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Injured animals casualty of new handgun lawsWednesday, 21 April 2004 Brian Kentwell says he has been left with no choice but to "hammer" injured or dying animals as he patrols 75 kilometres of irrigation channels in the district. Mr Kentwell feels he is a casualty of the new handgun legislation that now precludes the use of pistols in the agricultural category. Mr Kentwell, who has been manager of the Marthaguy Irrigation Scheme for15 years, said he was no longer permitted to use the 9mm Ruger he was specifically licensed to carry for the humane euthanasia of stock and native animals...

William in gun probe      Wills ... investigated by cops By MICHAEL LEA PRINCE William has been investigated by police after a woman claimed he shot her pet cat. Artist Jeshiera Art filed a complaint saying Wills, 21, fired a gun outside her home near Balmoral — and her cat has not been seen since. Police decided to take no action so Jeshiera, 34, is threatening to take out a private prosecution against William. She said: “It had gone 11 when there was this huge bang. There was a lamp shining on my house and one at my cat. Then...

Clerk's gun trumps knife in robbery try WILMINGTON A knife-wielding robber fled empty handed but unharmed after his victim pulled a gun on him Sunday night, according to police. The unidentified man went into Forest Service Center at 316 Lowell St. about 8:15 p.m. asking for change to use in a vending machine, Police Chief Bernard P. Nally said. The clerk left the office to tend to a customer and when he returned the man asked for more change. "After the attendant made change the second time the suspect produced a knife and pointed it at the attendant and said,...

McNair DUI Case In CourtPosted: 4/15/2004 11:01:16 AM The DUI case against Tennessee Titans quarterback was back in back in a Nashville courtroom Thursday morning. McNair was not in court when his attorney told the judge that he and the prosecution had not reached a settlement in the case. Police arrested McNair last May in downtown Nashville. He was charged with DUI and possession of a handgun while intoxicated. Two Metro officers were disciplined for misconduct in connection with the arrest. One officer was suspended for taking home videotapes of DUI arrests, including McNair's. The other was punished for trying...

Ohio Amber Alert Sets Up Web Site To Prevent Child Abductions Web Site Is Ohioamberplan.org UPDATED: 1:54 PM EDT April 14, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's Amber Alert Steering Committee has launched a new Web site and unveiled brochures promoting a toll-free hot line that Ohioans may use to relay information about child abductions. The Web site is ohioamberplan.org and the hotline is (877) AMBER-OH.

Teen suspended for gun meant for use in anti-drug videoAssociated Press VENTURA, Calif. - Emphasizing its zero tolerance policy, the school board upheld the suspension of a 17-year-old honor student who brought a plastic air gun to school for use in an anti-drug video. In a 4-0 vote on Tuesday, the Ventura Unified School District board ruled Foothill Technology High School junior Paul Houchin cannot return to the campus until fall and must finish the spring semester through independent-study courses at another district campus. Houchin could have been expelled by the district. If he successfully completes the spring semester, the...

Applied Digital working on 'smart gun' Palm Beach Post staff and wire reports Wednesday, April 14, 2004 PALM BEACH -- A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands. Applied Digital Solutions of Palm Beach (Nasdaq: ADSXD, $3.11) announced Tuesday that its VeriChip unit has entered into a memorandum of understanding with gun maker, FN Manufacturing, to develop a "smart gun" that could limit the use of a gun to the owner or an authorized user.An implantable chip would be injected under the skin of the gun's owner. The chip would...

<p>Two Detroit teenagers convicted in the beating death of a grandmother who opposed their lesbian relationship were sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of their lives in prison.</p> <p>Larketa Collier, 16, and Sharon Patterson, 17, were given the mandatory sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole, the Wayne County prosecutor's office said.</p>

<p>A woman shot an armed man to death Tuesday after he attacked her as she was entering her east-side Detroit home, police said.</p> <p>The woman, who owns a car dealership, was at the side door of her home in the 15200 block of Troester at 7:45 p.m. when a man ran up behind her brandishing a nickel-plated handgun, Officer Derek Jones said.</p>

Harris wiretap lasted monthsApril 13, 2004  By Steve Walsh / Post-Tribune staff writer Federal agents were wire tapping the home and business lines of Gary political power broker Jewell Harris for months last year. The revelation came as hundreds of people received letters from the FBI during the weekend, saying their phone conversations had been recorded. U.S. Judge James Moody signed the original order Aug. 25, authorizing the wire tap on two phone lines, including Harris’ business — Enterprise Trucking. A third line was added in November. Among the people receiving letters were Post-Tribune reporters Steve Patterson and Tim Zorn....

CANTON -- As they waited to be released from the Stark County Jail on Monday night, inmates Maurice Howard and Rick Snode said they're glad voters rejected a county sales tax in November. "It's too high as it is," said Snode, 22, of Plain Township. "I'm glad they didn't vote for it," said Howard, who had 117 days to go in his sentence for not paying $85 in restitution after a petty theft conviction. The defeat of the tax also is why Howard, Snode and dozens of others are being released, according to Sheriff Tim Swanson, who says without the tax he can't...

Ohio trooper's weight puts his job in jeopardy 12/25/02Amanda GarrettPlain Dealer Reporter Trooper Neil Hedrick is a slave to the scales. Every month, he weighs dozens of big rigs for the State Highway Patrol, threatening to park those that are overweight. And every month, the State Highway Patrol weighs Hedrick and 1,506 other troopers, threatening to suspend those who weigh too much. Come New Year's Eve, Hedrick and about nine other state troopers face unpaid suspensions of up to one year. If they don't shape up during that time, they lose their jobs forever. "I've given up," Hedrick said yesterday....

Grandma 'destroyed' by child's death 11/18/02Stephen HudakPlain Dealer Reporter Eaton Township- The few times she rode in the front seat, 5-year-old Adrianna Cortimilia felt like a big girl, her father said. The last time, it killed her. Adrianna, a kindergarten student at Grafton Primary School, died Friday from head injuries apparently caused by an air bag that inflated during an accident a day earlier in a parking lot in Lorain. A city spokesman said an accident report was not available yesterday. Adrianna and her 3-year-old brother, Wesley, were in a van driven by their maternal grandmother, Betty Stull, when it...

Drug bill advances in Ohio SenateFriday, November 15, 2002 By PAUL E. KOSTYU Copley Columbus Bureau chief COLUMBUS — With each yes vote on the floor of the Ohio Senate on Thursday, the smile on Garry Beltz’s face got broader. After 32 of those votes, the Plain Township man pumped his fist, let out a sigh of relief and quietly said, “Yes.” Three years after his wife, Karon, died of cancer, Beltz neared the end of one crusade, while looking to begin another. When Karon Beltz died in September 1999, her husband had to throw away two weeks worth of...

Cat parasite may trigger schizophrenia12Dec00 SCIENTISTS are investigating a possible link between cats and schizophrenia. They believe a parasite carried by a small number of cats could trigger the mental illness which affects one in 100 people. An American professor of psychiatry is due to test a drug which would combat the effects of the virus caused by the parasite, toxoplasma. Professor Fuller Torrey, of the Uniformed Services University Health Service in Maryland, hopes the anti-viral drug, Acyclovir, will improve the condition of schizophrenic patients and prove the cat link. In 1995 he and Robert Yolken, a virologist at Johns...

<p>By John R. Lott Jr.</p> <p>Should we treat the Second Amendment like the rest of the Bill of Rights and assume it protects Americans against an over-intrusive government, as the Bush administration now argues? While the question whether people have a right to protect their own lives and the lives of loved ones is important, for most the bottom line is simpler: Do gun laws reduce violent crime?</p>

The illusory protections of gun control 04/30/02 There are certain lessons in murder that cannot be ignored. Namely this: Once a committed individual, group or nation decides that murder is an objective worth pursuing, then taking a life is only a little more difficult than taking a breath. Germany today grieves the loss of its blissful post-war ignorance. It is coming to grips with the painful realization that its domestic security was an illusion based on the false assumption that "American-style" violence could be averted by strict gun control. The illusion is gone. A powerful nation's vulnerability was dramatically exposed...

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Sex offenders may face fees to registerCounties could recover costs under proposalBy Stephanie WarsmithBeacon Journal staff writer Sex offenders would be charged a fee when they register with county sheriffs' offices under a bill introduced yesterday by a local lawmaker. The bill is aimed at recouping the costs for local law enforcement authorities to enforce the state's Megan's Law, which requires those convicted of sex offenses -- and labeled sex offenders -- to register with the sheriff's office in the county where they live. ``Sheriffs' offices may not be able to keep up with this without a revenue stream,'' said ...

COLUMBUS — A federal judge Sunday night denied an attempt to stop the execution of John W. Byrd Jr., which is set for Tuesday. Byrd’s attorneys had requested a stay of execution earlier Sunday, saying that killing Byrd would violate his constitutional rights because he is innocent. A ruling by U.S. District Judge James Graham issued at about 8 p.m. said Byrd had exhausted one round of appeals and should first have requested permission from a federal appeals court before starting another round. “It is not an issue properly addressed in this district court,” Graham wrote. “We want to appeal,” ...