Saturday, April 11, 2015
Thieving hamster purloins mobile phone
Harvey the hamster pilfers a phone before taking it back to his exceedingly good Mr Kipling cake box hideaway.
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Robber had swag bag with drawn-on dollar sign
When David Eli Lingafelter was arrested on Wednesday for the robbery of a Subway restaurant in Olympia, Washington, he was carrying a white canvas bag with a handwritten dollar sign on it.
The bag was tied to the front of Lingafelter’s trousers when police caught the 20-year-old shortly after the sandwich shop heist.Police allege that Lingafelter entered the Subway wearing a white hat and a red bandana over his face, adding that he “reached into his pocket as if he had a weapon.”
After directing a female employee to open the cash register and place her hands on her head, Lingafelter swiped $100 and the worker’s cell phone. While committing the robbery, Lingafelter warned the Subway employee not to “do anything funny,” police reported. Lingafelter was later apprehended hiding behind a dumpster at a nearby shopping centre.
A police search of the suspect turned up a knife, $100 in cash, and a phone matching the description of the one stolen from the Subway worker. Additionally, investigators noted, Lingafelter “also had a white canvas bag tied to the front of his pants that had a dollar sign printed on it.” Lingafelter was booked on robbery and obstruction charges. He is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.
The bag was tied to the front of Lingafelter’s trousers when police caught the 20-year-old shortly after the sandwich shop heist.Police allege that Lingafelter entered the Subway wearing a white hat and a red bandana over his face, adding that he “reached into his pocket as if he had a weapon.”
After directing a female employee to open the cash register and place her hands on her head, Lingafelter swiped $100 and the worker’s cell phone. While committing the robbery, Lingafelter warned the Subway employee not to “do anything funny,” police reported. Lingafelter was later apprehended hiding behind a dumpster at a nearby shopping centre.
A police search of the suspect turned up a knife, $100 in cash, and a phone matching the description of the one stolen from the Subway worker. Additionally, investigators noted, Lingafelter “also had a white canvas bag tied to the front of his pants that had a dollar sign printed on it.” Lingafelter was booked on robbery and obstruction charges. He is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.
Would-be truck thief took bag of dog poo valued at $1
A thief in Iowa failed in his recent attempt to steal a truck but didn't come come away empty handed, instead stealing a bag of dog poo.
Police were dispatched an adress in Des Moines to meet with a man about a burglary. The victim told police that someone had broken into the driver's side door of his truck.
Using an unknown blunt object, the suspect reportedly broke the door lock open, then broke plastic from the steering column and switch of the truck.
The victim claims that when the suspect failed at stealing the truck, the thief checked the bed of the vehicle and stole "a bag of dog faeces," the report states. Police have not identified any other witnesses or suspects to the crime, but if found, they may face third-degree burglary charges. The dog faeces were valued at $1.
Police were dispatched an adress in Des Moines to meet with a man about a burglary. The victim told police that someone had broken into the driver's side door of his truck.
Using an unknown blunt object, the suspect reportedly broke the door lock open, then broke plastic from the steering column and switch of the truck.
The victim claims that when the suspect failed at stealing the truck, the thief checked the bed of the vehicle and stole "a bag of dog faeces," the report states. Police have not identified any other witnesses or suspects to the crime, but if found, they may face third-degree burglary charges. The dog faeces were valued at $1.
Woman poured barbecue sauce on her husband before chasing after him with knives
Police in Florida say a woman poured barbecue sauce on her husband and chased after him with a knife in each hand on Tuesday, according to an arrest report.
Viven Palmer, 30, faces charges of battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer. She was later released from the Palm Beach County Jail on $5,000 bail.
On Tuesday morning, police were called to an address in Riviera Beach where a 30-year-old man was waving and yelling from his front door, “Help, police!” Officers say they heard a woman, later identified as Palmer, yelling from the home, but when she came outside, she refused to speak with them. Instead, she just put items into a parked car outside the home.
Police said two children, ages 4 and 9, were seen in a car, according to the report. Though she refused to speak with police and told them to leave her home, her husband said the two were arguing about getting a divorce. He said things turned violent and his wife came after him, damaging property along the way.
Police noted the home appeared to be ransacked. He said his wife ripped off his shirt, poured barbecue sauce on him and hit him. When he fought back, he realised she had grabbed butcher's knives from the kitchen, so he ran outside. Palmer has no previous criminal history, according to county records.
On Tuesday morning, police were called to an address in Riviera Beach where a 30-year-old man was waving and yelling from his front door, “Help, police!” Officers say they heard a woman, later identified as Palmer, yelling from the home, but when she came outside, she refused to speak with them. Instead, she just put items into a parked car outside the home.
Police said two children, ages 4 and 9, were seen in a car, according to the report. Though she refused to speak with police and told them to leave her home, her husband said the two were arguing about getting a divorce. He said things turned violent and his wife came after him, damaging property along the way.
Police noted the home appeared to be ransacked. He said his wife ripped off his shirt, poured barbecue sauce on him and hit him. When he fought back, he realised she had grabbed butcher's knives from the kitchen, so he ran outside. Palmer has no previous criminal history, according to county records.
Quirk of backpacker culture led to German tourists becoming unintentional vehicle thieves
Three German tourists who had just arrived in New Zealand say they become unintentional vehicle thieves through a quirk of backpacker culture.
The tourists said they thought they were allowed to take a van left at Christchurch Airport with the keys in the driver's door as they had been told that backpackers sometimes left vehicles they could not sell at airports for other backpackers to take.
They spotted the van in what they said was a non-rental area of the airport car park and took it for a few days, but they were later arrested for unlawfully taking a rental van.
They were held in custody and appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Friday. They pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully taking the $10,000 Lucky Rentals campervan on Tuesday. The tourists were Hans Lorenz Steinfurth, 20, Friedrich Wiesbach, 21, both of Radebeul, and Isabelle Caroline Manna, 21, of Stephanskirchen. They appeared in the dock together before Judge Noel Walsh, who was told the case needed to be dealt with on Friday because the tourists were continuing their journey. The judge bailed the three at the request of duty lawyer Michael Knowles to allow them to go to a bank and get the money they owed the rental van company.
They would have to return to the courthouse with the money in two hours, they were told. Police prosecutor Sergeant Kathy Pomfrett told the court the rental van was dropped off at the airport car park by its previous hirer at 7.30am on Tuesday, and the keys were left in the driver's door. The Germans went to the car park three hours later and looked around for a vehicle they could take and eventually headed off in the van. Once they paid $602 to the court, as reparation to the rental van company, they were convicted and discharged and allowed to leave.
They had to wait at court while police informed the rental company that the money had been paid and they could retrieve their belongings, which were still in the van. The tourists apologised for the theft, and Steinfurth said outside the court that they did not know it was a rental van. They had been told by other travellers in Australia about backpackers leaving cars with the keys in them at airports when they could not sell them. They planned to use the van for a couple of days and would then have returned it to the airport and left the keys, he said. Manna said they had not realised it was a rental because it was not parked in the area for rentals. They plan to leave New Zealand on May 4.
They were held in custody and appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Friday. They pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully taking the $10,000 Lucky Rentals campervan on Tuesday. The tourists were Hans Lorenz Steinfurth, 20, Friedrich Wiesbach, 21, both of Radebeul, and Isabelle Caroline Manna, 21, of Stephanskirchen. They appeared in the dock together before Judge Noel Walsh, who was told the case needed to be dealt with on Friday because the tourists were continuing their journey. The judge bailed the three at the request of duty lawyer Michael Knowles to allow them to go to a bank and get the money they owed the rental van company.
They would have to return to the courthouse with the money in two hours, they were told. Police prosecutor Sergeant Kathy Pomfrett told the court the rental van was dropped off at the airport car park by its previous hirer at 7.30am on Tuesday, and the keys were left in the driver's door. The Germans went to the car park three hours later and looked around for a vehicle they could take and eventually headed off in the van. Once they paid $602 to the court, as reparation to the rental van company, they were convicted and discharged and allowed to leave.
They had to wait at court while police informed the rental company that the money had been paid and they could retrieve their belongings, which were still in the van. The tourists apologised for the theft, and Steinfurth said outside the court that they did not know it was a rental van. They had been told by other travellers in Australia about backpackers leaving cars with the keys in them at airports when they could not sell them. They planned to use the van for a couple of days and would then have returned it to the airport and left the keys, he said. Manna said they had not realised it was a rental because it was not parked in the area for rentals. They plan to leave New Zealand on May 4.
Villagers put up signs requesting that passing pilgrims refrain from pooing in the street
A village in northern Spain has put up signs to stop pilgrims pooing on their doorsteps when they pass through on their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
In recent days the signs prohibiting defecation have appeared in the hamlet of Lastres in the Lugo province of Galicia.
The signs have been put up by residents who complain that pilgrims often "leave deposits" on their way through the village which lies on the Camino de Santiago, sometimes in the street right in front of their homes.
The notices appear next to other signs asking people not to drop litter but none of the residents will admit to having been the one to stick them up. "Lastres is a tiny village with very few residents," a hotel owner from the next town along the route said. "But it's a common problem. People living in places on the Camino de Santiago understandably do get fed up if pilgrims don’t behave respectfully," he said.
Last year more than 240,000 people travelled the camino to reach the shrine of St James, a pilgrimage that dates back to the ninth century, the majority on foot but others choose to do it by bicycle, or on horseback. Pilgrims tend to stay in hostels and religious lodgings such as convents and monasteries along the route and use local facilities when they are available. "From time to time we have had complaints from individual landowners about pilgrims going to the loo on their property," admitted Maite Moreno from the Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago, the organization that oversees the pilgrimage paths.
"But this is the first time I have heard of a community doing something to try and stop it," she said. "The problem is that people go when they need to go. We would encourage pilgrims to be thoughtful about this but we don’t issue them with rules or anything," she said. "There is no official guide to being a good pilgrim but we expect people to use their common sense, be polite and of course pick up after themselves," she added.
The notices appear next to other signs asking people not to drop litter but none of the residents will admit to having been the one to stick them up. "Lastres is a tiny village with very few residents," a hotel owner from the next town along the route said. "But it's a common problem. People living in places on the Camino de Santiago understandably do get fed up if pilgrims don’t behave respectfully," he said.
Last year more than 240,000 people travelled the camino to reach the shrine of St James, a pilgrimage that dates back to the ninth century, the majority on foot but others choose to do it by bicycle, or on horseback. Pilgrims tend to stay in hostels and religious lodgings such as convents and monasteries along the route and use local facilities when they are available. "From time to time we have had complaints from individual landowners about pilgrims going to the loo on their property," admitted Maite Moreno from the Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago, the organization that oversees the pilgrimage paths.
"But this is the first time I have heard of a community doing something to try and stop it," she said. "The problem is that people go when they need to go. We would encourage pilgrims to be thoughtful about this but we don’t issue them with rules or anything," she said. "There is no official guide to being a good pilgrim but we expect people to use their common sense, be polite and of course pick up after themselves," she added.
Man and his pipe-smoking dog warned to kick the habit
Pipe-loving Padraic Sirr has been told put it out by his doctor and end his mutual passion along with his best friend Jasper the King Charles Spaniel.
Padraic, from Glinsk, Co Galway, Ireland, smoked a pipe for 40 years, before a recent diabetes diagnosis put paid to the habit.
“I was a heavy smoker up until two weeks ago when the doctor told me I’d have to give it up. The dog has been copying me since he was a small pup and even though there’s nothing in the pipe I give him, he loves holding it in his mouth.
“He gets fierce excited when I ask him where his pipe is and will jump up to the drawer on the dresser where we keep it, as he knows well where it is. He’s incredibly intelligent and understands every word that is said to him. I spend hours chatting to him and we have great fun together. He’s certainly not like any of the dogs I’ve had before, that’s for sure.
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“I think it was by accident Jasper ended up with the pipe as he would have been copying me in the evenings when I’d be sat in the chair puffing away. He probably won’t understand why I’m not doing it anymore but I doubt that will bother him as he’s never happier than when he has the pipe in his mouth,” Padraic says.
“I was a heavy smoker up until two weeks ago when the doctor told me I’d have to give it up. The dog has been copying me since he was a small pup and even though there’s nothing in the pipe I give him, he loves holding it in his mouth.
“He gets fierce excited when I ask him where his pipe is and will jump up to the drawer on the dresser where we keep it, as he knows well where it is. He’s incredibly intelligent and understands every word that is said to him. I spend hours chatting to him and we have great fun together. He’s certainly not like any of the dogs I’ve had before, that’s for sure.
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“I think it was by accident Jasper ended up with the pipe as he would have been copying me in the evenings when I’d be sat in the chair puffing away. He probably won’t understand why I’m not doing it anymore but I doubt that will bother him as he’s never happier than when he has the pipe in his mouth,” Padraic says.
Couple summonsed to council headquarters over complaints about their noisy guinea fowl
A couple have been called to a council headquarters because of complaints about their guinea fowl.
Maurice and Phyllis Dainty, 69 and 71, were first served with a statutory noise nuisance notice last year and were given 21 days to move their 34 guinea fowl from their home in Scorton, Lancashire.
If they did not do this, they faced a possible fine of up to £5,000, following complaints from neighbours.
But after not hearing anything for a while, they have now received a call asking them to attend Wyre Council’s HQ in Poulton. Wyre Council confirmed it has asked to see the couple “under caution”. A spokeswoman said: “The council is currently investigating a case of noise nuisance and it would not be appropriate to comment further. Asking to talk to them under caution is part of the investigation process and means the interview will be recorded. It is standard practice.”
Mr Dainty said the council sent him a letter saying that, since the abatement notice was served, it had received “continuous complaints” and was therefore inviting them both to attend the civic centre ‘for a general discussion about the complaint’. It states: “For your benefit the interview will be taped and carried out under caution.” Mr Dainty said: “I have offered for them to put a noise meter in our house and one in the neighbour’s and never heard anything. We thought it had gone away. I’ve never had anything to do with the police but I thought if you got cautioned with the police you got arrested.
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“If they want to talk to me about this, they’ve to come here.” He added as a couple they had kept guinea fowl continuously for 50 years and three previous neighbours at their present home had raised no complaints about their fowl. “It just seems ridiculous, surely a council should have better things to do than mess about with this,” he added. Wyre Council had initially replied saying: “The point of the interview is to listen to Mr and Mrs Dainty’s point of view, but also to discuss with them our concerns as a council, due to the fact we have already served a statutory noise nuisance notice, which remains in force.”
But after not hearing anything for a while, they have now received a call asking them to attend Wyre Council’s HQ in Poulton. Wyre Council confirmed it has asked to see the couple “under caution”. A spokeswoman said: “The council is currently investigating a case of noise nuisance and it would not be appropriate to comment further. Asking to talk to them under caution is part of the investigation process and means the interview will be recorded. It is standard practice.”
Mr Dainty said the council sent him a letter saying that, since the abatement notice was served, it had received “continuous complaints” and was therefore inviting them both to attend the civic centre ‘for a general discussion about the complaint’. It states: “For your benefit the interview will be taped and carried out under caution.” Mr Dainty said: “I have offered for them to put a noise meter in our house and one in the neighbour’s and never heard anything. We thought it had gone away. I’ve never had anything to do with the police but I thought if you got cautioned with the police you got arrested.
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“If they want to talk to me about this, they’ve to come here.” He added as a couple they had kept guinea fowl continuously for 50 years and three previous neighbours at their present home had raised no complaints about their fowl. “It just seems ridiculous, surely a council should have better things to do than mess about with this,” he added. Wyre Council had initially replied saying: “The point of the interview is to listen to Mr and Mrs Dainty’s point of view, but also to discuss with them our concerns as a council, due to the fact we have already served a statutory noise nuisance notice, which remains in force.”
Dog rescued by lifeboat crew after being swept out to sea
A dog who loves to swim was saved by a lifeboat crew off the Merseyside coast after being swept out to sea.
Ten-year-old Golden Retriever Martha was with her owner on Leasowe shore on Wednesday when they were caught out by the strength of the outgoing tide.
New Brighton RNLI’s Charles Dibdin lifeboat was launched together with an RNLI Beach Lifeguard on a jetski after a call from the Coastguard reporting a dog and person in the water. Martha was found cold and shivering half a mile from the shore after a rescue attempt by her owner.
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Senior helmsman Dave Lowe said: “When both crafts reached the scene and after a search we eventually found the dog about half a mile from shore being rapidly swept out to sea on the outgoing tide. Although sea conditions were calm it was still very difficult to spot the dog. When we eventually found her we just managed to get hold of her collar then got her onto the lifeboat.
“Although she had been swimming well she was cold and shivering, we wrapped her up in survival bag and calmed her down then took her to the lifeboat station where we were met by her very relieved owner.” He added: “We understand how much owners care for their pets however we cannot stress highly enough that if an animal does end up in the sea that the owner should not go in after them. In many cases the animal manages to get back on the shore and the human doesn’t.”
New Brighton RNLI’s Charles Dibdin lifeboat was launched together with an RNLI Beach Lifeguard on a jetski after a call from the Coastguard reporting a dog and person in the water. Martha was found cold and shivering half a mile from the shore after a rescue attempt by her owner.
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Senior helmsman Dave Lowe said: “When both crafts reached the scene and after a search we eventually found the dog about half a mile from shore being rapidly swept out to sea on the outgoing tide. Although sea conditions were calm it was still very difficult to spot the dog. When we eventually found her we just managed to get hold of her collar then got her onto the lifeboat.
“Although she had been swimming well she was cold and shivering, we wrapped her up in survival bag and calmed her down then took her to the lifeboat station where we were met by her very relieved owner.” He added: “We understand how much owners care for their pets however we cannot stress highly enough that if an animal does end up in the sea that the owner should not go in after them. In many cases the animal manages to get back on the shore and the human doesn’t.”
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