FBI agent pays fine in shooting into hotel cooler

Las Vegas Sun ^ | August 29, 2003 | Sito Negron

[Allegra]

"The only victim in that case was a lobster, and Nevada statutes don't provide for attempted murder of a lobster," Roger said, however, PETA is lobbying Congress to get such legislation enacted on a Federal level to become effective later this year...

[Squantos]

Brawahahahahahah !!!!...............Excellant !

Stay Safe !

[babygene]

These coolers arn't your mothers cooler. Hit one of the freon coils and it could very easily do $12000 in dammage...

[Squantos]

We were looking to demo the old shed he'd set up as housekeeping anyway so when he didn't show hisself on the third shout of "fire in the hole" I considered him fair game !

BTW in the mountains we had these big old black and grey woodpeckers that eat 177/22 caliber pellets for lunch and keep coming back. A 12 gauge might do the job but the pellets just stung em.............er so I hear .....:o)

Stay Safe !

[Freedom4US]

Wow, I guess that really did happen...


LOUISBURG, NC — An experienced parachutist filmed his own two-mile death plunge after he fell from an airplane while carrying a video camera but apparently without realizing he had no parachute, investigators said Tuesday.

Officials declared the death Saturday of Ivan Lester McGuire, 35, of Durham, an accident.

Franklin County sheriff's Capt. Ralph Brown said there was no foul play and no indication of suicide, although "a man who has jumped 800 times ought to remember his parachute."

The videotape shows McGuire leaving the plane, apparently without problems, Brown said. Other parachutists then jump and free fall, but disappear when they pop their parachutes and McGuire plunges on toward the ground at 150 mph.

McGuire, who was carrying a video camera mounted on his helmet, was filming a student and an instructor at Franklin County Sports Parachute Center about 20 miles from Raleigh.

The plane's pilot, Mark Luman, couldn't be found for comment and had no telephone listing. Brown said the pilot "wasn't in any position to see what happened in the back of the plane."

The videotape showed the divers making preparations around the plane's door; then the camera went out with McGuire.

With the camera aimed up toward the plane, the tape then shows the instructor and the student jump and freefall somewhat above McGuire. The jump appeared to be proceeding normally until the instructor and student opened their parachutes and receded rapidly from view as McGuire hurtled below them.

"The pictures get to moving real fast because he's approaching the ground at 150 mph" "It kind of appears he reached for his parachute and didn't have one," Brown said. "But the release for his (McGuire's) parachute is on his right hip, and when that right hand goes down, the left hand comes forward and it comes into camera view."

After several seconds of jerky motion, the tape shows the ground approaching. "Then the pictures get to moving real fast because he's approaching the ground at 150 mph," Brown said.

McGuire's body was found in woods about 11/ 2 miles from the airfield. Footage of the final stage of the plunge was destroyed on impact and what tape remained had to be spliced in places, officials said.

Brown said blood samples will show whether McGuire had alcohol or drugs in his system and test results should be ready in about a week.

Although an expert jumper, McGuire could have forgotten to put on his parachute because of fatigue or preoccupation with his video equipment, Mrs. Fayard was quoted as saying.

A Federal Aviation Administration investigator said Monday he was checking to see if the pilot knew whether McGuire was wearing a parachute when he entered the airplane, as FAA regulations require.

Sheriff Arthur Johnson said Tuesday the investigation showed the pilot thought McGuire was wearing a parachute. But Walter L. Riggsbee, the FAA investigator, said the video equipment may have been mistaken for a parachute.

Copyright © Associated Press, April 5, 1988

[LibKill]

J. Edgar is doing 900rpm.

Sheesh, where do they get these people?

They ought to recruit from officers and NCOs who are mustering out. These folks have shown they can handle responsibility.

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Old news to us in Las Vegas..........Sorry.

[ampat]

Our so-called "premier law enforcement organization" seems exceptionally well-represented these days.

[ampat]

How right you are.

[yarddog]

Are you sure you didn't once work at a golf course?

[yarddog]

That was a good one.

[yarddog]

Another good one.

In fact this whole story is a good one.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Y'all are being kinda hard on the poor guy. He just wanted some lobster bisque and wanted to make sure the poor little fella wouldn't feel it when he dropped it in the boiling water.

Fibbies have feelings too, you know.

[Bacon Man]

That lobster was comin right for us!!!