Members of the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force arrested a man after he was reported walking the street with an assault rifle.
Task-force members on patrol for the city’s V Grip program went to Erie Street and Myrtle Avenue at 10:38 p.m. Friday to check on reports that a man identified as Christopher Shiflett, 22, of 1038 Erie St. was walking the street in a black ski mask with the rifle, police reported.
They surrounded his house and the neighborhood, then asked a woman who answered the door to let them search the house.
The woman, Nicole Brumert, 23, refused and denied Shiflett was there.
Neighbors told police they saw Shiflett walk south on Erie with the rifle in a “ready” position.
Police called on a loudspeaker for him to come out, and they made Brumert, who was holding a baby, leave the doorway. The homeowner, Arnold Shiflett, came home meanwhile and told police they could search the house.
Using mirrors through a hole in a bathroom closet ceiling, police saw the assault rifle and then Shiflett, in the attic. When he wouldn’t surrender, they broke holes in the ceiling with a pry bar, got him and arrested him.
He was charged with outstanding warrants from Youngstown, Struthers and Kent; resisting arrest; possession of criminal tools; disorderly conduct; and drug abuse instruments when he was found trying to hide a hypodermic needle under the seat in the police cruiser, a police report says.
Brumert was also arrested and charged with obstructing justice. They were taken to the Mahoning County jail.
2011年6月12日星期日
2011年6月8日星期三
Schrammie: Fly the Gay Pride flag, Space Needle
When you struggle for recognition, acceptance and justice, being denied and ignored really hurts.
So if the shareholders in the Space Needle Corporation would ride that bronze elevator back to Earth, I’d like them to come on down.
The Space Needle folks say they will not fly a Gay Pride flag at the top of the 605-foot symbol of the city. Having raised the rainbow symbol during last year's gay pride festivities, the Needle's rationale is that doing so again would go against a suddenly discovered policy to not make a habit of flying flags on a recurring basis.
In the way of a mea culpa, the Needle promises to work with the gay community on a major fundraiser.
A generous gesture to be sure, but one that fails to sends the strong public message that flying the Gay Pride flag would send: We are a diverse city that accepts everyone.
Gay rights activists have noted that flying the pride flag from the top of the Needle last year offered a powerful symbol of hope. They could use a little more of the same again this year.
Nothing says Seattle like the Space Needle. What a powerful, positive message to send by having the gay pride flag flutter from there.
If not, take a bow space needle folk, because this “Schrammie” is for you.
So if the shareholders in the Space Needle Corporation would ride that bronze elevator back to Earth, I’d like them to come on down.
The Space Needle folks say they will not fly a Gay Pride flag at the top of the 605-foot symbol of the city. Having raised the rainbow symbol during last year's gay pride festivities, the Needle's rationale is that doing so again would go against a suddenly discovered policy to not make a habit of flying flags on a recurring basis.
In the way of a mea culpa, the Needle promises to work with the gay community on a major fundraiser.
A generous gesture to be sure, but one that fails to sends the strong public message that flying the Gay Pride flag would send: We are a diverse city that accepts everyone.
Gay rights activists have noted that flying the pride flag from the top of the Needle last year offered a powerful symbol of hope. They could use a little more of the same again this year.
Nothing says Seattle like the Space Needle. What a powerful, positive message to send by having the gay pride flag flutter from there.
If not, take a bow space needle folk, because this “Schrammie” is for you.
Man Found Passed Out Behind Wheel with Needle
Southampton Village police arrest reports from May 31 to June 7:
Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs
Salvatore J. Palagonia, 23, of East Quogue was arrested Thursday at 12:35 a.m. and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument, and unlawfully dealing with fireworks, all misdemeanors. Police said he was found passed out behind the wheel of his car on Hillcrest Avenue.
DWI
Timothy C. O’Sullivan, 33, of Southampton was arrested June 1 at 2:20 a.m. and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Fraud
Carlos W. Bernard, 49, of Southampton was arrested May 31 at 5:35 p.m. on an outstanding warrant out of New York City for a charge of fraud, according to police. He was turned over to the New York Police Department.
Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs
Salvatore J. Palagonia, 23, of East Quogue was arrested Thursday at 12:35 a.m. and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument, and unlawfully dealing with fireworks, all misdemeanors. Police said he was found passed out behind the wheel of his car on Hillcrest Avenue.
DWI
Timothy C. O’Sullivan, 33, of Southampton was arrested June 1 at 2:20 a.m. and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Fraud
Carlos W. Bernard, 49, of Southampton was arrested May 31 at 5:35 p.m. on an outstanding warrant out of New York City for a charge of fraud, according to police. He was turned over to the New York Police Department.
2011年6月6日星期一
Space Needle record holder says daily trips ‘saved my life’
Timothy Clemans knows just about everyone at the Space Needle.
"Hi, Solomon," he said to a ticket-taker stationed near the elevator.
He greeted the operator as the doors slid shut: "Hey, Josh. How are you?"
Another day, another elevator ride.
Clemans, a Burien resident, has been coming to the Space Needle daily since February. He's racked up more than 100 visits -- 106 as of Monday evening. That makes Clemans the record holder for most consecutive visits to the Seattle landmark. Granted, the record didn't officially exist before Clemans started showing up every morning.
But Space Needle staff will tell you: It exists now. (One staffer recalls a 60-day streak by another patron, but it's not documented.)
"My game plan is to be here every day when it opens," Clemans said late last week as he prepared to ascend 520 feet to the observation deck.
Once there, he made his rounds. If he saw a tourist with a camera, he offered to take a photo for them. If someone spotted his "record holder" jacket and stopped to chat, he answered questions.
The most common question? "Why are you doing this?" That's a complicated question for Clemans. He says his daily ritual helps ease his mind. The 20-year-old struggles with depression. Goals, he explained, give him a sense of stability and purpose.
And since he started coming to the Space Needle every day, he feels better.
"This is a very special place for me," he said.
Before he started working an afternoon job, he'd spend long hours at the Space Needle, usually reading or working on his computer.
"I tell people it's the best office in town," he said.
He opened his backpack to reveal what he brings on his daily trip to the top of the city. There's lunch, a toothbrush and toothpaste and a few books -- including Bill Hybels' "Who You Are When No One's Looking."
Building character has been a theme of his daily Space Needle visits.
"I think it's really a starting point," he said.
Shyness has always been a problem for Clemans: "And now I talk to people from all over the world."
Space Needle staffers are used to seeing him every day -- and senior operations manager Steve Bragalone said he gets why Clemans keeps coming.
"I think it's fantastic for everyone to set a goal for himself," he said.
That goal is a lot higher than you might think. Ultimately, Clemans wants to visit the world's best observation towers.
First, he plans on making an appearance at the Space Needle every day for five years -- that's 1,825 days, by his count.
"Hi, Solomon," he said to a ticket-taker stationed near the elevator.
He greeted the operator as the doors slid shut: "Hey, Josh. How are you?"
Another day, another elevator ride.
Clemans, a Burien resident, has been coming to the Space Needle daily since February. He's racked up more than 100 visits -- 106 as of Monday evening. That makes Clemans the record holder for most consecutive visits to the Seattle landmark. Granted, the record didn't officially exist before Clemans started showing up every morning.
But Space Needle staff will tell you: It exists now. (One staffer recalls a 60-day streak by another patron, but it's not documented.)
"My game plan is to be here every day when it opens," Clemans said late last week as he prepared to ascend 520 feet to the observation deck.
Once there, he made his rounds. If he saw a tourist with a camera, he offered to take a photo for them. If someone spotted his "record holder" jacket and stopped to chat, he answered questions.
The most common question? "Why are you doing this?" That's a complicated question for Clemans. He says his daily ritual helps ease his mind. The 20-year-old struggles with depression. Goals, he explained, give him a sense of stability and purpose.
And since he started coming to the Space Needle every day, he feels better.
"This is a very special place for me," he said.
Before he started working an afternoon job, he'd spend long hours at the Space Needle, usually reading or working on his computer.
"I tell people it's the best office in town," he said.
He opened his backpack to reveal what he brings on his daily trip to the top of the city. There's lunch, a toothbrush and toothpaste and a few books -- including Bill Hybels' "Who You Are When No One's Looking."
Building character has been a theme of his daily Space Needle visits.
"I think it's really a starting point," he said.
Shyness has always been a problem for Clemans: "And now I talk to people from all over the world."
Space Needle staffers are used to seeing him every day -- and senior operations manager Steve Bragalone said he gets why Clemans keeps coming.
"I think it's fantastic for everyone to set a goal for himself," he said.
That goal is a lot higher than you might think. Ultimately, Clemans wants to visit the world's best observation towers.
First, he plans on making an appearance at the Space Needle every day for five years -- that's 1,825 days, by his count.
In the five-center study to be published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
“…Performing an EUS-guided biopsy with the new histology needle was feasible and safe for histopathology diagnosis of intraintestinal and extraintestinal mass lesions in this consecutive series of patients,” said the study in its conclusion. “It offers the possibility of obtaining a core sample for histological evaluation in the majority of cases, with an overall diagnostic accuracy of over 85 percent.”
Dr. Julio Iglesias-Garcia, the lead investigator of the study and associate faculty member at the University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Gastroenterology department said, “the 19-gauge EchoTip ProCore needle by Cook Medical improves what is already an incredibly valuable diagnostic tool. The needle allows pathologists to sample a variety of lesions without compromising diagnostic accuracy, which could lead to earlier detection of GI malignancies.”
EUS is an established procedure for diagnosing GI cancers and determining the stage of their development. Most often, a very fine needle is used—but fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can have limited yield and sensitivity for certain kinds of tumors or in some anatomical locations and only procures a cytological sample.
The EchoTip ProCore needles circumvent this limitation by obtaining intact tissue samples2, allowing for a histological diagnosis rather than conventional cytological diagnosis based on individual cells. In addition to this advantage, the needles are designed to access difficult-to-reach tissue in areas of the GI tract such as the pancreatic head.
In the five-center study to be published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the 19-gauge EchoTip ProCore retrieved adequate histological tissue samples in 89.5 percent of cases, and subsequent diagnosis proved accurate in more than 85 percent of total cases. The overall accuracy for detecting malignancy in EchoTip ProCore samples was greater than 92 percent. Moreover, 78 percent of the samples were collected with just one pass of the needle; in FNA, the recommended number of passes can be as high as seven. Researchers studied 109 patients with 114 intestinal lesions and/or peri-intestinal lymph nodes.
“Cook Medical’s EchoTip Ultra® line of needles are the world’s leading endoscopic ultrasound needles and are widely used for obtaining cytological and histological samples by EUS,” said Barry Slowey, global business unit leader for Cook Medical’s Endoscopy division, the industry’s only full-line supplier of endoscopic devices. “We’re proud to advance the technology in obtaining histological yields with the new EchoTip ProCore and further aid physicians in the early diagnosis and treatment of GI disorders.”
Dr. Julio Iglesias-Garcia, the lead investigator of the study and associate faculty member at the University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Gastroenterology department said, “the 19-gauge EchoTip ProCore needle by Cook Medical improves what is already an incredibly valuable diagnostic tool. The needle allows pathologists to sample a variety of lesions without compromising diagnostic accuracy, which could lead to earlier detection of GI malignancies.”
EUS is an established procedure for diagnosing GI cancers and determining the stage of their development. Most often, a very fine needle is used—but fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can have limited yield and sensitivity for certain kinds of tumors or in some anatomical locations and only procures a cytological sample.
The EchoTip ProCore needles circumvent this limitation by obtaining intact tissue samples2, allowing for a histological diagnosis rather than conventional cytological diagnosis based on individual cells. In addition to this advantage, the needles are designed to access difficult-to-reach tissue in areas of the GI tract such as the pancreatic head.
In the five-center study to be published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the 19-gauge EchoTip ProCore retrieved adequate histological tissue samples in 89.5 percent of cases, and subsequent diagnosis proved accurate in more than 85 percent of total cases. The overall accuracy for detecting malignancy in EchoTip ProCore samples was greater than 92 percent. Moreover, 78 percent of the samples were collected with just one pass of the needle; in FNA, the recommended number of passes can be as high as seven. Researchers studied 109 patients with 114 intestinal lesions and/or peri-intestinal lymph nodes.
“Cook Medical’s EchoTip Ultra® line of needles are the world’s leading endoscopic ultrasound needles and are widely used for obtaining cytological and histological samples by EUS,” said Barry Slowey, global business unit leader for Cook Medical’s Endoscopy division, the industry’s only full-line supplier of endoscopic devices. “We’re proud to advance the technology in obtaining histological yields with the new EchoTip ProCore and further aid physicians in the early diagnosis and treatment of GI disorders.”
2011年6月1日星期三
Haverford Police report June 1st
Police said a 56-year-old Haverford man was arrested and charged with unlawful restraint, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats and harassment after police were sent to the residence, 2:16 p.m., May 21, for a report of child abuse.
According to the report, a witness said they saw a man beat a child with a belt, then force him into the residence. When police arrived, they heard a child saying “help me.” The man came out of the residence with a belt wrapped around his hand and stated he was allowed to hit his son. Police saw large red marks on the child’s legs and back.
Fight
Police were sent to Cantina Diablos in the 2300 block of Haverford Road, 10:23 p.m., May 19, for a report of a fight.
According to the report, the complainant said he was assaulted in the restroom by two men, who fled the scene. The complainant refused medical treatment for his injuries.
Weapons possession
Police said a petition to Juvenile Court was filed charging a 10-year-old boy with possession of weapons on school property after an incident, 11:05 a.m., May 6, at Manoa Elementary School in the 200 block of Manoa Road.
Theft, possession
Police said an 18-year-old Bryn Mawr man was arrested, 5:27 p.m., May 14, and charged with dealing in proceeds, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, tampering with evidence, deceptive business practices, recklessly endangering another person, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the report, police were sent to the 2800 block of Haverford Road, 8:48 a.m., May 13, for a medical emergency. When they arrived, they found an unconscious female laying in bed. A witness said the female’s boyfriend, gave the female heroin then fled the scene when she became ill.
DUI, trespassing
Police said a 53-year-old Ardmore man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, burglary, criminal trespass, harassment and terroristic threats after police were sent to the 100 block of Wood Lane, 9:25 p.m., May 15, for a report of someone breaking the front window and entering the residence.
According to the report, a witness said they saw a man beat a child with a belt, then force him into the residence. When police arrived, they heard a child saying “help me.” The man came out of the residence with a belt wrapped around his hand and stated he was allowed to hit his son. Police saw large red marks on the child’s legs and back.
Fight
Police were sent to Cantina Diablos in the 2300 block of Haverford Road, 10:23 p.m., May 19, for a report of a fight.
According to the report, the complainant said he was assaulted in the restroom by two men, who fled the scene. The complainant refused medical treatment for his injuries.
Weapons possession
Police said a petition to Juvenile Court was filed charging a 10-year-old boy with possession of weapons on school property after an incident, 11:05 a.m., May 6, at Manoa Elementary School in the 200 block of Manoa Road.
Theft, possession
Police said an 18-year-old Bryn Mawr man was arrested, 5:27 p.m., May 14, and charged with dealing in proceeds, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, tampering with evidence, deceptive business practices, recklessly endangering another person, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the report, police were sent to the 2800 block of Haverford Road, 8:48 a.m., May 13, for a medical emergency. When they arrived, they found an unconscious female laying in bed. A witness said the female’s boyfriend, gave the female heroin then fled the scene when she became ill.
DUI, trespassing
Police said a 53-year-old Ardmore man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, burglary, criminal trespass, harassment and terroristic threats after police were sent to the 100 block of Wood Lane, 9:25 p.m., May 15, for a report of someone breaking the front window and entering the residence.
Cops arrest 2 in Green Brook heroin bust
Investigators arrested two men Tuesday and seized $260 worth of heroin packaged under the name “Never say Never” during a traffic stop on Route 22, authorities said.
James Olson Jr., 30, of Bound Brook and Jeffrey Moklak, 33, of Bridgewater are each charged with possession of heroin, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano said.
Detectives were conducting surveillance in the Bound Brook area around 6:55 p.m. Tuesday when they watched Olson and Moklak drive to a known narcotics area in Newark, Soriano said. The men allegedly then parked the Mitsubishi Eclipse near Irvine Turner Boulevard, sat there for a short period of time and then began to travel back toward Bound Brook.
The investigators conducted a motor vehicle stop of the car on Route 22 in Green Brook, the prosecutor said. Both were removed from the car, arrested and advised of the drug investigation.
Olson gave the detectives consent to search the car where they found10 bags of heroin marked “Never say Never” and two hypodermic syringes, Soriano said in a news release. A subsequent search of Moklak allegedly found three more bags of heroin with the same packaging.
The estimated street value of the heroin is $260, the news release said.
Olson and Moklak, who also were charged with possession of hypodermic needles, were lodged in the Somerset County Jail, Soriano said. Bail had not been set at that time.
Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force conducted the investigation with help from Green Brook police.
James Olson Jr., 30, of Bound Brook and Jeffrey Moklak, 33, of Bridgewater are each charged with possession of heroin, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano said.
Detectives were conducting surveillance in the Bound Brook area around 6:55 p.m. Tuesday when they watched Olson and Moklak drive to a known narcotics area in Newark, Soriano said. The men allegedly then parked the Mitsubishi Eclipse near Irvine Turner Boulevard, sat there for a short period of time and then began to travel back toward Bound Brook.
The investigators conducted a motor vehicle stop of the car on Route 22 in Green Brook, the prosecutor said. Both were removed from the car, arrested and advised of the drug investigation.
Olson gave the detectives consent to search the car where they found10 bags of heroin marked “Never say Never” and two hypodermic syringes, Soriano said in a news release. A subsequent search of Moklak allegedly found three more bags of heroin with the same packaging.
The estimated street value of the heroin is $260, the news release said.
Olson and Moklak, who also were charged with possession of hypodermic needles, were lodged in the Somerset County Jail, Soriano said. Bail had not been set at that time.
Detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force conducted the investigation with help from Green Brook police.
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