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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Tasered 10 Times
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — A Clay County woman’s family said it’s seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police.
In April 2006, officers with the police department said they were called to a disturbance at a home in the 400 block […]
“Dead” man wakes up under autopsy knife
Saturday, September 15th, 2007 A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy.
Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought […]
Officer Shot by Gun Kept Under Pillow
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007A police officer was shot in the wrist when the service weapon that she kept under her pillow went off. Albany police Sgt. Kinshishi Adams, 34, was lying in bed Sunday when a .40 caliber pistol she kept under her pillow discharged and struck her in her left wrist, Dougherty County Police Chief Don Cheek […]
Cops Raid Wrong Place, Kick Man in Groin
Friday, June 8th, 2007Annapolis police raided the wrong apartment Wednesday night, using flash grenades and kicking a resident in the groin before they realized their mistake, police and the family said.
Police spokesman Hal Dalton said something must have gone amiss in the briefing beforehand. “We don’t know how the mistake was made,” Dalton said.
Silvia Bernal, 30, told The […]
German impaled on plunger
Friday, June 1st, 2007A German almost died after using a sink plunger as a bath plug and impaling himself after slipping on a bar of soap.
Dieter Bayer, 79, who moved to Switzerland with his wife Frieda after he retired, decided to use the plunger because he could not find the bath plug.
But as he stood up to soap […]
Man cut off penis in restaurant
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed restaurant in central London.
Police had to use CS gas to restrain the man in the Zizzi pizza restaurant in The Strand, reports the BBC.
He was taken to hospital in south London where surgeons were reportedly unable to reattach his penis.
A Metropolitan Police […]
Rogue Seal Menacing Man, Beast in Calif.
Friday, April 13th, 2007Nibbles the elephant seal is defying his tame nickname by killing smaller seals, menacing a kayaker and chomping on a surfer and a dog on the northern California coast.
The 2,000-pound lone male is seen frequently at the Russian River outlet to the Pacific, and local marine recreational outlets are warning the public about the seal’s […]