Posts Tagged ‘local-news’
Police Blotter of the Day: Police want to charge man for stealing handcuffs during escape
A 26-year-old Longview man managed to escaped from a Department of Corrections car while handcuffed.
Police aren’t just looking for him. They also want him to be charged with stealing the handcuffs. …
Police say the handcuffs are valued at $29, and stealing them would constitute third-degree theft.
Full story (AP via Seattle Times)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Robbery suspect leaves ID at Walmart, say police
“Gallatin police said Marshall stole a pair of jeans from Walmart last week. However, he left his old jeans in the dressing room with his wallet and driver’s license, according to authorities.”
Full story (WSMV of Nashville, Tenn.)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Naked burglary suspect says he does ‘stupid things’ when he drinks
“When deputies arrived at 3528 Blayton St. they found Justin Craig Barker still sleeping on the couch partially covered by a blue and white plaid blanket. He awoke, according to reports, as they placed handcuffs on him.
“‘Why am I being arrested? I didn’t steal anything,’ he reportedly said.
“Then Barker, 21, told deputies that he needs to stop drinking because he does ‘stupid things’ when he does.”
Full story (Tampa Tribune)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Nude man accused of viewing porn at man’s desk
“When the employee asked him what he was doing there, the man said, ‘cleaning and trying to make some money.'”
Full story (AP via msnbc.com)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Police stop naked, goggle-clad jogger with stun gun
One guesses alcohol may have been involved.
Full story (WESH-TV of Orlando, Fla.)
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The power of user-generated content
This is a good story:
For 20 minutes, Juan Diaz hung out the third-floor window of his burning Willimantic home, waiting to be rescued.
He was losing feeling in his fingers, but he relied on sheer will to stay alive.
Diaz lost everything in the Sunday afternoon fire. According to the American Red Cross, 26 people were displaced from the five-family home on Clark Street.
What makes it a great story is the accompanying user-generated photo submitted by viewer Nicole Cirifalco:
Full story (WVIT-TV of Hartford, Conn.)
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Greatest. Name. Ever.
Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post, the Best Feature Writer in America®, collects what he calls aptonyms — people whose names describe what they do.
Gene, meet George.
George Wham.
He’s an expert on — wait for it — impact-related head injuries.
Full story (WIS-TV of Columbia, S.C.)
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Why I Love Local News: Lord Jesus Christ banned from library
Christ, whose full legal name is Lord Jesus Christ III, is a Belchertown resident who lives around the corner from the library. …
The library’s director said Christ was being very rude and “needy.” He said Christ was always asking people for paper and pencils and cutting in line to ask questions.
22News went to Christ’s apartment to speak with him, but he was not there. Instead, we spoke with his neighbors who all told us that they supported the library.
“I think it was fair because nobody should go in there dressed like he does with short skirts, thongs showing; and a lot of people are taking their kids out of there,” Arlene Weks said.
Full story (WWLP-TV of Springfield, Mass.)
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Why I Love Local News: Man tries to avoid Taser by covering himself in paint
“Officers told him the paint wouldn’t affect the Taser’s capability. According to police, Mattert scuffled with officers and was hit with a Taser twice before officers handcuffed him.
“Police say the officers’ uniforms had to be cleaned.”
Full story (Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Men get caught breaking into jail
“Gow says the inmates then drove back to the jail and parked the truck behind the jail. They then set fire to the truck as a diversion so they could sneak back into jail.
“‘I really couldn’t believe it, I couldn’t believe they came back, you would think if you got out you’d stay out instead of trying to sneak back in,” Gow says. “There’s a mandatory state of Missouri law if you’re caught escaping from jail it’s a five year mandatory sentence. I’m thinking they thought “we’ll go out, have a good time, and come back before anyone notices and we won’t get that put on us.”‘”
Full story (KOAM-TV of Pittsburg, Kan.)
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