THIS is TRUE #821: 7 March
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SMOOTH MOVE: Florida Highway Patrol troopers investigating a crash on
Cudjoe Key determined the cause: as she drove, a 37-year-old woman was
shaving her ...uh... "bikini area" while her ex-husband, in the
passenger seat, was steering. After rear-ending another vehicle, they
drove another half-mile, and her ex allegedly switched seats with her.
As for the unusual distraction, "She said she was meeting her boyfriend
in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit," said Trooper Gary
Dunick. "If I wasn't there, I wouldn't have believed it." The day
before the crash, driver Megan Mariah Barnes was convicted of drunk
driving (not her first offense), and driving with a suspended license.
Her license was revoked for five years, and she was ordered to turn in
her car for impound. After the crash, Barnes was arrested and charged
with hit and run, reckless driving, driving without insurance, and
driving with a revoked license. Her ex-husband was not charged. (Key
West Citizen) ...Since once the trooper heard the story, he could
understand why he wasn't watching the road.
BASES OUT AND THE BATTER IS LOADED: Police in the Washington County,
Penn., borough of Charleroi were called to a home on a report of a
disturbance. Jeffrey Newstrom, 21, reported that his mother came home
"highly intoxicated" and started an argument. As he gathered his things
to leave, Linda Lee Newstrom, 49, allegedly swung at him with a
baseball bat, but missed (strike one!). She swung again and missed
(strike two!), but on her third try she "connected," he said. She
admitted hitting him, police say, telling responding officers, "I
brought him into this world and I'll take him out of this world." She
was arrested and charged with assault, reckless endangerment,
harassment and disorderly conduct. (Washington Observer-Reporter)
...And aggravated use of a tired cliche.
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VIBRATING WITH FEAR: A woman in Bochum, Germany, called police in a
panic: there was a terrible noise in her bedroom, and she had no idea
what it could be. Officers were immediately dispatched: dispatchers
could even hear it over the phone. "Daringly, and with the occupier's
permission, one of the officers opened the drawer of a wardrobe where
the noise was coming from," police said in a press release. "Underneath
some clothes he found a very personal, battery-operated object which
had obviously switched itself on," the report continued. "The tenant's
face abruptly changed color," and the officers "wished her a nice
evening and left." (AFP) ...You might consider Bochum police to be
sensitive, caring, and discreet -- until you consider the fact they
issued a press release on the case.
ALL WET: Quan and Angelina Ha wanted to be better citizens, and not use
so much water in arid southern California. The couple used 299,221
gallons of water in 2007, and figured their landscaping was using most
of it. Paying for the water was bad enough, but municipalities were
starting to fine people for using too much water during droughts.
"We've got a newborn, so we want to start worrying about her future,"
Quan said, so the couple tore out their lawn and other thirsty plants,
replacing it all with bark chips and drought-tolerant plants. In 2009
their water use was down to 58,348 gallons -- more than an 80 percent
reduction. No good, the City of Orange said: city law requires that 40
percent of a yard must be landscaped "predominantly with live plants,"
and officials aren't impressed by the Has' conservation efforts. The
city has sued the couple, and filed misdemeanor criminal charges
against them. "Compliance, that's all we've ever wanted," said Senior
Assistant City Attorney Wayne Winthers. (Los Angeles Times)
...Compliance, control -- what's the difference?
BE ON THE LOOKOUT: "Car with No Wheel Tips off Carroll Township Police to
DUI" -- Carlisle (Penn.) Sentinel headline
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BUT OF COURSE I have the mug shot for the gal in the first story (the
shaving driver)! http://www.MugShotMuseum.com/smooth_move_megan.html
has it with some more details and quotes, and another "tagline" below
her mug shot that I couldn't use in TRUE because, well, it was a bit
too crude, but more because it depends on learning something from
seeing her mug shot....
That's for sure the funniest *story* on the Mug Shot Museum site this
week. The funniest *mug shot* is in "Kitt in the Hall", if only for the
absolutely stupid look on the guy's face (which story is pretty good
too!)
FIVE MORE STORIES: The full edition also had the story of the registered
lobbyist for an anti-domestic-violence group ...who apparently shot her
new husband to death. Six-year-old boy suspended from school for
playing with a "gun" at school ...his pointing finger. Citizens with
holstered guns allowed into county meeting ...but man with holstered
pitchfork is arrested. Man caught steeling a beer ...to celebrate being
let out of jail, where he was held for eight months ...for petty theft.
Police informant gets the evidence by buying drugs from dealer ...and
then goes back for more for himself. Every week you miss great stories.
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BEST MUG SHOTS OF THE WEEK: the funniest *mug shot* is in ""; the
funniest *story* is "". You'll find those and more at
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