OK another weird coroner case–and call for ventilation

by wirecutter

DENVER - Officers responding to complaints of a foul smell in a south Denver apartment building made a gruesome yet bizarre discovery earlier this month.
Inside the apartment they found a woman's decomposing body slumped on a chair. Next to the body was a Great Dane, which appeared to be guarding the body, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by 7NEWS.
The woman's husband was also inside, sitting on a chair in the same room, the affidavit said.
When they asked the man how long the woman had been dead, he replied, "She's not dead. She's fine," according to the affidavit. The man appeared to be either intoxicated or "out of sorts," the affidavit said.
The deceased woman has been identified as 32-year-old Michaela Beth Ford. The man was identified as her husband Steven Ford.
Neighbors said they wondered what was up when they noticed a bad smell coming from Apt. 308.
"The hallway kind of started to smell weird, but it's like, you live in an apartment building. A million different people live around here," neighbor Andrew Cosgrove said.
Police said the woman appeared to have been dead more than 10 days and her body was in an advanced state of decomposition.
A maintenance manager said he saw the husband coming and going during the previous two weeks, going to the liquor store, but had not seen the wife.
Ford has not been charged and police are apparently continuing their investigation, although they had no comment on the case on Sunday.
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You never know–Cyanide Exposure From FF Close Calls

EMS crew, 4 officers quarantined after cyanide suicide - Massachusetts

By Travis Andersen, Globe StaffTwelve people were evacuated from a South End apartment building and four Boston police officers and an ambulance crew were taken to a hospital after a woman committed suicide Monday night inside an apartment by ingesting a toxic chemical, fire officials said.Boston Deputy Fire Chief Steve Dunbar said at the hazmat scene that the woman ingested the chemical on the first floor of 676 Mass. Ave. at about 9 p.m. and was later pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.He said four police officers and the ambulance team of two EMS workers were being quarantined at BMC to determine whether they were affected by the substance.Dunbar said a relative of the woman, whose name and age he did not know, reported that the victim told her she ingested a chemical and asked that her cats be taken care of.The deputy fire chief said the victim appeared to be young, but he could not be more specific.He said the woman is believed to have ingested sodium azide, a chemical used to make airbags. “But it can metabolize into some kind of cyanide,†Dunbar said, adding that the woman died about an hour or two after ingesting the substance.He said at about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday that crews were preparing to reenter the apartment building to see if it presented a safety risk, a process expected to take a few hours.Dunbar also said the officers and EMS workers who were quarantined did not appear to be showing signs of being adversely affected by the chemical.Travis Andersen can be reached at tandersen@globe.com.

Extreme Idiots Compilation

Good training video? Stupid is as stupid does. Large compilation of videos of people doing this that keep Fire and EMS  busy. They will find a way. Enjoy!

 WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC

You don’t have to be an engineer to appreciate this story, but it helps !!!!

A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timing so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which can’t be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean you must have quality assurance checks smartly distributed across the line so that customers all the way down to the supermarket don’t get ticked-off and buy another product instead.
Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project, in which they would hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem, as their engineering department was already too stretched to take on any extra effort.
The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP, third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution — on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line.
A while later, the CEO decides to have a look at the ROI of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. Very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. “That’s some money well spent!” – he says, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.
It turns out, the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0, after three weeks of production use. It should’ve been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He launched an investigation, and after some work, the engineers come back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.
Puzzled, the CEO traveled down to the factory, and walked up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed.
A few feet before the scale, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing any empty boxes off of the belt and into a bin.
“Oh, that,” says one of the workers — “one of the guys put it there ’cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang”.

from MAKE Magazine - lightest material on Earth

Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now? @ latimes.com.

Scientists have invented a new material that is so lightweight it can sit atop a fluffy dandelion without crushing the little fuzzy seeds. It’s so lightweight, styrofoam is 100 times heavier.

It is so lightweight, in fact, that the research team consisting of scientists at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and Caltech say in the peer-reviewed Nov. 18 issue of Science that it is the lightest material on Earth, and no one has asked them to run a correction yet.

That’s light!

The material has been dubbed “ultralight metallic microlattice,” and according to a news release sent out by UC Irvine, it consists of 99.99% air thanks to its “microlattice” cellular architecture.

Ok makers, what would you do with this material?

The next SCBA tank material? Will it show up in automobiles, and trucks?

Odd–At the least embarrassing

Firefighters forced to stop handing out smoke alarms after one catches alight ...
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By Chris Brooke Fire services across the UK have been put on alert after fires caused by a popular domestic smoke detector. Two incidents were reported last week involving fires blamed on a new smoke alarm device which had been taken down from the ...
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Fire services across the UK have been put on alert after fires caused by a popular domestic smoke detector.

Two incidents were reported last week involving fires blamed on a new smoke alarm device which had been taken down from the ceiling because of a low battery warning.

A family in Hull believe a stroke of luck prevented a serious blaze in their house after the Fire Angel detector apparently self-ignited in a newspaper rack in the utility room.

Householder Sharon Gray said her 16-year-old daughter had briefly returned home on the way to sixth form college after a doctor’s appointment and ‘heard a bang'.

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Never know what you’re going to get

Body found by farmer harvesting corn

HECTOR, Minn. (AP) — Renville County authorities are investigating the discovery of a man's body by a farmer who was harvesting corn.

The farmer found the body around 5 p.m. Saturday, about 10 miles northeast of Hector in Brookfield Township.

Sheriff Scott Hable says the body appeared to be that of an adult male. He has not been positively identified and an autopsy is planned.

The Renville and Meeker County sheriff's offices and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension responded to the scene and are continuing the investigation.

Guard Gator

Cops: Cary man used gator to guard marijuana operation

Sun-Times Media Updated: October 15, 2011

Gator guarding pot?: A Cary man was keeping more than just a clandestine cannabis-growing operation inside his house, McHenry County Sheriff’s Police said. Nicholas Cosmano, 26, of 7203 Owl Way also had a 5-foot-long alligator in the home, they said. Deputies acting on a search warrant entered the home Wednesday and found 16 cannabis sativa plants, approximately 100 grams of processed cannabis, grow lights, ballasts, growing chemicals and various items of drug paraphernalia. along with the alligator. Sheriff Keith Nygren estimated the value of the drugs seized throughout the investigation to be in excess of $2,100. The alligator was turned over to the McHenry County Animal Control Office for safekeeping and review of possible ordinance violations. Cosmano was charged with possession of cannabis and possession with intent to deliver, manufacturing of cannabis sativa plants and possession of drug paraphernalia.

ODD in the NEWS

Wal-Mart bathroom eater jailed

While rest rooms are known as places to relieve yourself a 22-year-old man may have pioneered an alternate use. A loss prevention officer at a Wal-Mart Supercenter stated that Taylor Allen Dresia was "eating food" on the bathroom floor. Dresia's apparent picnic in the potty blocked the commode for patrons, and a store manager asked him to leave. "After a few minutes Dresia left and then returned in another entrance yelling that an employee stole something from his backpack while he was in the bathroom."

A deputy told Dresia to leave immediately. Dresia said he wasn't leaving and that he wanted to write something down. "Deputy advised Dresia not to play games and leave the store now," "Dresia again refused." Dresia was arrested by an Indian River County Sheriff's deputy, was described as argumentative. Deputies got Dresia, listed as homeless, out, arresting him on misdemeanor charges of trespassing after warning and resisting an officer without violence.

An Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy spotted the man trespassing at a Destin park, reports the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach.

That's when the man, Edmund Berkeley Barksdale, tried to explain his ‘business’ to the deputy. And the proof was in the pudding: Barksdale then reached into his shorts with his hand. When the 55-year-old man removed his hand, the deputy noted it had fecal matter on it, according to the arrest report. Unfortunately, Barksdale isn't the only person that has faced a messy arrest.

1. Police: Woman, 73, 'defecated without warning'.She had an open bottle of vodka in a cooler in the vehicle’s back seat.

2. Bad aim: He tinkled in a cop car

3. Loaded mom unloads -- alas, look where she decided to....
She put her unlicensed minor daughter in the driver's seat. She was too busy dumping a can of Bud Lite out the window as the cop approached.

4. Nude dude covered with feces skinny dips in neighbor's pool

5. Report: Woman threw her feces on deputy

6. Man throws darts at bar patrons, defecates

7. Teacher urinates on curb after nearly running over cop

8. Tinkle time for Mom. Do we really want to watch?

9. Asked to leave, man urinates on bar

10. A naked man. A Taser. And feces. No happy ending here.

11. Take aim: Woman turns Target changing room into a bathroom

12. Busted: Woman pees on clothes in Walmart

13. Why don't people publicly urinate at our grocery store? Oh, because we don't live in the Panhandle

14. Panhandler caught with 'stream of urine still in progress'

15. What a load of crap! Woman busted for DUI

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Brits are at it again

This Man stuck in a hole while trying to get his phone back

Interesting rescue to say the least - Walking to a friend’s house, Jared Medeiros was set upon by a group of men who left him battered and bruised.

 Whole story HERE

 

And, adding insult to injury, his phone was then chucked through a manhole cover by the attackers.

But the 21-year-old refused to accept the phone was gone and decided it would be a good idea to stick his head down the drain to retrieve it and call police.

It was not a good idea. He became stuck fast – and the alarm was raised only after he had been in there screaming for about 40 minutes.

‘I was concerned but I was also laughing – it was funny!’ said Brianna Mooney, 16, who called the emergency number

Mr. Medeiros was freed by firefighters, who spent hours trying to pull him out.

He said he had been beaten and kicked by four men.

‘I don’t understand why they would sit and take pictures,’ said Mr. Medeiros. ‘That kind of p****s me off.’

They walk among us

PPXE surfing the roof of a subway car and jumps down into the cold waters beneath

Odd In the News

Man sets house ablaze while cremating dog

A Dale City, Va., man accidentally set his house on fire while trying to dispose of the remains of his dead pet dog, officials say. The owner of the large Rottweiler started the fire by putting pieces of wood next to its body and boosting the flames with gasoline. Firefighters were called to the two-story, single-family home where they found smoke coming out the front of the house and flames from the outside to the attic in the back. Prince William fire and rescue Battalion Chief Joe Robertson explained that the gasoline had pooled near the house, extending the flames to the home. The blaze caused $70,000 worth of damage to the home. Robertson said it was unclear why the owner, whose name wasn't reported, was disposing of the dog by cremating it or how the dog died.

The matter was being investigated and no charges had been filed.

 

Girl snaps arm while arm wrestling - OMG you gotta watch this

Jail stops providing free underwear to men

A Florida sheriff said men booked into his county's jail are no longer being provided underwear free of charge, but they do have the option of purchasing pairs. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the Polk County Jail canteen now sells underwear at $2.54 for a pair of briefs and $4.48 for a pair of boxer shorts. "If they expect me to buy them, they're going to wear nothing," Judd said. He said the policy, which does not apply to women booked into the jail, is projected to save the county $45,000 per year. Judd said men are not allowed to bring their own underwear from outside because it takes workers too long to search the garments for drugs and weapons. "This is all about a tough economy," Judd said. "Forty-five thousand dollars a year is someone's job."

Woman cuts off husband's penis

Police say a Southern California woman drugged her estranged husband, tied him to a bed, cut off his penis with a knife and threw it down a garbage disposal. Garden Grove police Lt. Jeff Nightengale says 48-year-old Catherine Kieu Becker was booked at the Orange County Jail for investigation of aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning and spousal abuse. The 51-year-old victim's name was not released but Nightengale says he is in serious condition after surgery at a hospital. Nightengale says the woman told responding officers the victim "deserved it."

OSHA Approved???

Men at Work

 

Odd In the news

Man finds 'toenail in pizza'

Supermarket chain Asda has ordered an investigation into claims of a toenail being found in one of its pizzas.

Shereena Pengelly claims she was having dinner at her sister's house in Kemsley when her brother-in-law discovered the offending object in to the Chosen By You deep pan pepperoni pizza at.

"He took a mouthful and thought it was a bit of onion as you do sometimes get a tough bit. He picked it out and held it up and was like 'what's this?'

"It was absolutely disgusting. He was sick all night and the following day.

"It says on the box it's topped with spicy tomato sauce, creamy mozzarella and sliced pepperoni - it doesn't say anything about toenails.

Woman chops off her ex-husband's genitals

Karachi: An attempt by a Pakistani man to get in touch with his divorced wife ended in disaster as the woman chopped off his genitals in a city hotel.

Abid Pervaiz, 25, was lucky to have survived the attack, a doctor on duty said.

"He was brought to the Jinnah hospital in a bad shape with severe genital mutilation wounds. It is a miracle that the man had survived despite severe bleeding," doctor said.

According to Mehmoodabad police station's duty officer SI Mohammad Azeem, Abid hails from Sukkur and was living with some distant relatives.

He was divorced, but began communicating with his ex-wife again. The couple decided to meet again and hired a room at a city hotel, where the woman mixed some sleeping pills in his juice.

When Abid woke up, he discovered that his genitals had been cut off, Azeem said.

"Abid told me that before he passed out completely, he heard his former wife speaking to someone on the phone, saying that she had carried out her plan," the officer said.

Man with tractor pushed sheriff car off his property

A Canadian man was charged with assault after he allegedly scooped up a sheriff's car with a forklift and carried it off his property, police said.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wilfred Doyle, 45, of St. Andrews also was charged with mischief and obstructing a police officer as well as assault with a deadly weapon after the run-in at his home last week.

The Mounties told the C.B.C. that the sheriff went to Doyle's place on Prince Edwards Island to serve him a court order. Doyle turned the routine process into a confrontation when he fired up his tractor, which was equipped with a forklift, and pushed the car out of his yard.

Doyle was released after spending a night in jail.

News you probably didn’t hear about

Apology for email with female officers' bra sizes

Indianapolis police commander issued a personal apology to 13 female officers after their bra size; height and weight were included in a departmental email.

"We made a mistake," Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Chief Valerie Cunningham said. "We want to hold ourselves to the highest professional standards. The measurements should not have been included."

The email was sent to 37 commanders and was intended to tell supervisors to inform their officers that their new protective vests were ready to be picked up.

Attached to the email, however, was a spreadsheet listing the names and sizes of 91 officers, including the chest and waist sizes for 13 women whose vests needed special tailoring, Cunningham said.

United hails its 10-million-mile traveler

A Chicago-area auto sales consultant has become the first United Airlines frequent flyer to log 10 million miles in the air.

Tom Stuker of Bloomingdale, Ill., sets the record somewhere over Iowa on United Flight 942 from Los Angeles to Chicago.

Champagne was popped during the flight, and when he landed at O'Hare, United Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smisek and other executives welcomed him with the first titanium Mileage Plus membership card. His name also was painted on the fuselage of a Boeing 747 jet, after already adorning one of United's 777s.

14 million bees were spilled on Idaho highway

Cleanup crews in Idaho have finished clearing honey and an estimated 14 million bees that got loose after a delivery truck overturned on a highway.

Fremont County Sheriff deputies say several workers were stung during the first few hours of the cleanup.

Some observers report seeing a strange black cloud and roaring noise above the spill area before realizing it was a massive swarm of bees.

Authorities say a truck was hauling the bees from California to North Dakota when the driver veered off the shoulder, tipping more than 400 hive boxes and honey.

Crews worked all day removing the honey from the roadway, though deputies say a significant amount of bees were still buzzing.

Sheriff selling pink underwear to the public 

The Arizona sheriff famous for making prisoners wear pink underwear is introducing a Spanish-language version of the shorts he sells to the public.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio began issuing pink underwear to inmates more than 15 years ago to cut down on theft. He began selling them to the public after speaking about them on national television.

The versions that went on sale are imprinted with "Vamos Jose!" The original shorts, also $15, feature a sheriff's star and a "Go Joe" logo.

"Vamos" translates to "We go" in English. A similar-sounding word, "Vamanos," means "Let's go!" in Spanish. A more accurate translation of "Go Joe!" would be "Andale, Jose!"

Woman attacks with frying pan when she was refused a razor

A North Naples woman is accused of hitting her live-in boyfriend on the head with a frying pan after he refused to let her use his razor.

Collier County deputies arrested Mary G. Batson, 22, of the 11000 block of Windsong Circle, at home on a battery charge.

Batson’s boyfriend, with whom she has a child, told deputies that his girlfriend became angry with him when he refused to let her borrow his razors to use in the shower.

According to the arrest report, Batson began attacking her boyfriend while he attempted to hide the razors. After first being clawed and scratched by the woman on his face and chest, the victim told deputies that his girlfriend then grabbed a frying pan and hit him on the head with it, leaving significant cuts on his face.

Batson stated that she slammed the pan against the counter during the altercation but denied striking him on the head with it, according to reports.

Strip Search at a Strip Club

Four exotic dancers and two female bartenders in Daytona Beach, Fla., this week were awarded $195,000 in federal court to compensate them for illegal strip searches conducted during a drug raid at a gentlemen's club.

The women who endured the improper searches will each get $5,000, while their lawyers are the big winners, banking $165,000.

Besides using a search warrant the judge ruled was illegal, the strip searches took place in front of 20 male police officers or, as it happens, 91 percent of the city of Daytona Beach Shores public safety officers, given the city's Web site says there are 22 public safety officers on the police force.

Not the way to install a pool

A Shoreview homeowner was having a giant hot tub placed in his backyard. They weren't able to go around the house with it, so a company with a crane helped place it over the house. The crane toppled right on top of the roof over the garage.

myFOX Twin Cities News: Crane Topples onto Shoreview Home Jun 11, 2011 ... A Shoreview homeowner was having a giant hot tub placed in his backyard. They weren't able to go around the house with it, so a company with ...

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Hay Doc take a look at my arm - Broken Arm Untreated For 2 Years

Odd in the News

Man on phone says that he's wanted, is arrested

The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office says a man who talked loudly in his motel room about being a fugitive was arrested after other guests turned him in.

It happened at the Traveler's Motel in Delmar. Deputies say guests there heard a man yelling during a phone conversation that there was a warrant for his arrest and called police.

Thirty-two-year-old Richard R. Vermalyea of Rehoboth Beach, Del. was arrested and ordered held on two open warrants in Cecil County, Md. one was for failure to appear in a theft case and other for violation of probation.

Man fakes attack to avoid child support

Authorities in Hernando County Florida say a man made up a story about being robbed and stabbed in hopes of missing an upcoming court date.

Deputies say 51-year-old Michael Cherubino admitted he cut himself with a piece of glass. Earlier, he had told authorities two men attacked him at his home, stabbed him in the stomach and stole about $4,000.

Cherubino told authorities he had hoped the injury would send him to the hospital so he would miss a court date and have an excuse not to pay $4,000 he owed in child support.

Instead, he was issued a notice to appear on charges of giving a false report to law enforcement.

Man sold tobacco products to boys after spankings

Authorities in Lexington, South Carolina say they arrested a 50-year-old convenience store clerk who sold cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to boys after they let him spank them.

Lexington County deputies said that they started investigating Terrence Bryant after the father of a 12-year-old boy found him with a pack of Newport cigarettes earlier this month.

Detectives say Bryant sold the boy cigarettes at least five times from his pickup truck, spanking the child in the parking lot over his clothes.

Deputies say Bryant also sold tobacco to two 15-year-old boys after spanking them.

Bryant is charged with three counts of lewd act upon a child under age 16. He is awaiting a bond hearing and deputies say he doesn't have an attorney yet.

Burglar used a bike to carry a Big Screen TV

South Daytona Police says it wasn't hard to spot the burglary suspect. He was riding his bicycle, carrying a 59-inch television. A bike patrol officer says 23-year-old Steven Long had wedged the television between the handlebars and his lap as he pedaled along.

According to reports, he panicked when he saw the police officer; he ditched the bike and the stolen television. Police caught up with Long in a nearby backyard and arrested him.

Officers spoke with a resident who reported a burglary. They said they'd been asleep when someone pried open a side door and took the TV. They identified the one Long had been carrying as theirs. Long now faces several charges, including felony theft.

Plane crashes on building

Plane crashes on building in Naperville; two injured - Chicago Sun ...

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ODD News

Woman who wouldn't stop except for McDonald's

Police in Florida say Roberta Spen wouldn't stop for anything -- except McDonald's. Cops in Coral Springs say they tried to pull over the 64-year-old motorist when they noticed that her brake lights were malfunctioning as she pulled into a McDonald's drive-thru lane at around 2 p.m. Monday. Officers flashed their lights and ordered Spen to park her car in the burger joint's parking lot for a traffic stop. But Spen wasn't lovin' it, according to police. Instead, the suspect is accused of placing her order, paying for food and speeding away. According to a police report, an officer managed to flag Spen down after she pulled out of the restaurant. Police said that Spen "lower her window 1 inch and said she was not speeding and would not lower her window down," the document indicates. She also refused to hand over her license and registration, then drove off -- sparking a police chase involving multiple law enforcement vehicles. Cops say they attempted to use their cars to box Spen in, but she managed to escape by putting her vehicle into reverse. Officers then say they blocked her vehicle a second time, smashed the driver's side window and dragged the suspect from the car. Spen was arrested on charges of fleeing and eluding, resisting arrest without violence and driving with defective equipment, according to the paper. It's unclear whether she was able to finish her meal before her arrest.

“Cop Busted” Trying to have sex with ‘teen’ and ‘mom’

Christopher Jonathan Albritton, an active U.S. Navy reservist and a NASA police officer, thought he hit the sicko jackpot when he found an ad on the internet offering ‘family fun’ with a mom and her daughter. Yes, he actually thought a mom and her 14-year-old daughter wanted to hook-up with him for sex. But the "‘mom’ and ‘daughter’ were actually undercover detectives. On April 13, Albritton arrived for his rendezvous and was promptly busted and booked into the Citrus County jail.

Armed robber had an unusual request

They'll steal just about anything these days... An armed robber had an unusual demand early Saturday morning. He wanted another man’s shoes. Ricardo Emanuel Maldonado-Agostini told the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office that an armed robber demanded his Globe brand shoes and a cell phone early Saturday. The man reportedly fled on foot after he got the skate shoes and the phone.

Drug store thief steals beans, not pills

A pharmacist in southeastern Mississippi says some drug store burglar got a surprise when they broke into his business to steal the pain medication Lortab - the pills had been replaced with beans. Pharmacist Mac Clark works at Fred's Drug Store in Pascagoula and said the store has broken into several times in the past six months, and each time the burglars got Lortab. He decided he needed a decoy. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, the burglars came back. The only thing stolen was the Lortab bottle filled with beans.

Teen faces charges for child porn on phone

Police in the northwestern Indiana city of Portage say a 15-year-old boy is being charged in juvenile court with possession of child pornography after pictures of two nude female classmates were found on his cell phone.The freshman was removed from Portage High School last week and sent to the Porter County Juvenile Detention Center. According to a Portage police report released Wednesday, school administrators received a call from a 15-year-old freshman girl's mother saying a boy was threatening to post a nude photo of her daughter on MySpace if she didn't let him borrow a musical instrument. The boy told police he wasn't dating either girl and that they sent the photos on their own. He denies he threatened to post the photos.

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