One arrested after Walker armed robbery
Sheriff’s deputies arrested one person this afternoon in connection with an armed robbery earlier today at a convenience store north of Walker. Chief of Operations Perry Rushing said deputies arrested John Shelton, 21, in suspicion of being a principle to armed robbery. Rushing said this morning an armed man came into the Babe’s Corner convenience store [...]
Giorgio’s New York Style Pizzeria owner arrested after pointing gun at ex-employee
A pizza shop owner threatened to shoot a former part-time employee earlier this month, according to a Vero Beach police report. George Gugliemelli, owner of Giorgio’s New York Style Pizzeria, told a detective he had been joking when he made the threat Feb. 10 to the woman as she left the restaurant in the 900 [...]
Deltona grandma beaten for refusing grandson drug money, deputies say
A man beat his 84-year-old grandmother because she refused to give him money to buy drugs, a sheriff’s investigator said. Steven Saul, 34, who lives with his grandmother at her Bailey Avenue home in Deltona, was charged with aggravated battery on a person older than 65, an arrest report shows. Saul is in the Volusia County [...]
Polish farm worker ‘tried to tear out woman’s beating heart with his bare hands’ after stab attack
A woman has described how a Polish farm worker tried to rip out her heart ‘like one of his pigs’ after he stabbed her in the chest. Christine Seymour recounted the horrifying moment she felt Andrzej Chranowski push his hands inside her knife wound in an apparent attempt to tear out her vital organ. Chranowski, 34, [...]
Georgia sheriff charged with beating inmates resigns
Wilcox County Sheriff Stacy Bloodsworth resigned and agreed not to run for re-election as part of an agreement that allowed him to be released to house arrest on $25,000 bond. Wilcox County, population 8,600, is in south Georgia about 50 miles south of Macon. Bloodsworth; his son, Austin Bloodsworth; and former inmate Willie James Caruthers [...]
City councilman married to a minister arrested for ‘soliciting sex from an undercover police officer’
A councilman has been accused of paying $100 to a female undercover officer in exchange for sex. Brady Banks, from Tennessee, was arrested on Thursday afternoon on a misdemeanour charge of patronising prostitution at a Metrocenter hotel. The 33-year-old was one of three men arrested in the sting at a hotel on Athens Way. The [...]
Woman repeatedly rammed car in front in drive-thru lane because it was too slow
A drive-thru is usually the fastest way to get some take-out food. But for Jennifer Lynn Betterly it wasn’t fast enough. The 24-year-old, from Florida, was so angry at another customer in front of her car in the drive-thru lane at a KFC/Taco Bell outlet that she rammed her Ford Focus into the other vehicle. Police [...]
The teacher banned from classroom after being caught on camera screaming at student before ‘spitting in boy’s face’
A teacher was secretly filmed on a cell phone struggling with a male student before appearing to spit in the boy’s face. David Pecoraro, a high school math teacher, is now working in ‘administration’, after the footage was uploaded to YouTube. Pecoraro, who taught at Beach Channel High School in Queens, New York, has a [...]
Handicapped robber arrested after his wheelchair got stuck in the sand as he tried to make his getaway
A wheelchair bound robber who boasted that police would never arrested a handicapped man is behind bars after getting caught. John Champion was unable to escape after his wheelchair became stuck in sand just yards from where he had robbed a Chevron convenience store. The 24-year-old had threatened a female clerk with a pocket knife [...]
Man who pointed loaded gun at woman told police he was the director of the CIA, Elvis Presley’s brother and a half ape who needed monkey blood
A 51-year-old man told police he was Elvis Prestley’s half brother and the head of the CID when they arrested him for pointing a gun at a woman outside a bank. Mark Loescher, from Naples, is accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after an incident on Friday outside a Wells Fargo bank. He [...]
The Westies return as police bust ‘Irish-American gang boss’ in drug smuggle
The boss of a notorious Irish-American New York gang has been arrested after allegedly using his private jet to smuggle cannabis across the US. John Bokun, the alleged head of the Westies, is said to have used his Dassault Falcon executive plane to fly high-grade marijuana from California to dozens of wealthy clients. The audacious plot [...]
Man stays in motel room with girlfriend’s corpse for TWO DAYS
A man has been arrested after he stayed in a motel room with his girlfriend’s corpse for two days. Rather than alerting authorities when Nancy Johnston died, Derek Tanke, 47, allegedly stole her debit card to buy vodka and pay for two more days in the Joliet, Illinois motel. He called 911 minutes before he was [...]
The moment handcuffed woman, 20, was left brain dead after being Tasered for trying to escape police
A 20-year-old woman has been left brain dead – after she was Tasered by police and smacked her head on the ground. Danielle Maudsley had been taken to a Florida Highway Patrol Station after being arrested for a suspected hit-and-run in September. Handcuffed, she ran out of the door. But as footage from a police [...]
‘I didn’t mean it, my wife is Asian’: ESPN anchor suspended for ‘Chink in the armor’ gaffe defends himself on Twitter
An ESPN anchor suspended for making an offensive remark when referring to New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin has defended himself on Twitter. Anchor Max Bretos has been taken off-air for 30 days for using the phrase ‘Chink in the armor’ when talking about the basketball player who is of Asian descent. ESPN writer Antony [...]
Driver, 21, faces three decades in prison after ‘handing car keys to drunk boyfriend’ who fatally hit two young men and taxi
A 21-year-old drunk woman who allegedly asked her also-drunk boyfriend to drive her home in her car could be facing up to 30 years in jail. Erin Brown allegedly wanted Trevor Bradshaw, 23, to drive her Toyota Scion in Nashville, Tennessee, but he fatally hit two young men and a taxi. She was a passenger on [...]
‘There’s black people, then there’s niggers’: Teenage girls forced to drop out of school after posting racist rant online
Two teenage girls were forced to drop out of their high school in Gainesville, Florida, when they began getting death threats after they posted a 15-minute racist rant about ‘black people.’ In the disturbing video, the girls cheerily complain about the African-American students in their classes and drag out a litany traditional racist stereotypes. They [...]