Sunday, November 20, 2016
FBI search for the 'Spelling Bee Bandit' who repeatedly misspells 'robbery'
The FBI is offering up to $1,000 for information that can lead to a bank robber, nicknamed the "Spelling Bee Bandit" for his misspelling of the word "robbery" on hold up notes.
The man is wanted for multiple heists in the Greater Boston area. Investigators believe the suspect robbed four different banks in Massachusetts, including Arlington, Reading and Burlington, over a two-week period.
The latest robbery occurred at a TD Bank Peabody, Massachusetts. In every case, he put on sunglasses and handed a demand note to the teller with "Robery" written on it, according to the FBI.
The unknown robber is described as a slim man in his late 30s or early 40s who is between 5'11" and 6'2" and approximately 160 pounds. They said he has a "local" accent.
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The man is wanted for multiple heists in the Greater Boston area. Investigators believe the suspect robbed four different banks in Massachusetts, including Arlington, Reading and Burlington, over a two-week period.
The latest robbery occurred at a TD Bank Peabody, Massachusetts. In every case, he put on sunglasses and handed a demand note to the teller with "Robery" written on it, according to the FBI.
The unknown robber is described as a slim man in his late 30s or early 40s who is between 5'11" and 6'2" and approximately 160 pounds. They said he has a "local" accent.
With news video.
Police hunt 'feminine' men accused of stealing yoga pants from Victoria’s Secret store
Two men described as “feminine” and wearing fake eyelashes and long red nails are being sought in connection with a yoga pants heist at a Victoria’s Secret store in South Carolina.
Deana Milligan, an employee at the Spartanburg store, told police that she observed two black men enter the business at around 9pm on Wednesday “and hang out near a yoga pants display.”
Milligan said that the duo proceeded to place multiple pairs of yoga pants in shopping bags before fleeing the store without paying for the garments. A Spartanburg Police Department report describes the suspects as wearing “red sweatshirts and red sneakers and had nose rings.”
Milligan described the duo as “feminine and stated they were wearing fake eye lashes and long red nails.” One suspect, Milligan added, had a neck tattoo, while his accomplice wore a black hat atop a Mohawk haircut.
Deana Milligan, an employee at the Spartanburg store, told police that she observed two black men enter the business at around 9pm on Wednesday “and hang out near a yoga pants display.”
Milligan said that the duo proceeded to place multiple pairs of yoga pants in shopping bags before fleeing the store without paying for the garments. A Spartanburg Police Department report describes the suspects as wearing “red sweatshirts and red sneakers and had nose rings.”
Milligan described the duo as “feminine and stated they were wearing fake eye lashes and long red nails.” One suspect, Milligan added, had a neck tattoo, while his accomplice wore a black hat atop a Mohawk haircut.
Tutu-wearing man who stole fruit and soda from farmers market arrested - Update
The search is over for a hungry, tutu-wearing thief who broke into a farmer’s market in Florida.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies say they’ve caught the man who broke a glass door to a farmer’s market in Tampa.
Investigators say Jevon Ryner Jamison, 22, of Tampa was wearing a tutu and wig when he broke into the farmer’s market with another male at 1am on Nov. 1.
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Once inside, surveillance cameras recorded the man in a tutu drinking a soda and eating fruit. Deputies arrested Jamison and charged him with Burglary of an Unoccupied Structure, Criminal Mischief, and Petit Theft.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies say they’ve caught the man who broke a glass door to a farmer’s market in Tampa.
Investigators say Jevon Ryner Jamison, 22, of Tampa was wearing a tutu and wig when he broke into the farmer’s market with another male at 1am on Nov. 1.
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Once inside, surveillance cameras recorded the man in a tutu drinking a soda and eating fruit. Deputies arrested Jamison and charged him with Burglary of an Unoccupied Structure, Criminal Mischief, and Petit Theft.
Pedestrian hospitalised after being hit by flying deer that had been struck by vehicle
A pedestrian was hit by a deer that had been struck by a minivan in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Thursday evening.
At about 5:30pm, a Woodlawn woman was driving west in a 2004 Pontiac Montana when a deer entered the road, according to an accident report.
The minivan hit the deer, and the deer went airborne. "The deer flew off the car and hit a pedestrian," according to Clarksville Police spokeswoman Officer Natalie Hall.
The pedestrian had broken bones, and he was taken to Tennova Healthcare in Clarksville for treatment. "This is not a type of crash that happens often," Hall added.
At about 5:30pm, a Woodlawn woman was driving west in a 2004 Pontiac Montana when a deer entered the road, according to an accident report.
The minivan hit the deer, and the deer went airborne. "The deer flew off the car and hit a pedestrian," according to Clarksville Police spokeswoman Officer Natalie Hall.
The pedestrian had broken bones, and he was taken to Tennova Healthcare in Clarksville for treatment. "This is not a type of crash that happens often," Hall added.
Buck broke into fur company drying deer hides before wreaking havoc
A deer head-butted the owner of a rural fur company in Willmar, Minnesota, jumped over counters and tipped over boxes before fleeing out the door where it had entered earlier this week.
The six-point buck caused havoc at Johnson Fur where workers are in the process of handling thousands of deer hides harvested by hunters the last two weeks.
“It was something else,’’ said business owner Scott Johnson, who took a set of six-point antlers to his ribs and stomach. Johnson said he had a few tender ribs but otherwise was OK. It all happened at around 4pm on Wednesday. With warm weather, the front door to Johnson Fur was wide open. Johnson said he was in his office when he heard a worker in a back room yelling his name. “I thought he just needed something,’’ Johnson said.
He got up from his office desk and stepped around the corner. “Here it was, a big buck coming right to me,’’ said Johnson, 67. After butting into Johnson, the deer dashed into the back room. It jumped on the grading tables where hides are sorted and lots of paperwork was stacked. “He proceeded to make mischief of it,’’ Johnson said. “He kind of tore the place apart before we got it out of the door,’’ he said.
Johnson said he was initially worried the deer might break its legs while running and jumping over everything, but was surprised by how agile the deer was. At one point it had even jumped atop a refrigerator. Scott and Lynette Johnson’s dog, a Jack Russell terrier, barked at the intruder and nipped at its heels while Johnson and workers yelled at the buck. This is the deer rutting season, so Johnson said he can only speculate that the smells from the deer hides inside the building might be what attracted the buck.
“It was something else,’’ said business owner Scott Johnson, who took a set of six-point antlers to his ribs and stomach. Johnson said he had a few tender ribs but otherwise was OK. It all happened at around 4pm on Wednesday. With warm weather, the front door to Johnson Fur was wide open. Johnson said he was in his office when he heard a worker in a back room yelling his name. “I thought he just needed something,’’ Johnson said.
He got up from his office desk and stepped around the corner. “Here it was, a big buck coming right to me,’’ said Johnson, 67. After butting into Johnson, the deer dashed into the back room. It jumped on the grading tables where hides are sorted and lots of paperwork was stacked. “He proceeded to make mischief of it,’’ Johnson said. “He kind of tore the place apart before we got it out of the door,’’ he said.
Johnson said he was initially worried the deer might break its legs while running and jumping over everything, but was surprised by how agile the deer was. At one point it had even jumped atop a refrigerator. Scott and Lynette Johnson’s dog, a Jack Russell terrier, barked at the intruder and nipped at its heels while Johnson and workers yelled at the buck. This is the deer rutting season, so Johnson said he can only speculate that the smells from the deer hides inside the building might be what attracted the buck.
Investigation into alleged assault of bunny-suited man blowing air horn by police officer
An investigation is underway into an alleged assault of a bunny-suited prankster blowing an air horn by a police officer, authorities said.
Kevin Hemmerich went to the Hopatcong police headquarters in New Jersey on Thursday evening with the intention of turning himself in for an outstanding warrant, and to record an air horn prank at the same time, his brother, Jason, said.
A video filmed by Jason Hemmerich shows Kevin Hemmerich wearing a bunny costume and blowing an air horn despite being asked to stop. After blowing the air horn intermittently, two officers then enter the lobby where the Hemmerich brothers were located. Jason Hemmerich said the duo began cursing and yelling and one of them punched his brother in the face. The other, he said, slapped the phone out of his hands. "This is my hometown and he punched my brother in the face for no reason," he said.
YouTube link. Full YouTube video of the incident. Contains NSFW language.
Jason Hemmerich said his brother wasn't violent or a threat to police at the time he was hit. He also said he hasn't spoken to his brother since his arrest on Thursday night. Jason Hemmerich said his brother had a warrant out for his arrest for failure to complete 12 days worth of work with the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program. Kevin Hemmerich received the sentence in lieu of jail time for a failure to have auto insurance in connection with a motor vehicle crash. Jason Hemmerich said he and his brother were admittedly playing a prank when his brother surrendered himself while wearing the bunny costume and blowing an air horn.
But he believes borough police overstepped when they hit his brother, who wasn't posing a threat to officers, and slapped the phone out of his hand. Jason Hemmerich said Hopatcong police had charged him with harassment and obstruction for filming the incident. Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Greg Mueller said his office would be handling the investigation into the alleged assault and "the appropriateness of the charges against the brother." His office, he said, wouldn't be releasing the names of the officers involved at this time. Mueller said later on Friday afternoon that the officer who slapped Kevin Hemmerich has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation and will not have interactions with the public.
A video filmed by Jason Hemmerich shows Kevin Hemmerich wearing a bunny costume and blowing an air horn despite being asked to stop. After blowing the air horn intermittently, two officers then enter the lobby where the Hemmerich brothers were located. Jason Hemmerich said the duo began cursing and yelling and one of them punched his brother in the face. The other, he said, slapped the phone out of his hands. "This is my hometown and he punched my brother in the face for no reason," he said.
YouTube link. Full YouTube video of the incident. Contains NSFW language.
Jason Hemmerich said his brother wasn't violent or a threat to police at the time he was hit. He also said he hasn't spoken to his brother since his arrest on Thursday night. Jason Hemmerich said his brother had a warrant out for his arrest for failure to complete 12 days worth of work with the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program. Kevin Hemmerich received the sentence in lieu of jail time for a failure to have auto insurance in connection with a motor vehicle crash. Jason Hemmerich said he and his brother were admittedly playing a prank when his brother surrendered himself while wearing the bunny costume and blowing an air horn.
But he believes borough police overstepped when they hit his brother, who wasn't posing a threat to officers, and slapped the phone out of his hand. Jason Hemmerich said Hopatcong police had charged him with harassment and obstruction for filming the incident. Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Greg Mueller said his office would be handling the investigation into the alleged assault and "the appropriateness of the charges against the brother." His office, he said, wouldn't be releasing the names of the officers involved at this time. Mueller said later on Friday afternoon that the officer who slapped Kevin Hemmerich has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation and will not have interactions with the public.
Woman must pay compensation after falsely accused neighbour of having sex with her pig
A woman from Cornwall faces a £230,000 court bill after falsing accusing her neighbour of having sex with one of her pigs.
Sharon Hamilton, 54, made the untrue claim about 73-year-old churchgoer Anton Barkhuysen to police during an eight-year land dispute.
It led to the pensioner, who lives near Stithians, being arrested on New Year's Day in 2013 and subjected to a "humiliating" police investigation. He was held, questioned about his sex life and subjected to intimate sampling, before being kept on police bail for many weeks.
The married pensioner was ultimately exonerated and has now been awarded £32,080 for false imprisonment, harassment and slander by Mr Justice Warby. And the payout will be dwarfed by the lawyers' bills run up in the case - estimated at up to £200,000.
"Mrs Hamilton made a false, entirely unfounded, and malicious accusation," said the High Court judge.
"That accusation set in train the actions of the police that followed: his arrest and detention, the seizure of his property, the intimate sampling and other steps. She procured a criminal investigation of the claimant lasting several months." The court heard the neighbours, who live close to each other in the tiny hamlet of Tregolls, had been at each other's throats for years. Mr Barkhuysen disagreed with Mrs Hamilton's fencing off of part of the adjoining Tregolls Common, where she keeps pigs. But Mrs Hamilton claimed the fence has been in place since long before she even moved there. As the owner of the farm, she has grazing rights over the common. The row escalated with Mrs Hamilton's New Year's Day claim in 2013 that she had stumbled upon Mr Barkhuysen having sex with one of her pigs. She claimed he had enticed the animal with doughnuts and ran off in shame when he realised he had been spotted. Mr Justice Warby said the allegation was a lie and that she had compounded her neighbour's distress by hinting at it to another neighbour.
"You have no idea what sort of man you are living next to, you need to keep an eye on your children when he is around," she told him. On another day later in 2013, she went to Mr Barkhuysen's church and told a steward that he should not be around children. The judge said some of the words in the conversations amounted to slander. "Allegations of sexual offending against animals and against children are at the upper end of the scale of gravity," he said. "The pig allegation is not just improbable. Having heard all the evidence and argument, I am convinced that it is false. It was an invention by the defendant. It led directly to the claimant's arrest and detention by the police." The judge accepted that some of Mr Barkhuysen's behaviour during the row had been "bullying". Mrs Hamilton said her neighbour had "buried my family in a mire of destruction" in an attempt to obtain her farm or just out of spite. But Mr Justice Warby said: "I do not accept either proposition. In my judgment, his primary motivation has been a desire to protect the common.
"He has been overzealous in this. It has verged on an obsession. It has led him into some behaviour that I have described as bullying. But this is at its core a public interest purpose. And the contention that it had involved harassment of this defendant has failed." He ordered that Mrs Hamilton pay him a total of £32,080 for slander, false imprisonment and harassment. Lawyers confirmed later that the legal costs of the case would be up to £200,000, but the judge has yet to decide who must pay them. Mr Barkhuysen, 73, said: "It has been five years of hell dealing with this woman. This has resulted in harassment, defamation to various third parties and the most vile and false sexual allegations concerning an animal. That was the most serious. She had me arrested for having sexual intercourse with a pig, which was a complete pack of lies. The pig allegation is disgusting. I am well known in the village and it is horrifying to think about what people thought. She even followed me into church to make that vile sexual allegation. My friends and family knew it wasn't true but not everyone did. It could have cast doubt in people's minds."
"That accusation set in train the actions of the police that followed: his arrest and detention, the seizure of his property, the intimate sampling and other steps. She procured a criminal investigation of the claimant lasting several months." The court heard the neighbours, who live close to each other in the tiny hamlet of Tregolls, had been at each other's throats for years. Mr Barkhuysen disagreed with Mrs Hamilton's fencing off of part of the adjoining Tregolls Common, where she keeps pigs. But Mrs Hamilton claimed the fence has been in place since long before she even moved there. As the owner of the farm, she has grazing rights over the common. The row escalated with Mrs Hamilton's New Year's Day claim in 2013 that she had stumbled upon Mr Barkhuysen having sex with one of her pigs. She claimed he had enticed the animal with doughnuts and ran off in shame when he realised he had been spotted. Mr Justice Warby said the allegation was a lie and that she had compounded her neighbour's distress by hinting at it to another neighbour.
"You have no idea what sort of man you are living next to, you need to keep an eye on your children when he is around," she told him. On another day later in 2013, she went to Mr Barkhuysen's church and told a steward that he should not be around children. The judge said some of the words in the conversations amounted to slander. "Allegations of sexual offending against animals and against children are at the upper end of the scale of gravity," he said. "The pig allegation is not just improbable. Having heard all the evidence and argument, I am convinced that it is false. It was an invention by the defendant. It led directly to the claimant's arrest and detention by the police." The judge accepted that some of Mr Barkhuysen's behaviour during the row had been "bullying". Mrs Hamilton said her neighbour had "buried my family in a mire of destruction" in an attempt to obtain her farm or just out of spite. But Mr Justice Warby said: "I do not accept either proposition. In my judgment, his primary motivation has been a desire to protect the common.
"He has been overzealous in this. It has verged on an obsession. It has led him into some behaviour that I have described as bullying. But this is at its core a public interest purpose. And the contention that it had involved harassment of this defendant has failed." He ordered that Mrs Hamilton pay him a total of £32,080 for slander, false imprisonment and harassment. Lawyers confirmed later that the legal costs of the case would be up to £200,000, but the judge has yet to decide who must pay them. Mr Barkhuysen, 73, said: "It has been five years of hell dealing with this woman. This has resulted in harassment, defamation to various third parties and the most vile and false sexual allegations concerning an animal. That was the most serious. She had me arrested for having sexual intercourse with a pig, which was a complete pack of lies. The pig allegation is disgusting. I am well known in the village and it is horrifying to think about what people thought. She even followed me into church to make that vile sexual allegation. My friends and family knew it wasn't true but not everyone did. It could have cast doubt in people's minds."
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