Russian Mobsters Stealing Chocolate
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Russian-Mob-Bust-Chocolate-Pounds-FBI-Racketeering-New-York-City-Indict-427024801.html

>More than 30 members and associates of a New York City-based Russian organized crime group are named in federal court papers charging them with racketeering, murder for hire and other crimes, including trafficking tens of thousands of pounds of stolen chocolate, law enforcement sources familiar with the case tell NBC 4 New York.

https://archive.is/Ps2CM
http://globalnews.ca/news/3534958/fidget-spinners-crushed-germany/

Germany to destroy 35 tons of fidget spinners imported from China
>Frankfurt airport customs authorities said Friday they confiscated 35 metric tons (39 U.S. tons) of the tiny twirling gadgets in May alone and plan on crushing them out of existence.

>>116767
so much winning.

The guy that shot up the Comet Ping Pong trying to save all the children from Democratic child rape festivals got four years in prison.
https://apnews.com/309f34451cb64976a48e67d02bc49146?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-28/elderly-woman-throws-coins-into-plane-engine-causes-delay/8658654
>The passenger was boarding China Southern Airlines flight CZ380, from Shanghai to Guangzhou, when she threw nine coins towards the plane's jet engine. The coin toss was quickly noticed by a fellow passenger, who was able to alert authorities before take-off. The coins, worth about 1.7 yuan altogether, caused 150 passengers to evacuate as the airline conducted a full inspection of the plane's engine.

>Police were called to Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the elderly passenger, who had been travelling with her husband, daughter and son-in-law, was taken away for questioning. They later confirmed the passenger, surnamed Qiu, had thrown the coins "to pray for safety" and they had been informed by a neighbour that she "believes in Buddhism". The plane was finally able to take off safely at 5:52pm local time (7:52pm AEST), more than five hours late.

>China Southern Airlines reminded all passengers to comply with civil aviation laws in a post on social media site Weibo, and to avoid any behaviour that could jeopardise the safety of their fellow passengers.

http://nbc4i.com/2017/06/29/florida-city-fighting-butt-graffiti-problem/
>The design is popping up all over the place in St. Petersburg, in places near the old YMCA and the Morean Arts Center.

>At least twenty cases have surfaced in the last several months. The silhouette of three “cheeks,” so to speak, is the featured signature of the anonymous artist.

>“The bottom line is whoever is doing this is destroying property,” St. Petersburg Assistant Police Chief Jim Previterra said. “They are marking up the beautiful downtown area of St. Petersburg.”

>Indeed, St. Pete is a city known for its beautiful art and stunning murals. Many people are upset by this new graffiti involving a tush trend. They don’t like the fact that the bold buttocks are suddenly everywhere.

>“This is not art. At all,” said one woman. “It’s vandalism.”

>“There should be consequences. You can’t just take it upon yourself to do whatever you want to do,” another man said.

>The assistant police chief describes it as an “eyesore.”

>“It’s causing the city to have to go around behind who this is and clean up,” he said. “And, we have to dedicate more resources to it.”

>In the end, the mystery man or woman who is showcasing these backsides will most likely get a front row seat in a court room

>“It’s illegal,” Assistant Chief Previterra said. “In the end, everyone gets their day.”

>>116813

>...avoid any behaviour that could jeopardise the safety of their fellow passengers.

Like flying in a Chinese aircraft?

>>116839
Nah the Indian airlines are the ones you've gotta watch out for.

Australian police shoot man dressed as The Joker at a swingers club while he was having sex with woman dressed as Harley Quinn.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-shoot-man-and-woman-in-king-street-nightclub-in-melbourne-20170707-gx77yv.html
>The man, dressed as Batman character the Joker, and a woman in a Harley Quinn costume popularised by the movie Suicide Squad, were shot by police at Inflation nightclub on King Street at 3.41am on Saturday.

>The man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition, but was stabilised later.

>The woman, who was shot in the leg by police, was taken to The Alfred hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

>Inflation owner Martha Tsamis​, who has been locked in several battles with police over the years, said that security had not been approached by any concerned patrons prior to the raid. It is unknown who informed police about the gun.

>"Venue staff have stated that the male victim was not holding anything in his hand but rather he was in a compromising position with his female partner, which is a normal activity with the nature of this event," she wrote in a statement on Facebook.

https://www.cato.org/blog/goats-are-doing-our-job-says-union

A battle is brewing at Western Michigan University this summer between a group of hungry goats and a labor union.

The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work the goats are doing in a wooded lot is taking away jobs from laid-off union workers.

A spokeswoman said the university had brought in a crew of the nimble-footed ruminants “to clear undergrowth in a woodlot, much of it poison ivy and other vegetation that is a problem for humans to remove….Not wanting to use chemicals, either, we chose the goat solution to stay environmentally friendly.”

The goats are already ahead of schedule in their task of clearing 15 acres before the fall semester – unless the National Labor Relations Board gets mad and decides to charge in.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/07/10/teen-camper-wakes-up-to-crunching-noise-and-discovers-his-head-is-inside-bears-mouth/?utm_term=.2d0e0a9021de

Asleep in the mountains northwest of Boulder, Colo., a teenage camp counselor was awakened Sunday morning by a loud crunching sound.

The noise was the sound of large teeth scraping against his skull, he told Denver ABC-affiliate KMGH. A black bear, the teen realized, was trying to pull him out of his sleeping bag by his head.

“It grabbed me like this and pulled me, and then it bit the back of my head and dragged me,” the teen, identified only by his first name, Dylan, told KMGH. “When it was dragging me, that was the slowest part. It felt like it went forever.”

Fellow staffers and campers were roused by the commotion and tried to scare the bear away as Dylan fought back. The bear dragged Dylan about 10 feet, then dropped him and walked away.

Dylan was taken to the hospital. His injuries weren’t life threatening. Authorities are searching for the bear, which will likely be euthanized, according to the Associated Press.

http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35764555-75/mom-arrested-for-using-car-to-tow-kids.html.csp
>A Springfield mother is accused of endangering her two children by towing them in a little red plastic wagon behind her car around a roundabout repeatedly Wednesday evening.

>Alana Nicole Donahue, 27, was arrested shortly before 8:30 p.m., less than an hour after Springfield police received calls from concerned motorists.

>According to Lt. Scott McKee, Donahue told police she “didn’t understand what the problem was because she was only driving 5 mph and she just wanted to show the kids a good time.”

>Donahue was not intoxicated, according to McKee.

>According to the logs, several drivers stopped their cars and confronted the mother, who then tried to drive away. She eventually stopped and put the wagon inside the Taurus and allegedly told one driver to “be an adult about it,” the logs state.

http://www.fox9.com/news/83255432-story
>Authorities in Arkansas have arrested three men from Georgia in connection with a disturbing video involving a deer being beaten with a textbook.

>>117041
> TheTruePriceOfACollegeEducationInAmerica.webm

Turns out if you feed somebody the right drugs they think they're a moth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-latest-sheriff-man-who-ran-into-burning-man-fire-dies/2017/09/03/939b57e8-90df-11e7-8482-8dc9a7af29f9_story.html
>Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen says the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival.

>The sheriff says the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California.

Colorado Springs cops are hunting a woman dubbed “the Mad Pooper,” who’s been caught defecating in front of houses for weeks.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/20/police-seek-mad-pooper-woman-jogger-whos-defecating-shamelessly-on-peoples-front-lawns.html

>>117319
>>117319
w-why

>>117337

when you gotta go, you gotta go.
...and then you've really gotta go, after you've gone on someone's property.

  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/01/marilyn-manson-struck-by-falling-stage-scenery-during-new-york-concert
>Antigun singer now in hospital after two giant guns fall on him

>>117343

Oh, sure, blame the guns and not the stagehands...

>>117343

He was antigun?

http://buffalonews.com/2017/10/05/94-year-old-widow-amputee-stand-national-anthem-tonights-sabres-home-opener/

>Marian Morreale practiced how to stand for the last three months. She is a 94-year-old World War II veteran and her left leg was amputated last year.

>But she practiced standing so that she could when the national anthem was sung at the opening game of the Sabres tonight.

>She wanted to make a point.

>"I think for these young athletes and the salaries they make, they should stand for the national anthem," she said. "But I don't think our president should use that word, SOB."

>>117343
Last time I briefly looked into it I got the impression that he's not strictly antigun so much as he has this strawman perception of gun owners that he regularly mocks and denounces.
He's always been a very nuanced sort of retarded

In comparison, here's full retarded:
Rick And Morty Fans Riot At McDonald’s Because There’s No Szechuan Sauce
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/rick-and-morty-fans-riot-at-mcdonalds-because-theres-no-szechuan-sauce/amp/

http://www.newsweek.com/scientists-inflated-dead-dolphin-penises-fake-sex-dead-dolphin-vaginas-681607

>>117467
>Orbach spends her days researching how various species' penises & vaginas interact

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/15/alabama-girl-3-falls-into-ice-cream-shops-grease-pit-drowns.html
>A young girl was playing with family members at an ice cream shop in Alabama -- when she suddenly fell into a six-foot-deep grease pit and drowned, the Opelika-Auburn News reported Saturday.

>The 3-year-old girl’s body was pulled Saturday from the in-ground container used to trap cooking grease at Brewster’s Real Ice Cream in Auburn, the newspaper added.

>“Video evidence from the scene shows that the young girl was playing with two of her siblings when she apparently fell through a lid covering one of the grease pits on the property,” Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said in a release.

>“She had been missing about 5-10 minutes when she was found unresponsive in the grease trap,” the coroner said.

>The girl was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead Saturday afternoon, according to the release. It said that her death is considered an accidental drowning.

>“No foul play is suspected and the death investigation indicates that she drowned in the sludge that was in the six-foot-deep inground container,” according to Harris.

>The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office has beef with one Juvenile Justice Department employee, alleging he stole $1.2 million worth of fajitas during the past nine years.

>The Cameron County Juvenile Justice Department does not serve fajitas.

>“If it wasn’t so serious, you’d think it was a Saturday Night Live skit. But this is the real thing,” District Attorney Luis V. Saenz said.

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_d9e65356-b155-11e7-8634-7fcc67848f6d.html

http://nypost.com/2017/11/04/man-jailed-for-repeatedly-sending-strippers-to-neighbors-home/

A Nebraska man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sending prostitutes to strip on his neighbor’s front porch dozens of times over a three-year period.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that 45-year-old Douglas Goldsberry of Elkhorn was sentenced Friday in Douglas County District Court after pleading no contest in September to pandering.

Authorities say Goldsberry hired prostitutes to bare their breasts and strip on his neighbor’s porch while he watched from his house.

The family with two small children reported that women had shown up as many as 75 times since 2013, exposing themselves and sometimes kicking the door and yelling for payment.

Goldsberry also has been indicted in federal court for possession of child pornography and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

59 year old neighbor hospitalizes senator.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-rand-paul-recovering-from-injuries-suffered-in-alleged-assault/2017/11/05/6380c78a-c250-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html

>Sen. Rand Paul is recovering from five broken ribs and bruises to his lungs, and it is unclear when he will return to Washington, aides said Sunday, signaling that injuries he sustained Friday are far more severe than initially thought.

>The second-term Republican senator from Kentucky and 2016 presidential candidate was attacked, allegedly by a next-door neighbor, Rene Boucher, 59, who was charged with fourth-degree assault.

>Paul made his first public comments since the incident on Sunday, tweeting that his wife “Kelley and I appreciate the overwhelming support after Friday’s unfortunate event. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.”

>Doug Stafford, Paul’s chief of staff, said in a statement Sunday that the senator has five rib fractures, including three displaced fractures, meaning the bones are partly or completely cracked.

>“This type of injury is caused by high velocity severe force. It is not clear exactly how soon he will return to work, as the pain is considerable as is the difficulty in getting around, including flying,” Stafford said.

>Paul has lung contusions, or bruises, caused by the broken ribs, Stafford said. He could not say whether one lung was bruised or both, but said Paul’s recovery could last several months. Such fractures can cause other significant medical problems, including internal bleeding, damage to other organs or pneumonia.

>The nature of the dispute between Paul and Boucher remained a mystery Sunday to locals who know both men as medical professionals based in this southwestern Kentucky town.

>>117544
Apparently it happened because he and the neighbor had been feuding over yard waste/landscaping stuff for years.

>when your neighbor violates the NAP by not raking up their leaves that fall on your property so you break their ribs

>Yukon, O-faceklahoma – A high school science teacher was arrested Nov. 15 after police showed up for a date at her house.

>Hunter Day, 22, a teacher at Yukon High School, had been conducting an affair with a 16-year-old male student.

>Canadian County Sheriff's Office deputies said that the investigation began after they received a complaint by parents who were concerned that Day was having inappropriate contact with their son, according to WTHR.

>...

>Her husband is a football coach at the same school where she taught.

https://www.themaven.net/bluelivesmatter/news/teacher-arrested-while-waiting-to-sexually-assault-16-year-old-again-vlJ8FEf1T0m1GUv0a8_eEA

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4928567/hamburg-pepper-spray-attack-school-germany-latest-news/

Father of triplets killed at outdoor gun range just 15 minutes from my house. I've shot there a few times. Tragic.

>According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, it all started when an employee was working on a hunting rifle. It went off in what they're calling an accidental discharge.

>"The bullet went through the wall of the small range house and struck a patron who was walking through the parking lot," explained Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland.

http://abc13.com/shooting-range-tragedy-claims-life-of-cypress-father/2775195/

>Wtf ATM, I didn't want this much money. I'm gonna do $5,000 worth of damage to your ass for that one!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/26/florida-man-arrested-after-punching-atm-for-giving-him-too-much-money.html

>"Enough military life for me. I'm done with this shit. How do I get out of here without a dishonerable discharge? Maybe..."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2018/01/30/an-air-force-sergeant-recorded-herself-ranting-about-her-black-subordinates-now-shes-suspended/

https://www.thestar.com/sports/2018/01/31/formula-one-gets-rid-of-grid-girls-and-podium-girls.html

>>118015
/t/ - tabloid news

  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43428622
>An Indian pop star, Daler Mehndi, has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling migrants abroad.

>Mehndi and six others were accused in 2003 of cheating people of large sums of money by falsely promising to take them to Western countries.

>The singer was convicted on Friday in the northern state of Punjab. But he was released on bail soon after.

>Mehndi is one of the most popular Punjabi singers of the 1990s and early 2000s, and also has a following abroad.

>In 1998 and 1999, he had allegedly taken at least 10 migrants, disguised as dancers in his ensemble, to the United States and returned without them.

>After police in Punjab registered a case against him, about 35 people reportedly accused him of fraud. They said he had taken money from them for taking them abroad but had failed to do so.

>Mehndi said he will appeal the conviction in a higher court.

>>118051
Again!?

  jenkem lab busted

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/15/belgian-clown-murdered-mother-front-children-roping-sidekick/

>A clown and his yodelling sidekick, stars of the reality TV show Belgium’s Got Talent, have been arrested for the brutal murder of a mother of three in front of her children, after a rooftop stand-off with armed police, which was broadcast live on Facebook.

>They are accused of tying up the 12, 15 and 17-year-old children who it is said they terrorised through the night before killing their mother in front of them with a knife, Belgian media, which speculated the ordeal was filmed, reported.

>Lapeire, who waited until Belgium's Mother's Day to launch his attack, reportedly told the terrified children: "I am no longer a clinic clown but a crimiclown. That's how I will become famous."

>"I am a monster. I know that", he laughed before phoning the children's school to say the kids would be late on Monday.

>Lapeire and Haegeman separated and fled. Their victim’s body was found in the garage by emergency services on Monday and the children released from their binds by police in a room on the upper floor.

>On Monday, Lapeire stood on top of a 13 storey apartment building in the coastal municipality of Bredene, close to his parents’ home, waving a pistol.

>He was broadcasting on Facebook Live as he threw a gas cannister from the roof. Police snipers were deployed and a local school put into lockdown as Lapeire began firing the gun.

>Footage appeared to show him enjoying the attention, he would put the gun on the floor, wave his arms as if surrendering, then pick the pistol up again and fire it. He surrendered after several hours.

>His alleged accomplice Haegeman commented on Facebook that he couldn’t believe what he was seeing on social media before he too was arrested by police.

  > I imagine that Langley BC is like a little piece of Florida in the north.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uJsLc_1526456276

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tim-hortons-poop-throwing-1.4665873

Langley RCMP say woman is known to police and was released from custody after being given a court date
CBC News · Posted: May 16, 2018 2:32 PM PT | Last Updated: May 16

This screen capture from a video posted online appears to show a woman arguing with restaurant staff before she defecated in front of the counter and threw it at staff. (LiveLeak)

The Tim Hortons corporation said it is "deeply concerned" about a graphic video circulating online that appears to show a woman argue with staff at a Langley restaurant, before defecating in front of the cashier's counter and throwing it at staff.

According to Langley RCMP, the incident took place at the location in the 20200-block of Douglas Cr. on Monday evening.

RCMP said officers briefly detained the woman, who is known to police in the area, and issued a date for her to appear in court.

Police said nobody was injured in the incident, and a report was provided to Crown counsel, who will decide whether any charges will be filed.

"In limited cases across the country, restaurants have a restricted access policy for restrooms to ensure the well-being of our guests," said Tim Hortons in a written statement.

"Our current understanding is that the Team Member used their discretion in this case and denied access to this Guest based on past behaviour and out of concern for the immediate safety of Team Members and Guests in the Restaurant," the statement read, adding that as matters escalated, staff called police.

Tim Hortons said the safety of staff and customers is a top priority and the corporation is working with the franchise owner to continue to look into the incident.

>>118411
holy shit!

http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article214703535.html

The highly anticipated murder trial of a Key West woman charged with intentionally running over and killing a pedestrian with her Mercedes Benz and then aiming the vehicle at a bicyclist will likely take place in the Southernmost City, against the wishes of her defense attorneys.

April Thomason, 46, killed Stephanie Collins, 49, who was walking with her friend on the sidewalk along South Roosevelt Boulevard around 6 p.m. Sept. 16, 2015. The friend jumped out of the way, but Collins didn't move in time before Thomason's car jumped the sidewalk and mowed her down, according to a Key West police arrest report.

Hardly news, I just find this fascinating.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-frankincense-omans-white-gold-loses-its-lustre-in-a-modernizing/

Jury awards $68K to black student injured after white classmates wrapped rope around her neck

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/414506-school-ordered-to-pay-68000-to-black-girl-after-classmates-allegedly

A private school in Texas this week was ordered to pay $68,000 in damages to the family of a black student who said white classmates wrapped a rope around her neck and dragged her to the ground, according to The New York Times.

A jury in Travis County ordered the school pay $55,000 for the physical pain and mental anguish caused by the 2016 incident, $10,000 for disfigurement sustained and $3,000 for medical expenses. The family sought $5.3 million in damages, but the jury did not determine that the school was guilty of gross negligence.

When women do this it's called dating.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46297540

Los Angeles 'dine-and-dash' dater sentenced

A US man nicknamed the "dine-and-dash" dater for asking women out to restaurants and leaving bills unpaid has been sentenced to 120 days in jail.

Paul Gonzales, 45, was also given three years of probation by a judge in the Los Angeles County court. He is barred from using dating apps and websites.

Prosecutors said he had defrauded at least 10 women of more than $950 (£744) from May 2016 to April 2018.

On Tuesday, he pleaded no contest to defrauding and petty theft charges.

Prosecutors had argued that Gonzales would take his dates out for dinner at different restaurants around the Los Angeles area. He would then eat and drink before leaving without paying.

Eight of the women said they had been forced to foot the bill, while in two other cases the restaurants had borne the cost, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.

News channel CBS reported that Gonzales allegedly had left his dining companions with bills for extravagant shrimp-and-steak filled meals.

One of the victims, who withheld her name, joked about Gonzales' new eating habits behind bars.

"He doesn't have to worry about any meals now. He's gonna get three square meals a day," she told CBS before Tuesday's ruling.