Friday, December 30, 2011

Have a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year!!

Dear Readers;

I am leaving town this morning to travel to lovely Tyler Texas to take the Girls of Law to see their grandparents.  We will be back tomorrow evening.

I will try to post later but if I do not here's wishing you and yours a very happy and healthy New Year!

Regards,

Man o' Law

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Reefer truck busted

Something else getting "extradited" here from Mexico.


CBP finds 'reefer truck' full of marijuana
By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News

BROWNSVILLE — Customs officers in Pharr seized more than a ton of marijuana from a “utility reefer trailer” in the cargo lot of an international bridge, Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday.

The seizure occurred Friday, after officers at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge referred a refrigerated (“reefer” in CBP parlance) tractor-trailer for further inspection.

Officers found 423 packages of alleged marijuana with a total weight of 2,465 pounds.

Welcome back!

Great news!

Now here in Comal County we're waiting to hear about an extradition on Lee Roy Suarez who murdered someone, stabbed the deceased's brother, here in New Braunfels and then fled to Mexico back in 2004.

This gives me hope we will get his extradition granted.


Suspect in Juarez consulate killings extradited
Express-News

An alleged prison gang member wanted in connection with the killing of a U.S. consulate employee, her husband and another employee's spouse has been extradited to the United States, Mexican authorities have announced.

Joel Abraham Caudillo was handed over to FBI agents Dec. 20 in Veracruz at the same time that Julian “El Piolin” Zapata Espinoza, wanted in the February killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, was extradited. Mexican authorities announced Caudillo's extradition this week.

He's one of 35 people charged in a drug conspiracy case that alleges that the Barrio Azteca prison gang, working with the Juárez Cartel, engaged in drug trafficking and murder on both sides of the Rio Grande.

Capital murder charge coming

More senseless death.

This one will net the guy a capital murder charge.


Two dead in South Bexar County shooting
Woman, brother gunned sown,; ex-husband suspected.
By Michelle Mondo - Express-News

Authorities say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and her older brother Wednesday night after the two argued when he came to pick up their 7-year-old son at her relative’s house in far Southwest Bexar County.

Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Raymond Pollard said the man, whose name was not released, arrived at the home in the 1400 block of Wisdom Road at about 8 p.m. to take his son for a visit.

The boy’s 48-year-old mother and her ex-husband argued outside, witnesses told investigators. Then she then ran into the house, yelling, “He’s got a gun, he’s got a gun!” witnesses said.

Knock, Knock....Who's there?....Death.....

A busy night last night for murders in Old San Antonio.

This is but one of them.



Man shot, killed on North Side
By Michelle Mondo - Express-News

A man was shot and killed Wednesday night when he answered a knock at the door of his North Side apartment.

The shooting occurred just before midnight at the Sutter's Mill Apartment Homes in the 11900 block of Parliament Street.

The name of the victim was not yet released.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Going up?

Okay, granted it looks like a good thing but what happens in a tropical thunderstorm?

Why don't they at least have a roof or something over it?  Or is it waterproof?


Colombian city gets giant, outdoor escalator
Associated Press -

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Officials in Colombia's second-largest city on Monday inaugurated a giant, outdoor escalator for residents of one of its poorest neighborhoods.

For generations, the 12,000 residents of Medellin's tough Comuna 13, which clings to the side of a steep hillside, have had to climb hundreds of large steps authorities say is the same as going up a 28-story building.

Now they can ride an escalator Medellin's mayor says is the first massive, outdoor public escalator for use by residents of a poor area.

In the end Cheetah could no longer cheat death

Wow!

Who knew he was still alive at 80 years old!

I spent many a Saturday afternoon in my youth watching him in the old Tarzan movies.

RIP Cheetah and may there be plenty of bananas for you, old friend.


Cheetah the chimp from the 1930s Tarzan flicks dies
Associated Press -

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80.

The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor announced that Cheetah died Dec. 24 of kidney failure.

Sanctuary outreach director Debbie Cobb on Wednesday told The Tampa Tribune  that Cheetah was outgoing, loved finger painting and liked to see people laugh. She says he seemed to be tuned into human feelings.

Lucky Seven?

Or unlucky?

Well, certainly luckier than their alleged victims, anyway.


Seven Texas Syndicate members denied bond
By Guillermo Contreras -Express-News

A judge Tuesday denied bond for seven purported members of the Texas Syndicate who were indicted in a racketeering case that includes four murders.

Among them was the gang's alleged chairman for its operations outside prison in San Antonio, Ruben “R.C.” Carranza, 46, who explained to U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo that he had been arrested in a Bexar County rape case after being released on parole from state custody.

Primomo noted it was unlikely any of the seven would get bond in the federal case since most were in state custody on other charges or facing possible parole revocations. He set their arraignments for Jan. 10.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

I think the cat was on the inside of this job

Damn Grinches.

Sheesh.


Christmas burglars steal presents, family pet
L.A. Times -

A Northern California family victimized in a burglary a few days before Christmas is hoping to at least get their dog back.

The Lancers lost all of the presents under the tree along with their dog when their home in Morgan Hill, southeast of San Jose, was broken into last week, authorities said Sunday.

"It's a very unfortunate thing that somebody would steal from a family, especially at this time of year," said Santa Clara County sheriff's Sgt. Jose Cardoza.

The rest of the story:

Diogenes found his honest man at last

He did the right thing.

Thank you Mitch Gilbert for helping restore at least a little faith in our fellow man.


Colorado man returns $10,000 found at Vegas
Associated Press -

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who found $10,000 before boarding a flight in Las Vegas says he returned the money to the owner because he wanted to show his children it was "the right thing to do."

Greenwood Village resident Mitch Gilbert told KUSA-TV he found two unmarked Caesar's Palace envelopes at the airport and realized there was money inside when he arrived home. The television station reported Monday (http://goo.gl/7aqpU ) that Gilbert called the airport and eventually got in touch with a man from El Paso, Texas, who reported the money missing.

Gilbert says he deposited the money in the man's bank account two days before Christmas. The man told the television station he won the money gambling and dropped it while running to catch a flight.

Dogging the thieves

I doubt the dogs will be found after all this time.

But who knows?

Stranger things have happened and Ms. Riley sure seems to be very persistent.


All she wants is stolen Yorkies back
By Cathy M. Rosenthal - Express-News


For Peggy Riley, the theft of her two 9-year-old Yorkshire Terriers, Baxter and Cooper, is still painful to talk about. She tears up quickly at the mention of their names.

“You would think after 71/2 months I could pull myself together,” Riley says. “It's just hard not knowing where they are and if they're OK.”

Riley's dogs were stolen from inside her home during a robbery on April 22. The dogs had just returned from the groomers, so perhaps they looked like puppies to the thieves.

Flying lawsuit

No comment.


Fence beside airstrip at root of dispute
Guadalupe County officials accused of RICO violations.
By Zeke MacCormack - Express-News

ZUEHL — A fence erected in 2008 beside a rural airfield here in southwest Guadalupe County has spurred a rash of lawsuits, the latest of which accuses dozens of county officials of engaging in organized crime and seeks $31 million in damages.

The defendants deny the allegations made by New Braunfels resident David Goad, whose prior self-drafted court pleadings led to his being declared a vexatious litigant.

Goad filed the newest suit in U.S. District Court on Dec. 8 on behalf of two daughters who own a 1-acre lot that once housed a fueling station used by the Zuehl Flying Community.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Monty, I pick Door number 2

So, what's worse?

1. Being DUI. or

2. Being DUI and crashing your car into a police station?

I'd say Number 2.

Man crashes into Gresham Police Station 
NBCChicago -


Authorities say a driver has crashed his car into the wall of a Chicago police station on the city's South Side.

No injuries or major damage was reported after the vehicle careered into a cement wall near the Gresham Police District police station .

Chicago police spokeswoman Amina Greer said the driver in a 1987 Chevy allegedly hit a tree and a barrier on the side of the station.

The 36-year-old driver was cited for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. He was the only occupant of the car.

Cold-cocked a 70 year old woman

Unbelievable behavior allegedly on this woman's part.


Woman slugs 70-year old Walmart greeter after she asks to see receipt: police
Elderly worker suffered fractures to the side of her face in the attack.
The Associated Press -


BATAVIA, N.Y. — A western New York woman is accused of slugging a 70-year-old Walmart greeter who asked to see a receipt for merchandise the woman was carrying out of the store.

State Trooper Tracy Patterson says 26-year-old Jacquetta Simmons of Batavia was charged with two counts of assault for the attack that knocked 70-year-old Grace Suozzi to the ground. Patterson says Suozzi suffered fractures to the side of her face.

Simmons ran out of the store after the confrontation shortly before 11:30 Saturday morning but was detained by employees and customers until police arrived.

Simmons was arraigned in Town of Batavia Court by Justice Michael Cleveland. She was later released from Genesee County Jail on $40,000 bond, to reappear in court Jan. 23. Police didn’t know if she has a lawyer.

Merry Christmas...NOT!

What a sad day.


Texas police:  Man in Santa suit killed 6 relatives
By Danny Robbins - Associated Press

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Police in a quiet Fort Worth suburb worked Monday to piece together a family history after a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit apparently shot six relatives and himself on Christmas.

Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the Santa outfit shortly before gunfire erupted and that the family appeared to have been opening Christmas presents. Police responding to a 911 call found four women and three men dead, along with two handguns.

"We think he was just inside there celebrating Christmas with the rest of them and decided for whatever reason that's how he's going to end things," Eberling told The Associated Press.

Merry Christmas Dude!

There you go, Champ.

Santa had a nice arrest warrant for you.


Second arrest made in connection with August slaying
By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News


A second man person been arrested in the shooting death of a man in August that allegedly stemmed from a bar fight.

Ronnie Castillo, 25, is being held in Bexar County Jail on one count of murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A judge set bail at $150,000.

Castillo and Victor Padilla, 21, are accused of fatally shooting William Arthur Lopez III, 22, on Aug. 18, according to San Antonio police and Bexar County records. Padilla, who was arrested in August, was released Nov. 22 after posting $100,000 bail, according to records.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

How to NOT win friends and influence people

Newt?

Dissing the State of Virginia for your organization's failure?

Yeah, that should work out real well for you won't it?


Gingrich attacks Virginia for keeping him off the ballot
By Libby Quaid - Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s campaign attacked Virginia’s GOP primary election system on Saturday for keeping him off the state’s March 6 Super Tuesday ballot, a significant setback for a candidate who has surged in popularity but has struggled to organize his campaign.

The state party said that Gingrich had failed to submit the required 10,000 signatures to appear on the ballot. Texas Gov. Rick Perry also failed to qualify, the Virginia GOP said.

The Gingrich campaign responded that “only a failed system” would disqualify Gingrich and other candidates. It said Gingrich would pursue an aggressive write-in campaign in Virginia.

“Voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates,” Gingrich campaign director Michael Krull said in a statement.

The rest of the story:

Phoning it in

Dude!  You're kidding!

Was he able to post it on Facebook first?


How embarrassing! Dopey thief caught after leaving his photo outside the house he burgled
By Jill Reilly - Daily Mail

A drug addict was caught by police after he took a photo of himself on a phone he had stolen, and then dropped it infront of a house he had burgled.

Jason Glennon stole the pink Nokia phone and a rucksack from an unlocked car in the Blanchardstown area in Dublin.

The 36-year-old then broke into a nearby house, where the owner awoke to find him in the bedroom.

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Stealing Chritmas trees is pretty low on the totem pole

Stealing Christmas trees?

Pretty scum-baggy methinks.


Tree-snatchers exposed by tracks in the snow
The Local -

Police in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, caught two thieves stealing Christmas trees after following the tracks in the snow where they had dragged the loot from the scene of the crime.

”We followed the tracks in the snow through town,” said police officer Kenneth Sundin to local paper Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT).

Police received a tip off from someone who said they had seen a man and a woman rooting around under a tree-seller's tarpaulin at Vaksala Torg in central Uppsala.

”It was a couple in their thirties that dragged off three Christmas trees that one of the sellers had left at the square,” said Sundin to the paper.

Santa says No No No to drugs

I hear that their Christmas Munchies are fabulous.


High-ho, high-ho, it's off to jail we go!: Owner of huge pot plant decorated with baubles is imprisoned for Christmas
By David Gerges - Mail Online

A homeowner will spend the festive season behind bars after he turned his favourite pot plant into a Christmas tree, complete with baubles.

Ian Richards, 46, had decorated his fully-grown cannabis tree that  police discovered after raiding his house.

He was behind bars today after a judge jailed him for 18 months for growing the cannabis plant - and a dozen others in his home in Aylesham, near Canterbury, Kent.

The rest of the story:

Happy Holidays

Dear Readers;

As the year winds down let us give thanks for all we have, our families, our friends, and all who are significant in our lives.

I wish for a year with less strife, more jobs, and better economics for all concerned.

Here's wishing you get what ever you want in the New Year!

Regards;
Man o' Law and the Man o' Law family

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Ye Olde Fruitcake!

It probably tastes exactly the same as when it was made 70 years ago.


1941 fruitcake in Ohio sells for $525
By Lisa Cornwell - Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — A 1941 fruitcake has sold for $525 to an Arizona man in an online auction and the money will be used to benefit the homeless in southwest Ohio.

Elite Estate Group sold the cake in an auction on its website that ended Thursday night. Company owner Larry Chaney said the man who bought the cake asked that his name not be released.

"I believe he probably bought it as an investment," said Chaney, adding that he doubts anyone would eat a 70-year-old fruitcake even though it was vacuum packed and contained rum that probably helped preserve it.

Merry Christmas!!

Look!  Here's a bullet for you.


Woman shot while driving on Loop 410
By Ana Ley - Express-News

A woman was shot as she was driving on Loop 410 early Friday on the city's North Side, police said.

Robbie Lee, 35, told police she had just left a nightclub about 3:45 a.m. and was driving west on Loop 410 near Nacogdoches when someone in a white four-door vehicle fired several shots in her direction, striking the woman.

San Antonio police spokesman Matt Porter said Lee was shot in the legs, torso and right hand. She was transported to University Hospital but did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.

The polite Drug Dealer

Well at least he was nice enough to apologize for chasing them for 10 miles while threatening them with a gun.


Gunman realizes mistake at police substation
He apologizes for chasing wrong people.
By Michelle Mondo - Express-News

A man who pulled a gun on another driver, then chased him more than 10 miles into the parking lot of a police substation — all because he thought the driver had tried to rob him during a drug deal — apologized when he realized it was a case of mistaken identity, officials said.

“Oh, man, that's not the right guy,” the armed man told officers after his arrest.

The bizarre tale began on the West Side on South General McMullen Drive and ended when the driver of the car being chased sped into the parking lot of the Police Department's East Substation on Houston Street after 7 p.m., just as Officer Louis Esquivel was leaving after his shift.

All I want for Christmas, Archbishop?

Is a hacksaw blade.

Thanks!


Archbishop visits Bexar Jail
García-Siller tells inmates at Christmas Mass that God's love can absolve the worst sin. 
By Abe Levy - Express-News

Nearly a decade had passed since a San Antonio archbishop had visited Bexar County Jail, an imposing red-brick castle just west of downtown housing more than 3,400 inmates.

That changed Friday when San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller stopped to celebrate Christmas Mass.

The 65 male inmates in orange jumpsuits chosen for the event surrounded the archbishop in his white and purple vestments in a crowded chapel with watchful guards and narrow windows facing onto plain exterior walls.





Friday, December 23, 2011

No Ho Ho Ho No Mo!

Its apparently someone who was offended.

Bah Humbug on them I say!


A year without Santa Claus - USPS carrier not allowed to deliver while wearing Santa Claus suit
Bellvue Reporter -

While dreams of Santa popping down the chimney on Christmas Eve to deliver presents were extinguished for most during childhood, a select few Bellevue residents have seen St. Nick trade in his sleigh for a mail truck.

Until now.

For more than a decade now, letter carrier Bob McLean has driven around Bellevue each holiday season, delivering a little Christmas cheer while wearing a full Santa getup for two or three days. But this year, a local grinch complained to the U.S. Postal Service, and McLean has been banned from bringing his alter ego to work this year.

The rest of the story:

Spaceballs?

Maybe its a giant Toilet ball from inside an alien toilet?


"Space Ball" drops on Namibia
AFP -


A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency.

The hollow ball with a circumference of 1.1 metres (43 inches) was found near a village in the north of the country some 750 kilometres (480 miles) from the capital Windhoek, according to police forensics director Paul Ludik.

Locals had heard several small explosions a few days beforehand, he said. 

When stupidy and egos collide

Boy talk about stupid.


Facebook photos lead police to suspects in burglary
CBS Pittsburg -

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say they stole thousands of dollars in cash and goods, and then posed with their loot and posted the photos to a popular social media site.

Police say the three suspects, along with another teen, posted the photos on Facebook about an hour after they burglarized Elliott’s Town Market on Chartiers Avenue in the West End.

“We received information the day after the burglary that these pictures were posted on Facebook, and if you look at the pictures, you can see that the individuals are holding a large amount of cash,” Sgt. Kevin Gasiorowski, of the Pittsburgh Police, said.

The rest of the story:

Ho Ho Ho!! *cough* *cough*

So that's why old Santa is always so jolly!


Pa. smoke shop has Santa huff on a hookah
Associated Press -


GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A northwestern Pennsylvania tobacco shop is turning the image of the jovial, pipe-smoking Santa on its head by having Saint Nick huff on a hookah.

Up In Smoke store manager Sue Stoyer says that customer reaction to the display has been mixed. But she notes that many early depictions of Santa Claus have him puffing on a pipe.

Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" includes a reference to the jolly old elf clenching a pipe in his teeth, with a ring of smoke around his head.

The tiny town's holiday parade earlier this month made the window a source of both amusement and scorn. But Stoyer shrugs off any criticism. She says Santa's history as a smoker is on the shop's side.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

What a crappy joke

What a particularly nasty prank by a particularly nasty group of mean girls.


Teen trio admits smearing cake with feces
Associated Press -

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Three Pennsylvania teens must clean toilets, urinals and bed pans after admitting they iced a birthday cake with feces as a prank on a high school classmate.

The Daily Local News of West Chester reports the girls were also ordered Monday to pick up dog droppings at a local park during their 200 hours of community service in return for guilty pleas stemming from the March incident at Avon Grove High School.

Authorities say the trio and a juvenile student provided school officials with written confessions after a classmate and her family was sickened by the cake.

Easy come, easy go!

Oh that poor schmuck!


Utah man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later
By Paul Foy - Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A truck driver who won a Lamborghini worth about $300,000 in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because he can't afford the insurance or taxes.

"I already had offers on it. I'm going to sell it," David Dopp said Wednesday. "I have bills more important than a Lamborghini. I've got a family to support."

Dopp, a 34-year-old truck driver for Frito-Lay, spun out of control just a few hours after taking the keys to the Murcielago Roadster that he won in a "Joe Schmo to Lambo" contest sponsored by Maverik convenience stores.

The arm of the law is long and patient

31 years but now he's caught.


Man held on 31-year-old murder warrant
Express-News

A San Antonio man wanted for three decades for a murder in Houston was arrested Tuesday while driving a car across the border from Mexico.

Luis A. Galvan Robles, 52, and a woman were entering the country at Eagle Pass when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials found the active warrant.

Galvan Robles was turned over to the Maverick County Sheriff's office and taken to the county jail.
According to a spokesman for the Harris County sheriff, a murder warrant was issued for him in 1980. Details of the case were not available.

You're a mean one Mr. Grinch!

You see this is one of the reasons I like working for Comal County.  The elected officials and Department heads dug deep into their own pockets to cover the loss and help their employees enjoy the Christmas lunch.

Other counties wouldn't even have this kind of get together let alone have the folks in charge give generously to "make" the Holidays a little more fun and full of the spirit of generosity.

(Full disclosure here; my daughter won a gift card at the party yesterday)
 
If you have any information please Contact Crime Stoppers by phone at (830) 620-TIPS, via the web at www.comalcrimestoppers.org, or send an SMS text to CRIMES (274637) and COMAL.


Grinch steals county employee's Christmas gifts
By Greg Bowen New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung
 
NEW BRAUNFELS — In a crime right out of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” burglars broke into Comal County offices on Church Hill Drive in New Braunfels and made off with a stack of wrapped presents all ready to be given out at Wednesday’s employee Christmas luncheon.

Comal County Judge Sherman Krause said the thieves not only made off with an office laptop and a Christmas gift that had been given to County Commissioner Jan Kennady, but also focused on the Christmas party gifts, which were intended as door prizes.

“It looked like they really targeted those gifts, which were all wrapped and ready to go to the Christmas party,” Krause said.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Rest easier now Rachel

Apparently the poor Amish girl was accidently shot.


Sheriff:  Ohio man cleaning gun killed Amish girl
Associated Press -


FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio (AP) -- A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, a sheriff said Tuesday.

Rachel Yoder was shot in the head Thursday night while traveling to her home in Wayne County, between Columbus and Akron. She had attended a Christmas party for employees, most of them under 18 years old, at an Amish produce farm and was riding home alone when she was shot, Wayne County sheriff's Capt. Douglas Hunter said.

The horse continued to cart the girl after she was shot, and she fell out of the buggy near her home, Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said. Her brother found her after he saw the horse walking in circles and went to check it. Authorities initially believed she had fallen out of the buggy and hit her head until a hospital test revealed the gunshot wound.

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He couldn't change his stripes

Back into the slammer for him.

Good riddance.

'North Side Robber' will go back to prison
The ex-con is suspected in about 20 armed heists over the past year. 
By Craig Kapitan - Express-News

An ex-con from Universal City suspected by police of having participated in about 20 armed heists in San Antonio and surrounding communities over the past year was ordered Tuesday to serve 60 years in prison.

Melvin McNeil, 39, was alleged to be so prolific that authorities dubbed him simply “The North Side Robber.” So far, he has been indicted for 11 area robberies, and in October a jury handed him his first conviction of the bunch: for a Subway restaurant
.
Victims from several other robberies took the witness stand Tuesday and last week to identify McNeil as the culprit. If he is later convicted of the other robberies, prosecutors have indicated that they will ask for his sentences to be stacked.

Conduct unbecoming

What a terrible breach of trust if these allegations are proven t be true.


Former Lackland instructor accused
AF charges include sexual contact with recruits and rape.
By Sig Christenson - Express-News


The Air Force said Tuesday that a former training instructor at Lackland AFB could face life in prison after being charged with “inappropriate sexual conduct,” including consensual sex and rape, with 10 recruits.

The Air Force said Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker had sexual contact with the recruits through much of his time as an instructor.

Walker, whose age and hometown were not released, faced an evidentiary hearing, called an Article 32, on Monday on charges of rape, aggravated sexual assault, sodomy, obstruction of justice and violating a general regulation — being alone with a female recruit.

Hah, who's laughing now?

Stupid, stupid, posting.


Dad faces abuse charges over Facebook post of girl
Associated Press -

(AP) — A 21-year-old Chicago man faces abuse charges after he allegedly posted a photograph on Facebook that shows his daughter's hands, legs and mouth apparently bound with blue tape.

Police spokesman Officer Ron Gaines says Andre Curry is charged with aggravated domestic battery.

Police say Curry apparently posted the photograph on his Facebook page with the words, "This is wut happens wen my baby hits me back."

The rest of the story:

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Senseless murder

Who would be so cruel and wicked to do something like this?

I hope they are found quickly.

Rest in Peace Rachel and may God bring peace to your family.


Amish community stunned by shooting death of girl


Members of a close knit Amish community gathered Saturday night to mourn the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was shot to death under circumstances that are shrouded in mystery.

David Zuercher, a friend of the family of 15-year-old Rachel Yoder, told Fox 8 News, "Just total disbelief and shock. I just couldn't believe it. I thought it was a joke, that it was not so."

Relatives initially believed that Rachel suffered a head injury while on her way home from a Christmas party for employees at a produce shop.

The girl was discovered on the ground near her buggy Thursday night at the family farm in Fredericksburg, but when she was flown to Akron City Hospital, doctors discovered the teenager had been shot in the head.

The rest of the story:

Stupidity

What a tragic story of epic stupidity.

What else could it be called?

BTW I am not impugning the 1st Cav.


Army: Fort Hood soldier from Mass. died in 'game'
Associated Press -

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Military prosecutors say a soldier from Massachusetts who died in Iraq was killed by his roommate during a game in which they tried to see how fast they could draw and aim their 9 mm pistols at the other.

Authorities say Sgt. Matthew Gallagher of Falmouth was shot in the head by Sgt. Brent McBride on June 26. Gallagher died a week before his 23rd birthday.

The Cape Cod Times  reports that the Army held a hearing Saturday at Fort Hood to determine what charges McBride should face. Both soldiers were with the 1st Cavalry Division.

The crushing reality

So now we have a possible capital murder.

Or at the very least a felony murder.

Rest in Peace little Rudy; hopefully your killer will be brought to justice soon.


Fire that killed boy was arson
Rewards offered for information on August apartment fire.
By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News

Arson detectives have determined a fire that killed a 6-year-old boy at a Southeast Side apartment complex in August was deliberately set.

The San Antonio Fire Department announced Monday that two rewards totaling $30,000 are being offered for information related to an arsonist who started a fire Aug. 16 at the Summerview Apartments in the 7600 block of Stringfellow Drive.

The blaze, which damaged two buildings, killed Rudy Alejos and injured 10 tenants, including Rudy's mother, Debbie Abby Garcia.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Ramming speed

He kept ramming the DPS cars?  What an idjit.


DPS trooper shoots man after confrontation
By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper shot a man in a stolen vehicle after a pursuit early Sunday that ended at a South Bexar County gas station, a spokesman for the agency said.

The injured man, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was listed in stable condition after undergoing surgery Sunday morning, said Trooper Deon Cockrell.

Cockrell said officers had been following the stolen vehicle, a pickup, whose driver stopped on his own at a Shell gas station near Interstate 37 and Loop 1604 around 1:40 a.m. Sunday.

Kim Jung Il exits stage right, now his son is the Un

Kim Jung Il has done what every one else who preceded him, he died.

Perhaps his son will reform the crap government of North Korea and allow its people to eat and enjoy some freedoms and even reconcile with South Korea.

Nah, he won't.

North Korea: Kim Jung Il dead, son is 'successor'
By Rafeal Wober - Associated Press -

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il and urged its people to rally behind his young son and heir-apparent Monday, while the world watched warily for signs of instability in a nation pursuing nuclear weapons.

South Korea, anxious about the untested, 20-something Kim Jong Un after his father's 17-year rule, put its military on high alert against the North's 1.2 million-strong armed forces. President Barack Obama agreed by phone with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to closely monitor developments.

People on the streets of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, wailed in grief, some kneeling on the ground or bowing repeatedly as they learned the news that their "dear general" had died of heart failure Saturday at age 69 while carrying out official duties on a train trip.




Sunday, December 18, 2011

Another example of instantaneous karma?

It got him too.


Thief injured attempting to steal copper wire from school
CBSMiami -

MIAMI GARDENS (CBS4) – A thief apparently looking to steal copper from equipment on the roof of a Miami-Dade school fell more than two stories, a debilitating plunge that left him unable to walk, apparently with a broken hip or leg.

The hapless Spiderman was captured by security cameras at Charles Wyche Elementary School in Miami Gardens.  He arrives, wearing a ski mask, and begins to arrange ropes he’s carrying for a climb up the outside wall of the school to the roof, more than two stories above.   Moments later a second camera angle shows the man falling to the ground – a drop of more than 25 feet – where he begins to writhe in pain.  The intruder dragged himself out on to a walkway and attempted to stand up, but immediately fell back down.  He then dragged himself on his belly out of the school, pushing a pair of bolt cutters in front of him.

“He was trying to get on the roof of the school to commit copper theft,” said schools police Sergeant Ivan Silva.  “As you can see from the video, he’s not the most skillful burglar.”

The rest of the story:

Have you seen him?

This is one sick fuck.

Apparently do NOT ask him for a light.

Please.


Prospect Heights wokman burns to death after she's set ablaze in apartment building elevator
Victim pronounced dead at the scene, no arrests made

A Brooklyn woman was burned alive Saturday when her demonic ex-beau ambushed her inside an elevator, sprayed her with a flammable liquid, set her ablaze and tossed a Molotov cocktail inside, cops and neighbors said.

Delores Gillespie, 64, was on her way home from buying groceries when she stepped out of the elevator at 203 Underhill Ave. in Prospect Heights and into a carefully laid trap.

Minutes earlier, Gillespie’s attacker had glued shut the locks on the elderly woman’s fifth-floor apartment and doused the elevator door with accelerant, sources said.

Instant Karma

Its gonna get you!


2 cited for shoplifting become crime victims
Associated Press -

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah say a vehicle was burglarized outside an Ogden store while its owners were being accused of shoplifting from the business.

Police told the Standard-Examiner of Ogden and Deseret News that 36-year-old Eldon Alexander and 47-year-old Korin Vanhouten were released after being cited in the theft of small-ticket items worth about $25 from a WinCo Foods store.

Police say the two then walked into the parking lot and discovered the theft of a stereo amplifier, drum machine and other items valued at about $60 from their vehicle.

For Pete's sake she was praying!! OMG!

This is what I would consider to be a reprehensible crime.


Man accused in church mugging
B Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News

San Antonio police early Saturday arrested a man accused of mugging a woman while she prayed at a Northwest Side church, and his girlfriend was charged with using the victim's credit cards at several gas stations.

Karen San Miguel, 32, was jailed on one count of credit/debit card abuse.

A judge set bail at $25,000.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Battery theft

Sounds like an inside job to me.


Van Dyke public schools closed after bus batteries stolen

CBSDetroit -

WARREN (WWJ) - Van Dyke Public Schools in Warren are closed Friday because of bus vandalism.

A recording from the Superintendent’s office says: “Today is Friday, December 16 and due to a transportation problem, the district will be closed today.”

WWJ’s Mike Campbell was live at the scene, where the district’s 20 buses are kept in a bus yard at 9 Mile and Hoover.

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Just way to much TMI!!

TMI!!


'I just made love' app lets you tell the world where and when - and thousands have
Mail Online -

Sharing apps such as Foursquare already let us share where we eat, drink and shop.

Now 'I Just Made Love' lets you log and GPS-tag your private life in just the same way - and, bizarrely, some people seem to want to.

The Android app has been downloaded 10,000 times, and rated five stars by dozens of users.

The rest of the story:

Stuck up

Santa he ain't.


Curfew-breaking teen gets stuck in chimney
Associated Press-

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A California teenager has learned the hard way that he's no Santa Claus.

The Stockton Record (http://bit.ly/ujgDPU ) reports 18-year-old George Herrera got stuck in a chimney while trying to sneak into his house Thursday.

Art Ray of the Stockton Fire Department says the teen was breaking curfew and trying to get inside his home.

Tag you're it!

I guess there was no other choice but to let him finish.


Man finishes tagging billboard as cops wait below
By Vianna Davila - Express-News


Officers spent two hours negotiating with a man caught tagging a billboard along Interstate 10 after he refused to climb down until he'd finished the job, police said.

The San Antonio Police Department said it received a call around 5:30 p.m. Friday about a man spray painting a billboard near Colorado Street.

Officers arrived and told the man to climb down.

He wouldn't. Not until the tagging was done.