Golfer Beats Man Unconscious, Causing Brain Damage After Etiquette Dispute

Story out of Carrollton, Texas:

A 42-year-old man has been accused of striking another man in the head and back with a golf club at Indian Creek Golf Course in Carrollton.

Michael Plumlee of Denton was one of four men putting on the 16th hole about 4 p.m. when another group of men hit a golf ball onto their green, Jolene DeVito, a Carrollton police spokeswoman, said in an email.

Plumlee, 27, threw the ball off the green, and the second group of men approached.

Witnesses told police that a man in the second group, 42-year-old Kevin Keo Sivilay of Richardson, hit Plumlee in the back of the head with a golf club, DeVito said.

The force knocked Plumlee to the ground, where he may have been briefly unconscious.

Sivilay then is alleged to have hit Plumlee once or twice in the back with the club while he was still on the ground.

Plumlee sustained a brain injury and broke several ribs.

Sivilay was arrested and has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Cont.

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Man Is Run Over And Killed In His Own Driveway By Uber

Story out of Toowoomba, Australia:

A man has been hit and killed by an Uber that was bringing his wife home after a night out in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.

Police said it appeared the man, in his 40s, had fallen asleep on the driveway before the accident, just after midnight.

Paramedics attended the scene but could not revive him.

Senior Sergeant Jamie Deacon told Seven News the driver was unable to see him because of the camber of the driveway.

Senior Sergeant Jamie Deacon told Seven News the driver was unable to see him because of the camber of the driveway. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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After Threatening Drunk Drivers With Nickleback, Const. Issues Apology To Band

They are now working on a new campaign punishment. May I suggest Dwight Yoakam? 

Story out of Kensington, Prince Edward Island:

A Kensington, P.E.I., police officer has apologized for "bullying" Nickelback and removed a Facebook post he says drew a reaction far beyond his expectations.

Last week, Const. Robb Hartlen posted on the police Facebook site that he would force arrested drivers to listen to Nickelback's 2001 album Silver Side Up as a punishment for drinking and driving. It was just his way of using humour to spread an important message, he said.

On Friday, Hartlen removed the post and in a new Facebook post wrote a public apology to Nickelback.

Hartlen said the message of "Don't drink and drive" began to take a backseat to the "bashing of the band."

"I didn't want to turn this into an anti-Nickelback," he told CBC Friday night. "The more I thought about it and the more I saw the comments and the more I saw people sort of jumping on the 'We love and we love to hate Nickelback' bandwagon, I was like, 'I think we're losing the message here' and I'm sort of feeling a little bad about what was going on."

In his new Facebook post, Hartlen said that as a police officer, he was sorry for sending the wrong message to children. Cont.

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Miss Butt - Mother Angry After Being Told Repeatedly Her Daughter Won't Stop Laughing At Teacher's Name

Story out of London, England:

A giggly girl’s fits of laughter at her teacher’s name — Miss Butt — forced her mom to be called in for an emergency meeting at the school.

Priscilla Terumalai of London had already been informed by her daughter Annalise, 7, that she couldn’t stop laughing when she heard the teacher’s name. But the mother-of-two brushed it off, the Daily Mail reports.

At a meeting with Miss Butt, the teacher seemed to dismiss the gaiety her name inspired.

However, several days later, Terumalai was called to a meeting with school brass to answer for the child’s laughter.

“When I received a call from the school, I was appalled at how pathetic and petty it was,” Terumalai told the Mail. “I wasn’t making fun of her name at all. I wasn’t happy about being reported.”

Now, Terumalai wants Annalise to be moved to another class because of the bad feelings. The school isn’t budging, though.

“I felt intimidated in the meeting and they made me feel like I was in the wrong. The school over-reacted and it made me feel really angry,” she said. “It is not good enough. I felt I was treated unfairly because I am putting my trust in the teacher and I am not comfortable with my daughter being in her class now.” Cont.

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Pilot Suffers Heart Attack Before Takeoff, Has To Be Revived On Plane

Story out of Glasgow, UK:

The pilot of a plane carrying 128 people suffered a heart attack as he taxied to the runway at Glasgow airport.

The captain of the KLM aircraft became unwell as he was about to leave for Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He was resuscitated by the crew with the help of a passenger.

Firefighters from Glasgow airport helped take the Dutch pilot off the plane, where he was met by ambulance crews and taken to the Golden Jubilee hospital in Clydebank.

The co-pilot of the plane took the aircraft back to the gate. The flight was scheduled to leave at 4.30pm, but was cancelled after the emergency. Passengers on board had their flights re-booked. Cont.

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85-Year-Old Plays Dead As Thieves Steal Thousands Of Dollars Meant For Ill Wife

Story out of New York City, New York:

A Brooklyn man played dead after masked men barged into his home and robbed him.

Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, 85-year-old Pablo Roldan was napping inside his Huron Street home in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, when he awoke to a knock on the door.

“They push in, and choke me out,” he told Bauman.

Three men dressed in black with hoods covering their faces pushing him into the apartment, demanding money, he said.

“‘Where is the money?’ ‘What money? I got no money. I got some money, but it’s in the bank,'” he reenacted.

But he did have money — $36,000 hidden in a closet that he feared they would find.

One man held him down on the couch while the other two ransacked the apartment, he said.

To save himself, Roldan played dead as the men tore through his home looking for cash.

Eventually, the masked thieves found his cash in a back bedroom, where his sick wife was asleep. The money was for her medical bills.

How much they made off with is still unclear. Investigators said some of the cash was left behind, but thousands were missing. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Prison Guard On Administrative Leave After Pepper Spraying Inmate's Genitals

Story out of Scranton, Pennsylvania:

Investigators filed simple assault and harassment charges against a Lackawanna County prison guard accused of spraying an inmate’s genitals with pepper spray.

Sgt. Scott Blume, 46, of Dunmore, was arraigned Wednesday in connection with an altercation with Damian Kellogg on Sept. 24. The incident did not come to light until Oct. 18, after Mr. Kellogg wrote to Judge Vito Geroulo to complain, according to members of the inmate’s family. Sgt. Blume is on paid administrative leave from the prison.

According to an arrest affidavit, the sergeant escorted Mr. Kellogg, who appeared to be intoxicated, to the restricted housing unit after he issued him a misconduct for having “hooch,” an alcoholic liquid made from fruit, inside the cell he shared with another inmate.

Sgt. Blume then left the cage. Mr. Kellogg refused to put on the new uniform and continued to argue with Sgt. Blume. That led Sgt. Blume to twice spray Mr. Kellogg through the “wicket,” a slot in the cell door used to pass food and other items to inmates, to get him to comply. Mr. Kellogg was then handcuffed and escorted to the restricted unit without further incident.

The affidavit does not identify the part of Mr. Kellogg’s body that was sprayed. In his letter to Judge Geroulo, a copy of which was obtained by The Times-Tribune, Mr. Kellogg said he was sprayed in the groin area while naked, causing him extreme pain.

Sgt. Blume, who has been employed at the prison since 2002, faces a disciplinary hearing that will determine whether he will remain on paid leave or be fired, said Donald Frederickson, general counsel for the county. Cont.

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Axl Rose Lets Fans In Mexico Take Out Their Frustrations On Trump Pinata At Concert

                  

Story out of Mexico City, Mexico:

Guns N’ Roses‘ concert in Mexico City last night included a special guest … sort of. The band brought out a Donald Trump pinata onstage for fans to whack.

The show was the last in the group’s Latin America leg of its Not in This Lifetime Tour, so the band was in a somewhat playful mood. It didn’t hurt that the pinata gave many frustrated Mexican fans the opportunity to smack around one of the most reviled men in that region.

“Let’s bring in some people,” Axl Rose says in a video filmed by fans. “And give them a f—ing stick. I just want you to express yourself, however you feel.” After a fan starts to hit the pinata, Rose says, “He’s got it. Go ahead.”

Since he won the election last month, Trump hasn’t said much about the wall. But Mexico has insisted several times that it won’t pay for the wall if he plans to fulfill his campaign promise.

Trump also referred to Mexicans and Mexican-Americans as rapists and criminals. So there was plenty of aggression for the country’s Guns N’ Roses fans to work out onstage last night.

Rose is also no fan of the incoming president. Two weeks ago, he tweeted, “Do you ever stop whining? An apology? Seriously?! You won, this is the job, Get on with it or get out of the kitchen” in response to Trump’s demand of an apology from the cast of Broadway’s Hamilton, who called out Trump’s vice president-elect, Mike Pence, as he was leaving a performance. Cont.

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'There Are No Rules For Driving Around With Cocaine' - Man Arrested For Snorting Coke In Front Of Cop

Story out of Sturtevant, Wisconsin:

On a Black Friday a local man high on cocaine shot out of a Farm and Fleet parking lot causing an accident and then went onto inhale cocaine in front of an officer.

A Franksville man tried to inhale a line of white powder after an accident and while an officer had a taser pointed at him.

Police were called because of a hit and run type of accident.

According to the criminal complaint, the suspect had shot out of the Farm and Fleet parking lot causing another vehicle to swerve in his lane.

The driver followed the suspect’s vehicle to the Mobile parking lot and stopped at the pumps behind it.

The suspect left the parking lot. While police were speaking to the driver the suspect pulled back into the parking lot.

Police noticed the suspect’s eyes were dilated and he was tense and sweating.

One officer stayed with the suspect and the other spoke to the driver, but then the officer with suspect called for assistance. The officer was pointing a taser at the suspect telling him to drop something.

It was then noticeable to the other officer that the suspect had a white powder on his lap and tried to use a white plastic pen to inhale.

The suspect asked why he was being arrested because there are no rules for driving around with cocaine. Cont.

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Man Crashes Into Concrete Barrier After Streaming Live On Facebook Going 114 mph

                  

Story out of Providence, Rhode Island:

Police say a Rhode Island man who streamed himself on Facebook Live driving 114 mph and weaving in and out of traffic was critically injured when he crashed into a garbage truck and a concrete barrier.

State police say 20-year-old Onasi Olio-Rojas, of Pawtucket, lost control Wednesday on U.S. Route 6 in Providence.

The video posted on Olio-Rojas' Facebook page shows him driving 114 mph and weaving through traffic.

Police say Olio-Rojas hit the truck as it got on the highway, then crossed three lanes and hit the barrier.

Rescue crews extricated him from the car. He was in critical condition Thursday.

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Jewish Mother Shocked To Find Swastika Decorated Cupcake At Her Daughter's Birthday Party

Story out of Phoenix Arizona:

Two tasteless teens tormented a Jewish girl on her birthday by decorating a cupcake with a chocolate swastika.

The girl’s shocked mother -- who lives in Arizona -- posted a photo of the disgusting dessert. The mom said two girls were responsible.

“It always happens ‘somewhere else’ or ‘not in my backyard.’ Well how about it happening right in YOUR OWN HOUSE? By your 14-year-old daughter's ‘friends,’” the mother wrote on Facebook, according to the Phoenix New Times.

The mother added that the girls have now apologized, putting it down to a very bad joke.

The New York Daily News reports that a new wave of anti-Semitism has rolled across America in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there have been 867 documented occurrences of racial, religious, gender and nationality harassment -- including 100 against Jews in the 10 days after the election. Cont.

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Woman Freaks Out Passengers By Jumping Out Of Taxiing Plane

                  

Story out of Houston, Texas:

A woman on a United Airlines flight traveling from New Orleans to Houston Monday afternoon jumped out of the plane’s emergency exit after it had touched down at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The incident occurred while the plane was taxiing toward its gate, airline spokeswoman Maddie King told CNN.

The unidentified woman — who was treated for non-life threatening injuries — was not charged by police, but is reportedly undergoing psych evaluations. Cont.

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Man Fearing Foul Play Brings Police Jellyfish He Thinks Is Breast Implant

Hopefully the police were able to keep the concerned citizen abreast of the situation.

Story out of Maroochydore, Australia:

The force in Maroochydore on Australia's Sunshine Coast posted a few photos online of an officer holding a jellyfish, which a man had recently brought into the station.

The concerned resident wanted to report a possible homicide, and handed police the invertebrate as evidence.

Did he think the jellyfish had killed someone? No, he said he thought it was a breast implant from someone who may have been killed or drowned.

After some (possibly literal) probing, police confirmed the object was just a jellyfish, like they suspected. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Jakarta Police Make Murder Suspect Wear Upside Down Darth Vader Mask

Story out of Jakarta, Indonesia:

A 17-year-old, identified by his initial B, was recently arrested in Cipayung, East Jakarta for allegedly taking part in the violent activities of a teenage motorcycle gang that resulted in the death of another 17-year-old, RH.

Jakarta Metro Police Spokesman Argo Yuwono said that B was a new recruit to the gang, and he was made to assault other teenagers in the area as an initiation rite.

The police arrested B on November 22 on suspicion that he was one of several gang members who brutally attacked RH, who eventually died because of his injuries.

Despite the horrific nature of this story, netizens were quick to point out an inappropriate Star Wars Easter egg when B was photographed during a police press conference on Sunday.

It’s common for crime suspects to wear masks when the police parade them in front of the media in Indonesia, but B’s mask was highly irregular, as he appears to be wearing an upside down Darth Vader mask.

We’re not sure why the police made him wear a Darth Vader mask, other than possibly trying to convey that B had been successfully lured to the dark side. Cont.

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