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.
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.
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"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.
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"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.
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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.
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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