South Dakota -- Police killed a teenager who they said used a sword to kill his mother and injure three other people, including an officer.
Officers called to the family’s home Friday found a 14-year-old girl with several cuts on her lower arms and hands. The officers then spotted her 16-year-old brother swinging a long sword, police said.
The boy struck one of the officers several times before the others fired several shots, killing him.
Police then found the body of the boy’s mother, 49-year-old mom and an injured foreign exchange student.
Schmitt said he believes the boy collected swords.
Source
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Concrete evidence
UK -- A drug addict who was caught red-handed hurling a lump of concrete through his neighbour's lounge window needed hospital treatment after his outraged victim took the law into his own hands.
The 28-year-old man still suffers scars following the attempted break-in which backfired in Canford Heath, Poole, on August 28 last year.
The victim was in bed when he heard his door being knocked and the lounge window being rattled. After hearing a loud smash, he ran into the living room to find the window had been smashed and a large chunk of concrete on the floor.
The victim picked up the concrete and threw it back through the hole in the window, hitting the suspect, who ran off.
The suspect, who suffered a severe cut to his left cheek and a wound to his mouth, as well as cuts to his arm and chest, was arrested at his home later that night.
He claimed he had been subjected to a hammer attack and told police: "I wouldn't be so stupid to burgle homes near me."
But glass fragments from both properties were discovered in his jacket.
Source
The 28-year-old man still suffers scars following the attempted break-in which backfired in Canford Heath, Poole, on August 28 last year.
The victim was in bed when he heard his door being knocked and the lounge window being rattled. After hearing a loud smash, he ran into the living room to find the window had been smashed and a large chunk of concrete on the floor.
The victim picked up the concrete and threw it back through the hole in the window, hitting the suspect, who ran off.
The suspect, who suffered a severe cut to his left cheek and a wound to his mouth, as well as cuts to his arm and chest, was arrested at his home later that night.
He claimed he had been subjected to a hammer attack and told police: "I wouldn't be so stupid to burgle homes near me."
But glass fragments from both properties were discovered in his jacket.
Source
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Mexican femicide?
Here's a report you definitely should read. It's by Ellen Snortland, the author of "Beauty Bites Beast"
Story:
According to a report issued by Amnesty International in November, more than 400 women have been kidnapped and murdered over the past 14 years, many of them raped, mutilated and tortured first. One man couldn't possibly slaughter so many. It's gender terrorism.
Is this a horror film tease? Tragically, no. The unsolved murders in Ciudad Juárez and the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, of mostly young and indigenous working-class women, are very real.
In Juárez, females of all backgrounds breathe terror, night and day.
Is that man who just whispered “Mamacita” dangerous and sizing them up for abduction, or is he merely a nonlethal creep? Globally, the mysterious killings in Juárez have stumped and horrified us in the international women's rights community. Who is responsible? How can we resist femicide? What can be done?
Source
Story:
According to a report issued by Amnesty International in November, more than 400 women have been kidnapped and murdered over the past 14 years, many of them raped, mutilated and tortured first. One man couldn't possibly slaughter so many. It's gender terrorism.
Is this a horror film tease? Tragically, no. The unsolved murders in Ciudad Juárez and the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, of mostly young and indigenous working-class women, are very real.
In Juárez, females of all backgrounds breathe terror, night and day.
Is that man who just whispered “Mamacita” dangerous and sizing them up for abduction, or is he merely a nonlethal creep? Globally, the mysterious killings in Juárez have stumped and horrified us in the international women's rights community. Who is responsible? How can we resist femicide? What can be done?
Source
Friday, January 26, 2007
Sticks and stones ...
Scotland -- A 26-year-old woman fought off a would-be rapist with a stone, a court was told.
The 25-year-old Security guard, pounced as his victim walked past him around midnight as she went to buy a takeaway.
The man followed her, asked for sex and when she refused, dragged her into bushes and pushed her to the ground.
The High Court in Glasgow was told the woman put up a struggle and managed to pick up a stone and hit The culprit. He ran away and the woman managed to flag down a passing police car.
Source
The 25-year-old Security guard, pounced as his victim walked past him around midnight as she went to buy a takeaway.
The man followed her, asked for sex and when she refused, dragged her into bushes and pushed her to the ground.
The High Court in Glasgow was told the woman put up a struggle and managed to pick up a stone and hit The culprit. He ran away and the woman managed to flag down a passing police car.
Source
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Hazards at work, 23
A woman is accused of scuffling with flight attendants and passengers on a San Francisco-bound flight from Boston on Sunday - threatening to open a cabin door in mid-flight, authorities said.
The woman told flight attendants, "I'm calling 911 because the plane is being hijacked," according to an FBI affidavit.
The 28-year-old woman also said, "I'm getting off the aircraft" and threatened to open the cabin door while the plane was airborne, according to the affidavit.
After taking a passenger's seat and trying to take her own dog in a carrier to the restroom, she fought with passengers and flight attendants and spat at them, authorities said. She was restrained with plastic ties.
Source
The woman told flight attendants, "I'm calling 911 because the plane is being hijacked," according to an FBI affidavit.
The 28-year-old woman also said, "I'm getting off the aircraft" and threatened to open the cabin door while the plane was airborne, according to the affidavit.
After taking a passenger's seat and trying to take her own dog in a carrier to the restroom, she fought with passengers and flight attendants and spat at them, authorities said. She was restrained with plastic ties.
Source
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Boxing
"Boxing is not self-defense!"
I hear this statement from time to time, and I not only disagree, I just laugh. Sure it's not a solution for every scenario, but to claim it's a sport and not self-defense ...
Just a few incidents:
An obviously skilled boxer in Norway played (I mean literally played) with two attackers on Aker Brygge in Oslo without throwing a single punch. This was a couple of years back.
He just moved around, rolled, deflected and dodged. Finally the two morons were gasping for air from hitting nothing but air, while our guy simply walked off.
Many years ago, Otto Von Porat, a famous Norwegian heavy weight boxer, floored a young man with one single punch. The guy had harassed his wife, and was politely but firmly told to leave it alone by the elderly gentleman.
The stupid goon never knew what hit him, when the 80-something former champ sent him to la-la land.
In November 2006, Ananova told the story about three thugs who tried to mug a British pensioner.
The intended victim turned out to be an ex-Army boxing champ.
67-year-old George Bayliss had just drawn his pension at the post office when the gang demanded his cash.
The retired builder, who boxed for England in the 1960s, hit the ringleader with a left hook to the chin and his pals fled empty-handed.
And in Sweden, an attempted robbery in Västerås on Saturday night ended in ignominious failure for the two young assailants.
The attack on their supposed victim, a 70 year old man, began just after midnight with a punch in his face.
What they didn't know was that the 70 year old used to be a boxer. And it didn't take long for the old moves to come back.
The man gave as good as he got - and then some more - and the robbers legged it.
Need more examples? Just say the word :-)
I hear this statement from time to time, and I not only disagree, I just laugh. Sure it's not a solution for every scenario, but to claim it's a sport and not self-defense ...
Just a few incidents:
An obviously skilled boxer in Norway played (I mean literally played) with two attackers on Aker Brygge in Oslo without throwing a single punch. This was a couple of years back.
He just moved around, rolled, deflected and dodged. Finally the two morons were gasping for air from hitting nothing but air, while our guy simply walked off.
Many years ago, Otto Von Porat, a famous Norwegian heavy weight boxer, floored a young man with one single punch. The guy had harassed his wife, and was politely but firmly told to leave it alone by the elderly gentleman.
The stupid goon never knew what hit him, when the 80-something former champ sent him to la-la land.
In November 2006, Ananova told the story about three thugs who tried to mug a British pensioner.
The intended victim turned out to be an ex-Army boxing champ.
67-year-old George Bayliss had just drawn his pension at the post office when the gang demanded his cash.
The retired builder, who boxed for England in the 1960s, hit the ringleader with a left hook to the chin and his pals fled empty-handed.
And in Sweden, an attempted robbery in Västerås on Saturday night ended in ignominious failure for the two young assailants.
The attack on their supposed victim, a 70 year old man, began just after midnight with a punch in his face.
What they didn't know was that the 70 year old used to be a boxer. And it didn't take long for the old moves to come back.
The man gave as good as he got - and then some more - and the robbers legged it.
Need more examples? Just say the word :-)
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
'Honkido'
Biloxi, Mississippi -- The victim of an attempted sexual assault and carjacking attracted attention by honking her horn, which scared off her attacker, police confirmed after announcing the suspect's arrest.
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday at his home a few blocks from the convenience store where the crimes were reported early Sunday.
The woman was hurt, but her physical injuries were not believed to be serious.
Source
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday at his home a few blocks from the convenience store where the crimes were reported early Sunday.
The woman was hurt, but her physical injuries were not believed to be serious.
Source
Monday, January 22, 2007
Hazards at work, 22
A federal appeals court upheld an $8 million verdict against Greyhound Lines for a woman injured while on her way to Atlanta when another passenger cut the driver's neck and the bus crashed, just after the September 11 terrorist attacks made her afraid to fly.
The Greyhound bus was traveling from Chicago to Orlando, Florida on October 3, 2001, when a 29-year-old Croatian man attacked driver Garfield Sands around 4 a.m. as the bus was passing through Manchester.
The bus crashed on rural Interstate 24 between Chattanooga and Nashville. Six passengers, including the attacker, were killed. A seventh died later at a hospital and 34 others on board were injured.
The driver was admitted to a hospital with two 5-inch-long, 2-inch-deep cuts on his neck.
The crash prompted Greyhound to shut down all bus service for a few hours, and the FBI was called in to investigate whether it was an act of terrorism. Croatian media reported that the attacker suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Greyhound spokeswoman said the company has since installed shields that separate drivers from passengers on all of its more than 1,200 buses nationwide.
At the trial on the woman's lawsuit, her attorney introduced reports showing 42 other incidents of passengers grabbing or attempting to assault or grab the driver, steering wheel or brakes.
Source
The Greyhound bus was traveling from Chicago to Orlando, Florida on October 3, 2001, when a 29-year-old Croatian man attacked driver Garfield Sands around 4 a.m. as the bus was passing through Manchester.
The bus crashed on rural Interstate 24 between Chattanooga and Nashville. Six passengers, including the attacker, were killed. A seventh died later at a hospital and 34 others on board were injured.
The driver was admitted to a hospital with two 5-inch-long, 2-inch-deep cuts on his neck.
The crash prompted Greyhound to shut down all bus service for a few hours, and the FBI was called in to investigate whether it was an act of terrorism. Croatian media reported that the attacker suffered from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Greyhound spokeswoman said the company has since installed shields that separate drivers from passengers on all of its more than 1,200 buses nationwide.
At the trial on the woman's lawsuit, her attorney introduced reports showing 42 other incidents of passengers grabbing or attempting to assault or grab the driver, steering wheel or brakes.
Source
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Wearing headphones
Police are advising women not to run alone at night and recommending they don't use headphones, like iPods, while exercising in the dark after a jogger was attacked on West Cliff Drive Saturday.
A man repeatedly stabbed a 22-year-old Santa Cruz woman who was jogging alone and wearing headphones on a popular trail near Natural Bridges State Beach just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police say.
Source
A man repeatedly stabbed a 22-year-old Santa Cruz woman who was jogging alone and wearing headphones on a popular trail near Natural Bridges State Beach just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police say.
Source
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Hi tech defense
Even though this report is from May 2006, it should still be well worth a read. Good use of technology, I'd say!
Japan -- A youngster used her cell phone to alert Kai police that a friend was being abducted, leading to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect.
The suspect allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old girl Tuesday as she left the JR Shiozaki Station in Kai. The suspect fled on a motorbike after the girl set off a security alarm in her bag.
Her friend got a photo of the teenager and the license plate of his motorbike, as he sped away, information that enabled police to track the 16-year-old down.
Japan -- A youngster used her cell phone to alert Kai police that a friend was being abducted, leading to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect.
The suspect allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old girl Tuesday as she left the JR Shiozaki Station in Kai. The suspect fled on a motorbike after the girl set off a security alarm in her bag.
Her friend got a photo of the teenager and the license plate of his motorbike, as he sped away, information that enabled police to track the 16-year-old down.
Friday, January 19, 2007
'Hose that?'
California -- A woman used the hose at a local car wash to fend off two men who confronted her, demanded money, then attacked her with a knife.
It happened just after 7 p.m. Sunday at the SelfServ Car Wash on State Street. The men fled as the woman sprayed them with the hose.
She did suffer cuts to her hand and arm and was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The suspects were both in their 20's. Both around 5'6".
Source
It happened just after 7 p.m. Sunday at the SelfServ Car Wash on State Street. The men fled as the woman sprayed them with the hose.
She did suffer cuts to her hand and arm and was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The suspects were both in their 20's. Both around 5'6".
Source
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Hazards at work, 21
Police in Hong Kong are hunting for a man who carried out an unprovoked attack on a woman and a driver on a bus with a stun gun, police said Thursday.
The incident happened Wednesday afternoon when the 35-year-old woman was travelling on the top deck of the bus.
Police said the man suddenly attacked the woman with the stun gun from behind on her right ear and then fled downstairs and ordered the driver to stop.
When the 55-year-old driver refused, he was also attacked with the gun. The attacker fled when the bus stopped.
Source
The incident happened Wednesday afternoon when the 35-year-old woman was travelling on the top deck of the bus.
Police said the man suddenly attacked the woman with the stun gun from behind on her right ear and then fled downstairs and ordered the driver to stop.
When the 55-year-old driver refused, he was also attacked with the gun. The attacker fled when the bus stopped.
Source
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Come forward!
This case should prove the importance of helping police and the court system - not to mention other possible victims - to make a statement and witness.
It also points to one of the major flaws of the criminal justice system - things that make a common man such as I shake his head in disbelief.
Anyone can become intimidated and afraid of the consequences of coming forward, but still ... At times we simply have to take a stand and fight for what is right, no matter what the consequences may be.
Story:
UK -- Sheffield's top judge launched an extraordinary attack on the criminal justice system after he was forced to sentence a "potential killer" to less than two-and-a-half years in jail.
Judge Alan Goldsack QC, spoke out at Sheffield Crown Court as he sentenced the man - a street thug with 41 previous convictions - for beating and kicking a man unconscious.
The attack was captured on CCTV and witnessed by two police officers, but because the victim refused to make a statement prosecutors ruled there was only enough evidence to charge the accused with affray.
Had he been charged with 'GBH' (grievous bodily harm) the 19-year-old could have been jailed indefinitely for public protection.
Source
It also points to one of the major flaws of the criminal justice system - things that make a common man such as I shake his head in disbelief.
Anyone can become intimidated and afraid of the consequences of coming forward, but still ... At times we simply have to take a stand and fight for what is right, no matter what the consequences may be.
Story:
UK -- Sheffield's top judge launched an extraordinary attack on the criminal justice system after he was forced to sentence a "potential killer" to less than two-and-a-half years in jail.
Judge Alan Goldsack QC, spoke out at Sheffield Crown Court as he sentenced the man - a street thug with 41 previous convictions - for beating and kicking a man unconscious.
The attack was captured on CCTV and witnessed by two police officers, but because the victim refused to make a statement prosecutors ruled there was only enough evidence to charge the accused with affray.
Had he been charged with 'GBH' (grievous bodily harm) the 19-year-old could have been jailed indefinitely for public protection.
Source
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Hazards at work, 20
Stories like this is always sad, more so when you know there are available methods on how to intervene that are safer for all parties involved.
What is really something is the comment from the mother:
"The girl's mother has said the principal bears some responsibility for the incident, saying Johnson should not have had physical contact with the student."
Talk about getting things out of proportions! For sure - your "baby" is perfect. Can't possibly be anything she did wrong ...
No wonder some kids are out of line, when see and hear their parents.
Story:
Grand Rapids -- Union High Principal Janice Johnson said she wants to return to school, but injuries suffered in a student assault could mean her return is months away.
Meanwhile, the 14-year-old student -- who faces charges for assault and resisting an officer -- was expelled Friday after a disciplinary hearing.
Johnson injured her back and head December 15 after being struck by the student and falling down an embankment while breaking up a fight.
The girl's mother has said the principal bears some responsibility for the incident, saying Johnson should not have had physical contact with the student.
Source
What is really something is the comment from the mother:
"The girl's mother has said the principal bears some responsibility for the incident, saying Johnson should not have had physical contact with the student."
Talk about getting things out of proportions! For sure - your "baby" is perfect. Can't possibly be anything she did wrong ...
No wonder some kids are out of line, when see and hear their parents.
Story:
Grand Rapids -- Union High Principal Janice Johnson said she wants to return to school, but injuries suffered in a student assault could mean her return is months away.
Meanwhile, the 14-year-old student -- who faces charges for assault and resisting an officer -- was expelled Friday after a disciplinary hearing.
Johnson injured her back and head December 15 after being struck by the student and falling down an embankment while breaking up a fight.
The girl's mother has said the principal bears some responsibility for the incident, saying Johnson should not have had physical contact with the student.
Source
Monday, January 15, 2007
Great news!
After initiating an international campaign to save the life of her Iranian namesake, human rights activist, Bodog Music recording artist and former Miss Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam received confirmation Sunday that the murder charge against 19-year-old Nazanin Fatehi has been dropped.
Nazanin Afshin-Jam's relentless campaign included a petition signed by 330,000 people, countless speeches and rallies worldwide and months on the media circuit as well as support from the International Committee Against Execution, Amnesty International, Canadian members of Parliament, the European Union and the United Nations. The effort appears to have been successful and Nazanin Fatehi may be released from prison within a week.
Source
Nazanin Afshin-Jam's relentless campaign included a petition signed by 330,000 people, countless speeches and rallies worldwide and months on the media circuit as well as support from the International Committee Against Execution, Amnesty International, Canadian members of Parliament, the European Union and the United Nations. The effort appears to have been successful and Nazanin Fatehi may be released from prison within a week.
Source
School washroom
This is not an uncommon MO, to attack someone inside a washroom - this goes for both genders, adults as well as minors.
Someone can be waiting in one of the stalls, as well as going in after his/their intended victim.
Story:
Canada -- Edmonton public schools are reviewing security measures after a young girl told police she was assaulted in a school washroom, the second such attack reported in a city school in less than a year.
Two Grade 3 girls were in the bathroom at the Victoria School of Visual and Performing Arts on Monday morning when one girl was assaulted by an unshaven man between 20 and 30 years old, police said.Police believe the man entered the bathroom before the girls arrived.
Source
Someone can be waiting in one of the stalls, as well as going in after his/their intended victim.
Story:
Canada -- Edmonton public schools are reviewing security measures after a young girl told police she was assaulted in a school washroom, the second such attack reported in a city school in less than a year.
Two Grade 3 girls were in the bathroom at the Victoria School of Visual and Performing Arts on Monday morning when one girl was assaulted by an unshaven man between 20 and 30 years old, police said.Police believe the man entered the bathroom before the girls arrived.
Source
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Learn self-defense!
I really hope they catch these creeps soon!
Story:
Australia -- People sent a message to Brisbane's bikeway sex fiends: You won't ruin our lifestyle.
About 800 people gathered at McCaskie Park in Kelvin Grove for the Walk Without Fear rally, determined to show support for the police effort to catch the men responsible for at least 38 attacks on women on the bikeways and paths of the city's northern suburbs.
At least two victims of the attacks attended yesterday's rally. One of them told of how she fought off her assailant and she urged women to learn self-defence.
Source
Story:
Australia -- People sent a message to Brisbane's bikeway sex fiends: You won't ruin our lifestyle.
About 800 people gathered at McCaskie Park in Kelvin Grove for the Walk Without Fear rally, determined to show support for the police effort to catch the men responsible for at least 38 attacks on women on the bikeways and paths of the city's northern suburbs.
At least two victims of the attacks attended yesterday's rally. One of them told of how she fought off her assailant and she urged women to learn self-defence.
Source
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Foreign nationals
I guess political correctness prevent these issues being debated in a clear, concise and non-racist manner; still, here's some statistics to think about.
Story:
More than 9,000 sex offenders have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials through a series of stings called Operation Predator in three years of operation, a 2006 Department of Homeland Security Report says. But some experts are wondering if the efforts are enough to protect innocent American children from being preyed on by returning criminal alien sex offenders.
Foreign nationals account for roughly 85 percent of child sex offenders arrested by the operation, which was launched by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in July 2003, officials say. And as media previously has reported, authorities also have linked illegal aliens to a wave of gang-rapes across the U.S.
Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, a researcher of violent crimes and criminal profiler who consults with FBI, state and local police, said, "Illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes first cross the U.S. border illegally, then gradually commit worse crimes and are continually released back into society or deported. Those who were deported simply returned illegally again. There is a clear pattern of criminal escalation. From misdemeanors such as assault or DUI, to drug offenses, illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes break U.S. laws repeatedly."
Source
Story:
More than 9,000 sex offenders have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials through a series of stings called Operation Predator in three years of operation, a 2006 Department of Homeland Security Report says. But some experts are wondering if the efforts are enough to protect innocent American children from being preyed on by returning criminal alien sex offenders.
Foreign nationals account for roughly 85 percent of child sex offenders arrested by the operation, which was launched by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in July 2003, officials say. And as media previously has reported, authorities also have linked illegal aliens to a wave of gang-rapes across the U.S.
Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, a researcher of violent crimes and criminal profiler who consults with FBI, state and local police, said, "Illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes first cross the U.S. border illegally, then gradually commit worse crimes and are continually released back into society or deported. Those who were deported simply returned illegally again. There is a clear pattern of criminal escalation. From misdemeanors such as assault or DUI, to drug offenses, illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes break U.S. laws repeatedly."
Source
Friday, January 12, 2007
Hazards at work, 19
A 37-year-old male passenger totally lost it, according to reports, when he was told he travelled with excessive luggage.
He jumped over the Air France counter at Oslo Airport Gardermoen after having fist thrown a vase at the attendant. He then took a strangle hold and bit the person to the chest.
The victim was taken to hospital as a result of the assault.
Source
He jumped over the Air France counter at Oslo Airport Gardermoen after having fist thrown a vase at the attendant. He then took a strangle hold and bit the person to the chest.
The victim was taken to hospital as a result of the assault.
Source
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Pepper spray
Pepper spray is an OK self-defense tool. Still, and this is important, it does not always work effectively.
You must actually get it into your hand, the spray may be taken away from you, the effect may not disable or stop the attacker, you may take higher risks because you feel too secure, and so on. Let's not forget either that it is illegal to carry in many countries.
Story:
Michigan -- A Ferndale man faces charges he punched and robbed a female massage therapist he had called to his house for service.
By the time he was arrested, the woman had pepper sprayed him and Ferndale police had stunned him twice with a Taser.
The 36-year-old man apparently rubbed the massage therapist the wrong way shortly after she arrived at his house about 4 a.m. Saturday, police said. She was concerned because he was giggling and laughing and acting strangely, police said.
After the woman arrived, the suspect told her to go with him to a bedroom on the second floor of the house, police said. But the woman told the suspect she was uncomfortable once she entered the room and turned to go back down the stairs.
"He grabbed her by the arm to stop her," a police spokesman said. "Then she turned and sprayed him with a can of pepper spray."
The woman made her way down the stairs as the man followed her, grabbing her and punching her along the way. She ran to a window to yell for help and he repeatedly punched her in several areas of her body.
The woman made it to the side door, but the man grabbed her purse from her as she headed outside, police said. The woman yelled for her purse as the suspect went back inside his house and turned out the lights. The woman called police on her cell phone and the man came outside briefly and threw her purse back at her. She told police she checked the purse and found more than $100 missing.
Source
You must actually get it into your hand, the spray may be taken away from you, the effect may not disable or stop the attacker, you may take higher risks because you feel too secure, and so on. Let's not forget either that it is illegal to carry in many countries.
Story:
Michigan -- A Ferndale man faces charges he punched and robbed a female massage therapist he had called to his house for service.
By the time he was arrested, the woman had pepper sprayed him and Ferndale police had stunned him twice with a Taser.
The 36-year-old man apparently rubbed the massage therapist the wrong way shortly after she arrived at his house about 4 a.m. Saturday, police said. She was concerned because he was giggling and laughing and acting strangely, police said.
After the woman arrived, the suspect told her to go with him to a bedroom on the second floor of the house, police said. But the woman told the suspect she was uncomfortable once she entered the room and turned to go back down the stairs.
"He grabbed her by the arm to stop her," a police spokesman said. "Then she turned and sprayed him with a can of pepper spray."
The woman made her way down the stairs as the man followed her, grabbing her and punching her along the way. She ran to a window to yell for help and he repeatedly punched her in several areas of her body.
The woman made it to the side door, but the man grabbed her purse from her as she headed outside, police said. The woman yelled for her purse as the suspect went back inside his house and turned out the lights. The woman called police on her cell phone and the man came outside briefly and threw her purse back at her. She told police she checked the purse and found more than $100 missing.
Source
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Hazards at work, 18
Missouri -- Jackson County prosecutors on Saturday charged a 24-year-old Kansas City man with attempting to rape his mental health worker.
According to court records, the woman was at the suspect's home when she was attacked.
She was able to run from the home, locked herself in her car and called police.
Source
According to court records, the woman was at the suspect's home when she was attacked.
She was able to run from the home, locked herself in her car and called police.
Source
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Sexual harassment
Two South African Airways (SAA) managers and one former manager have been implicated on various charges including attempted rape and sexual harassment for allegedly imposing themselves on subordinates, City Press reported on Sunday.
The incidents allegedly took place in boardrooms, offices, car parks and hotels where team-building sessions were being held, the report read.
One recently suspended acting general manager of human resources, allegedly forcibly undressed a woman, threw her on a boardroom table at OR Tambo Airport and attempted sex.
Source
The incidents allegedly took place in boardrooms, offices, car parks and hotels where team-building sessions were being held, the report read.
One recently suspended acting general manager of human resources, allegedly forcibly undressed a woman, threw her on a boardroom table at OR Tambo Airport and attempted sex.
Source
Monday, January 08, 2007
Hazards at work, 17
A 21-year-old resident of a Cumru Township group home criticized for lack of security was arrested Friday and charged in the rape of an employee at the facility.
The man, who has been at the center of an ongoing zoning dispute with area residents claiming the facility is a danger to the community, is charged with rape, attempted rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault.
Cumru police said the man raped a woman who works at the group home about 4:30 p.m. Thursday when she was left alone with him.
The woman tried numerous times to summon help during the 30-minute attack but was unable to reach anyone by screaming or hitting an alert button on her cell phone, police said.
The attacker was eventually pulled off the woman when a nurse arrived to check on another resident, heard cries for help and got staff from a different part of the facility, police said.
The woman was treated at a hospital for unspecified injuries.
Source
The man, who has been at the center of an ongoing zoning dispute with area residents claiming the facility is a danger to the community, is charged with rape, attempted rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault.
Cumru police said the man raped a woman who works at the group home about 4:30 p.m. Thursday when she was left alone with him.
The woman tried numerous times to summon help during the 30-minute attack but was unable to reach anyone by screaming or hitting an alert button on her cell phone, police said.
The attacker was eventually pulled off the woman when a nurse arrived to check on another resident, heard cries for help and got staff from a different part of the facility, police said.
The woman was treated at a hospital for unspecified injuries.
Source
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Retrial
Holy mother ...
Story:
The 19-year-old girl sentenced to death by hanging in Iran last year is to be retried on Wednesday after a Canadian singer launched an international campaign to save her.
Nazanin Fatehi was sentenced to death a year ago, on 3 January 2006, after admitting having stabbed to death one of three men who tried to rape her and a 16-year-old relative. She was 17 at the time.
The pop singer and former Miss Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam learnt of her case and has since become the figurehead of the campaign to have her freed.
Negar Azmudeh, a Canadian lawyer who has previously spoken out on Ms Fatehi's case, said that the fact that she and her niece were in a park in the evening may have some bearing on whether the defence is considered valid.
Ms Azmudeh cited a case where a woman was prosecuted for injuring her boss as he tried to rape her at work: "Because she had showed up at work on a Friday [a weekend day in Iran] they could not claim 'self-defence' because her presence at the office on a Friday when she knew the boss was there constituted her 'invitation' to be raped."
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Story:
The 19-year-old girl sentenced to death by hanging in Iran last year is to be retried on Wednesday after a Canadian singer launched an international campaign to save her.
Nazanin Fatehi was sentenced to death a year ago, on 3 January 2006, after admitting having stabbed to death one of three men who tried to rape her and a 16-year-old relative. She was 17 at the time.
The pop singer and former Miss Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam learnt of her case and has since become the figurehead of the campaign to have her freed.
Negar Azmudeh, a Canadian lawyer who has previously spoken out on Ms Fatehi's case, said that the fact that she and her niece were in a park in the evening may have some bearing on whether the defence is considered valid.
Ms Azmudeh cited a case where a woman was prosecuted for injuring her boss as he tried to rape her at work: "Because she had showed up at work on a Friday [a weekend day in Iran] they could not claim 'self-defence' because her presence at the office on a Friday when she knew the boss was there constituted her 'invitation' to be raped."
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Dig this
A Colorado woman foiled a pair of alleged kidnappers by deliberately steering her car into a snow bank, police said.
The two men ordered her to dig the car out, the Rocky Mountain News reported. But a Larimer County deputy drove by and stopped to help her. When her back was turned to the alleged abductors, she silently asked for help.
The woman said the two men came to her house in Fort Collins, forced their way in and said her daughter owed them money. They later ordered her into her car and made her drive them to look for her daughter.
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The two men ordered her to dig the car out, the Rocky Mountain News reported. But a Larimer County deputy drove by and stopped to help her. When her back was turned to the alleged abductors, she silently asked for help.
The woman said the two men came to her house in Fort Collins, forced their way in and said her daughter owed them money. They later ordered her into her car and made her drive them to look for her daughter.
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Saturday, January 06, 2007
Best foot forward
Yes, sometimes "legging it" between somebodies big toes makes all the difference :-)
Still, it's quite dangerous to believe this is the one simple move to fend off any type of assault on your person.
I've personally witnessed someone being given a kick in the privates that would make any NFL kicker proud (and probably very worried too ... like I was). How this person was able to just stand there with a blank stare in his face is beyond me. Maybe a healthy doze of drugs did all the difference? Or maybe he's still standing there in chock some ten years later - I don't know :-)
I've also seen a couple of fights were the kicker missed, and I can tell you this much, it quickly went from bad to worse!
Story:
Japan -- A 70-year-old woman who was attacked on a street in Osaka managed to foil her would-be robber by kicking him in the crotch, police said.
At about 9 p.m., the attacker grabbed the woman from behind and covered her mouth before pushing her onto the ground in Osaka's Ikuno-ku, demanding money. However, he fled after the woman kicked him in the groin.
The man was about 165 centimeters tall and looked around 50 years old.
The woman told police that she used her right leg to administer the coup-de-grace as she has trouble moving her left leg.
Source
Still, it's quite dangerous to believe this is the one simple move to fend off any type of assault on your person.
I've personally witnessed someone being given a kick in the privates that would make any NFL kicker proud (and probably very worried too ... like I was). How this person was able to just stand there with a blank stare in his face is beyond me. Maybe a healthy doze of drugs did all the difference? Or maybe he's still standing there in chock some ten years later - I don't know :-)
I've also seen a couple of fights were the kicker missed, and I can tell you this much, it quickly went from bad to worse!
Story:
Japan -- A 70-year-old woman who was attacked on a street in Osaka managed to foil her would-be robber by kicking him in the crotch, police said.
At about 9 p.m., the attacker grabbed the woman from behind and covered her mouth before pushing her onto the ground in Osaka's Ikuno-ku, demanding money. However, he fled after the woman kicked him in the groin.
The man was about 165 centimeters tall and looked around 50 years old.
The woman told police that she used her right leg to administer the coup-de-grace as she has trouble moving her left leg.
Source
Friday, January 05, 2007
Uncovered meat
Here are the top three worst statements of 2006, according to statementbank.com.
What can a poor man possibly say, apart from the occasional 'wow!'; and sporting an ever-so-slightly raised eyebrow or two?
Of course, statements #1 and 2 are fantastic (... stupid, that is).
Still, #3 is the reason I've included these "Listen, I've gone way past beyond the point of being really stupid" statements here.
After all, if you can't blame "Mr P" (aka. "Junior"), it's got to be a she - right? Don't tell me sexual violence against women can have anything at all to do with how we men act, think, feel and communicate? No!
1. "There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet."
Libya’s leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (April 3, 2006).
2. "I am the Jesus Christ of politics."
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister at the time (February 27, 2006).
3. "The uncovered meat is the problem … If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."
Muslim leader Sheikh Taj Din al-Hilali, arguing that men cannot be blamed for brutal attacks on women (November 6, 2006).
And just to balance things a little, here's a great observation for you. This statement made it to #4 in the "Best Statement 2006" category:
4. All those parents who are preoccupied with making demands on schools and teachers should rather spend some of their effort on raising their own children, so they don't turn into anti-social little monsters.
Editorial in the Danish online publication "Ekstra Bladet." (March 11/12, 2006)
What can a poor man possibly say, apart from the occasional 'wow!'; and sporting an ever-so-slightly raised eyebrow or two?
Of course, statements #1 and 2 are fantastic (... stupid, that is).
Still, #3 is the reason I've included these "Listen, I've gone way past beyond the point of being really stupid" statements here.
After all, if you can't blame "Mr P" (aka. "Junior"), it's got to be a she - right? Don't tell me sexual violence against women can have anything at all to do with how we men act, think, feel and communicate? No!
1. "There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet."
Libya’s leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (April 3, 2006).
2. "I am the Jesus Christ of politics."
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister at the time (February 27, 2006).
3. "The uncovered meat is the problem … If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."
Muslim leader Sheikh Taj Din al-Hilali, arguing that men cannot be blamed for brutal attacks on women (November 6, 2006).
And just to balance things a little, here's a great observation for you. This statement made it to #4 in the "Best Statement 2006" category:
4. All those parents who are preoccupied with making demands on schools and teachers should rather spend some of their effort on raising their own children, so they don't turn into anti-social little monsters.
Editorial in the Danish online publication "Ekstra Bladet." (March 11/12, 2006)
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Not me - Mr Pee!
Sorry folks, how could I miss out on this?
After all, it's the ultimate form of stupidity - really!
But then again you might want to try this "not me" variation if you ever should be accused of delivering physical harm to someones exterior (we tend to call such activity an "attitude adjuster") - blame your body parts!
"No, your Honor, it wasn't me, it was my left hand. Then what do you know, suddenly my right hand kind of just joined in."
Story:
A 21-year-old man who was Wednesday convicted for attempted rape told a Jabi Chief Magistrates' Court that his penis should be blamed for the offence.
Source
After all, it's the ultimate form of stupidity - really!
But then again you might want to try this "not me" variation if you ever should be accused of delivering physical harm to someones exterior (we tend to call such activity an "attitude adjuster") - blame your body parts!
"No, your Honor, it wasn't me, it was my left hand. Then what do you know, suddenly my right hand kind of just joined in."
Story:
A 21-year-old man who was Wednesday convicted for attempted rape told a Jabi Chief Magistrates' Court that his penis should be blamed for the offence.
Source
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
See no evil ...
Denmark -- Following a second sexual assault in less than a week, Randers police are looking into the possibility of having a serial rapist at their hands.
Thursday evening around 8:30 p.m., a 25-year-old woman was violently assaulted.
The woman was out running when she was attacked. The perpetrator forced her to the ground, threatened her with a knife and attempted to tear her clothes off.
The terrified woman hit the attacker with her cellular phone. She then wrestled free and ran away from the man.
Since the method used and the description of the perpetrator in the two cases are very similar, police alleges it may be the same man responsible for both attacks.
Neither of the women saw or heard the man approaching, since they both listened to music when they were attacked, police says. They add that it is very likely that the man have been preying on this victims before striking.
Source
Thursday evening around 8:30 p.m., a 25-year-old woman was violently assaulted.
The woman was out running when she was attacked. The perpetrator forced her to the ground, threatened her with a knife and attempted to tear her clothes off.
The terrified woman hit the attacker with her cellular phone. She then wrestled free and ran away from the man.
Since the method used and the description of the perpetrator in the two cases are very similar, police alleges it may be the same man responsible for both attacks.
Neither of the women saw or heard the man approaching, since they both listened to music when they were attacked, police says. They add that it is very likely that the man have been preying on this victims before striking.
Source
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Step outside!
If you're asked outside to "have a go", or being followed out as you try to escape - sadly, this is what happens way too often.
Please remember - extremely few people fight "fair"!
Story:
UK -- A 19-year-old footballer and karate coach is in a coma a week after being attacked in a Calderdale pub on Mad Friday. The student was punched once after a row with a drinker in the Albert pub.
Police believe he crumpled to the ground outside the bar and bashed his head while his attacker fled.
He was out with work mates but left the busy pub after falling out with another drinker, possibly over a spilt drink.
The man followed him and hit him in the head from behind. He has not regained consciousness since the attack, which left him with two serious head injuries and a collapsed lung.
Source
Please remember - extremely few people fight "fair"!
Story:
UK -- A 19-year-old footballer and karate coach is in a coma a week after being attacked in a Calderdale pub on Mad Friday. The student was punched once after a row with a drinker in the Albert pub.
Police believe he crumpled to the ground outside the bar and bashed his head while his attacker fled.
He was out with work mates but left the busy pub after falling out with another drinker, possibly over a spilt drink.
The man followed him and hit him in the head from behind. He has not regained consciousness since the attack, which left him with two serious head injuries and a collapsed lung.
Source
Monday, January 01, 2007
Lights are on ...
... But that doesn't always imply there's somebody home :-)
Story:
(From the Wichita police reports in 2006)
A woman called police to report that a man forced her at gunpoint to give him money at the business where she worked, then took her to the cooler, tried to rape her and locked her inside.
She said she struggled to escape for 45 minutes, then remembered she had a cell phone. So she called police.
When police arrived, they couldn't get into the business --so the half-naked woman came to the door to let them in.
During her interview the next day, she could not explain how she could let the officers in the door if she was locked inside the cooler. She confessed she had taken the money herself to pay for an attorney.
Source
Story:
(From the Wichita police reports in 2006)
A woman called police to report that a man forced her at gunpoint to give him money at the business where she worked, then took her to the cooler, tried to rape her and locked her inside.
She said she struggled to escape for 45 minutes, then remembered she had a cell phone. So she called police.
When police arrived, they couldn't get into the business --so the half-naked woman came to the door to let them in.
During her interview the next day, she could not explain how she could let the officers in the door if she was locked inside the cooler. She confessed she had taken the money herself to pay for an attorney.
Source
Creative restraint
Peabody, Massachusetts -- On Christmas Eve, George Medeiros, 61, and John, 57, stopped at their mum's home. She wasn't in, and the two brothers realised that something was wrong.
On entering her bedroom, they noticed a shadow and lifted up her bed to reveal a man on the ground.
The brothers fought the man, who police have revealed was a 46-year-old from Lynn, Massachusetts.
While John tried to restrain the intruder, George called the police. But with the suspect attempting to get away, John had no choice but to pull down the trousers and underwear of his opponent.
'I figured it would slow him down if he got up to run,' said George. It worked and the police arrived to arrest the man.
Source
On entering her bedroom, they noticed a shadow and lifted up her bed to reveal a man on the ground.
The brothers fought the man, who police have revealed was a 46-year-old from Lynn, Massachusetts.
While John tried to restrain the intruder, George called the police. But with the suspect attempting to get away, John had no choice but to pull down the trousers and underwear of his opponent.
'I figured it would slow him down if he got up to run,' said George. It worked and the police arrived to arrest the man.
Source
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