police said Remley had a 4-inch knife in a holster with him. He was charged with armed burglary and violation of probation, and he had an outstanding warrant from Seminole County on a petty theft charge.
He carried his handgun with him because less than a week before, someone had broken into his home in St. Petersburg. He and his wife made a plan to carry a gun any time they left their bedroom at night. On his way to the bathroom, Cihak heard a rustling noise coming from the living room, police said. There, he found a man rifling through his belongings. The burglar rushed Cihak, police said, and the homeowner fired two shots.
Then the gun jammed. The burglar ran toward the kitchen, trying to find a way out, and police said Cihak ran for another gun. Cihak came back to the kitchen to find Bryan Remley, 25, lying on the floor, police said. He was uninjured. Cihak's wife, Colleen Traversa, heard her husband confront the man and called police. As they waited for police to arrive, Remley asked Cihak to let him go and promised to come back to mow the lawn, police said.
"That probably would have done it for me," joked police spokesman Mike Puetz, "but for this particular guy, he wanted to wait for the cops." Police said Remley had a 4-inch knife in a holster with him. He was charged with armed burglary and violation of probation, and he had an outstanding warrant from Seminole County on a petty theft charge.
Ticking package that caused evacuation of government building was box of clocks
A suspicious ticking box that prompted the shutdown of a Los Angeles County building across the street from the Hall of Justice on Friday was discovered to be a box of clocks and other presents for retirees.
The package was left unattended on the third floor of the Hall of Administration building, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. An employee found the package addressed to someone in her office and placed it on a desk.
After hearing beeping coming from the package, she notified deputies and security inside the building. Five K-9 units with explosives-detecting dogs and the LASD Arson Explosives Detail responded to the scene.
The second, third and fourth floors were evacuated until investigators were able to assess the danger. An X-ray photo revealved the box's contents: retirement award pens, pencils, watches and clocks.
The package was left unattended on the third floor of the Hall of Administration building, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. An employee found the package addressed to someone in her office and placed it on a desk.
After hearing beeping coming from the package, she notified deputies and security inside the building. Five K-9 units with explosives-detecting dogs and the LASD Arson Explosives Detail responded to the scene.
The second, third and fourth floors were evacuated until investigators were able to assess the danger. An X-ray photo revealved the box's contents: retirement award pens, pencils, watches and clocks.
Man upset about residents parking on the street egged their cars
Police in Clermont, Florida, arrested a man on Thursday they said egged several vehicles in his neighbourhood over the last month.
Steven Rosa, 58, has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief. Police said Rosa was upset with some of the residents for parking on the street, so he threw eggs at vehicles.
One of the victims caught Rosa on Thursday morning on video passing her vehicles and throwing the eggs out of his car. The victim claims the numerous incidents caused nearly $2,000 damage to her cars.
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The victim also told police it wasn't the first time her cars were egged . She said it happened a few times before she installed home video surveillance cameras to catch the culprit.
Steven Rosa, 58, has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief. Police said Rosa was upset with some of the residents for parking on the street, so he threw eggs at vehicles.
One of the victims caught Rosa on Thursday morning on video passing her vehicles and throwing the eggs out of his car. The victim claims the numerous incidents caused nearly $2,000 damage to her cars.
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The victim also told police it wasn't the first time her cars were egged . She said it happened a few times before she installed home video surveillance cameras to catch the culprit.
Argument over stolen meatball led to stabbing
A dispute between two employees of a business in Fallston, Maryland, over a stolen meatball led to a stabbing on Thursday, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies were called to the business at around 11:10am, where they learned there had been an altercation over one employee eating the other's meatball from his lunch, Sheriff's Office spokesperson Cristie Kahler said.
An argument ensued and the employee who had eaten the meatball was stabbed in the arm by the employee whose lunch he had taken the meatball from, Kahler said.
The assailant, a 31-year-old Edgewood man, fled the scene. The victim, a 36-year-old Aberdeen man, was taken to a local hospital and later discharged. Charges are pending, Kahler said.
Deputies were called to the business at around 11:10am, where they learned there had been an altercation over one employee eating the other's meatball from his lunch, Sheriff's Office spokesperson Cristie Kahler said.
An argument ensued and the employee who had eaten the meatball was stabbed in the arm by the employee whose lunch he had taken the meatball from, Kahler said.
The assailant, a 31-year-old Edgewood man, fled the scene. The victim, a 36-year-old Aberdeen man, was taken to a local hospital and later discharged. Charges are pending, Kahler said.
Inebriated lady yelling obscenities arrested after refusing to get off neighbour's trampoline
A woman from Spartanburg, South Carolina, is accused of yelling obscenities while lying on a neighbour's trampoline.
When police officers asked her to leave, she refused. Spartanburg County deputies were called to a home at about 5:45am on Friday where neighbours complained that Debbie Robinson was disrupting them.
The homeowner told deputies Robinson shouted expletives and knocked on her door before lying down on the trampoline, according to the sheriff's office report.
The report said Robinson continued to yell out so neighbours could hear and admitted to deputies she had been drinking. Deputies said Robinson refused to get off the trampoline and go inside her home , so she was placed under arrest and charged with public disorderly conduct.
When police officers asked her to leave, she refused. Spartanburg County deputies were called to a home at about 5:45am on Friday where neighbours complained that Debbie Robinson was disrupting them.
The homeowner told deputies Robinson shouted expletives and knocked on her door before lying down on the trampoline, according to the sheriff's office report.
The report said Robinson continued to yell out so neighbours could hear and admitted to deputies she had been drinking. Deputies said Robinson refused to get off the trampoline and go inside her home , so she was placed under arrest and charged with public disorderly conduct.
Drink driver hospitalised after using perfume as breath freshener
A high-range drink driver tried to dupe police in Queensland, Australia, by quaffing a bottle of perfume, police say.
The man's attempt to beat the odds meant he didn't go directly to jail - instead he took a detour to the hospital before being charged.
Police say the man, 30, had a blood alcohol reading of 0.293 - almost six times the legal limit - when he was pulled over for speeding on the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains in Brisbane's south at about 6am on Saturday.
"It's alleged when police were speaking to him, he drank perfume as a breath freshener to attempt to mask the scent of alcohol," a police spokeswoman said. He was then taken to Queen Elizabeth II Hospital for treatment. He's since been charged with exceeding the speed limit and drink driving.
The man's attempt to beat the odds meant he didn't go directly to jail - instead he took a detour to the hospital before being charged.
Police say the man, 30, had a blood alcohol reading of 0.293 - almost six times the legal limit - when he was pulled over for speeding on the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains in Brisbane's south at about 6am on Saturday.
"It's alleged when police were speaking to him, he drank perfume as a breath freshener to attempt to mask the scent of alcohol," a police spokeswoman said. He was then taken to Queen Elizabeth II Hospital for treatment. He's since been charged with exceeding the speed limit and drink driving.
Unfortunate mishap left man's car splashed with cement
A Russian man's luxury car was unfortunately buried under tons of concrete.
Artur Shachnev, the CEO of a music production company, parked his Bentley too close to buildings under construction in central Moscow. He was then called back by his security staff, who said that concrete had been dumped on his car.
“It happened at 7 pm on September 2. My security man called me and said that cement was splashed on my car and asked me to come down. So I did, to take a look at this unique event (it’s not often that security reports such odd moments), and I found this,” Shachnev said. The accident was blamed on workers’ negligence.
They were lifting a huge bucket with cement when it accidently hit the wall and opened, sending the liquid down on cars parked in the street below, from a height of 15 metres. “According to the workers, the seven-ton container had no more than one ton of concrete. Some of them say - 300 litres. But experts who inspected the scene estimated it was way more than that,” Shachnev said. By the time Shachnev arrived, his Bentley was covered in concrete.
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“The liquid mixture coated the entire car and made it a bullet-proof capsule,” he said. The Bentley’s body was very seriously damaged by small crushed stones in the liquid. The concrete leaked into the wheel system, so the car can’t run now. “But you can start the engine, and music plays and lights can be turned on,” Shachnev said. The company have promised to compensate him for all losses. But the car can’t be repaired or cleaned.
“It happened at 7 pm on September 2. My security man called me and said that cement was splashed on my car and asked me to come down. So I did, to take a look at this unique event (it’s not often that security reports such odd moments), and I found this,” Shachnev said. The accident was blamed on workers’ negligence.
They were lifting a huge bucket with cement when it accidently hit the wall and opened, sending the liquid down on cars parked in the street below, from a height of 15 metres. “According to the workers, the seven-ton container had no more than one ton of concrete. Some of them say - 300 litres. But experts who inspected the scene estimated it was way more than that,” Shachnev said. By the time Shachnev arrived, his Bentley was covered in concrete.
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“The liquid mixture coated the entire car and made it a bullet-proof capsule,” he said. The Bentley’s body was very seriously damaged by small crushed stones in the liquid. The concrete leaked into the wheel system, so the car can’t run now. “But you can start the engine, and music plays and lights can be turned on,” Shachnev said. The company have promised to compensate him for all losses. But the car can’t be repaired or cleaned.
Man who called Welsh doormen 'Taffs' cleared of racial abuse
A man has been cleared of racially abusing Welsh doormen by swearing at them and calling them ‘Taffs’.
Michael James Davis, of Blakeney Hill near Lydney, Gloucestershire, was found not guilty of a charge of racially aggravated harassment at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
He was alleged to have shouted the word during a fracas involving his brother, police and doormen in Lydney. “He said to his brother ‘Don’t talk to them’ before swearing,” prosecutor Graham Dono told the court. “Then he is alleged to have said ‘Are you Taffs as well?’”
Davis did not deny saying it but said it was not racially motivated and not aimed at anyone. He had pleaded not guilty to one charge of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.
Michael James Davis, of Blakeney Hill near Lydney, Gloucestershire, was found not guilty of a charge of racially aggravated harassment at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
He was alleged to have shouted the word during a fracas involving his brother, police and doormen in Lydney. “He said to his brother ‘Don’t talk to them’ before swearing,” prosecutor Graham Dono told the court. “Then he is alleged to have said ‘Are you Taffs as well?’”
Davis did not deny saying it but said it was not racially motivated and not aimed at anyone. He had pleaded not guilty to one charge of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.
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