Saturday, October 18, 2014
Cold, angry woman scratched man in dispute over blanket
Police in DeLand, Florida, rushed to a home where neighbours reported a woman had been screaming outside for 15 minutes only to find out she was fighting over a blanket.
Officers found Emma Campbell at 4:14am on Tuesday and after an investigation, arrested and charged her with battery causing bodily harm. Campbell, 20, of Wesley Chapel, left several long, deep scratch injuries on her boyfriend, Alexander McCall’s chest, back and upper right thigh.
Police determined that the fracas was over a blanket. Campbell and McCall, 20, in a relationship for three years, were breaking up and could not agree on who was going to use the blanket. That prompted a fight and a tug of war over the blanket as there was a dispute over the temperature setting of the air conditioning.
Campbell then attacked McCall with her fingernails, police said. “Due to Campbell’s aggressive attacks with her nails, McCall shoved her off of him at which time she landed on the floor,” officers wrote in their report. Campbell claimed McCall cut her lips but police did not see any injuries on her. Campbell was released on Tuesday from the Volusia County Branch Jail on her own recognizance.
Officers found Emma Campbell at 4:14am on Tuesday and after an investigation, arrested and charged her with battery causing bodily harm. Campbell, 20, of Wesley Chapel, left several long, deep scratch injuries on her boyfriend, Alexander McCall’s chest, back and upper right thigh.
Police determined that the fracas was over a blanket. Campbell and McCall, 20, in a relationship for three years, were breaking up and could not agree on who was going to use the blanket. That prompted a fight and a tug of war over the blanket as there was a dispute over the temperature setting of the air conditioning.
Campbell then attacked McCall with her fingernails, police said. “Due to Campbell’s aggressive attacks with her nails, McCall shoved her off of him at which time she landed on the floor,” officers wrote in their report. Campbell claimed McCall cut her lips but police did not see any injuries on her. Campbell was released on Tuesday from the Volusia County Branch Jail on her own recognizance.
Thousands of bees perished after being attracted to massive honey spill
Thousands of bees were crushed by traffic on Thursday morning after they swarmed to a honey spill in North Fort Myers, Florida.
The spill at the Del Prado Boulevard intersection also created a sticky mess on the road and backed up traffic for about an hour.
Neslan Torralvo of Torralvo's Honey & Pollination Service said his flatbed truck hit a bump as he drove east on Del Prado and a barrel in the back of his truck spilled over 100 gallons of honey, about 2,400 pounds, as he turned.
He was hauling the honey to a processor in Haines City. "My wife's gonna be sad, that was her money," he said, laughing. He said the load was worth around $5,000, and he was left with about 20 gallons. He goes to the processor near Lakeland about every two months. Torralvo said cars driving through the intersection after the spill created a bigger mess by spreading the honey.
North Fort Myers Fire Control District Battalion Chief Evan Totter said the department used water pressure to help wash away the honey. The department called a Florida Department of Transportation dump truck to pour sand on the honey. "Everyone fared pretty well," Totter said. "Except the traffic ... and the bees." The spill caused thousands of bees to flock to the intersection to get a sweet taste. Torralvo, also a beekeeper, said the bees were drawn by the smell.
According to this video it was a happy accident for the bees.
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Emergency workers and police from Cape Coral, Lee County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida Highway Patrol swatted the swarming insects as they tried directing traffic and cleaning up the honey. With the bees landing on the honey residue, thousands were crushed by traffic or sprayed away by firefighters. Hours after the crash, police radio traffic reported businesses in the area calling for beekeepers as the insects continued being drawn to the remnants of the spill.
He was hauling the honey to a processor in Haines City. "My wife's gonna be sad, that was her money," he said, laughing. He said the load was worth around $5,000, and he was left with about 20 gallons. He goes to the processor near Lakeland about every two months. Torralvo said cars driving through the intersection after the spill created a bigger mess by spreading the honey.
North Fort Myers Fire Control District Battalion Chief Evan Totter said the department used water pressure to help wash away the honey. The department called a Florida Department of Transportation dump truck to pour sand on the honey. "Everyone fared pretty well," Totter said. "Except the traffic ... and the bees." The spill caused thousands of bees to flock to the intersection to get a sweet taste. Torralvo, also a beekeeper, said the bees were drawn by the smell.
According to this video it was a happy accident for the bees.
YouTube link.
Emergency workers and police from Cape Coral, Lee County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida Highway Patrol swatted the swarming insects as they tried directing traffic and cleaning up the honey. With the bees landing on the honey residue, thousands were crushed by traffic or sprayed away by firefighters. Hours after the crash, police radio traffic reported businesses in the area calling for beekeepers as the insects continued being drawn to the remnants of the spill.
Knife charged with double stabbing
A woman from Saskatchewan, Canada, has been charged with a stabbing that sent two men to hospital early on Thursday morning.
Just after 4am police received a report that a man had been stabbed on the street.
When officers arrived, they also found a second man suffering from stab wounds at a nearby home. Both men were taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Police later arrested a 24-year-old woman, who they say knew the victims. Danielle Anne Knife of Regina faces two counts of aggravated assault.
Just after 4am police received a report that a man had been stabbed on the street.
When officers arrived, they also found a second man suffering from stab wounds at a nearby home. Both men were taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Police later arrested a 24-year-old woman, who they say knew the victims. Danielle Anne Knife of Regina faces two counts of aggravated assault.
Chinese politician claims kung fu movies prove umbrellas are more dangerous than tear gas
A pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong has claimed that the umbrellas carried by the territory's pro-democracy protesters are more dangerous than the tear gas and pepper spray used against them.
Leung Che-cheung told colleagues that the evidence was there in classic Hong Kong kung fu movies, where the hero used an umbrella to fight the villain.
“It is basic common sense that an umbrella can be an aggressive weapon, but many lawmakers are just completely ignorant about history,” Leung lamented. Pro-democracy protesters, now in their third week of occupying main roads around Hong Kong, have become famous for their umbrellas - initially brought to protect against sun and rain, but later employed against pepper spray. The protests were soon christened the "Umbrella Movement", an identity demonstrators have eagerly embraced.
“The umbrella can be used as shelter from the rain and the sun, as a walking stick, or as a stick to [protect yourself] from stray dogs … It’s aggressive,” Leung said. “But tear gas and pepper spray are useless weapons … because they cannot make protesters fall [down], they just come back time after time.” Leung is not a popular figure at the protest camps, after rumours - which he denies - that he helped to mobilise a gang to trash the site in Mong Kok.
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Pro-democracy politicians were dismissive of Leung's "history lesson". Ronny Tong Ka-wah of the Civic Party wondered whether his parliamentary colleague had been “watching too many movies”, before pointing out that "fists can be aggressive too". Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit was even more dismissive. "This kind of defence [of police firing tear gas and pepper spray] is pretty weak, it does not warrant a serious response," he said. "When you mentioned it again, everybody laughed."
“It is basic common sense that an umbrella can be an aggressive weapon, but many lawmakers are just completely ignorant about history,” Leung lamented. Pro-democracy protesters, now in their third week of occupying main roads around Hong Kong, have become famous for their umbrellas - initially brought to protect against sun and rain, but later employed against pepper spray. The protests were soon christened the "Umbrella Movement", an identity demonstrators have eagerly embraced.
“The umbrella can be used as shelter from the rain and the sun, as a walking stick, or as a stick to [protect yourself] from stray dogs … It’s aggressive,” Leung said. “But tear gas and pepper spray are useless weapons … because they cannot make protesters fall [down], they just come back time after time.” Leung is not a popular figure at the protest camps, after rumours - which he denies - that he helped to mobilise a gang to trash the site in Mong Kok.
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Pro-democracy politicians were dismissive of Leung's "history lesson". Ronny Tong Ka-wah of the Civic Party wondered whether his parliamentary colleague had been “watching too many movies”, before pointing out that "fists can be aggressive too". Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit was even more dismissive. "This kind of defence [of police firing tear gas and pepper spray] is pretty weak, it does not warrant a serious response," he said. "When you mentioned it again, everybody laughed."
Toughest anti-rabbit regime in the world rejects calls to make pet bunnies legal
The Queensland Government in north-east Australia has rejected calls to make pet rabbits legal, with Agriculture Minister John McVeigh saying two online petitions and a campaign calling for pet bunnies to be approved will fall on deaf ears when they are submitted later this year.
Queensland has the toughest anti-rabbit regime in the world, with penalties of $44,000 and six months in prison.
The Pet Industry Association of Queensland (PIAQ) said the Government was out of step.
PIAQ president Paul Westaway said Queensland was the only place on the planet where it was illegal to keep domestic rabbits.
"The fine and jail term for having a rabbit in Queensland exceeds quite a lot of other violent crimes," he said.
Mr Westaway said thousands of domestic rabbits were kept illegally in Queensland and the state was missing an opportunity to regulate and manage ownership. "We've proved as an industry that we can handle any sort of regulation or record keeping," he said. Alyson Shepherd, who heads the campaign to legalise domestic rabbits, said she smuggled her rabbit across the border when she moved from Melbourne. "I had plenty of access to food and toys for her - I also found a vet who would look after 'long-eared guinea pigs' and who agreed to give her annual vaccination, as long as she was desexed and micro-chipped," she said. But eventually, her rabbit got sick when her vet was away and she died. "I'm petitioning the Government to allow a desexed, micro-chipped, domesticated rabbit and allow us Queenslanders the choice to own a rabbit as a pet," she said.
The campaign has gained support from an unlikely ally. Ipswich City Councillor David Pahlke said desexed, micro-chipped domestic rabbits would not do any harm. The Ipswich council was one of eight member councils that funds the Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board (DDMRB), the authority responsible for maintaining Queensland's rabbit proof fence. But Ipswich had a rabbit problem and Cr Pahlke said pet rabbits were not the problem. "I think there needs to be a full review into the worthiness of the fence - it just doesn't seem to be working," he said. "We have rabbits throughout southern Queensland and in pockets in other places in Queensland - it's not working, the rabbit has bolted." Fellow Ipswich councillor Andrew Antonelli said residents were paying for the fence and for local eradication costs and at the very least, areas like Brisbane should chip in for the fence costs.
"I think it's time we revisited the whole issue of rabbits," he said. The DDMRB is the last of its kind in the country and is still holding the line with 555 kilometres of rabbit-proof fence, which runs from Mount Gipps near Rathdowney to Miles in southern Queensland. DDMRB control officer Will Dobbie said the fence protected important farming regions like the Lockyer Valley from significant economic damage. "I understand people think rabbits are cute, but there is not a lot of difference in wanting to have a pet cane toad for example," he said. "Both species have had traumatic environmental impacts on Australian ecology, and yet because the rabbit's cute, people have a desire to keep them." But he conceded rabbits were on the run outside of the DDMRB's controlled area. "Rabbits now are quite widespread in Queensland," he said.
Mr Westaway said thousands of domestic rabbits were kept illegally in Queensland and the state was missing an opportunity to regulate and manage ownership. "We've proved as an industry that we can handle any sort of regulation or record keeping," he said. Alyson Shepherd, who heads the campaign to legalise domestic rabbits, said she smuggled her rabbit across the border when she moved from Melbourne. "I had plenty of access to food and toys for her - I also found a vet who would look after 'long-eared guinea pigs' and who agreed to give her annual vaccination, as long as she was desexed and micro-chipped," she said. But eventually, her rabbit got sick when her vet was away and she died. "I'm petitioning the Government to allow a desexed, micro-chipped, domesticated rabbit and allow us Queenslanders the choice to own a rabbit as a pet," she said.
The campaign has gained support from an unlikely ally. Ipswich City Councillor David Pahlke said desexed, micro-chipped domestic rabbits would not do any harm. The Ipswich council was one of eight member councils that funds the Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board (DDMRB), the authority responsible for maintaining Queensland's rabbit proof fence. But Ipswich had a rabbit problem and Cr Pahlke said pet rabbits were not the problem. "I think there needs to be a full review into the worthiness of the fence - it just doesn't seem to be working," he said. "We have rabbits throughout southern Queensland and in pockets in other places in Queensland - it's not working, the rabbit has bolted." Fellow Ipswich councillor Andrew Antonelli said residents were paying for the fence and for local eradication costs and at the very least, areas like Brisbane should chip in for the fence costs.
"I think it's time we revisited the whole issue of rabbits," he said. The DDMRB is the last of its kind in the country and is still holding the line with 555 kilometres of rabbit-proof fence, which runs from Mount Gipps near Rathdowney to Miles in southern Queensland. DDMRB control officer Will Dobbie said the fence protected important farming regions like the Lockyer Valley from significant economic damage. "I understand people think rabbits are cute, but there is not a lot of difference in wanting to have a pet cane toad for example," he said. "Both species have had traumatic environmental impacts on Australian ecology, and yet because the rabbit's cute, people have a desire to keep them." But he conceded rabbits were on the run outside of the DDMRB's controlled area. "Rabbits now are quite widespread in Queensland," he said.
Suspected drugged-driver ate cash in attempt to avoid it being confiscated to help repay his debts
Police in Skåne in southern Sweden say a man they stopped on suspicion of drugged-driving started eating bank notes, to stop them being confiscated to help repay his debts.
On Thursday, officers arrested a man already known to police on suspicion of driving his car while under the influence of drugs. They later discovered wads of cash in his vehicle.
When the suspect, who was in debt, learned that his money would be passed on to bailiffs, he became furious. "He snatched up the money, put it in his mouth and started to eat it up," a spokesperson for Södra Skåne Police said.
They added that the man "frantically chewed his notes and yelled". It was pointed out to the man that despite eating the cash his debt remained. Officers then called medical staff, "because no-one knew exactly how unhealthy it was to eat bank notes."
On Thursday, officers arrested a man already known to police on suspicion of driving his car while under the influence of drugs. They later discovered wads of cash in his vehicle.
When the suspect, who was in debt, learned that his money would be passed on to bailiffs, he became furious. "He snatched up the money, put it in his mouth and started to eat it up," a spokesperson for Södra Skåne Police said.
They added that the man "frantically chewed his notes and yelled". It was pointed out to the man that despite eating the cash his debt remained. Officers then called medical staff, "because no-one knew exactly how unhealthy it was to eat bank notes."
Police hunt polka dot onesie-wearing man and his spade-carrying partner over missing monitors
A man in a red polka dot onesie is being linked to the theft of three monitor screens from Dewsbury train station in west Yorkshire.
The distinctive suspect was captured on CCTV on Monday October 6 just after 10.50pm when one of the monitors was stolen.
He was accompanied by another man wearing purple leggings and carrying a spade.
Two other monitors were stolen on Sunday October 5 and Friday October 3, both in the evening. PC Marcus Robinson said: “Three monitors were stolen over a three day period from the station. On each occasion the security surround on the monitors was forced off and the screens stolen.
“The screens, which are expensive and will now have to be replaced, are used to provide up to date travel information to passengers at the station and usually only operate in a commercial environment. They cannot be used as televisions but they may be able to be hooked up to a computer or a gaming station which is one possible line of enquiry we are looking into.
“First TransPennine Express, who manage the station, have now increased security measures on other screens at their stations to make them more difficult to steal. We are releasing their images in that hope that, despite their faces being covered, someone may recognise their distinctive dress. We believe they may be able to assist our enquiries into this incident and are investigating whether they are linked to the other two thefts.”
Two other monitors were stolen on Sunday October 5 and Friday October 3, both in the evening. PC Marcus Robinson said: “Three monitors were stolen over a three day period from the station. On each occasion the security surround on the monitors was forced off and the screens stolen.
“The screens, which are expensive and will now have to be replaced, are used to provide up to date travel information to passengers at the station and usually only operate in a commercial environment. They cannot be used as televisions but they may be able to be hooked up to a computer or a gaming station which is one possible line of enquiry we are looking into.
“First TransPennine Express, who manage the station, have now increased security measures on other screens at their stations to make them more difficult to steal. We are releasing their images in that hope that, despite their faces being covered, someone may recognise their distinctive dress. We believe they may be able to assist our enquiries into this incident and are investigating whether they are linked to the other two thefts.”
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