Monthly Archives: July 2009
Nude sculpture at shopping center has the usual suspects complaining
By Calvin Palmer A bronze statue outside a shopping center in South Florida has come under criticism from the usual sources. The PTA president of a nearby elementary school has e-mailed parents asking them to complain about the sculpture by … Continue reading
Bullet fired into the air hits woman sleeping a mile away
By Calvin Palmer A bullet from a gun fired into the air by a security guard attempting to break up a brawl outside Long Beach bar flew a mile an wounded a woman as she slept outside her home. Prosecutors … Continue reading
Female teacher suspected of sexual assault on girl pupil at private school
By Calvin Palmer A female teacher at a private girls’ school in London has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting one of the pupils. Parents of children at the City of London School for Girls were notified of the … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Education, News, United Kingdom
Surgeon accused of sexually abusing boys may have paid victim $155,000
By Calvin Palmer An orthopedic surgeon accused of sexual abusing prepubescent boys may have paid one of his victims victims $155,000 during 10 years of sexual abuse to keep the boy quiet. Bernard Zacharia Albina, 69, of Houston, was arrested … Continue reading
“Every person’s worst nightmare” gets 50 years in prison
By Calvin Palmer A Wisconsin paper mill worker was sentenced today to 50 years in prison for abducting and sexually assaulting two young men he kept chained at his home. Wood County Circuit Court Judge Greg Potter told Ed Lanphear, … Continue reading
Royal Navy and U.S. Coast Guard seize cocaine worth $55m
By Calvin Palmer A vessel containing $55 million worth of cocaine was seized off the Venezuelan coast today by a U.S. Coast Guard team from Miami, says The Miami Herald. A Royal Navy frigate has seized cocaine with an estimated … Continue reading
Filed under Caribbean, Crime, News, United Kingdom
Three charged after six-week-old baby found with toes chewed off by rats
By Calvin Palmer Three people appeared in court yesterday charged with felony child endangering after a six-week-old baby girl was found with her two of her toes chewed off by rats. Pike County prosecutor Rob Junk says the baby’s toes … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, News, Uncategorized
Artist has no case to answer with his Nazi-saluting garden gnome
By Calvin Palmer A German artist who created a golden garden gnome with its arm raised in a Nazi salute will not be prosecuted. The public prosecutor’s office in Nuremberg announced today that it was not pursuing an investigation into … Continue reading
