Friday, November 21, 2014
Man allegedly became violent when asked to share his eggnog
An Upper East Tennessee man who was allegedly driven to violence by an unwelcome request to share his eggnog on Sunday evening is to appear in Hawkins County Sessions Court charged with two counts of domestic assault.
Dennis Joseph Saxe, 45, of Mount Carmel, has been held in the Hawkins County Jail without bond since his arrest on Monday morning.
At around 6:23pm Police Department Officer Luke Jarnigan was dispatched to Saxe's residence which he shares with his girlfriend Christina Wyant.
Wyant told Jarnigan that Saxe became violent when her teenage daughter asked for a glass of his eggnog. "Mr. Saxe got mad and punched a hole in the wall, screaming at (the daughter) for wanting some eggnog," Jarnigan said. "Christina stated she told Saxe to stop, and that it was just eggnog. (The daughter) stated she went into the living room and told Saxe that if he did not want her to have the eggnog, she wouldn't get any."
Saxe then allegedly ran up to the daughter, "got in her face," and started screaming at her. Wyant reportedly tried to get Saxe to stop, at which time Saxe allegedly pushed her down onto a couch. When Wyant got back up, Saxe allegedly began choking her. "Christina stated that at some point they all ended up on the floor, and Christina was yelling for Saxe to stop because he had his arms around (the daughter)," Jarnigan said. "Saxe stood up to punch Christina, and (the daughter's boyfriend) pushed Saxe onto the couch."
The daughter then called 911, and Saxe left the residence. MCPD Officer Cody Bussell arrested Saxe on Jarnigan's warrant for two counts of domestic assault after Saxe returned to his home. Jarnigan said there was no indication that anyone in the household was under the influence at the time of the alleged assaults, nor was the incident preceded by any other arguments or altercations. "Based on the witness accounts, she (Wyant's daughter) asked for a glass of eggnog, and he (Saxe) went off," Jarnigan said. "He didn't want to share his eggnog."
Wyant told Jarnigan that Saxe became violent when her teenage daughter asked for a glass of his eggnog. "Mr. Saxe got mad and punched a hole in the wall, screaming at (the daughter) for wanting some eggnog," Jarnigan said. "Christina stated she told Saxe to stop, and that it was just eggnog. (The daughter) stated she went into the living room and told Saxe that if he did not want her to have the eggnog, she wouldn't get any."
Saxe then allegedly ran up to the daughter, "got in her face," and started screaming at her. Wyant reportedly tried to get Saxe to stop, at which time Saxe allegedly pushed her down onto a couch. When Wyant got back up, Saxe allegedly began choking her. "Christina stated that at some point they all ended up on the floor, and Christina was yelling for Saxe to stop because he had his arms around (the daughter)," Jarnigan said. "Saxe stood up to punch Christina, and (the daughter's boyfriend) pushed Saxe onto the couch."
The daughter then called 911, and Saxe left the residence. MCPD Officer Cody Bussell arrested Saxe on Jarnigan's warrant for two counts of domestic assault after Saxe returned to his home. Jarnigan said there was no indication that anyone in the household was under the influence at the time of the alleged assaults, nor was the incident preceded by any other arguments or altercations. "Based on the witness accounts, she (Wyant's daughter) asked for a glass of eggnog, and he (Saxe) went off," Jarnigan said. "He didn't want to share his eggnog."
Unhappy cyclist arrested after being rejected at Taco Bell drive-through for not being in a car
A drunken cyclist in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, whose drive-through order at Taco Bell was rejected because he wasn't in a car refused to leave the restaurant then tussled with police.
Gabriel Harris, 33, was charged with resisting an officer with violence in the late-night incident and was out of the Volusia County Branch Jail on $1,000 bail. Taco Bell workers called police at 3:10am on Sunday after Harris and a woman, both intoxicated, would not leave the restaurant.
Police found Harris on a bicycle by the menu speaker. Aron Tobler, the employee, said he refused service to Harris and Sarah Haliburton because “they placed an order on bicycles” in the drive through window. Haliburton was not charged. Police said Harris got to the restaurant after it closed at 3am.
As police were asking Harris to leave, they spotted a red Swiss Army knife on Harris' belt loop and tried to reach for it. Harris grabbed the officer's wrist and Harris was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed. Harris suffered a scraped forehead, police said.
Gabriel Harris, 33, was charged with resisting an officer with violence in the late-night incident and was out of the Volusia County Branch Jail on $1,000 bail. Taco Bell workers called police at 3:10am on Sunday after Harris and a woman, both intoxicated, would not leave the restaurant.
Police found Harris on a bicycle by the menu speaker. Aron Tobler, the employee, said he refused service to Harris and Sarah Haliburton because “they placed an order on bicycles” in the drive through window. Haliburton was not charged. Police said Harris got to the restaurant after it closed at 3am.
As police were asking Harris to leave, they spotted a red Swiss Army knife on Harris' belt loop and tried to reach for it. Harris grabbed the officer's wrist and Harris was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed. Harris suffered a scraped forehead, police said.
Grandmother called nutcase during clash with police still traumatised
A grandmother in Australia who was labelled a 'nutcase' and told 'she had no rights' by police during a roadside confrontation says she is still traumatised by the incident.
Linda Milazzo refused to stop at a police roadblock in South Yarra, Victoria, in May 2012.
Instead, the 63-year-old drove through the roadside operation, clipping an officer as she passed.
Three police officers pursued her vehicle and a screaming match broke out when she refused to turn her engine off and get out of her car.
The run-in was recorded on an officer's vest-mounted camera, later presented as evidence at the County Court. In the video, a police officer demands Mrs Milazzo, who had recently suffered a heart attack, step out of the car, but she refuses, claiming she is having another cardiac arrest, to which the officer replies: 'You don't look like you're having a heart attack'. Threatening Mrs Milazzo with an attempted murder charge, an officer continues: 'You have just attempted to run over a policeman.
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'You just attempted to run down a policeman'. An officer then turns to a colleague, labelling Mrs Milazzo a 'f*cking nutcase', followed by laughter. Mrs Milazzo received a $1,000 fine and was disqualified from driving for six months, but it was the actions of police that concerned her most. "I'd like to see them go and do some courses on how to deal with people," she said.
Two years on, Mrs Milazzo said police conduct must change. "I want them to learn from it. I want them to learn that this is not acceptable behaviour." Embarrassed by the video, Victoria's senior police say they will investigate the incident, with the officers involved facing possible disciplinary action. "We don't condone that sort of behaviour and we continually instruct our officers and guide our officers about being as polite as possible and courteous to the public when they're executing their duties," said Deputy Police Commissioner Graham Ashton.
The run-in was recorded on an officer's vest-mounted camera, later presented as evidence at the County Court. In the video, a police officer demands Mrs Milazzo, who had recently suffered a heart attack, step out of the car, but she refuses, claiming she is having another cardiac arrest, to which the officer replies: 'You don't look like you're having a heart attack'. Threatening Mrs Milazzo with an attempted murder charge, an officer continues: 'You have just attempted to run over a policeman.
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'You just attempted to run down a policeman'. An officer then turns to a colleague, labelling Mrs Milazzo a 'f*cking nutcase', followed by laughter. Mrs Milazzo received a $1,000 fine and was disqualified from driving for six months, but it was the actions of police that concerned her most. "I'd like to see them go and do some courses on how to deal with people," she said.
Two years on, Mrs Milazzo said police conduct must change. "I want them to learn from it. I want them to learn that this is not acceptable behaviour." Embarrassed by the video, Victoria's senior police say they will investigate the incident, with the officers involved facing possible disciplinary action. "We don't condone that sort of behaviour and we continually instruct our officers and guide our officers about being as polite as possible and courteous to the public when they're executing their duties," said Deputy Police Commissioner Graham Ashton.
Half-naked Winnie-the-Pooh no longer candidate for being public face of children's playground
Councillors in Poland have blocked a plan to have Winnie-the-Pooh used as the public face of a children's playground because the British bear is of "dubious sexuality" and "inappropriately dressed" for children because he is "half naked".
Officials in the small town of Tuszyn, in central Poland, were meeting to decide upon a new patron for a children’s playground when Winnie-the-Pooh was brought up. But the suggestion was quickly rounded on by more conservative members. Councillor Ryszard Cichy, 46, said: "The problem with that bear is it doesn’t have a complete wardrobe.
"It is half naked which is wholly inappropriate for children." He then suggested a Polish fictional bear, saying: "Ours is dressed from head to toe, unlike Pooh who is only dressed from the waist up." The meeting, which was recorded by one of the councillors, then turned on Winnie-the-Pooh’s sexuality. One official was heard saying: "It doesn’t wear underpants because it doesn’t have a sex. It’s a hermaphrodite."
Councillor Hanna Jachimska then began criticising the Winnie-the-Pooh author Alan Alexander Milne. She said: "This is very disturbing but can you imagine! The author was over 60 and cut his [Pooh's] testicles off with a razor blade because he had a problem with his identity." The councillors have yet to make a formal decision about which bear will be the patron of the children’s playground. But Winnie-the-Pooh is not a candidate, they said.
Officials in the small town of Tuszyn, in central Poland, were meeting to decide upon a new patron for a children’s playground when Winnie-the-Pooh was brought up. But the suggestion was quickly rounded on by more conservative members. Councillor Ryszard Cichy, 46, said: "The problem with that bear is it doesn’t have a complete wardrobe.
"It is half naked which is wholly inappropriate for children." He then suggested a Polish fictional bear, saying: "Ours is dressed from head to toe, unlike Pooh who is only dressed from the waist up." The meeting, which was recorded by one of the councillors, then turned on Winnie-the-Pooh’s sexuality. One official was heard saying: "It doesn’t wear underpants because it doesn’t have a sex. It’s a hermaphrodite."
Councillor Hanna Jachimska then began criticising the Winnie-the-Pooh author Alan Alexander Milne. She said: "This is very disturbing but can you imagine! The author was over 60 and cut his [Pooh's] testicles off with a razor blade because he had a problem with his identity." The councillors have yet to make a formal decision about which bear will be the patron of the children’s playground. But Winnie-the-Pooh is not a candidate, they said.
Controversy after Welsh Assembly member told by Presiding Officer to remove hand from hip
An MA was told to take her hand off her hip while speaking in the Welsh Assembly.
Presiding Officer Dame Rosemary Butler called Liberal Democrat Eluned Parrott to order and then said: "Will you ask the question and take your hand off your hip please?"
It happened during noisy exchanges in the chamber about cuts in funding for music lessons in schools. South Wales Central AM Ms Parrott did as she was asked, then carried on grilling Education Minister Huw Lewis. The Liberal Democrats have condemned Dame Rosemary's behaviour.
"It is not the presiding officer's place to tell assembly members how they should stand," a spokesman said. "Eluned was asking legitimate questions of the minister and at no point did she use unparliamentary language. It's therefore disappointing that this intervention was made, especially as the minister failed to properly answer the questions asked of him."
The spokesman added: "It is the presiding officer's role to enable assembly members to hold ministers to account." Responding to the criticism, Dame Rosemary said she did not think the incident was "worth talking about". "I kept order in the chamber, I asked Eluned Parrott to remove her hand and she did and she carried on," she said.
It happened during noisy exchanges in the chamber about cuts in funding for music lessons in schools. South Wales Central AM Ms Parrott did as she was asked, then carried on grilling Education Minister Huw Lewis. The Liberal Democrats have condemned Dame Rosemary's behaviour.
"It is not the presiding officer's place to tell assembly members how they should stand," a spokesman said. "Eluned was asking legitimate questions of the minister and at no point did she use unparliamentary language. It's therefore disappointing that this intervention was made, especially as the minister failed to properly answer the questions asked of him."
The spokesman added: "It is the presiding officer's role to enable assembly members to hold ministers to account." Responding to the criticism, Dame Rosemary said she did not think the incident was "worth talking about". "I kept order in the chamber, I asked Eluned Parrott to remove her hand and she did and she carried on," she said.
School strive to solve riddle of missing spoons
Staff at St Peter's Primary School in Darwen, Lancashire, are trying to solve the riddle of the missing spoons.
According to the school, catering manager Laura Marrs ordered 200 new spoons at the start of the school year, but only 135 are left.
A school spokeswoman said: "Children often borrow spoons for packed lunches.
"Please check your child's lunch box each day and return any school cutlery."
According to the school, catering manager Laura Marrs ordered 200 new spoons at the start of the school year, but only 135 are left.
A school spokeswoman said: "Children often borrow spoons for packed lunches.
"Please check your child's lunch box each day and return any school cutlery."
Woman who walked 50 miles wearing Garfield onesie in search of beloved cat reunited with him
A ginger cat who went missing four months ago sparking a huge campaign has been found.
Marmie disappeared from his garden in Barming, Kent, in July.
His plight prompted owner Tracy Brewster, 52, to organise a march through the centre of Maidstone and wear a Garfield onesie to complete a 50-mile walk to Essex to raise awareness.
Posters and T-shirts with Marmie's face on were printed and Miss Brewster even lost her job as a housekeeper as she led the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week quest to bring him home. Miss Brewster sobbed with joy on Tuesday night when she received a call to say her beloved pet had been found.
The puss had been taken in by Mike and Jane Lille who live 35 miles away in Surrey and were completely unaware of the Mrs Brewster's campaign to find him. Mr and Mrs Lille first spotted Marmie on wasteland near their home in July, the same month the cat went missing, and gradually gained his trust by leaving food out.
They finally managed to coax him into their house last week and took him to a vet in Merstham a few days later. Marmie could be traced back to his owner by the contact details on his microchip. "Miracles never happen to me," Miss Brewster said. "But this is nothing short of a miracle."
Posters and T-shirts with Marmie's face on were printed and Miss Brewster even lost her job as a housekeeper as she led the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week quest to bring him home. Miss Brewster sobbed with joy on Tuesday night when she received a call to say her beloved pet had been found.
The puss had been taken in by Mike and Jane Lille who live 35 miles away in Surrey and were completely unaware of the Mrs Brewster's campaign to find him. Mr and Mrs Lille first spotted Marmie on wasteland near their home in July, the same month the cat went missing, and gradually gained his trust by leaving food out.
They finally managed to coax him into their house last week and took him to a vet in Merstham a few days later. Marmie could be traced back to his owner by the contact details on his microchip. "Miracles never happen to me," Miss Brewster said. "But this is nothing short of a miracle."
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