Thursday, February 14, 2013
Husband fatally shot wife because she wouldn't stop talking
Joseph Hilton, 62, known as Danny, told a 911 operator his wife, Deborah Faile Hilton, 59, wouldn't stop talking, so he shot and killed her. "She just kept on and on and on and I just couldn't talk to her," Hilton said during a 911 call on Monday night.
When the 911 operator asked him why he shot her, Hilton replied, "We were in a domestic argument, and we just could not come to a conclusion." The arrest warrant says Hilton shot his wife once in the chest with a .45-calibre handgun.
After sheriff's deputies arrived and talked Hilton out of the mobile home in Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, they discovered her body about three feet from the front door.
Joseph Hilton has been charged with murder. He is being held in the Lancaster County Detention Center.
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When the 911 operator asked him why he shot her, Hilton replied, "We were in a domestic argument, and we just could not come to a conclusion." The arrest warrant says Hilton shot his wife once in the chest with a .45-calibre handgun.
After sheriff's deputies arrived and talked Hilton out of the mobile home in Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, they discovered her body about three feet from the front door.
Joseph Hilton has been charged with murder. He is being held in the Lancaster County Detention Center.
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Store employees held hostage by man brandishing fire extinguisher
A man who was arrested on Sunday at a Glendale Walmart is accused of trying to take about a dozen employees hostage while brandishing a fire extinguisher
Police believe the incident began when a man they have identified as Ryan Herman, 23, of Glendale, Arizona, attempted to pocket a pack of cigarettes from a Walmart. When a store employee confronted him, he left the store with the cigarettes - only to return to throw his keys at an employee.
Witnesses told police Herman grabbed a bottle of alcohol off the shelf and lobbed it through a window, breaking both the window and the bottle. Store employees told police Herman ordered them to sit on the floor of the break room and lock the door. When they told him it couldn't lock, he shut the door and began to pace.
Police arrived and observed Herman holding the fire extinguisher. After an officer asked him to put the extinguisher down, Herman is accused of raising it in a "threatening manner." The officer deployed his Taser on Herman and took him into custody. Herman was arrested on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment, assault, shoplifting and aggravated assault of an officer.
Police believe the incident began when a man they have identified as Ryan Herman, 23, of Glendale, Arizona, attempted to pocket a pack of cigarettes from a Walmart. When a store employee confronted him, he left the store with the cigarettes - only to return to throw his keys at an employee.
Witnesses told police Herman grabbed a bottle of alcohol off the shelf and lobbed it through a window, breaking both the window and the bottle. Store employees told police Herman ordered them to sit on the floor of the break room and lock the door. When they told him it couldn't lock, he shut the door and began to pace.
Police arrived and observed Herman holding the fire extinguisher. After an officer asked him to put the extinguisher down, Herman is accused of raising it in a "threatening manner." The officer deployed his Taser on Herman and took him into custody. Herman was arrested on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment, assault, shoplifting and aggravated assault of an officer.
Man accused of stealing ring-tailed lemur and holding it for ransom
A Lucedale man accused of stealing a pet lemur and holding it for ransom is under arrest in Mobile, Alabama. Authorities have charged James Edward Welborn, Jr., 32, with possession of stolen property. He's awaiting extradition back to Mississippi where he could face more charges.
George County Sheriff Dean Howell said the ring-tailed lemur is a family pet named Gizmo, valued at $1,500. The two-year-old lemur was taken along with a flat-screen television from a home in Mobile during a burglary in January.
After Gizmo's owner offered a cash reward for the stolen lemur, investigators got a tip from someone who had seen the lemur in Welborn's possession. Investigators say Welborn thought he could ransom the animal, sending pictures of Gizmo, asking for $1,000 to return him.
But before Welborn's plan could pay off, authorities moved in and made an arrest. Gizmo has since been reunited with his owner, and is reportedly doing fine. According to Sheriff Howell, this case should cause other criminals to think twice because, "We don't put up with any monkey business in George County."
George County Sheriff Dean Howell said the ring-tailed lemur is a family pet named Gizmo, valued at $1,500. The two-year-old lemur was taken along with a flat-screen television from a home in Mobile during a burglary in January.
After Gizmo's owner offered a cash reward for the stolen lemur, investigators got a tip from someone who had seen the lemur in Welborn's possession. Investigators say Welborn thought he could ransom the animal, sending pictures of Gizmo, asking for $1,000 to return him.
But before Welborn's plan could pay off, authorities moved in and made an arrest. Gizmo has since been reunited with his owner, and is reportedly doing fine. According to Sheriff Howell, this case should cause other criminals to think twice because, "We don't put up with any monkey business in George County."
Disabled turtle gets new lease of life with prosthetic flippers
A loggerhead turtle thought to have had her front limbs partly severed in a shark attack has been given a new pair of artificial flippers. Yu, aged about 25, has been through 26 pairs of rubber limbs already - but all have proved too painful to keep. The new ones are attached to a vest slipped over her head, said Naoki Kamezaki, curator at an aquarium near Kobe in western Japan, where Yu lives.
"We have worked hard to design the vest in a way that prevents the turtle from taking it off unwittingly," he said. Yu, who weighs 96kg (212lbs) and has a shell 82cm (32ins) long, was pulled out of a fisherman's net and sent to the Suma Aqualife Park in mid-2008.
One third of her right limb and half of the left limb were gone following what Mr Kamezaki believes must have been a shark attack. The aquarium started developing artificial limbs for Yu in late 2008 as she could swim only at about 60% of normal speed. Earlier versions caused her difficulty because they were squeezed into the stumps.
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"Similar attempts have been made to attach artificial limbs to turtles around the world, but we have not heard if they went well," said Mr Kamezaki, an expert on sea turtles, whose surname coincidentally means "turtle cape" in Japanese. "Ours may be the only case in which a turtle with artificial limbs is still swimming without a problem."
"We have worked hard to design the vest in a way that prevents the turtle from taking it off unwittingly," he said. Yu, who weighs 96kg (212lbs) and has a shell 82cm (32ins) long, was pulled out of a fisherman's net and sent to the Suma Aqualife Park in mid-2008.
One third of her right limb and half of the left limb were gone following what Mr Kamezaki believes must have been a shark attack. The aquarium started developing artificial limbs for Yu in late 2008 as she could swim only at about 60% of normal speed. Earlier versions caused her difficulty because they were squeezed into the stumps.
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"Similar attempts have been made to attach artificial limbs to turtles around the world, but we have not heard if they went well," said Mr Kamezaki, an expert on sea turtles, whose surname coincidentally means "turtle cape" in Japanese. "Ours may be the only case in which a turtle with artificial limbs is still swimming without a problem."
French driver trapped in speeding 125mph car with no brakes ended up in Belgium
When Frank Lecerf drove off to do his weekly supermarket shop in northern France, he was not expecting to embark on a high-speed car chase that would force him over the Belgian border. Lecerf has filed a legal complaint after his Renault Laguna, which is adapted for disabled drivers, jammed at 125mph (200km/h) and the brakes failed, forcing him to continue careering along a vast stretch of French motorway and into Belgium.
Police gave chase until he ran out of petrol and crashed into a ditch. The 36-year-old was on a dual carriageway on his way to a hypermarket when the car's speed dial first jammed at 60mph. Each time he tried to brake, the car accelerated, eventually reaching 125mph and sticking there. While uncontrollably speeding through the fast lane as other cars swerved out of his way, he managed to call emergency services who immediately dispatched a platoon of police cars.
Realising Lecerf had no choice but to keep racing along until his petrol ran out, they escorted him at high speed across almost 125mph of French motorway, past Calais and Dunkirk, and over the Belgian border. Puzzled motorists gave way as the high-speed convoy approached. Three toll stations were warned to raise their barriers as Lecerf ploughed through. After about an hour, his petrol tank spluttered empty and he managed to swerve into a ditch in Alveringem in Belgium, about 125 miles from his home, in Pont-de-Metz, near the northern French city of Amiens.
"My life flashed before me," he said. "I just wanted it to stop." He was unhurt but suffered two epileptic seizures. A Renault technician had been on the phone with police throughout the chase but couldn't come up with a solution. Lecerf said it wasn't the first time his speed dial had jammed but that Renault had looked at the car and assured him it was fine. His lawyer said he would file a legal complaint over "endangerment of a person's life". Renault said it would await the results of an investigation.
Police gave chase until he ran out of petrol and crashed into a ditch. The 36-year-old was on a dual carriageway on his way to a hypermarket when the car's speed dial first jammed at 60mph. Each time he tried to brake, the car accelerated, eventually reaching 125mph and sticking there. While uncontrollably speeding through the fast lane as other cars swerved out of his way, he managed to call emergency services who immediately dispatched a platoon of police cars.
Realising Lecerf had no choice but to keep racing along until his petrol ran out, they escorted him at high speed across almost 125mph of French motorway, past Calais and Dunkirk, and over the Belgian border. Puzzled motorists gave way as the high-speed convoy approached. Three toll stations were warned to raise their barriers as Lecerf ploughed through. After about an hour, his petrol tank spluttered empty and he managed to swerve into a ditch in Alveringem in Belgium, about 125 miles from his home, in Pont-de-Metz, near the northern French city of Amiens.
"My life flashed before me," he said. "I just wanted it to stop." He was unhurt but suffered two epileptic seizures. A Renault technician had been on the phone with police throughout the chase but couldn't come up with a solution. Lecerf said it wasn't the first time his speed dial had jammed but that Renault had looked at the car and assured him it was fine. His lawyer said he would file a legal complaint over "endangerment of a person's life". Renault said it would await the results of an investigation.
Police release footage of two shocking hit and run incidents in bid to trace drivers
West Midlands Police have released video of the moment a woman and toddler were sent flying in a hit-and-run in an effort to find the driver of a black Audi estate. A 42-year-old woman and her three-year-old nephew escaped with just minor
injuries when they were hit while crossing King William Street in Coventry at
around 7:30pm on Friday 7 December 2012.
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While Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV footage of a hit and run that left a man with "catastrophic" injuries, as they appeal for the public’s help to trace a man. At around 2.30am on Tuesday 21 August 2012, a silver Vauxhall Corsa collided with three pedestrians in John Dalton Street, Manchester before driving off.
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One of the pedestrians, father-of-three Michael Ward who was 28 at the time, received serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where he remains, suffered from injuries that he will never fully recover from. A 30-year-old man received a broken leg and a 32-year-old man received superficial injuries.
Police have issued an image of a man they wish to trace in connection with the incident.
Contains a woman and young child hit by car.
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While Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV footage of a hit and run that left a man with "catastrophic" injuries, as they appeal for the public’s help to trace a man. At around 2.30am on Tuesday 21 August 2012, a silver Vauxhall Corsa collided with three pedestrians in John Dalton Street, Manchester before driving off.
Contains graphic footage.
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One of the pedestrians, father-of-three Michael Ward who was 28 at the time, received serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where he remains, suffered from injuries that he will never fully recover from. A 30-year-old man received a broken leg and a 32-year-old man received superficial injuries.
Police have issued an image of a man they wish to trace in connection with the incident.
Armed police stormed home after spotting toy mortar 'weapon' on Facebook picture
Armed police who stormed a Tewkesbury home looking for a weapon were shocked to discover their efforts had all been over a toy. Ian Driscoll was both shocked and stunned when five policemen, including two who were armed, turned up on his doorstep with a search warrant. Acting on intelligence, they demanded to see a mortar tube they believed he had in his home in Margaret Road, Prior’s Park. But their terror alert tip off proved to be badly wrong. The mortar tube was actually a toy which formed part of a picture Ian had posted on his Facebook page.
Ian said that when the police came to his home, he had been stunned. At first he had no idea what they were talking about. “I was shocked and stunned. It was just mad,” he said. “Five officers turned up in unmarked police cars. They flashed the search warrant in my face and said it was lucky I was in so they didn’t have to break my door down. Everyone has been laughing about it and I think it’s funny. It’s so stupid.” The 43-year-old did not even have the toy as it belonged to a friend, who had it in his home in the town centre.
Ian has a dog that he takes for walks and, while at his friend’s house, he noticed he had two toy figures which looked a bit like him and his dog. So he took a photograph of them and, as a bit of fun, made it his profile picture on his Facebook page. But in the corner of the image was the mortar tube toy and it was seemingly this that led to the police raid. Ian said anyone looking at the picture carefully could see that the mortar tube had to be a toy and not real. The scale of it, he said, was clear because there was skirting board and a remote control in the background.
Gloucestershire police spokeswoman Alexa Collicott said: “The information was given to us in good faith and we acted with good intentions. We are sure that the community would rather we acted quickly on information given to us of this nature, in case it had turned out to be a weapon. The officers attending were hugely relieved that it wasn’t anything more sinister and we would much rather have a result like this than to put the public in harms way by not taking action.” She added that the two armed officers only attended in case their technical armoury knowledge was needed.
Ian said that when the police came to his home, he had been stunned. At first he had no idea what they were talking about. “I was shocked and stunned. It was just mad,” he said. “Five officers turned up in unmarked police cars. They flashed the search warrant in my face and said it was lucky I was in so they didn’t have to break my door down. Everyone has been laughing about it and I think it’s funny. It’s so stupid.” The 43-year-old did not even have the toy as it belonged to a friend, who had it in his home in the town centre.
Ian has a dog that he takes for walks and, while at his friend’s house, he noticed he had two toy figures which looked a bit like him and his dog. So he took a photograph of them and, as a bit of fun, made it his profile picture on his Facebook page. But in the corner of the image was the mortar tube toy and it was seemingly this that led to the police raid. Ian said anyone looking at the picture carefully could see that the mortar tube had to be a toy and not real. The scale of it, he said, was clear because there was skirting board and a remote control in the background.
Gloucestershire police spokeswoman Alexa Collicott said: “The information was given to us in good faith and we acted with good intentions. We are sure that the community would rather we acted quickly on information given to us of this nature, in case it had turned out to be a weapon. The officers attending were hugely relieved that it wasn’t anything more sinister and we would much rather have a result like this than to put the public in harms way by not taking action.” She added that the two armed officers only attended in case their technical armoury knowledge was needed.
Would-be Spiderman left dangling over busy road needed rescuing
A Plymouth man left dangling from a footbridge as part of a bet cost taxpayers nearly £5,000 to be rescued, a court heard. Lee Bassett, 29, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates on Monday where he pleaded guilty to the charge of causing danger to road users. Bassett was arrested on the evening of January 24 after he was spotted hanging underneath the footbridge which crosses Gdynia Way, close to the Cattedown roundabout.
Prosecutor Will Rose told magistrates all three emergency services were called to the scene just before 9pm to reports of a man with a rope around his waist suspended from the bridge. He said Bassett, wearing a harness, was barely eight feet over the busy traffic lanes. He said: "As a result of this dangerous and reckless act, Gdynia Way had to be closed as well as roads in the nearby area.
"Police were there for at least 90 minutes. Spiderman, Mr Bassett is not." He said police and fire crews, who were forced to deploy a turntable platform, were eventually able to rescue Bassett from his predicament.
Mr Rose said that when Bassett spoke to police he revealed it was "supposed to be a joke – it's a bet that went wrong." Bassett admitted to officers that he "had had a few jars" and "did it for a dare". He had put the harness on and lowered himself over the railing. Once swinging there a friend was supposed to bring him up, but his friend was unable to raise him up again. Mr Rose said: "Mr Bassett apologised for his actions.
It was an acutely foolish, reckless and dangerous act causing great concern to motorists and pedestrians and was resolved at great expense to the public purse." Magistrates heard that the operation to rescue Bassett cost police £1,800, the ambulance service £675 and the fire service £2,400. Mr Rose said: "As a result of this bizarre prank it costs the public purse £4,875." In mitigation his defence solicitor described the incident as a "misjudged escapade from a foolish wager by two friends" and said Bassett "wholeheartedly regrets the matter". Magistrates adjourned the sentencing until March 11, released Bassett on unconditional bail while a probation report was completed.
Prosecutor Will Rose told magistrates all three emergency services were called to the scene just before 9pm to reports of a man with a rope around his waist suspended from the bridge. He said Bassett, wearing a harness, was barely eight feet over the busy traffic lanes. He said: "As a result of this dangerous and reckless act, Gdynia Way had to be closed as well as roads in the nearby area.
"Police were there for at least 90 minutes. Spiderman, Mr Bassett is not." He said police and fire crews, who were forced to deploy a turntable platform, were eventually able to rescue Bassett from his predicament.
Mr Rose said that when Bassett spoke to police he revealed it was "supposed to be a joke – it's a bet that went wrong." Bassett admitted to officers that he "had had a few jars" and "did it for a dare". He had put the harness on and lowered himself over the railing. Once swinging there a friend was supposed to bring him up, but his friend was unable to raise him up again. Mr Rose said: "Mr Bassett apologised for his actions.
It was an acutely foolish, reckless and dangerous act causing great concern to motorists and pedestrians and was resolved at great expense to the public purse." Magistrates heard that the operation to rescue Bassett cost police £1,800, the ambulance service £675 and the fire service £2,400. Mr Rose said: "As a result of this bizarre prank it costs the public purse £4,875." In mitigation his defence solicitor described the incident as a "misjudged escapade from a foolish wager by two friends" and said Bassett "wholeheartedly regrets the matter". Magistrates adjourned the sentencing until March 11, released Bassett on unconditional bail while a probation report was completed.
'Elephant Man' robs betting shop
An armed robber described as "looking like the Elephant
Man" raided a betting shop in Birmingham.
The man used a T-shirt with tiny cut-out eye holes and threatened staff with a knife at Corals Racing in Chester Road, Streetly. Staff locked themselves in a back office during the raid which saw the man make off with about £350.
Officers appealed for information about the robbery which happened at about 16:45 GMT on 26 January. The man is described as wearing mustard coloured trousers, a black quilted style jacket and had a grey T-shirt covering his face.
Det Con Martin Beebee said: "This is one of the most unusual masked robbers we have encountered and he can only be described as looking like the Elephant Man. It's surprising he was able to see anything at all through this make-shift mask."
The man used a T-shirt with tiny cut-out eye holes and threatened staff with a knife at Corals Racing in Chester Road, Streetly. Staff locked themselves in a back office during the raid which saw the man make off with about £350.
Officers appealed for information about the robbery which happened at about 16:45 GMT on 26 January. The man is described as wearing mustard coloured trousers, a black quilted style jacket and had a grey T-shirt covering his face.
Det Con Martin Beebee said: "This is one of the most unusual masked robbers we have encountered and he can only be described as looking like the Elephant Man. It's surprising he was able to see anything at all through this make-shift mask."
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