Police dog handlers arriving Wednesday at the abandoned nursing home where they hold training sessions discovered two men and a woman dismantling the building's copper pipes and wiring, Hall County Sheriff's Sgt. Kiley Sargent said.
When the officers arrived, the three dropped their tools and ran. That was their second mistake.
"For anyone to try to run from a whole unit of canines, it's just a no-win situation," Sargent said.
Pamela Puckett, 37, quickly surrendered. Marc Black, 18, was tracked to a trash bin behind a nearby convenience store. Paul Perry, 39, was treated for a superficial dog bite just below the buttocks after his arrest, authorities said.
Signs outside the northern Georgia facility warn, "Caution!!! Gainesville Police Department K-9 training facility - Keep Out."
"It's not like it was a secret," Sargent said. "I guess someone who is that determined to steal something might not pay attention."
High copper prices in recent years have led to thieves breaking into power plants and abandoned factories to rip out the wiring.
Perry, of Gainesville, and Puckett and Black, of nearby Braselton, were charged with burglary, Sargent said. Perry and Black also face misdemeanor obstruction charges.
A woman who hates spiders is crediting them with helping save her from a house fire.
Danielle Vigue, 18, says she awoke early Tuesday to find spiders in her room, and started killing them. When more showed up, she says she went across the hall and got into bed with her 15-year-old sister, Lauren.
"At first there were five, they were all around the light fixture," Danielle Vigue told The Saginaw News. "I hate spiders, they freak me out."
A fire apparently was smouldering in the attic of the home about 145km northwest of Detroit.
A few hours later, Vigue's 48-year-old mother, Debra, and 8-year-old sister, Shelby, smelled smoke, and flames greeted the family when they opened the door to the room Danielle Vigue had earlier left.
"I will never kill another spider again," she told WNEM-TV in Saginaw.
Richland Township Fire Chief Gary Wade, a 30-year veteran of the Saginaw County department, was surprised by Vigue's story.
"I've never heard of spiders saving someone from a fire before," Wade said.
SALISBURY, Md. - A bizarre fox attack at a Salisbury steak house had patrons and employees jumping and scrambling for cover. The attack happened near closing time Thursday, when customers encountered a wild fox in the parking lot. Feeling threatened, they ran inside the slow-release door at Chef Fred's Chesapeake Steakhouse, Bar & Grill. The fox followed them inside.
"It was a bizarre thing," said Sara Hall, a manager at Chef Fred's Chesapeake Steakhouse, Bar & Grill. "I've never been so scared in my life."
Once inside the building, the fox scampered into the dining room area, into the bar area and back to the dining area, causing employees and patrons to take cover. Several jumped onto tables or chairs. Hall told The (Salisbury) Daily Times that she went to discover what was causing the ruckus, when the fox lunged at her and bit her hand. "One of the bouncers at the bar starts to choke the fox, and it still wouldn't let go," Hall said.
Employees eventually got the fox outside, where it ran off.
"My first response was, 'Are you kidding me?'" said co-owner Fred Briggeman, who was called to the restaurant at 2 a.m. and arrived just after the fox had left. Hall received shots at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in case the animal was rabid. "Thank goodness it was close to closing time or it could have been a lot worse," she told the newspaper.
Animal control officers found the fox near the restaurant and put it down Friday, said manager Vicki Torney.
Britain's Prince Charles surprised his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, with an unusual gift on her 60th birthday -- two sheep, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.
Camilla is delighted with the rare breed ram and ewe, which cost the heir to the throne around 300 pounds (446 euros, 617 dollars) each, according to the paper, which headlined its story "Happy birthday to ewe!"... Some wit immediately suggested that Camilla's response on seeing the gift was, "The HELL I will!"
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Shit, Barris should still have a ton of money. Have him find out where Judge Kapnick lives, buy the house next door, and give it to his lunatic neighbor as a peace offering. Hell, if it was me, I'd even pay her moving expenses.
Enjoy your new neighbor, your honor...
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Kapnick found that the board's service of its 2002 notice to cure to Weitzner's post office box -- the address Weitzner's stationary directs correspondents to use -- constituted a fatal defect, notwithstanding the board's subsequent service to Weitzner's apartment.
According to my own firsthand experience with landlord tenant law, Kapnick is most likely correct (if NY law is the same as CA). Were the judge to allow this improper serving of notice, any ruling of her's would probably be overturned on appeal very quickly. Therefore, her finding of impropriety is most likely the only alternative.
Whichever attorney Trump Plaza hired to serve notice, who then subsequently did not ensure following the correct "nail and mail" sequence of service should be held liable for the prolongation of this case. Why they didn't spend the extra one or two hundred dollars to personally serve Weitzner with an impartial witness present is beyond comprehension. This loon most likely would already have been ejected years ago had they done so.
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While I agree with you, Zen (getting the mailing address right is crucial in law like this), it probably is a "law," it's still ridiculous that it took 4 years to rule on the case, and then, to toss it because of some "technicality."
Of course, I've (always) lived in the South. They (we) just don't put up w/ crap like that down here. She'd either be in jail, dead, or moved within weeks down here. Big fences (and bigger lots) make good neighbors and all.
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Barris was too nice.
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In NYC, everybody knows somebody who has a friend who hangs out with a guy who can get a knee cap job for a couple K.
Barris is just a nice guy.
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didja notice the guy in the back? No rhythm, can't dance....had to be a white guy
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LOL! From the comments at Belmont:
Newsflash, just in from Gaza...
Voguing is now in Vogue in Gaza!
Voguing arose as a part of the underground gay culture in Harlem in the 1930's, thus when the Moslem Brotherhood founder, Hassan al-Banna, visited the USA about that time he fell addicted to American Gay Black men and their sexual practices.
Hassan al-Banna, fearing his leanings toward this lifestyle in public, he fled back to the safety of the womb of Islam, Egypt. Where he could find all the slaves he wished to sexually assault under the cover of his own home. Thus being able to live out both Voguing and his addiction to African men.
No matter how hard, Hassan al-Banna, tried to bury this fetish it was instilled in the Moslem Brotherhood and secret dance and sexual practices followed. Thus the connection to it's offspring Hamas.
Today, Hamas has quietly followed in the footsteps of Hassan al-Banna and started to teach and train it's members how to "Vogue" and other "practices" we are not at liberty to discuss.
But now all through out Hamasistan this legacy lives on!
Thus springing from the underground gay lifestyles from Harlem to Gaza a shared love for Gay culture is had.
It has since become an intrinsic part of the life for people involved with drag houses across North America, Rafal and of course, Gaza City, where the opening prayers are started with a chorus of Madonna and YMCA, together with 2,000 Armed, dressed in black, hooded Hamas fighters.
Formal competitions occur in the form of balls held by "clans", a term used to describe collectives of dancers and performers usually headed by a matriarchal figure or "mom" and in homage to the 1st female suicide bomber ,
In a traditional ball there are categories announced in advance, often dozens. For each round with titles like "schoolboy/schoolgirl," "marytr," "fem queen" and "allah realness." Each clan that attends the ball would prepare to enter as many of the categories as possible and many of the dancers will enter multiple categories. A panel of shria judges will watch along with the audience as the category is called and all the contestants enter the floor and try to convince everyone (no shooting allowed at this level) in the room that they are the very definition of that category. If there are two or more contestants who are clearly tied for the trophy then a dance-off quickly ensues with the crowds approval swaying the judges' decision. The trophies can be awarded right then or bundled at the end with an overall trophy.
This trend of Vogue style expression is expected to spread to many islamic points soon...
Allah Akbar!!!
Mohammed is Great and Vogues...
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Thanks Seafarious!!!
I don't know what to say to this one. It is just wromg on so many levels, but not surprising at all. I tell people the crazy stories from the PI and folks look at me like I smoke crack. I just don't talk about it any more. I mean who would believe this if it was not on video!!!
Thanks for reminding me of the lunacy of a few years of my life. Mrs Pan and I laughed until tears rolled down our face, she said it's just wrong. They even had the old "Billy Boy" there, living his dream. What a howl!
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If they ask to do Beat It, tell them NO.
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I'll say this, the chickie who's not a chickie does a fairly good imitation of a chickie... at least until you see her hairline.
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