Archive for August, 2009

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Town Planning director invites woman to tee party

Town Planning director invites woman to tee party

And shows her what’s in the golf trousers.
Snohomish County Planning and Development Director Craig Ladiser was fired after he told a female staffer at a golf tournament he’d show her the size of his tee, and exposed himself in front of her and several witnesses, according to an investigation.
Ladiser had apparently (and not surprisingly) been [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Jealous Girlfriend takes Ninja sword to boyfriend

Jealous Girlfriend takes Ninja sword to boyfriend

Conversation with Ex-wife makes her get medieval
A woman in Land O’ Lakes, Florida broke out a ninja sword that, it seems, happened to be lying around, and used it during a fight with her boyfriend.
37 year-old Dana Gordon claims she pulled the sword on her boyfriend, William Allen, after he slapped her in the face [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Driving Instructor Arrested for Drunk Driving

Driving Instructor Arrested for Drunk Driving

This is how it’s done, kids
The owner of a driver education school in Albuquerque, New Mexico was arrested for driving while intoxicated after crashing his car, police said.
Two breath analysis tests showed him to have a blood-alcohol level of nearly four times the legal limit.
Source: www.sfgate.com

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Texas sheriff deputies reportedly let waitress pose with gun

Texas sheriff deputies reportedly let waitress pose with gun

Five Midland county sheriff’s deputies have been suspended and could be charged after allegedly allowing a Twin Peaks waitress to hold one of their service rifles while they took pictures of her.
According to a police report, police arrived on Monday night after someone called about a waitress holding a rifle in the parking lot.
Also according [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Florida teenager sets himself on fire

Florida teenager sets himself on fire

Trying to imitate Youtube video stunt.
In what seems to be an increasingly more common phenomenon these days, a 13 year-old boy in Deltona, Florida was imitating a stunt he saw on the Internet when his friend poured gasoline from a riding lawnmower on him.
As a result, Russell Gortzig’s shorts caught on fire, and he ended [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Serial 911 caller needed ‘Someone to talk to’

Serial 911 caller needed 'Someone to talk to'

Now that someone might be a lawyer.
A 20 year-old man who called 911 on multiple occasions has been arrested for making calls to 911 for a non-emergency.
Bryan Paul Blanchard, 20, told officers “he just needed someone to talk to” when he called 911 and left the phone off the hook, according to police.
Source: www.fredericknewspost.com

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Parking meter attendant accused of punching old man out

Parking meter attendant accused of punching old man out

World’s toughest meter maid
A parking meter attendant in Lexington, Kentucky is accused of letting his fists do the talking in an argument with a 70-year old man earlier in July.
Wendell Lee Hall Jr., 38, was ticketing vehicles near a downtown construction site. According to witnesses, 70 year-old building contractor Donald Perry went up to Hall [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

SC man paints complaint to city on house

SC man paints complaint to city on house

City of Cary threatens $500 a day sign law violation fine.
ACLU tells city that may violate First Amendment
A man in Cary, South Carolina who claims the city government is ignoring his complaints that a city project is responsible for damage to his home decided to take his message to the streets, so to speak.
David Bowden [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Bank to employee who tackled robber: you’re fired

Bank to employee who tackled robber: you're fired

Thank you Sir, may I have another?
A Seattle man who worked as a bank teller was fired for chasing down and tackling a man who had robbed the bank.
Former Key Bank teller Jim Nicholson told a TV station that he knew it was against the banks policy not to comply with robbers, but he felt [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Mom left kids home alone to work at strip club, police say

Mom left kids home alone to work at strip club, police say

Gotta make a living
A 22 year-old Florida mother was charged with criminal neglect after leaving her young daughters home alone while she worked at an area strip club, according to police.
Police visited the apartment about 10:30 p.m. Thursday after a neighbor called and said one child — a 5-year-old girl — was on a balcony. [...]