Yes, and some of them are dangerous individuals, desperate to retain their lives and freedom via any means possible. You could ask FReeper Gary Flynn about that...if he were still alive.
Posted on 01/23/2002 10:36:52 AM PST by ThJ1800
PHOENIX, Jan. 22 — He was on the phone with a detective on Dec. 14, providing more information about how his accomplices had stolen a large shipment of human growth hormone. Suddenly, the detective heard a loud scream. Then the phone went silent.
That was the last contact Tom Britt of the Phoenix Police Department had with Konstantin Simberg before Mr. Simberg's body turned up two days later and 100 miles northwest of Phoenix, in Yavapai County.
For now, three men from the Phoenix area have been indicted on charges of kidnapping and murdering Mr. Simberg, a 21-year-old Russian immigrant, though two of them disappeared after they were released on bail and remain at large. The one in custody, Dennis V. Tsoukanov, 20, a Russian citizen, is scheduled for arraignment on Wednesday.
Five other men have been indicted on felony counts related to a scheme first to hijack the shipment of growth hormone from a delivery truck and — when that failed — steal it from the pharmacy that ordered it. One of the five, Maxim Chinchyus, 18, a Russian who overstayed his student visa, is in jail. The others are free, awaiting trial...
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Yes, and some of them are dangerous individuals, desperate to retain their lives and freedom via any means possible. You could ask FReeper Gary Flynn about that...if he were still alive.
So much for mail-ordering Russian babies without iron-clad warranties.
What a sweet Halloween costume that'd be though. A ten foot doll walking down the street would send the shroomers running for the hills in Athens, OH.
Living dolls . . . A scene from the general rehearsal of 'opera-fantastique' Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. Les Contes d'Hoffmann inaugurates the new season of Palermo's Massimo Theatre in co-production with Les Choregies d'Orange, the Colon Theatre of Buenos Aires and the Opera de Marseille. The production will be directed by Jerome Savary, utilising more than 350 costumes and 150 artists and acrobats to create a carnival atmosphere. Photo: AFP
Yeah, it is creepy. It came from today’s Sydney Morning Herald snapshot gallery. I usually check it out each day. I saw this one, and thought it appropriate to this thread.
They have some strange shots that never appear in the US. For one of their all-time strangest, check out THIS ONE.
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