Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 4, 2004 at 6:38:00 PM CEST
Oregon Man Bites Police Dog Before His Arrest
A man suspected of assaulting his girlfriend set two fires and bit a dog on the head as he tried to escape from police, the authorities said.
Jeffrey Scott Sernett, 23, of Bend was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of assault, reckless burning, interfering with a police animal and resisting arrest.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 4, 2004 at 2:57:00 PM CEST
Kriegsrelikte im Kofferraum
Zwei Männer, die im Kofferraum ihres Pkw Waffen aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg transportiert hatten, wurden heute in Klagenfurt bei einer Routinekontrolle der Zivilstreife festgenommen. Vermutlich war das Kriegsmaterial in der Nacht aus dem Wörther See und dem Klagenfurter Lendkanal "gefischt" worden.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 4, 2004 at 12:59:00 PM CEST
Blitz-Skandal
Einem angeblich blinden Spanier könnte seine Angeberei mit einer waghalsigen Autofahrt teuer zu stehen kommen. Der 55-Jährige hatte damit geprahlt, als erster Blinder mit einem Auto in einer Radarkontrolle der Polizei mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 154 km/h geblitzt worden zu sein.
Eine Versicherung, die dem Mann wegen Verlust des Augenlichts 540.000 Euro gezahlt hatte, klagte ihn daraufhin in Barcelona nach Presseberichten vom Donnerstag wegen Betrugs.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 3, 2004 at 11:44:00 PM CEST
Schoolgirl killer says she was inspired by TV murder drama
An 11-year-old girl who admitted to slashing 12-year-old fellow classmate Satomi Mitarai to death at school with a paper cutter has told prefectural police she decided to attack her victim after watching a television drama.
"I watched a TV drama and decided to try (to kill her)," the 11-year-old, who cannot be named because of her age, was quoted as telling police.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 3:23:00 PM CEST
Radioactive machine stolen in China
Authorities in China are concerned about the theft of a piece of potentially deadly radioactive equipment.
Hundreds of police in Shanghai have been searching for a small cylinder containing a gamma-ray apparatus capable of transmitting fatal doses of radiation, Chinese state press reported on Tuesday.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 3:00:00 AM CEST
Man forces stepdaughter to cut off finger
In the specific case for which he was arrested, Harada forced his stepdaughter to severe her little left finger with a kitchen knife in March after she angered him, investigators said.
"You made me angry, so keep your promise and cut off a finger," he was quoted as telling the victim.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 2:53:00 AM CEST
Runaway zebra caught in service station restroom
A zebra burst out of a truck parked at a service station area along the Kyushu Expressway Tuesday morning en route to a zoo in Kumamoto Prefecture, highway police said.
¬> japantoday ¬> mainichi
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 1:59:00 AM CEST
Scared Mayors Flee Towns -- Disguised as Cops
Terrified of being killed like a colleague a month ago, two Peruvian mayors accused of corruption gave pursuers the slip -- disguised as police.
Cesar Eugenio, mayor of the town of Molino on the fringes of Peru's central jungle region, and Antolin Huaricacha, from Asillo near the border with Bolivia, used the same tactic to flee within a day of each other, after angry mobs closed in.
"We had to dress him as a policeman. His whereabouts are unknown, for safety," one officer told Reuters by phone from a nearby town after helping Huaricacha flee in a police van.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 2, 2004 at 1:39:00 AM CEST
Man discovers car in bedroom
A Devonport man was greeted with an unexpected sight returning home from work early this morning with an abandoned car parked in his bedroom.
He arrived at his Lapthone Place house about 6:00am to find a car had been driven through the front wall, coming to rest in his bedroom.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 1, 2004 at 2:22:00 PM CEST
Waffe Fußball
Einem Fußball fällt dieses geparkte Auto zum Opfer. Das überdimensionierte Spielgerät warb in Bangkok für ein Sportgeschäft.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 1, 2004 at 10:07:00 AM CEST
Truckload of eggs closes Texas highway
A truck carrying more than 13 tonnes of eggs spilled its contents off a Houston-area overpass early Monday, shutting down a highway and leaving a smelly mess behind for cleanup crews.
¬> canada.com ¬> ap
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on May 31, 2004 at 10:25:00 AM CEST
Thai Police Warn of Piranhas in Bangkok
Thai police have issued a warning, but it seemed fishy: flesh-eating piranhas may be lurking in the capital's waterways.
"Let me warn people who live by the river or canals to be careful when going into the water," said police Col. Wichit Nanthawong, according to a report Sunday in the Bangkok Post newspaper.
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