Saturday, October 04, 2014
Man pulling lawn mower behind bicycle at 12:40am aroused police officer's suspicions
A 42-year-old Florida man is accused of theft after a police officer noticed him pulling a lawn mower while riding a bicycle.
Steven Bernard Guidry of Fort Walton Beach was stopped three times in total on Monday night into Tuesday morning, according to the arrest report.
The first time was at around 10 pm, when officers were called about Guidry knocking on residents’ doors.
Callers reported that Guidry was claiming to be “their neighbour” and asking for money. When officers spoke with him, Guidry had a bicycle. He was told to stop disturbing residents and leave. He told officers he was going to go home. At 12:40 on Tuesday morning, the same officer noticed Guidry riding the bicycle, pulling a red and black Toro lawn mower.
He was in a dark business district where all the businesses were closed. The officer feared the lawn mower could be stolen. Guidry told the officer he had picked up the mower from a friend and was on his way to his friend’s house. He said he was going to cut his friend’s grass in the morning. The officer released Guidry, but then realized that the path he was taking was unusual and stopped him a third time.
The officer asked if he could verify Guidry’s story with his friend. Guidry replied that he didn’t want to wake his friend. He was unable to give the officer his friend’s address or even a street name. The officer arrested Guidry and, after running the serial number of the bicycle, found that it had been reported stolen. Guidry is charged with theft by a person convicted of two prior petit thefts and loitering or prowling.
Callers reported that Guidry was claiming to be “their neighbour” and asking for money. When officers spoke with him, Guidry had a bicycle. He was told to stop disturbing residents and leave. He told officers he was going to go home. At 12:40 on Tuesday morning, the same officer noticed Guidry riding the bicycle, pulling a red and black Toro lawn mower.
He was in a dark business district where all the businesses were closed. The officer feared the lawn mower could be stolen. Guidry told the officer he had picked up the mower from a friend and was on his way to his friend’s house. He said he was going to cut his friend’s grass in the morning. The officer released Guidry, but then realized that the path he was taking was unusual and stopped him a third time.
The officer asked if he could verify Guidry’s story with his friend. Guidry replied that he didn’t want to wake his friend. He was unable to give the officer his friend’s address or even a street name. The officer arrested Guidry and, after running the serial number of the bicycle, found that it had been reported stolen. Guidry is charged with theft by a person convicted of two prior petit thefts and loitering or prowling.
Geographically challenged homing pigeon ended up at police station eating popcorn
A New Hampshire police station sheltered, then released a confused homing pigeon that got lost during a race.
The bird was kept in the captain’s office at Epping Police Department overnight after he was found lurking in the parking lot on Monday.
But after learning some valuable information and getting advice on how to handle him, police let him spread his wings and go.
No charges were filed.
That’s because it turned out to just be a case of a missing pigeon. “It’s a little bit crazy. I don’t know what to think. I guess we are rescuing pigeons at the Epping Police Department,” Officer Stephen Soares said. The chief and captain rolled up to the bird in their back parking lot at around noon Monday. The pigeon’s actions were suspicious, but he clearly was not a flight risk. “(They) got out to check on it, and it still didn’t go anywhere,” Soares said.
“They ended up picking the bird up and bringing it to the station.” The pigeon is a registered racing pigeon and the police were able to track him to a man in Massachusetts who had released 30 birds in Charlestown, N.Y., on Saturday. This one, who is only 4 months old, got lost during his 130-mile journey. “Usually that’s all they are is tired and stressed, so usually if someone feeds and waters them, and releases them, they usually come home the next day,” said Jerry Gaumond, the bird’s owner.
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“So the chief and the captain put together a box, punched holes in it, fed it popcorn and water, and then let it go,” Soares said. The pigeon left with a message attached to its leg saying, “I left the Epping Police Department at 8:40am on 9/30/14.” The owner said it was a story he and his friends won’t soon forget. “They were like, of all places to show up – a police station. He must be pretty smart,” Gaumond said.
That’s because it turned out to just be a case of a missing pigeon. “It’s a little bit crazy. I don’t know what to think. I guess we are rescuing pigeons at the Epping Police Department,” Officer Stephen Soares said. The chief and captain rolled up to the bird in their back parking lot at around noon Monday. The pigeon’s actions were suspicious, but he clearly was not a flight risk. “(They) got out to check on it, and it still didn’t go anywhere,” Soares said.
“They ended up picking the bird up and bringing it to the station.” The pigeon is a registered racing pigeon and the police were able to track him to a man in Massachusetts who had released 30 birds in Charlestown, N.Y., on Saturday. This one, who is only 4 months old, got lost during his 130-mile journey. “Usually that’s all they are is tired and stressed, so usually if someone feeds and waters them, and releases them, they usually come home the next day,” said Jerry Gaumond, the bird’s owner.
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“So the chief and the captain put together a box, punched holes in it, fed it popcorn and water, and then let it go,” Soares said. The pigeon left with a message attached to its leg saying, “I left the Epping Police Department at 8:40am on 9/30/14.” The owner said it was a story he and his friends won’t soon forget. “They were like, of all places to show up – a police station. He must be pretty smart,” Gaumond said.
Man appearing in court for possessing marijuana arrested in court for possessing marijuana
Police in Port Authority, New Jersey, on Thursday arrested a man who took marijuana to the borough court where he was scheduled to appear on charges including marijuana possession.
Richard Thompson, 32, of Stamford, Connecticut, arrived at court at around 10:20am with a backpack, according to police spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
As part of standard security screenings, officials opened the bag and discovered less than 50 grams of marijuana inside.
They also found two packets of rolling papers and an unrolled cigar wrapper often re-used to smoke marijuana, Pentangelo said. Thompson was arrested on charges of having marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Richard Thompson, 32, of Stamford, Connecticut, arrived at court at around 10:20am with a backpack, according to police spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
As part of standard security screenings, officials opened the bag and discovered less than 50 grams of marijuana inside.
They also found two packets of rolling papers and an unrolled cigar wrapper often re-used to smoke marijuana, Pentangelo said. Thompson was arrested on charges of having marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Woman's ill-advised use of a potato as a contraceptive had unintended consequences
Shocked medical staff at a clinic in the central Colombian town of Honda discovered a potato growing inside a patient’s vagina.
The unusual incident was discovered when doctors attended a 22-year-old woman complaining of abdominal pains earlier this week.
The embarrassed young woman explained that she had been advised by her mother to insert a potato into her vagina as a means of avoiding unwanted pregnancy
“My mother told me that if I didn’t want to get pregnant, I should put a potato up there, and I believed her.” said the unnamed patient.
After leaving the potato in place for around 2 weeks she began to experience intense pain in her lower abdomen.
The potato had germinated, and grown roots inside the lady’s private parts. When the nurse went to examine the patient, she originally thought she had been the target of a practical joke, as she found roots emerging from the young woman´s vagina. The offending root vegetable was removed without the need for surgery, and there should be no lasting physical effects on the young woman. Carolina Rojas, the attending nurse, pointed the finger of blame at the woman´s mother for giving her daughter such bad advice in terms of contraception methods available.
A recent campaign by Bienestar Familiar (ICBF) aimed at reducing the high levels of teenage pregnancy in Colombia stated that young people’s general rejection of conventional contraception methods, such as condoms and contraceptive pills, coupled with a macho society which often saw girls pressured into having unsafe sex, contributed to a high level of unwanted teenage pregnancies. The fact that a 22-year-old women was so naïve as to believe that a potato was an appropriate and safe method of contraception shows a concerning lack of education for young people as to the options available for them when they become sexually active.
Sexual education became obligatory across Colombia in the 1990s in the hope that young people would discuss any quieries or concerns and have a safe place to discuss what was perceived as a social taboo – talking about sex. However, parents, shocked by the content of the classes protested against them and created groups such as the “Red Families” urging other parents to denounce the lessons in which teachers were accused of encouraging homosexuality. Furthermore, according to the Ministry of Education and sociologist María Eugenia Rosselli, “you cannot ask a young person to freely discuss sex with their parents,” creating a void of information and high levels of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
The potato had germinated, and grown roots inside the lady’s private parts. When the nurse went to examine the patient, she originally thought she had been the target of a practical joke, as she found roots emerging from the young woman´s vagina. The offending root vegetable was removed without the need for surgery, and there should be no lasting physical effects on the young woman. Carolina Rojas, the attending nurse, pointed the finger of blame at the woman´s mother for giving her daughter such bad advice in terms of contraception methods available.
A recent campaign by Bienestar Familiar (ICBF) aimed at reducing the high levels of teenage pregnancy in Colombia stated that young people’s general rejection of conventional contraception methods, such as condoms and contraceptive pills, coupled with a macho society which often saw girls pressured into having unsafe sex, contributed to a high level of unwanted teenage pregnancies. The fact that a 22-year-old women was so naïve as to believe that a potato was an appropriate and safe method of contraception shows a concerning lack of education for young people as to the options available for them when they become sexually active.
Sexual education became obligatory across Colombia in the 1990s in the hope that young people would discuss any quieries or concerns and have a safe place to discuss what was perceived as a social taboo – talking about sex. However, parents, shocked by the content of the classes protested against them and created groups such as the “Red Families” urging other parents to denounce the lessons in which teachers were accused of encouraging homosexuality. Furthermore, according to the Ministry of Education and sociologist María Eugenia Rosselli, “you cannot ask a young person to freely discuss sex with their parents,” creating a void of information and high levels of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
Firefighter saved puppy's life with CPR
After rescuing two puppies from a burning house, a Spanish firefighter revived one of them and brought it back to life using his professionalism and an oxygen mask.
The fire occurred in the basement of a house in Sagunto, Valencia, filling the building with smoke.
Firefighters from Sagunto and Puebla de Farnals rescued the puppies that were barely breathing and had a weak pulse.
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One of the puppies suffered a cardiac arrest and the firefighter revived him using a combination of CPR and cardiac massage. The puppies were taken to a veterinary clinic nearby. Sadly one of them later died.
The fire occurred in the basement of a house in Sagunto, Valencia, filling the building with smoke.
Firefighters from Sagunto and Puebla de Farnals rescued the puppies that were barely breathing and had a weak pulse.
YouTube link.
One of the puppies suffered a cardiac arrest and the firefighter revived him using a combination of CPR and cardiac massage. The puppies were taken to a veterinary clinic nearby. Sadly one of them later died.
Man stopped by police in Pratt's Bottom had drugs hidden in his underpants
Police seized over £20,000 cash from a man’s home after finding drugs hidden in his underpants.
Officers on routine patrol in Pratt's Bottom, south east London, arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of possessing drugs after finding Class A and Class B substances in his car.
Police had observed the vehicle acting suspiciously and stopped it at around 1.30pm last Friday. Officers found more drugs hidden in the suspect’s underpants when he was searched at the police station.
Class A and Class B drugs, along with the £20,000 cash, were discovered when his home address was later searched. The man was further arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs and money laundering. He has been bailed until a date in late November.
Officers on routine patrol in Pratt's Bottom, south east London, arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of possessing drugs after finding Class A and Class B substances in his car.
Police had observed the vehicle acting suspiciously and stopped it at around 1.30pm last Friday. Officers found more drugs hidden in the suspect’s underpants when he was searched at the police station.
Class A and Class B drugs, along with the £20,000 cash, were discovered when his home address was later searched. The man was further arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs and money laundering. He has been bailed until a date in late November.
Meanwhile in Fife, Scotland
A report about an incident containing behaviour likely to cause fear or alarm.
Man claimed that dog was sitting on accelerator pedal during high-speed police chase
A first-time dog owner blamed Buster, his newly acquired bull terrier, for a high-speed pursuit which could have caused serious injuries or even a fatality.
But a judge was unimpressed with Jordan James Winn’s explanation for his driving and remanded him in custody, with a warning that he should expect to receive a jail sentence later this month.
Appearing for a scheduled trial at Durham Crown Court on Wednesday, 23-year-old Winn changed his plea to ‘guilty’ to dangerous driving.
But it was on the basis that his unrestrained Staffordshire bull terrier, Buster, which he had just collected as a rescue dog, became excitable and leapt into the driver’s footwell, between him and the steering wheel, on his return home. The court heard that a police patrol officer spotted him driving at speed in Chester-le-Street, shortly after 5pm, on October 19 last year. Jane Waugh, prosecuting, said the officer activated his flashing lights and began pursuing Winn’s Volvo S60, which reached speeds of more than 80-miles per hour, averaging 67-mph in a 30-limit zone over the near mile-long chase.
The Volvo swerved to avoid a car, before suddenly turning right, cutting across an oncoming Nissan Juke, which was forced to suddenly brake to avoid a collision. Miss Waugh said the Juke contained a couple and children aged three and ten. The Volvo eventually stopped as the patrol car approached and Winn was arrested. As he emerged from the car, so did the bull terrier, which Miss Waugh said was then seen running around excitably. Winn conceded as a new owner he was unaware if Buster should be restrained, and, but for the dog’s antics in the car he would not have driven as he did. He said that for a time the dog must have been sitting on the accelerator pedal, and was covering the brake, until he managed to pull it from the footwell, causing it to become more aggressive.
But Judge Christopher Prince said: “I have no hesitation whatsoever in wholly rejecting that account. “The defendant has offered an utterly ludicrous explanation and shown no remorse for extremely dangerous driving. He could have stopped at any time and deliberately chose not to do so. It was dangerous driving in an effort to avoid capture. The manoeuvre in turning across the oncoming car came within inches of loss of life or very serious injury.” Remanding Winn, of Chester-le-Street, in custody, Judge Prince said: “The message has to go out that people engaging in chases with police should expect custody.” Winn will be sentenced after preparation of a background probation report on October 31.
But it was on the basis that his unrestrained Staffordshire bull terrier, Buster, which he had just collected as a rescue dog, became excitable and leapt into the driver’s footwell, between him and the steering wheel, on his return home. The court heard that a police patrol officer spotted him driving at speed in Chester-le-Street, shortly after 5pm, on October 19 last year. Jane Waugh, prosecuting, said the officer activated his flashing lights and began pursuing Winn’s Volvo S60, which reached speeds of more than 80-miles per hour, averaging 67-mph in a 30-limit zone over the near mile-long chase.
The Volvo swerved to avoid a car, before suddenly turning right, cutting across an oncoming Nissan Juke, which was forced to suddenly brake to avoid a collision. Miss Waugh said the Juke contained a couple and children aged three and ten. The Volvo eventually stopped as the patrol car approached and Winn was arrested. As he emerged from the car, so did the bull terrier, which Miss Waugh said was then seen running around excitably. Winn conceded as a new owner he was unaware if Buster should be restrained, and, but for the dog’s antics in the car he would not have driven as he did. He said that for a time the dog must have been sitting on the accelerator pedal, and was covering the brake, until he managed to pull it from the footwell, causing it to become more aggressive.
But Judge Christopher Prince said: “I have no hesitation whatsoever in wholly rejecting that account. “The defendant has offered an utterly ludicrous explanation and shown no remorse for extremely dangerous driving. He could have stopped at any time and deliberately chose not to do so. It was dangerous driving in an effort to avoid capture. The manoeuvre in turning across the oncoming car came within inches of loss of life or very serious injury.” Remanding Winn, of Chester-le-Street, in custody, Judge Prince said: “The message has to go out that people engaging in chases with police should expect custody.” Winn will be sentenced after preparation of a background probation report on October 31.
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