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Cow Suit-Wearing Shoplifter Offers to Let Cop Suck Udder to Avoid Arrest

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UDDER MADNESS: Ashley Curry tried to use her teats to get out of a shoplifting bust

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas — Sounds like a case of mad cow disease.

A woman dressed in a black and white cow costume was busted for shoplifting at an Arkansas Walmart and then told the arresting officer he could suck one of the pink udders hanging from the front of her suit.

Pine Bluff police say Ashley Curry, 27, tried to walk off with a pack of Flonase, but was spotted by security officers monitoring the store’s surveillance cameras, because of her not-so inconspicuous outfit, KATV-TV reported.

After being detained, Curry told a cop searching her, that he could “suck a pink cow udder,” as she thrust the nipples dangling from the front of her costume in the officer’s face.

It was unclear if the offer was meant as an insult or a bribe.

Either way, cops charged Curry with shoplifting and resisting arrest.

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Minnesota Woman Shoots Grandson in Fight Over Cup of Tea

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Helen Washington wasn’t in the mood for her grandson’s soothing cup of tea

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota — A soothing cup of tea, this wasn’t.

A Minnesota woman allegedly shot her grandson in the leg after they got into a screaming fight over where he left a cup of tea, police said.

Helen Lenoir Washington grew angry after her grandson placed the steaming cup on a wooden table, KSTP-TV reported.

When he refused to move it, she dumped the liquid out, Brooklyn Center police said. But instead of leaving it at that, the grandson made another cup and put it back on the same table.

Washington responded by pulling out a gun and shooting her grandson in the right leg, cops said.

Washington told police she was angry that the victim placed a cup of tea on the wooden table, and that she shot him in the leg because she was angry, a criminal complaint said.

She has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

 

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Tennessee Dad Loses Leg in Family Feud After Attacking Son With Chainsaw

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Douglas Ferguson lost his leg after his son ran him over with a lawn mower during the chainsaw attack

BRISTOL, Tennessee — That’s one hell of a family feud.

A Tennessee man who tried to attack his son with a chainsaw lost his leg when his son ran over the old man with a lawnmower while trying to defend himself.

Police say the bloody encounter was the result of a long-standing family fight, and now 76-year-old Douglas Ferguson faces attempted murder charges for attacking his son.

The Sullivan County Sheriff’s office said the episode unfolded on June 28 in  the town of Bristol, when Ferguson tried to attack his son with a chainsaw as he was mowing his lawn, the Bristol Herald Courier reported.

But the son, whose name was not publicly released, fought back by running his father over with the riding lawn mower. When cops arrived, they say they found Ferguson bleeding from his leg and head.

His leg was later amputated.

Cops were unable to charged Ferguson for months due to the severity of his injuries. He was also charged with violating probation and is being held on $25,000 bond.

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Florida Man Accused of Chopping Off Rival’s Penis Held on $1M Bond

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Justin Foster is accused of flying halfway across the country to chop off the man’s penis

DES PLAINES, Illinois — A Florida man was held on $1 million bond for allegedly chopping off the penis of his ex-girlfriend’s new beau after brutally beating him with a tire iron.

Prosecutors say Justin Foster, 28, of Tallahassee, travelled halfway across the country to a Chicago suburb to confront his ex’s new paramour and beat him so badly he was left with permanent brain damage.

“We’re talking about a very heinous crime here,” Assistant State’s Attorney Luis Muniz said, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Authorities say Foster flew from Atlanta to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in March and then rented a car and drove to Des Plaines, where he approached the 26-year-old  man on the street, hit him in the head with a tire iron, carved initials into his leg and then cut off his penis.

Investigators say Foster then threw the man’s member over a fence and then hid his bleeding body behind a parked car before returning to the airport and catching a flight back to Atlanta.

Somehow, the victim survived, but suffered permanent brain damaged. Authorities didn’t say whether doctor’s were able to reattach his penis.

Foster was arrested in Tallahassee on Aug. 27 and was brought to Illinois on Sept. 20 to face charges.

Foster’s lawyer argued that the case against his client is circumstantial, with no physical evidence tying him to the crime. He also said that the victim might not be able to identify Foster as the men who attacked him.

 

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Woman Claims She Fatally Stabbed Hubby After Slipping on Dog Poop

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Rachel Findanian says she slipped on poop and accidentally stabbed a knife into her husband’s chest

LAKELAND, Florida — A woman claiming to have accidentally stabbed her husband to death when she slipped on dog poop and fell forward with a knife in her hand, plunging the blade into his chest, has been charged with murder, police said.

The Polk County Sheriff’s office in Florida said that following a three-and-a-half month investigation, detectives determined that 38-year-old Rachel Fidanian’s story didn’t add up, so they chose to charge her with killing her husband.

“The suspect made a lot of excuses, but none of them made sense. Our detectives did a thorough investigation. In the end, they determined this was an intentional act of domestic violence,”  said Sheriff Grady Judd.

Police say they received a 911 call on the morning of June 25, that 40-year-old Bryant Fidanian had been accidentally stabbed by his wife in their home in Lakeland. He died a short time later at a local hospital.

During questioning, Rachel Fidanian gave several inconsistent statements about what had happened, cops said.

For starters, she said the stabbing happened when she either tripped or slipped while holding her dog in one hand, and a filet knife in the other and the pooch began pooping and peeing on the floor. But when she attempted to demonstrate how she was holding her dog, she was unable to pick it up.

“Ultimately, detectives determined none of her explanations were plausible,” the sheriff said.

An autopsy showed that Bryant Fidanian died after four inches of the blade cut through his s second rib bone on his left side and cut the pulmonary artery. The coroner ruled the death as a homicide.

Rachel Fidanian had charged with second-degree murder.

 

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Medieval Re-Enactor Killed in Freak Lance Mishap at Kentucky Fair

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Peter Barclay, also known as Master Terafan Greydragon, died after his lance flipped backwards and impaled him

WILLIAMSTOWN, Kentucky (Oct. 12, 2018) — An avid Medieval knight re-enactor was killed in a tragic mishap at a fair in which he impaled himself with his own lance, officials and relatives said.

Peter Barclay, 52, of Virginia, was killed while performing as “Master Terafan Greydragon” at a Society for Creative Anachronism event in Williamstown, Kentucky, on Saturday, according to WLWT-TV.

Barclay’s brother, John, said in a post on Facebook that the accident happened “when his metal-tipped lance, used for catching rings (not jousting), hit the ground and flipped.”

The lance then hit Barclay in the sternum and impaled him. He died while being airlifted to a nearby hospital. The death was considered an accident, authorities said.

Barclay was a retired lieutenant colonel in the army and left behind a wife and two kids, his brother said.

“He died doing what he loved, but will still be missed,” John Barclay said.

In a statement, the Society for Creative Anachronism, which organizes Medieval re-enactments said it was investigating what exactly happened to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

“A brother in arms to many of us lost his life in the pursuit of our game.The Society’s Equestrian Marshal, Master Terafan Greydragon, died while competing in an equestrian game at an SCA event in Kentucky,” the statement said. “We have reached out to Terafan’s family to express our support for them at this moment of loss. We ask that Terafan and his family be held in your hearts.”

 

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800-Pound Hammer Sculpture Mysteriously Disappears from Community Center

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Someone very strong made off with this 800-pound hammer sculpture

HEALDSBURG, California — They must have had a really big nail.

Police in northern California are hunting for whomever was able to make off with an 800-pound sculpture of a hammer from outside a community center.

Officials say the massive work of art disappeared sometime late Friday night. Workers at the Healdsburg Community Center noticed it was missing Saturday morning when they noticed a large empty spot on the lawn.

Police are at a loss as it would have taken a crane or a large group of people and a truck to move the giant hammer and no one saw anything.

“We have no leads at this point. We’ve checked a lot of different locations,” Healdsburg Police Officer Darryl Erkel told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. “We initially thought it might have been a high school prank.”

The hammer sports a redwood handle and measures 21 feet long. The metal head is 6 feet tall, Healdsburg artist Doug Unkrey said.

“They’d need at least a flatbed trailer with a winch, or about eight people,” said Unkrey, who created the piece. “Why would you take this thing? Where are you going to put it?”

The artwork is estimated to be worth around $15,000.

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Pervert Police Chief Busted for Masturbating in Front of Strangers on Elevator

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Police Chief Billy Maurice Driggers had a a bad habit of following women with his hands in his pants

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida — An Alabama police chief has been busted for allegedly fondling himself in an elevator in front of strangers and masturbating as he followed teen girls down a Florida beach.

Billy Maurice Driggers, 44, who is the chief of police in Level Plains, Alabama, was charged in Panama City Beach in Florida on four counts of disorderly conduct.

Police there say they first got a call last week about a suspicious person at a condo complex. There guests had told security that they saw a man masturbating as he watched women.

Police eventually identified Driggers as the suspect and determined that he was not a registered guest of the condo nor did he have any reason to be there, police said, AL.com reported.

A review of surveillance footage from the property showed Driggers using the elevators at the resort and on three occasions appeared to have his hand down his pants, masturbating in front of women and children, police said.

Driggers was also accused of masturbating while walking behind teenage girls on the beach and filming or taking photos of the girls rinsing off in the outside showers, police said.

Investigators said they were not able to determine an instance where Driggers’ exposed his genitals. “However, Driggers’ actions were found to be obscene and sexually deviant in nature,” the statement read.

Driggers has been placed on administrative leave without pay pending the outcome of the investigation.

“The city of Level Plains will be cooperating and assisting with the ongoing investigation with Alabama and Florida law enforcement agencies. In the interim during Driggers absence, another police officer will be appointed to serve as the acting police chief pending the resolution of the investigation,” city officials said in a statement.

Driggers has been police chief for Level Plains since June of 2016.

 

 

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Mobster Gunned Down While Waiting in Line in McDonald’s Drive-Thru

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Reputed mob associated Sylvester Zottola sits with former Bonanno crime family boss ‘Vinny Gorgeous’ Basciano

NEW YORK — A reputed associate of the Bonanno crime family was fatally gunned down in a gangland hit in broad daylight as he waited in line for a cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive-thru.

Sylvester “Sally Daz” Zottola, 71, was shot once in the head and four times in the torso after his car got boxed in while he waited in line outside the Bronx fast food eatery. He was pronounce dead at the scene.

The hit was the latest in a series of threatening attacks on Zottola and his family in recent months. In July, his 41-year-old son, Salvatore, was shot outside his Bronx home in what authorities believed was a message meant for his father.

Last September, the elder Zottola was clubbed over the head as he walked near his home by an unknown attacker, police said. Two months later, a gunman tried to force Zottola into a car but failed.

In December, Zottola was stabbed in the neck when he walked on robbers ransacking his home. Then in June, Zottola drove off an approaching gunman by pulling out his pistol and firing several rounds before the man could get too close.

Zottola had been charged with illegal weapons possession following that episode.

Zottola was a noted associate of “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano, who briefly led the Bonanno crime family in the early 2000s.  Basciano began serving a life sentence in 2007.

 

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Widow Sues Slain Hubby’s Lover for Not Hiding Affair From Murderous Ex

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Than Duy Kim blew his top when he caught his ex-wife having sex with her married lover at her Oregon nail salon

CORVALLIS, Oregon — An angry widow is suing her dead husband’s lover for $1 million, accusing her of negligently causing his death by not hiding their affair from her jealous ex, who beat the man to death when he caught them in the act.

In her suit, Lana Dong says nail salon owner Anh Tram Gia Phan should have known her ex-husband was extremely jealous of anyone she had a relationship with and was prone to extreme violence.

In December 2017, Phan’s ex, Than Duy Kim, caught her and Dong’s husband, 50-year-old Mitch Xuan Dong, having sex at her Corvallis, Oregon nail salon, the suit said.

Kim, 49, flew into a fight of rage and brutally beat Dong with a baseball bat and stabbed him several times. Dong died a week later from his injuries.

Even though Kim and Phan divorced in 2009, they continued to live together, and the suit claimed that she “knew or should have known” that her ex-husband was “extremely jealous” of any romantic relationships she had with other men, and had a predilection for “extreme violence.”

The suit also claims that Kim was involved in various criminal enterprises, including money laundering.

Lana Dong is seeking $1 million in damages for medical expenses and funeral costs — plus the loss of society, companionship and services to herself and the two children she had with her slain husband, with whom she had been married to for 30 years.

The suit also named Kim as a defendant. He is being held on $3 million bond in the Benton County jail as he awaits trial for murder.

 

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