Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Nacho cheese and trail of snacks led police to burglary suspect
A cheese covered shirt and a trail of snacks implicated an Iowa City man in a Friday night burglary.
Iowa City police were called to the Creekside Market at around 11:20pm for a report of a burglary. Responding officers discovered 20-year-old Francisco J. Munoz about 100 yards from the convenience store carrying two cases of beer.
Police said Munoz’ shirt was covered in nacho cheese and there was a trail of snack foods and lottery tickets between him and the store. Munoz had bloodshot, watery eyes and showed other signs of intoxication, police said.
A post-arrest breath test showed Munoz had a blood alcohol content of .270 percent. Munoz used a brick to smash the entry door of the convenience store, causing $1,000 in damage. He was arrested and faces charges of third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and public intoxication.
Iowa City police were called to the Creekside Market at around 11:20pm for a report of a burglary. Responding officers discovered 20-year-old Francisco J. Munoz about 100 yards from the convenience store carrying two cases of beer.
Police said Munoz’ shirt was covered in nacho cheese and there was a trail of snack foods and lottery tickets between him and the store. Munoz had bloodshot, watery eyes and showed other signs of intoxication, police said.
A post-arrest breath test showed Munoz had a blood alcohol content of .270 percent. Munoz used a brick to smash the entry door of the convenience store, causing $1,000 in damage. He was arrested and faces charges of third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and public intoxication.
Rare white-faced fawn rejected by his mother
Born about a week and a half ago at Deer Tracks Junction farm in Cedar Springs, Michigan, a fawn named Dragon was unique from the start. His birth mother, "Bunny" is a special type of whitetail deer known as the Piebald, which carries a genetic defect causing it to have large areas of white in its coat.
The defect reportedly occurs in less than 1 percent of the whitetail deer population. Dragon was rejected by his mother after birth, likely by natural instinct because he looks different than other fawns. His white colouring would cause him to stand out rather than blend in when trying to hide in nature, Hilary Powell says.
Dragon spent his first few few nights inside Powell's home being bottle-fed before graduating to his own small pen in her yard. Powell still handles his feedings. Later this summer, as he grows and becomes stable, he'll join the other deer in a large fenced-in pasture area. This could happen as early as July, Powell said.
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Dragon was a masculine name chosen by Powell's son because so many of the other animals have softer-sounding names. The fawn has a white face, legs and underside, blue eyes and a pink nose. He was walking right after birth, Powell said, and will grow significantly just in his first year. Deer Tracks Junction opened in 2012. It's a working farm that offers educational opportunities for children and families.
The defect reportedly occurs in less than 1 percent of the whitetail deer population. Dragon was rejected by his mother after birth, likely by natural instinct because he looks different than other fawns. His white colouring would cause him to stand out rather than blend in when trying to hide in nature, Hilary Powell says.
Dragon spent his first few few nights inside Powell's home being bottle-fed before graduating to his own small pen in her yard. Powell still handles his feedings. Later this summer, as he grows and becomes stable, he'll join the other deer in a large fenced-in pasture area. This could happen as early as July, Powell said.
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Dragon was a masculine name chosen by Powell's son because so many of the other animals have softer-sounding names. The fawn has a white face, legs and underside, blue eyes and a pink nose. He was walking right after birth, Powell said, and will grow significantly just in his first year. Deer Tracks Junction opened in 2012. It's a working farm that offers educational opportunities for children and families.
Mermaid tail enthusiasts unhappy about swimming pool ban
Krista Visinski is determined to be a mermaid, even if she's not allowed in the water right now.
The mother from Edmonton, Cananda, has been preparing for more than a year to become a professional sea nymph and teach exercise classes, host children's parties and appear at public events.
But her plan was recently put on hold when the city announced a ban on mermaid tails, a trendy swim accessory, in all its pools.
The 24-year-old delivered a petition to the city this week with nearly 600 names, some of them parents of children who dream of swimming like Ariel from the Disney movie The Little Mermaid.
Others, calling themselves mermaid advocates, say anyone should be able to swim with a tail.
"Other mermaids in Canada are afraid that a ripple effect is going to happen, more bans will happen," Visinski says. Mermaid tails have been on the market for a few years but recently started gaining popularity in Canada. Several companies make different versions, but most tails consist of a colourful fabric around the legs that stretches from the waist and over a neoprene monofin that holds both feet. They can cost $100 or more. A City of Edmonton spokesman says there is concern the tails promote holding one's breath under water for long periods of time and can lead to blackouts and drowning. Christopher Webster says the Edmonton has no plans to lift its ban, but may allow for an exception so Visinski can continue her tail training.
Perry Fulop, a manager with the City of Surrey in British Columbia, says officials there have also banned tails during public swim times, because they appear to be hazardous for inexperienced swimmers. But if there is demand, pools may hold specific mermaid swim times, he says. "I think we like the idea of children using mermaid tails. We're just trying to figure out the best method of implementing it." Other communities require swimmers with tails to complete a swim test before they can flop around in their pools Eric Browning with Fin Fun Mermaid, a US company that produces tails, says in a letter that his company has never heard of swimmers blacking out in its four years of operating. "I guess if a person holds their breath long enough, they can black out even if they are not in a pool," he says.
Visinski says she understands why there might be a safety concern with children. But if they're properly supervised and taught how to swim with bound legs, there shouldn't be a problem. "If you're playing hockey, you have skates strapped to your feet. If you're going sledding, you're sitting on a piece of plastic and going down the hill at crazy speeds ... There's inherent risk with everything associated with kids." Some defenders have compared mermaid tails to snowboards, which were banned from some ski hills when they first hit the slopes. Marielle Chartier Henault, founder of AquaMermaid Academy in Montreal, says she thinks tails will eventually gain acceptance. Her company started teaching mermaid classes in February and plans to expand to Toronto and Ottawa this summer. The tails combine fun with exercise and, for many, make fantasies come true, she says. "It makes people happy. You can't be mad or sad when you see a mermaid."
"Other mermaids in Canada are afraid that a ripple effect is going to happen, more bans will happen," Visinski says. Mermaid tails have been on the market for a few years but recently started gaining popularity in Canada. Several companies make different versions, but most tails consist of a colourful fabric around the legs that stretches from the waist and over a neoprene monofin that holds both feet. They can cost $100 or more. A City of Edmonton spokesman says there is concern the tails promote holding one's breath under water for long periods of time and can lead to blackouts and drowning. Christopher Webster says the Edmonton has no plans to lift its ban, but may allow for an exception so Visinski can continue her tail training.
Perry Fulop, a manager with the City of Surrey in British Columbia, says officials there have also banned tails during public swim times, because they appear to be hazardous for inexperienced swimmers. But if there is demand, pools may hold specific mermaid swim times, he says. "I think we like the idea of children using mermaid tails. We're just trying to figure out the best method of implementing it." Other communities require swimmers with tails to complete a swim test before they can flop around in their pools Eric Browning with Fin Fun Mermaid, a US company that produces tails, says in a letter that his company has never heard of swimmers blacking out in its four years of operating. "I guess if a person holds their breath long enough, they can black out even if they are not in a pool," he says.
Visinski says she understands why there might be a safety concern with children. But if they're properly supervised and taught how to swim with bound legs, there shouldn't be a problem. "If you're playing hockey, you have skates strapped to your feet. If you're going sledding, you're sitting on a piece of plastic and going down the hill at crazy speeds ... There's inherent risk with everything associated with kids." Some defenders have compared mermaid tails to snowboards, which were banned from some ski hills when they first hit the slopes. Marielle Chartier Henault, founder of AquaMermaid Academy in Montreal, says she thinks tails will eventually gain acceptance. Her company started teaching mermaid classes in February and plans to expand to Toronto and Ottawa this summer. The tails combine fun with exercise and, for many, make fantasies come true, she says. "It makes people happy. You can't be mad or sad when you see a mermaid."
Women aged under 40 banned from man’s farm
A convicted criminal in Australia's Northern Territory who was jailed after he threatened backpackers with a knife and forced one of them to watch him masturbate while posing as a tour guide isn’t allowed to have women aged under 40 on his farm.
Correctional services workers report that William Nicolas O’Donnell now denies responsibility for his crimes and has been employing backpackers in his “horse business” at Dundee since he was released on a suspended sentence bond, after serving 11 months of a two-year prison term, in December. He has been arrested and charged with drinking alcohol in breach of his conditional release. O’Donnell, 42, admitted he had a new backpacker girlfriend living with him when he faced the NT Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Trevor Riley asked the woman’s age, and a tearful O’Donnell said: “She’s over 18.” Chief Justice Riley said: “You will have to survive some time without her ... you have brought this on yourself.” He released O’Donnell on bail with a condition not to have women under 40 on his farm, and said he hoped male backpackers who chose to work on the property could “look after themselves”. Prosecutor Matthew Nathan said O’Donnell failed to “grasp the chance for rehabilitation” since his release.
The accused last year admitted three assault charges and deprivation of liberty. Three travellers, one man and two women, bought tour guide services he advertised online, and he took them to Litchfield National Park, in January, 2014. He got drunk and insisted one woman sleep in his tent, then spooned her naked against her wishes. He had a tantrum and demanded money, threatening the travellers with a 15cm cooking knife, when the victim said she was leaving. He got drunk again and forced the same woman to stay in a car with him while he masturbated after pestering her for sex. The prison sentence was backdated to allow for time spent in custody.
Correctional services workers report that William Nicolas O’Donnell now denies responsibility for his crimes and has been employing backpackers in his “horse business” at Dundee since he was released on a suspended sentence bond, after serving 11 months of a two-year prison term, in December. He has been arrested and charged with drinking alcohol in breach of his conditional release. O’Donnell, 42, admitted he had a new backpacker girlfriend living with him when he faced the NT Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Trevor Riley asked the woman’s age, and a tearful O’Donnell said: “She’s over 18.” Chief Justice Riley said: “You will have to survive some time without her ... you have brought this on yourself.” He released O’Donnell on bail with a condition not to have women under 40 on his farm, and said he hoped male backpackers who chose to work on the property could “look after themselves”. Prosecutor Matthew Nathan said O’Donnell failed to “grasp the chance for rehabilitation” since his release.
The accused last year admitted three assault charges and deprivation of liberty. Three travellers, one man and two women, bought tour guide services he advertised online, and he took them to Litchfield National Park, in January, 2014. He got drunk and insisted one woman sleep in his tent, then spooned her naked against her wishes. He had a tantrum and demanded money, threatening the travellers with a 15cm cooking knife, when the victim said she was leaving. He got drunk again and forced the same woman to stay in a car with him while he masturbated after pestering her for sex. The prison sentence was backdated to allow for time spent in custody.
Driver captured strange encounter with creepy hooded man on dark lonely road
A lone driver cruising along a deserted road at night had a terrifying encounter after slowing to help a man.
The driver, who gave his name only as Peter, was driving near Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, in the early hours of Sunday morning when he came upon a hooded man standing near a parked pick-up.
As the driver slowed to see if the man needed help, the hooded man bizarrely stood still for a few seconds staring at the ground, before suddenly lunging and yelling, but the motorist stepped on the gas and sped away.His dashcam recorded the encounter and he was forced to try and call his wife, who was travelling about a minute behind with a girlfriend. He couldn't reach her, and the women were forced to encounter the same horror show.
"I almost stopped before I could go around this guy, and as we went past he just lunged at our door," the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. "We still don't know what he was trying to do, whether he was trying to rob us, was he trying to take our car or was he trying to hurt us. It has really shaken us up." The couple said their reports to police had received a cold reception and were concerned what the man had tried to do to other people - and whether he would try it again.
LiveLeak link. Original Facebook video.
"For starters, we need to find out what the bloke's intentions were, whether he might even have mental health issues," the woman said. "The bottom line is we need to know what was going on." Central Hunter duty officer Inspector Greg Lindsell said police had seen the footage and identified a man who was located living in bushland at nearby Elrington. He was arrested on Sunday afternoon after police had allegedly seized drugs in the bush. Inspector Lindsell said the video was horrifying but he did not believe it was an attempted carjacking and no charges would be laid regarding the traffic incident.
As the driver slowed to see if the man needed help, the hooded man bizarrely stood still for a few seconds staring at the ground, before suddenly lunging and yelling, but the motorist stepped on the gas and sped away.His dashcam recorded the encounter and he was forced to try and call his wife, who was travelling about a minute behind with a girlfriend. He couldn't reach her, and the women were forced to encounter the same horror show.
"I almost stopped before I could go around this guy, and as we went past he just lunged at our door," the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. "We still don't know what he was trying to do, whether he was trying to rob us, was he trying to take our car or was he trying to hurt us. It has really shaken us up." The couple said their reports to police had received a cold reception and were concerned what the man had tried to do to other people - and whether he would try it again.
LiveLeak link. Original Facebook video.
"For starters, we need to find out what the bloke's intentions were, whether he might even have mental health issues," the woman said. "The bottom line is we need to know what was going on." Central Hunter duty officer Inspector Greg Lindsell said police had seen the footage and identified a man who was located living in bushland at nearby Elrington. He was arrested on Sunday afternoon after police had allegedly seized drugs in the bush. Inspector Lindsell said the video was horrifying but he did not believe it was an attempted carjacking and no charges would be laid regarding the traffic incident.
KFC sues Chinese companies over rumours its chickens have eight legs
KFC chickens are "genetically modified and have six wings and eight legs".
The fast food giant say three companies in China have been posting these rumours on social media.
KFC are not happy about this and has filed lawsuits against all of them for their posts on the mobile phone app WeChat. KFC is demanding 1.5 million Yuan (£159,000, $242,000) and an apology from each. The Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court has accepted the case.
With more than 4,600 restaurants in China, KFC is the country's biggest restaurant operator. KFC's China CEO Qu Cuirong said in a statement that it was hard for companies to protect their brands against rumours because of the difficulties in collecting evidence.
"But the stepped-up efforts by the government in recent years to purify the online environment, as well as some judicial interpretations, have offered us confidence and weapons," she said. The companies being sued are Shanxi Weilukuang Technology Company Ltd., Taiyuan Zero Point Technology Company and Yingchenanzhi Success and Culture Communication Ltd.
KFC are not happy about this and has filed lawsuits against all of them for their posts on the mobile phone app WeChat. KFC is demanding 1.5 million Yuan (£159,000, $242,000) and an apology from each. The Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court has accepted the case.
With more than 4,600 restaurants in China, KFC is the country's biggest restaurant operator. KFC's China CEO Qu Cuirong said in a statement that it was hard for companies to protect their brands against rumours because of the difficulties in collecting evidence.
"But the stepped-up efforts by the government in recent years to purify the online environment, as well as some judicial interpretations, have offered us confidence and weapons," she said. The companies being sued are Shanxi Weilukuang Technology Company Ltd., Taiyuan Zero Point Technology Company and Yingchenanzhi Success and Culture Communication Ltd.
Spanish police seize cocaine-stuffed pineapples
Spanish police seized 200 kilos (440 pounds) of cocaine found inside hollowed-out pineapples that arrived by ship from Central America, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
The drug-stuffed fruit was found among 10 shipping containers filled with pineapples that arrived in the southern port of Algeciras, one of Europe's largest ports, the ministry said. Among the thousands of fresh pineapples inside the containers, they found fruit that had been hollowed out and stuffed with drugs and then covered with a yellow wax that simulated the colour of pineapple pulp.
The pineapples arrived from an undisclosed country in Central America and were en route to two companies, one based in Madrid and the other in Sant Quirze del Valles near Barcelona. Both companies were said to be run by Spanish nationals of Colombian origin. The police detained three people as part of their investigation and have not ruled out more arrests.
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Spain's close ties to its former colonies in Latin America have made it a key entry point for cocaine smuggled across the Atlantic to Europe. Smugglers have used increasingly ingenious methods to get the drug past Spanish customs. In recent years police have found cocaine inside breast implants, a wig, a plaster cast encasing a man's broken leg as well as inside a 42-piece crockery set, consisting of bowls, plates and saucers.
The drug-stuffed fruit was found among 10 shipping containers filled with pineapples that arrived in the southern port of Algeciras, one of Europe's largest ports, the ministry said. Among the thousands of fresh pineapples inside the containers, they found fruit that had been hollowed out and stuffed with drugs and then covered with a yellow wax that simulated the colour of pineapple pulp.
The pineapples arrived from an undisclosed country in Central America and were en route to two companies, one based in Madrid and the other in Sant Quirze del Valles near Barcelona. Both companies were said to be run by Spanish nationals of Colombian origin. The police detained three people as part of their investigation and have not ruled out more arrests.
YouTube link.
Spain's close ties to its former colonies in Latin America have made it a key entry point for cocaine smuggled across the Atlantic to Europe. Smugglers have used increasingly ingenious methods to get the drug past Spanish customs. In recent years police have found cocaine inside breast implants, a wig, a plaster cast encasing a man's broken leg as well as inside a 42-piece crockery set, consisting of bowls, plates and saucers.
Woman jailed after making 'loud sex noises'
A woman who breached a court order barring her from causing nuisance by making “loud sex noises” has been sent to jail.
Gemma Wale, of Small Heath, Birmingham, was given a two-week prison sentence after a civil court judge concluded that she had breached the order by “screaming and shouting whilst having sex” at a “level of noise” which annoyed a neighbour.
Detail has emerged in a written ruling by Judge Emma Kelly following a hearing in Birmingham County Court. Judge Kelly concluded that Miss Wale had breached an anti-social behaviour order. She said Birmingham City Council took legal action after a neighbour complained. The judge did not give Miss Wale’s age in her ruling but said she had a boyfriend called Wayne.
Judge Kelly said the anti-social behaviour order had barred Miss Wale from making “loud sex noises”. Judge Kelly said another judge had imposed an anti-social behaviour order in January. She said she had analysed allegations that the order had been breached at a hearing in May. The judge indicated that Miss Wale lived in a property owned by Birmingham City Council and said she had heard evidence from a council housing officer and one of Miss Wale’s neighbours.
Judge Kelly said a neighbour had complained that at around 5am on January 29 “paragraph 3 of the order” had been breached. “Gemma started screaming and shouting whilst having sex, which woke us up,” said the neighbour. “This lasted 10 minutes.” The judge concluded: “I am satisfied that during the course of the early hours of 29th January 2015, at around 5am, the defendant was guilty of screaming and shouting whilst having sex at a level of noise which caused nuisance or annoyance to (a neighbour).”
Detail has emerged in a written ruling by Judge Emma Kelly following a hearing in Birmingham County Court. Judge Kelly concluded that Miss Wale had breached an anti-social behaviour order. She said Birmingham City Council took legal action after a neighbour complained. The judge did not give Miss Wale’s age in her ruling but said she had a boyfriend called Wayne.
Judge Kelly said the anti-social behaviour order had barred Miss Wale from making “loud sex noises”. Judge Kelly said another judge had imposed an anti-social behaviour order in January. She said she had analysed allegations that the order had been breached at a hearing in May. The judge indicated that Miss Wale lived in a property owned by Birmingham City Council and said she had heard evidence from a council housing officer and one of Miss Wale’s neighbours.
Judge Kelly said a neighbour had complained that at around 5am on January 29 “paragraph 3 of the order” had been breached. “Gemma started screaming and shouting whilst having sex, which woke us up,” said the neighbour. “This lasted 10 minutes.” The judge concluded: “I am satisfied that during the course of the early hours of 29th January 2015, at around 5am, the defendant was guilty of screaming and shouting whilst having sex at a level of noise which caused nuisance or annoyance to (a neighbour).”
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