Thursday, February 05, 2015
Rapping father-to-be hit with tricycle in dreadlock stramash
A pregnant Florida woman accused of pulling the dreadlocks of the father of her child-to-be and hitting him with a tricycle ended up behind bars.
Clinda Josaphat, 20, told Fort Pierce police she was doing her child-to-be’s father’s hair on January 19 while he was rapping.
Josaphat said the child-to be’s father, identified by police as the victim, said that since she was not being intimate with him, he was “getting it” elsewhere. Josaphat said she told him she could not have sex on doctor’s orders. She said he picked her up and threw her on a trashcan.
The victim said Josaphat was doing his hair as they talked about their unborn child. He said the altercation started when he said he didn’t want to be in her life but did want to be in his child’s life. Josaphat “kept twisting his dreads tighter and tighter,” eventually hitting him with a tricycle.
A witness said Josaphat “was all over (the victim) pulling his dreads and biting him.” The witness said Josaphat tried to hit him with a tricycle and a rake. The victim had welts on his head from the hair pulling and a bite mark on the back. Josaphat, of Fort Pierce, was arrested on a battery charge.
Josaphat said the child-to be’s father, identified by police as the victim, said that since she was not being intimate with him, he was “getting it” elsewhere. Josaphat said she told him she could not have sex on doctor’s orders. She said he picked her up and threw her on a trashcan.
The victim said Josaphat was doing his hair as they talked about their unborn child. He said the altercation started when he said he didn’t want to be in her life but did want to be in his child’s life. Josaphat “kept twisting his dreads tighter and tighter,” eventually hitting him with a tricycle.
A witness said Josaphat “was all over (the victim) pulling his dreads and biting him.” The witness said Josaphat tried to hit him with a tricycle and a rake. The victim had welts on his head from the hair pulling and a bite mark on the back. Josaphat, of Fort Pierce, was arrested on a battery charge.
Three men arrested for stealing empty safe
In the early hours of Monday morning, police in Kingsport, Tennessee, received an anonymous tip that three men were flipping a safe across the parking lot of Model City Apartments. The tipster informed the officers the three men dragged the safe into apartment D-9.
Officers responded and talked to Willard Harmon, 41, of apartment D-9. At the apartment the officers also spoke with Harmon's son, Dustin Hickman, 27, and another man, Dustin E. Stacy, 26, both from Kingsport.
Harmon reportedly invited officers inside his apartment where a large safe was observed to be sitting in the kitchen, in plain view. When asked about the safe, the three reportedly claimed they found the safe in an alleyway in downtown Kingsport. Further investigation revealed that the safe had allegedly been stolen from a warehouse. An inspection of the warehouse by KPD officers showed damage to a chain link fence, a window and some locks.
A trail of scratch marks showed officers where the safe had been dragged across the floor. The safe had allegedly been loaded onto the rear trunk lid of a vehicle, where it was transported back to Model City Apartments. At some point, the safe shattered the rear window of the vehicle and reportedly fell on Stacy's foot. Though the safe itself was valued at more than $500, when opened by the police, it turned out to be empty.
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If things were not bad enough, while officers were inside the apartment, a live military smoke grenade was observed. After some questioning, Hickman stated the grenade was his because he liked to collect war memorabilia. When asked where he had obtained it, he reportedly told officers he got if from "some kid" at the Kingsport Skate Park. The grenade was taken by a member of the KPD explosive Ordanance Disposal Unit and transported to a safe storage facility. Harmon and Hickman were both arrested and charged with burglary, theft over $500 and possession of a prohibited weapon. Stacy was arrested and charged with burglary and theft over $500.
Harmon reportedly invited officers inside his apartment where a large safe was observed to be sitting in the kitchen, in plain view. When asked about the safe, the three reportedly claimed they found the safe in an alleyway in downtown Kingsport. Further investigation revealed that the safe had allegedly been stolen from a warehouse. An inspection of the warehouse by KPD officers showed damage to a chain link fence, a window and some locks.
A trail of scratch marks showed officers where the safe had been dragged across the floor. The safe had allegedly been loaded onto the rear trunk lid of a vehicle, where it was transported back to Model City Apartments. At some point, the safe shattered the rear window of the vehicle and reportedly fell on Stacy's foot. Though the safe itself was valued at more than $500, when opened by the police, it turned out to be empty.
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If things were not bad enough, while officers were inside the apartment, a live military smoke grenade was observed. After some questioning, Hickman stated the grenade was his because he liked to collect war memorabilia. When asked where he had obtained it, he reportedly told officers he got if from "some kid" at the Kingsport Skate Park. The grenade was taken by a member of the KPD explosive Ordanance Disposal Unit and transported to a safe storage facility. Harmon and Hickman were both arrested and charged with burglary, theft over $500 and possession of a prohibited weapon. Stacy was arrested and charged with burglary and theft over $500.
Coast Guard saved lucky dog from icy lake
Coast Guard crews rescued a dog from an icy Michigan lake on Tuesday morning after it fell through the ice.
Luckily for the labrador, she took the plunge near a Coast Guard station.
Members of the Coast Guard Station at Frankfort, Michigan, were having a meeting on Tuesday morning when one of them spotted the dog in the icy waters of Betsie Lake.
"The dog went straight down and was in the water," Tim Putnam, a boatswain mate third class, said.
"We knew he wasn't getting out himself." The Coast Guard crew rushed to the lake, with Putnam swimming out about 200 feet into the channel that was covered in loose ice, he said. "I had to push a lot of the ice out of the way, it was pretty exhausting," he said. Putnam said he could see the dog was shivering, but the pooch attempted to swim towards him as he got closer. "I had to push a lot of the ice out of the way, it was pretty exhausting," he said.
Putnam said he could see the dog was shivering, but the pooch attempted to swim towards him as he got closer. "It was almost like he knew it was his last chance. Luckily we got him out in time, it didn't look like he had too much left in him." Putnam grabbed the dog and his crew helped pull them safely to shore. Once out of the water, Putnam and his crew took the lab to the Benzie County Animal Shelter in Beulah, Michigan.
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And despite the Coast Guard crew believing the dog to be male, animal control officers say the Labrador is in fact a female between three and five years old and with a clean bill of health. The shelter is currently looking for the dog's owner as she was found with no identification and did not have a microchip. Putnam said he hopes the owner comes forward, but if not he and his wife are considering adopting the animal he rescued. "Maybe it was just meant to be," he said. Edwin Carter, an animal control officer at the shelter, said if no owner comes forward Putnam has first dibs to adopting the dog.
"We knew he wasn't getting out himself." The Coast Guard crew rushed to the lake, with Putnam swimming out about 200 feet into the channel that was covered in loose ice, he said. "I had to push a lot of the ice out of the way, it was pretty exhausting," he said. Putnam said he could see the dog was shivering, but the pooch attempted to swim towards him as he got closer. "I had to push a lot of the ice out of the way, it was pretty exhausting," he said.
Putnam said he could see the dog was shivering, but the pooch attempted to swim towards him as he got closer. "It was almost like he knew it was his last chance. Luckily we got him out in time, it didn't look like he had too much left in him." Putnam grabbed the dog and his crew helped pull them safely to shore. Once out of the water, Putnam and his crew took the lab to the Benzie County Animal Shelter in Beulah, Michigan.
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And despite the Coast Guard crew believing the dog to be male, animal control officers say the Labrador is in fact a female between three and five years old and with a clean bill of health. The shelter is currently looking for the dog's owner as she was found with no identification and did not have a microchip. Putnam said he hopes the owner comes forward, but if not he and his wife are considering adopting the animal he rescued. "Maybe it was just meant to be," he said. Edwin Carter, an animal control officer at the shelter, said if no owner comes forward Putnam has first dibs to adopting the dog.
Golfer hit unusual albatross hole-in-one
Richard Green’s albatross hole-in-one on the par-four 15th at Thirteenth Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Australia, on Wednesday will be one the 43-year-old will remember for years to come.
Playing in the pro-am event ahead of Thursday’s start of the Victorian Open, Green found the hole off the tee via an unusual route.
After landing in a greenside bunker, the ball then seemingly defied the laws of physics by jumping out of the sand and rolling straight into the hole. Green assumed his tee shot had remained in the bunker.
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"I haven't had anything like that happen before, I have had hole in ones during tournaments but they have been shots that have landed by the hole and found their way in," he said.
Playing in the pro-am event ahead of Thursday’s start of the Victorian Open, Green found the hole off the tee via an unusual route.
After landing in a greenside bunker, the ball then seemingly defied the laws of physics by jumping out of the sand and rolling straight into the hole. Green assumed his tee shot had remained in the bunker.
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"I haven't had anything like that happen before, I have had hole in ones during tournaments but they have been shots that have landed by the hole and found their way in," he said.
Man who wore wreath on head before exposing himself in church porch avoids jail
A 40-year-old man who exposed himself in a church porch after parading around the churchyard with a poppy wreath from a war memorial on his head has been spared prison.
Toby Millett, pleaded guilty before Ipswich magistrates to engaging in indecent behaviour at St Peter’s Church, Freston, near Ipswich, Suffolk, in the early hours of Sunday, December 21.
Shelley Drew, representing Millett, said: “Sadly was is a bit of drunk stupidity that took place in the early hours of the morning that unfortunately has placed him in this position of being before the court.
“Alcohol in his words some time ago to me is his rampant beguiler. Alcohol is something that takes hold of him and it’s then he commits these silly offences. He accepts his alcohol intake is getting out of control again. He had it under control previously.” Mrs Drew said Millett had gone into the churchyard when he was drunk looking for water. He said he saw the wreath on a bench and while nobody else was around he performed what she described as “these stupid acts”. She added: “It is certainly not something he would have considered doing if he had not been drunk or if it was not in the early hours of the morning.”
The court was told Millett had wondered if the church’s CCTV would be checked when he did it. Previously prosecutor Colette Harper said the church warden at St Peter’s had cause to check CCTV overlooking the graveyard and church porch area. He saw a man caught on camera at 1.39am who he immediately identified. The man took a wreath from the war memorial and was walking around with it on his head and was seen to fiddle with his trouser. He went out of view for a short time but a security light came on. The man was then seen to enter the church porch with his trousers and pants down, but the wreath was no longer on his head, Mrs Harper said.
Millett was arrested on January 3. He admitted to police it was him who was on the CCTV. Millett, of Harkstead, who had 185 previous offences on his record, was given a four-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £40 costs and £80 to the victims’ fund. Sentencing Millett, who is currently seeking help for alcoholism, Chairman of the Bench Ann Graves told him: “This was unacceptable behaviour. The public the public at large would find disrespectful and insulting, particularly in a place of worship and that it involved a wreath that had been laid on a war memorial.”
“Alcohol in his words some time ago to me is his rampant beguiler. Alcohol is something that takes hold of him and it’s then he commits these silly offences. He accepts his alcohol intake is getting out of control again. He had it under control previously.” Mrs Drew said Millett had gone into the churchyard when he was drunk looking for water. He said he saw the wreath on a bench and while nobody else was around he performed what she described as “these stupid acts”. She added: “It is certainly not something he would have considered doing if he had not been drunk or if it was not in the early hours of the morning.”
The court was told Millett had wondered if the church’s CCTV would be checked when he did it. Previously prosecutor Colette Harper said the church warden at St Peter’s had cause to check CCTV overlooking the graveyard and church porch area. He saw a man caught on camera at 1.39am who he immediately identified. The man took a wreath from the war memorial and was walking around with it on his head and was seen to fiddle with his trouser. He went out of view for a short time but a security light came on. The man was then seen to enter the church porch with his trousers and pants down, but the wreath was no longer on his head, Mrs Harper said.
Millett was arrested on January 3. He admitted to police it was him who was on the CCTV. Millett, of Harkstead, who had 185 previous offences on his record, was given a four-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £40 costs and £80 to the victims’ fund. Sentencing Millett, who is currently seeking help for alcoholism, Chairman of the Bench Ann Graves told him: “This was unacceptable behaviour. The public the public at large would find disrespectful and insulting, particularly in a place of worship and that it involved a wreath that had been laid on a war memorial.”
Police followed trail of coins to find Peppa Pig piggy bank thief
A burglar stole a child's piggy bank and was jailed after police followed a trail of coins leading to him.
Jamie Norton, 35, broke into a sleeping family's home and snatched the Peppa Pig money box.
A court heard how he dropped the money box in the street, spilling the children's pocket money.
And police were able to follow coins all the way to the doorstep of the house where he was trying to hide out.
Norton was arrested and hauled in front of a court where he admitted burglary and was jailed for 18 months. His victim, mother-of-three Leanne Barratt, told the court she wanted to move because she no longer felt "secure" in her home. In a statement she told the court: "He has violated not just me but my whole family. I don't feel that I can sleep because I need to protect my family." Leanne, her husband Lee and their three children, the youngest just nine months old, slept through the burglary in January this year.
Norton stole handbags, credit cards, phones, a tablet, and even two children's money boxes from the house in Tonypandy near Pontypridd, Wales. Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard how he drove off from the scene in the family's car. Officers tracked him to his girlfriend's house where he had taken the stolen goods and found coins in the street outside. Police officers looked through the window and spotted the money box sat on the table and Norton was then arrested.
Norton, of Pontypridd, also admitted driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and taking a vehicle without consent. He was banned from the roads for six months. Judge Thomas Crowther QC told him: "Burglary is a crime against people not just property. Parents have been left with the worry of trying to reassure their children and their own security. It has changed their attitude towards their home."
Norton was arrested and hauled in front of a court where he admitted burglary and was jailed for 18 months. His victim, mother-of-three Leanne Barratt, told the court she wanted to move because she no longer felt "secure" in her home. In a statement she told the court: "He has violated not just me but my whole family. I don't feel that I can sleep because I need to protect my family." Leanne, her husband Lee and their three children, the youngest just nine months old, slept through the burglary in January this year.
Norton stole handbags, credit cards, phones, a tablet, and even two children's money boxes from the house in Tonypandy near Pontypridd, Wales. Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard how he drove off from the scene in the family's car. Officers tracked him to his girlfriend's house where he had taken the stolen goods and found coins in the street outside. Police officers looked through the window and spotted the money box sat on the table and Norton was then arrested.
Norton, of Pontypridd, also admitted driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and taking a vehicle without consent. He was banned from the roads for six months. Judge Thomas Crowther QC told him: "Burglary is a crime against people not just property. Parents have been left with the worry of trying to reassure their children and their own security. It has changed their attitude towards their home."
Cannabis grower jailed despite claiming he was exercising his rights under 800-year-old law
A man caught twice growing cannabis at his home told police and a judge he was a freeman of the land not bound by common law.
Portsmouth Crown Court heard the home of Niall Dixon in Southsea, Hampshire, was raided by police who found 65 plants growing in 2013.
The court heard that during a second raid in January last year officers found two plants in a growing tent, one in his conservatory and some dried cannabis.
Prosecutor Nicholas Hall said Dixon had told police that through Magna Carta he was exercising "his right granted by god to consume any plants that he chose to do and therefore the inapplication to him of this legislation". The court heard Dixon, 43, used the cannabis in juice form for medical conditions he suffered, including anxiety. Judge Peter Dixon Crabtree sentenced Dixon to eight months in prison for the first offence and one month concurrent for the second. He gave no extra punishment for the possession charge.
Judge Crabtree said: ‘You profess to be a freeman of the land not bound by common law. I’ve no doubt that you hold the beliefs you espouse and do so genuinely. In court that’s not led to any difficulties. You have conducted yourself well." But Judge Crabtree added Dixon committed the second offence while on bail. He said: "It’s shows a disregard for the law." The court also heard Dixon shared the drug with friends, but only when they asked him to do so. Judge Crabtree added: "He provided his friends with cannabis if they visited and wanted to use that drug but not on a commercial basis.
"It’s accepted by the crown that the cannabis found was for personal use." Unemployed Dixon admitted one count of cultivation of a Class B drug in relation to the first raid, another count of the same charge and one of possession. The court heard he spent around £1,000 setting up his growing operation and officers had found the plants on the ground floor and basement in the first raid. He had grown tomatoes and other plants alongside the cannabis in a growing tent, Judge Crabtree added. Hannah Evans, defending, said Dixon told her his drug use had significantly reduced. She added: "Niall has very firm views as to what his rights are and his position on what the role of the law is."
Prosecutor Nicholas Hall said Dixon had told police that through Magna Carta he was exercising "his right granted by god to consume any plants that he chose to do and therefore the inapplication to him of this legislation". The court heard Dixon, 43, used the cannabis in juice form for medical conditions he suffered, including anxiety. Judge Peter Dixon Crabtree sentenced Dixon to eight months in prison for the first offence and one month concurrent for the second. He gave no extra punishment for the possession charge.
Judge Crabtree said: ‘You profess to be a freeman of the land not bound by common law. I’ve no doubt that you hold the beliefs you espouse and do so genuinely. In court that’s not led to any difficulties. You have conducted yourself well." But Judge Crabtree added Dixon committed the second offence while on bail. He said: "It’s shows a disregard for the law." The court also heard Dixon shared the drug with friends, but only when they asked him to do so. Judge Crabtree added: "He provided his friends with cannabis if they visited and wanted to use that drug but not on a commercial basis.
"It’s accepted by the crown that the cannabis found was for personal use." Unemployed Dixon admitted one count of cultivation of a Class B drug in relation to the first raid, another count of the same charge and one of possession. The court heard he spent around £1,000 setting up his growing operation and officers had found the plants on the ground floor and basement in the first raid. He had grown tomatoes and other plants alongside the cannabis in a growing tent, Judge Crabtree added. Hannah Evans, defending, said Dixon told her his drug use had significantly reduced. She added: "Niall has very firm views as to what his rights are and his position on what the role of the law is."
Man attacked by hawk that followed him into his house
Police have captured a bird of prey which flew into a house in Preston.
Lancashire police’s wildlife officers were called after the bird, a harris hawk, swooped into the property in Ingol on Tuesday and attacked a man.
A police spokesman said: “The caller reported that they had been attacked in their house by an eagle. On our arrival the householder had managed to get hold of the bird, sustaining only very minor injuries in the process, and we quickly identified it as being a harris hawk rather than an eagle.
“It appears to have followed him into the house as he returned home. Harris hawks are not native to the UK but are one of the most common hawks kept by falconers here. They occur naturally in central and South America but are bred here in captivity. This one was wearing jesses (leather foot straps) which a falconer would put on the bird to handle it.
“It is likely to have flown off from its owner having either been blown off course by wind, distracted by prey or was full (they are usually trained to return to the glove for a food reward, which they won’t do if they’ve just eaten.” Police cared for the bird overnight before transferring it to a specialist centre. They are trying to trace the owner.
A police spokesman said: “The caller reported that they had been attacked in their house by an eagle. On our arrival the householder had managed to get hold of the bird, sustaining only very minor injuries in the process, and we quickly identified it as being a harris hawk rather than an eagle.
“It appears to have followed him into the house as he returned home. Harris hawks are not native to the UK but are one of the most common hawks kept by falconers here. They occur naturally in central and South America but are bred here in captivity. This one was wearing jesses (leather foot straps) which a falconer would put on the bird to handle it.
“It is likely to have flown off from its owner having either been blown off course by wind, distracted by prey or was full (they are usually trained to return to the glove for a food reward, which they won’t do if they’ve just eaten.” Police cared for the bird overnight before transferring it to a specialist centre. They are trying to trace the owner.
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