Strange-Looking Car Leads To Explosives Charges
Balloon Filled With Acetylene Bound For Super Bowl Party: "A man from Sheridan is facing explosives charges after he accidentally blew up his own car with a gas-filled balloon he was taking to a Super Bowl party.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office found a suspicious-looking car Sunday afternoon behind the old Duggan's gas station in the 4500 block of South Santa Fe Drive frontage road. Passersby had called in to report some type of explosion or car accident.
When a deputy arrived to check it out, he found a white car that showed obvious signs of an explosion. All the windows were blown out, the vehicle doors were bent towards the outside and the roof was pushed about a foot higher than normal.
The deputy traced the license plate to a home in the 3600 block of South Grove Street in Sheridan. Sheridan officers talked to the people inside and a man and a woman admitted that they were in the car.
They explained that they were taking a balloon to a Super Bowl party -- a balloon filled with acetylene, a very explosive gas used in welding -- so they could blow up the balloon while celebrating.
However, on the drive, the balloon rolled across the back seat, possibly causing static electricity, and igniting the gas, causing it to explode.
The couple said a passer-by gave them a ride home.
Deputies called in an ambulance, who took the couple to Swedish Medical Center for possible shrapnel wounds and broken eardrums.
Norman Frey, 46, faces a charge of possession, use, or removal of explosives or incendiary devices. He faces two to six years in prison. "
14:28 Posted by David
Police Hunt Blowtorch-Wielding Robber - Yahoo! News: "Fri Feb 17, 4:11 PM ET
ENCINITAS, California - A robber who used a blowtorch to threaten a drug store worker and a gas station clerk was being sought for two failed heists, authorities said Friday.
The man went into a Rite-Aid store on Jan. 31 and demanded cash. He pulled a self-igniting propane torch out of a bag, lit it and pointed the 2-foot flame at a worker, authorities said.
The clerk refused to give him money and yelled at the man, who fled. About 15 minutes later, however, he pulled the torch on a gas station cashier, San Diego County sheriff's deputies said.
The cashier pulled a stick from behind the counter and began to hit the robber, who fought back with the blowtorch and then ran outside.
The fight continued until he threw the torch, which missed the clerk and landed near gasoline pumps.
The bandit fled in a car occupied by a woman.
The station worker was not injured.
Authorities described the bandit as a 5-foot-2, 220-pound man in his 50s or 60s. He wore a tan fishing hat."
14:25 Posted by David
Unsatisfied hashish buyer seeks German police help - Yahoo! News: "Sun Feb 19, 8:19 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 52-year-old man from the German town of Darmstadt tried in vain to get a refund for 400 euros ($475) worth of what he said was 'bad marijuana' from his dealer before turning to the police for help, according to authorities.
The police then charged the man with violating drugs possession laws and confiscated the 200 grams of marijuana he brought with him to the police station, according to a report in Bild am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday.
'It is un-usable,' the man told police in the hope they would help him get his money back. Amounts of up to 30 grams of marijuana are allowed in most German states for private consumption."
14:21 Posted by David
ASU Web Devil - Police Beat: Indecent exposure in library: "Police Beat: Indecent exposure in library
by Shea Drefs
published on Thursday, February 2, 2006
ASU police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
An 18-year-old male ASU student was arrested Sunday night at Hayden Library and charged with indecent exposure and public sexual indecency. The suspect allegedly pulled his pants and underwear to his mid-thighs to masturbate while watching pornography on his laptop. When asked why he had gone to the library to view pornography and masturbate, the suspect allegedly told police, 'To be honest, the Internet connection at my dorm isn't good enough.'"
11:24 Posted by David
Alleged Burglar Gets Stuck in Oven Vent - Yahoo! News: "Thu Feb 2, 8:40 PM ET
ORLANDO, Fla. - An alleged burglar was rescued Thursday after he got stuck overnight in the oven vent of the convenience store he was trying to rob, the fire department said.
Investigators said Lonnie Shields, 37, climbed into a small vent on the roof of the New City Mart at about 2 a.m. and wasn't found until store employees arrived at about 8 a.m.
Shields, who faces charges of burglary of a structure, was treated at a nearby hospital and booked into Orange County Jail on $1,000 bond.
'He was banged up and crunched up and uncomfortable from being in that pipe for about six hours,' Orlando fire chief Greg Hoggatt said."
01:43 Posted by David
BREITBART.COM - Police: Weaving Driver Distracted by Porn: "MURFREESBORO, Tenn.
A man who was stopped for driving erratically on a divided highway was distracted because he was looking at pornography, authorities said.
David Kennedy, 33, of Nashville, was charged with felony reckless endangerment after motorist Deborah Dotson reported Friday afternoon that he nearly ran her vehicle off State Route 840 several times.
Rutherford County Deputy Tony Hall pulled over Kennedy based on Dotson's report.
'When I made contact with the driver of the suspect vehicle, a Mr. David Kennedy, there were several pornographic magazines on the seat next to him,' Hall said in his report.
A hearing on the charge is set for Feb. 22 in General Sessions Court in Murfreesboro, a Nashville suburb. "
