Archive for the ‘Why I Love Local News’ Category
Police Blotter of the Day: Bullets can fall out of the gun?
“Shandra Kidd didn’t realize her gun was empty when she tried to shoot a Chicago Police officer.
“All the bullets fell out when she was running from the officer.
“Unfortunately for her, the officer’s gun was loaded. And the officer shot her in the buttocks.”
Full story (Chicago Sun-Times)
Police Blotter of the Day: Woman opens fire with right breast
“POWELL, Ohio — A drunk Westerville woman sprays deputies with breast milk after she gets into a fight with her husband at a wedding reception, deputies say.
“Stephanie Robinette, 30, appeared in court Monday to answer to charges of domestic violence, assault, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. …
“She is at the Delaware County jail.”
Full story (WCMH-TV of Columbus, Ohio)
Police Blotter of the Day: Cheese Danish road rage attack
“The video shows a man get out of his car, approach the victim with a cream cheese Danish pastry in his hand. He proceeds to smear it on the man’s windshield while sharing a some choice words before he gets back in his car and takes off.
“‘He’s chewing on it walking toward his car. At that point he starts smearing his Danish all over my windshield, and I’m just like, “Yeah, alright. Good for you,”‘ he said. …
“Turns out the man with a temper when it comes to transportation works for the Department of Transportation, directing traffic on the very ferry route Schiller takes everyday.”
Full story (KING-TV of Seattle)
Police Blotter of the Day: TV station gets it wrong (was: Inattentive jogger slams back of school bus)
Update: The Greensboro News & Record reports that this story is wrong in just about every particular. Making a point to call out the station by name, it quotes the woman’s husband and the police incident report as saying that she did not run into a stopped bus and that she was not distracted by her mp3 player. Worse, it says, she was quite seriously injured.
Thank you to NCDawn, who alerted me to this in the comments.
Full story (News & Record)
“A jogger who Greensboro police said wasn’t paying attention was injured by running into the back of a stopped bus at about 8 a.m. …
“No charges were filed.”
Full story (WGHP-TV of Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Police Blotter of the Day: Woman tries to trade salad for drugs
“A 33-year-old woman was charged Monday with trying to trade an undercover police officer $2 and a box of salad from the Salt Lake City Olive Garden for $10 worth of cocaine. …
“[T]he woman told the undercover officer … that she would also return later with more money or Olive Garden gift cards in exchange for the cocaine, charging documents state.”
Full story (Salt Lake Tribune)
Dumb Crook News: Subject takes on cops with bow and arrow
“The suspect was armed with a bow and arrow and fired an arrow at the approaching patrol vehicle. The suspect was shot one time in the chest.”
Moral: Don’t bring a bow and arrow to a shootout with armed cops.
Full story (KNVN-TV of Chico, Calif.)
Great Moments in Journalism: Camel eats reporter’s hair
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“You never know what might happen when you’re reporting on a farm.
“WWBT reporter Tara Morgan learned that lesson the hard way. While working on a story in Hanover County, VA, a camel started eating her hair. …”
Full story (WWBT-TV of Richmond, Va.)
Dumb Crook News: Installer recognizes stolen car stereo
“A Lincoln man who installs vehicle sound systems thought gear he was asked to install looked familiar. It was, and police say it had been stolen from a sport utility vehicle belonging to the man’s girlfriend.”
Full story (WOWT-TV of Omaha, Neb.)
Cops Blotter of the Day: Cow pulls Walmart milk heist
“The cow entered the Walmart on all fours about 10:35 p.m. Tuesday night. And though you’d think cows might already have access to milk, this one snatched 26 gallons of the stuff, nudged a cart outside of the Walmart and started trying to give it away.
“The cow then fled on hoof and escaped. And in the final irony, he was captured a short time later outside a hamburger restaurant. …
“[T]he suspect was not a cow, but allegedly an 18-year-old Stafford man in a cow suit, according to Bill Kennedy, the spokesman for the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. …
“There is, unfortunately, no surveillance video of any of this.”
Full story (Washington Post)
Dumb Crook News: Gang tattoo leads to a murder conviction
Inked on the chest of a Pico Rivera gang member was the detailed scene of a liquor store slaying that had stumped an L.A. County sheriff’s investigator for more than four years. …
Homicide Lt. Dave Dolson said gang members frequently get symbolic tattoos to bolster their street cred: three dots on the hand to signify “mi vida loca” (“my crazy life”), sketches of prisons where they’ve done time, gang insignia prominently stenciled on their heads and torsos.
But a tattoo laying out a detailed picture of a crime scene is something far outside the norm. “I haven’t seen it before, and I haven’t heard of anything like it either,” Dolson said.
… Investigators don’t believe Garcia’s elaborate tattoo was a rash decision. Photos from several bookings over the years show the mural on his chest evolving as he added details to the tattooed murder scene.
Full story (Los Angeles Times)
