Swedish Man Fakes Kidnapping to Escape Marriage

BERLIN — A Swedish man's novel explanation for taking a break from a troubled marriage has landed him in trouble with the German police.

Nuremberg police say the man came to them on Saturday claiming to have been abducted from his home in southern Sweden by two men who demanded money and took him to the German city.

That triggered a large-scale search. But police said in a statement Monday that the 43-year-old's story fell apart in questioning.

He told officers that he had embarked on a European tour to get away from marital problems at home. He said he came up with the kidnapping story to explain his absence to his wife — who had reported him missing.

Police said the man is under investigation for faking a crime. Prosecutors ordered a $3,800 bail payment.

Local burglar botches theft by dialing 911

GIBSON COUNTY, IN (WFIE)- A Boonville man foils his own burglary when his cell phone accidentally dials 911.

The Gibson County Sheriff's Office tells 14 News that Jesse N. Jeffries was caught stealing anhydrous ammonia from the Mackey Co-op early Saturday morning.

But Jeffries made the job a little easier for authorities when he accidentally pushed a button on his cell phone and called 911.

Dispatcher Dave Brogan answered the call, realized what was happening and gave police a play-by-play until they arrived on scene.

Jeffries tried to run from police but he tripped and fell into a ditch where two officers were able to arrest him.

Rat infestation threatens UK

Britain now has more rats than people, with the trend set to continue unless households cut down on food waste, it has been claimed.

By Chris Irvine
Last Updated: 8:03AM GMT 27 Oct 2008

Experts claim councils which have stopped weekly bin collections are to blame, along with mild winters and last year's floods.

The worst affected city is York, which has seen its rat population rise by 208 per cent in a year. Carlisle has seen a change of 142 per cent.

Other areas to see a significant increase in infestation include Exeter (60 per cent) and Salford (40 per cent).

Rentokil estimates there are 65 to 80 million rats in Britain compared to around 60m humans.

National Pest Technicians Association director Peter Crowden told The Daily Mirror: "In 30 years I've never known such a big rat population – and there will be an epidemic if people don't reduce food waste.

"Fortnightly bin collections now mean it's vital we recycle. Just putting extra food scraps on compost heaps means fantastic breeding grounds for rats to spread disease."

Nationwide, call-outs by pest control units rose by 17 per cent.

Out of 50 local authorities asked if they had seen an increase in call-outs, 39 admitted they had.

Westminster was one of the few have seen a reduction in the problem, although it has only seen call-outs cut by 10 - from 804 in 2006-07 to 794 in 2007-08.

Couple Gets Bag of Pot With Taco Order at Restaurant

Saturday, October 25, 2008

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A Colorado couple found an unusual topping on their order of tacos: a small bag of marijuana.

They discovered the drugs with their order from a Del Taco restaurant and called police, said Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis.

Twenty-six-year-old Dennis Klermund, who police say waited on the husband when he picked up food Oct. 16, faces charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Klermund initially denied any knowledge but admitted the bag was meant for a friend after a search dog found the more marijuana in a locker, police said.

Klermund no longer works at the restaurant, said owner Ulises Montero. A message left for Klermund was not returned.

Butchering of deer closes restaurant

A Chinese restaurant in the Town of Hamburg was shut down by the Erie County Health Department Friday after an inspector found employees butchering a deer inside.

Officials don’t know whether the dead deer at China King, 5999 South Park Ave., had been hunted or if it was road kill.

“From our standpoint, it doesn’t matter,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Anthony J. Billittier IV. “They can’t do what we think they did.”

Billittier said that there is no reason to believe that the deer meat made its way into any of the dishes served at China King.

“I don’t think they were far enough along,” Billittier said. “They were in the butchering process. They didn’t get to the meat yet.”

Butchering an animal inside a restaurant is against the law in New York State for sanitary reasons. Diseases such as E. coli can be spread through unsafe butchering.

“In general, you can’t have a dead animal in a food services establishment,” Billittier said.

In addition, it’s illegal to sell meat that hasn’t been prepared by a licensed butcher, he said.

“What were they going to do with the meat?” Billittier wondered. “I don’t think we’ll ever really know the answer to that.”

The bizarre discovery was made after a tipster called the Health Department late Friday morning.

A health inspector was quickly sent to the restaurant and saw the dead deer being butchered. The inspector also discovered a cooling unit at the restaurant was not at the proper temperature.

The restaurant was immediately closed down. A hearing on the matter is expected to be held early next week.

The owners, identified in records as John Zhang and Wei Zhen Ma, could not be reached to comment Friday.

mbecker@buffnews.com

Dozing cop at CPO shoots himself dead

By ASIF CHAUDHRY submitted 20 hours 44 minutes ago LAHORE - A young and newly married policeman, deployed at the main entrance of the Central Police Office, died in hospital in mysterious circumstances late Friday night with three bullet wounds in his chest.
Constable of Punjab Constabulary Rashid Mahmood was on his duty at the Gate No 1 of CPO when this fatal accident took place. All the bullets were fired from his own official gun when he was on his duty.
After the tragic death of the young cop three statements appeared from police on different levels making a simple accidental death a mysterious one.
However, the video clips captured by close circuit camera installed at the entrance of the IGP office revealed the true circumstances leading to the death of the constable. According to the clips, the constable was dozing at the main entry point of the IGP office. As his thumb fell on the trigger of his gun, it went off and released six bullets. Three of them pierced through his chest, later claiming his life. He was immediately removed to the Mayo Hospital. The 25-year-old constable, however, succumbed to his wounds despite receiving 21 blood bags.
The Old Anarkali police officials, however, shared a different story. “According to the crime scene and investigations so far, it seemed that the policeman committed suicide over some family issue”, an Old Anarkali police investigator said.
The officials of the IG office, however, said the incident took place when the victim’s rifle went off accidentally.
The spokesman of the IGP strongly denied the reports about the suicide factor behind the death of the young constable.
Eyewitness of the incident, constable Muhammad Mnshah, told that while the deceased was talking to somebody on his cell phone, his hand suddenly fell on the trigger of his own gun which went off. Resultantly, Rashid sustained three bullet injuries in his chest, he further told the officers.
On the condition of anonymity, a security guard of the IGP Office told The Nation that the cause of the incident was out-dated official guns provided to the Punjab Constabulary personnel for security purpose. He claimed the guns lacked the automatic safety lock. The so-called semi-automatic gun holds up to 20 rounds, he said, but it fired only six rounds when the constable Rashid’s hand fell on the trigger accidentally. Three of the bullets burst his chest while others three hit the boundary wall and the main gate of the IG office. Due to missing safety lock, constables have no choice but to keep the gun loaded all the time even at he risk of their own lives, he said.
Spokesman of IGP said the video clips revealed the gun of the constable went off when his thumb fell on the trigger unintentionally as he was snoozing late night on Friday.

Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows

Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.

A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.

The newspaper said Friday that veterinarians at the scene confirmed the cause of the deaths, which happened Wednesday. The veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.

Meteorologist Fernando Torena told the newspaper he wasn't surprised that a single lightning bolt killed so many cows. But he called it "very bad luck."