Wow-firefighters find deadly snakes after dousing house fire
Firefighters in Utah discovered a room full of snakes, six of which were deadly, when searching a home following a kitchen fire last week. North Davis Fire Chief Mark Becraft told ABC News the room of snakes was found during a routine sweep to ensure no one was still in the house. Among the 28 snakes found in the home, there were five albino western diamondbacks and a gaboon viper, both of which are deadly. Animal control and the wildlife officers were called in.
"The gaboon viper is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in the world," Brad Hunt of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources told ABC. It's illegal to have venomous snakes in Utah, and all other snakes must be registered. Officials believe the owner, who wasn't named, is a breeder. Most of the confiscated snakes were taken to an educational rehab centre for snakes and reptiles.
Why a Man hit golf balls at neighbour
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A 37-year-old man has been charged with mischief for allegedly hitting golf balls over the Trent-Severn Waterway and into a neighbour's backyard. Police said it's not the first time the accused has done so and they've warned him in the past. On Saturday, one of the balls hit and damaged a piece of patio furniture, police said, and the residents had to go inside because they were afraid they’d be struck by an errant golf ball. Richard Alvarez is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 15.
Driver asks 'Am I dead?' after crash
A MOTORIST, high on drugs and drunk, thought he was dead after he ploughed into three pedestrians, hit a fire hydrant and smashined into a flower stand. Shaun Martin, 32, of Queens, New York, allegedly asked police "Am I dead?", the New York Post reported. "Was I driving?" Martin allegedly told police officers at the crash in New York on June 19, court papers showed.
Manhattan Supreme Court heard that Martin was high on PCP and methylamphetamine when he careered across three lanes and hit a fire hydrant, 300-pound muni meter, 25-foot Gingko Tree, a light pole, a Citi Bike and three bystanders. Martin was allegedly more concerned about his mother than the victims."Don't call my mother, she's going to be upset," he said after his arrest. A deli worker was the most seriously injured with broken bones and brain trauma.Martin was charged with vehicular assault, DUI and criminal possession.
Man tries to smuggle turtle onto plane in KFC hamburger
A Chinese man reportedly tried to smuggle his pet turtle past security at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong, China by hiding it in a Kentucky Fried Chicken hamburger. The man, whose last name is Li, was on his way to board a China Southern Airlines flight to Beijing when he was stopped during the x-ray screening at the airport over an "odd protrusion" that was sticking out of a KFC burger inside his bag. Airport security soon determined the bump looked an awful lot like a turtle and decided to inspect Li's bag. “There’s no turtle in there, just a hamburger,” the man allegedly told authorities. “There’s nothing special to see inside.”
Sergeant Penny Dane posted nude pics while on duty
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 29 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a sergeant has resigned after she was caught posting nude photos of herself on a website while on duty. Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said Sgt. Penny Dane, an 18-year veteran of law enforcement, resigned after admitting to being on duty while using her work computer to post sexually explicit pictures of herself online as part of a game called "Red Light Center," which is designed to resemble a virtual sex club, WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla., reported Monday. "It's something in my 26 years in law enforcement that I've never seen," Chitwood said. Investigators said Dane would switch off the GPS tracking device in her patrol car so she could access the game while she was supposed to be supervising other officers.
Police said 177 sexually explicit images were found on her office desktop computer, 97 were found on the laptop in her patrol car and at least 23 of the pictures were of Dane. Chitwood said the pictures were "extremely pornographic in nature, and in several of the photos that we have since discovered, she was in her uniform." Police said Chitwood's activities were discovered when she accused another officer of sexual harassment and investigators looked over her emails.
