Weekly Police Report


ASSAULT DUI COUNTERFEIT etc.

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Girlfriend Bites Boyfriend's Tongue Off


Young lovers can sometimes lose their heads, but a young man in Kansas lost part of his tongue Monday night. Police were called to a loud fight at a home in Wichita.

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Booked for driving too slow


A Territory motorist has been booked by police for driving too slowly. Auditor Saud Shehzad said he was doing 62km/h in a 70km/h zone.

``The officer said I was going too slowly,'' he said.

His infringement notice reads: ``Obstruct traffic by travelling unreasonably slowly''.

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1.000 Vogelspinnen im Kofferraum


Tierschmuggler auf Parkplatz gefasst Auf dem Parkplatz vor einer Reptilienbörse in St. Pölten haben Exekutivbeamte einen mutmaßlichen Tierschmuggler aus Ungarn gestellt. Der Mann führte mehr als 1.000 Vogelspinnen und andere hochgiftige Tiere mit sich.

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Warning issued after drunken elk attack


Swedish authorities have issued a warning against intoxicated elks after a woman was attacked by a drunken elk. Swedish authorities are apparently not taking any chances and have issued a warning against berry-intoxicated elks after a woman was attacked in costal town of Karlshamn, Sweden.

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BKA übt Verfolgungsjagd – und das ging so aus


Für die Polizisten sollte es eine Übung sein. Jetzt liegen sie im Krankenhaus – und ein zweifacher Familienvater (40) ist tot. Sie dachten offenbar, sie befänden sich auf einer normalen Bundesstraße. Mit quietschenden Reifen wendete erst der eine, dann der zweite, beide rasten mit Vollgas in die Gegenrichtung – als Geisterfahrer...

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Muggings soar during Bush visit


Muggings across London rose by 20 per cent as thousands of officers were moved from their regular beats to police US President Bush's state visit, Scotland Yard said today.

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Zero Patience for Zero Tolerance


News shows recently showed video of 14 police officers charging a crowded high-school corridor with guns drawn in a drug sweep. Students at Stratford Creek High School in Goose Creek, S.C., were forced onto their knees or against walls, while dogs sniffed their backpacks for drugs.

None were found.

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Paris police battle crime on rollerblades


he shoplifter screams in shock as three towering French policemen speed towards him, grab his arms and legs, lift him up and drag him away -- on rollerblades.

Within seconds, rollerblading officer Stephane Ajuelos has handcuffed a colleague posing as a thief.

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No Joke: The Jackson Press Conference


Official Transcript of Press Conference conducted by Santa Barbara Sheriff Jim Anderson

Reporter: Yes, What does Michael Jackson consider a perfect 10? Anderson: I'm sorry? Reporter: What does Michael Jackson consider a perfect ten? Anderson: I... don't know... Reporter: Two five year olds! [Reporters break out into laughter]

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Marc Dutroux had romantic correspondence with 15-year-old girl from his prison cell


A fresh scandal over Belgium's handling of the paedophile Marc Dutroux erupted yesterday after it was revealed that he was for two years allowed to correspond romantically with a 15-year-old girl from his prison cell.

Dutroux, who is awaiting trail accused of kidnapping and abusing six girls aged between eight and 19 in the mid 1990s and of murdering four of them, wrote to the girl, Isabelle D in Brussels, between 1996 and 1998, styling himself her mentor and boyfriend.

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Party's over after theft of Ronald McDonald


The party's smiling, waving guest of honor had a familiar face, especially to the McDonald's employee in attendance.

Thursday morning, Cape Girardeau police recovered the stolen Ronald McDonald statue in the basement apartment on North Park Street. It was wearing a sock cap. A cigarette had been taped to Ronald McDonald's mouth, and his body was marked up with uncomplimentary graffiti.

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