CASSELBERRY, Fla. (AP) — Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide. Moore’s Twitter account, mrskutcher, was among those responding to a message from a young man threatening to hang himself in his front yard in Casselberry, north of Orlando. Moore – with more than 2.5 million followers – and husband Ashton Kutcher are both active on the social network. Vardalos’ eponymous account included a message that she had called a suicide hotline and been connected to Florida police. “I gave his name+city. They went to home, helped him,” one message read. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said authorities received two calls around 2:30 a.m., one from California and one from Vancouver, British Columbia. Both callers reported the suicide threat on Twitter. There was no record of the callers’ names, Lt. Sonia Pisano said. Deputies went to a home and took the man to a hospital, Pisano said. The teen’s mother told the deputy responding that her son “was very emotional and diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder,” according to a report released Friday by the sheriff’s office. Her son was sitting at his computer desk crying when he told the officer he “did not know what to do with himself without help” and admitted to posting the tweet. The man was then placed in protective custody. A phone message left by The Associated Press at the home was not immediately returned. Calls to representatives for Moore and for Vardalos, who starred in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” went unanswered early Friday. Moore’s Twitter account was involved in a similar case last April, when a California woman messaged that she was going to kill herself. San Jose police said they took a woman to a hospital for “psychiatric evaluation” after someone called about a tweet sent to Moore threatening suicide.
March 19, 2010 | Posted in
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THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — A 25-year-old man did not take his inability to get more beer well. Lafourche sheriff’s spokeswoman Lesley Hill Peters said the man was accused of breaking furniture and throwing a beer bottle at a woman after she refused to give him car keys so he could buy more beer on Monday night. The Courier reported Wednesday that the man admitted to deputies he’d been drinking before the argument with the alleged 29-year-old victim. The suspect was booked with aggravated assault and disturbing the peace. He was freed from the Lafourche Parish jail on a $350 bond. Peters said the man did not hit the alleged victim with the beer bottle. — Information from: The Courier, http://www.houmatoday.com
March 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Child Accidently Shot in the Chest By WINK News Story Created: Mar 16, 2010 at 12:15 AM EDT Story Updated: Mar 16, 2010 at 12:15 AM EDT LEHIGH ACRES, FL — A 7-year-old Lehigh Acres boy was accidentally shot in the chest. Deputies say an adult was cleaning a gun when it suddenly went off. The bullet hit the boy in the torso. The child was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital around 8:30 Monday night. Deputies say he was breathing, conscious and is expected to recover. In fact, he may be released from the hospital on Tuesday. “I have to wonder why anyone would clean a gun with a little one around,” said neighbor Richard Ten Brink. Ten Brink doesn’t know the family who lives at 1614 Fitch Avenue. Deputies have not released the child’s name or said whether anyone will face charges in connection to the shooting. At this point, it’s being ruled a complete accident. Next article Cape Coral appoints new council member
March 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Teacher’s aide resigns after arrest By Nicole Papageorge Story Created: Mar 15, 2010 at 7:01 PM EDT Story Updated: Mar 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM EDT COLLIER COUNTY – A teacher’s aide was arrested by deputies after allegedly going on a rampage at a neighbor’s home. Deputies say 53-year-old Patrick Waters busted into Allen Rudd’s River Reach apartment on Saturday, demanding beer. Rudd says when he denied Waters, he got pushed into a glass table. The chards apparently cut up Rudd’s wife’s foot. “Her skin was sliced like it went through a meat slicer,” says Rudd. After deputies spoke with Rudd, they went to Waters’ home. Inside, they say they found more than a half-pound of marijuana and arrested Waters for battery, burglary and intent to sell. The school district says Waters resigned from his position at Eden Park Elementary in Immokalee. His job was to watch kids during recess and lunch, plus assist with arrival and dismissal. Today parents were surprised and upset about the allegations. “If there’s people selling drugs and working here, yeah it would scare me,” says parent Deborah Garza. “People like that don’t need to be around our kids,” says Regina Dyer. The school district says Waters has worked at Eden Park Elementary for the past year. His human resources file is clean and he’s never been arrested in Collier before. Rudd says not only should Waters resign, he should move too. “I don’t think he should be living here there are so many little kids,” says Rudd. Waters is out of jail on bond. Wink News knocked on Waters’ door for comment, but no one answered. Previous article SUV slams into apartment Next article Scam artists target elderly
March 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Mom Arrested for Attempted Murder By WINK News Story Created: Mar 13, 2010 at 12:03 PM EST Story Updated: Mar 13, 2010 at 12:03 PM EST CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested the Sarasota mother who tried to drown her two babies February 26 in Port Charlotte. The warrant was served Friday on Brittany Morgan Livingston, 21, 3253 Nature Circle, Sarasota, and she was transported directly to the Charlotte County Jail. The warrant charges her with two counts of Attempted Murder. Major Crimes Unit detectives interviewed Livingston Friday night concerning this case. Livingston was treated at a crisis intervention center before her arrest. The children are now safe in the custody of their grandparents. Next article Arrest in Friday night stabbing
March 13, 2010 | Posted in
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Arrest in Friday night stabbing By WINK News Story Created: Mar 13, 2010 at 11:48 AM EST Story Updated: Mar 13, 2010 at 11:48 AM EST IMMOKALEE, Fla.- An Immokalee man has been arrested in connection with a Friday night stabbing. Martin Guzman Doria, 22, of an unknown address in Farm Worker Village, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Deputies say he stabbed Pedro Hernandez, 35, of an unknown address, in a wooded lot at the Southeast corner of Boston Avenue and South 4th Street shortly before 11 p.m. Hernandez was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers. Previous article Mom Arrested for Attempted Murder Next article Buffalo Chips gets their license back
March 13, 2010 | Posted in
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Santa Rosa woman was arrested for allegedly stealing her landlord’s airplane, then abandoning it in a field after it ran out of gas. Authorities said a 27-year-old woman had access to the Piper Cherokee because she had been borrowing it for piloting lessons. But she allegedly took the plane without permission Tuesday from a hangar at the Sonoma County Airport. Authorities said she landed it in a Modoc County ranch field when she ran out of gas, didn’t report the incident and hiked to a nearby hotel to spend the night. Curious residents called authorities about the abandoned plane, and deputies arrested the woman the next morning on suspicion of grand theft and aircraft theft. Modoc County Undersheriff Gary Palmer said the woman was found with keys to the plane and admitted to taking it. — Information from: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, http://www.pressdemocrat.com
March 12, 2010 | Posted in
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PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Authorities said a 30-year-old-man showed up so drunk for his sentencing for drunken driving that he missed his hearing and now faces even more time behind bars. Authorities said Jason Botos was driven to the Papillion courthouse on Thursday by his father, who needed help from deputies to get his son out of the vehicle. Prosecutor Ben Perlman said Botos was so drunk he couldn’t attend the hearing, so the judge issued a warrant. Deputies arrested Botos in the parking lot. Another hearing is set for Tuesday. A jail spokeswoman said Botos remained in custody Friday. Botos’ attorney didn’t immediately return a call. Botos had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving in a September 2009 collision with five other vehicles. — Information from: KETV-TV, http://www.ketv.com
March 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Check fraud arrest By WINK News Story Created: Mar 11, 2010 at 6:39 PM EST Story Updated: Mar 11, 2010 at 6:39 PM EST A 29-year-old FGCU student is arrested after leading deputies on a wild goose chase. He claimed someone stole his checkbook and wrote bad checks- but deputies say that someone was him. In November, deputies say dean graves called them and said he had lost his checkbook. He claimed that someone had forged checks at Wal-Mart and Publix. A 29-year-old FGCU student is arrested after leading deputies on a wild goose chase. He claimed someone stole his checkbook and wrote bad checks- but deputies say that someone was him. There was only one problem, deputies say graves story didn’t “check out”. Deputies reviewed Publix surveilance video which showed craves cashing the alleged missing checks. Lee County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson John Sheehan says, “We know that ultimately his motive was to support his drug habit, that’s something that the investigation revealed after the fact. We stopped at Grave’s Bonita Springs home to see if he had anything to say but he wasn’t home. Deputies say they spent 15 hours investigating who stole Grave’s checks. They arrested him yesterday morning. Next article Church burglarized two days in a row.
March 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Man Dead after Barricaded Inside Home By WINK News Story Created: Mar 10, 2010 at 12:57 PM EST Story Updated: Mar 10, 2010 at 3:33 PM EST LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A man is dead after a standoff in Buckingham. The person inside the home took his own life. Deputies received a call just before 10 a.m. from a person claiming the man inside the house wanted to harm himself. The man locked himself in the bathroom and claimed to have a fun. The scene is now clear. Residents allowed back in their homes. The man’s identity has not been released yet Previous article Government blames high gas prices on increasing unemployment; Fort Myers oil company blames government Next article Church evacuated after someone sprays mace into air conditioning system
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