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October 31, 2014

Florida native dressed as Teletubby breaks into home, dumps Chinese food into guy's man purse

A man dressed up as the yellow Teletubbie, Laa-Laa, won't escape charges after all for a weekend incident in Bethlehem, police said.

Terez S. Owens Jr., 20, a Lehigh University student from Jacksonville, Florida, allegedly wore the children's character costume while breaking into a friend's house about 2 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of East Fourth Street on South Side.

Police said he went into the victims' refrigerator and dumped Chinese food into a "man purse" before leaving. A door was damaged during the incident, police said.

Police said they caught up with him and identified him as the suspect, but the victim initially declined to press charges.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2014/10/teletubbie_break-in_student_dr.html

October 30, 2014

Portage students picket in support of teachers during stalled contract negotiations

It was a pep rally atmosphere outside the Portage Public Schools administration building Thursday morning.

But the 200-plus students who were chanting and waving signs were not getting pumped up for Friday's Portage Central versus Portage Northern playoff football game. They were picketing in support of their teachers, who are involved in stalled contract negotiations with the Portage school board.

The energetic crowd of students chanted: "We love our teachers," while waving signs that read, "We love and respect our teachers. So should you." Many of the students wore bright green -- the color of shirts teachers have been wearing to protest their lack of contract. Students took turns leading chants and cheers into a megaphone, as cars beeped while pulling into the parking lot.

The students planned to protest for 10 minutes -- although many of them protested longer -- representing the extra 10 minutes that have been added to the school day. Teachers are working longer days after the state increased student days to 175, which added 10 minutes to each day.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/portage_students_protest_lack.html

October 29, 2014

TSA finds cannon in luggage

An airline passenger flying out of Maui checked in with a weapon not often seen in baggage - the barrel of a cannon.

Transportation Security Administration officials confirm they spotted the cannon barrel last week in the checked luggage of a passenger at Kahului Airport.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the cannon barrel was found Oct. 20 in the checked bag of a United Airlines passenger traveling to San Francisco on a late evening flight.

The cannon wasn't loaded.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/28/tsa-cannon-luggage-maui_n_6064982.html

October 28, 2014

Man in moped leads police on 35-MPH chase

Police say a Norton Shores man driving a moped led officers on a slow-speed chase after threatening his girlfriend and mother and then trying to set a house on fire.

Around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, according to the Norton Shores Police Department, officers were called to the house on Reneer Avenue near Lincoln Street where Richard Shear, 28, lives with his mother.

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Police spotted him later in the area of Lakeshore Drive and McCracken Street in Muskegon and a chase that reached speeds of only about 35 mph ensued. A viewer sent 24 Hour News 8 cellphone video of the chase.

Officers in several cruisers chased Shear for about eight miles and back to his mother’s house, where he was stopped cold by officers who were still there collecting evidence.

http://woodtv.com/2014/10/27/pd-2-threatened-before-slow-speed-moped-chase/

October 24, 2014

Fr. James Martin: The Paradox of the Christian CEO - Income inequality and Catholic social teaching

When it comes to executive compensation, people have rightly asked: How much is too much? But here’s a question that isn’t often asked: Does Jesus have anything to say about this?

Let me answer that not only as a Jesuit priest, but as a graduate of the Wharton School of Business. Before entering the Jesuits, I was a finance major and worked for six years in corporate finance and human resources at General Electric. My approach to executive compensation, then, is from a financial and a human resources point of view–but also from a Catholic perspective.

The Catholic perspective on salaries, compensation and labor is, in general, the Christian perspective. And the basis for that is the Gospels. Everyone knows what Jesus asks of his followers: love your neighbor. Pray for those who persecute you. Forgive someone 70 times 7 times. And care for the poor.

That last injunction is something Jesus asks us to do again and again. But it’s important to remember that Jesus not only asked us to care for the poor, he also was poor—or at least on the lower economic rungs in his time.

https://time.com/3534569/catholic-social-teaching-executive-compensation/

October 23, 2014

Drunken trombone-playing clown fires gun from garage (NOT Florida)

Police arrested a 54-year-old man after he was allegedly seen wearing camouflage pants and a clown mask, shooting a gun at a can in the street.

Grand Traverse County sheriff's deputies said the man also was seen playing a trombone at one point, all the while as he stood in a garage.

The man, described as intoxicated, was arrested for a personal protection order violation. No one was hurt and the gun turned out to be a pellet gun.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/10/trombone-playing_clown_fires_g.html

October 22, 2014

Florida man claims to be "extreme shopping" while exposing himself

Christopher Durrell Glaze told Sanford police he was "extreme shopping" after he flashed two women at the Seminole Towne Center mall last week, an arrest report states.

Two women reported seeing Glaze, 27, exposing himself at the mall Wednesday afternoon.

The first described doing a "double take" after Glaze flashed her. As she went to report what had happened, he walked into a Victoria's Secret store, where he encountered another woman, "pulled down the front of his pants and exposed himself completely to her," according to the arrest report.

Police interviewed Glaze, who eventually confessed to flashing the two women, the report says.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-indecent-exposure-victorias-secret-20141020-story.html

October 22, 2014

Man shows up to parole meeting with mobile meth lab in car

A man is back behind bars Tuesday night, after showing up to his parole meeting with a mobile meth lab in his car.

Newschannel 3 spoke with Van Buren County deputies Tuesday night to get more details.

Deputies say the suspect pulled up in his car, right in the parking lot of the Van Buren County Courthouse.

Deputies say they got a tip the 55-year-old man, Who was going to meet with his parole officer, had meth components in his vehicle.

http://wwmt.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Man-shows-up-to-meet-parole-officer-with-mobile-meth-lab-in-car-52370.shtml?app_data=%7B%22pi%22%3A%2254472446df0a5c5c6e000005%22%2C%22pt%22%3A%22wall%22%7D#.VEcumr7uekg

October 19, 2014

Reese: Synod a win for Francis and for openness

As people analyze and debate the final relatio or report from the synod on the family, there is a danger of missing the forest for the trees. It is true, the welcoming language toward gays was dialed back from what was expressed in the October 13 draft, and Communion has not yet been granted to divorced and remarried Catholics.

But while we are spilling a lot of ink (or electrons) comparing the final report with the earlier draft, let's not forget the big picture: The synod was a victory for openness and discussion in the church and the final document is an invitation for everyone in the church to join that discussion. This is exactly what Pope Francis wanted.

The bishops as pastors faced a fundamental conflict: How to have the church be a loving mother while at the same time being a clear teacher. Every parent can relate to that problem.

True, there were some ideological traditionalists who did not want any change. Those the pope referred to in his final address as zealous traditionalists or intellectuals who have "certitude of what we know and not of what we still need to learn and to achieve."

http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/synod-win-francis-and-openness

October 16, 2014

DWI suspect bribes cops with Mountain Dew

Unfortunately, this New Mexico DWI suspect wasn't just doin' the Dew. In fact, things got a little extreme after his arrest... but at least it wasn't a Code Red.

Luis Rodriguez-Neri told a Bernalillo County deputy that he'd drank "six shots of Bacardi" before getting behind the wheel of his car Monday. The deputy found the man's vehicle smashed into a light pole when he arrived on the scene.

Rodriguez-Neri refused sobriety and breath alcohol tests. The deputy took him to the police station and booked him with aggravated DWI, damage to signs/equipment and leaving the scene of an accident.

While at the station, deputies said that Rodriguez-Neri allegedly offered them Mountain Dew in exchange for letting him go, so the cops added a charge of bribing a public official.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/15/luis-rodriguez-neri-mountain-dew_n_5989992.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

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