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VIERA, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating his probation by trying to break into the Brevard County jail.
A judged sentenced 25-year-old Sylvester Jiles of Cocoa on Monday.
He was convicted in January of trespassing on jail property and resisting an officer.
Authorities say Jiles tried to climb a 12-foot fence at the Brevard County Detention Center in August.
He was caught and hospitalized with severe cuts from the barbed wire.
He had been released a week earlier after accepting a plea deal on a manslaughter charge.
Jiles had begged jail officials to take him back into custody, saying he feared retaliation from the victim's family.
Jail officials said they couldn't take him in and told him to file a police report.
http://www.970wfla.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=124415&article=6907788VIERA, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for... more
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One in 20 householders admit they have rigged devices to halt a burglar.
However, the homeowners themselves risk jail as it is illegal to set a trap to injure or kill an intruder.
The figures from insurance firm Direct Line reveal the measures people will go to protect their property.
Common booby traps include holes in floorboards, loose stairs, hidden trip wires, garden pits and even plant pots or ornaments attached to hidden strings.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, a householder who "knew of an intended intruder and set a trap to hurt or kill them rather than involve the police would be acting with very excessive and gratuitous force and could be prosecuted."
In extreme cases, some property owners who have been repeatedly burgled have illegally set traps involving nail bombs or shotguns.
The study also found four in ten householders would arm themselves with objects they could hurl at an intruder.One in 20 householders admit they have rigged devices to halt a burglar.
However, the... more
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There's something wrong with redheads?
LONDON (Reuters) – An ad for a TV dating show has been banned for suggesting that redheads are unattractive, Britain's advertising watchdog said on Wednesday.
Virgin Media's newspaper advert for the program "Dating in the Dark" included the text: "How do you spot a ginger in the dark?"
Virgin said the premise of the show was to challenge people's perception of attractiveness and to encourage decisions based on personality as well as looks.
However the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) agreed with three complainants that the ad was likely to cause serious offence and should not be used again.
"We considered the text was likely to be interpreted ... as a statement that reflected a choice between looks and personality ... being a suggestion that people with ginger hair were unattractive," the ASA said in a statement.
"We considered the ad was unlikely to be interpreted to be light-hearted in tone and was instead likely to be seen as prejudicial against people with ginger hair."
Other adverts in the series used to promote the show had included the tagline: "When the lights come on I just hope I haven't been kissing Shrek."
On Tuesday, Britain's biggest retailer Tesco apologized and said it had withdrawn a Christmas card which showed a child with red hair sitting on the lap of Santa Claus under the banner: "Santa loves all kids. Even ginger ones."
(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Steve Addison)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091216/od_nm/us_ginger
http://filmgordon.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/hr_red_sonja_poster_2.jpgThere's something wrong with redheads?
LONDON (Reuters) – An ad for a TV... more
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Two teenage boys from Woonsocket have been charged with breaking and entering after skipping class on Monday and breaking into a home within a half-mile from Woonsocket High School, and leaving homework behind at the scene of the crime.
http://www.920whjj.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122060?feed=122060&article=6274117Two teenage boys from Woonsocket have been charged with breaking and entering after... more
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Safe sales rise as homeowners grow wary of banks and worry about crime.
Sales of home security safes have multiplied as homeowners worry about an increase in crime tied to the economic downturn and as confidence in banks and financial institutions wavers.
Several Denver security companies are reporting that sales of home security safes have doubled since the recession deepened last fall.
"With the economy not doing as well, people are scared of theft and are concerned about their house getting broken into," said Jennifer Wickhorst, an administrator with Englewood Lock and Safe. "Women want to lock up their jewelry, and people are using security safes for passports, checks and anything with personal information on it."
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A BURGLAR who broke into the home of two sleeping men rubbed spices over the body of one and hit the other with 20cm sausage.
In what police in the US city of Fresno called one of the most bizarre cases they had come across, the burglar threw away the assault weapon as he fled and a dog ate it, the Fresno Bee newspaper reported.
Fresno County police officer Lieutenant Ian Burrimond said the suspect was found hiding in a field a few minutes later.
Deputies had no problem linking the suspect to the crime, he told the paper.
"It seems the guy ran out of the house wearing only a T-shirt, boxer shorts and socks, leaving behind his wallet with his ID," Lt Burrimond said.
The victims, both farmworkers, told police they were woken on Saturday morning by a stranger applying spices to one of them and striking the other with a sausage.
The spices and the sausage were from the victims' kitchen, Lt Burrimond said.
After their attacker fled, the men discovered their home had been ransacked and cash stolen.
Lt Burrimond said the money was recovered but the sausage used in the attack was thrown away by the suspect and eaten by a dog.
"That's right, the dog ate the weapon," Lt Burrimond said.
"I tell you, this was one weird case." A BURGLAR who broke into the home of two sleeping men rubbed spices over the body of... more
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