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A 35 year old gentleman living in Germany has had a headache for 5 years.  He recalls being drunk and getting a whack to the head on New Year’s eve in 2005 and he has had headaches ever since but has not consulted a doctor until recently.  This week he had surgery to remove a bullet from his skull.  Nobody is sure exactly how that happened but it is presumed that partying revellers were the cause.  This case certainly adds a new dimension to the expression, “it’s all in your head.”  This story has put the fear of the Lord

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A Houston Federal Grand Jury Indictment, unsealed yesterday by U.S. Attorney Juan Angel Moreno, gives the details behind the arrests of Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper Mark DeArza, DPS clerk Lidia Gutierrez, and service station manager Maen Bittar, each charged with conspiracy to produce illegal identifications by selling fraudulent Texas drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants.

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The past few days belong to Steven Slater, the frustrated airline attendant who after getting hit on the head by a piece of luggage, gracefully left his job of 20 years at Kennedy Airport by getting on the PA to chew out a customer, grabbing a can of beer and sliding out of the plane’s emergency chute.  He has been charged with a number of offences.  I’m sure many of us side with Slater as is apparent from the massive expressions of support on Facebook etc.I wonder whether any of our colleagues will be next in expressing their frustration in

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We’ve posted about Samuel Kent before — following his path from a setting federal district judge in Galveston, Texas indicted for sex crimes, through his incarceration after he entered into a plea agreement (he was also the subject of impeachment, but that’s a rabbit trail at this point). 

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On July 12th, Laguna Niguel, California, saw the 32nd annual Mooning Amtrak event.  About 8000 folks from all over gathered to partake. They apparently line up against a chain link fence next to the railway tracks and every time an Amtrak train passes by, they pull down their pants or lift their skirts and shout “whooo”.  There are rules to follow however and the police are out in full force.  Nudity per se is prohibited and the participants must display their derrieres only in the direction of the passing train.  If they turn around and moon the other way, police

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Yesterday morning — very early, about 1 AM — on Interstate 45 in Montgomery County, not too far from Willis, Texas, a DPS Trooper was setting in his squad car, monitoring the radar as traffic rolled past him.  Weather reports show that while the area had seen lots of rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex, it wasn’t raining at the time. 

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Isn’t it all a matter of perspective? As I write these words there are demonstrations going on in Toronto as the G-20 is taking place. Hooligans have been rampaging through downtown, vandalizing and looting. They even torched four police cars. Meanwhile in Brantford, about 100 plus kilometres away, a 42 year old man who had been drinking earlier this week put a banana up the tailpipe of a police vehicle.  This certainly surprised the officer occupying the vehicle and he exited and arrested the man charging him with mischief. Not surprisingly the gentleman confessed to his deed.  I doubt that

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Bull or chicken? You decide. Christian Hernandez is a Mexican matador. He went into the bullfighting ring the other day to face a half ton bull. Suddenly he got cold feet, threw his red cape down and bolted out of the ring. This did not sit well with the organizers of the event and they had him arrested, for breach of contract. It comes as a complete surprise to me that breach of contract is one of these events that would call for police involvement. Did the victims of the breach of contract call 911?  I can just see this

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Under (the kilt) Justice has been done this past week in Raymond, Alberta. Right has prevailed. 19 year old student Hamish Jacobs insisted on wearing a kilt at his high school graduation ceremony. The school said no, as the rules required the gentlemen to wear pants.  After protests hit the school board from all over the world, the trustees relented and they allowed Hamish to forgo the pants and wear a kilt. I would guess that this week was not a busy one for the trustees and that they had nothing more important to discuss.  After the meeting was called, Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas police officer Daniel Babb was indicted yesterday by the Grand Jury, so he’s officially facing criminal charges now.

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