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QuoteBELLBROOK, Ohio (AP) -- A man accused of harassing females while dressed in a one-piece woman's swimsuit has pleaded not guilty.

Forty-one-year-old Kevin L. Miller of Sugarcreek Township, entered the plea Tuesday before Xenia Municipal Court Judge Michael Murry. Bond is $10,000.

Sugarcreek Township police Sgt. Mark White says Miller was wearing a woman's swimsuit when police arrested him on his property Monday night. He has been charged with menacing and public indecency, both misdemeanors.

Xenia Prosecutor Ron Lewis says Miller once swam into the Little Miami River chasing two women who were canoeing, and once chased two juveniles who had visited an ice cream shop.

Lewis says Miller also partially exposed himself while wearing the swimsuit.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 04, 2009, 09:55:50 AM
Lewis says Miller also partially exposed himself while wearing the swimsuit.

Quote from: Maximus on August 04, 2009, 09:57:45 AM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 04, 2009, 09:55:50 AM
Lewis says Miller also partially exposed himself while wearing the swimsuit.

Camel toes just aren't for everyone.

Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2009, 11:17:04 AM
What's with the local shit? I don't have a fucking Swedish thread.

Quote from: PRC on August 04, 2009, 11:16:01 AM
I've heard tell that Ohio is like that for Americans.

Quote from: derspiess on August 04, 2009, 11:20:21 AM
You probably heard that from Michiganers.  Ohio seems to be known mostly for being boring & having bad NFL teams.

Like Cal said, WV & KY bear the brunt of the jokes.  When I transferred to the University of Delaware I initially concealed my West Virginia past  :ph34r:

Quote from: derspiess on August 04, 2009, 11:20:21 AM
Like Cal said, WV & KY bear the brunt of the jokes.  When I transferred to the University of Delaware I initially concealed my West Virginia past  :ph34r:

Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2009, 11:18:18 AM

Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2009, 11:17:04 AM
What's with the local shit? I don't have a fucking Swedish thread.

Start one. :)

Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2009, 11:23:47 AM
Just like Ed does, I'm sure you can figure out a way to turn 'nothing' into something. :)

Quote from: PRC on August 04, 2009, 11:21:20 AM
Actually, it's true... I did hear that from Michiganers while I was in Detroit & Windsor.  They got the rivalry going eh.

Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2009, 11:24:28 AM

Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2009, 11:23:47 AM
Just like Ed does, I'm sure you can figure out a way to turn 'nothing' into something. :)

I try not to play God.

QuotePitcher who injured Ohio fan gets 30 days in jail

By DAN SEWELL (AP) – 2 hours ago

DAYTON, Ohio — A minor league pitcher who threw a baseball that went into the stands and injured a fan during an on-field melee in Ohio last year has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years probation.

Julio Castillo could have been sentenced to as long eight years in prison. Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Connie Price said he had expressed that he was sorry about hurting anyone.

"The court does believe that he is remorseful," she said at Castillo's sentencing Thursday.

The judge also ordered Castillo to get anger management counseling, write a letter of apology to the injured fan, stay employed and work toward a high school equivalency degree. She warned him that violating any conditions of his probation could bring a 3-year prison sentence.

Castillo was convicted Tuesday of felonious assault causing serious physical injury for giving the fan a concussion.

The 22-year-old was pitching for the visiting Peoria Chiefs, a Chicago Cubs affiliate, when the 10-minute brawl broke out last July during a game against the Dayton Dragons. Castillo is now on the roster of the Boise Hawks, also a Cubs affiliate, but has been benched pending the legal proceedings.

Prior to his sentence, Castillo, speaking through a Spanish-language interpreter, told the judge he was sorry.

Castillo testified at his non-jury trial that he was frightened as the brawl began, and threw the ball downward toward the Dragons' dugout to keep players from rushing the field. He said he did not throw at any opposing player and wasn't trying to hit anyone.

It wasn't immediately known how the sentence will affect Castillo's baseball career and his immigration status. He is a citizen of the Dominican Republic in the United States on a work visa.

A call to Cubs general counsel Michael Lufrano for comment was not immediately returned.

Cubs suck.

During last month's trial, fan Chris McCarthy of Middletown, Ohio, testified that Castillo appeared angry when he threw the ball toward the Dragons' dugout. The 45-year-old fan said the ball hit him so hard that the seams left a mark on his scalp. He said he had a throbbing headache for days and couldn't wear a hard hat for his job because of swelling.

Video from the game shows Castillo throwing a ball, but doesn't show where the ball lands.

Officials in the Midwest League suspended and fined 15 players and both teams' managers for the fight.

Castillo was ordered to begin his sentence immediately and will get credit for spending a night in jail when he was arrested.

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 06, 2009, 05:27:46 PMCubs suck.

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 06, 2009, 05:33:00 PM
Only thing worse than a Cubs fan is a Red Sox fan.

Quote from: garbon on August 06, 2009, 05:36:17 PM
I lived for three months near Wrigley Stadium and never went to a game. :cry:

Quote from: Valmy on August 06, 2009, 05:37:30 PMMissing seeing the worst team in the history of sports is not something to regret.

QuoteDeath Date: Former Petland Employee Says Offing Animals Was Way Of Life In Pet Shop
Posted: Aug 04, 2009 7:07 PM EDT Updated: Aug 06, 2009 11:02 AM EDT

AKRON, OH (WOIO) - An absolutely sickening case of animal abuse at an Akron-area Petland shop may not be an isolated incident.

Akron Petland employee Elizabeth Carlisle is accused of drowning two rabbits and then posing for pictures with the drenched, dead animals. What's worse, Carlisle then posted the pictures on her Facebook page.

Now, a former employee is speaking out and says the same practice of killing sickly animals is performed at the Youngstown-area Petland.

"We had a hamster that had like a skin disease and it was all ugly, and I came into work and asked where is was and I was told Jessica, she's the manager, that she drown it," Anna Stone told 19 Action News.

Employees of the Youngstown-area store told Reporter Dan DeRoos the drowning of sick animals never happens at that location but could not provide an answer as to why the former employee would make such a claim.

In response to the horrific mistreatment, Petland, Inc. has terminated the Akron store owner's franchise agreement. Effective immediately, the store is closed and will not reopen. The animals will be removed from the shop, which was individually owned and operated by a local franchisee. Petland will in no way, shape or form tolerate any abuse of animals in its care.

PETA is also weighing in, and wants to ban rabbit sales at all Petland stores.

Carlisle has been slapped with charges and will appear in Akron Municipal Court on August 17th.

The Akron Humane Society released the following statement late Wednesday afternoon:

Many individuals are inquiring about the drowning of two bunny rabbits at the Chapel 1-Jill Mall Petland store,. The incident was reported to Senior Humane Officer Tim Harland by PETA on July 29. 2009, "Once we received the call, this was treated like any other investigation and I met with Gary Winslow the franchise owner to begin the investigation," said Harland., After a lengthy investigation which included 1-larland interviewing the accused, he determined that the incident did occur and she acted on her own. Today two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty charges were filed in Akron. Municipal Court,, These are M Class charges which make this an enhanccable crime which means if she is ever charged. with animal cruelty again it will turn into a felony..

"The Humane Society of Greater Akron investigates cruelty and abuse in Summit County 365 days a year.. However the use of a social networking website, as was used in this incident, is a bigger twist," said Harland.

Petland, Inc. released the following statement Tuesday, Aug. 4th:

"Petland, Inc. has been made aware of an isolated incident at the Petland store in Akron, Ohio as it relates to the mistreatment of rabbits and has immediately become involved in the investigation. The store, located in Chapel Hill Mall, is individually owned and operated by a local franchisee.

This information is horrifying and in no way reflects the values, policies and procedures demanded of Petland stores. Petland, Inc. is saddened and outraged at this gross violation of Petland's animal care standards. It is Petland's understanding that the employee was instructed to contact the store's consulting veterinarian, and instead, defied the orders and store policy and acted on her own. She was immediately dismissed and the case is now being handled by local law enforcement. Petland, Inc. is also conducting its own internal investigation.

This is an isolated incident that is horrific and inexcusable and will not be tolerated. Petland will take any and all action necessary as this does not, in any way, represent the culture and dedication to animal care of the thousands of caring Petland employees working across the country every day."

Quote from: saskganesh on August 07, 2009, 10:10:50 AM
thanks to Languish, I now love Ohio, Hong Kong and Detroit.

endless sources of good stories, odd moments and strange people.

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 07, 2009, 10:15:18 AM
hell, I haven't even posted stories of the mayor of Dayton and her strange hat fetish.

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 07, 2009, 12:58:00 PM
Nothing strange about it. She's an old black lady. Haven't you ever read Curtiss?  :D

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 07, 2009, 12:58:00 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 07, 2009, 10:15:18 AM
hell, I haven't even posted stories of the mayor of Dayton and her strange hat fetish.

Nothing strange about it. She's an old black lady. Haven't you ever read Curtiss?  :D

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 07, 2009, 12:58:00 PM
Nothing strange about it. She's an old black lady. Haven't you ever read Curtiss? gone to a black church?  :D

Quote from: garbon on August 07, 2009, 03:22:04 PM

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 07, 2009, 12:58:00 PM
Nothing strange about it. She's an old black lady. Haven't you ever read Curtiss? gone to a black church?  :D

Edited for appropriateness. ^_^

Quote from: Caliga on August 07, 2009, 03:22:37 PM
Ooh, ooh, I have!  It was OSSUM.

Quote from: Caliga on August 07, 2009, 03:25:54 PM
I attended a black wedding.  It was... unbelievably animated.  Just to give you an idea, the audience (parishoners?) shouted out the vows, and at the end the groom grabbed and kissed her so hard that I was beginning to wonder if he was going to bend her over the altar.

QuoteSOUTH EUCLID -- A 14-month-old boy wandered from his house Friday and was found crawling in the middle of a busy street by a passing driver.

"Thank God nothing happened and that people stopped," police Lt. Jeff Meyers (Captain Obvious) said.

The child was crawling in the middle of Bayard Avenue near Warrensville Center Road about 8:45 a.m. The youngster was wearing only a diaper and a green onesie, witnesses said.

Rachel Downey of South Euclid was on her way to work when she approached the intersection and couldn't believe what she saw. She slammed on her brakes and jumped out of the car to prevent other cars from passing her and hitting the toddler.

"He was smack in the middle of the street," Downey said. "I grabbed him and looked for adults."

Nobody was outside, but Downey headed toward a house with an open front door. A 9-year-old girl then ran outside yelling for the toddler. Downey asked to speak with the girl's mother, but the child grabbed her brother and ran inside screaming.

The toddler was crawling and Downey said she probably would have hit him but the moving baby caught her eye. Downey's 5-year-old son was in the car with her.

"It's pretty awful," Downey said. "I'm still in shock. It's very upsetting."

The child's mother could not be reached for comment.

Police said the mother was upstairs in her home and left the toddler in the care of an older child. The house is under construction. The 14-month-old wandered outside when a construction worker left a door unlocked, Meyers said.

The case is under investigation. Police referred it to county social workers, which is standard in child investigations, Meyers said.

Katy Nozar of South Euclid was in the car behind Downey and also spotted the toddler in the street.

"I thought it was a doll," Nozar said. "It was so bizarre. I would have never thought it was a baby."

Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2009, 11:17:04 AM
What's with the local shit? I don't have a fucking Swedish thread.

Quote from: Syt on August 09, 2009, 12:44:09 AM
You should keep a better eye on your kids, Ed.

QuoteMan Sentenced In Bathing Suit Case

Posted: 3:47 pm EDT August 13, 2009Updated: 6:32 pm EDT August 13, 2009
XENIA, Ohio -- A man who was arrested while wearing a woman's bathing suit appeared in court on Thursday and was sentenced.

Kevin Miller appeared before Judge Michael Murray, along with his attorney and was sentenced on three counts.

Miller pleaded guilty to two counts of public indecency and one count of menacing. The judge sentenced Miller to three years probation after he suspended jail time and court fines on the two public indecency charges.

The judge also ordered Miller to not be within 100 yards of the Great Miami River.

On the charge of menacing, the judge suspended a 30-day jail sentence and gave Miller probation. He also ordered Miller to have no contact with certain individuals who witnessed him in the bathing suit along the river.

For weeks, Sugarcreek Township police searched for Miller on the banks of the Little Miami River and along nearby streets.

Miller has also been receiving counseling.

Quote

Thieves Target Elderly Women

Posted: 12:22 pm EDT August 13, 2009Updated: 5:17 pm EDT August 13, 2009
DAYTON, Ohio -- Police said a scam that originated from outside of the country has now hit the Dayton region.

Investigators said thieves in Canada have managed to empty a bank account belonging to a 94-year-old woman.

Police said a cab driver picked up the woman and drove her to get the money and send it off. At first, officers thought the cab driver was in on the scam, but he said he was another victim of the crime.

Earlier this week, on the city's east side, police said an elderly woman received a phone call who she thought was her grandson. The person on the other end said he was in a Canadian jail and needed thousands of dollars to get out.

However, police said the caller robbed the woman of her money.

Police said the man sent a cab to the woman's house. Then, the driver took the woman to Chase Bank on Keowee Street and withdrew money she thought was going to help her grandson.

According to police, cab driver then drove the women at a nearby supermarket on Troy Street, where she wired the money to the man who called her.

On Thursday, officers found the cab driver and cleared him of any wrongdoing, but who made the phone call? Officers said they only know is that the call came from Canada.

Joanne Jones said, "I think they should pay the lady back and they should spend their time in jail."

Dayton police said they will likely have to hand over their investigation to officers in Toronto. Officers said they know of cases like this all over the country, and most of it is coming out of Canada.

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
yes ed. Ohio is *much* cooler than Portugal... Yes...

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
yes ed. Ohio is *much* cooler than Portugal... Yes...

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 14, 2009, 07:50:14 AM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
yes ed. Ohio is *much* cooler than Portugal... Yes...

:yes:

It is in the USA after all, even if they are damn yankees.

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 14, 2009, 07:46:55 AM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
yes ed. Ohio is *much* cooler than Portugal... Yes...

Never said that fucktard. Nobody likes you or your thieving people.

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 12:28:20 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 14, 2009, 07:46:55 AM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
yes ed. Ohio is *much* cooler than Portugal... Yes...

Never said that fucktard. Nobody likes you or your thieving people.

I know you would never say that. I'm just saying that you are in no position to call Portugal uncool...

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 14, 2009, 03:03:47 PM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 12:28:20 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 14, 2009, 07:46:55 AM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:35:15 AM
yes ed. Ohio is *much* cooler than Portugal... Yes...

Never said that fucktard. Nobody likes you or your thieving people.

I know you would never say that. I'm just saying that you are in no position to call Portugal uncool...

I'll call you dirty little brown fucks what I want. And will continue to. No amount of goddamn eggplant whining will change that.

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 05:02:06 PM


and I'll call you a little vagina wall redneck and your uncoolness will not make me stop.

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 12:28:20 PM
I know you would never say that. I'm just saying that you are in no position to call Portugal uncool...

Quote from: garbon on August 14, 2009, 06:12:39 PM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 12:28:20 PM
I know you would never say that. I'm just saying that you are in no position to call Portugal uncool...

People who live in Ohio are still Americans. I don't think I need to explain America's status compared to that of Portugal.

Quote from: garbon on August 14, 2009, 06:12:39 PM

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 14, 2009, 12:28:20 PM
I know you would never say that. I'm just saying that you are in no position to call Portugal uncool...

People who live in Ohio are still Americans. I don't think I need to explain America's status compared to that of Portugal.

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 15, 2009, 04:41:25 AM
Europeans are much cooler than Americans

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 17, 2009, 04:49:42 PM
Now that Kenny has vomited all over the thread, back to Ohio news.

They are going to start buying up foreclosed homes here, since they are just now getting their Neighborhood Stabilization Program money. And in my old hometown, my old neighborhood is going to receive extra attention. It is a shithole now.

Ever played SimCity and you have those neighborhoods that have folks in it, but looks run down? That is my hometown.

At least it is a better use that what the State of Ohio has been doing with stimulus money, like putting a thin layer of Asphalt over roads recently repaved. Fucking Governor Strickland. And a bike path that connects Indiana to the Miami valley bike paths. Fucking Bicycles.

Quote from: Jaron on August 17, 2009, 04:51:16 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 17, 2009, 04:49:42 PM
Now that Kenny has vomited all over the thread, back to Ohio news.

They are going to start buying up foreclosed homes here, since they are just now getting their Neighborhood Stabilization Program money. And in my old hometown, my old neighborhood is going to receive extra attention. It is a shithole now.

Ever played SimCity and you have those neighborhoods that have folks in it, but looks run down? That is my hometown.

At least it is a better use that what the State of Ohio has been doing with stimulus money, like putting a thin layer of Asphalt over roads recently repaved. Fucking Governor Strickland. And a bike path that connects Indiana to the Miami valley bike paths. Fucking Bicycles.

I used to build airports across the street from your neighborhood so I could make planes crash into your house. ^_^

Quote from: Jaron on August 17, 2009, 04:51:16 PM

I used to build airports across the street from your neighborhood so I could make planes crash into your house. ^_^

Quote from: I Killed Kenny on August 15, 2009, 04:41:25 AM
Europeans are much cooler than Americans

Quote from: Jaron on August 17, 2009, 04:51:16 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 17, 2009, 04:49:42 PM
Now that Kenny has vomited all over the thread, back to Ohio news.

They are going to start buying up foreclosed homes here, since they are just now getting their Neighborhood Stabilization Program money. And in my old hometown, my old neighborhood is going to receive extra attention. It is a shithole now.

Ever played SimCity and you have those neighborhoods that have folks in it, but looks run down? That is my hometown.

At least it is a better use that what the State of Ohio has been doing with stimulus money, like putting a thin layer of Asphalt over roads recently repaved. Fucking Governor Strickland. And a bike path that connects Indiana to the Miami valley bike paths. Fucking Bicycles.

I used to build airports across the street from your neighborhood so I could make planes crash into your house. ^_^

QuoteFugitive D'AlCapone AlPacino Morris arrested

QuoteThe wanted man, whose given name combines that of an historic crime figure and a film star who has played crime figures,

QuoteAt Sinclair Community College, Focus Is Jobs

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: August 14, 2009

DAYTON, Ohio — When Todd Sollar was laid off after 11 years at General Motors, he enrolled at Sinclair Community College in downtown Dayton to study robotics.

"Hopefully, with a degree I'll be marketable for a job," said Mr. Sollar, 32, who has overcome his nervousness about not fitting in because of his age. In fact, he is thriving, getting A's and B's, far better than in high school where he said officials had wrongly pegged him as having a learning disability.

As legions of displaced autoworkers and others face the prospect that their onetime jobs may be gone forever, many like Mr. Sollar will need training for a fresh start.

And perhaps the best place for them will be community colleges, long the workhorses of American higher education, workhorses that get little respect. In an unforgiving economy, these colleges provide lifelines not only for laid-off workers in need of a new career, but for recent high school graduates who find that many types of entry-level jobs now require additional skills.

President Obama has embraced the nation's community colleges, arguing that they are vital bulwarks against the decline of the middle class — and of America's competitiveness.

Speaking last month in Michigan, Mr. Obama placed the nation's 1,200 community colleges at the center of his ambitious plan to increase the number of college graduates by five million over the next decade. The goal is to create a higher skilled, more prosperous work force.

Sinclair Community College, widely acclaimed as one of the best such colleges in the nation, is at the vanguard of such efforts. The college is retraining thousands of laid-off G.M., Delphi and other workers. It is also working closely with city, county and business leaders to identify and nurture growth industries and to train the workers those industries will need. In turn, many of its goals are being achieved with the help of generous local funding from taxpayers.

This year, Sinclair's enrollment jumped 25 percent over last year, to 37,000, because of rising unemployment as well as its unusually low tuition of $2,000 a year, an innovative scholarship program and its 170 academic programs and certificates.

Sinclair is such a magnet that 50 percent of the adults in surrounding Montgomery County have taken courses there. Without the stigma that many community colleges have, it can also attract many solid students, who are eager to take advantage of low tuition for two years before moving on to a four-year college.

To expand enrollment, Sinclair offers an unusual scholarship to thousands of students who might never have considered college. High school students who take technical courses and achieve a C-plus average in their junior and senior years are offered a $3,000 scholarship — worth one-and-a-half year's tuition — giving many less-than-stellar students a warm embrace that pulls them into Sinclair's classrooms.

Casey Benedict, 23, took advantage of that scholarship to study manufacturing processes and lightweight composites. Today, he holds a good-paying job at a high-tech composites factory housed inside a defunct Delphi auto parts plant.

Sinclair has worked with 53 high schools to upgrade their technical courses to make it easier for students to transition to college. It has even made a $4 million grant to help plan and build a public "career technology" high school in Dayton that will offer electronics, broadcasting and industrial engineering courses and serve as a feeder school for the college.

"For most 10th-graders there's a societal assumption that you'll go on to 11th grade, and for most 11th-graders there's an assumption you'll go on to 12th grade," said Steven L. Johnson, Sinclair's president. "We're trying to create a societal assumption that 12th-graders will go on to college."

Long a center of auto and auto parts production, Dayton has been battered by Detroit's woes, and Sinclair has become an important engine of economic development for the area.

"We can bring a lot of jobs to the area, but if we can't put the work force in place to fill those positions, it's unrealized potential," said Jim Leftwich, president of the Dayton Development Coalition. "Sinclair has been with us every step of the way in helping prepare the work force we need."

With a nod to the giant Wright-Patterson Air Force Base nearby, community leaders have identified aerospace research and development, advanced materials and manufacturing, and health care as industries to help the area rebound.

Along with the advanced manufacturing degrees that Mr. Benedict and Mr. Sollar have pursued, Sinclair offers an unusual degree in advanced technical intelligence (to prepare students to interpret remote sensor data, like those from satellites, perhaps for jobs with the Air Force or the C.I.A.)

Sinclair has another strategy for strengthening the region's economy. Its Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Center has a staff of consultants that advise many local businesses on increasing productivity or expanding operations. The center's robotics experts often help design manufacturing processes and develop prototypes for new products.

Sinclair also provides traditional training for police officers, firefighters, chefs, nurses and auto mechanics.

After working for eight years in human resources at a now-closed Delphi auto parts plant, Kelli Martin, 41, has enrolled at Sinclair, hoping to become a nurse in pediatric oncology.

"In this community, Sinclair's nursing program is considered the tops," she said. "Sinclair has the buzz." She said Sinclair's flexibility was crucial for someone like her, with two toddlers. The college has five campuses, offers many courses both day and evening, and teaches 5,000 students in online courses each quarter.

"We help people go from $8-an-hour jobs to $18-an-hour jobs," said Mr. Johnson, the college president.

He added: "It's not the college's fault that they might go from a $28-an-hour job at G.M. to an $18-an-hour job. That's just the new normal."

An unusual source of revenue gives Sinclair a leg up over many community colleges. Every 10 years since the 1960s, Montgomery County's voters have approved a real estate levy to help finance the college. That assessment provides $34 million of Sinclair's $135 million annual budget.

"We've used that levy to create a massive tuition discount," Mr. Johnson explained. Sinclair's tuition levels are half those of many other community colleges.

At this spring's commencement, Mr. Johnson asked the assembled students whether anyone had ever told them they were not college material. More than one-third of the graduates raised their hands.

Mr. Sollar certainly falls into that category. "I was scared to death of school," he said. "I thought I wouldn't fit in."

A tour of the campus, though, reassured him that there were many other, older laid-off workers in search of retraining.

Sinclair makes extra efforts with at-risk students like Mr. Sollar, monitoring their progress and offering free tutors. Mr. Sollar has used tutors regularly for his English classes, but not for his robotics courses.

In his core area of study, he has built a miniaturized assembly line and programmed computers to run factory robots. He hopes getting his robotics degree will persuade Volkswagen to hire him for the factory it has planned for Chattanooga, Tenn.

"Sinclair has given me self-esteem," Mr. Sollar said.

QuoteOhio judge silences defendant with duct tape

Your Questions Answered: Are erections normal?


CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio judge unhappy with repeated interruptions from a robbery suspect ordered a deputy to put duct tape over the defendant's mouth. Canton Municipal Court Judge Stephen Belden says the taping last Thursday was the best way to restore order at a hearing for 51-year-old Harry Brown of Canton.

Brown complained that his court-appointed attorney wasn't prepared and angered the judge with interruptions. After a warning, the judge told the bailiff to tape Brown's mouth shut.

When the tape was removed, the defendant said the judge wasn't being respectful. The judge ended the hearing and sent the case to a grand jury.

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 01, 2009, 05:25:38 PM
Ohio judge silences defendant with duct tape

Your Questions Answered: Are erections normal?

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 13, 2009, 07:41:55 AM
Enjoy the bar shootout video:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/12/crimesider/entry5378669.shtml

Nobody was hurt. I haven't seen shooting like that since the Kehoe brothers shootout with the cops.

http://www.footypd.com/view_video.php?viewkey=2d6d4f975380ee45ef8d&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

QuoteDrunk driver crashes into his own house
Updated: Friday, 16 Oct 2009, 1:17 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 16 Oct 2009, 1:11 PM EDT

By Jordan Burgess; Web Produced by David Robinson, WDTN

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Police said a Dayton man has more to worry about than just the hole in his house. A hole that happened when he slammed his SUV into his own home October 15, 2009.

Police said the driver didn't stop at the intersection of Wyoming Street and Steve Whalen Boulevard and drove up two flights of steps and a porch before crashing through the wall of his house.

"I don't think I've ever seen one climb two flights of steps and a porch," said Sgt. Kelly Hamilton. "But I guess if you're determined to make it home no matter what your shape, you'll do it, and he did it."

Police said the man was uncooperative as they tried to sit him down so medics could check him over before being taken to Miami Valley Hospital for minor injuries.

Police say his next stop will be the jail where he'll face drunk driving charges.

A dog was inside the home at the time. It was not injured and was taken by animal control.

QuoteTexas man, 83, allegedly opens fire on his son for refusing to stop drumming

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police are investigating the wounding of a man after his elderly father allegedly opened fire when the victim refused to stop drumming. Police said the son, in his 50s, suffered a non-life threatening head wound early Friday while at the home the men share. Police said his 83-year-old father was detained on an aggravated assault charge.

Police said the son, who was grazed in the head, ran down the block to call for help.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 17, 2009, 10:43:20 AM

QuoteTexas man, 83, allegedly opens fire on his son for refusing to stop drumming

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police are investigating the wounding of a man after his elderly father allegedly opened fire when the victim refused to stop drumming. Police said the son, in his 50s, suffered a non-life threatening head wound early Friday while at the home the men share. Police said his 83-year-old father was detained on an aggravated assault charge.

Police said the son, who was grazed in the head, ran down the block to call for help.

Quote
Woman's lottery hoax causes riot at Ohio Burlington Coat Factory store

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Updated Thursday, October 15th 2009, 12:37 PM
A woman was arrested after a shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store.


COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.

Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted, leaving the store looking as though a hurricane had passed through it, police said.

Linda Brown was arrested Tuesday after an hours-long shopping spree that began when she hired a stretch Hummer limousine to drop her off at a Burlington Coat Factory store, police Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins said. Brown walked to a cash register and loudly announced she had won the lottery and would pay for each person's merchandise up to $500, he said.

"Well, of course, people like to hear that," Deakins said. "Apparently they were in line calling relatives who were not at the store and told them to come."

People flooded the registers as cashiers began ringing up purchase after purchase, but Brown had not yet paid the bill, Deakins said. At least 500 people filled the aisles and another 1,000 were outside trying to get in, he said.

"She was telling people she won $1.5 million," Deakins said. "But it ends up she didn't win anything. She had no money to pay for anything."

About an hour later, Brown had the limousine driver take her to a bank to withdraw money, but she returned empty-handed, police Detective Steven Nace said. By then, store employees had called in two dozen police officers to handle the crowds.

Shopper Candace Jordan said she told Brown she didn't need clothes, she needed help paying her rent.

"And she said, 'How much is it?"' Jordan told WBNS-TV. "And she promptly wrote out a check."

By the time employees realized Brown didn't have any cash to pay, police said, she already had taken off in the limo.

That's when angry customers, realizing they weren't getting free coats, began throwing merchandise on the floor and grabbing clothes without paying for them, Nace said.

"Everybody was like, 'I still want my free stuff,' and that started the riot," he said. "It looks like (Hurricane) Katrina went through the store."

Police said they have no way of tracking down the customers who stole items and fled, but they're reviewing surveillance video.

When the limousine driver realized he wasn't going to be paid the $900 Brown owed him for the day's rental, he turned her in to police, Deakins said.

Brown, 44, was arrested on three outstanding warrants for aggravated menacing, misuse of a 911 system and causing false alarms. She was jailed late Wednesday, but no charges had been filed against her related to the coat store chaos pending a mental health evaluation.

Police said they didn't know if Brown had a lawyer. No telephone number was listed under her name, and no one answered repeated phone calls at the Franklin County Jail.

A spokeswoman for Burlington Coat Factory, which is based in Burlington, N.J., and has more than 300 stores across the country, said late Wednesday she couldn't comment on the incident.

QuoteShopper Candace Jordan said she told Brown she didn't need clothes, she needed help paying her rent.

QuoteRepublican N.J. Assembly candidate hosts sex-toy parties
By The Associated Press

October 16, 2009, 6:00PM

TRENTON -- A lot of small business owners run for the Legislature, but one New Jersey candidate can tout a unique entrepreneurial experience: hosting sex-toy parties.

Stepfanie Velez-Gentry is the owner of Nookie Parties LLC. She makes a living organizing parties for women and couples where she sells sex toys, lotions, games, lingerie and other erotic items.

"It's kind of like a Tupperware party, but with adult novelties," the 29-year-old mother of two explained.

Or, as her Web site puts it, "For parties you will always remember and nights you will never forget."

"We enhance people's romances and make people happy. It's wonderful," she said. "It makes the moms and dads happy, and then everyone is happy."

Velez-Gentry, a Republican from Bellmawr, is running for State Assembly. She started the company in 2007 as a way to help support her family in a tough economy. She said she works with more than 200 people nationwide to set up the parties.

"My husband is a printer. He's in fear of losing his job," she said. "We're just like everyone else, we live paycheck to paycheck."

She is vying for one of two open seat in District 5, which includes Camden and a stretch of middle-class Philadelphia suburbs. Most Republicans view the district as the safest in the state for Democrats, and her two opponents — Donald Norcross, the brother of South Jersey power broker George Norcross, and Camden City Council President Angel Fuentes — are well known.

Velez-Gentry said the parties have been a great way to meet voters and network. She said she always lets party participants know that she's running for state office.

"I received nothing but positive feedback," she said.

Camden County Republican Chairman Rick DeMichele saluted her entrepreneurial spirit.

"I knew what she did what she did before she decided to run," DeMichele said. "She engages people so easily and really gets out there and takes the approach of one voter at a time. She makes a great candidate."

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 18, 2009, 09:30:29 AM
Awesome.  :lol:

QuoteShopper Candace Jordan said she told Brown she didn't need clothes, she needed help paying her rent.

Even better.  :lol:

Quote from: Caliga on October 18, 2009, 08:04:57 PM
If she didn't need clothes, then why was she at a clothing store?  :huh:

Quote from: Caliga on October 18, 2009, 08:04:57 PM
If she didn't need clothes, then why was she at a clothing store?  :huh:

QuoteOhio morgue worker admits to sex with bodies
By KIMBALL PERRY
Cincinnati Enquirer


HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio - A man who worked at the county morgue for 16 years and is serving time for having sex with a corpse admitted today to having sex with two more bodies during his employment.





Kenneth Douglas, 56, of Westwood pleaded guilty to two counts of gross abuse of a corpse before visiting Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Niehaus. He could be imprisoned for a maximum of three years at his Dec. 10 sentencing.



Douglas was employed for 16 years, from 1976-1992, as a night attendant at the morgue. He told authorities previously that while there, he invited women in and partied with them with drugs and alcohol. He also admitted to having sex with bodies being stored while awaiting autopsies.


He is currently serving a three-year sentence for having sex with another corpse -- that of Karen Range, an 18-year-old murder victim who was nearly beheaded in 1982 and had been in the morgue cooler for hours.


Douglas said nothing today except to give respectful, short answers to routine questions from the judge.


Douglas admitted today that he had sex with the bodies of two homicide victims as they were awaiting autopsies:
• Charlene Edwards, 23, also known as Charlene Apling, who was strangled to death. He had sex with that body Oct. 1, 1991.
• Angel Hicks, 24, who was pushed from a third-story window and died from blunt trauma. He had sex with that body Dec. 8, 1991.


Douglas pleaded guilty without a plea deal. Assistant Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier said his office would offer no deals to Douglas.


After Douglas pleaded guilty in 2008 to having sex with Range's corpse, officials conducted an extensive investigation comparing Douglas' DNA to that of other bodies in the morgue during the time Douglas worked there.


Initially, officials feared there could be dozens of other victims, based on some of the stories Douglas told them. They were able to indict him on two additional charges.


"He told us he was out of control," Prosecutor Joe Deters said in March after Douglas was indicted on the two charges he pleaded guilty to today.


"This is off-the-charts weird."


Douglas was first caught when he violated his probation on a previous conviction, and his DNA was taken by officials and placed in a database. The database showed Douglas' DNA matched that of the semen left in Range's body.


That was good news for David Steffen, the man who spent 26 years on Ohio's death row for Range's murder but who insisted he never raped her. Now, Steffen's attorneys are using Douglas' acts to try to get Steffen off death row.

Quote from: Caliga on October 19, 2009, 03:39:47 PM
Hm well... were they hott? :ph34r:

Quote from: Malthus on October 19, 2009, 04:00:51 PM

Quote from: Caliga on October 19, 2009, 03:39:47 PM
Hm well... were they hott? :ph34r:

How hott could a nearly decapitated woman be?   :unsure:

Quote from: Caliga on October 19, 2009, 03:39:47 PM
Hm well... were they hott? :ph34r:

Quote from: Caliga on October 19, 2009, 06:17:21 PM
I'm actually creeped out by my own sick joke now.  :blush: THANKS GUYS.

QuoteSuspected Thief Wears Bra As Disguise

Posted: 5:34 am EDT October 19, 2009Updated: 11:14 am EDT October 19, 2009
DAYTON -- Dayton Police said one of the men accused in the armed robbery of a man in Dayton used a woman's bra to disguise his appearance.

An officer in the area of North Main Street and Santa Clara noticed something strange while patrolling the area late Sunday. A short time later, the officer heard a gunshot. He circled the block and found a male victim who said he was robbed at gunpoint of $10.

Police quickly tracked down the getaway car, and the four men inside ran off on foot. All of them were wearing black masks over their faces. It turns out that the driver's mask was actually a bra.

Just minutes later, police arrested Ryan Neal and Keanthony Strickland, both 19, and Gabriel Williams, 18 in connection with the robbery. They also recovered two loaded guns.

The fourth suspect remains on the loose.

QuoteMother of 14-year-old shot by officer says her son had dropped his gun
Police say robbery suspect refused order to disarm, then turned toward officer

The mother of a 14-year-old boy shot Wednesday night by city police as authorities say he attempted to rob a University of Maryland medical student at gunpoint said her son had dropped his gun before the officer discharged his weapon.

Police are not identifying the 14-year-old, but the mother said the boy's name is Charles Henry Kelly III and that he was following the officer's orders at the time he was shot. Shawn Stokes, the boy's mother, said she got an account of what happened from two other boys at the scene who are friends with her son.

A city Police Department spokesman confirmed that there were other boys present at the time of the shooting who have not been charged.

According to police, the teen was robbing the student, holding a gun to his neck, when he refused to follow an officer's order to drop the weapon and turned toward the officer.

Stokes said that she asked her hospitalized son whether he let go of his weapon before taking a bullet to his midsection, and the boy, who could not speak, nodded in agreement. The weapon turned out to be a BB pistol.

"My son was wrong for putting the gun up against that student, but he dropped the gun," Stokes said. "And I want to see [what] the school's cameras have. My son has got to be on the cameras."

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the department stands by its account of what happened. Police say a Western District officer, whose name was not released, was in uniform and driving a marked police car to police headquarters about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday when he saw an armed robbery in progress in the 700 block of W. Lexington St. near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Police say when the officer, a member of the department for three years, neared the robbery scene, the UM student yelled out that the boy had a gun. The robbery target, a third-year medical student, later told police he was riding his bike when the youth told him to stop and placed a gun to his neck.

When the boy failed to heed the officer's verbal warning to drop the weapon and turned toward him, the officer fired two shots, hitting the youth at least once in the stomach, according to police, who interviewed the medical student about the shooting.

"Quite frankly, a third-year med student isn't going to lie," Guglielmi said. "The officer observed the gun and fired a defensive shot. Typically, it's been our experience that people don't lie about the fact that they have had a gun pointed to their head or neck."

Stokes said her son is an eighth-grader at Diggs-Johnson Middle School. She said he has possessed several BB guns in the past, but the one he had Wednesday night was borrowed from a friend. Stokes said her son had been arrested twice before, the last time for possessing marijuana.

Kelly remains in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, and his mother said he is scheduled to undergo an additional surgery on his stomach Friday.

"He's being punished. ... He didn't take nothing from that student. He didn't shoot him, he didn't kill him," she said.

Guglielmi said the officer fired two shots.

"We're looking at this as an act of heroism," he said. "At that hour of the night, he didn't know if that was a real gun or not. He potentially saved that victim's life."

QuoteOfficer accused of pointing gun at 'House of Screams' character
Off-duty city officer charged with assault in incident involving killer from Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie


The haunted house in Essex is billed "The House of Screams," but it was the character of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer who ended up frightened when authorities say an off-duty Baltimore police officer pulled his gun and pointed it at the actor during a skit at the Eastpoint Mall.

Baltimore County police officers arrested Southeastern District Sgt. Eric Michael Janik, 36, and charged him early Monday with first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. He was released on $25,000 bail and suspended by the Baltimore Police Department.

"I've never had anything like this happen to me," said Michael Brian Morrison, a 32-year-old contractor who helps run the privately owned haunted house and played the part of "Leatherface." The owners rent space from the Baltimore County mall on Eastern Avenue and attract 1,500 to 3,000 people a night.

Morrison is at the end of the haunted house tour and threatens people with a chainsaw that has its sharp chain removed. He chases people outside for "one last scream." He said Janik's group, which went through Sunday a little after 10 p.m. and included a female city police officer and the sergeant's 9-year-old daughter, were rowdy.

He said the sergeant held his screaming daughter close to scary characters and that when it came time to give chase, "I went after the adults" because the girl was crying.

A Baltimore County police report says Morrison approached Janik while he revved the gas-powered saw and when he got three to four feet from him, "Janik pointed a black handgun as his chest."

Morrison said he put his hands in the air and the police report says Janik stated, "It's o.k. I'm a cop." He said the officer's daughter was tugging the sleeve of the arm holding the gun and that after he put the weapon away, the sergeant approached him to shake his hand.

The report says the officer went back to his car, where a county officer first encountered him sitting in the front passenger seat. Janik rolled down the window and the officer noted in the report that "a strong odor of alcohol" could be detected. The report says that both Janik and the other officer in the car, Lisa Michelle Hinkley, showed their city police badges.

"When asked if he had at any time pulled his handgun out of its holster for any reason while attending the haunted house, Defendant Janik stated 'no,'" the police report says. Janik told the officer that his daughter "may have pulled on his shirt and accidentally showed it."

But police said they interviewed witnesses, including a tour guide and another worker, who said the sergeant pointed the gun at Morrison's chest. Police said they returned to Janik and wrote in a report that he "changed his version of events and stated that he did pull his weapon out and pointed it at the ground." He told the officer that Morrison "did not stop advancing toward him" and that while he knew it was part of the show, he pulled his gun "to stop him."

Police said in the report that the green Carlton chain saw "did not cause a threat of bodily harm." The report also says that Janik had slurred speech, but they did not administer a breath test.

Janik, reached by telephone at his home, declined to comment. His attorney with the city Fraternal Order of Police union, Shaun Owens, also declined comment.

Baltimore police chief spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Janik could be suspended without pay at a formal hearing later this week.

"These allegations are incredibly concerning and we are committed to holding our officers accountable," Guglielmi said. "We won't tolerate any behavior that undermines the integrity of the agency and the hard work of our police officers."

Morrison said that the haunted house opens again Wednesday and that he'll be back in his familiar role. "I'll probably be a bit more leery," he said.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 26, 2009, 06:15:15 PM
OK, Ed...but are your cops as dumb?

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    * Rifqa Bary
    * Aysha Bary
    * Mohamed Bary
    * Islam
    * Christianity
    * My Cock

(CNN) -- A runaway teen who said her father threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity has been returned from Florida to Ohio, but not yet to her family, her mother's lawyer said Tuesday.

Rifqa Bary, 17, is in the custody of Franklin County Children Services while other issues in the case are settled, attorney Roger Weeden said.

"We're very happy that Rifqa is back where she should be, close to her parents," Weeden said. "The allegations of abuse and neglect were unfounded. Now some unification can begin."

A Florida judge ruled earlier this month in favor of her parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary, who had requested that their daughter be transferred to Ohio.

The teen's attorney, John Stemberger, who leads a Christian advocacy organization, opposed the move.

The teen left her family in Columbus, Ohio, in July and took refuge in the home of a minister in Orlando, Florida. She was later moved into foster care after she said in an affidavit that her Muslim father had threatened her after finding out about her conversion. Her father has denied the allegation.

Judge Daniel Dawson, in his October 13 decision, said it was in Bary's best interest for her emergency custody case to continue in Ohio.

The transfer was delayed until the teen's immigration status was determined. Attorneys for the parents, who are from Sri Lanka, sent her immigration documents to the court within two weeks.

Her return to Ohio comes after months of legal wrangling, including the affidavit from the teenager claiming that her father was pressured by the family's mosque in Ohio to "deal with the situation," referring to her conversion.

In an earlier court filing, Rifqa Bary alleged that her father said, "If you have this Jesus in your heart, you are dead to me." The teenager claims her father added, "I will kill you."

Mohamed Bary, 47, has denied the accusations.

"We wouldn't do her harm," he said, saying he knew his daughter was involved with Christian organizations.

"I have no problem with her practicing any faith," Bary said, but acknowledged that he prefers that she practice Islam.

A report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says, "Our investigation has provided no clear evidence of criminal activity."

During a Florida court hearing, the teen periodically read a Bible, as did many of her supporters who filled the courtroom.

The supporters said they were disappointed by the ruling, but believe Jesus is with Bary no matter where she goes.

Quote from: derspiess on October 28, 2009, 04:49:12 PM
She is soooooo grounded.  Or honor-killed or whatever.

Quote from: Valmy on October 28, 2009, 04:55:34 PM
Abandoning Mohammed is one thing...but abandoning Brutus?  She would be a blood sacrifice at the altar to Woody Hayes.

Quote
Bank Robber Eats Demand Note



      A bank robbery suspect has been caught on video eating his demand note. Streetsboro, Ohio police say that John Ford the piece of paper he chewed up was the note that Ford wrote demanding cash from a bank teller. Police handcuffed Ford and removed items from his pocket, including the piece of paper thought to be the demand note, placing them on the hood of a police car near the suspect's face.

      Police say they did not notice Ford eating the piece of paper while they were busy searching him for weapons. Patrolman Daniel Blada stated "We're searching him for weapons. We're not looking at his head." Police were curious about the location of the demand note after the suspect was taken into custody and investigators watching surveilance video from the bank noticed Ford giving what appeared to be a demand note to the bank teller.

      After investigators asked the arresting officers about the demand note, they reviewed the video from the police vehicle and saw Ford leaning over, eating something off of the car hood. "He grabbed it in his mouth, just like Pacman," said Blada. "He just ate it right there."

      Police say they discovered a .38 caliber pistol and a bundle of cash covered in red ink in Ford's black Ford Escort. Ford is supected of being involved in several area bank robberies.

QuoteStatewide survey shows "ball tapping" problem widespread
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 6:33 PM EST Updated: Nov 25, 2009 11:22 AM EST

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Bob Segall/13 Investigates

It's a disturbing game with devastating consequences, and a new WTHR survey suggests it is rampant in Indiana schools.

"Ball tapping" is the act of intentionally hitting or kicking a male in the genitals. Earlier this month, an Eyewitness News investigation showed the game has become commonplace in some area schools, resulting in serious injuries for students.

As part of the investigation, WTHR also conducted a statewide survey of school nurses. The results are in, and they show the problem of ball tapping is more common and widespread than many school officials had realized.

"New perspective"

School nurses from 163 Indiana schools participated in the anonymous survey, and 33% of those nurses said they're aware of ball tapping happening at their school within the past twelve months.

But a closer look at the statistics shows the problem is much more serious in some schools than in others.

23% of school nurses who work at the elementary level say they've seen or heard of ball tapping at their school. That number nearly doubles in high schools, where 43% of school nurses say they've seen it.

And in middle schools, 62% of school nurses said they're aware of students engaged in ball tapping.

"I would have expected it to be a low number," said Mary Conway, president of the Indiana Association of School Nurses. "I would not have expected [school nurses] to have had much experience with it at all ... because I think it's something most kids won't talk about with a nurse. I'm very surprised by this whole issue and it's given me a new perspective."

Among the 72 middle school and high school nurses who participated in WTHR's survey, 50% said they had seen students who came to the school clinic seeking assistance related to an incident of ball tapping. Half of those nurses also reported they had observed the problem several (more than two) times each school year, and about 10% said it happens at their school on a daily or weekly basis.

Some nurses offered comments with their survey responses. A sample of those comments provides insight into what those nurses are dealing with:

    * "This is not a new situation. It has popped up periodically in our school system from year to year. Students seem to think it is "funny" or "harmless". We have gone to a great length to educate our students (esp. middle school aged students) that this is not acceptable conduct and that it can result in horrible injury. It seems to be a middle grade mentality type of thing. We have issues with both boys "tapping" other boys, and girls "tapping" boys because it gives an immediate reaction."
    * "I have had on occasion had a student come in complaining of pain in that area, and never a reasonable explanation of why he hurts in that area. I am better informed to possibly identify that this is taking place."
    * "I have seen it done both maliciously and just as guys goofing around. I heard from one student that he had to have one testicle surgically removed after being kicked in his genitals during summer school. Our school may treat this as an assault if a student or family complains that it is done in a malicious manner. It is probably more often overlooked as horseplay."
    * "I had a case early this school year of an injured boy, with that type injury, but it was claimed to be accidental & no adults witnessed it. Now, I wonder."
    * "We had a local male pediatrician talk to the boys about this last year and we have seen a dramatic decrease in incidence of this behavior since then. He talked specifically about the physical harm that occurs and it was very effective. I would recommend a similar discussion at other schools experiencing this problem."

"Just want to fall and cry"

Jake Arend doesn't need survey results to convince him ball tapping is a serious problem.

Classmates began hitting him in the groin when he was in sixth grade and it continued for years.

"I was just the scrawny kid everybody picked on to make themselves look better," Arend said. "If you get hit in that area, you just want to fall and cry, but I tried not to."

By the time Jake got to Danville High School, he says he was being ball tapped every week – sometimes even three or four times a day.

"Sometimes it would be just the flick of a wrist, and there was one time I actually got hit in the area with a socket wrench," he recalled. "When I got hit with that, I actually just hit the ground and just laid there in the fetal position for five to ten minutes for the pain to go away, then I got up and went to class."

Jake never told his parents and he never told his teachers, fearing the bullies at school would hit him ever harder if they got in trouble.

"I just thought 'It's pain. I'll deal with it,'" said Arend.

When Jake graduated in May 2009, he thought all that pain would be a thing of the past. It was just getting started.

Emergency surgery

In late October, Jake was rushed to Hendricks Regional Hospital in Danville where doctors performed an emergency operation. Years of enduring ball tapping had finally taken its toll. Undetected scar tissue had completely sealed off Jake's urinary tract, resulting in horrifying pain.

"It was a pain like I've never felt before. It was like taking a knife and just jamming it down in your stomach and dragging it all the way down through your genital area," he said. "The urologist said the signs can go undetected for years until it hits you like it hit me."

Doctors placed a catheter in Jake's urethra and told him he will need another operation to fix all the damage caused by repeated blows to the groin.

For Jake's father, that recent trip to the emergency room was the first time he had ever heard of ball tapping. "I never in a million years would have thought this was happening to him," said Eddie Arend. "Evidently it's happening at a lot of schools. It's not just his school."

School nurses confirm that's true.

"A real wakeup call"

"It's a more serious problem than what I had imagined," Conway said. "I had no idea the kids were that violent with it. Watching your video, I was appalled and the survey is somewhat surprising."

Conway says the Eyewitness News investigation and survey should be "a real wakeup call" to schools and school nurses across Indiana. She says the IASN board of directors will further research the issue because Conway believes more education and awareness is needed for teachers, administrators and school nurses to help protect students. 52% of school nurses who completed the 13 Investigates survey said they had never heard of ball tapping prior to learning of WTHR's investigation.

"I'm surprised nothing has really been said about it," admitted Conway. "I think any issue that impacts health in a permanent way needs to be addressed."

Jake's father says parents must address it, too.

"A lot of times as parents, do we forget to talk to our own children? I guess we do," he said. "There's nothing I wouldn't do to take away his pain. I just never knew it was happening and the sad truth is, [Jake] has to pay the rest of his life for this."

It's a costly and terribly painful lesson Jake wants other students to remember.

"If you're in school right now and you're dealing with it, don't be afraid to say something," Arend said. "Ask teachers, go to counselors, ask the nurses ... I wish I told somebody."

For advice about how to talk to your kids about ball tapping, see WTHR's original investigation.

You can see results of WTHR's survey here.

Quote from: Caliga on October 19, 2009, 03:39:47 PM
Hm well... were they hott? :ph34r:

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 25, 2009, 06:00:32 PM
Idiocracy coming true.

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2009, 04:10:43 PM
A story from Ohio's slightly retarded little brother, Indiana:

QuoteI am better informed to possibly identify that this is taking place."

Quote from: garbon on November 25, 2009, 06:51:46 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2009, 04:10:43 PM
A story from Ohio's slightly retarded little brother, Indiana:

Don't lie. Indiana has that relationship with Illinois. Ohio is like the deranged cousin who sits around putting bugs in jars.

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2009, 06:56:56 PM
:blush:

I did that when I was a kid.

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 25, 2009, 04:10:43 PM
A story from Ohio's slightly retarded little brother, Indiana:

http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=11568681

QuoteNo Interest In Convicted Ex-Rep Ohio Casino Plan

Posted: 9:20 am EST February 7, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A former Ohio congressman convicted of corruption is acknowledging business groups appear uninterested in his plan to pitch an Indian gambling casino in Youngstown.

James Traficant said Friday that he hasn't heard from any area business about his proposal.

Traficant wouldn't address one of the plan's most significant problems: there are no federally recognized American Indian tribes in Ohio.

Traficant said he's making progress finding financial backing for the estimated $100 million project but wouldn't say whether anyone had committed.

Ohio voters in November approved casinos in Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus.

Traficant was convicted in 2002 of bribery and racketeering for accepting bribes from businessmen and taking kickbacks from staff members.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 08, 2010, 01:53:24 PM
I wondered what he'd been up to these days.


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Quote from: Caliga on February 09, 2010, 08:03:05 PM
What's the deal with that dude's freaking hair? :blink:

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Quote from: Hansmeister on February 13, 2010, 11:43:51 PM
I have to go to Cincinnati all the time now because my Battalion is located there, that place really sucks, no wonder all the ohioans seem to be moving to North Carolina.

Quote from: The Brain on February 14, 2010, 03:36:38 AM

Quote from: Hansmeister on February 13, 2010, 11:43:51 PM
I have to go to Cincinnati all the time now because my Battalion is located there, that place really sucks, no wonder all the ohioans seem to be moving to North Carolina.

When was the last time you got some trigger time? Mog?

QuoteOhio Man Bulldozes Home To Avoid Foreclosure

Posted: 2:23 pm EST February 19, 2010
CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio -- An Ohio man said he bulldozed his home after a bank began foreclosure proceedings and says he won't let the bank take his carpet business either.

Terry Hoskins of Moscow in southwest Ohio said he has struggled with the River Hills Bank over his Clermont County home for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service. He said the IRS placed liens on his store and commercial property and the bank claimed his house as collateral.

Hoskins said after spending millions on attorneys he just had enough and two weeks ago bulldozed the home, 25 miles southeast of Cincinnati.

When asked if he would level the store, Hoskins said he would do "what it takes."

Messages were left for the bank and its attorney, and with the southern Ohio office of the IRS.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 19, 2010, 03:28:13 PM
That's got to look bad on his credit score.

Quote from: Hansmeister on February 13, 2010, 11:43:51 PM
I have to go to Cincinnati all the time now because my Battalion is located there, that place really sucks, no wonder all the ohioans seem to be moving to North Carolina.

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 14, 2010, 08:41:16 AM
I could have told you that Cincy sucks.

Quote from: derspiess on February 19, 2010, 04:54:14 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 14, 2010, 08:41:16 AM
I could have told you that Cincy sucks.

YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS OF OUR CHILI.

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2010, 04:58:33 PM

Quote from: derspiess on February 19, 2010, 04:54:14 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 14, 2010, 08:41:16 AM
I could have told you that Cincy sucks.

YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS OF OUR CHILI.

You chili sucks. Gold Star and Skyline suck.

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2010, 03:12:43 PM

QuoteOhio Man Bulldozes Home To Avoid Foreclosure

Posted: 2:23 pm EST February 19, 2010
CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio -- An Ohio man said he bulldozed his home after a bank began foreclosure proceedings and says he won't let the bank take his carpet business either.

Terry Hoskins of Moscow in southwest Ohio said he has struggled with the River Hills Bank over his Clermont County home for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service. He said the IRS placed liens on his store and commercial property and the bank claimed his house as collateral.

Hoskins said after spending millions on attorneys he just had enough and two weeks ago bulldozed the home, 25 miles southeast of Cincinnati.

When asked if he would level the store, Hoskins said he would do "what it takes."

Messages were left for the bank and its attorney, and with the southern Ohio office of the IRS.

Forward the revolution. *insert 8 page screed*

QuoteWoman opens door with guns blazing
The woman will face felonious assault charges

Updated: Friday, 19 Feb 2010, 5:20 PM EST
Published : Friday, 19 Feb 2010, 5:14 PM EST

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - A dispute over taxes exploded in gunfire In Dayton Friday afternoon.

Police said it started when a woman knocked on the door of a Hallwood Avenue house with a complaint related to taxes. But the woman inside, who may be a tax preparer, came out firing.

The victim ran for cover, but not before a bullet hit the back of her car.

When officers arrived, they had to coax the armed woman out of the home.

"It appears she is intoxicated," said Lt. Bob Chabali. "She is uncooperative, somewhat belligerent, hard to understand."

Chabali said the woman will face felonious assault charges.

They also arrested a second person at the scene on three warrants.

QuoteAn Ohio woman taken to a maternity ward in her wedding dress became a newlywed and a new mom on the same day.

Jamie Phillips says she felt contractions while her father walked her down the aisle during her wedding ceremony Saturday in Toledo in northwest Ohio, but she thought it was a false alarm. It wasn't until after her water broke at the reception that she was rushed to a hospital in Sylvania.

QuoteTroy Mom: Pool Policy Discriminates
Mark Bruce, Reporter

Posted: 5:51 pm EDT March 30,2010Updated: 8:48 pm EDT March 30,2010
TROY, Ohio -- A battle is brewing in Troy over the word "family."

One woman called the city recreation department "prehistoric" after learning family passes to the city pool are only available for legally married husbands, wives and their children.

Amber Vahle said, "I would like someone to come to my my house and tell me we're not a family."

On Monday, Vahle said she went to buy a family membership to the Troy Aquatic Park for herself, her partner Jen, and her two children. She was turned down for the family rate because she and Jen are not married.

Vahle said, "It's disturbing that in today's society a mother and father are the only definition of a family. Who is the City of Troy to decide what a family is?"

The pool application states that a family membership is only available to a mother and father who are legally married and their children.

Troy Recreation Director Ken Siler said the city recreation board instituted the rule years ago. However, he said complaints last year led to a review by the the board and an attorney. Siler said the board and the attorney determined the policy was still appropriate.

He said, "We're not discriminating anyone from being a member. All memberships can be accommodated in some form or fashion."

Vahle said the money is not the point, even though the policy would cost her at least $100 more. She said it is unfair to parents all over the city.

"You have to think of single parents, people who don't want to get married and domestic partnerships," she said. "It's prehistoric."

Vahle said she plans to pursue legal action to get the policy changed. Policies vary at pools across the Miami Valley.

Representatives in Piqua and South Charleston said passes are available for families living the same household. A Tipp City employee said their rule requires parents to be married.

Quote from: Zanza on March 31, 2010, 10:44:23 AM
She has a point though.

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 02, 2010, 11:24:00 AM
That was why I hurried up and got married. I didn't pay for an open bar to spend it in a maternity waiting room.

Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2010, 07:58:12 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 02, 2010, 11:24:00 AM
That was why I hurried up and got married. I didn't pay for an open bar to spend it in a maternity waiting room.

Yeah, instead you spent in the Emergency waiting room.

Quote from: Grey Fox on April 01, 2010, 08:46:08 AM
You, leg, break.

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Quoteocal Suppliers Seek Business From Airbus
Posted: 2:13 pm EDT April 6,2010
Updated: 2:22 pm EDT April 6,2010

The Miami Valley's struggling economy is looking for a new source of job growth and with the loss of General Motors, some suppliers are looking to switch from automotive production to aerospace.
Dozens of people from supply companies gathered at the National Composite Center in Kettering Tuesday to learn how they might become a supplier for a company called Airbus.
Airbus is one of the world's biggest manufacturers in aviation and the company is looking to increase its use of Ohio companies in their supply chain.
Sen. Sherrod Brown attended the event and said, "We are Airbus' No. 1 state."
Business people are hoping to tap into the aerospace market, too. In the crowd was Jeff Johnson, who works for F and G Tool and Die in Dayton. The company makes all kinds of items for manufacturing.
Johnson said, "The market is competitive. Overseas is very competitive. Hopefully, with Airbus being here, they are looking to localize some of the work in the Ohio Valleys, maybe we can generate some business out of this."
The effort has the support of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, who said companies in the Miami Valley should fit the needs at Airbus very well.
Strickland said, "We have wonderful array of companies that provide expertise, research and will enable this region of Ohio to excel."
Could the state rebound with more business with Airbus? Both the company and organizers of the summit are optimistic.
Alan McArtor with Airbus said, "We've already invested $4.3 billion a year, so let's go make that better."
Brown said, "To make a car, to make an airplane, you build it with components from mostly companies that you've never heard of sprinkled around the Miami Valley and sprinkled around the Midwest."
As the economy improves, the hope in the Miami Valley is that companies will be able to expand and eventually add new jobs.

Quote from: Zanza on April 06, 2010, 06:58:51 PM
Why does the Ohio State University have its own airport?

Quote from: Zanza on April 06, 2010, 06:58:51 PM
Why does the Ohio State University have its own airport?

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2010, 06:08:32 AM
And besides, how the hell else do you get to Columbus?

QuoteAshtabula County: Judge tells residents to "Arm themselves"
Jeff Maynor     


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JEFFERSON -- In the ongoing financial crisis in Ashtabula County, the Sheriff's Department has been cut from 112 to 49 deputies.  With deputies assigned to transport prisoners, serve warrants and other duties, only one patrol car is assigned to patrol the entire county of 720 square miles.

"I did the best with what they (the county commissioners) gave me. If it wasn't enough, don't blame me, don't blame this department," said Sheriff Billy Johnson.

Johnson said he is suing the commissioners to get a determination of whether he should use his limited budget to carry out obligations defined by law or put more patrol cars on the streets.

"I just can't do it anymore," he said. "I have to have the court explain to the commissioners and to me what my statutory duties are."

The Ashtabula County Jail has confined as many as 140 prisoners. It now houses only 30 because of reductions in the staff of corrections officers.

All told, 700 accused criminals are on a waiting list to serve time in the jail.

Are there dangerous people free among the 700 who cannot be locked up?

"There probably are," Sheriff Johnson said, "but I'm telling you, any known violent criminal, we're housing them. We've got murderers in there."

Ashtabula County is the largest county in Ohio by land area.

Ashtabula County Common Pleas Judge Alfred Mackey was asked what residents should do to protect themselves and their families with the severe cutback in law enforcement.

"Arm themselves," the judge said. "Be very careful, be vigilant, get in touch with your neighbors, because we're going to have to look after each other."

Ashtabula County gun dealers and firearms instructors tell WKYC their business has really picked up since the Sheriff's Department cutbacks began some months ago.

"That's exactly why they are coming, so that they can protect themselves," says Tracy Williams, a certified firearms instructor in Jefferson. "They don't feel that they are protected. They want to be able to protect themselves."

Williams says interest in his classes has doubled recently, and many of those coming are people who he would not normally expect to have interest in obtaining a concealed carry permit.

"And as far as him (Judge Mackey) telling you to arm yourselves and protect yourselves, you don't have any other option," Williams told WKYC. "We don't have the law enforcement out here to handle it right now."

Ashtabula County, where unemployment is higher than the state average, is asking voters to approve a one half per cent sales tax increase in May.

The tax hike would raise the tax in the county to seven percent.

Quote
Obese man dies after found fused to chair

By QMI Agency

A morbidly obese man is dead after he was found fused to a chair that he had been stuck on for two years.

The 43-year-old man from Bellaire, Ohio, was discovered unconscious on Sunday by his girlfriend.

Emergency crews had to pry him free, as his skin was stuck to the recliner with urine, feces and maggots.

Local reports say one officer threw away his uniform because the conditions were so putrid.

"The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that," Jim Chase, a code enforcer, told local news station WTRF.

A hole was cut in the wall of the home to remove the heavy man.

Officials said his girlfriend, who lived with him along with another roommate, told investigators she fed the man in his chair, as he complained of leg pain.

The unidentified man was transported to hospital in critical condition, where he later died.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 01, 2011, 11:38:06 AM
Also, wtf anybody can get laid these days.

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 01, 2011, 11:38:06 AM
Maybe he ate butter jesus.

Quote
Obese man dies after found fused to chair

By QMI Agency

A morbidly obese man is dead after he was found fused to a chair that he had been stuck on for two years.

The 43-year-old man from Bellaire, Ohio, was discovered unconscious on Sunday by his girlfriend.

Emergency crews had to pry him free, as his skin was stuck to the recliner with urine, feces and maggots.

Local reports say one officer threw away his uniform because the conditions were so putrid.

"The living room where the man lived in his chair was very filthy, very deplorable. It's unbelievable that somebody lives in conditions like that," Jim Chase, a code enforcer, told local news station WTRF.

A hole was cut in the wall of the home to remove the heavy man.

Officials said his girlfriend, who lived with him along with another roommate, told investigators she fed the man in his chair, as he complained of leg pain.

The unidentified man was transported to hospital in critical condition, where he later died.

Also, wtf anybody can get laid these days.

Quote from: KRonn on April 01, 2011, 11:44:53 AM
This same thing happened before. A guy was fused to his toilet seat, I think it was. If this story is even true; but I think the first one is true. Then how can someone living with the guy, in such horrid conditions, not call an ambulance or medical authorities about it? Sheesh... Yeah, the guy probably doesn't want anyone to be called but I'd be damned if I'd live in putrid conditions with someone like that!! Plus the deteriorating condition of the poor guy; not doing him any favors by not calling someone to help.

QuoteOhio hotel: Half-staff US flag not mourning bin Laden
'It started getting out of hand. One person said we needed to be run out of town'



An Ohio hotel has been fending off angry phone calls because a broken rope on its flagpole led some to think the business was mourning the death of Osama bin Laden.



The rope left the U.S. flag stuck at half-staff outside a Hampton Inn in Springfield in western Ohio two days before bin Laden was killed, its assistant general manager Connie Smith told msnbc.com.

However, people started noticing the flag and assuming its position was in honor of bin Laden on Tuesday.

The hotel and its company received dozens of calls from people who were either upset or angry. One threatened to run the hoteliers out of town.

Smith, speaking by phone after the Springfield News-Sun first reported the story, said the flag had become frayed and the maintenance man was trying to replace it.

"He was trying to lower it down and it got stuck ... and it got stuck at half mast," Smith said. "It was raining, we've had non-stop rain for the past two or three weeks. The rope was slippery, it was so rainy, so windy, we just couldn't mess with it."

"Next thing I know we start getting calls like left and right, a couple of dozen at least," she added.
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One prospective guest on Tuesday night said he wasn't going to stay at the hotel because of the flag, but relented when told it was a maintenance issue, rather than in honor of bin Laden.

'Disgraceful'
Smith said the first call was polite with the caller saying "Did you realize your flag is half-mast?"

But the real deluge began Wednesday morning. "My first call was from a woman whose son was a sergeant in the army. She thought it was disgraceful," Smith said.

   

"It was all over Facebook. I got a call from a man who said his boss told him about it at a meeting of 20 to 30 people," she added.

Smith said she was shocked by the volume of calls.

"It started getting out of hand. One person said we needed to be run out of town," she said, adding that another said the flag had to be fixed or he would "come out and chop that flagpole down."

It was fixed by 9 a.m. Wednesday, Smith said, but the calls continued until 9:30 p.m.

The hotel is part of the Hilton hotel group — its flag flies below Old Glory — and Smith said it also received "a ton of calls."

"They had one woman who was so distraught because she lost a friend in 9/11," Smith said, adding that the caller ended up in tears.

"The whole town thought we were supporting bin Laden. So many people really had a fit about it. They were calling the local newspaper, they were calling the police. I didn't realize how patriotic our city is," she added.

For the record, Smith said that while she didn't "want to see anybody die" she felt relieved when she heard bin Laden was dead. "A little justice was done for those people (his victims). He cannot hurt anybody any more."

Quote from: The Brain on May 07, 2011, 05:30:07 PM
Americans are incredibly stupid.

Quote from: Caliga on May 07, 2011, 06:11:03 PM
Why would anyone assume if a flag is at half staff it would be for bin Laden? :wacko:

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 16, 2010, 02:14:51 PM
http://www.drunkenstepfather.com/index.php/2010/04/16/dayton-ohio-is-the-happiest-place-on-earth-of-the-day#comments (NSFW)

Enjoy the videos of cops slapping darkies around and the *click* of a taser being used. The channel 7 reporter, Jill Del Greco, is a cunt.

Quote"The whole town thought we were supporting bin Laden. So many people really had a fit about it. They were calling the local newspaper, they were calling the police. I didn't realize how patriotic our city is," she added.

Quote from: Zoupa on May 08, 2011, 12:23:52 AM

Quote"The whole town thought we were supporting bin Laden. So many people really had a fit about it. They were calling the local newspaper, they were calling the police. I didn't realize how patriotic our city is," she added.

:wacko:

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Intoxicated 'Wolfman' Arrested in Lorain County
By Dan Jovic | [email protected] Fox8.com Reporter

10:21 a.m. EDT, June 8, 2011
LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio -- Authorities recently arrested a Sheffield Township man for underage consumption, but it's what the man told authorities after the arrest that had them howling with laughter.

According to an arrest report filed on the incident, Thomas Stroup, 20, of Sheffield Township, was taken into custody on May 29, 2011, around 12:30 a.m. at the Timber Ridge Campground.

   

Lorain County Sheriffs deputies had received a call of a man acting angrily and becoming violent with campers and animals. When deputies arrived at the scene, according to the report, they found Stroup passed out in a trailer. Deputies say Stroup smelled of alcohol and when he was eventually were able to wake him up, he began growling at them.

Stroup was placed under arrest for underage consumption and told authorities that he had blacked out from drinking too much vodka that evening.

According to the report Stroup went on to say that ever since he was scratched by a wolf in Germany he blacks out when the moon comes out and goes on the attack.

Stroup was booked into the Lorain County jail and posted bond on May 31, 2011. Details on his initial court appearance were not provided by officials at the Lorain County jail.

Fox 8's attempts to contact Stroup for comment via e-mail were not returned.

QuoteIntoxicated 'Wolfman' Arrested in Lorain County

...but it's what the man told authorities after the arrest that had them howling with laughter.

QuoteSTRONGSVILLE, Ohio—
There is a banana at large in Strongsville.

Police say that someone dressed up as a banana and attacked the Wireless Center's mascot, a gorilla, last week.

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"I noticed a kid in the bushes. Then he just emerged, dressed up as a banana, and sprinted as fast as he could at our gorilla," said Brandon Parham, the manager. "The kid just speared our gorilla."

Parham and another employee witnessed the attack.

"The kid was in mid-air, flying. He just looked like a Spartan from that movie '300,' except he was a banana," added Parham.

The Wireless Center uses the gorilla as an advertising tool on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

"After he got tackled, the gorilla just got back up and adjusted his head. He kept on waving his sign around," said Parham.

Police say the person dressed up as a banana split and headed south on Pearl Road.

According to Parham, the person who was wearing the gorilla costume will recover.

"This is just bizarre. It's really not normal of the food chain. That's not really how this works. The gorilla should have won," said Parham.

Police were unable to locate the banana.

They believe it was prank.

QuoteKiller Bear Owner Chokes to Death on Sex Toy

Max Read — If you thought Sam Mazzola, the "exotic-animal owner" whose bear killed one of its trainers last year, had already used up his lifetime allotment of tabloid headlines, think again! Mazzola was found dead on Sunday, "wearing a leather mask with the eyes and mouth zipped shut and a two-piece metal sphere covering his head." Apparently, he choked on a sex toy.

Mazzola was found facedown, mask and metal sphere on, sex toy in mouth, "bound to the bed with handcuffs, chains and padlocks" in Columbia Station, Ohio, where he kept his animals (including bears, wolves, tigers and possibly one lion), by a teenaged coworker. According to authorities, he'd been bound "by request," and whoever trussed him up left, though that seems to have been part of the deal, as the cops aren't treating the death as suspicious.

Mazzola's death comes almost 11 months after the death of Brent Kandra, a 24-year-old animal trainer who was mauled to death by one of Mazzola's bears.

Quote(CNN) -- A replica of a 1910 aircraft built by flight pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright crashed Saturday in a field near Springfield, Ohio, killing the two men aboard, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported.

The aircraft was reported downed shortly before 11 a.m., the agency said in a statement. It had taken off from Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport.

Police identified the dead men as Don Gum, 73, of Beaver Creek, Ohio, and Mitchell Cary, 65, of Yellow Springs, Ohio.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation, according to the highway patrol. It's looking into the incident along with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

The plane, owned by Wright "B" Flyer Inc. of Dayton, Ohio -- a volunteer nonprofit group -- was a copy of a Wright Model B aircraft produced seven years after the brothers' celebrated first powered flight.

It began test flights in June and performed well, according to a press release on the organization's website.

The organization designed the plane to resemble the 1910 edition, but built it so that it could be more easily taken apart and shipped to international events, the company said in the June press release. It was built with a modern engine, controls and materials, the organization said.

Gum and Cary were members of the group's board of trustees and Cary was a former president, CNN affiliate WHIO-TV reported.

"Mitch and Don were highly competent pilots with extensive experience flying Wright 'B' Flyer airplanes and other experimental aircraft," WHIO quoted president Phil Beaudoin as saying.

QuoteCleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly's attempt at flash mob in Strongsville ends with handcuffs (video)
Published: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 6:40 PM     Updated: Saturday, August 20, 2011, 11:02 PM
Amanda Garrett, The Plain Dealer By Amanda Garrett, The Plain Dealer


STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Rising Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly was handcuffed and led away from SouthPark mall in Strongsville this evening amid a flash mob he organized.

Earlier in the week, Machine Gun Kelly -- whose real name is Colson Baker -- used social media to poll his fans, asking them which suburban Cleveland mall they wanted to gather at.

The rapper ultimately settled on Strongsville, Saturday at 5 p.m.

About that time, someone calling himself machinegunkelly on Twitter posted: "They're kicking out (people with) costumes ... Be normal, I guess? No harm here, we just like fun!"

Not long after that, someone posted a picture of the shirtless rapper -- revealing a huge MGK tattoo across his shoulder blades -- in handcuffs on Twitter. Fans soon posted videos on YouTube showing hundreds of people -- mostly white teens and young adults -- gathered in the mall's food court watching police wrestle with the rapper and chanting "MGK" as officers led him away.

By 6 p.m., fans were posting messages on Machine Gun Kelly's Facebook page seeking his release.  Within hours, the rapper posted a message on Twitter saying he and the others were free.

Strongsville police later released a statement saying Machine Gun Kelly and members of his group were charged with midemeanor disorderly conduct.

Police said mall management asked the rappers not to stand on a table near a railing by the second-floor food court. When the members didn't comply, they were taken into custody and charged, the statement said.

There have been peaceful flash mobs at the Strongville mall in recent years featuring dance and song.

But this summer, other suburbs -- including Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights -- have had trouble with rowdy mobs of young people disrupting festivals and events with flash mobs.

Saturday's flash mob appeared to disperse quickly after police spirited away Machine Gun Kelly.

Machine Gun Kelly's stage name is based on his rapid-fire rap delivery. He is a 2008 graduate of Shaker Heights High school and gained national buzz this year following a Midwest tour.

Earlier this month, Machine Gun Kelly signed a recording contract with Bad Boy Records, a major hip-hop label.

If the rapper regretted organizing the flash mob or the charge against him, he didn't express it through Twitter Saturday.

After his release, the rapper posted: "If having fun with my fans ... means I have to get arrested ... then keep (pulling) the cuffs out."

QuoteRobber Uses Semi-Truck to Smash Adult Store and Steal Sex Toy

QuoteHundreds of panties turn up along Ohio road


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LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities in central Ohio are trying to solve a panties puzzle: why hundreds of pairs of mostly women's underwear were dumped along the side of a road.

Fairfield County Deputy Gary Hummel said Thursday the undergarments were found in trees and on hillsides in several spots this week on a road in Berne Township, about 30 miles southeast of Columbus.

He says some of the panties were still folded the way they'd come in packaging, while others appeared to have been worn. There were nearly 1,700 pairs in all, in a mix of colors and patterns. Hummel says when collected, they filled 10 large trash bags.

He says investigators are "baffled" as to where the panties came from.

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2011, 08:43:22 AM
Yesterday was a good day, I didn't have to use my AK.

QuoteBy Emily Valdez Fox 8 News Reporter

10:27 p.m. EDT, September 3, 2011
PAINESVILLE, Ohio—
Kirtland crushed Painesville Harvey during Friday night's high school football game, but it was what happened after the game that has people talking.

"At the conclusion of the game, some of their students and parents put up a sign that we believe was racial intimidation, ethnic intimidation," said Roderick Coffee, president of the Lake County chapter of the NAACP, who was also at the game.

"For them to put it up there that was bad sportsmanship, too," Painesville Harvey football player, Jerome Becks said.

The big sign read: 'You Mad Bro.'

"I think the reference to 'bro' in the sign definitely has a racial connection to it," said Michael Hanlon, superintendent for Painesville City Schools.

No doubt, the sign offended people.

But some don't believe it was meant to be racist.

"I really don't I think the kids were just trying to say, 'Are you mad?' But you still don't need to put a sign up like that, and there's so many parents that felt the same way I did," Kirtland parent, Edie Cymbal said.

According to the Urban Dictionary, which is basically the online Wikipedia of slang, the phrase 'you mad bro?' means "To make a ragin [sic] person rage even more by asking the most ironic question."

To use an older slang phrase, kicking someone when they are down.

Kirtland High School Principal Lynn Campbell says there will be a thorough investigation.

"Any mal-intent at any game no matter where, is not supported, you know, the lack of sportsmanship, from taunting to insensitivity," Campbell said.

QuotePosted 9/6/11 7:16 a.m.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (WLS) - A not-so-stealthy "samurai" who told police he was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" is in jail after allegedly abandoning a vehicle on the middle of a busy Indiana interstate to march shirtless with a 35-inch sword.

Indiana State Police Trooper Ricky Rayner found a white, older-model Toyota abandoned in the middle lane of Interstate 65 and a shirtless man marching on the inner shoulder with a 35-inch samurai sword about 2:30 p.m. just south of U.S. Highway 30, according to a release from Indiana State Police.

"The man was marching like a drum major, holding the sword, moving it up and down in rhythm with his marching cadence," State Police said.

When Rayner approached, the man -- identified as 43-year-old Cicero resident Bryon Womack -- swung the sword in a defensive manner but then dropped the sword in compliance with the trooper's order, the release said.

Womack -- dressed only in plaid shorts and slip on shoes -- then tried to force his way into a 2010 Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle that swerved and stopped on the inner shoulder to avoid a responding Merrillville police vehicle responding to the incident, State Police said.

A Merrillville police officer finally ordered Womack to the ground at gunpoint and handcuffed him, the release said. He was taken to the Lake County (Ind.) jail, where he told police he was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

Womack was charged with attempted car jacking, resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana, State Police said.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 06, 2011, 02:15:50 PM
And from our retarded cousin, Hoosierville:

QuotePosted 9/6/11 7:16 a.m.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (WLS) - A not-so-stealthy "samurai" who told police he was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" is in jail after allegedly abandoning a vehicle on the middle of a busy Indiana interstate to march shirtless with a 35-inch sword.

Indiana State Police Trooper Ricky Rayner found a white, older-model Toyota abandoned in the middle lane of Interstate 65 and a shirtless man marching on the inner shoulder with a 35-inch samurai sword about 2:30 p.m. just south of U.S. Highway 30, according to a release from Indiana State Police.

"The man was marching like a drum major, holding the sword, moving it up and down in rhythm with his marching cadence," State Police said.

When Rayner approached, the man -- identified as 43-year-old Cicero resident Bryon Womack -- swung the sword in a defensive manner but then dropped the sword in compliance with the trooper's order, the release said.

Womack -- dressed only in plaid shorts and slip on shoes -- then tried to force his way into a 2010 Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle that swerved and stopped on the inner shoulder to avoid a responding Merrillville police vehicle responding to the incident, State Police said.

A Merrillville police officer finally ordered Womack to the ground at gunpoint and handcuffed him, the release said. He was taken to the Lake County (Ind.) jail, where he told police he was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

Womack was charged with attempted car jacking, resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana, State Police said.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

Quote from: Razgovory on September 06, 2011, 04:31:57 PM
I don't own a sword.

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 06, 2011, 04:32:48 PM
I own two.

Quote from: Caliga on September 06, 2011, 06:26:25 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 06, 2011, 04:32:48 PM
I own two.

Same. :hug:

Quote from: Razgovory on September 06, 2011, 06:42:27 PM
I do have a German WWI bayonet, but that's not really a sword.  More of a big knife.

Quote from: Caliga on September 06, 2011, 06:30:15 PM
Cool, did you get that when you mustered out or something?

Quote from: grumbler on September 06, 2011, 06:29:03 PM
(though that is as blunt as a Seedy crime report).

Quote from: Benedict Arnold on September 05, 2011, 01:38:29 PM
I will be making my way to Cleveland, Ohio later this month.  Catching a Tribe game against the Twins, then the Browns - Dolphins game the next day.  Going to make a try for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well.

QuoteLions, Tigers, Bears on the Loose in Ohio
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As many as 48 wild animals, including cheetahs, grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, tigers and lions are on the loose in the area of Zanesville, Ohio, after they escaped from a private wildlife preserve, police said tonight.

Officers believe they have shot as many as 25 of the animals so far, but it is not clear exactly how many escaped, according to the Muskingum County Sheriff's Department.

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said that until the animals are rounded up, people should stay inside.

"These are wild animals, wild animals that you would see on TV in Africa," Mutz said at a news conference this evening.

Terry Thompson, the owner of the preserve was found dead, but it's not clear yet how he died, the sheriff said.

"This is a bad situation," Mutz said. "It's been a bad situation for a long time and the last thing we want to do is have any of our public hurt."

The animals' pens were found open, and deputies are working with the animals' caregiver, who says the animals were fed Monday.

They're putting food in the animals' pens in the hopes they might return the pens where they can then secure the animals.

Police describe the animals as "mature, very big and aggressive."

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has cordoned off seven square miles near Interstate 70 and officers are using infrared to find the animals.

Quote from: The Brain on October 19, 2011, 02:54:28 PM
What if we escape from Languish?

Quote from: Razgovory on October 19, 2011, 02:12:06 PM
Not much you can do.  I saw in the CNN comments section people complaining "why don't use tranquilizer darts?", and other various bitching.  I doubt they have a veterinary anesthesiologist on hand with experience on doping big animals, let alone the training and facilities to retrain such an animal if they did knock it out.  It's not like you put a bear in the back of a squad car.  If they sit around waiting for experts and experience to arrive one of those animals could eat a kid.  They have no choice but to kill many of them.  I also read that the guy who owned the place plead to animal cruelty a few years back, so the animals may be bad shape and have to be put down anyway.

Quote from: derspiess on October 20, 2011, 09:57:56 AM
Got some interesting phone calls from friends/family of my Argentine in-laws, who are in visiting.  Everyone had heard about wild animals on the loose in Ohio and they were checking to make sure everyone was okay :lol:

Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on October 20, 2011, 10:10:01 AM

Quote from: Razgovory on October 19, 2011, 02:12:06 PM
Not much you can do.  I saw in the CNN comments section people complaining "why don't use tranquilizer darts?", and other various bitching.  I doubt they have a veterinary anesthesiologist on hand with experience on doping big animals, let alone the training and facilities to retrain such an animal if they did knock it out.  It's not like you put a bear in the back of a squad car.  If they sit around waiting for experts and experience to arrive one of those animals could eat a kid.  They have no choice but to kill many of them.  I also read that the guy who owned the place plead to animal cruelty a few years back, so the animals may be bad shape and have to be put down anyway.

Yeah,  I saw somewhere that apparently they would have had to kill a lot of them anyway, experts with tranq guns or not.  It seems that they can sometimes be completely unaffected by the tranquilizers, or if they are, they can become very aggressive after being hit by the dart but before they eventually "pass out."

Quote from: Maximus on October 20, 2011, 11:26:05 AM
I find the wording in the news reports bizarre. It seems to me that "on the loose" is the default state for wild animals.

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 20, 2011, 11:28:26 AM
The owner released them, then killed himself.

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 20, 2011, 11:43:08 AM
I'm not going to repost the pictures of the dead animals piled up for burial. Looks like the Somme with tigers and wolves.

QuoteBAINBRIDGE, Ohio—
Authorities in Bainbridge say that a drunken woman, who was wearing shear clothing, a g-string and wedge heels, led them on a high speed chase along Route 422 prior to her arrest.

According to Chief Jon Bokovitz of the Bainbridge Police Department, Erin B. Holdsworth, 28, of Hiram, was taken into custody on Tuesday, October 11 after she led authorities on a chase that reached 128 mph.

Bokovitz says that Geauga County Sheriff's deputies assisted Bainbridge officers by laying stop sticks across Route 422 in Auburn Township. Holdsworth struck the stop sticks and both tires on the left side of her vehicle were disabled. She pulled to the side of the road a short time later.

When officers approached her vehicle, according to Bokovitz, they discovered that she was nearly topless, covered by only a see-through tube top, and wearing g-sting panties and wedge heels.

Holdsworth's docket filed in Chardon Municipal court says she has been charged with one count each of OVI, refusing a blood alcohol content test, fleeing and alluding, criminal damaging, driving under a suspended license, speeding and reckless operation.

She was taken to the Geauga County Safety Center before being released on the pending charges, said Bokovitz.

Holdsworth's next appearance in Chardon Municipal Court is slated for November 2, according to court records

Quote from: Caliga on October 27, 2011, 07:00:02 PM
tits are small :(

QuoteNOVEMBER 8--A quintet of young Ohio men were playing poker last month when they learned that dozens of wild animals had been set free in a neighboring city.

So the group piled into Richard Weidlich's Jeep Cherokee at around 11 PM and drove the 25 miles from Cambridge to Zanesville, where cops had spent the prior five hours shooting lions, tigers, bears, and wolves that had been released by Terry Thompson from cages on his 73-acre property.

Quote from: Razgovory on November 09, 2011, 06:09:05 PM
Who exactly did they steal the lion from?

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 09, 2011, 06:13:45 PM
The cop who was going to mount the head in his rec room.

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 27, 2011, 12:02:28 PM
Enjoy the video!

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-drunken-topless-highspeed-chase,0,5069791.story

QuoteBAINBRIDGE, Ohio—
Authorities in Bainbridge say that a drunken woman, who was wearing shear clothing, a g-string and wedge heels, led them on a high speed chase along Route 422 prior to her arrest.

According to Chief Jon Bokovitz of the Bainbridge Police Department, Erin B. Holdsworth, 28, of Hiram, was taken into custody on Tuesday, October 11 after she led authorities on a chase that reached 128 mph.

Bokovitz says that Geauga County Sheriff's deputies assisted Bainbridge officers by laying stop sticks across Route 422 in Auburn Township. Holdsworth struck the stop sticks and both tires on the left side of her vehicle were disabled. She pulled to the side of the road a short time later.

When officers approached her vehicle, according to Bokovitz, they discovered that she was nearly topless, covered by only a see-through tube top, and wearing g-sting panties and wedge heels.

Holdsworth's docket filed in Chardon Municipal court says she has been charged with one count each of OVI, refusing a blood alcohol content test, fleeing and alluding, criminal damaging, driving under a suspended license, speeding and reckless operation.

She was taken to the Geauga County Safety Center before being released on the pending charges, said Bokovitz.

Holdsworth's next appearance in Chardon Municipal Court is slated for November 2, according to court records

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ugh.

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 09, 2011, 06:21:05 PM
You can have her.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2011, 07:43:02 PM
Spent the day in Columbus.  Man, what a great city.  Big, but not crowded.  Urban, but clean.   Midwest, but liberal.  White, and more white.  Even the TSO officers at the airport had a few little hotties.

And yes, I dropped lunch at Schmidt's Sausage Haus on the corporate card.  Even the guys from Chicago said that was some badass brats, and dey know brats.

QuoteBarBe Q survives drive-by shooting
Three shots miss mannequin, but she gets shot down by Board of Elections
12:08 PM, Dec. 4, 2011  | 


READING - November was cruel to BarBe Q. First, she was shot at. Then, she was shut out.

She suffered indignities by bullets and at the ballot box.

Just before Election Day, the scantily clad, headline-making mannequin stood in her usual after-hours hangout, the front window of KT's Barbecue, 8501 Reading Road.

The Reading restaurant was closed for the night. BarBe was standing guard.

Three shots rang out. One went for her plastic head. Two were chest shots. The glass shattered. But, the bullets missed BarBe.

"That's because she was wearing her Supergirl outfit," said Kenny Tessel, the barbecue joint's owner.

BarBe's usual outfit consists of an under-sized halter top and Daisy Duke short shorts. That attention-getting get-up caught the eye of Reading authorities and put her in the national spotlight in 2009. The city ultimately decided she was a mannequin and not a sign showing too much plastic flesh.

Tessel, who plays a talkative Ken to the mannequin's speechless Barbie, termed the shooting "an assassination attempt." At the time, she was standing still while running for mayor of Reading. He was managing her write-in campaign.

She went down to defeat. BarBe received no votes.

With the elections over and the holiday season in gear, Tessel took time out from slicing smoked beef brisket to speak for his silent mannequin, who was dressed as a Pilgrim. Her bare midriff and short skirt would have been a hit at the first Thanksgiving.

QUESTION: Was BarBe's mayoral campaign a shameless publicity stunt?

ANSWER: She had a legitimate platform. She stood for supporting small businesses. Mom and pop stores made America great. I wish the people of this community supported me. Ninety-eight percent of my business comes from outside Reading. And I still get 85 new customers a week who stop by when they see BarBe standing out front in her Daisy Dukes. That's how crazy this world is. You have a good product. But, you still have to drum up business with a plastic doll.

Q: Were you shocked no one voted for BarBe?

A: I knew she was not going to get any votes. I did not pay the ($45) filing fee. I told the people at the (Hamilton County) Board of Elections that I would sign for her. I have her power of attorney. But they weren't buying that. I asked them: "How come a dog could run for the mayor of Rabbit Hash, Ky.?" They said: "That's Kentucky." By the way, I didn't vote for her either. But don't tell BarBe. I don't want her to know that I turned on her.

Q: If you know so much, why don't you run for public office?

A: I love to cook too much. My mom - Joy Tessell - and my grandma - Jean Tessell - instilled a love of food in me. I like coming in here in the morning, no sound, just me in the kitchen, just getting ready. I relish that every day. My mom and grandma also gave me a great deal of self-confidence and self-esteem. I don't need to run for office to get a sense of approval.

Q: How much did the shooting set you back?

A: Replacing the plate-glass window and the lost business came to $800. That's what happens when an idiot does something stupid. I hate to think what might have happened had I been working late - which I often do - and I came around the corner inside the restaurant just when that moron opened fire.

Q: Are you still shook up from the shooting?

A: I'm fine. But BarBe has yet to recover. Every so often, I think I see her shaking.

Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2011, 10:05:24 AM
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20111203/NEWS01/112040332/BarBe-Q-survives-drive-by-shooting?odyssey=obinsite

QuoteBarBe Q survives drive-by shooting
(snip)

QuoteOhio father accused of taping up daughter, locking her in cage

(CNN) -- A Cincinnati man was in court Friday after authorities say he disciplined his daughter by twice tying her up with duct tape, then locking her in a dog cage.

In a Hamilton County court Friday, Judge Fanon Rucker set $50,000 bail for James Tapke after he was charged with endangering children. The defendant, along with his son, allegedly took photos of the entire incident that ended up online.

Tapke's lawyer said during the court session that his client didn't commit a crime, but rather took part in "a joke that got out of control."

"That's why his son, who is 13, posted the pictures on Facebook as a joke after this happened," attorney Christopher Jackson said. "Maybe not the best joke in the world, but I believe that's what is going to come out later at trial."

According to an affidavit, on the afternoon of January 10, James Tapke restrained his daughter's hands and feet "in a cruel manner by using duct tape," then put her in a dog cage "so she could not get out."

The affidavit doesn't detail why the girl was being disciplined.

"While (the girl) was in the cage, Mr. Tapke dropped small amounts of water on her face," the affidavit said.

The girl's brother let her out after about 20 minutes, after which "she poured water on (her father's) head and in his ear" in order to "get back at" him.

Tapke, 41, allegedly responded by binding his daughter up again with tape and putting her back in the cage. He then asked his son to get an electrical jump starter from the garage "so that he could electrify the cage."

"Mr. Tapke never attempted this, but he told her several times he should," the affidavit said.

Eventually, the father let the girl out of the cage and her grandmother helped her take off the duct tape. The court document added that Tapke's son eventually uploaded to Facebook pictures of what happened, images that were later taken down.

A criminal complaint was filed Thursday stating that Tapke "did create a substantial risk to the health and safety" of his child. He was taken into custody that same day.

Quote1. Cincinnati, Ohio
Neighborhood: Central Pky./Liberty St.
Found Within ZIP Code(s): 45210, 45214
Predicted Annual Violent Crimes: 457
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 266.94
My Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year): 1 in 4

Quote from: Ed Anger on January 30, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
I'm going to: loot.

Quote from: DontSayBanana on January 30, 2012, 10:58:30 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on January 30, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
I'm going to: loot.

Rape or pillage?  Decisions, decisions...

Quote from: katmai on January 31, 2012, 06:49:58 AM

Quote from: DontSayBanana on January 30, 2012, 10:58:30 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on January 30, 2012, 07:29:02 PM
I'm going to: loot.

Rape or pillage?  Decisions, decisions...

Pfft Work up a Number 6 on them, duh.

Quote from: Octavian on January 31, 2012, 08:09:00 AM

Quote from: katmai on January 31, 2012, 06:49:58 AM
Pfft Work up a Number 6 on them, duh.

Number 6? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that one...

Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 31, 2012, 08:12:35 AM

Quote from: Octavian on January 31, 2012, 08:09:00 AM

Quote from: katmai on January 31, 2012, 06:49:58 AM
Pfft Work up a Number 6 on them, duh.

Number 6? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that one...

Pfft, gay.

QuoteWoman At Center of Archie Wilson Sex Scandal Talks With Local 12

A former Clermont County Commissioner is now officially charged with soliciting prostitution and trafficking a controlled substance. Archie Wilson resigned just last week-at the time, he said it was on the advice of his doctor. 

Local 12's Joe Webb talked to the woman who sparked the sex-for-drugs investigation. Amanda Lay says she met Archie Wilson through a friend and met him five or ten times for sex. She also told Webb that she had no idea who the guy she called "Mike" really was until she landed in the Clermont County jail. There, she saw Archie Wilson's picture in the newspaper and said..."I know him." That led to the investigation that has Wilson facing misdemeanor charges in Kentucky.

Lay says she's glad he got caught. She told Webb about the trysts in graphic terms. "He was like a sugar daddy, basically. He'd basically get girls (messed) up and want to do things to' em. And then he would pay 'em what he thought was reasonable for 'em."

Investigators say Wilson would have women check into Northern Kentucky hotels for the hookups. Their records link an SUV registered to Wilson's plumbing business parked on occasion at those hotels. "What was the typical deal? Either have sex with him or play with yourself or play with him and then it would be over with."

Lay says she connected Wilson with other girls, mostly girls from local strip clubs who needed cash. She says she personally met wit him 5 to 10 times. "I wouldn't call him disgusting because everybody has their own flaws but he was dirty. A dirty guy."

Lay admits that a lot of people did some bad things. But she's glad that Archie Wilson is now facing criminal charges. "When people's trying to pay bills and make some money, he was going to help you. But doin the stuff when you're supposed to be...not famous but working for the county....and they put people like us in jail for stupid (stuff), and he's out there breaking the law just as well as we are."

We don't know where Archie Wilson is. But we do know that Clermont County started investigating one of its own county commissioners 8 months ago and he wasn't charged until this week. Local 12's Deborah Dixon is looking into that part of this story--and she will have more coming up at 5 p.m.

If he's convicted on both misdemeanor charges, Wilson could get up to 15 months in prison.

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 16, 2012, 10:30:04 AM
She should have her license revoked for that unethical breach of hooker-john confidentiality.  :mad:

Quote from: derspiess on February 16, 2012, 09:57:29 AM
Ed, how did you miss this one:

http://www.local12.com/content/breaking_news/story/Woman-At-Center-of-Archie-Wilson-Sex-Scandal/YPyoxzPtm0WXJ-1iC-rPHw.cspx

QuoteWoman At Center of Archie Wilson Sex Scandal Talks With Local 12

A former Clermont County Commissioner is now officially charged with soliciting prostitution and trafficking a controlled substance. Archie Wilson resigned just last week-at the time, he said it was on the advice of his doctor. 

Local 12's Joe Webb talked to the woman who sparked the sex-for-drugs investigation. Amanda Lay says she met Archie Wilson through a friend and met him five or ten times for sex. She also told Webb that she had no idea who the guy she called "Mike" really was until she landed in the Clermont County jail. There, she saw Archie Wilson's picture in the newspaper and said..."I know him." That led to the investigation that has Wilson facing misdemeanor charges in Kentucky.

Lay says she's glad he got caught. She told Webb about the trysts in graphic terms. "He was like a sugar daddy, basically. He'd basically get girls (messed) up and want to do things to' em. And then he would pay 'em what he thought was reasonable for 'em."

Investigators say Wilson would have women check into Northern Kentucky hotels for the hookups. Their records link an SUV registered to Wilson's plumbing business parked on occasion at those hotels. "What was the typical deal? Either have sex with him or play with yourself or play with him and then it would be over with."

Lay says she connected Wilson with other girls, mostly girls from local strip clubs who needed cash. She says she personally met wit him 5 to 10 times. "I wouldn't call him disgusting because everybody has their own flaws but he was dirty. A dirty guy."

Lay admits that a lot of people did some bad things. But she's glad that Archie Wilson is now facing criminal charges. "When people's trying to pay bills and make some money, he was going to help you. But doin the stuff when you're supposed to be...not famous but working for the county....and they put people like us in jail for stupid (stuff), and he's out there breaking the law just as well as we are."

We don't know where Archie Wilson is. But we do know that Clermont County started investigating one of its own county commissioners 8 months ago and he wasn't charged until this week. Local 12's Deborah Dixon is looking into that part of this story--and she will have more coming up at 5 p.m.

If he's convicted on both misdemeanor charges, Wilson could get up to 15 months in prison.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 28, 2012, 08:07:44 AM
I was wondering when you were going to post the shooting.  24 hours is a bit late, Bucky.

QuoteI wouldn't call him disgusting because everybody has their own flaws but he was dirty. A dirty guy.

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 28, 2012, 04:01:48 PM
The governor's election fucks just spammed my mailbox. 'we are all Chardon Hilltoppers' and he supports the police. Yeah right John, that was why you tried to bust their union. Because you liked them.

Fuck you John.

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 28, 2012, 08:11:18 PM
http://fox8.com/2012/03/26/so-long-landline-senate-bill-could-cut-the-cord/?hpt=us_bn6

LOLZ

Quote
But groups opposed to the bill, such as the AARP, say it's far too soon to get rid of landlines — cell coverage is still spotty in areas, and that could leave many people without reliable phone service.

Quote from: Caliga on March 28, 2012, 08:22:04 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 28, 2012, 08:11:18 PM
http://fox8.com/2012/03/26/so-long-landline-senate-bill-could-cut-the-cord/?hpt=us_bn6

LOLZ

Quote
But groups opposed to the bill, such as the AARP, say it's far too soon to get rid of landlines — cell coverage is still spotty in areas, and that could leave many people without reliable phone service.

Right, I'm so sure that's why the AARP is opposed. :rolleyes:

Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2012, 06:54:37 PM
I have a land line. :huh:

Quote from: Caliga on April 06, 2012, 06:57:47 PM
I've got a corded phone plugged into it.  It is my: emergency no-power batphone!

Quote from: FunkMonk on April 06, 2012, 09:27:22 PM
Fuck land lines.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 06, 2012, 09:39:18 PM

Quote from: FunkMonk on April 06, 2012, 09:27:22 PM
Fuck land lines.

Fuck you. You should be beaten with a rotary phone.  Transient.

Quote from: FunkMonk on April 06, 2012, 09:42:49 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 06, 2012, 09:39:18 PM

Quote from: FunkMonk on April 06, 2012, 09:27:22 PM
Fuck land lines.

Fuck you. You should be beaten with a rotary phone.  Transient.

*BEEP*

Sorry, I'm not home right now. Please leave a message or, better yet, call my cell motherfucker because that sucker is always on me. Idiot.

Quote from: derspiess on April 06, 2012, 09:43:29 PM
What are they charging for POTS landline these days?  I've been on VOIP for about 8 years, which I consider my landline.

QuoteAnyway, from what I understand, the proposed Ohio law doesn't necessarily kill landlines.  It just frees phone companies from having to maintain unprofitable lines.

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2012, 12:25:18 AM
I treat my cell like a landline, hardly ever carry it with me.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:33:56 AM

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2012, 12:25:18 AM
I treat my cell like a landline, hardly ever carry it with me.

Now see, FunkMonk, this nigger understands freedom.

Quote from: Jaron on April 07, 2012, 12:19:51 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:33:56 AM

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2012, 12:25:18 AM
I treat my cell like a landline, hardly ever carry it with me.

Now see, FunkMonk, this nigger understands freedom.

:lol: It didn't take you long after his admission that he's black for you to take advantage. :P

Quote from: Jaron on April 07, 2012, 12:19:51 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:33:56 AM

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2012, 12:25:18 AM
I treat my cell like a landline, hardly ever carry it with me.

Now see, FunkMonk, this nigger understands freedom.

:lol: It didn't take you long after his admission that he's black for you to take advantage. :P

Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 08, 2012, 02:59:32 AM

Quote from: Jaron on April 07, 2012, 12:19:51 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 07, 2012, 06:33:56 AM

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2012, 12:25:18 AM
I treat my cell like a landline, hardly ever carry it with me.

Now see, FunkMonk, this nigger understands freedom.

:lol: It didn't take you long after his admission that he's black for you to take advantage. :P

What thread was this?

Quote from: Syt on April 07, 2012, 11:49:58 AM
Freedom's just another word for noting left to lose.

Quote3 dead after woman tells husband she's leaving him at Cracker Barrel in Ohio
By The Associated Press

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- Police shot and killed an armed man Thursday at a restaurant where two other people were killed and one was wounded, authorities said.

The shooting happened after a woman called 911 from a Cracker Barrel restaurant, saying her husband was upset because she told him she was leaving him, police said in a news release.

She said he was circling the parking lot in his car.

Officers arrived, heard gunshots and saw an armed man leaving the restaurant in Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland. Police Chief Scott Mielke said officers shot him when he refused to surrender.

A woman and a girl also were killed. One person was taken to a hospital.

Police couldn't immediately say whether the other victims were shot or describe any relationship among the victims. The suspect and the victims were not identified.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 13, 2012, 07:13:29 AM
This one's too good to let Ed get the jump on me on this one.

So much for that "meeting in a public place" strategy.

Quote from: Valmy on April 13, 2012, 08:08:19 AM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 13, 2012, 07:13:29 AM
This one's too good to let Ed get the jump on me on this one.

So much for that "meeting in a public place" strategy.

This is why you should always break up via text message or e-mail.

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 13, 2012, 08:22:04 AM
Eating at Cracker Barrel is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

Quote(CBS/WOIO) BROOKLYN, Ohio - Police say a shooting rampage at a Cracker Barrel restaurant that left three dead was apparently sparked when a woman told her husband she was leaving him.

CBS affiliate WOIO reports the shooting occurred around 9 p.m. Thursday. Authorities say 51-year-old Kevin Allen shot and killed his wife, Katherina, 10-year-old daughter Kerri, and shot and wounded daughter 10-year-old Kayla. Police then shot and killed Allen.

Kayla was transported to Metro hospital and her condition is unknown.

"We were standing right next to him when he shot them," said witness Robert Lovlace. "He was a troubled man, you could see in his face. When the gun went off, we saw the fire come out, we ran, we took off."

Brooklyn's Chief of Police says the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute. The family was at the restaurant celebrating Kerri's 10th birthday.

Police received a 911 call from a woman at the restaurant, saying she had just informed her husband that she was leaving him and that he wasn't taking it well. She told authorities he was in his car and circling the lot.

When police arrived at the scene, they heard gunshots and then saw Allen exiting the restaurant through the front door while holding a gun. Officers ordered him to surrender and he did not comply. Law enforcement reportedly exchanged fire with the gunman before eventually fatally shooting him.

The Associated Press reports that Cracker Barrel spokeswoman Julie K. Davis said in an email from corporate offices in Tennessee that the restaurant will remain closed until the investigation is completed.

Quote from: Ed Anger on April 20, 2012, 05:11:57 PM
Ohio Unemployment : 7.5%

The recovery continues. I have noticed home and office construction picking up in the Dayton area. The City is also benefiting from not having Rhine Mclin as mayor.

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Very awful Negro mayor.

QuoteFive people, claiming to be anarchists, have been arrested in Cleveland for trying to blow up a four-lane bridge across the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

The public was never in danger from the devices, according the FBI. The explosive devices were inoperable and controlled by an undercover FBI agent. Charges against the suspects were filed Tuesday morning in Cleveland.

Quote from: katmai on May 01, 2012, 02:00:26 PM
Anybody see Ed today? :unsure:

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:16:25 PM
Actually, I occupied the cherry pie at friches Big Boy.

Quote from: derspiess on May 01, 2012, 02:23:42 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:16:25 PM
Actually, I occupied the cherry pie at friches Big Boy.

LOL did you: dress up like Big Boy to get a free sandwich?  Or is that on another day?

Quote from: katmai on May 01, 2012, 02:37:30 PM
That's why he had kids!

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:39:39 PM

Quote from: katmai on May 01, 2012, 02:37:30 PM
That's why he had kids!

You'd be surprised how much free ice cream I get when the twins are in tow. Every female employee aged 16-30 can't resist them.

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:51:18 PM
BITCH, GIVE ME THE ENTIRE STACK.

Quote from: derspiess on May 01, 2012, 02:53:08 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:51:18 PM
BITCH, GIVE ME THE ENTIRE STACK.

Pretty much.  Meanwhile, she's throwing more oyster crackers at us than we could eat in a year.

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:57:11 PM
I steal taco bell napkins.

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 03:03:57 PM
When I make my old bachelor Mexican chow, I use thier mild sauce.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2012, 03:16:17 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 03:03:57 PM
When I make my old bachelor Mexican chow, I use thier mild sauce.

Didn't know chows came from Mexico.  Thought they were an Asian breed.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2012, 03:16:17 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 03:03:57 PM
When I make my old bachelor Mexican chow, I use thier mild sauce.

Didn't know chows came from Mexico.  Thought they were an Asian breed.

QuoteFist-pumping record attempt in Akron

By Marisha A. Daniels
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published: May 11, 2012 - 11:25 PM | Updated: May 12, 2012 - 09:00 AM

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James Peterson set out Friday to do something pretty extraordinary.

With his fist pounding in the air, Peterson made his way around the University of Akron campus en route to set a new Guinness World Record.

Peterson, 34, said his goal is to create his own world record of the longest continuous fist-pumping motion around your body. The record would be a new one for Guinness — the keeper of such feats.

The journey began at 11 a.m. on Friday at Manny's Pub on Brown Street and if all went well — and his arm didn't fall off — it was scheduled to end at 3 a.m. today on the pub's upstairs patio.

The unemployed electrician from Green said he did not want to take any chances.

To ensure that he kept his fist clenched, Peterson said, he super-glued his hand shut.

And to squelch any doubters, a pair of videographers recorded his each and every move and each and every fist pump.

"I have set the qualifications for this record and every minute that I do this is a new record," he said Friday afternoon on the UA campus. "My fist is super-glued together to ensure I maintain perfect fist formation."

He describes himself as a seasoned veteran of fist pumping.

"I used to hang light fixtures, so I am used to having my hands above my head," he said.

He prefers the so-called Jersey-style where you use your elbow to roll your fist — opposed to a "fist thrust" where you just thrust your fist into the air.

This is not his first attempt at setting a new standard for Jersey-style fist thrusting.

"I did this on St. Patrick's Day but it was not documented."

This time the proof will come from dual cameras handled by Clay Hunt and Matt Rohrbach of ZinniHunt Productions.

Hunt is a 2008 media production graduate of the University of Akron.

To offer additional proof of his record-setting attempt, he asked strangers to sign the neon yellow polo shirt he wore.

The signatures offer additional verification, he said, to those reviewing the recordings to show that the number of names on the shirt grew as the hours progressed.

Among those signing the shirt was former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who now works as the vice president for strategic engagement at the university.

Tressel signed the left shoulder of his shirt and encouraged Peterson to extend his record-setting attempt to 24 hours.

Although inspired by Tressel's encouragement, Petterson said 16 hours of continuous fist pumps was enough for now. But he might consider another attempt — once feeling returns to his arm — for charity.

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vice president for strategic engagement at the university

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 14, 2012, 11:14:45 AM

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vice president for strategic engagement at the university

What happened to the gig at the Colts?

QuoteCLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland woman was charged with murder Saturday in the stabbing death of her best friend, who tried to drive away afterward and fatally struck the accused woman's 2-year-old daughter, police said.

The two women were sitting in a running parked car Thursday when they got into an argument, police said. Kimberly Black left the vehicle, went into her house, returned with a knife and stabbed Sharice Swain in the face and neck, said Sgt. Sammy Morris, a police spokesman.

The wounded Swain then stepped on the gas pedal and hit Black's two young children, who were standing near the car. Two-year-old Kimshia Ruffin was killed, and her 1-year-old sister, Taraji Ruffin, was struck, but her injuries were not considering life-threatening, police said.

Black, 29, was found naked several blocks away and arrested Thursday night. She has been in custody since and wasn't available to comment. It wasn't clear whether she has an attorney.

Black is due in court Monday morning.

Police have not said what started the argument.

It also wasn't clear whether Swain, 29, hit the children intentionally or accidentally. Neighbors who went to the aid of Sharice Swain after she was stabbed think Black was the intended target of the revving vehicle, said Nikki Randall, 30, whose daughter goes to school with Black's 6-year-old daughter.

"It was on purpose," Randall said. "She was actually trying to hit the mama."

The car also struck a house, collapsing the roof of the porch.

The women had been "best friends since birth" and Swain considered Black a cousin, according to the victim's mother, Anita Swain. She said she didn't know what started the argument and declined to comment further.

Black was arrested less than a block away from the location of the now-demolished house where the remains of 11 murdered women were found in 2009. The killer, Anthony Sowell, is appealing his murder conviction and death sentence.

Quote from: Caliga on May 20, 2012, 05:23:08 AM
I'm gonna be in Cleveland next weekend.  Remind me to avoid visiting this neighborhood PLZ. :)

Quoten the stabbing death of her best friend, who tried to drive away afterward and fatally struck the accused woman's 2-year-old daughter,

QuoteNo taco prompts man to ram Taco Bell

HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio —

An irate customer showed his displeasure in a big way Tuesday morning at the Taco Bell on Chambersburg Road, according to police.

Police said the ordered a $.99 taco at the drive-up window, and later found he did not have it when he looked in his bag.

Officers said the man went back to the restaurant and started yelling at the cashier.  Police said he then rammed his truck into some glass at the side of the building.

According to officers, the man left the scene, but left a trail of automotive fluid. Police said they followed the fluid trail back to the man's residence, where he was arrested.

Quote
   
Toledo bank robber uses Darth Vader mask to hide identity
by Angi Gonzalez
Posted: 05.23.2012 at 7:25 PM

TOLEDO -- The FBI and Toledo Police are investigating a Wednesday afternoon bank robbery at the Huntington Bank on Monroe Street in Toledo.
The lone gunman walked into the bank around 3 p.m., wearing a plastic Darth Vader mask, when he demanded money from victim tellers.
After getting an undisclosed amount of money,he fled the scene using a dark colored BMX bike.
Authorities describe the man as black, about 5'10" to 6' tall, weighing around 170 pounds, and approximately 20 to 25 years of age.
In addition to the mask, the suspect was wearing a black zippered hoody, black sweat pants, was carrying a black backpack, and was armed with a black
semi-automatic pistol.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the FBI at 419-243-6122 or Toledo Police Crime Stopper Program at 419-255-1111

Quote from: Caliga on May 29, 2012, 06:19:55 PM
Ohio has good sausage.

Ohio, the heart attack of us all

QuoteSomething in the "Just Ask" column (Page A3, May 29) disturbed me. According to the column, "the Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra, bears flowers with both male and female organs on the same tree. It is a monoecious species."
I couldn't believe this, so I did some research and, sure enough, a science website (forestry.about.com) states that "the Ohio buckeye is polygamo-monoecious, bearing both bisexual and male flowers."
The buckeye is our state tree and most of us gladly wear the nickname, "buckeyes." But it is shameful and unacceptable that a bisexual tree should represent us! We are flaunting the Holy Bible!
I urge everyone to contact their state representative and demand legislation removing the buckeye as our state tree and condemning the use of the term "buckeye" as a nickname for residents of Ohio.
Does anyone know if carnations are bisexual?
Jim Flechtner, Findlay

Quote from: Ed Anger on July 22, 2012, 07:01:49 AM

QuoteSomething in the "Just Ask" column (Page A3, May 29) disturbed me. According to the column, "the Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra, bears flowers with both male and female organs on the same tree. It is a monoecious species."
I couldn't believe this, so I did some research and, sure enough, a science website (forestry.about.com) states that "the Ohio buckeye is polygamo-monoecious, bearing both bisexual and male flowers."
The buckeye is our state tree and most of us gladly wear the nickname, "buckeyes." But it is shameful and unacceptable that a bisexual tree should represent us! We are flaunting the Holy Bible!
I urge everyone to contact their state representative and demand legislation removing the buckeye as our state tree and condemning the use of the term "buckeye" as a nickname for residents of Ohio.
Does anyone know if carnations are bisexual?
Jim Flechtner, Findlay

http://deadspin.com/5919225/ohio-man-wants-buckeye-removed-as-state-tree-because-its-a-bisexual-plant

QuoteThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed people who got sick after attending the Butler County Fair last week had a strain of the H3N2 the influenza virus. This strain is often referred to as the swine flu.

Nine of the 10 people suspected of contacting the virus tested positive, according to the CDC. The 10th case is still being tested.

QuoteUnless Republicans can buy a couple miracles, Mitt Romney isn't going to carry Ohio this November; Barack Obama is. And Republican State Treasurer Josh Mandel, of Lyndhurst, will have a tough time unseating Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, of Avon.

That's not to say that Republican Romney can't win the presidency. In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy didn't carry Ohio, and yet captured the White House. Trouble is, no Republican has gotten to the White House without Ohio's help.

Either way it's obvious Republicans think Romney has an uphill battle here. That doesn't make him a bad guy or Obama a good guy. It means Obama is better at sales. You have to wonder if Romney, no matter how able he may be at corporate finance, could sell a pyromaniac a book of matches.

According to a Quinnipiac University-CBS News- New York Times swing-state poll released Wednesday, Obama, in the voter-passion department, leaves Romney in Ohio's dust. Among likely Ohio voters who favor Obama, the Quinnipiac survey found 60 percent strongly favor him. In contrast, among likely Ohio voters who favor Romney, 42 percent strongly favor him.

As for Mandel's scorched-earth Senate campaign against Democrat Brown, it calls to mind repeated attempts by Republicans to unseat liberal Democratic Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum, also a Greater Clevelander. The pre-election Republican claim always is that a Metzenbaum or a Brown is "too liberal" for Ohio.

But in 1988, facing Cleveland Republican George V. Voinovich, Metzenbaum carried Hamilton County (Cincinnati), which only four times in the 20th century backed a Democrat for president.

How did Democrat Metzenbaum, supposedly pink as a salmon, carry GOP bedrock? Because Metzenbaum was seen, philosophy aside, as a politician who slapped around the Big Guys (oil companies, drug manufacturers) on behalf of Ohio's Little Guys and Gals. In Ohio, that beats a philosophy lecture every time.

Down-ticket, thanks to congressional districts drawn for his home state by Republican U.S. House Speaker John Boehner of suburban Cincinnati, there isn't much suspense. Mathematically, true, a Democrat could be competitive in the Northeast Ohio district of U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, a suburban Cleveland Republican. LaTourette announced last week he's retiring from Congress when his current term ends. The Democratic nominee in LaTourette's 14th District is Dale Virgil Blanchard, of Solon. The congressional district's GOP county chairs will appoint someone to LaTourette's November ballot slot.

Meanwhile, amid the presidential sound-and-light show, a critical development got lost. Besides Obama-Romney tallies, the swing-state poll also found that 47 percent of Ohio voters approve of the job Gov. John Kasich is doing, while only 38 percent disapprove — a big improvement over a May Quinnipiac poll in which 41 percent approved of his performance and 44 percent disapproved.

The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute's Peter A. Brown cautioned that Quinnipiac doesn't have earlier apples-to-apples "likely voter" polling on Kasich's approval rating, "but the improvement ... is so big that it must be at least in part because of the improving economy in [Ohio]." That's the Obama economy the GOP otherwise derides. (Earlier Quinnipiac polling measured the opinions of registered Ohio voters — not, like last week, "likely" voters.)

The specific reason for Kasich's rebound may not matter. But this does: As Romney and Obama, and Mandel and Brown, lunge and duck, Kasich and pals are positioning him better and better for re-election in 2014. That's called taking care of business, and that — unlike the "politics" of dueling TV ads — is real.

Quote from: Tonitrus on August 06, 2012, 06:09:13 PM
I remember Kasich as a GOP congressional golden-boy back in Newt's Republican Revolution days, but he always struck me to be more of the old Jack Kemp/Bush Sr/Bob Dole school.  Hopefully being a successful governer will give him some presidential timber some day.

Quote from: katmai on August 06, 2012, 08:05:39 PM
How we will know if you died?

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 06, 2012, 08:12:57 PM

Quote from: katmai on August 06, 2012, 08:05:39 PM
How we will know if you died?

Trumpets will sound.

Quote from: Ed Anger on August 06, 2012, 08:12:57 PM

Quote from: katmai on August 06, 2012, 08:05:39 PM
How we will know if you died?

Trumpets will sound.

QuoteCELINA —

An Ohio sheriff's deputy whose police dog died after being left in a hot cruiser says he accepts responsibility for what happened.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Mercer County Deputy Chad Fortkamp was suspended for 45 days without pay. Fortkamp left his dog Zak in his patrol car last week while he finished some paperwork at the office.

Zak suffered from a pre-existing heart condition that likely was aggravated by the temperature inside the car. The K-9 Unit's veterinarian said that even a healthy dog may have not survived the heat.

At a news conference, a teary-eyed Fortkamp apologized, saying he would always love and miss his dog.

The sheriff's office plans to suspend the K-9 program after losing two dogs in the last three years.

QuoteFortkamp has been on the department for 11 years. The only written reprimands have to done with a traffic crash on ice while responding to an injury crash in the county, and for taking an extended break longer than allowed. Grey noted that as Sheriff  he is hard to work for, and said for other Sheriff's those would have been verbal reprimands, not written ones.

The Mercer County prosecutor will decide if any charges will be pursued.

QuoteWelcome to glorious Cincinnati! Queen of Ohio's pal-pine ski-ing resorts!

[...]

C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-I, Cincinnati! The best town in O-H-I-O, Ohio, USA! At first they called it Cincy, but since Cincy is so natty, they named it Cincinnati, so they say. Hey, the girls are really pretty in this pretty little city, the fellas are the feistiest I've seen. And when it comes to ball teams, the Reds and Bengals maul teams, they knock the socks off all the other teams. I mean to argue's indefensible, the facts are common sensible, Cincy is invincible, know what I mean? Cincy's more than merely natty, she's Ohio's Maserati, Cincinnati's at the center of the scene!

QuoteKasich approval ratings up (but he's no match for Urban Meyer or Jim Tressel)
Business First by Jeff Bell, Staff reporter
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 12:05pm EDT


Gov. John Kasich's popularity numbers pale next to those of Ohio State University football coach Urban Meyer or even Jim Tressel for that matter, but the Republican governor is gaining ground with voters in the state.

Kasich has pulled even on his approval rating, with 41 percent of Ohio voters looking at him favorably and 41 percent disapproving of him, according to a new survey by Raleigh, N.C.-based Public Policy Polling. That compares to 36 percent positive and 53 percent negative a year ago.

"John Kasich has really resurrected his image after a shaky first year in office," said Dean Debnam, president of the polling group that does surveys for politicians, political organizations, unions, consultants and businesses. "He's gone from being one of the most unpopular governors in the country to about average."

Ohio is one of the states tracked by Public Policy Polling, and the pollsters there like to toss in a few sports-related questions in their surveys. The poll on Kasich's popularity also found 60 percent of Ohio State football fans like the job Meyer has done since taking over the OSU program in November. Only 2 percent disapprove of his performance, while 38 percent say they're not sure – presumably waiting to see how Meyer's team does once the season begins Sept. 1.

Just as interesting though are the numbers of whether Ohio State fans prefer Meyer over Tressel, the former lord of Buckeye football who was fired last year for his role covering up the tattoos-for-memorabilia scandal. Some 38 percent of those polled said they're happy with Meyer, but 33 percent would still prefer Tressel.

And the Vest's overall popularity doesn't seem to have been tarnished much despite his fall from grace. The poll found 65 percent view Tressel favorably compared to 14 percent who don't.

Quote from: Syt on August 18, 2012, 03:20:36 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DGe9i9lGQ

QuoteWelcome to glorious Cincinnati! Queen of Ohio's pal-pine ski-ing resorts!

[...]

C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-I, Cincinnati! The best town in O-H-I-O, Ohio, USA! At first they called it Cincy, but since Cincy is so natty, they named it Cincinnati, so they say. Hey, the girls are really pretty in this pretty little city, the fellas are the feistiest I've seen. And when it comes to ball teams, the Reds and Bengals maul teams, they knock the socks off all the other teams. I mean to argue's indefensible, the facts are common sensible, Cincy is invincible, know what I mean? Cincy's more than merely natty, she's Ohio's Maserati, Cincinnati's at the center of the scene!

:lmfao:

QuoteOhio driver finds scorched, naked woman with rope around neck
Published August 29, 2012
| Associated Press
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ADAMSVILLE, Ohio –  A naked, severely burned woman with a strap around her neck arose from a rural eastern Ohio road, crying in agony, and threw herself toward a passing vehicle in a scene that was "something out of a horror show," the motorist told a newspaper.
The interview with the Times Recorder in Zanesville, which did not name the man in its online story Wednesday, offers graphic detail about what is now a death investigation as detectives try to piece together what happened.
The man said the 29-year-old woman was pleading for help and comfort, and was burned from head to toe, with all her hair gone, when he spotted her Sunday morning in a heavily wooded, lightly traveled area northeast of Zanesville.
"I caught her and picked her up in my arms," he told the newspaper. "I told her I was going to lay her in the grass and knew then that God had put me there for her."
She was screaming that people were trying to kill her, he said, and he initially wondered if it was a joke.
"I looked around to see if anyone else was there, but couldn't see anyone," he said. So he called 911.
The man said he covered the woman with a blanket from his truck and tried to talk with her. He told an emergency dispatcher he was having trouble understanding the woman but she was alert enough to share her name.
He said he offered her some Gatorade and tried to loosen the strap around her neck as she gasped for air. He said they prayed together, and he tried to soothe her.
Because of her wounds, emergency responders had trouble getting her onto a stretcher at the scene. The woman, later identified as Celeste Fronsman of the Canton area, was flown to a Columbus hospital. She died Tuesday.
Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said investigators have identified several people of interest in the case and have evidence from a location in woods near where the woman was spotted, about an hour's drive from her home. An autopsy also was planned.

QuoteZANESVILLE -- A 20-year-old Canton area woman could face the death penalty if convicted as charged in the murder of a woman found burned and beaten Sunday morning in a remote section of Muskingum County.
On Friday afternoon, the Muskingum County Prosecutor's Office filed one count of aggravated murder with two death specifications, one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated arson against Katrina Marie Culberson. She is charged in connection with the death of Celeste Fronsman, 29, of Canton.
Culberson was arrested at the Stark County Jail, where she is being held on a felony theft warrant from Stark County. She will be transferred to the Muskingum County Jail as soon as she has a hearing with a Stark County judge, Prosecutor Michael Haddox said.
The death penalty specifications allege she committed the murder during a kidnapping and an aggravated arson, Haddox said.
Fronsman was found burned and beaten Sunday morning by a passing motorist on Ohio 208 near the Tri-Valley Recreational Area.
She was flown by MedFlight to Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, where she died Tuesday afternoon of her injuries.
The Franklin County Coroner's Office said 70 percent of her body was covered with second-, third- and fourth-degree burns. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
Sarah Gulosh, Fronsman's sister, said she does not know Culberson personally, but does know she and her sister were friends.
Gulosh declined to comment on Culberson's arrest at this time.
Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said his detectives continue to work on the case, conducting interviews and searching for "persons of interest."
Lutz is not releasing many details, including how Culberson and Fronsman got from Canton to Muskingum County or what their connection was, except to confirm the two women were acquainted.
Lutz said Fronsman knew a lot of people in the Canton area and had many contacts, so his detectives are "energized" to collect evidence and conduct interviews.
"This is a sad case in the way Celeste passed and by no means are we satisfied or happy," Lutz said. "We've had about 10 to 12 officers working this case since she was found, and we're not resting until Prosecutor Haddox can take the case to a successful prosecution."
Culberson previously has been arrested for soliciting, obstructing official business and burglary, Stark County Court records show.
Haddox said he does not know exactly when Culberson will be transported to the Muskingum County Jail.
Lutz said his officers have had critical assistance from other agencies.
"We've had very good detectives, both from our office, the Canton Police Department, the Stark County Sheriff's Office, Agent Josh Durst with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the FBI working on this case," Lutz said. "They were able to take us places and get us contacts that became instrumental in this case."

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2012, 08:21:44 AM
Was she hot  :ph34r:

Quote from: DGuller on September 03, 2012, 11:17:17 AM
Good God, you people are sick. :x

Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2012, 09:51:08 AM

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2012, 08:21:44 AM
Was she hot  :ph34r:

Smokin'.

Quote from: Maximus on September 03, 2012, 11:49:27 AM

Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2012, 09:51:08 AM

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2012, 08:21:44 AM
Was she hot  :ph34r:

Smokin'.

Women who smoke are a major turn-off.

Quote from: DGuller on September 03, 2012, 11:17:17 AM
Good God, you people are sick. :x

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 19, 2012, 06:00:01 PM
Ohio's unemployment rate: 7%

About damn time.

Quote from: Barrister on October 19, 2012, 06:03:29 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 19, 2012, 06:00:01 PM
Ohio's unemployment rate: 7%

About damn time.

Man that's pretty high.   :cool:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Canada+lowest+unemployment+rate+Alberta/7349437/story.html

Quote from: Ed Anger on October 19, 2012, 06:00:01 PM
Ohio's unemployment rate: 7%

About damn time.

Quote
   

Posted: 03/21/2013
Last Updated: 9 hours and 45 minutes ago
By: Emily Maxwell, WCPO Digital
CINCINNATI - Wednesday marked the first day of spring, which is why many Tri-State residents were disappointed to find snow on the ground when they woke up the next morning.
It always seems like Mother Nature refuses to cooperate when we need her to the most, especially after a long, grueling winter.
But what about that Punxsutawney Phil?
Thousands gathered on Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania on Feb. 2 to watch the famous groundhog. The rodent didn't see his shadow, which according to tradition signifies there was supposed to be an early spring.
That's an issue the Butler County Court of Common Pleas wish they could take up in court. In jest, officials wrote up a fake lawsuit that contends in part "Punxsutawney Phil did purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the people to believe that Spring would come early."
Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser even called for the death penalty to be brought upon Phil as his punishment, if convicted.

The sentiment of the suit, however, is very much real.
After months of cloudy days and brisk breezes, the Tri-State is ready for a burst of warm sunshine and a change of greenery.


Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_north_cincinnati/butler-county-sues-groundhog-for-late-spring#ixzz2OHCK3BmD

Quote from: sbr on March 22, 2013, 08:55:09 AM
You should take copy/paste lessons from Tim.

Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2013, 09:00:29 AM

Quote from: sbr on March 22, 2013, 08:55:09 AM
You should take copy/paste lessons from Tim.

You should try and do it on a tablet.

Quote from: merithyn on September 03, 2012, 09:51:08 AM

Quote from: Caliga on September 03, 2012, 08:21:44 AM
Was she hot  :ph34r:

Smokin'.

Quote4 Adults Shot in Heads Found Dead in Ohio Basement

Four adults who had been shot in their heads were found dead Thursday in the basement of a townhome.

Someone discovered the bodies at a complex on Akron's northeast side, according to Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority executive director Tony O'Leary. He said police told his office no weapons were found in the home.

Police said that two men and two women who appeared to be in their 20s had been shot in their heads, but they didn't release any other details. It was unclear whether police were looking for any suspects.

At the housing complex, about 35 miles south of Cleveland, crime scene tape cordoned off one area as officers canvassed for information about what happened.

The units, in an older, small complex near a mall, are normally quiet and don't have a history of crime, O'Leary said.

"It's certainly not what some people see as a typical public housing unit," he said.

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 06, 2013, 09:16:52 PM
3 missing girls from a decade ago found alive in a dungeon basement. In Cleveland.

Austria on the lake.

Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 06, 2013, 10:19:14 PM
Hmm, three girls, one missing since 2000 and the others since 2003/2004 found with one of them holding a baby. Basically sounds like a Jaycee Dugard situation x3.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 06, 2013, 09:21:59 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 06, 2013, 09:16:52 PM
3 missing girls from a decade ago found alive in a dungeon basement. In Cleveland.

Austria on the lake.

The 911 call on Cleveland.com is fucking hilarious.

Quote from: Caliga on May 07, 2013, 06:39:32 AM

Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 06, 2013, 10:19:14 PM
Hmm, three girls, one missing since 2000 and the others since 2003/2004 found with one of them holding a baby. Basically sounds like a Jaycee Dugard situation x3.

I wasn't all that surprised.  I'd be willing to bet there are dozens of other such situations going on in the US right now. :hmm:

Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on May 07, 2013, 08:30:42 AM
Oh I'm sure. Of all the disappearances, filter out all the ones in which it's just a crazy/drug addicted runaway and all the custody disputes and that's probably 96-99% of all disappearances. Then of the remainder, probably the vast majority are just plain ordinary murder victims kidnapped/raped/murdered within 24-48 hours after disappearing. That leaves a small number that are Dugard situations like you say, and in a country this size with the number of disappearances it could be tens or dozens or something, who knows.

Quote from: Brazen on May 07, 2013, 09:19:37 AM
Here's one caught at the plotting stage. It really made me shudder:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22437771 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22437771)

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 06, 2013, 09:21:59 PM

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 06, 2013, 09:16:52 PM
3 missing girls from a decade ago found alive in a dungeon basement. In Cleveland.

Austria on the lake.

The 911 call on Cleveland.com is fucking hilarious.

Quote from: Caliga on May 07, 2013, 01:02:09 PM
Dude, I'm sure the cops are pretty much busy in Cleveland nonstop, having been there. :yuk:

Quote[Dispatcher]
Cleveland 911. Police, ambulance, or fire

[Charles Ramsey]
Yeah, hey bro. I'm at 2207 Seymore, West 25th. Hey, check this out. I just came from McDonald's, right. I'm on my porch eatin' my lil' food, right. This broad is tryna break out the fucking house next door to me. So, it's a bunch of people street right now and shit. So we like, what's wrong, what's the problem? She like, this motherfucker done kidnapped me and my daughter and we been in this bitch. She said her name was Linda Berry or some shit. I don't know who the fuck that is.I just moved over here, bruh. I don't ... that, you know what I mean.

[Dispatcher]
Sir, sir, sir, sir, sir. Sir, you have to calm down and slow down. Is she still in the street?

[Charles Ramsey]
Uh, uh, Seymore Ave.

[Dispatcher]
And miss, is she still in the street or where did she go?

[Charles Ramsey]
Yeah, I'm lookin' at her. She right now, she callin' y'all. She on another phone.

[Dispatcher]
Is she black, white, or hispanic?

[Charles Ramsey]
Uh, she white, but the baby look hispanic.

[Dispatcher]
Okay, what is she wearing?

[Charles Ramsey]
Uh, white tanktop, light blue, uh, sweatpants. Like a wifebeater.

[Dispatcher]
Do you know the address next door, that she said she was in?

[Charles Ramsey]
Yeah, 2207, I'm lookin' at it.

[Dispatcher]
Okay, I thought that was your address. So that, that house...

[Charles Ramsey]
No, no. I'm smarter than that, bruh. I'm telling you where the crime was, not my house.

[Dispatcher]
Okay look, sir, we can't talk at the same time. Do you wanna leave your name and number?

[Charles Ramsey]
Charles Ramsey, R-A-M-S-E-Y.

[Dispatcher]
What's the phone number?

[Charles Ramsey]
...

[Dispatcher]
Are the people she said that did this, are they still in the house?

[Charles Ramsey]
I don't have a fuckin' clue, bruh. I'm just standin' out here with McDonald's.

[Dispatcher]
Can you ask her if she needs an ambulance?

[Charles Ramsey]
You need an ambulance, or what? She need everything. She's, she's in a panic, bruh. I bet she been kidnapped, so put yourself in her shoes.

[Dispatcher]
We'll send the police out. Thank you.

[Charles Ramsey]
There you go!

Quote"A third call came from neighborhood women who lived in an apartment building. Those women told Lugo they called police because they saw three young girls crawling on all fours naked with dog leashes around their necks. Three men were controlling them in the back yard. The women told Lugo they waited two hours but police never responded to the calls"

Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 08, 2013, 07:02:47 AM
Cleavland

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Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 08, 2013, 07:02:47 AM
Cleavland

:weep:

QuoteMichael Neely Wrote:

Thank God those girls are safe, and have a chance at rebuilding their lives.

I note that there have been quite a number of these types of kidnapping / sexual slavery cases in the past decade or so. I hope there aren't enough of these depraved miscreants out and about to declare themselves an oppressed minority group, start having parades and insisting that we accept their behavior as a "lifestyle choice".

QuoteMichael Neely Wrote:

I note that there have been quite a number of these types of kidnapping / sexual slavery cases in the past decade or so. I hope there aren't enough of these depraved miscreants out and about to declare themselves an oppressed minority group, start having parades and insisting that we accept their behavior as a "lifestyle choice".

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 08:13:41 AM

QuoteMichael Neely Wrote:

I note that there have been quite a number of these types of kidnapping / sexual slavery cases in the past decade or so. I hope there aren't enough of these depraved miscreants out and about to declare themselves an oppressed minority group, start having parades and insisting that we accept their behavior as a "lifestyle choice".

HEY NOW

Quote from: merithyn on May 08, 2013, 08:03:11 AM
WSJ article comments are always so.. interesting.

QuoteMichael Neely Wrote:

Thank God those girls are safe, and have a chance at rebuilding their lives.

I note that there have been quite a number of these types of kidnapping / sexual slavery cases in the past decade or so. I hope there aren't enough of these depraved miscreants out and about to declare themselves an oppressed minority group, start having parades and insisting that we accept their behavior as a "lifestyle choice".

Seriously? He's going to equate 10 years of abduction, abuse, rape, and god knows what else to being gay? Wow.... get a fucking grip, people.

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 08, 2013, 12:22:38 PM
This story has made me read up on other kids disappereance. It's astonishing how many police officers & other officials drop the ball on these cases.

Police really are just a bunch of ticket machines, sorry Seedy.

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 08, 2013, 12:22:38 PM
This story has made me read up on other kids disappereance. It's astonishing how many police officers & other officials drop the ball on these cases.

Police really are just a bunch of ticket machines, sorry Seedy.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 12:44:32 PM

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 08, 2013, 12:22:38 PM
This story has made me read up on other kids disappereance. It's astonishing how many police officers & other officials drop the ball on these cases.

Police really are just a bunch of ticket machines, sorry Seedy.

How exactly did they drop the ball?

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 08, 2013, 12:22:38 PM
This story has made me read up on other kids disappereance. It's astonishing how many police officers & other officials drop the ball on these cases.

Police really are just a bunch of ticket machines, sorry Seedy.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 12:59:59 PM
If there's a complaint to be made about cops it's not because they're off busy writing tickets. :lol:

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 12:27:38 PM
:huh:

As long as we live in an open society it'll probably always be easy for a disturbed and determined individual to abduct people like this.

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:01:42 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 12:59:59 PM
If there's a complaint to be made about cops it's not because they're off busy writing tickets. :lol:

Really?  Most of the complaints I hear about Cops revolves around them writing tickets :P

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 12:55:13 PM

From what I read, allegedly snooping neighbours called the cops to report naked women wearing dog-collars crawling about in these guys' back yard, to no effect.

Mind you, I guess from your POV that's just a "date".  ;)

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 12:55:13 PM
From what I read, allegedly snooping neighbours called the cops to report naked women wearing dog-collars crawling about in these guys' back yard, to no effect.

Mind you, I guess from your POV that's just a "date".  ;)

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 12:55:13 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 12:44:32 PM
How exactly did they drop the ball?

From what I read, allegedly snooping neighbours called the cops to report naked women wearing dog-collars crawling about in these guys' back yard, to no effect.

Mind you, I guess from your POV that's just a "date".  ;)

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:08:37 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 12:55:13 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 12:44:32 PM
How exactly did they drop the ball?

From what I read, allegedly snooping neighbours called the cops to report naked women wearing dog-collars crawling about in these guys' back yard, to no effect.

Mind you, I guess from your POV that's just a "date".  ;)

You knock on the door, there's no answer, you hear nothing emanating from the house or observe anything that would fall under the parameters of justifying acting under Plain View, Good Faith or Fresh Pursuit doctrines, there's not much you can do.   You can thank the pussy prosecutors for that.

Now, the cops in Milwaukee that gave Jeffrey Dahmer his victim back, that's dropping the ball.

But from what I've read, there's nothing CPD did nor didn't do that would warrant such criticism.

Quote from: merithyn on May 08, 2013, 01:06:25 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 12:55:13 PM

From what I read, allegedly snooping neighbours called the cops to report naked women wearing dog-collars crawling about in these guys' back yard, to no effect.

Mind you, I guess from your POV that's just a "date".  ;)

But that's just it, isn't it? There are enough people anymore who are into "playing" Dom/sub that the cops kind of have to be careful what they investigate. If it was just as reported - and the women didn't seem to be in distress at the time - what law was broken?

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:23:30 PM

Fair enough, but allegedly the cops didn't even send anyone to look. Plus, some of these girls were rather young for legal sex games.

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:23:30 PM
Plus, some of these girls were rather young for legal sex games.

Quote from: merithyn on May 08, 2013, 01:24:54 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Were it me, I wouldn't even think "missing person" if I saw that. Maybe I'm just too worldly, but I would think sex play first, watch to make sure the women were safe, and then go about my business.

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:30:40 PM

Quote from: merithyn on May 08, 2013, 01:24:54 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Were it me, I wouldn't even think "missing person" if I saw that. Maybe I'm just too worldly, but I would think sex play first, watch to make sure the women were safe, and then go about my business.

I was just thinking about a way they could get a warrant to investigate if they wanted to in the context of Seedy's post.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:22:29 PM
The "naked women in the back with dog collars", yeah.  Not much you can do.

QuoteThere was another call of "woman yelling and screaming to get out of the house" where again police attended, no answer, and left.  There they may have had the authority to enter as part of their "preservation of life" duty.  If it is a 911 hangup police have the authority to force entry in this country.

QuoteBut... you and I both know that 999 times out of 1000 it was a domestic, the parties have already reconciled, and will file a complaint if you kick in the door. So easier just to move on to the next call.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:27:22 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:23:30 PM
Plus, some of these girls were rather young for legal sex games.

According to who? On what information is this based for responding officers to act upon? An anonymous 911 hang up?

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:42:39 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:27:22 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:23:30 PM
Plus, some of these girls were rather young for legal sex games.

According to who? On what information is this based for responding officers to act upon? An anonymous 911 hang up?

They could look.

Allegedly, at least according to the news I read, they didn't.

Of course 99 times out of 100 I assume, a 911 call of this sort is a waste of time to even answer.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:44:30 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:42:39 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:27:22 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:23:30 PM
Plus, some of these girls were rather young for legal sex games.

According to who? On what information is this based for responding officers to act upon? An anonymous 911 hang up?

They could look.

Allegedly, at least according to the news I read, they didn't.

Of course 99 times out of 100 I assume, a 911 call of this sort is a waste of time to even answer.

No, unless cleared by the caller they should respond to every 911 call.  The urgency in which they do so however...

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:44:30 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:42:39 PM
Of course 99 times out of 100 I assume, a 911 call of this sort is a waste of time to even answer.

No, unless cleared by the caller they should respond to every 911 call.  The urgency in which they do so however...

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:49:20 PM
Of course it could well be that the three psychos herded their human pets indoors before the cops got there, leaving the cops no options - but we will never know.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
That's why you're a foreigner, and your interpretation of foreign stuff is foreign. :P

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:52:41 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:44:30 PM

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 01:42:39 PM
Of course 99 times out of 100 I assume, a 911 call of this sort is a waste of time to even answer.

No, unless cleared by the caller they should respond to every 911 call.  The urgency in which they do so however...

They're all responded to and coded accordingly.  However, dispatch prioritizes the call, not the officer.

I'd come out of roll call, and have 15 calls like that on deck, waiting.  And that was before MDTs were installed in the cars;  we'd be dispatched via radio, and the next open officer gets the next call on deck in the sector.  On a busy shift, a call like that would keep getting knocked down the deck list, preempted by other calls.  So sometimes a call like that may not even get be answered on the same shift, unless there were several callbacks.  But if it's one call, anonymous, and no follow up calls to 911, it's a relatively low priority.
I don't think a neighborhood like that in Cleveland would be much different than a district in Mobtown.  Busy, busy, busy.  Shootings, robberies, medical calls and requests for back up get answered first.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:55:08 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
That's why you're a foreigner, and your interpretation of foreign stuff is foreign. :P

Hey, I always say stuff like "in this country". :contract:


A war story slightly related to the events in question, which I'll tell because I like telling war stories:

Dude's employer call in a missing person complaint - one of his workers didn't come in to work today.  Police attend at the residence.  No answer at the door.  Employers work truck is parked on the property.  No answer on any known phone numbers.  Police observed an open / broken 2nd story window with curtain flapping in the breeze - it's a very cold day.

Police get a locksmith and enter to see if everyone is okay.  They find 100 pot plants.  They leave, go get a warrant, and re-enter to seize the plants.  Turns out the dude was just out of town hunting.

Judge rules it was an illegal search, tosses the evidence.

Quote from: garbon on May 08, 2013, 02:00:27 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:55:08 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
That's why you're a foreigner, and your interpretation of foreign stuff is foreign. :P

Hey, I always say stuff like "in this country". :contract:


A war story slightly related to the events in question, which I'll tell because I like telling war stories:

Dude's employer call in a missing person complaint - one of his workers didn't come in to work today.  Police attend at the residence.  No answer at the door.  Employers work truck is parked on the property.  No answer on any known phone numbers.  Police observed an open / broken 2nd story window with curtain flapping in the breeze - it's a very cold day.

Police get a locksmith and enter to see if everyone is okay.  They find 100 pot plants.  They leave, go get a warrant, and re-enter to seize the plants.  Turns out the dude was just out of town hunting.

Judge rules it was an illegal search, tosses the evidence.

Good. There were there to find a missing person, not arrest him. :)

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Quote from: garbon on May 08, 2013, 02:00:27 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:55:08 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
That's why you're a foreigner, and your interpretation of foreign stuff is foreign. :P

Hey, I always say stuff like "in this country". :contract:


A war story slightly related to the events in question, which I'll tell because I like telling war stories:

Dude's employer call in a missing person complaint - one of his workers didn't come in to work today.  Police attend at the residence.  No answer at the door.  Employers work truck is parked on the property.  No answer on any known phone numbers.  Police observed an open / broken 2nd story window with curtain flapping in the breeze - it's a very cold day.

Police get a locksmith and enter to see if everyone is okay.  They find 100 pot plants.  They leave, go get a warrant, and re-enter to seize the plants.  Turns out the dude was just out of town hunting.

Judge rules it was an illegal search, tosses the evidence.

Good. There were there to find a missing person, not arrest him. :)

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:03:15 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:04:22 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:03:15 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

Okay.

Hang ups actually get treated as very high priority here.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:33:44 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:30:40 PM

Quote from: merithyn on May 08, 2013, 01:24:54 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Hrm...maybe they could have gone to the witnesses and seen if the women matched reports of missing persons?  Granted not doing so is not exactly 'dropping the ball'.

Were it me, I wouldn't even think "missing person" if I saw that. Maybe I'm just too worldly, but I would think sex play first, watch to make sure the women were safe, and then go about my business.

I was just thinking about a way they could get a warrant to investigate if they wanted to in the context of Seedy's post.

If they wanted to spend the entire day investigating this one call, sure. :lol:

This is something I find people uninvolved in the justice system don't appreciate - the significant amount of time and resources needed to obtain a warrant.

Depending on the information received, police may or may not have had the authority to enter the home without a warrant.  If, say, there is a report of a woman obviously injured inside the home, then police would enter without a warrant.

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 02:02:37 PM

Quote from: garbon on May 08, 2013, 02:00:27 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:55:08 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
That's why you're a foreigner, and your interpretation of foreign stuff is foreign. :P

Hey, I always say stuff like "in this country". :contract:


A war story slightly related to the events in question, which I'll tell because I like telling war stories:

Dude's employer call in a missing person complaint - one of his workers didn't come in to work today.  Police attend at the residence.  No answer at the door.  Employers work truck is parked on the property.  No answer on any known phone numbers.  Police observed an open / broken 2nd story window with curtain flapping in the breeze - it's a very cold day.

Police get a locksmith and enter to see if everyone is okay.  They find 100 pot plants.  They leave, go get a warrant, and re-enter to seize the plants.  Turns out the dude was just out of town hunting.

Judge rules it was an illegal search, tosses the evidence.

Good. There were there to find a missing person, not arrest him. :)

Well, the whole point of arresting someone is to ensure he stays found ...  ;)

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:04:22 PM
Hang ups actually get treated as very high priority here.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:03:15 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

Quote from: garbon on May 08, 2013, 02:14:56 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:03:15 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

:hmm:

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of. :ph34r:

Quote from: garbon on May 08, 2013, 02:14:56 PM
:hmm:

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of. :ph34r:

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:19:48 PM

Quote from: garbon on May 08, 2013, 02:14:56 PM
:hmm:

When I accidentally called 911, nothing ever happened - that I know of. :ph34r:

It was cleared.  Coded out for positivity and cheerfulness. 

Quote from: Malthus on May 08, 2013, 02:05:21 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:04:22 PM

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:03:15 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Fair enough re: dispatch, but I thought not every 911 call was responded to.  If they call 911 for a, say, missing person, then call back to say the person has shown up, for example?

Even hang ups get responded to--dispatch will tag the call for service as a hang up--as do call backs to cancel a police call.  There's no take backs with 911.

Okay.

Hang ups actually get treated as very high priority here.

My friend found that out the hard way, when his 3 year old learned about 911.  :lol:

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:40:28 PM
Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:40:28 PM

Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2013, 02:43:55 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:40:28 PM
Yup.  In particular a hang up that doesn't answer to a call-back will get the full lights and sirens treatment.

Especially what with the metropolitan operational tempo up there and all.

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:47:50 PM
You'd be surprised at the shit that goes down in Edmonton.  We're always in the running for per-capita murder capital of Canada. :ph34r:

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 02:56:38 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 02:47:50 PM
You'd be surprised at the shit that goes down in Edmonton.  We're always in the running for per-capita murder capital of Canada. :ph34r:

So...like six a year or so?

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 01:55:08 PM
Judge rules it was an illegal search, tosses the evidence.

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 03:06:11 PM
4.17?  Wow that is more than Austin.

Texas = less violent than Canada.

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 08, 2013, 03:05:36 PM
Indians and booze just do not mix.

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 03:10:11 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 03:06:11 PM
4.17?  Wow that is more than Austin.

Texas = less violent than Canada.

Yeah, I've tried to explain that my county has like one homicide a decade on here but since everyone has already concluded Kentucky is the worst place on earth, it just falls on deaf ears. :)

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 03:06:11 PM
4.17?  Wow that is more than Austin.

Texas = less violent than Canada.

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 03:10:11 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 03:06:11 PM
4.17?  Wow that is more than Austin.

Texas = less violent than Canada.

Yeah, I've tried to explain that my county has like one homicide a decade on here but since everyone has already concluded Kentucky is the worst place on earth, it just falls on deaf ears. :)

QuoteIn 2011, using FBI data, the CQ Press ranked Cincinnati the 16th most dangerous city in the United States.  However, the FBI web site recommends against using its data for rankings, since there are many factors that influence crime rates. Also, the CQ Press did not include Chicago, Illinois in its ranking.

According to the Hamilton County Prosecutor, the vast majority of people being murdered are inside the city and African American. In 2009, 44 black men and 11 black women were murdered, but no whites. According to the Prosecutor, people almost always commit murders inside their racial classifications, and there is a subset in the underclass of Cincinnati which "commit a lot of violent crime and tend to be black."

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 03:10:11 PM
Yeah, I've tried to explain that my county has like one homicide a decade on here but since everyone has already concluded Kentucky is the worst place on earth, it just falls on deaf ears. :)

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 03:46:10 PM
The main reason Kentucky sucks is because it wishes it had joined the Confederacy.

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 04:08:56 PM

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2013, 03:46:10 PM
The main reason Kentucky sucks is because it wishes it had joined the Confederacy.

:hmm:

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 04:15:25 PM
Bowling Green doesn't seem too bad to me.

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 03:10:11 PM
everyone has already concluded Kentucky is the worst place on earth,

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 08, 2013, 11:08:03 PM

Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2013, 03:10:11 PM
everyone has already concluded Kentucky is the worst place on earth,

I wouldn't want to live there, but it beats anywhere north of it. Except perhaps northern California/Oregon.

Quote from: merithyn on May 08, 2013, 07:20:32 PM
At some point, when he's tired of the charade and the hiding and stuff, he's going to have to kill them.

QuoteLetting them go is never an option, is it?

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 11:12:56 PM
North > south.

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 08, 2013, 11:15:17 PM

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 11:12:56 PM
North > south.

Equatorial > polar

Quote from: lustindarkness on May 08, 2013, 07:37:07 PM
I'll just leave this here. http://www.break.com/index/dead-giveaway-charles-ramsey-remix-2441729

Quote from: katmai on May 08, 2013, 11:32:05 PM
You can always put more layers on to be comfortable, only so much you can take off. :P

Quote from: Barrister on May 08, 2013, 11:19:23 PM

Quote from: lustindarkness on May 08, 2013, 07:37:07 PM
I'll just leave this here. http://www.break.com/index/dead-giveaway-charles-ramsey-remix-2441729

You know Charles Ramsay did the right thing and I don't like to make fun of him.

But this was funny.  :blush:

Quote from: garbon on May 09, 2013, 06:23:38 AM
Except for him now renouncing homosexuality. <_<

Quote from: merithyn on May 09, 2013, 07:21:49 AM

Quote from: garbon on May 09, 2013, 06:23:38 AM
Except for him now renouncing homosexuality. <_<

:huh:

How does that even come up??

Quote from: garbon on May 09, 2013, 07:23:11 AM

I believe he created a video telling the world he's no longer gay.

Quote from: garbon on May 09, 2013, 06:23:38 AM
Except for him now renouncing homosexuality. <_<

Anyway, I like the woman who left the burning building better.

Quote from: HVC on May 09, 2013, 08:11:51 AM

Quote from: garbon on May 09, 2013, 06:23:38 AM
Except for him now renouncing homosexuality. <_<

Anyway, I like the woman who left the burning building better.

all homosexuality, or just his own?

Quote from: HVC on May 09, 2013, 08:17:44 AM
Is it those  crazy Hebrew Israelites? :lol: how does that train of thought even come about.

Quote from: Malthus on May 09, 2013, 08:20:46 AM

Quote from: HVC on May 09, 2013, 08:17:44 AM
Is it those  crazy Hebrew Israelites? :lol: how does that train of thought even come about.

It's wonderful being a Jew.

The crazies either want to kill you, or worse, become you - in some cases, both.  :lol:

Quote from: Malthus on May 09, 2013, 08:20:46 AM

Quote from: HVC on May 09, 2013, 08:17:44 AM
Is it those  crazy Hebrew Israelites? :lol: how does that train of thought even come about.

It's wonderful being a Jew.

The crazies either want to kill you, or worse, become you - in some cases, both.  :lol:

Quote from: katmai on May 09, 2013, 10:01:02 AM

Quote from: Malthus on May 09, 2013, 08:20:46 AM

Quote from: HVC on May 09, 2013, 08:17:44 AM
Is it those  crazy Hebrew Israelites? :lol: how does that train of thought even come about.

It's wonderful being a Jew.

The crazies either want to kill you, or worse, become you - in some cases, both.  :lol:

:yes:
No one in their right mine wants to be Jewish.

Quote from: Malthus on May 09, 2013, 10:31:01 AM

Quote from: katmai on May 09, 2013, 10:01:02 AM

Quote from: Malthus on May 09, 2013, 08:20:46 AM

Quote from: HVC on May 09, 2013, 08:17:44 AM
Is it those  crazy Hebrew Israelites? :lol: how does that train of thought even come about.

It's wonderful being a Jew.

The crazies either want to kill you, or worse, become you - in some cases, both.  :lol:

:yes:
No one in their right mine wants to be Jewish.

Right mine? You mean, like Tolkien's dwarves?  :hmm:

Actually, they make pretty convincing Jews.  :P

Quote from: Caliga on May 09, 2013, 09:50:58 PM
I wish I was a Jew.  :)

QuoteThey're also ugly and greedy.

Quote from: Malthus on May 10, 2013, 08:39:21 AM

Quote from: Caliga on May 09, 2013, 09:50:58 PM
I wish I was a Jew.  :)

QuoteThey're also ugly and greedy.

:hmm:

Quote from: derspiess on May 10, 2013, 08:52:29 AM

Quote from: Malthus on May 10, 2013, 08:39:21 AM

Quote from: Caliga on May 09, 2013, 09:50:58 PM
I wish I was a Jew.  :)

QuoteThey're also ugly and greedy.

:hmm:

But not you.  We like you.

Quote from: Caliga on May 10, 2013, 12:28:54 PM
I certainly have a nose big enough to be mistaken for one of those greedy bastards. :showoff:

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 10, 2013, 12:32:53 PM

Quote from: Caliga on May 10, 2013, 12:28:54 PM
I certainly have a nose big enough to be mistaken for one of those greedy bastards. :showoff:

Hardly.  You have a very Gentile nose.

Quote from: Caliga on May 10, 2013, 02:11:43 PM
It's weird to me that the media reported this like it was huge news.  Wasn't she locked away for the last ten years with no access to any men except the one who raped her nonstop?  The baby is either Jesus, or it's his. :huh:

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on May 10, 2013, 02:28:30 PM
They should test Fidel and Raul too.  Those guys are very shady.

Quote from: Caliga on May 10, 2013, 02:25:31 PM
Oh, I thought they were cleared. :blush:

Quote from: Barrister on May 10, 2013, 05:22:57 PM

Quote from: Caliga on May 10, 2013, 02:25:31 PM
Oh, I thought they were cleared. :blush:

I don't know if they have been cleared or not.  They haven't been charged with anything.

Quote from: derspiess on May 10, 2013, 07:57:58 PM
How would they know whether the brothers were aware or not?