Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 18, 2004 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Bear's hospital visit turns fatal
A black bear ended up with more than a sore head when it activated automatic doors and wandered into a US hospital.
Startled doctors, nurses and patients saw the 345lb (156kg) animal walking through the emergency ward and into an office full of computers.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 18, 2004 at 3:13:00 PM CEST
Teenager causes car-jet crash
Two Texas teenagers escaped serious injury Tuesday in a bizarre car-plane crash that caused an estimated $1 million damage to a private jet owned by Constellation Brands wine company.
The accident occurred when 33-year-old Antoinette Y. Bailey of Manorville, Suffolk County, left her niece, Kayla Wiltz, 13, of Houston, and a friend, Annessa John, 13, of Missouri City, Texas, in a car while she went into the office at the Penn Yan Airport shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, said Yates County Sheriff's Investigator Marty Reynolds.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 18, 2004 at 11:09:00 AM CEST
Police chief's home burgled as he gave crime talk
A police chief's home was burgled while he was giving a talk on crime prevention.
Superintendent Peter West had to dash from the meeting and drive home to comfort his wife Pauline in Folkestone, Kent.
She discovered raiders had grabbed jewellery and personal items from their house.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 18, 2004 at 2:08:00 AM CEST
Woman Trying to Kill Squirrel Shoots Self
A 78-year-old woman tired of squirrels raiding her bird feeder got out her shotgun to kill the critter, but instead accidentally shot and injured herself.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 17, 2004 at 7:35:00 PM CEST
Sweeping stun guns to target crowds
Weapons that can incapacitate crowds of people by sweeping a lightning-like beam of electricity across them are being readied for sale to military and police forces in the US and Europe.
At present, commercial stun guns target one person at a time, and work only at close quarters. The new breed of non-lethal weapons can be used on many people at once and operate over far greater distances.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 17, 2004 at 5:51:00 PM CEST
'Crime expert' accused of robbery
ohn L. Stanley's resume is impressive: author, university lecturer, crime consultant, radio personality.
Authorities in Kansas City want to add another title to the list.
Bank robber.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 17, 2004 at 2:45:00 PM CEST
Armed trio steal £3 worth of strawberries
German police are looking for two armed men and a woman who stole £3 worth of strawberries at gunpoint.
A woman working at a pick-your-own fruit farm near Munich arrived to find three people picking their own.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 16, 2004 at 4:23:00 PM CEST
Überwachungskamera filmte Mann mit Rad, auf dem Bombe deponiert war
Wie bereits mehrfach berichtet wurde, gab es vor einer Woche im Kölner Stadtteil Mülheim eine Bombenexplosion. Der Täter hatte den Sprengsatz auf einem Fahrrad deponiert. Ein Mann wurde mit genau diesem Gefährt von einer Überwachungskamera gefilmt.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 15, 2004 at 7:59:00 PM CEST
Diebe mähen Gras, dann klauen sie es
Eigentlich sollte sich ein Bauer im Ort Kreuztal im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen freuen, denn seine ganze Grasfläche wurde abgesichelt - allerdings unfreiwillig.
1.000 Quadratmeter Heu wurden von diebischen 'Grasliebhabern' einfach entwendet. Der Mann erstattete sofort bei der örtlichen Polizei Anzeige.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 15, 2004 at 12:34:00 PM CEST
Krieg der Rentner
Ein 88 Jahre alter Italiener aus Potenza hat einen 67-jährigen Rentner in einem Streit um ein vermeintlich „falsch geparktes“ Fahrrad erschossen.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 13, 2004 at 7:35:00 PM CEST
Teenager tried to hijack train
A TEENAGE train buff staged his own version of the Great Train Robbery when he was caught trying to steal a Melbourne commuter train while dressed as a Connex driver and carrying an official set of keys.
The elaborate heist failed only because alert staff went to investigate why the locomotive's engine was running.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 13, 2004 at 4:34:00 PM CEST
Wet wedding for Swiss couple
An accident poured cold water over a weekend wedding party on a Swiss lake when a boat carrying the bride and groom and their 18 guests turned turtle and sank, Swiss police said Sunday, adding that all members of the party were safe and sound.
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