Posts Tagged ‘local-news’
Why I Love Local News: Snohomish man shoots self in buttock
“Darrel Elam, 52, was preparing to go hiking on Blewett Pass and had moved his 40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun from its holster to his back pocket to see if that position would be more comfortable for walking, said Jerry Moore, chief of administration for the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office.”
Full story (Wenatchee, Wash., World)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Suspect advertised intentions with haircut
“Police say Taylor wasn’t hard to identify. …
“‘He had “MOB” shaved into one side of his hair and “GET MONEY” on the other,’ Clement wrote. ‘He had “GET” tattooed on his right hand and “MONEY” on his left hand. He had flame designs on both forearms. He held the pistol with his right hand.'”
Full story (Seattlepi.com)
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Why I Love Local News: Bomb squad blows up stuffed pony
Click the cuddly pony to watch it go boom (msnbc.com).
Full story (WKMG-TV of Orlando, Fla.)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Sheriff Fires Deputies Caught Naked in Forest
“The officers apparently watched Adkins, Dennison and Walsh long enough to see three sex acts.”
Full story (Johnson City Press)
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Police Blotter of the Day: Man put off by deputy’s ‘craned neck’
“A belligerent Fort Myers man was arrested after confronting an off-duty deputy and demanding to know ‘Why are you craning your neck at me, bro?’
“The deputy asked if he needed assistance, to which Salazar allegedly responded with an expletive and raised a fist up as if preparing to strike the deputy.”
Full story (WBBH-TV of Fort Myers, Fla.)
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Why I Love Local News: 300-lb. suspect steals Waffle House cash register
Employees say the 300-pound man came into the restaurant on Pendleton Pike around 1:30 am Tuesday, pointed a gun and demanded they open the cash register. When employees couldn’t get it open, the man grabbed the cash register and fled in a car.
Full story (WTHR-TV of Indianapolis)
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Great Moments in Education: Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra coverage
The filing is the latest in a two-year legal campaign in which the union has argued, so far unsuccessfully, that the board’s policy of excluding erectile dysfunction drugs discriminates against male employees.
Full story (AP via WTMJ of Milwaukee)
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Newly painted outside Southern Guilford High School in Guilford County, N.C. (via WXII-TV of Winston-Salem)
By Bill O'Neil
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Why I Love Local News: Naked CSI impersonator arrested in Boise
A naked man who claimed to be a crime scene investigator was arrested Monday afternoon after trying to wrap himself in a tarp and refusing to cooperate with police.
… A backpack and pair of shoes belonging to Rose was found at the scene, but no clothes.
Full story (AP via KPTV of Boise, Idaho)
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Why I Love Local News: Crime Victim: ‘My Toes Came in Handy’
Amy Windom of Grant Park said she’s grateful to be alive after using her toes to type a computer message to her boyfriend telling him she was tied up by a masked intruder early Tuesday morning.
“I dragged my laptop over with my feet and pried it open. It took awhile to get Ctrl, Alt, Delete,” Windom said. “I managed to use one toe as a mouse. With the other foot, I had the end of the power cord in between my toes because that was the smallest part. My big toe was too big to hit the keys.”
Full story (WXIA-TV of Atlanta)
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