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[Redondo]

Convicted felon carjacks teen 20 minutes after release from prison: cops

A convicted felon landed himself back behind bars for allegedly carjacking a 16-year-old girl on Saturday just 20 minutes after he was released from prison in Washington state, authorities say. 

Police responded to a neighborhood in Spokane at 10:28 p.m. on Saturday in response to a carjacking. Authorities said the suspect, Marcus Goodman, 31, approached the girl who told officers he had a gun and demanded her car before driving off.

Goodman had been released from prison at 10:08 p.m., police said.

A patrol sergeant located the stolen vehicle in northeast Spokane, according to authorities. Goodman was detained and identified as the suspect, police said. 

"The investigation showed in 20 minutes Goodman had traveled the roughly 1.5 miles from jail to the incident location in Browne’s Addition and robbed the juvenile victim," the Spokane Police Department said in a press release.

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3 hours ago, Redondo said:

Convicted felon carjacks teen 20 minutes after release from prison: cops

A convicted felon landed himself back behind bars for allegedly carjacking a 16-year-old girl on Saturday just 20 minutes after he was released from prison in Washington state, authorities say. 

Police responded to a neighborhood in Spokane at 10:28 p.m. on Saturday in response to a carjacking. Authorities said the suspect, Marcus Goodman, 31, approached the girl who told officers he had a gun and demanded her car before driving off.

Goodman had been released from prison at 10:08 p.m., police said.

A patrol sergeant located the stolen vehicle in northeast Spokane, according to authorities. Goodman was detained and identified as the suspect, police said. 

"The investigation showed in 20 minutes Goodman had traveled the roughly 1.5 miles from jail to the incident location in Browne’s Addition and robbed the juvenile victim," the Spokane Police Department said in a press release.

 

[Jason]

5 hours ago, Redondo said:

Convicted felon carjacks teen 20 minutes after release from prison: cops

A convicted felon landed himself back behind bars for allegedly carjacking a 16-year-old girl on Saturday just 20 minutes after he was released from prison in Washington state, authorities say. 

Police responded to a neighborhood in Spokane at 10:28 p.m. on Saturday in response to a carjacking. Authorities said the suspect, Marcus Goodman, 31, approached the girl who told officers he had a gun and demanded her car before driving off.

Goodman had been released from prison at 10:08 p.m., police said.

A patrol sergeant located the stolen vehicle in northeast Spokane, according to authorities. Goodman was detained and identified as the suspect, police said. 

"The investigation showed in 20 minutes Goodman had traveled the roughly 1.5 miles from jail to the incident location in Browne’s Addition and robbed the juvenile victim," the Spokane Police Department said in a press release.

Lol at having a gun 20 minutes after release. 

[gotbeer]

$188 million Powerball jackpot winner sued by former fiancé

[Redondo]

STUNNING PHOTO: Human-sized grouper caught in Florida

The Warsaw Grouper measured longer than seven feet and weighed more than 250 pounds

When it was weighed the next day, a tractor was used to pull the fish off the boat. The tractor’s attached scale showed the group’s catch was heavier than their initial 250-pound estimate.

"The scale read 294lbs, which means this fish was well over 300lbs when we caught him," Jorgensen suggested. "These fish normally lose 10% of their body weight before we can get them to the dock."

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, Redondo said:

STUNNING PHOTO: Human-sized grouper caught in Florida

The Warsaw Grouper measured longer than seven feet and weighed more than 250 pounds

When it was weighed the next day, a tractor was used to pull the fish off the boat. The tractor’s attached scale showed the group’s catch was heavier than their initial 250-pound estimate.

"The scale read 294lbs, which means this fish was well over 300lbs when we caught him," Jorgensen suggested. "These fish normally lose 10% of their body weight before we can get them to the dock."

Well that person will be in big trouble for catching an endangered species.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, Redondo said:

STUNNING PHOTO: Human-sized grouper caught in Florida

The Warsaw Grouper measured longer than seven feet and weighed more than 250 pounds

When it was weighed the next day, a tractor was used to pull the fish off the boat. The tractor’s attached scale showed the group’s catch was heavier than their initial 250-pound estimate.

"The scale read 294lbs, which means this fish was well over 300lbs when we caught him," Jorgensen suggested. "These fish normally lose 10% of their body weight before we can get them to the dock."

we don't have anything like this in my world.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, Tank said:

we don't have anything like this in my world.

Really? I seem to recall an episode of River Monsters being filmed in Glendale.

[Redondo]

Florida vet team removes sneaker from 341-pound crocodile's stomach

Anuket, a 10.5-foot, 341-pound crocodile from the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, swallowed the shoe after a ziplining zoo-goer lost it in December. Guests near the reptile’s enclosure at the time witnessed Anuket gobbling the sneaker, then regurgitating it, then eating it up once again.

It remained in her stomach for nearly three months, according to a Facebook post by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville.

Once doctors determined that Anuket would not be able to "flush out" the sneaker naturally, they resorted to a few other tricks they had up their sleeves. One resident tried grabbing the shoe through the croc’s gaping gullet. After realizing the shoe had been lodged too deep, vets then tried shifting the shoe further up Anuket’s stomach, through a tiny incision in the stomach, and reaching in through the throat once again — to no avail.

"That effort, too, failed," read Tuesday’s Facebook update. "[Dr. Adam] Biedrzycki then performed a gastrotomy which allowed easier access to the crocodile’s stomach. Within a short time, he was able to remove the shoe."

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[Tank]

7 hours ago, Lou said:

Really? I seem to recall an episode of River Monsters being filmed in Glendale.

well, that's true. we also did armenian hand fishing in the LA river. it got canceled when they started finding too many actual hands.

i was thinking more of my vegetarian world.

[Redondo]

Suspect arrested in attack on woman in act of violence against Asian Americans

 

The NYPD on Thursday arrested a man who was allegedly caught on camera attacking an Asian American woman in the borough of Queens.

Patrick Mateo, 47, is facing charges of assault and harassment after a video clip that went viral on social media allegedly shows the suspect pushing the 52-year-old victim outside of a store in Flushing on Tuesday, the NYPD confirmed to Fox News. 

Police said they received "a lot of good information" and tips from the community in a push to catch the assailant. 

The NYPD told Fox News the woman was waiting in line outside of a bakery when the unidentified male "engaged her in a verbal dispute," before pushing her to the ground. The woman hit her head on the concrete and was transported to the hospital in stable condition. She required 10 stitches on her forehead. 

The incident is the latest in a string of hate crimes against the Asian community. They have skyrocketed by 1,900% in the last year in the New York state, according to NYPD data.

 

[Redondo]

Alaska woman visits outhouse, bear bites her: 'I got in there and sat down on the toilet seat, and something just immediately bit me'

In the wilderness, you need to watch your butt sometimes.

An Alaska woman camping with her brother near Chilkat Lake over the weekend nearly had to kiss hers goodbye when she encountered a bear in the outhouse, she told a local radio station.

"I got in there and sat down on the toilet seat, and something just immediately bit me in the butt," Shannon Stevens told the Haines, Alaska-based KHNS Wednesday. "I jumped up and screamed."

The commotion got the attention of her brother, Erik Stevens, who said he ran over to the outhouse.

"I take the headlamp and I grab the lid of the toilet seat and I lift it up," he told the station. "Right at the level of the toilet seat, maybe an inch or two below, is a gigantic bear face looking right back up at me."

The duo ran back to shelter, cleaned up Shannon’s injuries, which were not serious, and hunkered down for the night, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The next morning, they found tracks leading from their campfire to the outhouse, but the bear itself was gone.

They said the animal may have entered below the outhouse through a downhill opening and made its way toward the seat.

Although bear sightings should be minimal during February as the animals hunker down for winter, state biologist Carl Koch told the newspaper that he’d heard of at least two confirmed sightings this month in the Haines area.

Most brown bear sightings occur in the summer, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, coinciding with the salmon spawning season. Males can weigh between 500 and 900 pounds. They are considered the "largest living land carnivore," although their diets also include plants.

Black bears, also omnivores, are much smaller -- with males topping out around 200 pounds.

Both bears are typically dormant during the winter – but they don’t go into a "true hibernation," according to the Wildlife Service.

"When we are out there in the summer or the fall I’m used to shouting ‘Hey, bear,’ the whole way," Shannon told the radio station. "It was the dead of winter -- I didn’t think to do that this time."

 

[T.G.]

You don’t piss off a bear and you don’t shit on one either 

Edited February 19, 2021 by T.G.

[Redondo]

1 hour ago, T.G. said:

You don’t piss off a bear and you don’t shit on one either 

Can you imagine dropping a load on a bear?

He wouldn't just bite you once. 

[Blarg]

Well this changes the whole, does a bear shit in the woods?

[gotbeer]

Oh yeah, have you ever shit on a bear.  I have, you are such a pussy.

 

I'd be using that line for the rest of my life.

[Redondo]

ICE has deported a 95-year-old former concentration camp guard

A 95-year-old former World War II concentration camp guard was deported to Germany on Saturday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced.

Friedrich Karl Berger was deported after U.S. authorities determined he served in the Neuengamme concentration camp system near Hamburg in 1945.

The initial court decision found that Berger served at a camp where the largest groups of prisoners were Russian, Dutch and Polish civilians. The judge found that prisoners at the camp were held during the winter of 1945 in "atrocious" conditions and were made to work outdoors "to the point of exhaustion and death."

The statement said Berger admitted he guarded prisoners to prevent them from escaping during the day and on journeys to and from the worksite. He also helped guard prisoners during their evacuation to the main camp as the Allies advanced.

Berger still receives a pension from Germany based on his employment in that country, "including his wartime service."

[Blarg]

Imagine this is your career.

 

[Blarg]

On 2/17/2021 at 10:04 PM, Tank said:

we don't have anything like this in my world.

[Tank]

38 minutes ago, Blarg said:

i feel like i'm having deja vu.

[gotbeer]

OREGON DUI ARREST MAN CLOCKS .77 BAC Highest EVER?!?!

[Blarg]

When asked, Keith Richards said, "I want to party with that dude."

[Redondo]

 

[gotbeer]

Saw this come up on my citizen app last night.  Thought it was weird that someone would get shot over 2 dogs.  Usually they just grab and run.  But hey, now the incentive is there to target celebrities things.

LADY GAGA DOG WALKER SHOT, BULLDOGS STOLEN... $500,000 Offered For Return

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Celebrities stupid enough to offer $500k for $200.00 worth of dogs.