Police department under probe after alleged revenge citation
By BERT LOZANO / WFAA ABC 8
DALLAS, Texas - The Dallas Police Department is undergoing an internal affairs investigation after a man said he received a citation based on revenge when he made a 911 call.
Neighborhood watch activist Avi Adelman said he made the 911 call Saturday night to make a complaint after hearing loud music, which was coming from a new rooftop patio at a club on lower Greenville near his home.
However, he said when Officer Michael Welch arrived at his home, instead of asking him about the noise, he took his driver's license and issued him a ticket.
"This was pay back time, retaliation," he said. "The police tell you to call 911 for an emergency, call 911 when only a police officer can deal with."
Adelman said a half hour later he also received three e-mails laced with profanity.
"I was absolutely blown away," he said. "This is nuts. We're now being punished for calling in noise issues."
One e-mail Adelman said he received read, "Heard you got a citation for abusing 911. You deserve the ticket." The e-mail then called Adelman a bad word and told him to call News 8's Brett Shipp.
Adelman was a source for a News 8 investigation into the police department's use of pepper balls against unruly bar patrons.
When Adelman checked into the e-mails, he said he tracked them to the department's central police substation through an IP address.
Dallas Police Department authorities said they are now looking into the e-mails.
"If we determine that it was sent from a police department city computer, if we got the individual identified, Chief Kunkle will take the appropriate discipline," said Lt. Rick Watson, Dallas Police Department.
Officials also said they are investigating why Officer Welch issued the 911 citation. Dallas police said Adelman did not do anything wrong by contacting 911 and making them aware of the loud music, and were unsure if Officer Welch made a visit to the club to check on the music.
"The legal term is official oppression," Adelman said. "That man needs to lose his badge and his certification. He does not deserve to be a police officer anymore, as well as the officers who sent these other e-mails."
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Girl, 10, Goes for Drive, Hits Other Cars
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A 10-year-old girl who drove off with her guardian's sport utility vehicle with a toddler and a 5-year-old on board crashed the vehicle into several cars, authorities said.
The girl sideswiped several cars during her 15-minute drive Thursday night and reached speeds up to 50 mph, said Ted Roy, spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.
"She was so little she had to go down and hit the gas and pop her head back up to see where she was going," Roy said.
The girl had grabbed her guardian's keys and walked out of her house without telling the guardian she was leaving, authorities said.
Dispatchers received calls about an SUV driving recklessly, and sheriff's deputies and highway patrol officers followed the vehicle. The trip ended when the SUV jumped a curb and hit a fire hydrant.
The children suffered minor injuries, Roy said.
Sheriff's deputies charged the girl as a juvenile with kidnapping and false imprisonment and vehicle theft.
The highway patrol charged her with careless driving, not having a driver's license and not using a child restraint.
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A 10-year-old girl who drove off with her guardian's sport utility vehicle with a toddler and a 5-year-old on board crashed the vehicle into several cars, authorities said.
The girl sideswiped several cars during her 15-minute drive Thursday night and reached speeds up to 50 mph, said Ted Roy, spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.
"She was so little she had to go down and hit the gas and pop her head back up to see where she was going," Roy said.
The girl had grabbed her guardian's keys and walked out of her house without telling the guardian she was leaving, authorities said.
Dispatchers received calls about an SUV driving recklessly, and sheriff's deputies and highway patrol officers followed the vehicle. The trip ended when the SUV jumped a curb and hit a fire hydrant.
The children suffered minor injuries, Roy said.
Sheriff's deputies charged the girl as a juvenile with kidnapping and false imprisonment and vehicle theft.
The highway patrol charged her with careless driving, not having a driver's license and not using a child restraint.
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Fla. 'Cat-Snatchers' Get Community Service
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Maybe Mr. Kibbles will know better the next time he's looking for a litter box.
Christopher Cortes, 33, and wife, Iris Zuckerman, 33, were sentenced Thursday to 100 hours and 50 hours of community service, respectively, for snatching the black cat from their neighbor's home and leaving him in the Everglades in February 2005.
Police said Cortes was upset the cat used the back of his new pickup truck as a litter box.
Cortes, a firefighter, and his wife had pleaded no contest to petty theft and declined comment after the hearing.
"That's what they get for taking an innocent cat," said the cat's owner, 12-year-old Maggie Leonard.
Leonard said Mr. Kibbles made his way back to his home two weeks later. She said she's disappointed in the couple, who were close friends of the family, adding that firefighters should be saving cats from trees, not stealing them.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Maybe Mr. Kibbles will know better the next time he's looking for a litter box.
Christopher Cortes, 33, and wife, Iris Zuckerman, 33, were sentenced Thursday to 100 hours and 50 hours of community service, respectively, for snatching the black cat from their neighbor's home and leaving him in the Everglades in February 2005.
Police said Cortes was upset the cat used the back of his new pickup truck as a litter box.
Cortes, a firefighter, and his wife had pleaded no contest to petty theft and declined comment after the hearing.
"That's what they get for taking an innocent cat," said the cat's owner, 12-year-old Maggie Leonard.
Leonard said Mr. Kibbles made his way back to his home two weeks later. She said she's disappointed in the couple, who were close friends of the family, adding that firefighters should be saving cats from trees, not stealing them.
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Man Takes Police Station Gumball Machine
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) - While waiting for his friend to be processed on a drunken driving charge Friday morning at the Rotterdam Police Department, 21-year-old Adam Jewett picked up the gumball machine in the lobby and walked out the door with it, authorities say.
Jewett was riding in Zachary Peek's vehicle when it was stopped by an officer about 3 a.m. in Rotterdam, police said. A dispatcher watching the surveillance system saw Jewett carry away the gumball machine. He told the officer processing Peek on the driving while intoxicated charge. Patrolman Stephen Dixon found Jewett in the parking lot with the gumball machine.
Jewett, who lives in Rotterdam, was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, police said. He and Peek, 21, from nearby Schenectady, were issued appearance tickets for Rotterdam Town Court.
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ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) - While waiting for his friend to be processed on a drunken driving charge Friday morning at the Rotterdam Police Department, 21-year-old Adam Jewett picked up the gumball machine in the lobby and walked out the door with it, authorities say.
Jewett was riding in Zachary Peek's vehicle when it was stopped by an officer about 3 a.m. in Rotterdam, police said. A dispatcher watching the surveillance system saw Jewett carry away the gumball machine. He told the officer processing Peek on the driving while intoxicated charge. Patrolman Stephen Dixon found Jewett in the parking lot with the gumball machine.
Jewett, who lives in Rotterdam, was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, police said. He and Peek, 21, from nearby Schenectady, were issued appearance tickets for Rotterdam Town Court.
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Friends Repay Joker With Human-Cage Prank
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A practical joker got a taste of revenge when friends turned part of his apartment into a human-sized hamster cage, complete with shredded newspaper bedding, a six-foot exercise wheel and a giant water bottle.
"It was a lot of work, but it was one of those cases where you do it because you have to," said Keith Jewell, a longtime friend and neighbor who engineered Monday's hamster-cage prank on Luke Trerice.
Trerice, 28, had it coming: In 2004, he enlisted others to help him encase another friend's apartment and most of his belongings in aluminum foil.
The victim of that prank, Chris Kirk, spent nearly two years cleaning up the meticulous coating of foil, which was wrapped around everything from his toilet and CD collection to the individual coins in his spare change.
A giant ball of foil still sits in the basement of Kirk's former apartment building.
The revenge plotting began immediately, and even though Kirk has since moved to Colombia, Jewell and others finished the job for him.
Trerice, who once said he would be insulted if there was no attempt at payback, also was waiting to see what his friends would come up with.
He even helped them out, making sure they knew it would be a month before he could move in to his Olympia apartment after graduating from dental school in Las Vegas.
"I knew that something was happening. They made no effort to hide it," Trerice told The Olympian newspaper.
Eight people put in more than 100 hours assembling the room, and supplies cost about $300.
Jewell, 26, a theater set designer and computer networker, came up with the concept and got a machinist's help in building the giant hamster wheel from metal pipes.
Jewell said he suffered some injuries when testing the ring. "If you spin upside down, you're not gripping the bars with your feet. So of course I went head first on the concrete," he said.
The group worked through the night before Trerice's arrival, shredding newspaper, blowing up a beach ball, installing the water bottle in a window and filling a metal feed bucket with Cheetos. There wasn't time to finish a few details, such as lining the walls with wire fencing.
Trerice has started cleaning up, but trips to the recycling bin still haven't made much of a dent in the two-foot pool of paper shreds on the floor.
The wheel, however, has proven popular and will become a permanent fixture in the room, Trerice said. After all, it took four people to bend it into an oval shape that would fit up the stairwell and through the door.
Trerice also said he's going to start saving now for his own revenge plans.
"They claim they did this on (Kirk's) behalf. If they think that's going to mitigate any of the revenge that's coming, well that's even funnier than the wheel," he said.
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Information from: The Olympian
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A practical joker got a taste of revenge when friends turned part of his apartment into a human-sized hamster cage, complete with shredded newspaper bedding, a six-foot exercise wheel and a giant water bottle.
"It was a lot of work, but it was one of those cases where you do it because you have to," said Keith Jewell, a longtime friend and neighbor who engineered Monday's hamster-cage prank on Luke Trerice.
Trerice, 28, had it coming: In 2004, he enlisted others to help him encase another friend's apartment and most of his belongings in aluminum foil.
The victim of that prank, Chris Kirk, spent nearly two years cleaning up the meticulous coating of foil, which was wrapped around everything from his toilet and CD collection to the individual coins in his spare change.
A giant ball of foil still sits in the basement of Kirk's former apartment building.
The revenge plotting began immediately, and even though Kirk has since moved to Colombia, Jewell and others finished the job for him.
Trerice, who once said he would be insulted if there was no attempt at payback, also was waiting to see what his friends would come up with.
He even helped them out, making sure they knew it would be a month before he could move in to his Olympia apartment after graduating from dental school in Las Vegas.
"I knew that something was happening. They made no effort to hide it," Trerice told The Olympian newspaper.
Eight people put in more than 100 hours assembling the room, and supplies cost about $300.
Jewell, 26, a theater set designer and computer networker, came up with the concept and got a machinist's help in building the giant hamster wheel from metal pipes.
Jewell said he suffered some injuries when testing the ring. "If you spin upside down, you're not gripping the bars with your feet. So of course I went head first on the concrete," he said.
The group worked through the night before Trerice's arrival, shredding newspaper, blowing up a beach ball, installing the water bottle in a window and filling a metal feed bucket with Cheetos. There wasn't time to finish a few details, such as lining the walls with wire fencing.
Trerice has started cleaning up, but trips to the recycling bin still haven't made much of a dent in the two-foot pool of paper shreds on the floor.
The wheel, however, has proven popular and will become a permanent fixture in the room, Trerice said. After all, it took four people to bend it into an oval shape that would fit up the stairwell and through the door.
Trerice also said he's going to start saving now for his own revenge plans.
"They claim they did this on (Kirk's) behalf. If they think that's going to mitigate any of the revenge that's coming, well that's even funnier than the wheel," he said.
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Man stabs brother to death in fight over chicken
By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News
FORT WORTH, Texas — Marcus Williams stole his brother’s fried chicken and then stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife, Fort Worth police said Saturday.
Michael Williams, 17, brought the chicken home Friday evening. Marcus Williams, 21, swiped a piece. A brawl ensued and Marcus Williams grabbed a knife from the kitchen.
Police said Marcus Williams stabbed his brother in the chest and left temple.
Fort Worth police and paramedics were called at 6:19 p.m. Friday. Michael Williams died at John Peter Smith Hospital.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner said the stab wound to the chest killed Michael Williams.
Police arrested Marcus Williams on a murder charge, Fort Worth police spokesman Lt. Gene Jones said. He was taken to the Mansfield jail.
Lt. Jones said Saturday he did not know if the brothers have a history of fighting.
The stabbing occurred on Andrew Street, just east of Loop 820 and south of Rosedale Street.
No one answered the door Saturday afternoon at the home — a small wood-frame house with peeling tan paint. The screen door was falling apart and a bright pink stroller sat in the front yard.
Several neighbors said they had seen the Williams brothers but had never spoken to them.
By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News
FORT WORTH, Texas — Marcus Williams stole his brother’s fried chicken and then stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife, Fort Worth police said Saturday.
Michael Williams, 17, brought the chicken home Friday evening. Marcus Williams, 21, swiped a piece. A brawl ensued and Marcus Williams grabbed a knife from the kitchen.
Police said Marcus Williams stabbed his brother in the chest and left temple.
Fort Worth police and paramedics were called at 6:19 p.m. Friday. Michael Williams died at John Peter Smith Hospital.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner said the stab wound to the chest killed Michael Williams.
Police arrested Marcus Williams on a murder charge, Fort Worth police spokesman Lt. Gene Jones said. He was taken to the Mansfield jail.
Lt. Jones said Saturday he did not know if the brothers have a history of fighting.
The stabbing occurred on Andrew Street, just east of Loop 820 and south of Rosedale Street.
No one answered the door Saturday afternoon at the home — a small wood-frame house with peeling tan paint. The screen door was falling apart and a bright pink stroller sat in the front yard.
Several neighbors said they had seen the Williams brothers but had never spoken to them.
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Irish Eurovision victory message hits false note
DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) - Ireland's Arts Minister congratulated Irish Eurovision song contest entrant Brian Kennedy on Monday for winning the competition -- except it was won by Finland.
Monster-themed Finnish rock band Lordi was the surprise winner of Saturday's show, clinching victory with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
Although Ireland has won the contest more than any other country, Kennedy -- who opted for a more traditional style ballad entitled "Every Song is a Cry for Love" -- came 10th.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism said the press release congratulating Kennedy on a "marvellous win", which appeared on the department's Web site, was posted due to "human error" and removed after about 20 minutes.
After Ireland's seven previous Eurovision wins, Minister John O'Donoghue might be forgiven for getting carried away.
DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) - Ireland's Arts Minister congratulated Irish Eurovision song contest entrant Brian Kennedy on Monday for winning the competition -- except it was won by Finland.
Monster-themed Finnish rock band Lordi was the surprise winner of Saturday's show, clinching victory with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
Although Ireland has won the contest more than any other country, Kennedy -- who opted for a more traditional style ballad entitled "Every Song is a Cry for Love" -- came 10th.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism said the press release congratulating Kennedy on a "marvellous win", which appeared on the department's Web site, was posted due to "human error" and removed after about 20 minutes.
After Ireland's seven previous Eurovision wins, Minister John O'Donoghue might be forgiven for getting carried away.
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Bush doubts he'll see Al Gore's movie
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - Former oilman President George W. Bush sounds like a changed man when it comes to urging Americans to end their addiction to oil. But will he see Al Gore's new movie about global warming?
"Doubt it," Bush said on Monday when asked by a member of the audience during remarks in Chicago. "An Inconvenient Truth," the movie by Gore, who lost to Bush in the 2000 presidential election, opens in U.S. theaters this week.
Bush has this year been emphasising a need to wean America off imported oil and devote more resources to developing alternative fuels, but environmentalists have slammed his performance during most of his six years in the White House.
CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - Former oilman President George W. Bush sounds like a changed man when it comes to urging Americans to end their addiction to oil. But will he see Al Gore's new movie about global warming?
"Doubt it," Bush said on Monday when asked by a member of the audience during remarks in Chicago. "An Inconvenient Truth," the movie by Gore, who lost to Bush in the 2000 presidential election, opens in U.S. theaters this week.
Bush has this year been emphasising a need to wean America off imported oil and devote more resources to developing alternative fuels, but environmentalists have slammed his performance during most of his six years in the White House.
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Web site plays Cupid to farm folks
By Mark Weinraub
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) - Early to bed and early to rise can make farmers healthy, wealthy and so lonesome they could cry.
Frustrated by the limits their jobs put on their love life, some farmers and ranchers are turning to a Web site designed to play Cupid to members of the agricultural community sprawled across the United States and Canada.
"I had tried a couple of other sites," said Dan Temaat, a farmer in western Kansas. "Those people are all into their real expensive coffee and quitting at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. They just don't understand that out in farm country, that just doesn't happen."
So Temaat tried FarmersOnly.com, which caters to farmers and lovers of country living from Jerome, Idaho, to Stony Plain, Alberta, who are too busy to meet at bars or coffee shops.
"As soon as I looked through it, I figured that was where I needed to be because it was more of the agricultural people and not the big-city folks," Temaat said. "They all kind of understood farming and ranching. That's pretty uncommon really, especially on those Web sites."
Jerry Miller, a marketing and public relations executive in Cleveland, launched the site in May 2005. He said his marketing work with the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association showed him the difficulties that farmers face in meeting other people.
"Out in the country, it is different," Miller said.
DWINDLING NUMBERS
A declining farm population is making it harder for farmers to find like-minded singles. Many young people who live in rural areas move to cities, giving up on farms that have been run by their families for generations.
Last year there were about 2.1 million farmers in the United States, down from 2.2 million in 2000. The farming population was well off its peak of 6.8 million in 1935, according to the National Farm Bureau.
One male user of FarmersOnly.com pointed out to Miller that within a 10-mile (16-km) radius of his farm, there were just nine single people under the age of 30, seven of whom were men.
FarmersOnly.com easily solved that problem. Miller said that 55 percent of the 19,000 profiles of singles who are currently on the site are of women.
"I was really afraid I was going to have 90 percent men and 10 percent women," Miller said.
Because of the high percentage of women, Miller recently started buying commercial time on male-oriented cable television channels such as ESPN.
The site, which offers a free two-week trial period, costs $12.99 per month, $25 for 3 months, or $59 for a year.
People who live in rural areas understand things about country living that city dwellers do not, said John Hook, who moved to an 83-acre (34-hectare) farm in Kentucky in 2003 after living in the New York area for about 20 years.
FarmersOnly.com attracts people who know that if some calves on his farm get sick, dinner will be interrupted to take care of the problem, Hook said.
'THEY REALLY JUST DON'T GET IT'
Hook joined FarmersOnly.com in October and while he has not had any dates yet, he said he has been e-mailing about 12 to 15 women around the country.
"The quality of woman is much different (on the site)," Hook said. "They are more self-sufficient, more independent."
Cynthia Johnson, who works at a library and a farm store in Missouri, said she was relieved to find a site dedicated to the country lifestyle after going through relationships with men who wanted her to adjust to a non-farming life.
"They really just don't get it," Johnson said. "We are a different kind of people. It is who we are. It is really cool to be able to go onto a site with people who do understand."
Johnson started a long-distance relationship with Temaat, the farmer in western Kansas, after meeting him on the site.
And while not everyone on the site makes their living by growing crops or raising cattle, all of the users have something in common; a love of the land.
"It doesn't matter. ... You (could be) ranching or raising llamas or even growing flowers," Johnson said.
By Mark Weinraub
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) - Early to bed and early to rise can make farmers healthy, wealthy and so lonesome they could cry.
Frustrated by the limits their jobs put on their love life, some farmers and ranchers are turning to a Web site designed to play Cupid to members of the agricultural community sprawled across the United States and Canada.
"I had tried a couple of other sites," said Dan Temaat, a farmer in western Kansas. "Those people are all into their real expensive coffee and quitting at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. They just don't understand that out in farm country, that just doesn't happen."
So Temaat tried FarmersOnly.com, which caters to farmers and lovers of country living from Jerome, Idaho, to Stony Plain, Alberta, who are too busy to meet at bars or coffee shops.
"As soon as I looked through it, I figured that was where I needed to be because it was more of the agricultural people and not the big-city folks," Temaat said. "They all kind of understood farming and ranching. That's pretty uncommon really, especially on those Web sites."
Jerry Miller, a marketing and public relations executive in Cleveland, launched the site in May 2005. He said his marketing work with the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association showed him the difficulties that farmers face in meeting other people.
"Out in the country, it is different," Miller said.
DWINDLING NUMBERS
A declining farm population is making it harder for farmers to find like-minded singles. Many young people who live in rural areas move to cities, giving up on farms that have been run by their families for generations.
Last year there were about 2.1 million farmers in the United States, down from 2.2 million in 2000. The farming population was well off its peak of 6.8 million in 1935, according to the National Farm Bureau.
One male user of FarmersOnly.com pointed out to Miller that within a 10-mile (16-km) radius of his farm, there were just nine single people under the age of 30, seven of whom were men.
FarmersOnly.com easily solved that problem. Miller said that 55 percent of the 19,000 profiles of singles who are currently on the site are of women.
"I was really afraid I was going to have 90 percent men and 10 percent women," Miller said.
Because of the high percentage of women, Miller recently started buying commercial time on male-oriented cable television channels such as ESPN.
The site, which offers a free two-week trial period, costs $12.99 per month, $25 for 3 months, or $59 for a year.
People who live in rural areas understand things about country living that city dwellers do not, said John Hook, who moved to an 83-acre (34-hectare) farm in Kentucky in 2003 after living in the New York area for about 20 years.
FarmersOnly.com attracts people who know that if some calves on his farm get sick, dinner will be interrupted to take care of the problem, Hook said.
'THEY REALLY JUST DON'T GET IT'
Hook joined FarmersOnly.com in October and while he has not had any dates yet, he said he has been e-mailing about 12 to 15 women around the country.
"The quality of woman is much different (on the site)," Hook said. "They are more self-sufficient, more independent."
Cynthia Johnson, who works at a library and a farm store in Missouri, said she was relieved to find a site dedicated to the country lifestyle after going through relationships with men who wanted her to adjust to a non-farming life.
"They really just don't get it," Johnson said. "We are a different kind of people. It is who we are. It is really cool to be able to go onto a site with people who do understand."
Johnson started a long-distance relationship with Temaat, the farmer in western Kansas, after meeting him on the site.
And while not everyone on the site makes their living by growing crops or raising cattle, all of the users have something in common; a love of the land.
"It doesn't matter. ... You (could be) ranching or raising llamas or even growing flowers," Johnson said.
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Probe continues into alleged revenge citation
DALLAS, Texas (WFAA ABC 8) - Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle and Mayor Laura Miller have called for a full investigation into the Dallas Police Department after a man said he received a citation based on revenge when he made a 911 call.
Neighborhood watch activist Avi Adelman said he made the 911 call Saturday night to make a complaint after hearing loud music, which was coming from a new rooftop patio at a club on lower Greenville near his home.
However, he said when Officer Michael Welch arrived at his home, instead of asking him about the noise, he took his driver's license and issued him a ticket.
"This was pay back time, retaliation," he said. "The police tell you to call 911 for an emergency, call 911 when only a police officer can deal with."
Adelman said a half hour later he also received three e-mails laced with profanity.
"I was absolutely blown away," he said. "This is nuts. We're now being punished for calling in noise issues."
One e-mail Adelman said he received read, "Heard you got a citation for abusing 911. You deserve the ticket." The e-mail then called Adelman a bad word and told him to call News 8's Brett Shipp.
Adelman is a frequent critic of police patrolling the lower Greenville Avenue bar scene and was a source for a News 8 investigation into the police department's use of pepperball guns against unruly bar patrons.
When Adelman checked into the e-mails, he said he tracked them to the department's central police substation through an IP address.
Dallas Police Department authorities said they are now looking into the e-mails.
"If we determine that it was sent from a police department city computer, if we got the individual identified, Chief Kunkle will take the appropriate discipline," said Lt. Rick Watson, Dallas Police Department.
Mayor Miller said she also wants answers and is confident Chief Kunkle will get them.
"If the e-mails came from the police department, which we should be able to figure out immediately, then it was totally inappropriate and immature," she said.
Officials also said they are investigating why Officer Welch issued the 911 citation. Dallas police said Adelman did not do anything wrong by contacting 911 and making them aware of the loud music, and were unsure if Officer Welch made a visit to the club to check on the music.
"The legal term is official oppression," Adelman said. "That man needs to lose his badge and his certification. He does not deserve to be a police officer anymore, as well as the officers who sent these other e-mails."
Bert Lozano and Brett Shipp contributed to this report
DALLAS, Texas (WFAA ABC 8) - Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle and Mayor Laura Miller have called for a full investigation into the Dallas Police Department after a man said he received a citation based on revenge when he made a 911 call.
Neighborhood watch activist Avi Adelman said he made the 911 call Saturday night to make a complaint after hearing loud music, which was coming from a new rooftop patio at a club on lower Greenville near his home.
However, he said when Officer Michael Welch arrived at his home, instead of asking him about the noise, he took his driver's license and issued him a ticket.
"This was pay back time, retaliation," he said. "The police tell you to call 911 for an emergency, call 911 when only a police officer can deal with."
Adelman said a half hour later he also received three e-mails laced with profanity.
"I was absolutely blown away," he said. "This is nuts. We're now being punished for calling in noise issues."
One e-mail Adelman said he received read, "Heard you got a citation for abusing 911. You deserve the ticket." The e-mail then called Adelman a bad word and told him to call News 8's Brett Shipp.
Adelman is a frequent critic of police patrolling the lower Greenville Avenue bar scene and was a source for a News 8 investigation into the police department's use of pepperball guns against unruly bar patrons.
When Adelman checked into the e-mails, he said he tracked them to the department's central police substation through an IP address.
Dallas Police Department authorities said they are now looking into the e-mails.
"If we determine that it was sent from a police department city computer, if we got the individual identified, Chief Kunkle will take the appropriate discipline," said Lt. Rick Watson, Dallas Police Department.
Mayor Miller said she also wants answers and is confident Chief Kunkle will get them.
"If the e-mails came from the police department, which we should be able to figure out immediately, then it was totally inappropriate and immature," she said.
Officials also said they are investigating why Officer Welch issued the 911 citation. Dallas police said Adelman did not do anything wrong by contacting 911 and making them aware of the loud music, and were unsure if Officer Welch made a visit to the club to check on the music.
"The legal term is official oppression," Adelman said. "That man needs to lose his badge and his certification. He does not deserve to be a police officer anymore, as well as the officers who sent these other e-mails."
Bert Lozano and Brett Shipp contributed to this report
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Second suspect possible in tainted muffins case
By BRAD HAWKINS / WFAA ABC 8
DALLAS, Texas - After a senior at Bishop Lynch High School was confirmed as a suspect in the food tampering that caused 19 staffers and teachers at Lake Highlands High School to become sick last week, police said they are working to identify a second suspect.
Surveillance video showed the spiked muffins, which health department tests found contained a substance found in marijuana, being brought to the Northeast Dallas school last Tuesday.
Sources said school administrators met with the FBI and Dallas police after learning the Bishop Lynch student may have been involved in the incident.
The senior was suspended and did not graduate with his class this past weekend.
By BRAD HAWKINS / WFAA ABC 8
DALLAS, Texas - After a senior at Bishop Lynch High School was confirmed as a suspect in the food tampering that caused 19 staffers and teachers at Lake Highlands High School to become sick last week, police said they are working to identify a second suspect.
Surveillance video showed the spiked muffins, which health department tests found contained a substance found in marijuana, being brought to the Northeast Dallas school last Tuesday.
Sources said school administrators met with the FBI and Dallas police after learning the Bishop Lynch student may have been involved in the incident.
The senior was suspended and did not graduate with his class this past weekend.
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Panel: Legislators Shouldn't Work Drunk
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon legislators and staff members should not be drunk while performing their official duties, a citizen panel says.
The Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature adopted that recommendation Monday, although the panel decided to leave it to House and Senate leaders to draft rules against intoxication and possible penalties.
"We were uncomfortable acting as a nanny," said Kerry Tymchuk, a commission member and state director for U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (news, bio, voting record), R-Ore.
The new policy was suggested by Steve Doell, president of Crime Victims United, who said he and another member of the group noticed alcohol on the breath of at least one legislator at the end of the 2005 session while they were advocating tougher drunken-driving penalties.
Doell declined to identify the legislator.
Neither Senate nor House rules deal with possession or consumption of alcohol by legislators and staff members. Alcohol is barred from most state buildings, but it can be served at Capitol functions with written approval of the legislative administrator and under certain conditions.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon legislators and staff members should not be drunk while performing their official duties, a citizen panel says.
The Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature adopted that recommendation Monday, although the panel decided to leave it to House and Senate leaders to draft rules against intoxication and possible penalties.
"We were uncomfortable acting as a nanny," said Kerry Tymchuk, a commission member and state director for U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (news, bio, voting record), R-Ore.
The new policy was suggested by Steve Doell, president of Crime Victims United, who said he and another member of the group noticed alcohol on the breath of at least one legislator at the end of the 2005 session while they were advocating tougher drunken-driving penalties.
Doell declined to identify the legislator.
Neither Senate nor House rules deal with possession or consumption of alcohol by legislators and staff members. Alcohol is barred from most state buildings, but it can be served at Capitol functions with written approval of the legislative administrator and under certain conditions.
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British mothers hooked on "powerpramming"
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, England (Reuters) - At first, the sight of 20 red-faced women lying on the damp grass of a central London park and juggling newborn babies is quite worrying.
But this is "powerpramming," a new craze taking off in Britain in which new mothers are encouraged to use their offspring -- and the inevitable baggage that comes with them -- as exercise aids.
Fitness expert Liz Stuart is immune to comments by bemused passers-by as she cajoles her students into doing another 20 deep squats or fourth set of bicep curls using their precious babies as weights.
"Engage your pelvic floor and give your bum muscles a good squeeze as you come up," she cries. "You can use your babies as resistance for this one."
An elderly man walking past with his dog snorts: "That's just weird!," but the mothers just smile and push on.
Stuart -- a qualified post-natal exercise instructor -- set up "powerpramming" after the birth of her son because she was keen to get back to her pre-pregnancy shape and wanted a way of keeping him with her and meeting other new mothers while she worked out.
"I invited the girls from the local mother and baby group to get fit with me," she told Reuters in an interview. "We started off ... with our prams and I gave instructions to everyone for various exercises. We really worked hard."
"Within a few weeks we had a real routine going and the number of mums joining in just grew and grew."
Now she runs classes in parks across London and is franchising her exercise concept throughout the country and the world.
Stuart's program starts out with a power-walk or jog across the park with the babies tucked up in the prams and enjoying a high-speed ride.
"Imagine you are on a mission to get home and feed the baby!" yells Stuart as she strides off ahead off the class.
The mothers then complete a series of circuit-training based exercises. They use their babies as weights for shoulder lifts and bicep curls, and lie them on their backs on the grass and kiss them each time they dip on a press-up.
At any point, mums can drop out for a few minutes to feed or comfort a wailing baby.
"Older babies seem to find powerpramming fascinating and hilarious," said Stuart. "The younger ones tend to find the movement makes them sleepy and they often stay in their prams throughout the workout."
Rebecca Maxwell-Hyslop, whose twins Ben and Alice are just 11-weeks-old, is a new convert to "powerpramming."
"It's such a fabulous idea," she says, breathless but happy after her hour-long workout.
"If I had to go to the gym and put the twins into a creche, it would cost me a fortune. This way we all get some fresh air, I get some exercise and my babies have slept all the way through."
Since starting "powerpramming" in London in 2004, Stuart has been contacted by eager mothers from across Britain and in Spain, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.
"I have now set up a workout called 'opensource powerpramming' that I send via e-mail to people in this country and abroad so they can set up groups on their own," she said.
American Margaret Meldrum, who joined the "powerpramming" group with a seven-week old daughter Olivia, said it was a concept that would do well in the United States.
Meldrum says she had found it hard to find a post-natal exercise class in London that was rigorous enough for her tastes -- until now.
"It was a proper workout," she said. "It wasn't just a walk in the park."
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, England (Reuters) - At first, the sight of 20 red-faced women lying on the damp grass of a central London park and juggling newborn babies is quite worrying.
But this is "powerpramming," a new craze taking off in Britain in which new mothers are encouraged to use their offspring -- and the inevitable baggage that comes with them -- as exercise aids.
Fitness expert Liz Stuart is immune to comments by bemused passers-by as she cajoles her students into doing another 20 deep squats or fourth set of bicep curls using their precious babies as weights.
"Engage your pelvic floor and give your bum muscles a good squeeze as you come up," she cries. "You can use your babies as resistance for this one."
An elderly man walking past with his dog snorts: "That's just weird!," but the mothers just smile and push on.
Stuart -- a qualified post-natal exercise instructor -- set up "powerpramming" after the birth of her son because she was keen to get back to her pre-pregnancy shape and wanted a way of keeping him with her and meeting other new mothers while she worked out.
"I invited the girls from the local mother and baby group to get fit with me," she told Reuters in an interview. "We started off ... with our prams and I gave instructions to everyone for various exercises. We really worked hard."
"Within a few weeks we had a real routine going and the number of mums joining in just grew and grew."
Now she runs classes in parks across London and is franchising her exercise concept throughout the country and the world.
Stuart's program starts out with a power-walk or jog across the park with the babies tucked up in the prams and enjoying a high-speed ride.
"Imagine you are on a mission to get home and feed the baby!" yells Stuart as she strides off ahead off the class.
The mothers then complete a series of circuit-training based exercises. They use their babies as weights for shoulder lifts and bicep curls, and lie them on their backs on the grass and kiss them each time they dip on a press-up.
At any point, mums can drop out for a few minutes to feed or comfort a wailing baby.
"Older babies seem to find powerpramming fascinating and hilarious," said Stuart. "The younger ones tend to find the movement makes them sleepy and they often stay in their prams throughout the workout."
Rebecca Maxwell-Hyslop, whose twins Ben and Alice are just 11-weeks-old, is a new convert to "powerpramming."
"It's such a fabulous idea," she says, breathless but happy after her hour-long workout.
"If I had to go to the gym and put the twins into a creche, it would cost me a fortune. This way we all get some fresh air, I get some exercise and my babies have slept all the way through."
Since starting "powerpramming" in London in 2004, Stuart has been contacted by eager mothers from across Britain and in Spain, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.
"I have now set up a workout called 'opensource powerpramming' that I send via e-mail to people in this country and abroad so they can set up groups on their own," she said.
American Margaret Meldrum, who joined the "powerpramming" group with a seven-week old daughter Olivia, said it was a concept that would do well in the United States.
Meldrum says she had found it hard to find a post-natal exercise class in London that was rigorous enough for her tastes -- until now.
"It was a proper workout," she said. "It wasn't just a walk in the park."
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New York's "Son of Sam" will appear in court
By Jeanne King
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz, whose 1970s killing spree terrorized New York, will be briefly out of prison for the first time in nearly 30 years in July to appear in court, his lawyer said on Monday.
Berkowitz will give a deposition as part of a lawsuit he filed to stop his former lawyer, Hugo Harmatz, from profiting from a book written about Berkowitz.
Ironically, Berkowitz is suing Harmatz under a law named after himself, the Son of Sam law, which prevents convicts from profiting from their crimes through movie, television or book deals.
"My client will be in Manhattan Supreme Court on July 18," his new lawyer, Mark Jay Heller, told Reuters. Berkowitz afterward will return to prison.
Berkowitz, 52, now a born-again Christian with his own Web site, sued Harmatz in June 2005 to get back letters, photos and other items he had turned over to his former lawyer for safekeeping.
The suit said Harmatz intended to use them in a book titled "Dear David."
A lawyer for Harmatz could not be reached for comment.
Berkowitz also is seeking to have Harmatz turn over "all past, present and future" proceeds from his book to the State Crime Victims Board.
Under the Son of Sam law, money made from criminals' book or movie deals must be turned over to the Crime Victims Board and distributed to relatives of the victims.
"In essence, Berkowitz is supporting and championing the Son of Sam law," Heller said.
For over a year starting in 1976, Berkowitz killed six people and wounded seven others, most of them in parked cars. After his capture in August 1977, Berkowitz pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 365 years in prison.
While still at large, Berkowitz sent strange letters mentioning "Son of Sam" to newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin and others, whipping up a public frenzy that was depicted in the 1999 Spike Lee movie "Summer of Sam."
By Jeanne King
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz, whose 1970s killing spree terrorized New York, will be briefly out of prison for the first time in nearly 30 years in July to appear in court, his lawyer said on Monday.
Berkowitz will give a deposition as part of a lawsuit he filed to stop his former lawyer, Hugo Harmatz, from profiting from a book written about Berkowitz.
Ironically, Berkowitz is suing Harmatz under a law named after himself, the Son of Sam law, which prevents convicts from profiting from their crimes through movie, television or book deals.
"My client will be in Manhattan Supreme Court on July 18," his new lawyer, Mark Jay Heller, told Reuters. Berkowitz afterward will return to prison.
Berkowitz, 52, now a born-again Christian with his own Web site, sued Harmatz in June 2005 to get back letters, photos and other items he had turned over to his former lawyer for safekeeping.
The suit said Harmatz intended to use them in a book titled "Dear David."
A lawyer for Harmatz could not be reached for comment.
Berkowitz also is seeking to have Harmatz turn over "all past, present and future" proceeds from his book to the State Crime Victims Board.
Under the Son of Sam law, money made from criminals' book or movie deals must be turned over to the Crime Victims Board and distributed to relatives of the victims.
"In essence, Berkowitz is supporting and championing the Son of Sam law," Heller said.
For over a year starting in 1976, Berkowitz killed six people and wounded seven others, most of them in parked cars. After his capture in August 1977, Berkowitz pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 365 years in prison.
While still at large, Berkowitz sent strange letters mentioning "Son of Sam" to newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin and others, whipping up a public frenzy that was depicted in the 1999 Spike Lee movie "Summer of Sam."
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U.S. man seeks $1.6 mln in dead dog suit
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon man has filed a $1.6 million "loss of companionship" claim against a neighbor who ran over his family's 13-year-old dog, Grizz.
Raymond Weaver ran over the golden retriever and cocker spaniel mix in 2004 with a pick-up truck, forcing the owner, Mark Greenup, to have the animal euthanized, according to a lawsuit by Greenup.
Greenup, whose claim is usually reserved for the loss of a spouse, says the dog provided each member of his family with solace, affection, friendship, love and protection.
Larry Dawson, the driver's attorney, said the dog's injuries were not serious enough to require euthanasia and wants the court to dismiss the loss of companionship claim.
"I've owned dogs and I love them dearly," said Dawson. "But they are by law personal property and you do not get noneconomic damages for personal property."
The case goes to trial on Tuesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court.
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I know 2 wrongs don't make a right, but how would Raymond Weaver like it if he got ran over by Mark Greenup.
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon man has filed a $1.6 million "loss of companionship" claim against a neighbor who ran over his family's 13-year-old dog, Grizz.
Raymond Weaver ran over the golden retriever and cocker spaniel mix in 2004 with a pick-up truck, forcing the owner, Mark Greenup, to have the animal euthanized, according to a lawsuit by Greenup.
Greenup, whose claim is usually reserved for the loss of a spouse, says the dog provided each member of his family with solace, affection, friendship, love and protection.
Larry Dawson, the driver's attorney, said the dog's injuries were not serious enough to require euthanasia and wants the court to dismiss the loss of companionship claim.
"I've owned dogs and I love them dearly," said Dawson. "But they are by law personal property and you do not get noneconomic damages for personal property."
The case goes to trial on Tuesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court.
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I know 2 wrongs don't make a right, but how would Raymond Weaver like it if he got ran over by Mark Greenup.
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Zoo apes have taste for red wine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Monkeys and apes in Budapest's Zoo drink their way through 55 litres of red wine each year, albeit in small quantities each day, to help boost their red blood cells, the zoo said Monday.
Budapest Zoo spokesman Zoltan Hanga said it was the 11 anthropoid apes who drank most of the wine in 2005.
"Obviously, they do not have it all at once and get drunk, but they get it in small amounts mixed in their tea," Hanga said.
"And it's not Eger Bulls Blood or some expensive wine that they are getting but simple table wine, as it's mainly good for their blood cells."
Bulls Blood from the town of Eger in northeast Hungary, became one of eastern Europe's best-known wines under communism.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Monkeys and apes in Budapest's Zoo drink their way through 55 litres of red wine each year, albeit in small quantities each day, to help boost their red blood cells, the zoo said Monday.
Budapest Zoo spokesman Zoltan Hanga said it was the 11 anthropoid apes who drank most of the wine in 2005.
"Obviously, they do not have it all at once and get drunk, but they get it in small amounts mixed in their tea," Hanga said.
"And it's not Eger Bulls Blood or some expensive wine that they are getting but simple table wine, as it's mainly good for their blood cells."
Bulls Blood from the town of Eger in northeast Hungary, became one of eastern Europe's best-known wines under communism.
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New taxpayers' association says be happy
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finns should be happy about paying some of highest income taxes in Europe. At least that's what Finland's new Happy Taxpayers' Association says.
The association wants Finns to focus on the public services they receive rather than dwelling on negative thoughts about income tax.
"I don't think there is another official association like ours in the world," group vice-president Anna Tommola said on Monday.
She was speaking after the association, boasting some 250 members, was recognized by the national board of patents and registrations.
"We want to raise positive but critical discussion about taxes," Tommola told Reuters.
The main Taxpayers' Association of Finland, with 190,000 members, focuses on lobbying for tax cuts.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finns should be happy about paying some of highest income taxes in Europe. At least that's what Finland's new Happy Taxpayers' Association says.
The association wants Finns to focus on the public services they receive rather than dwelling on negative thoughts about income tax.
"I don't think there is another official association like ours in the world," group vice-president Anna Tommola said on Monday.
She was speaking after the association, boasting some 250 members, was recognized by the national board of patents and registrations.
"We want to raise positive but critical discussion about taxes," Tommola told Reuters.
The main Taxpayers' Association of Finland, with 190,000 members, focuses on lobbying for tax cuts.
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Police Get Calls About Bikinis, TV Remotes
REXBURG, Idaho (AP) - Law enforcement agencies depend on citizens in the community to be their eyes and ears. But officials in this southeastern Idaho town aren't sure how to respond to reports of skimpy bikinis, lost TV remotes, menacing squirrels, and a report of a neighbor's shrub trespassing.
"You try to help, you don't want to seem uncaring," said Randy Lewis, a captain with the Rexburg Police Department.
Those kinds of calls come in daily to the police, including one where Lewis ended up using a lasso to capture a hissing badger running loose in an apartment.
"What a mistake," he said. "It about drug me off."
Even though many calls don't fall within what police normally do, officers still respond to complaints of loitering ducks and children who won't mind their parents.
Lewis said the Rexburg police probably get more of those types of calls than larger departments.
"We don't have a high frequency of serious crimes, though we do have murders, rapes, child molestations and bank robberies," Lewis said. "Thank goodness they don't happen every day."
Rexburg Police Lt. Ron Larson said he thinks many of the calls are caused by residents not knowing the difference between civil and criminal offenses.
"It might not have anything to do with the police, but they don't know who else to call," he told the Post Register.
Most of the unusual calls come during the summer, he said, and already the department has fielded calls about mean notes taped to trash bins and reports of residents receiving offers of being hypnotized over the phone.
Lewis said the hypnotist calls could be coming from students at Brigham Young University-Idaho as part of their homework.
But a university official said he is not aware of any class requiring that type of assignment.
Meanwhile, Rexburg police will continue to take the calls in stride.
"We don't want to discourage anyone from calling in," Lewis said.
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REXBURG, Idaho (AP) - Law enforcement agencies depend on citizens in the community to be their eyes and ears. But officials in this southeastern Idaho town aren't sure how to respond to reports of skimpy bikinis, lost TV remotes, menacing squirrels, and a report of a neighbor's shrub trespassing.
"You try to help, you don't want to seem uncaring," said Randy Lewis, a captain with the Rexburg Police Department.
Those kinds of calls come in daily to the police, including one where Lewis ended up using a lasso to capture a hissing badger running loose in an apartment.
"What a mistake," he said. "It about drug me off."
Even though many calls don't fall within what police normally do, officers still respond to complaints of loitering ducks and children who won't mind their parents.
Lewis said the Rexburg police probably get more of those types of calls than larger departments.
"We don't have a high frequency of serious crimes, though we do have murders, rapes, child molestations and bank robberies," Lewis said. "Thank goodness they don't happen every day."
Rexburg Police Lt. Ron Larson said he thinks many of the calls are caused by residents not knowing the difference between civil and criminal offenses.
"It might not have anything to do with the police, but they don't know who else to call," he told the Post Register.
Most of the unusual calls come during the summer, he said, and already the department has fielded calls about mean notes taped to trash bins and reports of residents receiving offers of being hypnotized over the phone.
Lewis said the hypnotist calls could be coming from students at Brigham Young University-Idaho as part of their homework.
But a university official said he is not aware of any class requiring that type of assignment.
Meanwhile, Rexburg police will continue to take the calls in stride.
"We don't want to discourage anyone from calling in," Lewis said.
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Urine Ruins W.Va. Courthouse Shrubbery
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Shrubbery next to the Raleigh County Courthouse has been ruined by homeless people who urinate there and must be replaced, the county commission president says.
Sandblasting of the courthouse caused some damage to the shrubbery, but the homeless are exacerbating the problem by urinating on the bushes, said John Aliff.
"It's turning yellow," Aliff said. "That's why we decided to get some bids on replacing some of that stuff. So we're going to look at the bids when they come in and see whether it's the correct thing to do and whether we can afford it."
Aliff said the commission would seek the advice of bidders on how to protect the shrubbery. One solution might be plant new shrubs farther away from the building, he indicated.
"We don't want any more bathroom use there," Aliff added.
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BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Shrubbery next to the Raleigh County Courthouse has been ruined by homeless people who urinate there and must be replaced, the county commission president says.
Sandblasting of the courthouse caused some damage to the shrubbery, but the homeless are exacerbating the problem by urinating on the bushes, said John Aliff.
"It's turning yellow," Aliff said. "That's why we decided to get some bids on replacing some of that stuff. So we're going to look at the bids when they come in and see whether it's the correct thing to do and whether we can afford it."
Aliff said the commission would seek the advice of bidders on how to protect the shrubbery. One solution might be plant new shrubs farther away from the building, he indicated.
"We don't want any more bathroom use there," Aliff added.
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Dead gator found in Lewisville Lake
LITTLE ELM, Texas (WFAA ABC 8) - A dead alligator has been found floating in Lewisville Lake near Little Elm, tied to a tree stump.
The gator, estimated to be longer than 11 feet, was floating belly up in the water. A News 8 viewer who said he discovered the carcass on Sunday said "the smell was overpowering."
He said it appeared that the alligator had been dead for several days.
The News 8 viewer said he had contacted wildlife management officials, who indicated that this would be investigated as a poaching incident.
The dead gator was found just south of the Eldorado Parkway bridge over the lake.
Last week, News 8 reported that a Little Elm family was keeping their young daughter away from the water after they spotted an alligator swimming near the shore.
Parks and wildlife officials have issued a warning about the dangers posed by alligators, citing rapid growth into previously rural areas in Texas, among other reasons.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist Monique Slaughter said alligators are most visible during their mating season of April through July.
She said alligators roam in 120 of Texas’ 254 counties. Hunting statistics for the past 15 years show the average adult Texas gator is 7 feet long and weighs 60 pounds.
WFAA.com staff, The Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The dead alligator was tied to a tree stump in the lake.
LITTLE ELM, Texas (WFAA ABC 8) - A dead alligator has been found floating in Lewisville Lake near Little Elm, tied to a tree stump.
The gator, estimated to be longer than 11 feet, was floating belly up in the water. A News 8 viewer who said he discovered the carcass on Sunday said "the smell was overpowering."
He said it appeared that the alligator had been dead for several days.
The News 8 viewer said he had contacted wildlife management officials, who indicated that this would be investigated as a poaching incident.
The dead gator was found just south of the Eldorado Parkway bridge over the lake.
Last week, News 8 reported that a Little Elm family was keeping their young daughter away from the water after they spotted an alligator swimming near the shore.
Parks and wildlife officials have issued a warning about the dangers posed by alligators, citing rapid growth into previously rural areas in Texas, among other reasons.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist Monique Slaughter said alligators are most visible during their mating season of April through July.
She said alligators roam in 120 of Texas’ 254 counties. Hunting statistics for the past 15 years show the average adult Texas gator is 7 feet long and weighs 60 pounds.
WFAA.com staff, The Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The dead alligator was tied to a tree stump in the lake.
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