Probably the most depressing thing you'll read this morning. (1 Viewer)

I mean really, FFS, Leprechauns beating people up. Give those giant Leprechauns near the Molly Malone statue a wide berth.

Police: Man claims leprechauns beat him up for dancing
http://downtownseattle.komonews.com/news/crime/759270-police-man-claims-leprechauns-beat-him-dancing
Submitted by Jill Blocker, KOMO Communities Reporter
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012, 1:36pm

A “bunch of leprechauns” beat up a man in Belltown on Saturday, the bruised and bloodied victim told police.

Police say they received reports about the fight around 1:55 a.m. on Bell Street near the Alaskan Way Viaduct, but when they arrived they saw numerous people running from the scene.

Police then saw a man on the ground, who was covered in blood and holding his head and screaming in pain.

When police asked the man who was involved in the fight he said, “It was a bunch of leprechauns,” that were mad because he was dancing with a girl, according to police.

He told police one of the assailants was wearing a white tank top, but could not provide any more details about the leprechauns.

A witness at the scene told police a group of men beat him up.

The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with multiple head injuries and cuts and bruises on his face, back, knuckles and elbows.

Police were unable to find the leprechauns or anyone else involved
 
Pet dog in oven, what a scumbag.

Family returns home to find dead dog in oven

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Posted: Jul 13, 2012 8:53 PM GDT
Updated: Jul 20, 2012 8:53 PM GDT
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
A northwest suburban family returned home from a two-day vacation on July 4 to find their home had been burglarized and their dog's dead body was in the oven.

The family left home July 2, Arlington Heights police Sgt. Rick Kappelman said. The home, in the 1500 block of West Roanoke Drive, had been checked on by a neighbor late in the evening of July 3, and the family returned home late in the morning on July 4.

When they returned home, they found it had been burglarized, though there was no sign of forced entry, Kappelman said. About $3,000 worth of jewelry was taken, "and initially the dog was thought to have been taken," he said.

But the dog, a Cavachon named Coco, was found the following morning by a young girl in a convection oven, Kappelman said.

Kappelman said police believe the incident stems from "a domestic relationship involving an ex-boyfriend."

The ex, a 39-year-old Lincolnshire man, has been questioned but released because "there is not sufficient evidence at this time," Kappelman said.

Kappelman said the homeowner has an order of protection against the ex-boyfriend, stemming from a May 20 incident involving harassment. The man was arrested June 4 for allegedly violating that order of protection by "repeatedly texting, emailing and telephoning" the woman, Kappelman said.

"He just won't leave her alone," Kappelman said.

A neighbor who didn't want to be identified said a single mother with two daughters, ages 7 and 9, lived in the home where the burglary occurred. It was the 9-year-old who discovered the Coco the day after the family returned from a lake vacation.

"The little girl found the dog in the microwave," the neighbor said. "It's terrible for someone to do something like that to a poor, defenseless animal."

A medical examination of the dog's remains revealed "the oven definitely was turned on at some point with the dog inside," Kappelman said.

But he said it's unknown if the dog was alive before it was placed in the oven.

Although there is an "ADT" security sign in front of the house, the neighbor said the alarm was turned off to allow another neighbor to check on Coco while the owners were gone.

The neighbor said the family haven't been living in the house since they discovered the dead dog.

"She was definitely devastated," the neighbor said of the mother, adding the family had the dog for less than a year.

Police believe the crime occurred sometime between about 11 p.m. on July 3 and early July 4.

No one was in custody as of Friday afternoon.



Read more: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/1...nd-home-burglarized-dog-in-oven#ixzz21TUUiG2q
 
Ah fuck, just found this. Where do they get these guys? At least in this case the (police) dog bit the wanker.

The jilted lover and the bunker
BLAIR ENSOR
Last updated 05:00 21/07/2012

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The elaborate plans.

An obsessed lover built a hideout inside his ex-partner's house and used it to spy on her.

The 25-year-old man - who has name suppression - spent many hours in the hidden cavity, under a flight of stairs, and stocked it with clothes, bedding, food, candles, torches - and an arsenal of weapons.

He also cut holes in the plasterboard of the hideout and created trapdoors, giving him access to the whole house.

He was caught after he emerged from the hiding spot and lashed out with a spade when another man visited his former partner at the Lower Hutt home about 3am on April 1.

Police arrested him later that day after he was found hiding under the home in Epuni.

He was taken to hospital with bite wounds after a police dog was sent to help flush him out.

In Wellington District Court this week, Judge Peter Hobbs sentenced the man to three years and seven months' jail on 10 charges that included aggravated burglary, assault with a weapon, threatening to kill, assault on a woman, wilful trespass, being unlawfully in a building and wilful damage.

The judge said the man wasn't the first to become "unhinged and obsessed" after a breakup but the offending was premeditated and "completely inappropriate".

He took into account the man's guilty plea, remorse and mental health issues when deciding his sentence. "It appears you are a man of some promise and this offending resulted largely from an emotional breakdown and an addiction to methamphetamine.

The Dominion Post can reveal details from the summary of facts after an order suppressing aspects of the case was lifted.

It outlines a trail of violent domestic incidents in which the man punched and kicked his ex-partner. The couple broke up on March 22 and the ex-partner stayed with family and friends because she was too scared to stay at the home alone.

Three days later the man was found at the home and lashed out again. Police barred him from the home for two years.

On the day his hiding place was discovered, his ex-girlfriend was talking to a man in a lounge upstairs.

The pair heard a noise on the porch and, when they investigated, found an old envelope with a note that read: "He has three min to leave or me & Charlz be bak".

The ex-partner went through the home locking all the doors and windows. A wardrobe was not shut in her daughter's bedroom and, as she began to close the doors, she saw her ex-lover standing in the wardrobe holding a garden spade.

He chased her outside and yelled to the other man: "I'm gonna f...... kill you." He fled after the spade was wrestled from him.

Police and the woman returned to the home later the same day to search it.

They could not open the front door, found a sheet covering the window, another window broken and a wall unit damaged at the rear of the home.

The man was found hiding under the house. "While searching the address, police found a small area in the wall space where the defendant had food, clothing, torches, candles and bedding items," the police summary says.

"The defendant had weapons hidden in the wall space, including a metal golf club, a wooden chair leg, a kitchen knife and a screwdriver."

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He could access the area via a manhole underneath the home.

Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Cooper said police believed they had foiled either a kidnapping or a serious attack. "It's that whole obsessive nature of this incident, which was quite concerning and scary.

"Why was he there and what was he going to do? [We] believe he was gearing up to maybe kidnap her - for what reasons we don't know."

However, at court, the man's tearful ex-partner, who is about five months' pregnant with his child, said: "I know he wouldn't have hurt me - I know for a fact - and I don't believe he was down there for very long.

"If he was hiding like the police say he was hiding, he would have come and spoken to me."

Mr Cooper said it was not unusual for victims of domestic violence to play down the severity of incidents because they still had feelings for the people who had abused them. "This is probably one of the biggest barriers to [dealing with] domestic violence.

"Complainants or victims continue to justify the actions of perpetrators."

The man's father said the incident was totally out of character. "I think it was a one-off . . . and I think that fort was only built on the day. When the cops showed up, he tried to find a place to hide.

"It's totally out of character. [He's] never been violent in his whole life, the little bugger."
 
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0925/breaking33.html

Gardaí today confirmed they received a phone call about a man being tied up in a house as the investigation into the murder of Sligo man Eugene Gillespie continues.

Mr Gillespie (67) was found on Friday evening, unconscious and lying in the hallway of his home at Old Market Street with his hands tied behind his back.

Gardaí today said a call was received last Thursday, September 20th, via the emergency services number relating to a male being tied up in a house with a brown gate.

A Garda went to the house as described and "satisfied themselves that there was nothing untoward", a statement said, adding gardaí are liaising with phone companies in a bid to identify the caller.
 
Almost 16 years!

Skeleton of French man found in bed after 15 years
Reuters – Fri, Oct 19, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/skeleton-french-man-found-bed-15-years-164601341.html
LILLE, France (Reuters) - Police in France said on Friday they were trying to identify the skeleton of a man believed to have lain undiscovered in bed for more than 15 years.
The body, found in an abandoned house in the northern city of Lille, is thought to be that of the elderly owner of the property, who lived alone and appeared to have no relatives.
Police said they had found piles of unopened mail at the house dating back to 1996.
 
i find ruined umbrellas that have been abandoned by their owners due to being wrecked in windy/wet weather the saddest thing. saw one this morning and got all misty.
 
i find ruined umbrellas that have been abandoned by their owners due to being wrecked in windy/wet weather the saddest thing. saw one this morning and got all misty.

I was thinking yesterday that evolution is amazingly sad. imagine aeons of generations upon generations of fish, wishing they could climb trees and not being able. poor bastards.
 
Another really sad case.

Woman and dog found dead at Teesside flat

The body of a woman and a dog have been found at a flat in Teesside.

Police were called to an address on Bramcote Way in Thornaby at about 11.30 GMT on Friday, where the body of a female, thought to be in her 20s, was discovered.

Cleveland Police said it was unknown how long the the pair had been there.

A post-mortem examination was carried out which was inconclusive. Police said the incident is being treated as unexplained.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-20566614
 

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