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  • A Nun with a gun

    06/03/2005 9:25:13 AM PDT · by SeamusVA · 9 replies · 569+ views
    klrt Fox 16 ^ | 6/2/05 | Sandra Kirk
    Thursday night was the deadline for a North Little Rock nun to leave her home and business behind. She's being evicted for allegedly pulling a weapon on someone trying to park near her business. But that's just the beginning of a bizarre story involving a tenant, a landlord, and a handgun. The sign says ‘coming in July’, but Mary’s Nutz on 115 W. Broadway in North Little Rock likely won’t happen. That’s because Mary Eggen, 67, faces felony armed robbery charges stemming from an incident on property she was leasing last month. The former Benedictine nun has since been notified...
  • Man Dies After Chicago Cops Use Taser

    02/11/2005 8:57:05 AM PST · by SeamusVA · 89 replies · 1,170+ views
    CHICAGO — A man died after Chicago police used a Taser (search) stun gun to subdue him Thursday, just days after a teenager was critically injured in a similar incident that prompted a lawsuit against the city. Police said they used the stun gun when they were unable to restrain an unruly 54-year-old man who was fighting with officers at a high-rise building on the city's North Side Thursday afternoon. The man went into cardiac arrest and later died, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. Authorities did not identify the man Thursday evening. Police Cmdr. Michael Chasen said...