Fishnet Hosiery Does in Robbery Suspect
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - A man's pantyhose led to his arrest, authorities said. An unshaven man wearing a black evening gown, fishnet stockings, calf-high boots and a black wig robbed a USA Gas station Monday morning, authorities alleged.
The armed man stuffed $290 in cash into an ensemble-matching black purse.
"I've been with the department for 22 years, and this is the first time I've heard of this happening anywhere here," police Lt. Phil Penko said.
About 35 minutes after the robbery, police Officer Chad Ventimiglia spotted a black Saab with fishnet pantyhose hanging from the front driver's side door, dragging on the ground, investigators said.
The car was pulled over and Michael Leslie Clouse, 26, was arrested and booked for investigation of armed robbery.
A plastic replica handgun allegedly was found inside his purse, Penko said.
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Bogus Healer Convicted in Mermaids Case
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A bogus traditional healer who persuaded a businesswoman to hire "mermaids" and accommodate them in a Harare hotel to help find a stolen car was convicted of theft by false pretenses, court officials said Tuesday.
Harare magistrate Sandra Nhau found Edina Chizema guilty of swindling a businesswoman of her savings with promises that mermaids would help recover the luxury car in 2004 and solve the businesswoman's unspecified "personal problems."
In Zimbabwe, where tribal superstition is deeply entrenched, prosecutors said Chizema persuaded Margaret Mapfumo to pay 200 million Zimbabwe dollars (about $30,000) to hire mermaids, feed and accommodate them in a Harare hotel, buy power generators for a floodlit lakeside ceremony and invoke ancestral spirits to find the missing car.
Some of the money was to be used to buy a bull whose genitals — described in court as the animal's "strong part" — would point out the car thief, prosecutors said.
At a hearing Monday, the magistrate said Chizema, who had pleaded not guilty and claimed to be a spirit medium, was not a credible witness and the "idiosyncrasies" of her plea were not recognized in law.
Chizema will be sentenced to imprisonment or a fine at a sentencing hearing later, the court officials said.
In Zimbabwe, prominent figures and even leading politicians have often been the victims of such scams.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A bogus traditional healer who persuaded a businesswoman to hire "mermaids" and accommodate them in a Harare hotel to help find a stolen car was convicted of theft by false pretenses, court officials said Tuesday.
Harare magistrate Sandra Nhau found Edina Chizema guilty of swindling a businesswoman of her savings with promises that mermaids would help recover the luxury car in 2004 and solve the businesswoman's unspecified "personal problems."
In Zimbabwe, where tribal superstition is deeply entrenched, prosecutors said Chizema persuaded Margaret Mapfumo to pay 200 million Zimbabwe dollars (about $30,000) to hire mermaids, feed and accommodate them in a Harare hotel, buy power generators for a floodlit lakeside ceremony and invoke ancestral spirits to find the missing car.
Some of the money was to be used to buy a bull whose genitals — described in court as the animal's "strong part" — would point out the car thief, prosecutors said.
At a hearing Monday, the magistrate said Chizema, who had pleaded not guilty and claimed to be a spirit medium, was not a credible witness and the "idiosyncrasies" of her plea were not recognized in law.
Chizema will be sentenced to imprisonment or a fine at a sentencing hearing later, the court officials said.
In Zimbabwe, prominent figures and even leading politicians have often been the victims of such scams.
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Hair Salon Burglary Leads to Pot Bust
BOWDON, Ga. (AP) - A burglary at a hair salon has led to charges against the salon's owner after police found more than 200 pounds of marijuana stored there.
Bowdon Police Chief Mark Brock was on routine patrol early Sunday when he came across a burglary in progress at the hair salon.
The suspects, identified as Howard Bernard Crane, 20, and Kareem Lee Evans, 33, were trying to steal the marijuana, which was being kept in a freezer chest at the salon, police said.
The salon's owner — who is also Howard Crane's sister — Erica Crane, 33, was also arrested.
West Georgia Drug Task Force Agent Mike Fritz said Howard Crane was trying to steal the drugs from his sister's shop with Evans' help.
The three have been charged with trafficking marijuana.
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BOWDON, Ga. (AP) - A burglary at a hair salon has led to charges against the salon's owner after police found more than 200 pounds of marijuana stored there.
Bowdon Police Chief Mark Brock was on routine patrol early Sunday when he came across a burglary in progress at the hair salon.
The suspects, identified as Howard Bernard Crane, 20, and Kareem Lee Evans, 33, were trying to steal the marijuana, which was being kept in a freezer chest at the salon, police said.
The salon's owner — who is also Howard Crane's sister — Erica Crane, 33, was also arrested.
West Georgia Drug Task Force Agent Mike Fritz said Howard Crane was trying to steal the drugs from his sister's shop with Evans' help.
The three have been charged with trafficking marijuana.
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Man's Toddler Son Wanders Into Strip Club
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Kansas man was arrested at a Tulsa strip club after police say his toddler son wandered from an unlocked car into the club over the weekend.
Christopher Greg Killion, 31, was arrested Saturday on a complaint of "encouraging a minor child to be in need of supervision." He posted $500 bond and was released from the Tulsa Jail.
The toddler told police that his father told him to stay in the car, and that if he left it, "monsters would eat him," reports indicate.
A manager at the club had called police to report that about 30 minutes after Killion entered the club, a 3- to 4-year-old boy came inside looking for his father.
Officers determined that the boy had been left alone in a car in the strip club's parking lot. The car was unlocked and parked about 20 feet from a four-lane street. It was raining and 45 degrees outside at the time, an officer noted in the police report.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Kansas man was arrested at a Tulsa strip club after police say his toddler son wandered from an unlocked car into the club over the weekend.
Christopher Greg Killion, 31, was arrested Saturday on a complaint of "encouraging a minor child to be in need of supervision." He posted $500 bond and was released from the Tulsa Jail.
The toddler told police that his father told him to stay in the car, and that if he left it, "monsters would eat him," reports indicate.
A manager at the club had called police to report that about 30 minutes after Killion entered the club, a 3- to 4-year-old boy came inside looking for his father.
Officers determined that the boy had been left alone in a car in the strip club's parking lot. The car was unlocked and parked about 20 feet from a four-lane street. It was raining and 45 degrees outside at the time, an officer noted in the police report.
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Florida catches thief in prison softball scam
MIAMI, Fla. (Reuters) - A former professional baseball player given a phantom job in a prison library to help the guards win a softball tournament was ordered to repay his $1,400 (802 pound) salary, the Florida attorney general said on Wednesday.
Mark Guerra, a former pitcher with a Houston Astros' minor league affiliate, helped a team of prison guards win the Florida Department of Corrections' annual softball tournament last year.
Guerra, 34, was hired as a temporary worker in the library at the Apalachee Correctional Institution but never showed up during the four weeks he was on the payroll, Attorney General Charles Crist said.
Guerra acknowledged the money was for playing in the tournament and pleaded guilty to a theft charge on Tuesday. He was ordered to repay the $1,400, perform 50 hours of community service and cooperate in a prison corruption investigation.
"It is disturbing that a state agency would place so much importance on a team sport that it would stoop to committing crimes," Crist said.
MIAMI, Fla. (Reuters) - A former professional baseball player given a phantom job in a prison library to help the guards win a softball tournament was ordered to repay his $1,400 (802 pound) salary, the Florida attorney general said on Wednesday.
Mark Guerra, a former pitcher with a Houston Astros' minor league affiliate, helped a team of prison guards win the Florida Department of Corrections' annual softball tournament last year.
Guerra, 34, was hired as a temporary worker in the library at the Apalachee Correctional Institution but never showed up during the four weeks he was on the payroll, Attorney General Charles Crist said.
Guerra acknowledged the money was for playing in the tournament and pleaded guilty to a theft charge on Tuesday. He was ordered to repay the $1,400, perform 50 hours of community service and cooperate in a prison corruption investigation.
"It is disturbing that a state agency would place so much importance on a team sport that it would stoop to committing crimes," Crist said.
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Soccer Ball Theft Puzzles Wash. Police
SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) - Whoever bounced off with 54 new soccer balls and other paraphernalia from a high school ticket booth took a lot of time so as not "to make a big mess," puzzled investigators say.
A quarter-inch-thick glass pane weighing about 30 pounds was carefully removed and placed against the outside of the booth near Eastlake High School sometime between March 4 and 6, when the burglary was discovered, said King County sheriff's Deputy Stanley J. Chapin, a school resource officer.
"They removed the entire window to the ticket booth. It took some time," Chapin said.
"It wasn't a smash and grab, it was kind of like a 'nice' burglar — not to make a big mess," he said. "You wouldn't have noticed it because the window was missing."
Besides the balls, new Brine Phantoms with a list price of $54.99 each, six black nylon bags, 16 reversible Brine vests known in soccer as "pinnies" and 100 squat cones of various colors for use as field markers, Chapin said. He gave the total value at $3,562.
The burglary was discovered March 6, a Monday, when a coach opened the booth and found the equipment gone.
Chapin said this week that investigators obtained a set of latent fingerprints but have been unable to pinpoint who might be responsible.
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SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) - Whoever bounced off with 54 new soccer balls and other paraphernalia from a high school ticket booth took a lot of time so as not "to make a big mess," puzzled investigators say.
A quarter-inch-thick glass pane weighing about 30 pounds was carefully removed and placed against the outside of the booth near Eastlake High School sometime between March 4 and 6, when the burglary was discovered, said King County sheriff's Deputy Stanley J. Chapin, a school resource officer.
"They removed the entire window to the ticket booth. It took some time," Chapin said.
"It wasn't a smash and grab, it was kind of like a 'nice' burglar — not to make a big mess," he said. "You wouldn't have noticed it because the window was missing."
Besides the balls, new Brine Phantoms with a list price of $54.99 each, six black nylon bags, 16 reversible Brine vests known in soccer as "pinnies" and 100 squat cones of various colors for use as field markers, Chapin said. He gave the total value at $3,562.
The burglary was discovered March 6, a Monday, when a coach opened the booth and found the equipment gone.
Chapin said this week that investigators obtained a set of latent fingerprints but have been unable to pinpoint who might be responsible.
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Man Catches Train, Forgets Baby in Car
By MICHAEL W. KAHN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car — keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter?
That's what happened Thursday just north of Washington, police say.
"Dad forgot baby was in the car, parked the car, got on the Metro," said Lucille Baur, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department.
"I don't know exactly when he got the memory flash, but he was in D.C. when it was the horrible defining moment, 'Oh my goodness, I think I've left my child back in my car,'" Baur said.
At that point, she said, Jonathan Sander got off the southbound train and onto a northbound one, returning to the Shady Grove Metrorail station about 12 miles north of Washington.
By that time, other commuters had noticed the 7 1/2-month-old girl in the back seat of the car, firefighters had opened the locked door and the child had been taken to a hospital as a precaution.
She was reunited there with her mother.
"Child Protective Services was comfortable with releasing the child back to the mom," said Baur. "We all believe that the child was not intentionally left in the car."
Sander, described as "terrified, embarrassed," was charged with leaving a child under 8 unattended in a car or building. He could face a fine of up to $500 and 30 days in jail.
By MICHAEL W. KAHN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car — keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter?
That's what happened Thursday just north of Washington, police say.
"Dad forgot baby was in the car, parked the car, got on the Metro," said Lucille Baur, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department.
"I don't know exactly when he got the memory flash, but he was in D.C. when it was the horrible defining moment, 'Oh my goodness, I think I've left my child back in my car,'" Baur said.
At that point, she said, Jonathan Sander got off the southbound train and onto a northbound one, returning to the Shady Grove Metrorail station about 12 miles north of Washington.
By that time, other commuters had noticed the 7 1/2-month-old girl in the back seat of the car, firefighters had opened the locked door and the child had been taken to a hospital as a precaution.
She was reunited there with her mother.
"Child Protective Services was comfortable with releasing the child back to the mom," said Baur. "We all believe that the child was not intentionally left in the car."
Sander, described as "terrified, embarrassed," was charged with leaving a child under 8 unattended in a car or building. He could face a fine of up to $500 and 30 days in jail.
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MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - A man's pantyhose led to his arrest, authorities said. An unshaven man wearing a black evening gown, fishnet stockings, calf-high boots and a black wig robbed a USA Gas station Monday morning, authorities alleged.
The armed man stuffed $290 in cash into an ensemble-matching black purse.
"I've been with the department for 22 years, and this is the first time I've heard of this happening anywhere here," police Lt. Phil Penko said.
About 35 minutes after the robbery, police Officer Chad Ventimiglia spotted a black Saab with fishnet pantyhose hanging from the front driver's side door, dragging on the ground, investigators said.
The car was pulled over and Michael Leslie Clouse, 26, was arrested and booked for investigation of armed robbery.
A plastic replica handgun allegedly was found inside his purse, Penko said.
he should be executed for bad fashion sense
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Auto-Theft Suspect Triggers Road Rage
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A man stole a pickup truck downtown Thursday and crashed into the back of another pickup truck, triggering a road-rage chase that ended in gunfire and two flat tires on the stolen vehicle.
It started when a man police later identified as Randy H. Colby, 44, stole a white Chevrolet pickup truck from an auto repair shop, a report said. At a traffic light, the pickup truck hit the back of a black Nissan truck and then fled.
The driver of the Nissan, William McArthur Sams, 27, gave chase, police said. At a traffic light, the Chevrolet backed up and rammed into the front of the Nissan before driving off again, police said.
When the Nissan stopped at another traffic light, Sams got out of his truck with a semiautomatic handgun.
"Mr. Sams beat on the side of the pickup and then fired one round at one of the driver's side tires, deflating the tire," a report said.
A uniformed St. Petersburg officer who witnessed the scene drew her weapon and ordered Sams to drop his gun, the report said. Instead, he fired at the Nissan again, flattening another tire. Then he dropped his weapon.
Colby drove off on two flat tires but was soon apprehended.
Colby was charged with auto theft and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, police said. He was jailed and did not yet have an attorney.
Sams was not immediately charged, although police said the incident is still under investigation and will be reviewed by prosecutors.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A man stole a pickup truck downtown Thursday and crashed into the back of another pickup truck, triggering a road-rage chase that ended in gunfire and two flat tires on the stolen vehicle.
It started when a man police later identified as Randy H. Colby, 44, stole a white Chevrolet pickup truck from an auto repair shop, a report said. At a traffic light, the pickup truck hit the back of a black Nissan truck and then fled.
The driver of the Nissan, William McArthur Sams, 27, gave chase, police said. At a traffic light, the Chevrolet backed up and rammed into the front of the Nissan before driving off again, police said.
When the Nissan stopped at another traffic light, Sams got out of his truck with a semiautomatic handgun.
"Mr. Sams beat on the side of the pickup and then fired one round at one of the driver's side tires, deflating the tire," a report said.
A uniformed St. Petersburg officer who witnessed the scene drew her weapon and ordered Sams to drop his gun, the report said. Instead, he fired at the Nissan again, flattening another tire. Then he dropped his weapon.
Colby drove off on two flat tires but was soon apprehended.
Colby was charged with auto theft and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, police said. He was jailed and did not yet have an attorney.
Sams was not immediately charged, although police said the incident is still under investigation and will be reviewed by prosecutors.
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Thief Stuck in Bank's Chimney Rescued
GRANGER, Wash. (AP) - A man found stuck in a Washington bank chimney didn't try to cover up his intent. "We asked him what he was doing down there and he said, 'What do you think? I'm trying to rob the bank," said Police Chief Robert Perales.
Firefighters threw down a rope and pulled out a soot-covered 26-year-old man, who was arrested on the spot. He was booked into the municipal jail in nearby Wapato.
Police in this lower Yakima Valley town had been summoned Thursday morning to the U.S. Bank because of an apparent break-in attempt. They discovered the stuck suspect after finding the top had been removed from the ventilation shaft for the furnace.
GRANGER, Wash. (AP) - A man found stuck in a Washington bank chimney didn't try to cover up his intent. "We asked him what he was doing down there and he said, 'What do you think? I'm trying to rob the bank," said Police Chief Robert Perales.
Firefighters threw down a rope and pulled out a soot-covered 26-year-old man, who was arrested on the spot. He was booked into the municipal jail in nearby Wapato.
Police in this lower Yakima Valley town had been summoned Thursday morning to the U.S. Bank because of an apparent break-in attempt. They discovered the stuck suspect after finding the top had been removed from the ventilation shaft for the furnace.
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Police: Man asked cops to test his crack pipe
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Phillip Williams doubted whether he was being sold actual crack cocaine, police say. So he approached two uniformed officers and allegedly asked them to test his crack pipe so he could be sure.
It turned out Williams, 47, was getting the real thing, authorities said, and he was arrested shortly after approaching police Tuesday morning.
Officers Wayne Easley and Gary Filippone were investigating a burglary and trying to catch loose dogs when Williams walked up, crack pipe in hand, and asked them to verify that he was getting real drugs, a police report said.
When Williams grabbed Easley's police vest, the officers put him in handcuffs, the report said. He was arrested after the residue in his pipe tested positive for crack cocaine.
Williams is charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He was still in jail Wednesday with bail set at $2,500. Jail records had no attorney information.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Phillip Williams doubted whether he was being sold actual crack cocaine, police say. So he approached two uniformed officers and allegedly asked them to test his crack pipe so he could be sure.
It turned out Williams, 47, was getting the real thing, authorities said, and he was arrested shortly after approaching police Tuesday morning.
Officers Wayne Easley and Gary Filippone were investigating a burglary and trying to catch loose dogs when Williams walked up, crack pipe in hand, and asked them to verify that he was getting real drugs, a police report said.
When Williams grabbed Easley's police vest, the officers put him in handcuffs, the report said. He was arrested after the residue in his pipe tested positive for crack cocaine.
Williams is charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He was still in jail Wednesday with bail set at $2,500. Jail records had no attorney information.
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Mom accused of posing as man after abduction
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (AP) - A mother charged with abducting her two children was accused of posing as a man while on the run, and authorities say the heavyset woman with cropped hair and a slight mustache even had the kids calling her "Daddy."
Shellie White, 30, said it was all a misunderstanding, claiming in a jail interview with The Associated Press that she never tried to hide her identity or change her appearance.
White was arrested in Roanoke Rapids on Friday, more than two years after she allegedly took her children from Arizona. Investigators said she and another woman were living together as the children's father and mother.
In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service said White had "radically changed her appearance to that of a man."
"She even went so far as to tell her children, aged 3 and 5 at the time, that she was their father," the Marshals Service said. "When she was arrested, the children, now aged 6 and 8, asked why they were arresting their Daddy."
Authorities said that White had posed as her husband and had used other male aliases while on the run.
She is 5-foot-9 and 280 pounds, wears her hair closely cropped and has a slight mustache and stubble. She blamed the facial hair on a hormone disorder. White said she had considered a sex-change operation, but decided against it because of the cost and denied it was part of any scheme to avoid police.
White said she made no effort to persuade her children she was their father. She admitted telling her 6-year-old son to tell children at his school she was his father, but said that was only because they teased him about her appearance.
White's 8-year-old daughter, Erica, said the children had to refer to White as a man "because he told us to call him Daddy and dads are mostly 'hes."'
White was living with a woman named Holly Sirois. When they first met, the children called White their "Mommy," Sirois said. "But progressively, over time, they started calling her Dad," she said. "I don't know why they started doing it. They just did."
Sirois said that when she and White were out in public, people assumed they saw a man and a woman.
White agreed to be returned to Arizona to face charges of custodial interference. Her ex-husband, Ernest Karnes, said he and White had joint custody of the children at the time of their disappearance.
He and his current wife flew from their home in Globe, Ariz., to North Carolina on Sunday to seek custody of the children, Dustin, now 6, and Erica, 8. They picked up the children Monday in Roanoke Rapids and planned to return to Arizona on Wednesday.
White denied she stole her children and insisted she had legal authority to move with them.
Authorities were able to trace the children to various schools, but always came up empty because White "wouldn't keep them in a school no more than maybe six months," said Sheriff's Detective Johnny Holmes of Gila County, Ariz.
Karnes said the break came when a bill collector led detectives to the home in Roanoke Rapids, about 85 miles northeast of Raleigh.
"I was eating dinner," Karnes said. "I dropped my plate. They said 'We've got her.' ... I'm pretty sure at that point, I broke down crying."
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (AP) - A mother charged with abducting her two children was accused of posing as a man while on the run, and authorities say the heavyset woman with cropped hair and a slight mustache even had the kids calling her "Daddy."
Shellie White, 30, said it was all a misunderstanding, claiming in a jail interview with The Associated Press that she never tried to hide her identity or change her appearance.
White was arrested in Roanoke Rapids on Friday, more than two years after she allegedly took her children from Arizona. Investigators said she and another woman were living together as the children's father and mother.
In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service said White had "radically changed her appearance to that of a man."
"She even went so far as to tell her children, aged 3 and 5 at the time, that she was their father," the Marshals Service said. "When she was arrested, the children, now aged 6 and 8, asked why they were arresting their Daddy."
Authorities said that White had posed as her husband and had used other male aliases while on the run.
She is 5-foot-9 and 280 pounds, wears her hair closely cropped and has a slight mustache and stubble. She blamed the facial hair on a hormone disorder. White said she had considered a sex-change operation, but decided against it because of the cost and denied it was part of any scheme to avoid police.
White said she made no effort to persuade her children she was their father. She admitted telling her 6-year-old son to tell children at his school she was his father, but said that was only because they teased him about her appearance.
White's 8-year-old daughter, Erica, said the children had to refer to White as a man "because he told us to call him Daddy and dads are mostly 'hes."'
White was living with a woman named Holly Sirois. When they first met, the children called White their "Mommy," Sirois said. "But progressively, over time, they started calling her Dad," she said. "I don't know why they started doing it. They just did."
Sirois said that when she and White were out in public, people assumed they saw a man and a woman.
White agreed to be returned to Arizona to face charges of custodial interference. Her ex-husband, Ernest Karnes, said he and White had joint custody of the children at the time of their disappearance.
He and his current wife flew from their home in Globe, Ariz., to North Carolina on Sunday to seek custody of the children, Dustin, now 6, and Erica, 8. They picked up the children Monday in Roanoke Rapids and planned to return to Arizona on Wednesday.
White denied she stole her children and insisted she had legal authority to move with them.
Authorities were able to trace the children to various schools, but always came up empty because White "wouldn't keep them in a school no more than maybe six months," said Sheriff's Detective Johnny Holmes of Gila County, Ariz.
Karnes said the break came when a bill collector led detectives to the home in Roanoke Rapids, about 85 miles northeast of Raleigh.
"I was eating dinner," Karnes said. "I dropped my plate. They said 'We've got her.' ... I'm pretty sure at that point, I broke down crying."
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Mother accused of shackling wayward daughter
BOSTON, Mass. (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating allegations that a Massachusetts woman shackled her 14-year-old daughter in chains to teach her a lesson for skipping school.
The 37-year-old mother of four, whose name was not released, told police the same chain-and-shackle technique had proved effective with a truant son several years earlier.
"She was saying that more parents should do this because of the problems with kids today," Blackstone Detective Wayne Mowry said.
Police have not arrested the mother but she is being investigated by state social workers, authorities said on Monday.
About two weeks ago the mother bought chain and two padlocks after being told that her daughter had missed school. She tracked the girl to a shopping district, bound her daughter's ankle to one end of the chain and shackled her own wrist to the other, and then drove to their home in Blackstone, about 35 miles (56 km) south-west of Boston, police said.
A police officer who pulled the woman's car over because it did not have a licence plate discovered the two chained together but he let them go because he had to respond to a more urgent call, Mowry said.
Police who visited the woman's home later found the daughter's ankles chained together as she helped her mother cook dinner, Mowry said.
"The kid was actually upset that we were there," she said. "She was sticking up for her mother."
Police removed the shackles from the girl, who they said appeared physically unharmed.
"It was a bad choice," Mowry said. "But the intent wasn't to hurt her daughter. And there doesn't seem to be a pattern at all of any type of abuse or neglect."
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services said authorities are unlikely to take the children from the mother unless they uncover evidence that the children are in danger, a department spokesman said.
BOSTON, Mass. (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating allegations that a Massachusetts woman shackled her 14-year-old daughter in chains to teach her a lesson for skipping school.
The 37-year-old mother of four, whose name was not released, told police the same chain-and-shackle technique had proved effective with a truant son several years earlier.
"She was saying that more parents should do this because of the problems with kids today," Blackstone Detective Wayne Mowry said.
Police have not arrested the mother but she is being investigated by state social workers, authorities said on Monday.
About two weeks ago the mother bought chain and two padlocks after being told that her daughter had missed school. She tracked the girl to a shopping district, bound her daughter's ankle to one end of the chain and shackled her own wrist to the other, and then drove to their home in Blackstone, about 35 miles (56 km) south-west of Boston, police said.
A police officer who pulled the woman's car over because it did not have a licence plate discovered the two chained together but he let them go because he had to respond to a more urgent call, Mowry said.
Police who visited the woman's home later found the daughter's ankles chained together as she helped her mother cook dinner, Mowry said.
"The kid was actually upset that we were there," she said. "She was sticking up for her mother."
Police removed the shackles from the girl, who they said appeared physically unharmed.
"It was a bad choice," Mowry said. "But the intent wasn't to hurt her daughter. And there doesn't seem to be a pattern at all of any type of abuse or neglect."
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services said authorities are unlikely to take the children from the mother unless they uncover evidence that the children are in danger, a department spokesman said.
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TexasStooge wrote:Thief Stuck in Bank's Chimney Rescued
GRANGER, Wash. (AP) - A man found stuck in a Washington bank chimney didn't try to cover up his intent. "We asked him what he was doing down there and he said, 'What do you think? I'm trying to rob the bank," said Police Chief Robert Perales.
Firefighters threw down a rope and pulled out a soot-covered 26-year-old man, who was arrested on the spot. He was booked into the municipal jail in nearby Wapato.
Police in this lower Yakima Valley town had been summoned Thursday morning to the U.S. Bank because of an apparent break-in attempt. They discovered the stuck suspect after finding the top had been removed from the ventilation shaft for the furnace.
they should have put some wood on the fire
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TexasStooge wrote:Mother accused of shackling wayward daughter
BOSTON, Mass. (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating allegations that a Massachusetts woman shackled her 14-year-old daughter in chains to teach her a lesson for skipping school.
The 37-year-old mother of four, whose name was not released, told police the same chain-and-shackle technique had proved effective with a truant son several years earlier.
"She was saying that more parents should do this because of the problems with kids today," Blackstone Detective Wayne Mowry said.
Police have not arrested the mother but she is being investigated by state social workers, authorities said on Monday.
About two weeks ago the mother bought chain and two padlocks after being told that her daughter had missed school. She tracked the girl to a shopping district, bound her daughter's ankle to one end of the chain and shackled her own wrist to the other, and then drove to their home in Blackstone, about 35 miles (56 km) south-west of Boston, police said.
A police officer who pulled the woman's car over because it did not have a licence plate discovered the two chained together but he let them go because he had to respond to a more urgent call, Mowry said.
Police who visited the woman's home later found the daughter's ankles chained together as she helped her mother cook dinner, Mowry said.
"The kid was actually upset that we were there," she said. "She was sticking up for her mother."
Police removed the shackles from the girl, who they said appeared physically unharmed.
"It was a bad choice," Mowry said. "But the intent wasn't to hurt her daughter. And there doesn't seem to be a pattern at all of any type of abuse or neglect."
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services said authorities are unlikely to take the children from the mother unless they uncover evidence that the children are in danger, a department spokesman said.
I feel that this is a stupid thing to do, and the mother should be charged with child abuse
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Uluru hard to find for drunk driver
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) - A drunk driver just 100 metres from Australia's iconic giant monolith once known as Ayers Rock has stopped police to ask the way to the 345-metre-high (1,100-ft-high) rock.
The headlights of the man's car were actually shining on Uluru, which has a 9.4-km (5.8-mile) circumference, Northern Territory police said.
The 44-year-old man, whose car was also towing an aluminium boat, has been charged with drink driving and unlicensed driving.
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) - A drunk driver just 100 metres from Australia's iconic giant monolith once known as Ayers Rock has stopped police to ask the way to the 345-metre-high (1,100-ft-high) rock.
The headlights of the man's car were actually shining on Uluru, which has a 9.4-km (5.8-mile) circumference, Northern Territory police said.
The 44-year-old man, whose car was also towing an aluminium boat, has been charged with drink driving and unlicensed driving.
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Police Chase Ends at the Drive-Thru
ABILENE, Texas (AP) - A police chase of a suspected carjacker ended abruptly when the suspect took a wrong turn: into a Burger King drive-thru.
Abilene Officer Ralph Garcia said he spotted a vehicle that was reported carjacked in Dallas on Wednesday and started following it. The car sped away, fleeing from Garcia and other authorities onto Interstate 10 before exiting and getting stuck in the drive-thru.
No one was injured during the chase.
Colton Raysor, 39, and April Perea, 26, were arrested and jailed on multiple charges, including felony theft of a motor vehicle. They will face aggravated robbery carjacking charges in Dallas, and Raysor also is wanted in Florida on suspicion of bank fraud, Garcia said.
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ABILENE, Texas (AP) - A police chase of a suspected carjacker ended abruptly when the suspect took a wrong turn: into a Burger King drive-thru.
Abilene Officer Ralph Garcia said he spotted a vehicle that was reported carjacked in Dallas on Wednesday and started following it. The car sped away, fleeing from Garcia and other authorities onto Interstate 10 before exiting and getting stuck in the drive-thru.
No one was injured during the chase.
Colton Raysor, 39, and April Perea, 26, were arrested and jailed on multiple charges, including felony theft of a motor vehicle. They will face aggravated robbery carjacking charges in Dallas, and Raysor also is wanted in Florida on suspicion of bank fraud, Garcia said.
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Clerk Faces Jail for Urinating in Soda
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) - A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
Anthony Mesa, 21, was taken into custody after the short hearing before Circuit Judge James R. Clayton. He will be sentenced at a later date, The Orlando Sentinel reported.
Mesa's attorney said he is hopeful his client will receive less than a year in the county jail.
Mesa was working at a Deltona convenience store when the incident occurred last fall.
The victim, a foreman with a Daytona Beach construction company, became suspicious of the drink after he chugged it and vomited three or four times.
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) - A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
Anthony Mesa, 21, was taken into custody after the short hearing before Circuit Judge James R. Clayton. He will be sentenced at a later date, The Orlando Sentinel reported.
Mesa's attorney said he is hopeful his client will receive less than a year in the county jail.
Mesa was working at a Deltona convenience store when the incident occurred last fall.
The victim, a foreman with a Daytona Beach construction company, became suspicious of the drink after he chugged it and vomited three or four times.
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Accused Flasher, Cop Impersonator Arrested
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - Police zipped up a series of flasher incidents with the arrest of a man who had exposed himself to two teens in a Wal-Mart and then impersonated an undercover police officer hunting for the suspect.
Thomas Erich Durham, 44, surrendered to police on Thursday, Athens police Sgt. Trevor Harris said.
Harris said incidents of exposure have been reported in Athens, Madison and Huntsville, with the latest on March 14 in the Wal-Mart.
As Wal-Mart managers responded to the confusing incident reported by two teenage girls, a man approached the managers with a police badge and offered to help find the flasher, but later slipped away.
Durham, later identified by the two teens from a photo lineup, was released on $5,500 bond. Huntsville has a warrant for Durham for indecent exposure, and charges are pending in Madison.
Athens Police Lt. Floyd Johnson quipped he was glad "we zipped this case up."
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ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - Police zipped up a series of flasher incidents with the arrest of a man who had exposed himself to two teens in a Wal-Mart and then impersonated an undercover police officer hunting for the suspect.
Thomas Erich Durham, 44, surrendered to police on Thursday, Athens police Sgt. Trevor Harris said.
Harris said incidents of exposure have been reported in Athens, Madison and Huntsville, with the latest on March 14 in the Wal-Mart.
As Wal-Mart managers responded to the confusing incident reported by two teenage girls, a man approached the managers with a police badge and offered to help find the flasher, but later slipped away.
Durham, later identified by the two teens from a photo lineup, was released on $5,500 bond. Huntsville has a warrant for Durham for indecent exposure, and charges are pending in Madison.
Athens Police Lt. Floyd Johnson quipped he was glad "we zipped this case up."
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TexasStooge wrote:Clerk Faces Jail for Urinating in Soda
DELTONA, Fla. (AP) - A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
Anthony Mesa, 21, was taken into custody after the short hearing before Circuit Judge James R. Clayton. He will be sentenced at a later date, The Orlando Sentinel reported.
Mesa's attorney said he is hopeful his client will receive less than a year in the county jail.
Mesa was working at a Deltona convenience store when the incident occurred last fall.
The victim, a foreman with a Daytona Beach construction company, became suspicious of the drink after he chugged it and vomited three or four times.
Yuck. Hope he gets what he deserves...
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