MIAMI (AP) — A Miami-Dade Police officer was arrested and faces a charge of first-degree grand theft, authorities said. Officer Ricardo Toledo was arrested Saturday after police received a tip. Authorities said Toledo stopped a vehicle carrying $100,000 in cash, took the money and let the motorist go. The driver was an undercover officer; 36-year-old Toledo was not on duty at the time. Police said the officer had previously taken $150 for providing confidential information from a motor vehicle database. Besides the grand theft charge, he also faces a charge of unlawful compensation. The five-year police veteran has been relieved of duty.
The opening shot of the robot rebellion this isn’t, but it’s still a reminder of how robots are slowly creeping into situations where humans and their fleshy bodies can’t go. A five hour stand-off that began with a man pointing his gun at a neighbor in a mobile home park in North Fort Myers, Florida was ended when the suspect shot a bomb disposal robot sent in by police to video the man. After the encounter — the man shot out the video camera’s lens — police moved in to “subdue” the man, although it’s not clear whether they shot back. The suspect is now in hospital and is being evaluated for mental health problems: apparently he hadn’t been taken his medication, and residents say his wife had just left him. The state of the robot is probably something along the lines of “broken.”
TEMPE, Ariz. (UPI) – A Tempe, Ariz., woman who stabbed her lover during sex to drink his blood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Tiffany Sutton — who pleaded guilty in August to two counts of aggravated assault stemming from the February incident, and a previous violent encounter with a police officer during a trespassing arrest — expressed remorse Tuesday before she was sentenced, The East Valley (Ariz.) Tribune reported Wednesday.
“I’m really sorry that all this went on,” Sutton told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Udall. “I never meant to hurt anyone.”
A police report said Sutton and her victim, Robert McDaniel, were drunk and high on drugs when he agreed to be tied up during sex. McDaniel later told police he became frightened and asked to be untied when Sutton attacked him with a knife.
She sliced his leg, punctured his arm, shoulder and back, and cut his neck and stomach before he managed to escape, court records say. She then chased him with a pickax until a friend intervened and called 911.
Sutton’s mother said her daughter has struggled with mental health issues for most of her life and prison health records state that Sutton thought she was a vampire for several weeks after her arrest.
The 12-year-old boy stood patiently beside the clock counter while the store clerk waited on all of the adult customers first. Finally he got around to the youngster, who made his purchase and hurried out to the curb, where his father was impatiently waiting in his car.
“What took you so long, son?” he asked.
“The man waited on everybody in the store before me,” the boy replied. “But I got even.”
“How?”
“I wound and set all the alarm clocks while I was waiting,” the youngster explained happily. “It’s going to be fun at eight o’clock.”
Erie, PA— Here’s a Halloween story, that may have gone too far.
The Petsmart in Erie, Pennsylvania, held its annual costume contest on Tuesday night. Pet-owners can dress up their pets, even more so than they usually do.
But Debbie Bollinger brought her Clydesdale horse to the contest, all dressed up as a standard poodle. “Royal” is a 2,000-pound Clydesdale, and he didn’t look all that happy about the evening. Debbie showed standard poodles for 25 years, and said it was the perfect way to bring it all together.
“Royal” wound up winning the contest, which turned into a real dog and pony show.
The owner of a glass company in Arizona is accused of hiring vandals to break school bus windows his firm then repaired.
Troy Vollberg of Tri-State Glass was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of conspiracy and fraud for allegedly hiring others to break the windows on 149 buses in Scottsdale Unifired School District in April and August, The Arizona Republic reported. Three other unnamed suspects also were arrested.
The vandalism cost taxpayers $339,000, the newspaper said.
“The arrests came after leads were developed from calls to Silent Witness, which offered a $4,000 reward for information,” said Sgt. Mark Clark, a Scottsdale police spokesman. Investigators also followed the money, Clark said.
Don’t look for much sympathy from AT&T if your house just burnt down in California. These newlyweds called them to cancel their service after their house was destroyed and AT&T informed them they would be responsible for the $300 receiver that was lost effective immediately.
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami-Dade Police officer was arrested and faces a charge of first-degree grand theft, authorities said. Officer Ricardo Toledo was arrested Saturday after police received a tip.
