News Roundup-April 25, 2008
Drive-in Pool?
Nicole Renee Carlin had a few too many last night, and proceeded to drive her SUV into a pool. She asked the homeowner to not call the police. When he did, she ran. Guess what, she got caught.
Pinellas Woman Finds 8 Foot Gator in The Kitchen
Here’s something to give you nightmares. A 69 year old Pinellas County woman heard a noise in the kitchen and went to investigate. What she found was an 8 foot gator that had apparently gotten in through a screen door and an open sliding glass door. It had walked through the living room and down a hall to get to the Kitchen.
Brooksville Basketball Coach Acquitted of Exposing Himself
Apparently last year Antonio Vasquez was at a park in Hernando County. He met a cop pretending to be new to area, and looking for friends. The cop initiated the conversation, the two went for a walk, and as they walked by a public restroom, it was the cop that wanted to go in, “because his leg hurt.” Then strangely enough, the cops recording equipment got garbbled, yet he still arrested Vasquez claiming the guy exposed himself and made lewd gesture. Score one for a jury smart enough to understand the precept, “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Cops love this stuff. It’s so much easier and more fun that solving real crimes.
How to Not Get Away From a Bank Robbery
60 year old Stephen Ray Mulligan decided to rob the regions bank on S. Dale Mabry yesterday afternoon. This is just across the street from Britton Plaza. As he walked out of the bank, the dye pack exploded covering his white t-shirt, white ball cap and jeans. He dropped the money and headed off right down the main drag, Dale Mabry Highway, on his bicycle. Needless to say, police arrested him five minutes later.
Priest Floats Away with Party Balloons
Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli lifted off from the port city of Paranagua Brazil on Sunday afternoon, wearing a helmet, thermal suit and a parachute under a canopy of hundreds of helium balloons. It was a fund raising effort for a spiritual rest stop of truck drivers. Unfortunately, the winds took him out to sea, and now he’s missing. I’ll watch for updates.
Attention Treehouse Club Members-Project Mayhem Temporarily On Hold, That is All
A Sarasota man was cleaning out his 13 year old daughter’s treehouse. He came across a bedsheet with a bit of surprise. They found a sawed-off shotgun, a carbine rifle and a pistol as well as two folding knives, earplugs and 343 rounds of ammunition, according to a sheriff’s office report. The girl is not suspected.
