by The Editors on December 17, 2010
Joseph Cormier, 41, pleaded guilty to careless driving this morning (December 17, 2010) for the April 6, 2010 skateboard towing death of his friend Norman Swyer, 28, of Beamsville, Ontario. Canada according to a story in The Standard.
Court heard Swyer asked for a tow on his skateboard behind Cormier’s car on a rural Beamsville road. Cormier agreed and pulled him for about 200 metres, when Swyer lost control and fell, striking his head on the pavement. He died of serious head injuries four days later in a Hamilton hospital.
Cormier will be on probation and banned from driving for six month, according to the story. He’ll also have to pay a $1,000 fine. But we’re guessing the worst punishment of all is knowing the part he played in his friend’s death.
[Link: The Standard]
by The Editors on December 15, 2010
The driver of the car which towed skateboarder Willy Tracy, 17, to his death in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 12, 2010, went on trial this morning and is charged with “criminal negligence,” according to a story The News.
“On June 12, 2010, a person – Willy Tracy – was on a skateboard and he grabbed onto a motor vehicle, a Rav Four, on Willow Street, New Glasgow,” Pink said, adding that the car was being driven by his client. . . “Mr. Tracy fell while he had a hold of the Rav Four, and suffered multiple injuries which resulted in his death.”
Skateboard towing sucks for everyone involved.
[Link: The News]
by The Editors on December 13, 2010
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of the Homeland Security Investigations raided three Abilene, Texas retailers last Thursday (December 9, 2010) and rounded up more than $100,000 in counterfeit DC Shoes, Fox Racing, Famous, and other branded merchandise.
The targeted stores have been previously identified as openly selling counterfeit clothing through the store fronts. ICE HSI agents had conducted surveillance and made undercover purchases at all three locations. Items purchased through the undercover operations were determined to be counterfeit by industry representatives. . . Some of the counterfeit items seized include: t-shirts, polo shirts, jeans, purses, hats, jackets and sweatshirts.
Nice of Homeland Security to watch out for corporate America like that because American corporations are America (or something like that.) Follow the jump for the official release. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on November 28, 2010
An employee of a Carlsbad, California Zumiez action mall store was robbed at gun point on Friday evening in the parking lot of the Westfield Plaza Camino Real, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The employee told authorities that the suspects were wearing “wrestling-type” masks over their faces and were carrying large semi-automatic handguns. They ran northbound through the parking lot of the shopping center, located at 2525 El Camino Real.
The robbers got away with the employee’s personal property and a Zumiez bank deposit. This is probably one of the reason’s locals call it “The Ghetto Mall.”
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on November 24, 2010
Two men have been arrested for the August 16, 2006 fire that destroyed ramps near the site of Virginia Beach’s world famous Mt. Trashmore Ramp and caused $400,000 in damages, according to a story on The Daily Press.
Battalion chief Tim Riley identified the two suspects as “former Green Run High School students” who are not being identified because they were juveniles at the time of the fire. Riley said the two males, who currently live in Richmond, are charged with unlawful burning of a structure. . . A spokeswoman for the commonwealth’s attorney’s office said no decision has been made about whether to charge the suspects as adults.
We’re kind of hoping they are charged as adults. (Steve Cabellero, Mt. Trashmore. 1985 Photo: Jim Goodrich via SteveCabellero.com.)
[Link: The Daily Press]
by The Editors on November 16, 2010
An Australian woman who was on a surf trip with three Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development volunteers was raped after the four were carjacked at gunpoint on Madang Province’s North Coast Road in Papua New Guinea November 13. 2010, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald.
The four were carjacked, robbed of all possessions and taken to a secluded spot where they were bound to trees and the young woman, the girlfriend of one of the volunteers, was raped, PNG’s National newspaper reported.
According to a story in the PNG’s National newspaper three suspects were apprehended in the attack.
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on November 10, 2010
by The Editors on November 1, 2010
Ryan Sheckler’s truck (but maybe not Ryan) was involved in an “intense midnight” shootout on Friday night, according to TMZ.
According to Orange County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a call about a traffic collision late Friday night involving a possible drunk driver — but when they showed up, we’re told, the driver motored it away from the scene. . . Law enforcement sources tell us … officers chased the driver down and cornered him on a dead end street — the driver panicked, pulled a U-turn, and gunned it in the cops’ direction … at which point, we’re told, sheriff’s deputies drew their weapons and shot at the truck. . . We’re told the driver — who turned out to be an unidentified minor — wasn’t hit … and gave up immediately after the deputies shot their weapons.
TMZ says the truck was later reported stolen by Sheckler. Hmm. . .
At appoximately 1:30PM (November 1, 2010) the following tweet was sent out on Ryan Sheckler’s official Twitter.
“Wanted to let everyone know Ryan is safe. His vehicle was stolen from his house, located in a secured gated community Friday night. Ryan is no way involved in this incident nor has any connection to the suspect. Ryan thanks his friends and fans for the concern.”- Representative of Ryan Sheckler at Wasserman Media Group
That makes a us feel much better.
[Link: TMZ]
by The Editors on October 20, 2010
Seth Coombes, a Exeter University student who towed behind his friend’s car at 27 MPH without dying or getting injured, has apologized for his crimes against humanity, according to a story in the Cambridge News.
“I apologise to any people I may have endangered with my actions and I would like to say that in the circumstances of my life I act with responsibility and care for others.”
Driver Gordon Pottinger was equally apologetic.
“I would like to say how deeply I regret my actions on the day in question. I was foolish, immature, and I’m ashamed. . . “My behaviour was unprecedented – in my driving career of three years I have not been convicted of any driving offence.”
He’s ashamed. And that’s how they handle towing criminals at Cambridge.
[Link: Cambridge News]
by The Editors on October 19, 2010
Two children ages 10 and 11 were arrested on Saturday, October 16, 2010 after being accused of shoplifting from a Zumez store in the Natick Collection mall in Natick, Massachusetts, according to a story on MetroWest. But that wasn’t all.
After mall security held the tiny bandits for release to their parents a 17-year-old acquaintance of the children was arrested for “disorderly conduct and resisting arrest” when he tried to take custody of the children. And the mother of one of the children freaked out in the parking garage and was arrested for “driving to endanger, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.” A four were taken to the local police station and later released.
All in a days shrinkage reduction work.
[Link: MetroWest]
