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05/15/2008

The Million Dollar Question: What Was A Claw Hammer Doing Next To The Couch And TV

An ex-convict will spend the next seven years in prison for hitting a friend on the head with a claw hammer in a dispute over spilled beer.

Gregory Hill, 47, was convicted Nov. 2, 2007, of second-degree assault. The victim, Brian Dudas, 46, was attacked in Hill’s Plymouth Avenue flat after they had watched a televised hockey game late on Dec. 21, 2006.

State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller imposed the sentence.

Prosecutor Christopher H. Gresham said Hill was sentenced as a second violent felony offender. In 1998, he was convicted of burglary and spent four years in prison.

Gresham said Dudas, a Buffalo truck driver, identified Hill during the brief jury trial. Dudas said the back of his skull was cracked with a claw hammer after he accidentally spilled beer on Hill’s couch while they and others watched a Buffalo Sabres game. Grasham said Dudas was hospitalized about six months after the incident.

05/14/2008

Squatters Rights Don't Apply When You're Cooking Meth

A Lafayette couple is suspected of breaking into a rental duplex undergoing maintenance on the city's south end and setting up a methamphetamine lab.

Heather Eylens, 32, was arrested Monday on suspicion of burglary, possession of chemical reagents and possession of marijuana.

James A. Lowe, 40, was arrested on suspicion of burglary, possession of chemical reagents, possession of marijuana and carrying a handgun without a license.

Each was being held Tuesday in the Tippecanoe County Jail on a $25,000 surety bond. read more...

05/13/2008

Must have been one hell of an itch!

A Fort Worth man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver and accidentally shot himself.

Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. Sunday morning in his home in the 3500 block of Montague Street, when he got up from the table and walked into another room, said Fort Worth police Lt. Kenneth Dean.

“He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of, which was a revolver,” Lt. Dean said. “The gun went off." more...

05/12/2008

Hey Genius: If you hear the 'choo, choo'...get the F out of the way

A man was hit by a train Saturday afternoon as he reportedly tried to put a coin on the railroad tracks.

Robert Wrisberg, 47, of Davenport was struck in the head by a ladder on a railcar near the end of the train, said his nephew, Kyle Ostrander, who was with Wrisberg at the time.

“I tried to pull him out of the way, but he was knocked out,” Ostrander said. “We were just messing around. I hope he’s OK.” read more...

Ostrander called 911 on his cell phone and tried to revive his uncle until a rescue crew arrived. He said Wrisberg was breathing and conscious when rescue workers arrived.

05/09/2008

Note To Self: Use Someone ELSE'S Cell Phone Bill For Your Ransom Note

Charleston City Police have arrested a man suspected of robbing the Federal Credit Union on Folly Road.

Police say 41-year-old Carl Lee Mikell gave the teller a note demanding money that was written on the back of his cell phone bill!

Mikell is charged with entering a financial institution with the intent to steal. Police say he walked into the James Island bank around 9:30am Thursday and poured a flammable liquid on the carpet.

Mikell is being held in the Charleston County Detention Center and is scheduled to have a bond hearing at 2pm Friday.