California: When Alphonse
Lee Woods appeared in California's Superior Court recently on charges
of drug possession, trespassing and obstruction of justice, Woods had yet
to post bail - so he appeared in handcuffs and attired in orange prison
garb. Unusually, Woods was defended by his attorney Frank Dornay, 44, who
also was handcuffed and wearing orange prison garb. Dornay had failed to
submit to a mandatory urine drug test as a condition of his own probation
on drug-related charges.
(Source: Unknown Spotter:
Miller
Duncan)
Port Stephens: A 55-year-old
man will appear in Raymond Terrace court soon after NSW Water Police raided
his 34-foot cruiser on New Years Day and discovered a one-metre crocodile
in the boat's shower recess, along with 11 semi-automatic pistols, assault
rifles, a machine gun and a hand grenade. According to the man, he'd taken
the crocodile from northern Queensland after fearing that it wouldn't live.
Police had been tipped off after the man began boasting in local hotels and
the marina that he had a saltwater crocodile on his boat. "He just boasted
a few too many times," Snr Constable Ross Cramp of Port Stephens water police
said. Meanwhile, Tomaree National Park ranger Mr George Malolakis kept the
crocodile at home for a night before taking it to Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney,
where it will be quarantined for a short period before being released back
into the wild. "The kids loved it," he said. "We had it in the bathroom to
keep it warm and in the kitchen for breakfast." The maximum penalty for
possessing protected fauna under the National Parks and Wildlife Act is an
$11,000 fine and/or six months' jail.
(Source: Sydney Morning Herald Spotter:
Janet)
Canberra: The Australian Bomb
Data Centre at the Federal Police HQ in Canberra has issued a check
list for bomb threats. The check list requests that all officers who receive
bomb threats over the phone ask the following questions:
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When is the bomb going to explode?
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Where did you put the bomb?
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When did you put it there?
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What does the bomb look like?
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What kind of bomb is it?
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What will make the bomb explode?
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Did you place the bomb?
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Why did you place the bomb?
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What is your name?
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Where are you?
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What is your address?
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What's the exact wording of your
threat?
Helpful criminals or terrorists who
decide to answer all 12 questions are assured of a speedy phone tap and prompt
arrest. However, slightly smarter criminals who decide to mail in their answers
in the hope of winning a lucky door prize - providing they skip questions
9 and 11 - will probably be able to blow things up in complete anonymity.
(Source: Australian Bomb Data Centre Bomb Threat Check List)
Sydney: In what may be an innovative
early reaction to Australia's new, tighter gun control laws, two men allegedly
required hospital treatment after being attacked by a didgeridoo player and
another man in central Sydney last month. Central Local Court heard that
John White, 44, and Stephen John Curley, 31, had assaulted two men with the
wooden instrument, and that one of the victims had required brain scans at
a hospital afterwards. White and Curley were charged with robbery in company,
assault, and robbery with an offensive weapon. Both men entered no pleas.
(Source: Courier-Mail, Brisbane)
Tokyo: Tokyo school board officials
have suspended a teacher for three months after students and fellow staff
members complained about the unnamed 28-year-old's behaviour on a school
camping expedition. According to reports, the teacher was angry that two
junior high students had bought candy along on the trip and did not offer
to share. To punish them, the teacher placed two hunting knives in front
of the students and told them to disembowel themselves, saying that ritual
suicide was the only honourable course they could take. When the students
refused, the teacher then attacked them with a tent pole. He was finally
restrained by colleagues when he began to fashion a noose from a guy rope.
School board officials said that they accepted that the teacher had overstepped
the mark and that ordering students to commit Hara Kiri is no longer acceptable
in Japanese schools. "However, in his defence, the teacher did say he was
annoyed with them," a spokesperson added.
(Source: United Press International)
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