Sunday, November 09, 2014
Man accused of getting into a fight over whether or not acquaintance was dead
A 62-year-old Florida man is accused of getting into a physical fight after an argument about whether or not an acquaintance was dead.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies were called for a disturbance on Oct. 23, according to the arrest report.
They found Henry Hill Shiver Jr., who reported that the victim told Shiver and another person that an acquaintance had died. Shiver said the victim later said the acquaintance was not dead. Shiver and the other person began yelling at the victim, which escalated to a physical fight.
Shiver said “they hit the victim with a bucket” but later changed his story several times. He eventually said it was “self defence” and the other person assisted him. Shiver said he’d “jumped on the victim” and “began striking him in the face with his fists.” The victim had several injuries, including a cut on his head.
Deputies were unable to observe the injuries “due to the amount of blood on the victim.” The victim was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center for treatment. Shiver was arrested and a baggie of marijuana was found in his pocket. He is charged with battery as a second or subsequent offence and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana. His next scheduled court date is Dec. 2.
They found Henry Hill Shiver Jr., who reported that the victim told Shiver and another person that an acquaintance had died. Shiver said the victim later said the acquaintance was not dead. Shiver and the other person began yelling at the victim, which escalated to a physical fight.
Shiver said “they hit the victim with a bucket” but later changed his story several times. He eventually said it was “self defence” and the other person assisted him. Shiver said he’d “jumped on the victim” and “began striking him in the face with his fists.” The victim had several injuries, including a cut on his head.
Deputies were unable to observe the injuries “due to the amount of blood on the victim.” The victim was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center for treatment. Shiver was arrested and a baggie of marijuana was found in his pocket. He is charged with battery as a second or subsequent offence and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana. His next scheduled court date is Dec. 2.
Woman stabbed boyfriend after he threatened to harm her turtle
A 53-year-old Florida woman told authorities she stabbed her boyfriend because he threatened to hurt her pet turtle, according to an arrest report.
Marie Seymour faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
She was released from the Palm Beach County Jail under supervised conditions. On Tuesday morning, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies were called to an address in Lake Park.
Seymour and her boyfriend were drinking when he said he would harm her turtle and allegedly came after her, according to her recount of the events. Seymour said that in defence, she took out her knife and stabbed him, according to the report.
It’s not clear where Seymour stabbed her boyfriend. When deputies arrived, the boyfriend told authorities he did not want Seymour to go to jail. While he was treated for his injuries at a hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Seymour was taken to jail for booking. The turtle’s name was not released.
She was released from the Palm Beach County Jail under supervised conditions. On Tuesday morning, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies were called to an address in Lake Park.
Seymour and her boyfriend were drinking when he said he would harm her turtle and allegedly came after her, according to her recount of the events. Seymour said that in defence, she took out her knife and stabbed him, according to the report.
It’s not clear where Seymour stabbed her boyfriend. When deputies arrived, the boyfriend told authorities he did not want Seymour to go to jail. While he was treated for his injuries at a hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Seymour was taken to jail for booking. The turtle’s name was not released.
81-year-old man charged with stealing 11 truckloads of tangerines
A Florida man has been charged with stealing 11 truckloads of tangerines from groves around Polk County, then selling the fruit at Parksdale Farms in Plant City.
Herman Southall , 81, was charged with 11 counts of transporting citrus without a certificate, grand theft between $300 and $5,000, grand theft of more than 2,000 pieces of citrus, and trespassing.
Southall and Christopher Scarlett were found by deputies on Wednesday picking fruit in a Dundee grove after a Polk County Sheriff's Office helicopter pilot saw them. A Sheriff's Office report said the two had picked more than four rows of tangerines, about 2,000 pieces of Sunburst tangerines.
The report said they were preparing to load the fruit into Southall's truck. Detectives reported that Southall, from Lake Wales, sold a separate load of tangerines valued at $338 to Parksdale Farms on Tuesday. He is being held in the Polk County Jail in lieu of $8,500 bail.
Herman Southall , 81, was charged with 11 counts of transporting citrus without a certificate, grand theft between $300 and $5,000, grand theft of more than 2,000 pieces of citrus, and trespassing.
Southall and Christopher Scarlett were found by deputies on Wednesday picking fruit in a Dundee grove after a Polk County Sheriff's Office helicopter pilot saw them. A Sheriff's Office report said the two had picked more than four rows of tangerines, about 2,000 pieces of Sunburst tangerines.
The report said they were preparing to load the fruit into Southall's truck. Detectives reported that Southall, from Lake Wales, sold a separate load of tangerines valued at $338 to Parksdale Farms on Tuesday. He is being held in the Polk County Jail in lieu of $8,500 bail.
Woman who seized female bartender's dentures says she was just trying to save her marriage
A Massachusetts mother-of-three charged with ripping out the dentures of a female bartender she feared was fooling around with her husband of 20 years insists she was just trying to save her marriage and never meant to hurt anyone.
“I’m a lover, not a fighter,” said a teary-eyed Caterina Froio-Chaput, the Oxford woman accused of attacking bartender Susan Carlson with a beer bottle on Wednesday night at the local American Legion Post 58.
Froio-Chaput says she’s embarrassed and humiliated by the fracas.
“I love my husband. I love my family. We have three beautiful children,” Froio-Chaput said.
“All I’m trying to do is save my family. My first priority are my three children. They are my life and they love their dad. And they need their dad.” But Carlson insisted there was no affair. Carlson, 47, who has two children, said she and Ernest Chaput are good friends who have known each other for many years. The brouhaha began when Froio-Chaput, 46, said she caught wind that her husband was at the Legion post and she went there to bring him home. When she got there, she said her husband suggested she have a beer. Carlson, she said, came over and told her to leave, saying that she had been “scratched” from the post.
The women’s accounts differ. Froio-Chaput said she was defending herself and knocked over the beer bottle. Carlson told the police Froio-Chaput hit her in the face, pulled her hair, pulled out her false teeth and threw a beer bottle at her chest, according to the police report. When the police arrived, one of them asked Froio-Chaput where Carlson’s teeth were, and she told them she didn’t know, the police report said. Froio-Chaput then ripped off her vest and threw it on floor, the police report said, and the officers found the dentures in her vest pocket.
“I don’t have fake teeth they must belong to that bitch and she must have planted them in my pocket,” Froio-Chaput said, according to the police report. Police handcuffed Froio-Chaput and charged her with assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - a beer bottle. Froio-Chaput insisted Carlson’s fake teeth “fell out” into her hand. “I was in shock. I didn’t know she had false teeth,” she said. “I don’t condone what happened. I feel very badly about it,” said Froio-Chaput, who added she’s a former church and school volunteer who has never been in trouble with the law. Carlson said she wears a brace with fake bottom teeth after losing some in a car accident when she was younger. As for Ernest Chaput, he denied an affair and said he loves his wife.
“All I’m trying to do is save my family. My first priority are my three children. They are my life and they love their dad. And they need their dad.” But Carlson insisted there was no affair. Carlson, 47, who has two children, said she and Ernest Chaput are good friends who have known each other for many years. The brouhaha began when Froio-Chaput, 46, said she caught wind that her husband was at the Legion post and she went there to bring him home. When she got there, she said her husband suggested she have a beer. Carlson, she said, came over and told her to leave, saying that she had been “scratched” from the post.
The women’s accounts differ. Froio-Chaput said she was defending herself and knocked over the beer bottle. Carlson told the police Froio-Chaput hit her in the face, pulled her hair, pulled out her false teeth and threw a beer bottle at her chest, according to the police report. When the police arrived, one of them asked Froio-Chaput where Carlson’s teeth were, and she told them she didn’t know, the police report said. Froio-Chaput then ripped off her vest and threw it on floor, the police report said, and the officers found the dentures in her vest pocket.
“I don’t have fake teeth they must belong to that bitch and she must have planted them in my pocket,” Froio-Chaput said, according to the police report. Police handcuffed Froio-Chaput and charged her with assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - a beer bottle. Froio-Chaput insisted Carlson’s fake teeth “fell out” into her hand. “I was in shock. I didn’t know she had false teeth,” she said. “I don’t condone what happened. I feel very badly about it,” said Froio-Chaput, who added she’s a former church and school volunteer who has never been in trouble with the law. Carlson said she wears a brace with fake bottom teeth after losing some in a car accident when she was younger. As for Ernest Chaput, he denied an affair and said he loves his wife.
Man sentenced to two years in jail for €5 bank theft
An angry bank customer in Spain who jumped over a counter and helped himself to €5 (£3.90, $6.20) he felt was owed to him after account charges wiped out his bank balance has been jailed for two years.
The man received the sentence after he stole the €5 from a bank branch in the Galician capital of La Coruña and fled. He took the money after turning up the branch with his passbook to withdraw the last of the funds in his account.
When he reached the front of the queue however, he learned bank charges meant his account was actually in the red. At that point, the man became angry and shouted out demanding explanations. When the bank manager emerged from his office to intervene, the customer thrust his fist into the man's face and said he was going to beat the hell out of him.
Two other members of staff then intervened but to no avail. He pushed the three aside and jumped over a counter before opening a drawer, taking out €5 and fleeing. The man admitted his guilt and was sentenced to two years for aggravated robbery.
The man received the sentence after he stole the €5 from a bank branch in the Galician capital of La Coruña and fled. He took the money after turning up the branch with his passbook to withdraw the last of the funds in his account.
When he reached the front of the queue however, he learned bank charges meant his account was actually in the red. At that point, the man became angry and shouted out demanding explanations. When the bank manager emerged from his office to intervene, the customer thrust his fist into the man's face and said he was going to beat the hell out of him.
Two other members of staff then intervened but to no avail. He pushed the three aside and jumped over a counter before opening a drawer, taking out €5 and fleeing. The man admitted his guilt and was sentenced to two years for aggravated robbery.
Chip shop pastie recipe row led to child abduction bid
A man tried to abduct a child from school after starting a row with the boy's father over a chip shop recipe for a pastie mix, a court has heard.
Christopher Smyth, from Wynchurch Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, was accused of punching the boy's father on 27 February.
The court heard Smyth then drove to a school attended by the victim's 13-year-old son and lied to staff that the boy's parents had been in a car crash.
He pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and attempted child abduction.
Belfast Crown Court heard Smyth's family owns three fish and chip shops in Belfast, and the assault victim's family also run a number of fast food outlets in the city. A prosecution barrister said that on the morning of 27 February, Smyth arrived at the victim's front door and "became aggressive straightaway and was shouting about a recipe for a pastie mix". The court heard that when the man told Smyth to get off his property, the accused punched him in the mouth without warning, splitting his lip. It was alleged Smyth told the victim: "You're dead," before trying to headbutt the injured man.
The man managed to close his front door, which was then kicked several times by Smyth. About 30 minutes after the assault, Smyth drove to a school attended by the victim's son and spoke to several members of staff in the school's reception area. The court hear Smyth claimed that the schoolboy's parents had been in a car accident, and that he was the teenager's uncle and needed to take him out of school. However, the boy was not at school that day, and when staff became suspicious, Smyth left the premises. He was arrested later that afternoon on several charges, including attempted child abduction.
The prosecution barrister said Smyth had claimed he had "no intention" of taking the teenager out of school, and that he only wanted to talk to the boy so he could tell his father to "call off the police". The prosecutor added: "There is no evidence to suggest the defendant would have inflicted physical harm on him." She said his actions at the school were an "extension of his grievance" with the teenager's father. Passing sentence, the judge said it appeared the two families had once been close but that a fall-out had occurred over a number of matters, including a recipe for pasties. He handed the 27-year-old an 18-month sentence, which was suspended for three years. However, the judge warned Smyth he would "put the sentence into effect" if he committed any further offences.
Belfast Crown Court heard Smyth's family owns three fish and chip shops in Belfast, and the assault victim's family also run a number of fast food outlets in the city. A prosecution barrister said that on the morning of 27 February, Smyth arrived at the victim's front door and "became aggressive straightaway and was shouting about a recipe for a pastie mix". The court heard that when the man told Smyth to get off his property, the accused punched him in the mouth without warning, splitting his lip. It was alleged Smyth told the victim: "You're dead," before trying to headbutt the injured man.
The man managed to close his front door, which was then kicked several times by Smyth. About 30 minutes after the assault, Smyth drove to a school attended by the victim's son and spoke to several members of staff in the school's reception area. The court hear Smyth claimed that the schoolboy's parents had been in a car accident, and that he was the teenager's uncle and needed to take him out of school. However, the boy was not at school that day, and when staff became suspicious, Smyth left the premises. He was arrested later that afternoon on several charges, including attempted child abduction.
The prosecution barrister said Smyth had claimed he had "no intention" of taking the teenager out of school, and that he only wanted to talk to the boy so he could tell his father to "call off the police". The prosecutor added: "There is no evidence to suggest the defendant would have inflicted physical harm on him." She said his actions at the school were an "extension of his grievance" with the teenager's father. Passing sentence, the judge said it appeared the two families had once been close but that a fall-out had occurred over a number of matters, including a recipe for pasties. He handed the 27-year-old an 18-month sentence, which was suspended for three years. However, the judge warned Smyth he would "put the sentence into effect" if he committed any further offences.
Jealous man assaulted ex-girlfriend with a Cornetto
An ex-boyfriend who got jealous when his former partner told him she was seeing someone else assaulted her with a Cornetto, a court heard.
Angry Ben Moses, 20, "thrust" the Wall's ice cream into Katie Crowle's face after she said she was seeing another man.
Magistrates in Truro, Cornwall, heard the relationship went into meltdown after Ms Crowle admitted she was involved with someone else. Gail Hawksley, prosecuting, said the pair were trying to reconcile after a three-week split when she revealed details of the new relationship.
Furious Moses reacted by grabbing a Cornetto that one of their two childrens had been eating and tried to stuff it into her mouth, the court heard. Ms Crowle dialled 999 during their fight but the last thing a police operator heard was the sound of her screaming. The woman was left with a face full of ice cream, a swollen lip and a bruised chin, the court was told.
Ms Hawksley said Moses had no previous convictions but had a caution for assaulting the same woman, his partner of four years. Rob Eccleston, defending, said Ms Crowle had taunted his client with intimate details about her sex life with the unnamed other man. The court heard that in spite of the bust up the feuding couple are now back together. Moses of Falmouth, Cornwall, admitted assault on October 11 and was fined £100 and ordered to pay £105 costs.
Magistrates in Truro, Cornwall, heard the relationship went into meltdown after Ms Crowle admitted she was involved with someone else. Gail Hawksley, prosecuting, said the pair were trying to reconcile after a three-week split when she revealed details of the new relationship.
Furious Moses reacted by grabbing a Cornetto that one of their two childrens had been eating and tried to stuff it into her mouth, the court heard. Ms Crowle dialled 999 during their fight but the last thing a police operator heard was the sound of her screaming. The woman was left with a face full of ice cream, a swollen lip and a bruised chin, the court was told.
Ms Hawksley said Moses had no previous convictions but had a caution for assaulting the same woman, his partner of four years. Rob Eccleston, defending, said Ms Crowle had taunted his client with intimate details about her sex life with the unnamed other man. The court heard that in spite of the bust up the feuding couple are now back together. Moses of Falmouth, Cornwall, admitted assault on October 11 and was fined £100 and ordered to pay £105 costs.
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