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this guy is like catnip to u isn't he

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-pratt-st-package-20130813,0,3392894.story

Don't really know where to put this, not sure here is the right place really. We passed this weird house going from Brighton to Camber ATP with graffiti saying stuff like "MURDER HOUSE" and "POLICE COVER-UP", forgot about it until a conversation tonight... been following the internet trails about it, lots of EVERYTHING IN CAPITALS conspiracy pages, though it does seem like it may be grounded in fact...

http://www.bushywood.com/sussex/sussex_murders.htm

reminds me of this moderately notorious, long-condemned house about ten minutes' walk from me

however I came here to post this late breaking story from the county of my upbringing http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/10434718.Man_chops_off_own_penis_on_Penryn_street/?ref=mr

living til 107 then going out mad awesome is pretty awesome

http://www.thv11.com/news/article/278849/2/107-year-old-Arkansas-man-dies-in-shootout-with-SWAT

CO-WORKER: "A friend of mine was saying there may have been some dementia involved...."

YA THINK?

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Not local to me, but 'local news': http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/News/Northampton-News/Spooky-clown-mystery-grips-Northampton-14092013.htm

updated!
http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/News/Northampton-News/Northampton-clown-strikes-again-with-another-spooky-visitation-14092013.htm

Many commenters are finding the clown scary.

http://denver.craigslist.org/pet/4079728913.html

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/19/after-woman-finds-offensive-phrase-inside-bottle-cap-coca-cola-cancels-canadian-promotion/

too funny

SEATTLE —

A half-naked man who police said stole a boat and went on a rampage in a Seattle marina told police he was just trying to get away from a ninja.

Michael Bray's run from the so-called "Asian female ninja" began Sept. 15 when he boarded a 42-foot boat in the Queen City Yacht Club in the middle of the night, throttled the engine, and started repeatedly ramming neighboring boats and docks.

Dozens of people on board surrounding boats frantically screamed at him to stop, and called police.

But according to court documents, Bray didn't stop until a man on the shore fired a birdshot gun at the cabin of the boat he was driving. Police showed up shortly after to find Bray straddling the stern of the boat without pants.

Bray told them he was a CIA agent running from a female ninja. He also allegedly told one of two officers, "One of you are dead."

"Alleged thief Winston Churchill in court for stealing cheese"

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Alleged-thief-Winston-Churchill-court-stealing/story-19854821-detail/story.html

Anne Arundel County police arrested a 21-year-old man after finding a bag of marijuana brownies in his car Tuesday night in Glen Burnie.
Anthony Michael Demali, of Quarterfield Road in Severn, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and multiple counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to online court records.
An officer responded to the area of Edgerly Road and Fitzallen Road at 9 p.m. for reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area. The officer spotted a 2010 Ford Fusion with its lights off.
As the officer began to turn around, the driver of the Ford turned its lights on and began to drive away. The officer stopped the car after he said the driver drove through a stop sign.
When the officer spoke with Demali, he admitted to having a marijuana pipe in the car. The officer searched the car and found 24 grams of suspected marijuana and a bag of suspected marijuana brownies and $251 in cash, police said.
Demali was subsequently arrested.

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not actually local to me but idgaf

lol

HERO http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2013/10/14/man-stabbed-after-leaving-bar-goes-back-for-another-drink/

I wonder which bar.

When officers arrived to talk to the man, he was only able to give officers a vague description of the suspect.

lol

Shouldn't be funny, but:

"Several area law enforcement agencies are ramping up efforts to find a man who is pretending to be a Good Samaritan, but in reality is attempting to use the situation to flash them."

lol @ "Don't worry, I'm a mechanic."

http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Sheriff-Flasher-poses-Good-Samaritan-228081731.html

BATESVILLE, AR -- A woman was airlifted to a Little Rock hospital with serious injuries after investigators say a man went on a bit of a crime spree in Independence County.

According to the Independence County Sheriff's Office (ICSO), deputies responded to a vehicle accident Sunday night where the driver and a passenger had already fled the scene.

Witnesses told deputies that after the accident, the driver forced a minor to drive him away from the scene on an ATV, while the passenger ran away on foot, ICSO says.

Investigation later revealed that the man involved in the first accident then went to a nearby house saying he'd been in an accident. A woman answered the door and said she couldn't help, but the man forced his way in, assaulted her, tore her clothes off, then forced her into her SUV with him.

ICSO says while the man was driving, the victim grabbed the steering wheel and turned it into an oncoming car, causing another accident. Witnesses later told detectives that the woman then jumped out of the SUV naked and bloody, saying she'd been abducted and needed to get home to her baby.

Good Samaritans offered to take the woman to the police department, but she implored them to take her back home, fearing the suspect would return and harm her baby.

The woman was later airlifted to a Little Rock hospital with serious injuries, according to ICSO.

After finding the woman's SUV in a ditch, multiple agencies assisting in the search were able to narrow down the suspect's location, and as an Arkansas State Police helicopter hovered over the man's suspected location, he came out and surrendered, according to ICSO.

The Sheriff says the suspect remains in custody, and could face charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and attempted rape.

just a bit of a crime spree, let's be cool

http://www.wasu.cn/Play/show/id/1650860

woman places sanitary napkin on windowsill
wind blows it down onto a man in alley
man in alley retrieves a long knife from his home
man attacks the woman's husband

happened a few blocks from here ;)

features computer animation of the event also

http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2013/10/a-white-raccoon-for-hunter-kenneth-bevins/

I know there is lore that killing a white deer is bad luck. I wonder if the same applies to raccoons? It will be interested to see how the rest of the season turns out for Bevins!

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-dine-and-dash-seizures-20131029,0,4921804.story

The Baltimore man dubbed the "Dine and Dasher" by police is at it again, authorities and restaurant owners say.

Andrew Palmer, 46, notorious for racking up food and drink tabs at area restaurants, then faking seizures to get out of paying the bill, was arrested early Monday after owners said he refused to pay a $50 bill at Viccino Jay's Italian Gourmet on Charles Street.

The night before, he went limp at upscale barbecue restaurant Oliver Speck's in Harbor East when it was time to settle up on a $90 tab, according to the owner and a patron.

"The paramedics showed up and said, 'Looks like our guy's back,'" said Oliver Speck's chef Jesse Sandlin. "He would not wake up, and they were like, 'Come on Andy, stop faking.'"

Police say Palmer, who has a career rap sheet more than 90 arrests long and has been found guilty of petty theft at least eight times in the past year, is making the rounds again.

He's being held at Central Booking in lieu of $1,500 bail. His most recent public defender did not return a message seeking comment. Court records list Palmer as homeless or at an address on South Broadway that no longer exists.

It's not that prosecutors haven't been able to win convictions against Palmer. It's that the crime — in most cases, theft under $100 — doesn't carry a large enough penalty to deter someone with a taste for good food and drink who's willing to do jail time. And because it's a nonviolent offense, those who are found guilty serve only a fraction of their sentences.

Officials with the Baltimore state's attorney's office could not be reached for comment, but police accounts from recent cases tell a familiar story.

In December, police say, he had the $24.99 shrimp platter and four alcoholic beverages at the Inner Harbor's Bubba Gump Shrimp Factory. "This is an ongoing problem with Mr. Palmer in the downtown area," Officer Daniel Sexton wrote in charging documents.

In January, police say, he went large at Sullivan's Steakhouse, ordering the chicken piccata with a lobster add-on, a 22-ounce ribeye steak, four Blue Moon beers, three Bacardis and, for good measure, a coffee. It led to his second arrest of the week.

"Palmer's seizure occurred when he was confronted about his unpaid bill as he exited the restaurant," Officer Michael McGrath wrote in a statement of probable cause. McGrath added that Palmer is "well known to local restaurants and members of the Baltimore Police Department."

The unpaid tab: $160. The sentence: one year in jail.

He was out by July. That month, police say, he had three Blue Moon drafts, an espresso martini, two beers from Union Brewing Co. and three Stoli Oranges at the Admiral's Cup, good for a $72 bill, then went into the back of the Fells Point restaurant and had what appeared to be a seizure. In writing a report, the officer listed Palmer's alias as "Dine and Dasher."

Court records show the case was dropped, but he received a citation for another theft charge a few days later and got 90 days in jail.

Matt Belardi, 37, was hanging out at Oliver Speck's in Harbor East on Saturday night when he said patrons noticed the man at the bar mumbling to himself.

Sandlin said Palmer was dressed normally and was pleasant. He had ordered the pork chops, macaroni and cheese, soup and several drinks. A bartender believed he was getting too intoxicated, and Sandlin said to cut him off. She said he collected his things, then put his head down on the bar and passed out.

Belardi was skeptical. "You could tell he wasn't really passed out. He had gone from zero to blackout in the snap of a finger," Belardi said.

Sandlin called police and said the officer who arrived said the best she could do was write him a citation, and it is unclear whether one was issued. No such charge for that night appears in the state's court records database, and a police spokesman could not say late Tuesday what action, if any, the officer took.

The next night, police charged Palmer with refusing to pay at Viccino Jay's Italian Gourmet, near Penn Station.

"He was just watching the football game, eating food, and when it came time to pay, he didn't have any money," said manager Jeri Shuck, who said Palmer didn't require medical attention that night. "It's a horrible thing for someone to be doing, but for him it's a pretty good situation — get a free meal, get locked up, get a free meal. Just a running circle."

Sandlin's frustrated that authorities can't put a stop to it.

"If this guy came up and mugged me on the street and took $90 from me, he would've gotten arrested," she said.

Unarmed robbery, when something is taken by force, carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, but theft, a property crime, brings a maximum of 90 days.

"What's the difference in the end?" Sandlin asked.

Palmer has been convicted of ripping off the Capital Grille, the now-closed Burke's and Shucker's, Maisy's, and restaurants in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and St. Mary's counties.

In 2010, prosecutors beefed up the charges, combining a slew of cases into a theft scheme charge that brought a heavier maximum penalty. He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months.

When he was released last summer, police put out an alert to restaurants that Palmer was back in circulation. And over the course of seven days in late July and early August, Palmer was arrested three times.

Two of those cases included charges of making a false call requiring an ambulance response. That carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but prosecutors dropped the charges.

The city Fire Department said it has to respond to the 911 calls related to Palmer and eat the costs.

"We treat each patient according to the complaint, signs and symptoms," said spokesman Ian Brennan. "In the case of an uninsured individual or in rare repeat cases like this, the bill usually goes unpaid."

When customers skip out on the tab, Shuck said, it typically comes out of the server's paycheck. Belardi said Palmer is also distracting paramedics from more serious calls.

"I don't think the guy understands that he also may be tying up EMS paramedics from helping somebody who really needs it," the Oliver Speck's patron said.

In the meantime, Sandlin says, restaurateurs need to spread word about Palmer so he is easily recognized and establishments can refuse service. She has posted his mug shot on her Facebook page.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-dine-and-dash-seizures-20131029,0,4921804.story?page=2#ixzz2jE9NaKXe

love all the details of menu items in that

also:

When customers skip out on the tab, Shuck said, it typically comes out of the server's paycheck.

this has got to be illegal, right?

yeah, that doesn't make sense.

that's like not paying cashiers when people shoplift

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It is often the case that the establishment makes their employees pay the cost of customer theft to give them an incentive to police their customers.[citation needed] They may do so explicitly by deducting unpaid meals from wages or tips, or implicitly through an end-of-shift reconciliation system whereby the server is expected to provide enough cash and credit card receipts to cover the cost of their customers' meals, and keeps any surplus as tips. Though theoretically illegal in some cases,[1][2][3][4][5] the server is often held responsible for tabs that are not paid. It may be illegal, for example, for an establishment to require an employee to pay for an unpaid tab, but it is often a serious offense to have someone walk out on their check. The server must decide whether to pay the tab and keep his or her job, or not pay and risk losing it.

love all the details of menu items in that

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kinda feels like when you read about a prisoner's last meal

Dang, I guess people out there really do drink Blue Moon.

i was charged for dine and dashers at numerous jobs and lost one job when i refused

i really want to go to outback right now

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-firefighter-lawsuit-20131101,0,1736164.story

One of two battalion chiefs in the 400-member department, Buker was on a 24-hour shift at the Ellicott City station Jan. 20 as the news of weeks before was filled with debate about gun control after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Using his personal Facebook page that did not identify him as a member of the county fire department, the court document says Buker posted: "My aide had an outstanding idea. ... Let's kill someone with a liberal ... then maybe we can get them outlawed too! Think of the satisfaction of beating a liberal with another liberal. ... Its almost poetic."

One of Buker's Facebook friends, Mark Grutzmacher, responded online, saying, "But ... was it an [assault] liberal'? Gotta pick a fat one, those are the 'high capacity' ones. Oh pick a black one, those are more 'scary.' Sorry, had to perfect on a cool idea!"

Buker "liked" Grutzmacher's comment, adding, "Too cool, Mark Grutzmacher."

In an interview, Robson said Grutzmacher's comment was not racial, but referred strictly to discussions in Congress about assault weapons that are black and have high-capacity ammunition clips. The county saw it differently, he said.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-md-ho-firefighter-lawsuit-20131101,0,1736164.story#ixzz2jUxvjtPA

It's not that prosecutors haven't been able to win convictions against Palmer. It's that the crime — in most cases, theft under $100 — doesn't carry a large enough penalty to deter someone with a taste for good food and drink who's willing to do jail time. And because it's a nonviolent offense, those who are found guilty serve only a fraction of their sentences.

it's been making me irrationally angry lately when justin fenton doesn't bother to ask a lawyer if he's right about the law, or look it up himself. you can still charge someone with theft < 1,000 if the value is under 100. that carries 18 months even for just one item and 5 years if you've been convicted before. i thought about writing a letter to the editor but i didn't.

congress so obsessed with black guns

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'The Field' is so close to documentary it's not even funny tbh

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/15/us/california-bodies-found/index.html?c=homepage-t

http://www.channel3000.com/news/woman-wields-frozen-turkey-in-grocery-store-melee-police-say/-/1648/23052340/-/iin4biz/-/index.html

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-ocean-city-fatal-fire-20131126,0,1908643.story

A fire in a church rectory in Ocean City Tuesday that left two dead began when a person on fire entered the ministry's offices, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Easton.

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"Maybe I'm wrong but I believe a tree like that, alive, is worth more than all the ukuleles and banjos in the world."

Damn
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