Nicholas Pontillo, 24, of Lake Villa, IL, had been drinking and when he saw an ambulance in the parking lot of Madison, Wisconsin’s Tyrol Basin Ski & Snowboard Resort. The ambulance was running with the keys in and the door open so and apparently couldn’t help himself according to a story on Channel3000.com. The fact that there was someone in the back, probably made it even more attractive.
Fitchrona EMS had gone to the ski area on a medical call and a patient was being treated in the back of the ambulance when Nicholas Pontillo, 24, of Lake Villa, IL, climbed into the driver’s seat and drove around the parking lot, according to authorities.
Pontillo didn’t drive anywhere. He just drove around the parking lot until he was arrested. Now he’s in the Dane County Jail.
Henderson, Nevada police are looking for the guy in the above photo because they believe he was involved in a hit-and-run accident with a 15-year-old skateboarders, according to a story in the Las Vegas Sun.
Police said the boy was riding a skateboard in the street at about 4:20 p.m. when he saw a car turn off Center Street onto Fir Street. The driver struck the boy and drove off, authorities said. . . The boy was taken to a hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle didn’t stop or call 911, police said.
Luckily, a bystander got this cellphone photo of the kid. If you know who this is, please call the Henderson Police Department at (702) 267-5099 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
The Sheriff’s Department in Big Bear, California is looking for “a white male adult, 25–30 years of age, approximately 5′10″ — 6′2″ tall, wearing a black and white jacket, black pants, and using a black snowboard” who slammed into a 9-year-old girl on January 2, 2010 leaving her with a gash to her face and a broken femur.
Hard to believe someone could run over a little girl and just ride away. The guy must already have a couple warrants. Click the image to watch the video.
Two 18-year-olds men from Cwmbran, South Wales, UK were arrested Sunday, November 30, 2009 in an attack in which they allegedly hit 65-year-old Bryan Roberts in the head with a skateboard after he asked them to stop “verbally abusing a young woman.”
A skateboard was swung at Mr Roberts’ head after he asked them to stop harassing her. . . Mr Roberts was treated for a gash to his forehead, swollen eyes and bruising all over his face. . . They were arrested on suspicion of assault and were bailed pending further enquiries.
Carter Spencer, 39, the Saskatchewan man who hit and killed skateboarder Christopher Kniffen, 19, and then fled the scene has been sentenced to four years three months in prison, according to a story on CBC.ca.
Court heard that Spencer was high on drugs and drunk when the truck he was driving hit Kniffen, who was skateboarding home from work. . . In sentencing Spencer on Thursday in Regina, Judge Ted Malone admonished the man for leaving the scene of the accident.
Kniffen (pictured right) was on his way home from work when he was hit. Spencer will also be “prohibited from driving for 10 years” after he gets out of prison. Four years just doesn’t seem long enough, really.
A skateboarder in West Valley City, Utah robbed a Credit Union Service Center at 7 PM on November 12, 2009, according to a story on KSL.com.
Police say the man showed a weapon and demanded money. . . . Police say he had a skateboard with him and that may be how he got away. . . . Police say the man is in his 20s. He was wearing a dark hoody, dark hat and sunglasses.
Huntington Beach, California police officers have arrested a man and woman who are suspected of robbing the cars of 16 surfers by watching where they hid their keys and then using the keys to get in the car and take what they wanted, according to the OC Register. But the cops got ’em by doing a little watching themselves.
Officers staked out the beach near Pacific Coast Highway and Sixth Street, and waited for a break-in. . . They watched Nathan Pater, 32, of Huntington Beach, take a key from its hiding place and break into a car, where they arrested him, said Sgt. Greg Davis of the Huntington Beach Police Department. . . They also arrested Amber Marie Hintz, 27, of Garden Grove, who acted as the getaway driver, Davis said.
Guess this is what that little pocket in your wetsuit is for.
Jennifer Stewart, a Willington, Ohio woman who spoke out against the way Wilmington Police were treating a 15-year-old skateboarder during an arrest, is facing misdemeanor charges of obstructing justice and disorderly conduct, according to a story in the Wilmington News Journal.
The disorderly conduct charge appears to be based upon things the police believe Stewart said, according to Daugherty. He said he wants to hear what she did say so he can determine whether he thinks a jury would regard her words as criminal. . . “Speech is one of our most precious liberties. You are allowed to loudly voice your disagreement with public officials in our country. If her words were simply voicing disagreement and made no threat or obscene language, then I don’t understand a criminal charge,” Daugherty said.
In Jefferson County, Alabama a man with in a skeleton mask robbed a convenience store and then escaped on a skateboard, according to a story on Alabama.com.
“It seems like Halloween is getting here early,” said sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Randy Christian.. . Deputies were called to the Kangaroo Express on Old Springville Road in northeast Jefferson County. The cashier told them a man pointed a semi-automatic stainless steel handgun at her and demanded money from the register. . . .He was wearing a black hood and black gloves, Christian said. He fled traveling west on Dug Hollow Road on a skateboard.
In Alabama skateboards are probably faster than most cars. . .
Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott lost a bunch of videos when his house was broken into sometime in September 2009, according to a story on WBZtv.com.
Chief Scott Nichols of the Carrabassett Valley police tells the Portland Press Herald it’s believed the burglary occurred sometime in September while Wescott was out of the country.
According to police, the videos have no monetary value, but “are of “extreme importance to Mr. Wescott.” Wonder what else was on those videos?
Nicholas Pontillo, 24, of Lake Villa, IL, had been drinking and when he saw an ambulance in the parking lot of Madison, Wisconsin’s Tyrol Basin Ski & Snowboard Resort. The ambulance was running with the keys in and the door open so and apparently couldn’t help himself according to a story on Channel3000.com. The fact that there was someone in the back, probably made it even more attractive.
