Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 17, 2004 at 4:49:00 PM CEST
Man Allegedly Attacks Woman With Alligator
He then went to the bathroom and allegedly returned wielding a 3-foot alligator, swinging it at the woman. He hit her arm with the reptile as she tried to escape. He then allegedly threw empty beer bottles at her and finally shoved her out the front door of the house, according to the report.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 17, 2004 at 4:30:00 PM CEST
3 Cars & 94 sheeps
t was a woolly, if not wild, report from the traffic police: Authorities stopped a convoy of three cars after they heard the "passengers" bleating - and found the vehicles stuffed with sheep.
Three Turkish men were transporting 94 sheep in three small pickup trucks on Thursday, the Libertatea newspaper reported Friday. Thirty-four of the animals were crammed into a single vehicle.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 16, 2004 at 2:23:00 PM CEST
Judge pays for defendant's hearing aid battery
A judge in Germany has paid for a battery for a defendant's hearing aid so the man could follow his trial.
The 51-year-old man was in court in Munich on a manslaughter charge, but had difficulty following proceedings.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 16, 2004 at 2:17:00 PM CEST
Surgeon messes up penis op
A Romanian surgeon has been suspended after allegedly cutting a patient's penis into several pieces.
He was supposed to be operating on the man to lower a testicle into his scrotum when he accidentally cut the urinary channel.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 16, 2004 at 2:12:00 PM CEST
Missing rugby player found in fridge
Missing rugby player found in fridge
A Tongan rugby player has been found hiding in a fridge as he tried to dodge deportation from New Zealand.
The country's Immigration Service, along with police, went to a house in a suburb of Auckland following a tip-off.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 14, 2004 at 4:40:00 PM CEST
Gefälschte Polizeibriefe im Umlauf
In Graz kursieren derzeit gefälschte Briefe mit dem Absender der Bundespolizeidirektion. Die Empfänger werden aufgefordert, Fotos aller Personen, die im Haushalt leben, binnen 14 Tagen der Polizei zu bringen.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 14, 2004 at 4:24:00 PM CEST
Wayward windsurfer hits tree and car
Gusts of wind propelled a German windsurfer from a Baltic Sea beach into a tree and -- after he climbed down -- 10 metres further into a parked car, police say.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 14, 2004 at 4:18:00 PM CEST
Police are looking for naked people in the park acting like chickens
The Fremont Police Department responded to two reports of naked people in city parks early this morning.
The first call came in shortly after midnight.
Police said the caller alleged two naked men were running around Clemmons Park clucking and waving their arms like chickens.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 14, 2004 at 3:59:00 PM CEST
Man pulls a soda can on cop. Cop shoots man.
Suspect's uncle slain after cop apparently mistakes soda can for gun.
A Denver police officer likely mistook a soda can for a weapon before shooting and killing a 63-year-old man in his bed, Police Chief Gerry Whitman said Monday.
Frank Lobato was shot once in the chest Sunday night during a police search for a domestic-violence suspect. Lobato, a career criminal and formerly homeless man whom neighbors said was disabled, was not involved in the domestic dispute.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 14, 2004 at 3:51:00 PM CEST
Tarzan's escaped tiger killed in Fla.
A tiger that escaped from the home of a movie actor who once played Tarzan was shot and killed Tuesday after it lunged at a state wildlife officer who was trying to capture it.
At least two officers approached the tiger, and one was going to try to shoot it with a tranquilizer gun. But the tiger lunged at one officer, who had to shoot in self defense, said Jorge Pino, a spokesman with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 13, 2004 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Teen Robs Gas Station 3 Times
Three times was the charm for police who apprehended a teen bicyclist after the third robbery in a week of the same gas station.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 13, 2004 at 2:58:00 PM CEST
Police hunt for stolen "Shrek"
Police say they have launched a hunt for thieves who stole a 5 foot tall model of friendly green ogre Shrek -- star of the blockbuster animated movie.
Two youths made off with the model, worth 500 pounds, from a fancy dress shop in Great Barr, near Birmingham, after throwing bricks through the window.
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