Saturday, September 05, 2015
Pekingese puppy herds a sheep
16-week-old Percy the Pekingese takes control and shows the Australian Kelpie puppies how it's done.
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Man shot self in head while trying to show that gun wouldn't fire with safety catch on
The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona is investigating an accidental self-inflicted shooting that occurred at at 8:48am on Wednesday.
23-year-old Christen Reece was airlifted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.
Chief Deputy James Molesa said that Reece, a Phoenix resident, was shooting with six others in the area south of Highway 277 outside Overgaard when he reportedly tried to show his handgun had a double safety and could not be fired. He reportedly placed the gun to his head to illustrate the weapon could not be fired and shot himself in the head.
His friends drove him to the fire department where paramedics began to treat him. He was then airlifted to Scottsdale Osborn Hospital and underwent surgery. Navajo County Chief Deputy Jim Molesa later said that all of the people involved were from the Phoenix area. They had been drinking the night before and continued until they all went target shooting.
Molesa noted alcohol-impaired judgment on everyone's part played a major role in Christen Reece deciding to put a loaded gun to his head and pulling the trigger to show that the safety would keep it from firing, which it did not. "Guns and alcohol don't mix," Molesa said. Reece is listed as being in a critical condition, he added.
Chief Deputy James Molesa said that Reece, a Phoenix resident, was shooting with six others in the area south of Highway 277 outside Overgaard when he reportedly tried to show his handgun had a double safety and could not be fired. He reportedly placed the gun to his head to illustrate the weapon could not be fired and shot himself in the head.
His friends drove him to the fire department where paramedics began to treat him. He was then airlifted to Scottsdale Osborn Hospital and underwent surgery. Navajo County Chief Deputy Jim Molesa later said that all of the people involved were from the Phoenix area. They had been drinking the night before and continued until they all went target shooting.
Molesa noted alcohol-impaired judgment on everyone's part played a major role in Christen Reece deciding to put a loaded gun to his head and pulling the trigger to show that the safety would keep it from firing, which it did not. "Guns and alcohol don't mix," Molesa said. Reece is listed as being in a critical condition, he added.
Man accused of temporarily blinding helicopter pilot with hair growth laser comb
A Florida man accused of shining a hair growth laser comb into the cockpit of a Sheriff's Office helicopter early on Wednesday as the pilots were investigating a suspicious incident has been arrested.
Mark Allen Geoghagan, 55, was charged with pointing a laser light at a driver or pilot and was taken to the Marion County Jail.
According to the Marion County Sheriff's Office, helicopter pilot, Sgt. Darren Bruner, and tactical flight officer, Sgt. John Rawls, were assisting deputies on the ground with a suspicious vehicle investigation when the helicopter was struck with a laser light three to four times. The laser temporarily blinded Bruner and briefly affected his night vision goggles.
Once Bruner regained his vision, he and Rawls assisted in directing deputies on the ground to an address in Silver Springs Shores. There, Geoghagan said the device was a Bosley Laser Comb he uses on his hair. Geoghagan told deputies he was experimenting in his backyard with the comb. He said he was surprised how far the laser went into the trees and that when he pointed it in the air, the helicopter flew by.
There was a yellow warning label on the handle of the comb that stated, "Laser Light. Avoid Direct Eye Exposure. Class 3R Laser Product." Deputy Nathan McLain talked with Geoghagan, who admitted that he pointed the light at the helicopter as it flew by, but said he did not want to hurt anyone. According to McLain, Geoghagan also told him: “Is there anything I can do for them? I’ll even cut their grass.” Geoghagan's bond was set at $2,000.
According to the Marion County Sheriff's Office, helicopter pilot, Sgt. Darren Bruner, and tactical flight officer, Sgt. John Rawls, were assisting deputies on the ground with a suspicious vehicle investigation when the helicopter was struck with a laser light three to four times. The laser temporarily blinded Bruner and briefly affected his night vision goggles.
Once Bruner regained his vision, he and Rawls assisted in directing deputies on the ground to an address in Silver Springs Shores. There, Geoghagan said the device was a Bosley Laser Comb he uses on his hair. Geoghagan told deputies he was experimenting in his backyard with the comb. He said he was surprised how far the laser went into the trees and that when he pointed it in the air, the helicopter flew by.
There was a yellow warning label on the handle of the comb that stated, "Laser Light. Avoid Direct Eye Exposure. Class 3R Laser Product." Deputy Nathan McLain talked with Geoghagan, who admitted that he pointed the light at the helicopter as it flew by, but said he did not want to hurt anyone. According to McLain, Geoghagan also told him: “Is there anything I can do for them? I’ll even cut their grass.” Geoghagan's bond was set at $2,000.
Privacy commissioner criticises use of chicken farm to shred care home's confidential records
A chicken farm should not be used to dispose of sensitive health documents, the privacy and information commissioner of Saskatchewan in Canada says.
The matter came up in a report recently issued by commissioner Ron Kruzeniski concerning the Spruce Manor Special Care Home in Dalmeny.
The privacy office had been investigating the home earlier in the year after some of the residents' health cards ended up in a recycling bin. In the course of that investigation, it found that in May, the home had signed a deal with an undisclosed chicken farm to destroy its confidential records.
In the agreement, the farm said it would "agree to accept full responsibility to maintain the security and confidentiality of all documents" received from Spruce Manor Special Care Home. That's "unacceptable," Kruzeniski said in his report, noting that the agreement does not specify how the chicken farm is to "maintain the security and confidentiality" of the personal health information it has received.
"I recommend that Spruce Manor Special Care Home no longer use [a] chicken farm to destroy records in spite of the former administrator asserting he had no problems/concerns with the use of the chicken farm," Kruzeniski said in the report. It's not clear if any sensitive documents ever went to the farm. An administrator at Spruce Manor indicated the farm wasn't involved in destroying records. The care home has ended its contract with the chicken farm and is looking for a certified company to do future document shredding.
The privacy office had been investigating the home earlier in the year after some of the residents' health cards ended up in a recycling bin. In the course of that investigation, it found that in May, the home had signed a deal with an undisclosed chicken farm to destroy its confidential records.
In the agreement, the farm said it would "agree to accept full responsibility to maintain the security and confidentiality of all documents" received from Spruce Manor Special Care Home. That's "unacceptable," Kruzeniski said in his report, noting that the agreement does not specify how the chicken farm is to "maintain the security and confidentiality" of the personal health information it has received.
"I recommend that Spruce Manor Special Care Home no longer use [a] chicken farm to destroy records in spite of the former administrator asserting he had no problems/concerns with the use of the chicken farm," Kruzeniski said in the report. It's not clear if any sensitive documents ever went to the farm. An administrator at Spruce Manor indicated the farm wasn't involved in destroying records. The care home has ended its contract with the chicken farm and is looking for a certified company to do future document shredding.
Driver attempting a burnout crashed into police station
A failed burnout attempt in Canberra, Australia, led a man straight into the hands of the police.
ACT Policing posted CCTV footage of the crash to their Facebook page on Friday afternoon, under the headline "THE AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN YOU CRASH YOUR CAR INTO A POLICE STATION."
"At about 2.05pm this afternoon, the driver of a white Holden Commodore was attempting to turn the corner of Anthony Rolfe Avenue onto Gozzard Street in Gungahlin.
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"He accelerated rapidly in an attempt to complete a burnout and lost control of his car and crashed into Gungahlin police station," the post said. However, they later removed the footage and the post. As police ran outside to assess the situation, the 19-year-old driver was quickly taken into custody. Nobody was harmed in the incident.
ACT Policing posted CCTV footage of the crash to their Facebook page on Friday afternoon, under the headline "THE AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN YOU CRASH YOUR CAR INTO A POLICE STATION."
"At about 2.05pm this afternoon, the driver of a white Holden Commodore was attempting to turn the corner of Anthony Rolfe Avenue onto Gozzard Street in Gungahlin.
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"He accelerated rapidly in an attempt to complete a burnout and lost control of his car and crashed into Gungahlin police station," the post said. However, they later removed the footage and the post. As police ran outside to assess the situation, the 19-year-old driver was quickly taken into custody. Nobody was harmed in the incident.
Hapless racing pigeon twice attacked by hawks saved from drowning in sea by paddle boarder
A racing pigeon twice attacked by hawks has been rescued from the sea by a paddleboarder.
Tory Pigott was out with friends when she spotted the injured pigeon off Devon's south coast at Ladram Bay.
The hapless bird had originally set off from Dorset a month before, but was found injured in Plymouth and nursed back to health and released again.
The pigeon was thought to have been attacked by a hawk. Racing pigeon enthusiast Terry Luscombe, from Plymouth, looked after the bird for three weeks and "got him back to fitness" before releasing him on Monday to return to Hertfordshire. Ms Pigott said: "We suddenly heard a flapping sound in the water and saw this pigeon desperately trying to crawl up the side of the rocks."
She jumped into the water to rescue the pigeon which was "completely sodden" and "distressed" with a cut to its neck. Ms Pigott then used the pigeon's identification number to trace the bird's owners, Ray Eccles and his son Brendan from Baldock, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire.
Brendan Eccles said the pigeon was released in a race from Blandford, Dorset, on 01 August and should have been home "in a few hours". He said the four-month-old pigeon could have become disoriented and headed in the wrong direction. Mr Luscombe said it appeared from the cut to the pigeon's neck he had been the victim of a second hawk attack that resulted in him landing in the water. Ray Eccles eventually sent a courier to collect the bird.
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The pigeon was thought to have been attacked by a hawk. Racing pigeon enthusiast Terry Luscombe, from Plymouth, looked after the bird for three weeks and "got him back to fitness" before releasing him on Monday to return to Hertfordshire. Ms Pigott said: "We suddenly heard a flapping sound in the water and saw this pigeon desperately trying to crawl up the side of the rocks."
She jumped into the water to rescue the pigeon which was "completely sodden" and "distressed" with a cut to its neck. Ms Pigott then used the pigeon's identification number to trace the bird's owners, Ray Eccles and his son Brendan from Baldock, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire.
Brendan Eccles said the pigeon was released in a race from Blandford, Dorset, on 01 August and should have been home "in a few hours". He said the four-month-old pigeon could have become disoriented and headed in the wrong direction. Mr Luscombe said it appeared from the cut to the pigeon's neck he had been the victim of a second hawk attack that resulted in him landing in the water. Ray Eccles eventually sent a courier to collect the bird.
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Monkey dust man wearing a leopard print dress and red and black wig robbed bookmakers
A knife-wielding robber disguised as a woman escaped with £618 from a bookies.
Serial offender Shane Crisp put on a leopard print dress and a red and black wig for the raid.
The 42-year-old was high on monkey dust (Phencyclidine) when he demanded money from the cashier at a Coral's branch in the Weston Coyney suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
But Crisp, from Meir, was recognised by staff because he is a regular customer.
Now he has started a 40-month jail term. Crisp's barrister Jason Holt told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court: "He was known by name at the bookmakers'."
The court heard Crisp ordered staff to 'Give me the money' before escaping with the money. He was handed notes and coins from the till after threatening staff with the blade. He then demanded money from the safe and left the New Kingsway outlet with £618.08. But staff managed to identify Crisp to police after seeing through his disguise of a leopard print dress and a red and black wig. Now Crisp, who has 44 convictions for 154 offences, has been jailed for three years and four months. The raid happened at 11am on June 24 when two staff were on duty.
Prosecutor Anthony Cartin said: "The defendant was wearing a black wig with red streaks in it and a leopard print dress. The staff concluded it was a man wearing a disguise. He approached the counter and demanded, 'Give me the money', while holding a knife. The manager was scared and opened the till and started placing the coin trays and notes on the counter. He took the money and demanded money from the safe. He was given the contents of that tin. He checked whether that was the safe. Satisfied it was everything in the store he left." The court heard Crisp, who had been a regular customer at the branch for years, was arrested a day later. Crisp pleaded guilty to robbery and possessing a bladed article.
Jason Holt, mitigating, said the defendant's disguise was ineffective but conceded it showed a degree of pre-planning. He said: "His life has been blighted by the use of class A drugs. This was a bookmakers' he was known to frequent. He was known by name. It was an offence he was never going to get away with. He had been using heroin and been given monkey dust. He had never used it before. It made him act in bizarre ways. As a result he committed this offence." Crisp has also been ordered to pay a £900 criminal court charge and a £120 surcharge. Jailing Crisp, Recorder Michael Burrows QC said: "You produced a large knife and demanded money. The staff were scared and shocked. The fact you wore a wig shows an element of planning."
The court heard Crisp ordered staff to 'Give me the money' before escaping with the money. He was handed notes and coins from the till after threatening staff with the blade. He then demanded money from the safe and left the New Kingsway outlet with £618.08. But staff managed to identify Crisp to police after seeing through his disguise of a leopard print dress and a red and black wig. Now Crisp, who has 44 convictions for 154 offences, has been jailed for three years and four months. The raid happened at 11am on June 24 when two staff were on duty.
Prosecutor Anthony Cartin said: "The defendant was wearing a black wig with red streaks in it and a leopard print dress. The staff concluded it was a man wearing a disguise. He approached the counter and demanded, 'Give me the money', while holding a knife. The manager was scared and opened the till and started placing the coin trays and notes on the counter. He took the money and demanded money from the safe. He was given the contents of that tin. He checked whether that was the safe. Satisfied it was everything in the store he left." The court heard Crisp, who had been a regular customer at the branch for years, was arrested a day later. Crisp pleaded guilty to robbery and possessing a bladed article.
Jason Holt, mitigating, said the defendant's disguise was ineffective but conceded it showed a degree of pre-planning. He said: "His life has been blighted by the use of class A drugs. This was a bookmakers' he was known to frequent. He was known by name. It was an offence he was never going to get away with. He had been using heroin and been given monkey dust. He had never used it before. It made him act in bizarre ways. As a result he committed this offence." Crisp has also been ordered to pay a £900 criminal court charge and a £120 surcharge. Jailing Crisp, Recorder Michael Burrows QC said: "You produced a large knife and demanded money. The staff were scared and shocked. The fact you wore a wig shows an element of planning."
Motorists warned about sex-mad deer on the loose
Motorists are being warned that approximately 20 sex-mad deer are on the loose just miles from the Somerset border after escaping from a venison farm in Uffculme.
The animals jumped a fence at a Devon property where they are bred for their meat and as they are about to enter mating season they could become aggressive. Both the stags and hinds have been spotted more than four miles away from the farm that sits just the other side of the Somerset/Devon border.
The animals, thought to be either red deer or Sika, are causing worry to drivers due to the farm's proximity to the M5. One driver came upon a hind while on the B3440 Uffculme Straight on Sunday morning. "It was very large, frightened and moved extremely quickly," he said.
"Fortunately there weren't many other vehicles around and we were able to see it carefully onto some nearby farmland." On Tuesday a stag believed to be from the escaped herd was seen at the Willand end of the Uffculme Straight. The animal made aggressive noises towards a motorcyclist before jumping a five-bar fence.
The animals jumped a fence at a Devon property where they are bred for their meat and as they are about to enter mating season they could become aggressive. Both the stags and hinds have been spotted more than four miles away from the farm that sits just the other side of the Somerset/Devon border.
The animals, thought to be either red deer or Sika, are causing worry to drivers due to the farm's proximity to the M5. One driver came upon a hind while on the B3440 Uffculme Straight on Sunday morning. "It was very large, frightened and moved extremely quickly," he said.
"Fortunately there weren't many other vehicles around and we were able to see it carefully onto some nearby farmland." On Tuesday a stag believed to be from the escaped herd was seen at the Willand end of the Uffculme Straight. The animal made aggressive noises towards a motorcyclist before jumping a five-bar fence.
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