Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Excuses excuses; 911 non-emergency;bananas; the dog shot itself; Russian blogger sentenced for spouting off;

Well - speeding is a crime - and here are some of the (real) excuses Kitsap County cops have received for speeding!
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jul/05/excuses-excuses-trying-get-out-traffic-tickets/

After making non-emergency calls (not even going into how stupid doing something like that is) - Estanislao Vallejo Lopez was arrested. Apparently jsil records list him as a pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates - I may be missing something here but could not see any sign of him on their site!
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/05/man-arrested-after-repeatedly-calling-911-non-emer/?news

A thief made off with some bananas - $40,000 worth - that's a whole lot of potassium!
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/07/06/Thief_makes_off_with_40000_in_bananas/UPI-91511215357208/

A man who shot and killed a small terrier apparently initially told police that the dog had shot itself in the head while playing with the .357 pistol! Strangely enough he was not believed and arrested.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9809141

Bear in mind that this did take place in Russia - a man found out that free speech does not prevail there - after spouting off about the police and saying the police force could be cleaned up by ceremoniously burning officers twice a day in public. Okay - not the cleverest thing to say - but it is a blog - we all spout off from time to time! Free speech campaigners are going to have a field day with this one!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080707/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_russia_blogger;_ylt=AhSLtZq08_un2GqPKlQR_x.s0NUE

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