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#161 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:46 pm

Alleged library book thief sparks chase, arrested for reckless driving

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A 36-year-old man led police on a brief car chase, driving on sidewalks, through parking lots and even against traffic on a busy boulevard, so he wouldn't get caught with stolen library books, according to police.

"The officers were a little taken back when they found out what the deal was. They couldn't believe it," said Syracuse police spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan, who added police broke off pursuit because the situation Sunday became too dangerous.

"It was stupid and reckless," said Connellan.

There were no injuries, and -- even more amazingly, Connellan said -- no property damage.

Byron Haynes of Syracuse was to be arraigned Monday in Syracuse City Court on misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment, petit larceny and reckless driving, as well as numerous traffic infractions.

Haynes offered no explanation to police when he was arrested, Connellan said.

Connellan did not have the titles or authors of the five stolen books but said they all dealt with Jewish religion. The books were swiped from Syracuse University's Bird Library, which has substantial holdings of rare books, manuscripts and collections, including original writings of authors Joyce Carol Oates and Dr. Benjamin Spock, 19th-century reformer Gerritt Smith and transcontinental railway builder Collis Huntington.

"Our special collections are kept on the sixth floor. Access to that area is very regulated. These were taken off the shelves that everyone has access to," said Kevin Morrow, a university spokesman.

Haynes was not a university student, Morrow said.

An officer spotted Haynes running a stop sign about 4:30 p.m. Sunday near the library. Moments earlier, a suspect had fled the building with the stolen books, setting off the building's alarms as he ran out the doors.

The car chase lasted about 10 minutes. A dozen police cruisers were involved, although only three or four chased Haynes. During the chase, officers saw the suspect toss a backpack out the car window, Connellan said. When they recovered it, they found the stolen books.

"We assumed it was drugs or guns the way he was driving," Connellan said. "We even brought in a canine to go through the car. Nothing."

Onondaga County deputies in a helicopter tracked Haynes until he tried to ditch his car at a city park. City police arrested him after a short foot chase.

Connellan said investigators were doing a background check on Haynes.
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#162 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:50 pm

Ice cream robber arrested after slipping in syrup, leaving wallet behind

JACKSON, Michigan (AP) — A robbery attempt at an ice cream store resulted in a not-so-sweet ending for a would-be thief who authorities say knocked over a large container of strawberry syrup and dropped his wallet.

According to police, the 24-year-old man apparently slipped in the goo during the break-in early Monday.

"It was kind of a giveaway," Jackson County sheriff's Capt. David Luce said.

A deputy responding to an alarm after midnight at TJ's Dairy Freeze in Jackson, about 90 miles west of Detroit, located the wallet and found a container of syrup spilled on the floor. It was unclear if anything was taken.

The deputy used the identification card in the wallet to track down and arrest the suspect on a charge of breaking and entering.

"He still had strawberry syrup all over him," Luce said.
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#163 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:52 pm

Stout Swedish burglar gets stuck in vent

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — A stout man trying to burgle a Stockholm office was busted by police after he misjudged his measurements and got stuck in a ventilation shaft.

"The ventilation system was too narrow in proportion to the culprit," Bjoern Pihlblad, a Stockholm police spokesman, told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Philblad said the man, who wasn't identified in line with Swedish privacy laws, was discovered Wednesday morning when workers at the city's Streets and Traffic department heard him knocking on the walls of a ventilation shaft attached to an office wall.

The man had apparently crawled into the network of shafts from the roof, but then got stuck in a particularly narrow passage in front of a wire grate.

Police didn't hurry to arrest him.

"He was already fenced in, so to speak," Philblad said, adding the man would be charged with attempted burglary.
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#164 Postby pojo » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:47 pm

West Virginia woman stuck on a 3M's liquid bandage

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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - When Joyce Stewart sits down to her daily cup of coffee, she likely won't attempt first aid on herself again.

On Monday morning, Stewart used Minnesota-based 3M's liquid bandage to treat a crack on her heel and within minutes her foot was glued to the floor. It took three paramedics over an hour and a bottle of baby oil to free her.

Stewart, 59, of Martinsburg had positioned her left foot so that her heel was off of the floor and applied the liquid to the back of her foot. Without realizing, the liquid had run from the back to the ball of her foot before she placed her foot flat on the floor again.

Soon after, her grandson came in from and asked for pancakes. When Stewart tried to get up and move to the kitchen, she couldn't.

"I said, 'Oh my gosh, I'm stuck,'" Stewart said.

Stewart said that her relatives first thought she was joking. With a knife, she tried to loosen the linoleum's grasp on her foot. But after skin began to pull away and her foot started to bleed, Stewart said she realized it was no laughing matter.

She sought help from her daughter, who lives next door. When family members failed to solve the problem, they called 911.

Though the package states that the product runs easily and sets quickly while warning against getting the product on furniture, counters or clothes, it says nothing about warning against the gluing of body parts.

"They should have that on there," Stewart said.

Representatives from 3M have offered to pay for her medical expenses, Stewart said. She is expected to make a full recovery, but it may take her pride a bit longer to heal.

"I was embarrassed," she said. "I was still in my robe."

A company spokeswoman reached Wednesday morning in Minnesota did not have an immediate comment.

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#165 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:55 pm

Robbers waits for bank teller to call cops, arrested on scene

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — An accused bank robber easily made away with some cash, and then made it easy for the cops to catch him.

Authorities say Brian Fenton walked into the First State Bank on Tuesday and told a teller to call 911 because he was robbing the bank.

Fenton, 41, allegedly waited for the teller to make the call and then left with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was arrested by a deputy waiting outside the door, said Sgt. Mike McCallister with the Cabell County Sheriff's Department.

"As soon as he walked out of the bank, he walked directly into the arms of Deputy Todd Wentz," McCallister said.

No weapon was found.

Fenton was charged with felony bank robbery. He was jailed Wednesday on $100,000 bail.

If convicted, he faces 10 to 25 years in prison.
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#166 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:36 am

Police nab accused serial foot licker

GREENSBURG, Pa. (Court TV) - James Kilpatrick took his love of sandaled feet to the extreme.

The 21-year-old man was recently arrested after three women and a young girl identified him as the suspect who gave their feet unsolicited oral attention.

According to Greensburg, Pa., police, Kilpatrick approached a 12-year-old girl reading at a local library July 3. Kilpatrick allegedly went underneath the table and began kissing the girl's left foot. When the girl reacted, Kilpatrick got up and thanked her. He then allegedly offered her 22-year-old sister a dollar if she allowed him to kiss her feet as well. The incident was reported to the librarian and the police.

Police say Kilpatrick struck two days later at a park. A woman sunbathing woke up to find him licking her toes. Kilpatrick told the woman she had beautiful feet and then plunged her foot in his mouth, a police report said. The woman pushed him off, fled and alerted police. Kilpatrick also accosted another woman at the park July 9 and kissed her feet as she stood reading a plaque.

According to Greensburg Police Captain George Seranko, Kilpatrick only approached women who wore sandals.

Police were able to track down Kilpatrick because librarians remembered him as a frequent visitor to the library. The state's driver database provided a picture for a photo lineup and all four victims identified Kilpatrick, Seranko said.

Kilpatrick was arrested and charged with stalking, indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and harassment.

He is being held in the Westmoreland County jail on $25,000 bond.
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#167 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:37 am

Bank bandits' bike getaway a bust

DEARBORN, Mich. (Court TV) - Police have yet to determine why two bank robbers decided to make their getaway on mountain bikes.

Richard Lorenzo Williams and Earl Mark Penn were arrested minutes after they robbed an armored truck July 15.

According to police documents, Williams, 21, and Penn, 27, confronted an armored truck guard as he deposited cash into the ATM machine of a local Bank One. The suspects sprayed the guard with an unidentifiable liquid, but the guard fought back. He fired several shots, one of which hit Penn near his abdomen.

The two robbers allegedly grabbed an undisclosed sum of money and fled the scene on mountain bikes they had hidden around the corner.

Police easily apprehended the two-wheeled robbers two blocks away from the crime scene.

"It's uncommon that armed robberies of this magnitude are done on bikes," Dearborn police detective Sgt. Mike Sabo said. "It's the question of the day why they chose bikes."

Penn was treated at an area hospital for the gunshot wound. He was arraigned bedside at the hospital July 19. Williams was arraigned July 16. Both men were charged with bank robbery and robbery armed. They are being held on $200,000 and $100,000 bond, respectively.
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#168 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:39 am

Men arrested after potty spat

(Court TV) - A case of bathroom rage at a local fast-food restaurant landed two Connecticut men in jail July 16.

"We're calling it the 'beef' at Burger King," Stratford Police Captain Harvey Maxwell said.

According to police, Andres Diaz, 52, and Joseph Manuel Augosto got into a fight because Diaz spent too long in the restaurant's restroom.

Augosto, 37, began tugging on the restroom's door handle while Diaz was still inside. Diaz told him that he'd be finished soon. Augosto allegedly began pounding on the door and yelling for Diaz to hurry up. Diaz responded by raising his voice to let Augosto know that he was almost done.

When Diaz emerged from the restroom, the two men confronted one another and bumped chests, Maxwell said.

Diaz picked up a straw dispenser and Augosto drew out a pocket knife. The two men then allegedly chased each other around the restaurant.

Police arrived at the scene and arrested the two men. Both claimed the other was the aggressor. Their weapons were confiscated.

Diaz and Augosto were charged with breach of peace and issued a court summons for July 27.
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#169 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:30 am

Cyclists Fined for Urinating in Public

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Eight cyclists participating in the Tour de Hongrie each were fined $40 on Thursday for urinating in public during the race, officials said.

"If this had happened by a farm field, race judges probably would have ignored it," said race spokesman Roland Gombkoto. "But since it happened right in front of spectators, it could damage the popularity of the race and the sport."

The incident took place Wednesday in the town of Nagykonyi, about 100 miles southwest of the capital, Budapest, during the second stage of the seven-day race covering 530 miles.

Gombkoto said the three Hungarian and five foreign cyclists stopped but did not get off their bicycles while relieving themselves during the 103-mile second stage between Balatonfoldvar and Pecs.

Australian Phil Thuaux won the stage in 3 hours, 59 minutes, 9 seconds, and retained the yellow jersey traditionally worn by the race leader.
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#170 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:30 am

Men arrested for wearing thong underwear blame stunt on a dare

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Two men who were arrested for walking through a Wal-Mart while wearing women's thong underwear blamed the stunt on a "triple-dog dare," authorities said.

The men, ages 35 and 36, bought two pair of underwear at the store Tuesday, went into a bathroom and came out wearing only the thongs and T-shirts, police said.

Witnesses said the men walked through the store and out to their car.

Police caught the men in the parking lot, and reviewed a surveillance tape before arresting them for public indecency and disorderly conduct.

When asked why they were wearing thong underwear, one of the men said a friend "triple-dog dared" them. They will not be prosecuted, authorities said.
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#171 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:13 am

Thieves Plunder 3 Tons of Toxic Peppers

MADRID, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish thieves who made off with three tons of green peppers hoping to make a healthy profit, might instead get a bad case of indigestion: the vegetables are toxic.

A farmer in the southern region of Andalusia whose field was raided by the thieves warned the peppers had been treated with a pesticide whose effects will not wear off for at least another week.

"The peppers are not fit for consumption yet. It could be dangerous to eat them," said Sebastiana Soriano, a friend of the farmer.

He asked authorities to warn the public not to buy green peppers from roadside stalls as they may come from the toxic haul. The pesticide cannot be washed off.

Meanwhile, all is not lost for the thieves. They can feast on three tons of watermelon, plundered from the same farmer's land but free of any dangerous substance.
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#172 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:24 pm

Suspect Nabbed at Anti-Crime Party

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - When Claude Meadows stopped by a street party celebrating Nashville's annual "Night Out Against Crime," he helped the cause in a way he hadn't intended.

A man had reported being forced to hand over his car keys at a laundromat on Tuesday just before the citywide neighborhood parties opened. A description of the thief went out over police radios, Nashville Police Capt. Ben Dicke said.

Meadows, 34, was spotted a short time later at the block party near the laundromat helping himself to a free hamburger, Dicke said. He was charged with aggravated robbery and jailed on $50,000 bail.

The car was recovered.
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#173 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:28 am

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Needed: a Ban on Unsolicited Toe-Licking?

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Labour party wants to pass a law making unsolicited toe-licking an offence after police were unable to prosecute a would-be Casanova with a taste for female toes because he had committed no crime.

A police spokesman said on Friday a man had been detained after women sunning themselves in Rotterdam's parks and beaches claimed he would sneak up on them and begin to lick their toes.

"The officers had to let him go. Licking a stranger's toes is rather unusual but there is really nothing criminal about it," the spokesman said.

Dutch press reports said the man, who is about 35, had been licking the toes of strangers for about three years but was only recently caught by police.

Peter van Heemst, a Labour member of parliament, asked Christian Democrat Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner on Friday to explain why Dutch laws forbid littering but not uninvited toe-licking. van Heemst demanded an amendment prohibiting it.

"It is a violation of one's privacy and one's physical integrity," he told a local news agency. "The norm... is that no one should touch your body if you haven't asked them first."

A spokesman for Donner said the minister could not immediately comment.
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#174 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:28 am

Man charged with selling drugs to uniformed police officer

MOUNT STERLING, Ohio (AP) — Undercover officers weren't needed to nab this alleged drug dealer.

William McCrary was charged with selling drugs to a uniformed police officer sitting in his marked cruiser, police said.

"It was one of those things where he got comfortable with thinking Officer (Brian) Botkin would do it," Mount Sterling Police Detective Joe Cox said Tuesday. "Probably every drug dealers' main goal is to get a police officer on their side. Look at where you could go from there."

McCrary, 30, was indicted by a grand jury on July 14 on three counts of trafficking in drugs, all fifth-degree felonies.

"We are probably just as amazed that it went through as most people that read about it would be," Cox said.

McCrary is currently jailed for violating a civil protection order.

Botkin led McCrary and another man to believe he had been a heavy marijuana user before he became an officer in order to establish a relationship with them.

"Our plan was to use him to go up the chain," Botkin said. "But now he's in jail and (his supplier) knows."
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#175 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:32 am

Highway nudie show lands man in jail

By Tinuola Awopetu - CourtTV.com

Performance anxiety is clearly not an issue for Ronald Krischbaum.

The 34-year-old man was arrested July 31 after several motorists called in sightings of a naked man masturbating along the I-95 highway in Delaware.

According to Delaware State Police spokesperson Lt. Joseph Aviola, reports of a man wearing a woman's bra and underwear on his head and nothing else but a pair of sneakers came in shortly before 1 a.m.

When a patrol trooper arrived at the scene, Krischbaum was unaware of the trooper's presence and allegedly continued masturbating. But the suspect fled when he realized he had company, Aviola said.

The trooper chased Krischbaum into a nearby condominium where he was captured.

Krischbaum was charged with indecent exposure, lewdness and resisting arrest. He posted $1250 bail.

His case is still pending.
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#176 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:34 am

Thief's guilt ruins bank robbery

by Tinuola Awopetu - CourtTV.com

Juan Torres' change of heart is going to cost him.

Police arrested the Milwaukee man July 21 when he tried to return money to a bank he had just robbed.

Torres, 35, allegedly walked into a U.S. Bank at 4:35 p.m. and approached a teller with his right hand in his jacket.

"He told her, 'I have a gun. I'll kill you. Give me all your money,'" said Sergeant Ken Henning, a Milwaukee Police spokesperson.

The teller handed Torres an undisclosed amount of money and the man fled the bank.

It didn't take long for the guilt to set in, according to police.

At 4:45 p.m., they say Torres returned to the crime scene and approached a police officer who was taking the statement of the teller who had just been robbed.

"He handed back the money and promised not to do it again," Sgt. Henning said.

The alleged penitent bank robber was arrested after the teller identified him.

Torres is charged with armed robbery and is being held without bail.
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#177 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:35 am

Lingerie prank leads to arrest

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (Court TV) - Shawn Madsen and Stephen Ballasch need new buddies.

The two Colorado men blame their friends for a prank that got them arrested at a Scottsbluff, Neb., Wal-Mart on July 27.

Madsen, 36, and Ballasch, 35, say two friends triple-dog dared them into walking around the store clad only in women's thong underwear.

"Apparently, you don't turn down a triple-dog dare," Scottsbluff Police spokesperson Lt. Ken Weber said.

With their friends waiting in the car, Madsen and Ballasch allegedly walked into Wal-Mart, purchased two pairs of thong underwear from the women's lingerie section and went into a restroom. They emerged from the restroom wearing nothing but the skimpy underwear.

They made it as far as the shoe section before modesty set in.

Stares from horrified shoppers prompted the men to return to the restroom for a wardrobe adjustment, Weber said. They reappeared minutes later wearing t-shirts tucked into their thongs and exited the store.

Madsen and Ballasch had already changed into their own outfits by the time police caught up with them in the store's parking lot. But police got a recap of their bizarre fashion show courtesy of the store's security video.

The pair admitted to police they came to Wal-Mart specifically to carry out the dare. They were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. They both posted $100 bond.

Prosecutors later dismissed the charges.
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#178 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:46 am

Burglar with the Munchies

SEATTLE, Wash. (Reuters) - A hungry burglar more interested in food than glittering jewelry broke into nearly a dozen Seattle homes in the last week to gobble down vast quantities of food before being arrested, police said on Wednesday.

In one instance the ravenous burglar consumed six shrimp kebabs, a dozen mini corndogs, half a large package of lunch meat, a box of Creamsicles, a dozen clumps of frozen cookie dough, several handfuls of M&Ms, two fruit drinks and a glass of milk, according to Julie Sanchez, one of the burglary victims interviewed on local television.

The man, in his late 20s, was not identified by the police since he has not yet been charged with a crime. He was arrested after being caught rifling through a purse at a church in the northern part of Seattle, and his descriptions and belongings matched evidence from the burglaries.

"It's unusual to the extent that food appeared to his main motive," said Seattle police spokeswoman Christina Bartlett.

In some cases, the burglar grabbed readily available cash from the homes he invaded, but usually left other items, such as Sanchez's three-diamond ring and earrings, untouched on the kitchen table.

In another break-in, the burglar thawed frozen steaks, fried them, and ate them while watching television until being found by the returning homeowners and chased away, according to police.
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#179 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:52 am

'Arrest Me, I'm Drunk'

BOSTON, Mass. (Reuters) - In this story, it was the drunk driver who pulled over the police officer.

"He pulled up behind me, rolled down the passenger side window and said he was looking for a police officer to arrest him," Ian McCollin, chief of police in Vernon, VT, said in an interview on Wednesday. "When I asked him why, he replied 'I'm drunk.'"

To make matters worse, the drunk driver was operating on a suspended license, which was taken away after a previous drunk driving charge, McCollin said.

Bryan Condo, 28, was driving on a quiet Vermont road at night when he asked McCollin to take him in. Since drivers rarely pull over police cruisers, a cautious McCollin called a colleague for backup with an amused "You won't believe this one."

"I was a little concerned but I also wanted him to hear the story too," he said. "I was afraid they'd think I was senile or losing my mind."

Police discovered Condo, a resident of North Pownal in Western Vermont, was four times over the legal limit and charged him with driving under the influence as well as driving without a license.

Condo, was released hours after his arrest and will be arraigned on Aug. 17. He could not be reached for comment.

"This guy was hilarious," McCollin said. "And he was very cooperative and polite, unlike your average drunk driver."
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#180 Postby TexasStooge » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:46 pm

Robbers Strike Jelly Bean Plant

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Reuters) - Two armed men robbed the Jelly Belly factory north of San Francisco, making off with cash but none of the jelly beans that were a favorite of the late President Reagan, officials said on Thursday.

Two masked men entered the factory after the close of business on Tuesday as staff were counting the takings from the visitors center. They fled with an undisclosed amount of money but no sweets.

"It happened after hours, number one, so no visitors were put in any danger and no one was hurt here," company president Robert Simpson told Reuters by telephone. "The outcome was as good as we could have hoped for in circumstances like that."

Jelly Belly, which says it is the largest U.S. maker of jelly beans, gained much publicity from Reagan who kept a jar of the company's jelly beans in his office.
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