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Naked Dad Challenges Police Car to Boxing Match, Loses

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Montrais Boyd’s BMW after a long police chase

MUNDS PARK, Arizona — Dog bites man is not news. Naked man runs across interstate and begins punching police car — now that’s a story.

Arizona police say that that  was just the beginning of a wild encounter with an enraged motorist along a quiet stretch of highway between Phoenix and Flagstaff on Sunday.

The bizarre series of events began when officers with the state Department of Public Safety responded to a report of a man lying on the median between the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 17 following a possible domestic dispute.

When a trooper arrived, police say he found a BMW stopped blocking a lane of traffic. As the officer pulled up behind the vehicle, cops say a buck naked Montrais Boyd, of Westminster, California ran at the police car and began punching it with his fists.

The officer then pulled away and maneuvered in front of the BMW, when Boyd allegedly began ramming the patrol car numerous times before driving off heading the wrong way for over a mile along the interstate, driving north in the southbound lanes.

As the officer gave pursuit, cops say Boyd temporarily lost control of his vehicle, traveled over the shoulder and entered the northbound lanes, this time heading the right way.

The police cruiser following its run-in with Boyd

The officer, whose patrol car had suffered heavy damage from when Boyd allegedly rammed it, was unable to keep up with the BMW and eventually lost sight of it. A few miles further up the road Boyd lost control once again and ran into a rock embankment, rolling over the vehicle.

Boyd

Boyd and his four-year-old son who was in the car, suffered minor cuts and bruises in the crash and were treated and released at a local hospital. Police say the officer suffered moderate injuries.

Boyd was charged aggravated assault with a dangerous instrument, felony endangerment, child abuse and criminal damage charges. His son was taken into custody by his mother at the hospital.

 

Designer Drug Dealers Charged in U-4 Overdose of Two Kentucky Brothers

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Thomas Hardin (l) and Jevan Sheppard have been hit with federal charges for dealing U-4

PADUCAH, Kentucky — Two Kentucky men have been indicted on federal charges of selling an extremely powerful designer drug recently declared a controlled substance that left a man dead of an overdose and hospitalized his teenage brother.

Jevan Sheppard, 25, and Thomas Jared Hardin, 23, of Calvert City, are accused of selling the powerful synthetic opioid U-4770 — also known as U-4 or Pink — which led Taylor and Karson May to overdose.

The May brothers were found unresponsive in a Calvert City home in March after using U-4. Taylor, a 23-year-old construction worker, was declared dead at the scene. His brother Karson, an 18-year-old college student, was revived at a local hospital.

Investigators later determined that the May brothers had purchased the drugs from Hardin, who had acquired it from, Sheppard, who had allegedly imported it from a laboratory in China, prosecutors said. When Sheppard was arrested, police seized a stash of drugs that had been packaged for sale, a cache of weapons, including assault rifles, and $20,000 in cash from his home.

Taylor May

If convicted, Sheppard and Hardin face a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years with no parole. Hardin faces additional manslaughter charges in a Kentucky state court, where Sheppard also faces drug trafficking charges. Both have pleaded not guilty.

In late 2016, the Drug Enforcement Agency temporarily declared U-4 a schedule one controlled substance. Eight times more powerful than heroin, U-4770 was developed in the 1970s by pharma giant Upjohn as a less addictive morphine substitute, but was never tested on humans.

Despite the new classification, the drug continues to be manufactured in China and remains readily available online. Officials say the drug has been linked to multiple fatal overdoses around the country and was among the stash of drugs recovered from singer Prince’s home after he died of an overdose in April 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cops Seek Avocado-Hurling Men Who Broke Deli Clerk’s Jaw

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NEW YORK — A pair of rifle-armed hooligans shattered the jaw of deli clerk by hurling a hail of avocados and bananas at his face in a fight over a food order.

Cops say the two men had gone into the Stadium Gourmet Deli near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx over Memorial Day weekend to order food but had trouble communicating with the deli clerk who spoke limited English.

They became angry and the 21-year-old clerk tried to kick them out which led them to grab at piles of fruit stacked up near the counter.

Video shows one man wind up and hurl an avocado directly into the clerk’s face. His pal then joins in, angrily firing fruit in all directions at other employees.

The clerk suffered fractures and cuts to his face and a broken jaw, police said. WNBC-TV reported that he had to have surgery to his eyes.

The New York Police Department said they are still hunting for the two assailants, who they described as being in their 20s.

Tin Man Busted for Drunk Driving in Upstate New York

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Nicholas Sherman has been hired to play the Tin Man at event before his arrest

SULLIVAN, New York — He’s off to see the courthouse.

An upstate New York man with his face painted like the Tin Man from the “Wizard of Oz,” was busted for drunk driving after showing up at man;s house and refusing to leave when asked, cops said.

Nicholas Sherman, 31, told the New York State Police that he had come from an event in the village of Chittenango on Sunday afternoon where he had been hired to dress up as the Tin Man character.

Chittenango is the birthplace of L. Frank Baum, author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the book that was the basis for the famed film. Every year, the town hosts a festival celebrating his life and work called, “Oz-Stravaganza which ran from June 2 to June 4 this year.

Afterwards, Sherman drove drunk with another man to a home in nearby Sullivan, where he was asked to leave but refused, so police were called, cops said.

Investigators say Sherman had a blood alcohol content of 0.19% — more than double the legal limit — so he was charged with aggravated DWI.

 

 

 

Philly TV Reporter Fired After Video of Her Berating Cop Goes Viral

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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia TV reporter found herself out of a job after an embarrassing video of her drunkenly berating a seriously calm cop outside a comedy club went viral.

Colleen Campbell, 28, said she had little memory of the incident outside the Helium Club on Sunday and only became aware that she had been filmed after human resources at WPHL-TV telling her she had been terminated.

“I feel awful. That’s not me or how I speak or how I talk or how I was raised,” Campbell told Philadelphia Magazine. “I don’t know what to do. I feel ruined and embarrassed.”

The  cringe-worthy rant spread across the internet when New York comedian Wil Sylvince posted a video on Facebook page showing what happened after Campbell was kicked out of the club for “loud whispering” throughout the show.

 

About last night: this very obnoxious lady, who wasn’t drunk (nor high I think) was disturbing the show with her “loud whispering”. After 3 warnings and other customers were complaining she was asked to leave.

When she got kicked out she assaulted (kicking, punching, and eye poking) 3 of the employees in bar area right outside the showroom and then outside she mock spit in the mangers face when a cop came. She verbally abused this poor cop who was trying to keep the peace at first.

The show was great though! Love me some Philly! Thank you

#philly #Philadelphia #kickedout #phillycops #whiteprivilege #toddrexx #craigrobinson #wilsylvince #helium #heliumcomedyclub #comedy #getyourassout #lickmyasshole

Posted by Wil Sylvince on Monday, June 5, 2017

As the officer calmly asked her to leave, Campbell grew increasingly belligerent.

 

“Or what? Or what, mother f–ker? Lick my a–hole,” Campbell says on the video, which has been viewed more than 2.8 million times as of Wednesday. “How about that? F–king piece of s–t. That’s why nobody likes f–king police…idiots in this f–king town.”

 

Campbell, who said she also lost a side gig she had as a bartender, said she had only had a few drinks prior to the episode and thought that someone may have slipped something into her cocktail as she remembers little of what happened.

She said she felt particularly awful about how she treated the unidentified officer.

“I wanna apologize to the officer. I don’t remember the whole altercation at all. I remember feeling attacked. I would never talk like that. It was like watching a whole different me,” she said.

 

 

 

Clown’s Juggling Defense Rejected by Massachusetts Judge

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Orlando Melendez may be laughing his way to jail

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts — This judge will have no clowning around in his courtroom.

Massachusetts Judge Robert Murphy wasted no time denying a robbery defendant’s motion to allow him to juggle for jurors as part of his defense.

Orlando Melendez, 20, is charged with using a toy gun in the attempted robbery if a convenience store in December. He claims, however, that he was just joking around in the store and that he should be allowed to show jurors what kind of jester he is.

“The keystone to his defense is: He’s literally a clown,” the defendant, writing in the third person, explained in his motion, reported the Springfield Republican.

The judge was not amused and simply wrote “DENIED” on the motion.

Melendez has been representing himself and in the defense strategy laid out in his hand-written motion, he said he would argued that he was just clowning around in the convenience store he is accused of robbing.

He argued that if he were allowed to juggle three wads of paper for 20 seconds, jurors would understand that he is a serious clown and that the robbery was just a misunderstanding.

Cops Bust Steven Tyler Look-Alike Who Dressed as Woman to Evade Police

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OCALA, Florida — This dude indeed looks like a lady.

A fugitive wanted on gun charges dressed up as woman to evade police, but bore a striking resemblance to Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler when cops eventually tracked him down.

Marion County Sheriff’s deputies had been searching for Woodrow Dyer, 38, last week to arrest him on gun possession charges but he got away.

The following day, cops caught up to him dressed in women’s clothing and wearing long scarf wrapped around his head in an effort to fool police as he drove through town in a friend’s car.

DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY!!

The ruse didn’t work as it was clear to deputies that Dyer was just a unshaven dude wearing women’s clothes.

“Any resemblance to Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is purely a coincidence,” the department said in a statement.

After cops pulled the vehicle over, a police dashboard camera recorded Dyer hop out of the car and flee into the woods where he was caught by a police dog named Tipster, the sheriff’s office said.

 

Atlanta Man Sentenced to Life in Prison In Hot Pockets Slaying

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ATLANTA — He thought Hot Pockets were to die for.

An Atlanta man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting his sister’s boyfriend eight times in 2016, saying “I just snapped,” after they failed to bring home Hot Pockets from the store.

Prosecutors say Nathaniel Mathis had asked his sister and her boyfriend, Rodney Benton to pick up the frozen snack when they went shopping on June 11, 2016.

But when they got to the store, they found that the Hot Pockets had sold out so Mathis sister called him to let him know. They then tried to check out using Mathis’ EBT card but it didn’t work so they drove home empty handed, WGHP-TV reported.

“The defendant was home and still upset when he approached the SUV”, a Fulton County District Attorney spokesperson told the channel.

Nathaniel Mathis

Mathis then walked toward the passenger side of his sister’s SUV and shouted, “You know what’s going on, before opening fire and striking the 34-year-old Benton eight times.

As he fled the scene, Mathis stopped a woman and asked her to tell his sister that, “I just snapped. I love her and didn’t mean for it to happen this way.”

Cops eventually caught up to Mathis in a wooded area, pointing a gun at his head. After several hours of negotiations, Mathis was shot with a beanbag gun and taken into custody.

 

Texas Man Shoots Uber Cabbie Posing for Photo With Passenger’s Gun

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John Beaty

DALLAS  — A U.S. Army vet has been arrested following a bizarre incident in which he riddled an idling Uber cab with bullets after spotting the driver posing for a photo with a passenger’s gun and mistaking it for a robbery, cops said.

John Beaty, 33, is accused of pumping 10 to 15 shots through the passenger side door and window, striking driver, Al Aloosi, several times in the chest, the Dallas Police said. He is expected to live. Aloosi’s passenger was not hurt..

The terrifying episode unfolded when Aloosi, 24, stopped to pick up a passenger and noticed he was carrying a small case and asked what it was, the Dallas Morning News reported. When told it contained a handgun, Aloosi asked if he could see the weapon and take a photo with it.

The passenger agreed, releasing the magazine before handing to Aloosi, cops said. It was when Aloosi held the weapon against the right side of his own face, that Beaty allegedly fired multiple shots into the car.

Cops say Beaty is an Army vet who may be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, and believe that when he saw the gun, he thought someone was in danger, prompting him to open fire.

When cops arrived at the scene, they say they found Beaty kneeling over Aloosi and applying pressure to his wounds.

Aloosi then told officers that the “guy with the beard shot me.”

Beaty was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Man Caught Trying to Set Up Marijuana Farm in California’s Giant Sequoia Park

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FRESNO, California — A man carrying 10,000 marijuana seeds was arrested on his way to what authorities believe would have been a secret grow site deep in California’s Giant Sequoia National Monument.

Rosario Beltran-Leal, 43, a Mexican citizen who had been living in nearby Delano, was caught at a drop point for a cultivation site in a remote area of the forest — which is famous for its soaring trees — that is closed to the public, according to federal authorities.

Prosecutors say he was also carrying a large amount of food and cultivation supplies.

The U.S. Forest Service says such illegal grows are not uncommon on public lands and are often associated with criminal gangs in Mexico. The growers often use harmful pesticides and clear out native plants to make way for the marijuana.

Last year, officials uncovered 22 grow sites in the mountains near the forest in Tulare County.

Beltran was charged with conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute and manufacturing marijuana in a federally designated area. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.