slacker Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Irregular News for 01.04.07 Florida -- There was no full moon on New Year's Eve. But even if there had been, it wouldn't be enough to explain all this. A bullet fell from the sky just before midnight Sunday and lodged in 46-year-old Debbie Bingham's left bra strap. She was sitting on a picnic bench, watching fireworks in St. Petersburg, and didn't know what happened until her son saw blood drip from her arm. She wasn't badly injured. Police called to investigate a burglary at Northeast Park Baptist Church early Sunday morning found a trail of pickles. They followed it across the street to a shopping center, where they found 39-year-old David Palmer. Officers arrested him on a burglary charge. And Fred Holley was apparently so excited about 2007 that he dialed 911 14 times Sunday to wish everyone at the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office happy new year. The dispatchers apparently didn't share his enthusiasm - the 46 year-old St. Petersburg man was arrested for 911 abuse. So what accounts for the outbreak of the strange? "It's definitely true that alcohol plays a role in New Year's for many people," said Sgt. Jim Bordner, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. There's more. The Sheriff's Office is still searching for whoever slashed the tires of 30 vehicles and several inflatable snowmen in Seminole this weekend. Detectives believe all the slashings took place at night. The weekend also saw its share of unusual accidents. Marcos Vazquez-Martinez, 34, pulled out of a mobile home park in Hillsborough County a little too quickly on New Year's Day, losing control of his 1999 Chevy and ramming into a utility pole. The pole fell on Guadalupe Gasper, 24, of Dover, who was walking along Highway 60 and minding his own business, the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office said. Deputies cited Vazquez-Martinez for driving too fast for road conditions; Gasper was taken to Tampa General Hospital and his condition was not available Tuesday. Deputies said his injuries were not life-threatening. Even schools weren't spared, though students were gone for the holidays. Tony Shortt, a 32-year-old transient, was arrested on charges he smashed through a window at Gibbs High School and cracked open three vending machines with a screwdriver. Police say Shortt also is suspected of burglarizing 10 vending machines at Northeast High School just recently. During another holiday. Christmas. source Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Should this thread be retitled to "Signs of the Apocalypse"? Quote Link to comment
cmb23 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 When we went to the Orange Bowl for the National Championship in 1994-1995, we checked into the Holiday Inn very near the stadium. If you haven't been there, the old Orange Bowl is not in the best area. And this Holiday Inn was rather run down and our 5th floor balcony overlooked a definite ghetto area (C'mon we were in college, beer money was more important than a fancy hotel.) Anyway when we checked in one of the security guards welcomed us and congratulated us on being in the running for the Nat. Championship. We spoke with him awhile about what to do and where to go (of course see the festivities at Coconut Grove). He then cautioned us to be indoors or under a roof at midnight of New Years. Why? We asked. He told us that at midnight all of the gangs and idiots with guns fire them into the air and every year at least one injury is reported in the newspaper of a bullet ricocheting or falling straight down and hitting them. Come midnight, we watched from our windows the flashes coming from gun barrells below. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 When we went to the Orange Bowl for the National Championship in 1994-1995, we checked into the Holiday Inn very near the stadium. If you haven't been there, the old Orange Bowl is not in the best area. And this Holiday Inn was rather run down and our 5th floor balcony overlooked a definite ghetto area (C'mon we were in college, beer money was more important than a fancy hotel.) Anyway when we checked in one of the security guards welcomed us and congratulated us on being in the running for the Nat. Championship. We spoke with him awhile about what to do and where to go (of course see the festivities at Coconut Grove). He then cautioned us to be indoors or under a roof at midnight of New Years. Why? We asked. He told us that at midnight all of the gangs and idiots with guns fire them into the air and every year at least one injury is reported in the newspaper of a bullet ricocheting or falling straight down and hitting them. Come midnight, we watched from our windows the flashes coming from gun barrells below. For some reason this doesn't surprise me........... Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Police called to investigate a burglary at Northeast Park Baptist Church early Sunday morning found a trail of pickles. They followed it across the street to a shopping center, where they found 39-year-old David Palmer. Officers arrested him on a burglary charge. He could've at least made it harder and circled some buildings.....or gone through alley ways....zig zagged or something..... Quote Link to comment
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