Don’t be a Hero
Cops charge man after saving girl’s life.
Ryan Daniel Snodgrass, 28, would be a hero in most people’s book. However, the guide with Arkansas Valley Adventures was arrested by the Clear Creek sheriff’s office after he swam to a stranded 13-year-old rafter who fell off her boat in Colorado. Officers ordered no one to help the young rafter until a county rescue team was ready. Sheriff Don Krueger (left) is reportedly considering additional charges against another guide.
One can certainly understand the frustration of police who do not want more people to become endangered in a rescue. Yet, an arrest seems a bit severe and the guide had a good reason to make contact. Snodgrass was charged with “obstructing government operations” by swimming over to the rafter.
Drill, Fucker, Drill
Heartbreaking photos of birds caught in oil.
BP CEO Tony Hayward: “I’d Like My Life Back”. Yeah, well, fuck you.
Camera Crimes
Umida Akhmedova’s “slanderous” photos of the Uzbek people.
In the end of 2009 the Uzbekistan Agency on Press and Information has initiated a criminal proceeding against a talented documentarian photographer and the first camerawoman in the country – Umida Akhmedova. She was charged with the “slander and outrage against the Uzbek people” in her photos. She is threatened to be sentenced to 2-3 years of correctional works or to 6 months imprisonment. Enjoy some of Umida’s professional “illegal” shots.
Bad Mov(i)e
Dude selling bootleg DVDs gets two years in prison.
Reginald R. Collier found out the hard way that you don’t pirate Oliver Stone’s movies.
A federal judge sentenced the 26-year-old Collier on Wednesday to two years in federal prison without parole for trafficking thousands of counterfeited DVDs and CDs.
Collier was also slapped with a $41,361, which will be split by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., and the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.
If you’re wondering how Collier got caught, look no further than the Swap ‘N Shop, 8200 East 63rd Street. That’s where FBI agents witnessed Collier selling counterfeit DVDs of movies still in theaters and not available yet on DVD, like World Trade Center. Collier had several tables set up with counterfeited DVDs and CDs of movies still in theaters and not yet available in stores.
Computer Says “No”
Florida to use crime prediction software.
The Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice says it will use predictive analytics software from IBM to foretell which of its juvenile offenders are likely to return to crime. The software, made by the SPSS division that Big Blue purchased last year, will replace Excel spreadsheets analyzed by employees. The software can look at far more data inputs and potentially handle more juvenile offenders faster than the older methods, and presumably the ability to incorporate more data points could lead to better results. Those deemed likely to re-offend are given specialized treatment.
The UK Ministry of Justice also uses IBM’s predictive software on its criminal population, to see which ones pose a greater threat to public safety upon release. IBM clearly plans to take SPSS beyond its former domain of market researchers and scientists and apply it to where the big money is — homeland security in these frightening times.
Sore Losers
Douche bags threaten violence after health insurance reform vote.
Several members have faced death threats and harassing phone calls while others have experienced vandalism at district offices or their private homes.
In one case, a gas line was cut outside the Virginia home of Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother after a conservative activist posted the address online, mistakenly thinking it was the congressman’s house.
Counter Stab
An argument between Counter-Strike players at a Chinese net café over suspected use of a ‘wallhack’ cheat led to a 17-year-old boy being stabbed through the head with a foot-long knife – and living to tell the tale.
Psychotic Insights
Psychopaths want the reward no matter the cost.
The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain’s reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals.
Dick Patrol
San Antonio cop busted for raping tranny.
The transgender woman claims officer Craig Nash picked her up just south of Downtown early Thursday morning, handcuffed her, and told her to lay down in the back seat of a patrol car. She told investigators Nash then drove to a nearby location, un-handcuffed her, and sexually assaulted her.
The alleged victim said after the assault, Nash dropped her off at a nearby school. She then took a bus to a police station to report the assault. According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by News 4 WOAI, the alleged victim told officers Nash “wasn’t going to get away with this.”
Police arrested Nash after the alleged victim identified him in a photo line-up, and police linked his patrol car to the alleged scene using a GPS tracking system.
I hope this pig becomes someone’s wife in the slammer.
Reality Czech
Czech rules for drug possession.
The Czech government Monday set the drug possession limits under which the possession of up to 1.5 grammes of heroin, up to one gramme of cocaine and up to two grammes of methamphetamine (pervitine) will not be punishable as of New Year.
Czechs will also be able to legally possess up to 15 grammes of marijuana, according to the Justice Ministry’s proposal approved by the government Monday.
Support Group
Iranian crowd helps convicts escape execution… for now.
The crowd overpowered security services and helped two men convicted of robbery to escape hanging in the province of Kerman, the Fars news agency reported.
The men were recaptured hours later, and justice department officials say they will be put to death on Wednesday.
Fat Getaway
A man accused of running up and down a flight of stairs to kill a former son-in-law is offering a novel defense: At 5 feet 8 and 285 pounds, he was just too fat to have pulled it off.
An attorney for Edward Ates is making the case that his client wouldn’t have had the energy needed to fatally shoot Paul Duncsak, a 40-year-old pharmaceutical executive, from a perch on the staircase.
Lawyer Walter Lesnevich claims that Ates, 62 at the time of the 2006 killing, was in such bad physical shape that he couldn’t have pulled off the shooting or the fast getaway the killer made.
Human Animals
Teen gang raped after homecoming dance while a dozen watch.
Police are looking for potentially as many as a dozen spectators and between four and seven actual rapists in this case. Police say some people walked by and actually participated in this crime. No one called police and to make matters worse, authorities told ABC7 some of these people may have recorded this entire rape on their cell phone cameras.
These monsters should be dealt with in the most horrific manner one could imagine. Every single bystander should be shot in the fucking head.
The Friendly Skies
Two California airlines allow some passengers to fly with herb.
A little noticed policy at two California airports allows properly qualified passengers to fly the friendly skies carrying up to a half pound of marijuana, news agencies revealed Friday.
The Watchers
Security camera software to fight future crime?
CCTV security systems could soon spot an assault on a bus before it happens, according to a major research project.
