Out of control baby-sitter

Who does this?  I sincerely doubt the toddler peed on her with intent.

He's a fricking toddler for goodness sakes.

Woman pleads guilty in toddler's death

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COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A 26-year-old northern Idaho woman who acknowledged shoving a 3-year-old boy in her care, causing a fatal head injury, has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Amanda L. Skogen, of Post Falls, entered her plea Tuesday as part of an agreement with Kootenai County prosecutors. First District Judge Fred Gibler scheduled sentencing for Feb. 28.

County prosecutor Barry McHugh said Skogen agreed to plead guilty to the voluntary manslaughter charge after he said he would seek to reinstate the first-degree murder charge, the Coeur d'Alene Press reports.

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Instant Karma

Divine intervention?

Call it what you will but it sure seems appropriate to think that doesn't it?

The boys, who were in the car, weren't injured at all.

Man stabs wife to death at home, dies in crash

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police say a man stabbed his wife to death while their three sons were home with them, then lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree, killing himself.

Officer Kendale Adams says police got a call to the couple's home about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Adams says the fatal crash happened about four blocks from the home.

Adams says the couple's children are 8 to 15 years old and weren't physically injured. They're now in the care of nearby relatives.

Adams says the woman was 44 years old. Police aren't releasing her name ort that of her husband.

Stick 'em up! I have a hammer and I know how to use it too.

Okay then.

Two Aggravated Robberies with a Deadly Weapon.

Dang dude, you hit the jack-pot!

Man is charged for 2 holdups with hammer in Springfield MO

By KY3 News -

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County prosecutors charged a man on Wednesday afternoon for two robberies of convenience stores earlier that day.  City police arrested David Wright, 39, not long after the second robbery.

In both robbeires, the bandit threatened clerks with a hammer.  The first was just after 4 a.m. at the Kum & Go at 1605 E. Kearney St.  The second was a little later at the Kum & Go at 1550 N. Glenstone Ave.  Police say the robber threatened the clerks with a hammer and ran off with money.

Police arrested Wright in the 1700 block of East Kearney at Rancho Court Motel.  If he's convicted, he could face prison sentences of between 10 and 30 years for each of two counts of first-degree robbery and at least three years for each of two counts of armed criminal action.  A judge set his bond at $200,000.

Bringing "Doughnuts" to the police

I bet she was polite too.

Police say Helenan asks to be arrested

Helenair.com
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When spinning doughnuts in front of the police station didn’t get her the attention she wanted, an allegedly drunken 39-year-old Helena woman parked her vehicle, went to the window at the law enforcement center and asked for assistance in getting arrested for driving under the influence.

“She was upset that she had been driving around spinning brodies and no officers had arrested her. She said she wanted to get arrested because she was drunk,” Helena Police Chief Troy McGee said.

Julie L. Pennington’s request was granted at about 2 a.m. Tuesday, McGee said.

Pennington also allegedly crashed into a vehicle parked near the police station and took out the bumper of her 1991 Jeep Cherokee by hitting a retaining wall in the backside of the building.

“She said she was breaking the law on purpose to try and get arrested,” McGee said. “We’ve never had anything quite like that.”

Police arrested Pennington on misdemeanor charges of DUI, driving with no insurance, careless driving, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, driving on a suspended license and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle.

Police say she remained too intoxicated to appear before Helena Municipal Court judge Tuesday morning.

Very poor judgment

Look up poor judgment and I'd bet they'd have this fellow picture next to it.

Besides it was pretty dang cold I bet, I'd hate to get certain portions of my body frost-bit.

What??  I'm just saying.

Postal worker arrested after delivering mail naked

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WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his rounds who seemed "stressed out" when he decided to deliver mail in the buff. But upon further review, the worker told police that delivering mail while completely naked probably wasn't a good idea.

A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail in the nude to her office in Whitefish Bay to make her laugh. The report says that on Dec. 4 he brought the mail wearing only a smile.

The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do.

Note to Jurors: You don't get a mulligan, neither does Arden

I truly hope the Bexar County jurors that sat for a week in trial in County Court at Law #7 in the earlier Family Violence Assault charge against Mark Spencer for striking his wife Arden Specia, and finding him not guilty, have read the news of his murdering her and then committing suicide.

There would of course have been no guarantees that if he had been convicted of the family violence charges that this murder wouldn't have happened.

Taking his guns away from him would have been a start however.

Former DA: Wife in murder-suicide feared for her life

By J. Louise Larson The Herald-Zeitung

NEW BRAUNFELS — An autopsy conclusively revealed Sunday’s shooting deaths on Purgatory Road were a murder-suicide, but that was just the terrible finale in a marriage plagued by domestic violence.

“Mark Anthony Spencer shot and killed his wife Arden Specia-Spencer and then turned the gun on himself,” said Lt. Mark Reynolds, public information officer for  Comal County Sheriff’s Office.

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Home Alone!

This could have been worse.

A lot worse. 

I'm glad the boy is okay.
 

Boy tied up in Live Oak Home Invasion

CBS Sacramento

LIVE OAK, Calif. (CBS13) – A young boy was tied up after a pair of home invasion suspects found him while he was playing video games, authorities said.

Sutter County investigators said the parents of the 12-year-old victim were Christmas shopping when two men approached their home on Gum Street and began checking for entry points into the home.

The two men entered through an unlocked door at the rear of the home and began searching the home. The victim heard the suspects walking around the kitchen and investigated, stumbling onto the intruders.

Detectives said the boy told them the men tied him up with an extension cord and locked him into one of the rooms in the home.

The two men stole the boy’s video games and 12 jars of medicinal marijuana, police said.

After the suspects drove off in a red vehicle, the boy was able to break free and run to a neighbor’s house for help. He was not seriously injured.

Police are still looking for the suspects, who are described as possibly Hispanic or Asian men in their 20s.

That pooor child

Neither of the Defendants look like they missed many meals.

I hope the child recovers fully.

Man gets 40-year prison term for starved child

By Craig Kapitan - Express-News

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for the severe starvation of a 4-year-old whose sole meal each day usually consisted of Cheerios.

Luis Valenzuela, 27, and fiancee Robin Palafos, 24, were arrested in February after they brought the child to a clinic for vaccinations. The girl weighed 23 pounds at that time, authorities said.

Valenzuela pleaded no contest in November to injury to a child. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to ask for no more than 40 years in prison. His attorney sought deferred adjudication probation.

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Scammers

Preying on the religious. Perverting religion for their own benefit.

They still believe they were helping folks?

'3 Hebrew Boys' sentenced to decades in prison

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Three men who called themselves the "3 Hebrew Boys," using the Biblical story of faith to create a scheme that prosecutors said fleeced thousands of people out of more than $80 million, will each spend decades in prison.

Timothy McQueen, 52, and Joseph Brunson, 47, were each sentenced to 27 years in prison and Tony Pough, 48, was sentenced to 30 years Tuesday after a daylong hearing. The three, all from Columbia, were convicted in November 2009 of 58 counts each of mail fraud, money laundering and other charges.

Prosecutors said the three men traveled to churches and other gatherings across the Southeast several years ago and spoke to soldiers near military outposts, preaching how faith and an investment in what they said were foreign currencies would at least double their money, wipe out credit card debt and pay off mortgages in months.

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Plenty of time to think about what he did

27 years followed by 25 years of supervised release is a good lick of time.

I doubt he'll be doing any more child pornography during the next 52 years.


De La Garza gets 27 years

By J. Louise Larson The Herald-Zeitung

NEW BRAUNFELS — Burton De La Garza will spend 27 years in federal prison on federal charges of production of child pornography.

De La Garza, 38, pleaded guilty Sept. 2 and was sentenced Thursday, said Daryl Fields, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District in San Antonio.

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Fed Ex-packages

What has the world come too?

Packages stolen off doorsteps in Charlestown

By Karen Anderson - WBZ-TV

CHARLESTOWN (CBS) — Boston police are warning residents of a holiday scrooge in Charlestown who is stealing packages from people’s front doors.

Police say in some cases, the thief is actually signing for the deliveries.

Investigators say they are targeting packages from the US Postal Service, Fed Ex and UPS.

In Charlestown, some people were shocked to hear about this real-life Grinch. John Benson tells WBZ,
“It’s a shame that it’s come to that. People used to have more respect for each others’ gifts and each other’s rights. If we’re getting so busy and desperate, that’s a real loss for civilization, especially in the Christmas season.”

The Cavilla’s say they’re not surprised, which is why they have all of their packages delivered to work.

“There is usually no entranceway to leave a package, so you’re just leaving it out on the stairs and it’s very tempting for people,” said Amy Cavilla.

Her husband Bob gets his packages sent to the office. “They get sent to my office and the UPS guy laughs at me. Every package gets sent to my work.”

The US Postal Service says you can protect yourself by arranging to pick up packages at the post office, or arranging for a friend or neighbor to pick up packages at your home.

If you’re convicted of stealing mail, you could face up to five years in federal prison, and a $250,000 fine.

Stealing the dog too?

This is pretty low.

Even for a Christmas Season burglar.

Grinch Burglar Steals Family's Dog, Christmas Gifts

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A Mesquite family is off to a bad start to the holiday season after burglars stole its dog and all of its gifts over the weekend.

Thieves broke into the Rusaw family's apartment at Tri Pointe Square and stole a teacup Yorkshire terrier named Candy, wrapped Christmas gifts, electronics and jewelry.

Most of the stolen gifts belonged to 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw. But Cameron, who was too upset to go to school Monday, said he misses his dog more than anything.

"I'm not worried about any gifts," he said. "I just want my dog back."

Stacy Rusaw said she can't take the fact that her dog is not home safe.

"Without us, we know she's scared," she said. "She's a sweet little dog, and even if you are enjoying her, bring her back to us where she belongs, because it's not fair. She didn't do nothing."

The family said it believed the burglars broke in through a window. Family members said they found window screens outside on the ground.

The family said the thieves also stole small electronics, DVDs and a coin collection Cameron inherited from his grandfather.

Mesquite police are investigating the robbery. The Rusaws are asking anyone who sees 2-year-old Candy or has information on the dog to contact Mesquite police.

Pay to Play?

Okay, okay. I guess it was a bit extreme.

Even under the circumstances.

German dad castrates daughter's boyfriend with bread knife

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German dad Helmut Seifert, who disapproved of his teenage daughter's 57-year-old boyfriend, went to the man's home and castrated him with a bread knife, escaping with his testicles.

After learning that his 17-year-old daughter was having a relationship with the older man, Seifert went to the town of Bielefeld to speak to the police.


Having learnt that they were powerless to help him, the enraged father decided to take matters into his own hands.


Police said: 'The man recruited two work colleagues at his factory and then went to the house of the victim.


‘The man was forced to remove his trousers and, fully conscious, he was castrated. The severed testicles were taken away by the perpetrator.'


Despite losing a lot of blood the man managed to call police and is now making a recovery - but the castration is irreversible.


Seifert, who pleaded guilty and is expected to be tried for attempted murder next year, has so far refused to say who his accomplices were.

He said: ‘I received a phone call anonymously that my daughter was involved with a guy 40 years older than her. You said you couldn't stop him, so I did.

‘I saw it as my duty as a father.

The streak ends

Let's see.

The last time Brett Favre did not start in an NFL game George Herbert Walker Bush was President and Bill Clinton had just been elected president for the first time.  Boys to Men were popular and Eric Clapton had come out with Tears in Heaven and Layla.

You went to the movies to watch Reservoir Dogs, A League of Their Own, and A Few Good Men

Brett Favre inactive, NFL record streak ends

By Michael David Smith -NBC profootballtalk

Brett Favre is inactive for the Vikings’ Monday night game against the Giants, bringing to an end his NFL-record streak of 297 consecutive starts.

Favre suffered a shoulder injury eight days ago when he was hit by Bills linebacker Arthur Moats, and he’s not ready to return. Although the Vikings were still holding out hope today that he could play, Favre’s shoulder was hurting badly enough that he never even took the field for pregame warmups.

Favre’s streak began in 1992, when he replaced an injured Don Majkowski for the Green Bay Packers. He kept playing every week for seven years until he had surpassed Ron Jaworski’s record for consecutive starts by a quarterback, then kept playing every week for another decade until he had surpassed Jim Marshall’s record for the most consecutive starts by any player at any position. He kept playing every week in Green Bay, in New York and in Minnesota.

Until now.

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On your Mom's computer?!!

The moral of this story?

Other than the obvious of not looking at or downloading kiddie-porn?

If you do that make sure you keep up on the computer payments.

Computer repo leads to child porn sentence

By Craig Kapitan - Express-News

A San Antonio man busted for child porn after his mother's computer was repossessed was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.

State District Judge Raymond Angelini agreed to retain jurisdiction of the case, which means Michael Hernandez, 21, could later be released on shock probation.

Employees at In Home Furniture went to police in December 2008, after attempting to clear files from the computer to prepare it for resale, according to court documents. Police noted 19 suspicious videos with titles referring to children as young as 3.

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