Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Man accused of punching dog walker in face because he wasn't allowed to pet his animals
A 22-year-old Florida man was arrested late on Saturday on suspicion of punching another man over the petting of dogs.
Shae Olea was arrested on battery charges.
According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, a man and a woman were walking on Ocean Shore Boulevard in Ormond Beach when Olea tried to pet their dogs.
The man said he didn't want one of his dogs to bite Olea, so he told Olea not to pet them. The man then stepped between his dogs and Olea, who punched the man in the face, deputies said. Olea then rode off on a bike but was found a short time later by a deputy.
Olea claimed that he "did not batterize anybody" before saying, "It's a good thing I got money", according to the Sheriff's Office. Olea , from Ormond Beach, said he had consumed three beers but said he wasn't drunk. He was arrested and taken to the Volusia County Jail.
According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, a man and a woman were walking on Ocean Shore Boulevard in Ormond Beach when Olea tried to pet their dogs.
The man said he didn't want one of his dogs to bite Olea, so he told Olea not to pet them. The man then stepped between his dogs and Olea, who punched the man in the face, deputies said. Olea then rode off on a bike but was found a short time later by a deputy.
Olea claimed that he "did not batterize anybody" before saying, "It's a good thing I got money", according to the Sheriff's Office. Olea , from Ormond Beach, said he had consumed three beers but said he wasn't drunk. He was arrested and taken to the Volusia County Jail.
Snake descended into couple's kitchen before eating an egg
Robert Hildreth and Laura Neff of North Carolina saw a long black snake slithering from their spice cabinet to their egg basket on Sunday evening.
Neff said they heard a bang from the kitchen at around 6pm. They saw a cinnamon jar on the floor and a rat snake about 4 feet long descending toward the eggs.
They let the snake finish the egg, then caught it between two brooms and moved it unharmed to the outdoors, Neff said.
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Hildreth and Neff, who live between uptown Charlotte and Mountain Island Lake, later found a hole in their laundry room where they believe their visitor entered and covered it with “a VERY heavy concrete block.”
Neff said they heard a bang from the kitchen at around 6pm. They saw a cinnamon jar on the floor and a rat snake about 4 feet long descending toward the eggs.
They let the snake finish the egg, then caught it between two brooms and moved it unharmed to the outdoors, Neff said.
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Hildreth and Neff, who live between uptown Charlotte and Mountain Island Lake, later found a hole in their laundry room where they believe their visitor entered and covered it with “a VERY heavy concrete block.”
Family held hostage by swarm of vultures
A family have been dealing with an infestation of vultures at their rural home.
Rick Mize said he and his wife, step-daughter, and their dog enjoy living in quiet Buncombe, Southern Illinois. But for the past month, Mize said he and his family have been wildly interrupted by dozens of vultures.
The birds are now more than a nuisance. The vultures wake the family at all hours of the night as they walk across the roof of their home and stain the entire area with their faeces. Standing more than two-feet-tall with an average wing span of five and a half feet, the vultures have taken over the property.
Vultures are scavengers which means they rarely prey on living animals and typically search out dead animals. Mize said the birds came around the same time a terrible stench filled the area near his home, but he's not been able to locate any dead animals on his property.
"Okay your cat died in your house and you found it five days later after being on vacation," Mize said to describe the smell surrounding his home. "And you walk into your house. That's the stench, it's just foul, death." Mize said he thinks there is a large dead animal near his property. He's since contacted the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to report the bird problem.
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The birds are now more than a nuisance. The vultures wake the family at all hours of the night as they walk across the roof of their home and stain the entire area with their faeces. Standing more than two-feet-tall with an average wing span of five and a half feet, the vultures have taken over the property.
Vultures are scavengers which means they rarely prey on living animals and typically search out dead animals. Mize said the birds came around the same time a terrible stench filled the area near his home, but he's not been able to locate any dead animals on his property.
"Okay your cat died in your house and you found it five days later after being on vacation," Mize said to describe the smell surrounding his home. "And you walk into your house. That's the stench, it's just foul, death." Mize said he thinks there is a large dead animal near his property. He's since contacted the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to report the bird problem.
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Judge rules that driver was too drunk to know he’d hit cyclist
A volunteer firefighter was convicted in Ontario, Canada, on Monday of impaired driving causing bodily harm in an October 2012 collision that left a cyclist alone in critical condition at the side of the road.
But Trevor Clarke, 37, whose blood-alcohol level at the time was almost four times the legal limit, was spared a second criminal conviction of leaving the scene of an accident because he was too drunk too know he had hit anyone, Justice David Paciocco ruled.
“I must, however, find Mr. Clarke not guilty of the failing to stop offence,” the judge said.
“I am left in a reasonable doubt about whether Mr. Clarke knew or was wilfully blind to having collided with a person, precisely because he was so drunk. He cannot, therefore, be convicted of this offence, but he can be punished for getting himself to that point of intoxication and thereby harming (the cyclist).” Jennifer Leonard, a 45-year-old nurse, suffered a traumatic brain injury and has no memory of the afternoon crash near Carp, Ottawa. Clarke, at the wheel of a big Ford pickup truck, side-swiped the cyclist from behind. She was hit so hard by the passenger-side mirror that it snapped off. Leonard testified at trial that she still struggles with physical and emotional problems.
Clarke was also found not guilty of driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08 per cent causing bodily harm because the police violated his Charter rights when he wasn’t given full information about his drunk-driving arrest, and again when a constable failed to tell his lawyer that his client was a suspect in a hit-and-run with serious injuries. Clarke’s Charter rights were also breached because police didn’t advise him of his right to a lawyer when detained, and because they questioned him before he had a reasonable opportunity to consult a lawyer. The judge said the serious breaches by police “reflect either unacceptable ignorance of basic Charter rights, or a reckless disregard for those rights.”
The judge also ruled statements that Clarke made to police as inadmissible because of the breaches, and “most significantly” excluded Clarke’s breath samples. “Their admission would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, given the seriousness of the breaches and the fact that he provided those samples after legal advice based on misinformation,” Paciocco ruled. The judge said he convicted Clarke on impaired driving causing bodily harm based on civilian evidence and “the few police observations” that showed he was “significantly impaired” when the crash happened. The judge also noted that it was remarkable that two police officers who initially interviewed Clarke didn’t bother to record any of his answers. Neither officer could recall any of his answers at trial. A sentencing hearing for Clarke, who is free on bail, is scheduled for September.
“I am left in a reasonable doubt about whether Mr. Clarke knew or was wilfully blind to having collided with a person, precisely because he was so drunk. He cannot, therefore, be convicted of this offence, but he can be punished for getting himself to that point of intoxication and thereby harming (the cyclist).” Jennifer Leonard, a 45-year-old nurse, suffered a traumatic brain injury and has no memory of the afternoon crash near Carp, Ottawa. Clarke, at the wheel of a big Ford pickup truck, side-swiped the cyclist from behind. She was hit so hard by the passenger-side mirror that it snapped off. Leonard testified at trial that she still struggles with physical and emotional problems.
Clarke was also found not guilty of driving with a blood-alcohol level over .08 per cent causing bodily harm because the police violated his Charter rights when he wasn’t given full information about his drunk-driving arrest, and again when a constable failed to tell his lawyer that his client was a suspect in a hit-and-run with serious injuries. Clarke’s Charter rights were also breached because police didn’t advise him of his right to a lawyer when detained, and because they questioned him before he had a reasonable opportunity to consult a lawyer. The judge said the serious breaches by police “reflect either unacceptable ignorance of basic Charter rights, or a reckless disregard for those rights.”
The judge also ruled statements that Clarke made to police as inadmissible because of the breaches, and “most significantly” excluded Clarke’s breath samples. “Their admission would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, given the seriousness of the breaches and the fact that he provided those samples after legal advice based on misinformation,” Paciocco ruled. The judge said he convicted Clarke on impaired driving causing bodily harm based on civilian evidence and “the few police observations” that showed he was “significantly impaired” when the crash happened. The judge also noted that it was remarkable that two police officers who initially interviewed Clarke didn’t bother to record any of his answers. Neither officer could recall any of his answers at trial. A sentencing hearing for Clarke, who is free on bail, is scheduled for September.
Motorist fined for travelling at the speed limit
A man in Queensland, Australia, was sent a fine for driving at 100km/h in a 100km/h zone.
Zac Murray, 24, received the $151 fine after he was snapped by a speed camera on the Sunshine Motorway at Mooloolaba on May 14.
The fine stated that he had exceeded the limit by less than 13km/h but below it listed his "Alleged speed" as 100km/h in the 100km/h "Speed zone". "I am deeply saddened by my actions," Mr Murray said.
"Clearly I did not think of the children or consider the consequences of my actions as I drove at an alleged speed of 100km in a 100km zone. I hope you can all forgive me. But most importantly I hope I can forgive myself for the monster I have become." Queensland Police withdrew the fine at around lunchtime on Tuesday.
Zac Murray, 24, received the $151 fine after he was snapped by a speed camera on the Sunshine Motorway at Mooloolaba on May 14.
The fine stated that he had exceeded the limit by less than 13km/h but below it listed his "Alleged speed" as 100km/h in the 100km/h "Speed zone". "I am deeply saddened by my actions," Mr Murray said.
"Clearly I did not think of the children or consider the consequences of my actions as I drove at an alleged speed of 100km in a 100km zone. I hope you can all forgive me. But most importantly I hope I can forgive myself for the monster I have become." Queensland Police withdrew the fine at around lunchtime on Tuesday.
Court rules that poo smell in the country is legal
The highest administrative court in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, ruled on Monday that bad smells are part-and-parcel of agriculture.
The ruling was made after neighbours complained about a farmer’s plans to extend his chicken hatches.
The poultry’s poo, they argued would pollute their air. The judges had discussed whether there should be an upper limit on just how bad the countryside can smell. At first an administrative court in Düsseldorf came down on the side of the plaintiffs. But the senior court was having none of it.
They argued that the countryside is the countryside and people there are already used to the smell of dung, or had better get used to it fast. The decision was a so-called Grundsatzurteil, a ruling which establishes a judicial principle. The judges argued that the plaintiffs were themselves farmers or at least had been and in this respect had done their own share of muck shovelling in the past.
They said that in places where bad smells are a fact of life, stronger and longer lasting smells are something which inhabitants should be able to cope with. In this regard they distinguished between farming areas, where the inhabitants have built a certain tolerance for bad odours, as opposed to villages and larger settlements.
The poultry’s poo, they argued would pollute their air. The judges had discussed whether there should be an upper limit on just how bad the countryside can smell. At first an administrative court in Düsseldorf came down on the side of the plaintiffs. But the senior court was having none of it.
They argued that the countryside is the countryside and people there are already used to the smell of dung, or had better get used to it fast. The decision was a so-called Grundsatzurteil, a ruling which establishes a judicial principle. The judges argued that the plaintiffs were themselves farmers or at least had been and in this respect had done their own share of muck shovelling in the past.
They said that in places where bad smells are a fact of life, stronger and longer lasting smells are something which inhabitants should be able to cope with. In this regard they distinguished between farming areas, where the inhabitants have built a certain tolerance for bad odours, as opposed to villages and larger settlements.
Woman with two ponies and a dog rescued from mountain top
A woman has been rescued after getting stuck up a mountain trying to find a phone signal with two ponies and a dog.
The hiker was making a 210-mile charity trek between Buckie and Edinburgh when she became lost in Blair Atholl on Sunday.
In an attempt to find a phone signal and call for help, she led the animals up the 2500ft mountain in Glen Tilt. The walker then contacted the police, who asked Braemar and Tayside mountain rescue teams to attend.
A spokesman for Braemar MRT said: “It's a unique situation to get to the top of a 770-metre hill and find a walker, two ponies and a large dog up there all needing recovered off the hill. They went up a hill to get phone reception.
“A cold night with snow on the tops down to 500 metres.” The hiker was undertaking the month-long trip to raise awareness of grass sickness, a disease which affects the nervous systems of ponies and hoses. The illness causes gut paralysis and is frequently fatal.
In an attempt to find a phone signal and call for help, she led the animals up the 2500ft mountain in Glen Tilt. The walker then contacted the police, who asked Braemar and Tayside mountain rescue teams to attend.
A spokesman for Braemar MRT said: “It's a unique situation to get to the top of a 770-metre hill and find a walker, two ponies and a large dog up there all needing recovered off the hill. They went up a hill to get phone reception.
“A cold night with snow on the tops down to 500 metres.” The hiker was undertaking the month-long trip to raise awareness of grass sickness, a disease which affects the nervous systems of ponies and hoses. The illness causes gut paralysis and is frequently fatal.
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