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Hot Pockets...serious business.

Kentucky man accused of shooting roommate for eating last Hot Pocket

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A Kentucky man accused of shooting his roommate who ate the last Hot Pocket has been charged with felony assault.

The roommate, who has not been named, sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the weekend shooting, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department.

Clifton Williams, 64, was arrested early Sunday and charged with second-degree assault, police said. On Monday, he pleaded not guilty, according to NBC News affiliate WAVE of Louisville.

An attorney for Williams did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to a police citation, the two roommates had a physical fight over the frozen sandwich.

"Mr. Williams got mad he ate the last Hot Pocket," it states, and allegedly "began throwing tiles at him."

The victim "attempted to" fight back and threatened Williams, but he left, the document states.

Williams got a gun and followed the roommate outside, where he shot him in the buttocks, the police document said.

Williams is scheduled to be back in court May 30 for a preliminary hearing.

Under Kentucky law, a person convicted of second-degree assault conviction can be sentenced to five to 10 years in prison.

The state defines a second-degree assault convict as someone who "intentionally causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument" 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/07/origins-masturbation-traced-back-primates-40m-years-ago
 

Origins of masturbation traced back to primates 40m years ago

Behaviour predates humans by tens of millions of years but evolutionary purpose is less clear, scientists say


“From an evolutionary perspective, masturbation appears costly, distracting, wasteful, even risky.”

KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF, MR SCIENCE GUY!

“For people who think masturbation is wrong, or unnatural in some way, this is perfectly natural behaviour. It’s part of our healthy repertoire of sexual behaviours.”

Oh….wait…we’re cool, man….we’re cool.
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Man ‘fakes his death’ before ‘arriving at his own funeral’ in a helicopter to teach family a lesson

 

David Baerten, known on TikTok as Ragnar le Fou, says he felt ‘unappreciated’ by his relatives
 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fake-death-funeral-tiktok-helicopter-family-b2357836.html

Pretty ahole thing to do. On-brand for one of you surlyites. 

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10 hours ago, nnm said:

Man ‘fakes his death’ before ‘arriving at his own funeral’ in a helicopter to teach family a lesson

 

David Baerten, known on TikTok as Ragnar le Fou, says he felt ‘unappreciated’ by his relatives
 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fake-death-funeral-tiktok-helicopter-family-b2357836.html

Pretty ahole thing to do. On-brand for one of you surlyites. 

He stole the idea from Mark Twain. Not even original. 

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A longtime Penn State professor was charged Tuesday after an investigation into trail camera footage showing a man performing sexual acts with a dog in Rothrock State Forest. Themis Matsoukas, 64, of State College, was caught on camera April 13 committing sexual acts with his dog near the restrooms at Rothrock State Forest, according to a criminal complaint filed by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Matsoukas was identified by park rangers by his North Face backpack, which was visible in the camera footage from the April 13 incident. The backpack was also present in images depicting Matsoukas nude from the waist down, except for socks and shoes, in images from trail cameras dating as far back as 2014, according to the complaint.

The professor of chemical engineering — who earned his Ph.D. from Michigan — has been with Penn State since 1991. During that time, he’s written several books, published dozens of journal articles and won at least three teaching awards, including the Premier Teaching Award from the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society in 2017. “Themis Matsoukas has been relieved of his responsibilities and is on leave,” read a statement from the university. Rangers served a search warrant to Matsoukas at his home in State College on June 9. According to the complaint, Matsoukas was “visibly nervous” and repeatedly told the rangers “I’m done, I’m dead, you don’t understand, I do it to blow off steam.”

During the execution of the search warrant, rangers found “all items listed” in the warrant, including the backpack and a ski mask that was visible in the April 13 camera footage. His attorney, Matthew McClenahen, said Wednesday “it would be inappropriate to make any comment at this time.” Matsoukas was charged with misdemeanor charges of open lewdness, indecent exposure and sexual intercourse with an animal, and summary charges of cruelty to animals and disorderly conduct. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 19 in Huntingdon County.

Read more at: https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article276408146.html#storylink=cpy

 

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Illinois man charged after telling police he shot himself in leg during dream about home intruder

A suburban Chicago man faces firearm charges after police say he told officers he accidentally shot himself in the leg while dreaming that an intruder was breaking into his home.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-man-charged-after-telling-police-shot-leg-100117956#:~:text=LAKE BARRINGTON%2C Ill.,into his home%2C police said.

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 Somebody getting fired.

Man posing as Las Vegas hotel owner steals more than $1M in casino con job

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man is accused of posing as a Las Vegas hotel owner and convincing a casino employee to give him more than $1 million in bogus payments for fire safety equipment, documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained Monday said.

Erik Gutierrez, 23, is charged with theft of more than $100,000, records said.

On June 17, Las Vegas Metro police responded to the Circa Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas for a report of a possible scam, documents said. A person from the hotel’s security office told detectives “an unknown person” had contacted the casino cage “claiming to be the owner of the hotel” and asking for $320,000 for an emergency payment to the fire department, police wrote in court documents.

Police interviewed the cage supervisor, who said they received a phone call from a person who claimed they were the hotel’s owner. The person, who was not the hotel’s owner, said “the fire department needed to do a check on the fire extinguishers” and “they would need a payment for further safety devices,” documents said.

The cage supervisor brought the money in four installments to the unknown person at different off-site locations, documents said. The payments totaled $314,000, $350,000, and $500,000, plus three smaller deposits, resulting in a loss of $1,170,000 to the hotel, documents said. The employee believed she was on the phone with the hotel’s owner and texting with her manager, police said.

Documents also indicate she believed she was meeting with the hotel owner’s attorney.

Detectives tracked the vehicle involved in the suspected theft, finding its registered owner. Police suspect the car belonged to Gutierrez’s aunt with whom he lives.

Police also surveilled the home, seeing a different car arrive and then leave with Gutierrez and another man in it. Police searched the car, finding no money it it.

Around the same time, police obtained a search warrant of the home, finding identification belonging to Gutierrez, a “large bag of U.S. currency bundled together with the name Circa written on the bundle,” and other items, they said.

Police arrested Gutierrez at a gym on Sunday, June 18, they said. They later recovered nearly $850,000. Police did not know as of the writing of his arrest report last week who was given the outstanding $314,000, they said. Another man in the car with Gutierrez before his arrest was not detained.

Judge Amy Ferreira set Gutierrez’s bail at $25,000 and ordered him to stay away from Circa and the Fremont Street Experience if he posts bond, documents said.

“Although I love a good PR story, this isn’t one of them,” Derek Stevens, CEO of Circa, said in a statement. “Circa Resort & Casino is cooperating with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in this investigation. We greatly appreciate their efforts to date and cannot comment further due to an ongoing investigation.”

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Old dude tried to write a check his body couldn't cash. 

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A British man vacationing in Jamaica died after trying to drink 21 cocktails on a bar's menu, according to reports out of the U.K.

Timothy Southern, 53, of Staffordshire, England, was on vacation with his family in May 2022 in Saint Ann, Jamaica, where he met two Canadian women at a bar trying to complete a 21-drink challenge to celebrate a birthday, according to ITV News.

Southern had been drinking brandy and beer prior to taking up the challenge, according to an inquest.

He joined the women and managed to have 12 drinks before returning to his room at the Royal Decameron Club Caribbean, where he later died. 

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A woman on Wednesday shot a man in the lower extremities inside a south Fort Worth motel room, police said. The victim was fired upon about 8:15 a.m. at the Scottish Inns in the 7000 block of the South Freeway service road, a Fort Worth police spokesperson said. An officer detained a person of interest. Police did not announce an arrest. The victim left the motel in a vehicle. From South Freeway at East Berry Street, he was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, police said. Police did not describe other circumstances of the shooting.

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3 hours ago, RPM said:

A woman on Wednesday shot a man in the lower extremities inside a south Fort Worth motel room, police said. The victim was fired upon about 8:15 a.m. at the Scottish Inns in the 7000 block of the South Freeway service road, a Fort Worth police spokesperson said. An officer detained a person of interest. Police did not announce an arrest. The victim left the motel in a vehicle. From South Freeway at East Berry Street, he was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, police said. Police did not describe other circumstances of the shooting.

You pay them to leave…and also to not shoot you.

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Sriracha sauce is selling for as much as $120 amid prolonged shortage

The prolonged shortage of a certain red sauce is making the black market go wild.

Prices of Sriracha sauce are as high as $70 on eBay as people look to snap up the spicy sauce — and they’re even steeper on Amazon, up to $124. Huy Fong Foods, which makes the rooster-adorned bottled sauce, has been dealing with a years-long shortage of the chilis, which is hurting production and causing some shortages.

A search on eBay shows prices for various sized bottles ranging from $39.98 for 17-ounce bottles to a 28-ounce bottle for nearly $70. In both instances, shipping is an additional fee, jacking up the price even more.

Prices are even higher on Amazon, where one seller is offering a 2-pack for $124. Of course, it’s unclear if anyone is actually paying these exorbitant prices, considering a 17-ounce bottle typically costs around $5.

The company recently told CNN that it’s still experiencing a shortage of raw materials. “Although some production did resume this past fall season, we continue to have a limited supply that continues to affect our production. At this time, we have no estimations of when supply will increase,” a Huy Fong spokesperson said.

“We are grateful for your continued patience and understanding during this unprecedented inventory shortage. We are currently working on trying to avoid future shortages,” the company added.

There’s been a shortage for the past three years, as Huy Fong has said that its chili peppers have consistently been in short supply. Last year, it temporarily stopped orders because of the shortage, which also affected its Chili Garlic and Sambal Oelek products.

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