Post by Tim Wescott on May 8, 2004 6:45:09 GMT -5
PHOTO FINISH: Three unidentified men in Everett, Wash., are accused of
stealing a camera -- out of the hands of a woman who was taking
pictures with it. The woman was an undercover police officer in the
middle of a surveillance job. Backup officers swarmed the men, who ran.
One of them raced off in a pickup truck and was cornered. He jumped out
of his vehicle, but didn't put it in park first. The pickup ran him
over, making him a bit easier to catch. As the various suspects ran,
they dumped incriminating evidence including a gun, drugs, and other
items. All three were arrested. (Everett Herald) ...Sadly, none of it
was captured on camera.
EEEK! Iran's Police Directorate of Public Education has issued an "alert"
to warn of the dangers of "Internet Addiction". The police agency says
the net has dangers which have "no other repercussion but to inflict
depression, weakness in faith, and tens of other forms of psychological
and social damage," such as "psychological and spiritual tensions in
families." (AFP) ...All of which will be documented in a cautionary
film, "Surfer Madness".
NO SMOKING: A 43-year-old woman has been arrested for bank robbery after
she allegedly took the loot she got at one bank to another and
attempted to deposit the cash there. But Sharon Ann Luck's bankers
called the police when something happened that they considered
suspicious: a dye pack exploded in her purse. The pack, which was
slipped among the cash during the robbery, malfunctioned, said a Ft.
Worth, Texas, police spokesman -- it was supposed to go off sooner.
(Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) ...It doesn't really matter: she was caught
red-handed.
LAST NIGHT, NO SLEEP. TODAY, SHOPPING FOR A GUN: A woman in Keystone,
Colo., woke up her husband at 4:00 a.m. saying their son was struggling
with an intruder. Greg McMurray ran to his son's bedroom and confronted
a man, later identified by police as Kristopher Zeller, 34. The 8-year-
old boy broke from Zeller's grasp and his father then started work on
persuading Zeller to leave by prodding him with a barbell. When that
failed, he picked up a golf club and started hitting Zeller with it.
Every time he knocked Zeller down he got back up. After breaking two
clubs on the man, McMurray switched to an iron fireplace poker, which
was bent out of shape by Zeller's head. Zeller finally left the
residence and was captured nearby. "It's a very strange case," said
sheriff John Minor. "I have no clue what this guy was thinking."
(Summit Daily News, Denver Rocky Mountain News) ...My guess: "Ow. Ow.
Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow...."
stealing a camera -- out of the hands of a woman who was taking
pictures with it. The woman was an undercover police officer in the
middle of a surveillance job. Backup officers swarmed the men, who ran.
One of them raced off in a pickup truck and was cornered. He jumped out
of his vehicle, but didn't put it in park first. The pickup ran him
over, making him a bit easier to catch. As the various suspects ran,
they dumped incriminating evidence including a gun, drugs, and other
items. All three were arrested. (Everett Herald) ...Sadly, none of it
was captured on camera.
EEEK! Iran's Police Directorate of Public Education has issued an "alert"
to warn of the dangers of "Internet Addiction". The police agency says
the net has dangers which have "no other repercussion but to inflict
depression, weakness in faith, and tens of other forms of psychological
and social damage," such as "psychological and spiritual tensions in
families." (AFP) ...All of which will be documented in a cautionary
film, "Surfer Madness".
NO SMOKING: A 43-year-old woman has been arrested for bank robbery after
she allegedly took the loot she got at one bank to another and
attempted to deposit the cash there. But Sharon Ann Luck's bankers
called the police when something happened that they considered
suspicious: a dye pack exploded in her purse. The pack, which was
slipped among the cash during the robbery, malfunctioned, said a Ft.
Worth, Texas, police spokesman -- it was supposed to go off sooner.
(Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) ...It doesn't really matter: she was caught
red-handed.
LAST NIGHT, NO SLEEP. TODAY, SHOPPING FOR A GUN: A woman in Keystone,
Colo., woke up her husband at 4:00 a.m. saying their son was struggling
with an intruder. Greg McMurray ran to his son's bedroom and confronted
a man, later identified by police as Kristopher Zeller, 34. The 8-year-
old boy broke from Zeller's grasp and his father then started work on
persuading Zeller to leave by prodding him with a barbell. When that
failed, he picked up a golf club and started hitting Zeller with it.
Every time he knocked Zeller down he got back up. After breaking two
clubs on the man, McMurray switched to an iron fireplace poker, which
was bent out of shape by Zeller's head. Zeller finally left the
residence and was captured nearby. "It's a very strange case," said
sheriff John Minor. "I have no clue what this guy was thinking."
(Summit Daily News, Denver Rocky Mountain News) ...My guess: "Ow. Ow.
Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow...."