Trail of snacks, MySpace surfing lead to Hamilton burglary suspecy

By PERRY BACKUS Ravalli Republic

HAMILTON - Stephan Crane will probably never be a professional burglar.

The 19-year-old Hamilton man was arrested Tuesday morning following an early morning break-in to the Ravalli Republic.

Crane allegedly broke into the newsroom through a window and then watched some pornography on the computers he found inside. He also logged onto his MySpace and Facebook pages using his own name.

Somewhere along the way, the man doused the room with a fire extinguisher.

Following a short investigation, Hamilton police officers found Crane at his sister's apartment just across the hallway from the paper's newsroom.

The officers followed a trail of stolen trail mix and M&Ms to her door.

Hamilton Police Detective Stephen Murphy said Crane confessed to the crime shortly after his arrest.

According to Murphy, in his detailed taped confession Crane said he had consumed some alcoholic beverages at a Hamilton residence before being dropped off at the building housing his sister's apartment, which is right next door to the newspaper.

When she didn't answer her door, Crane attempted to get into her apartment through a back window.

After failing at that attempt, Crane picked up a copy of the Ravalli Republic that was lying in the hallway and read at least one story on the front page. Murphy said the man told him it had something to do with politics.

The newspaper in his hand may have led to his next idea.

"He told me he always wondered what was inside the newspaper office," Murphy said.

Crane also hoped he could find something inside the office that he could use to pick his sister's door. So he went back outside on the roof and sneaked in through a window.

Once inside the building, Crane allegedly used two different computers to view pornography and his MySpace and Facebook pages.

"As he started to sober up, he said that logging on to his MySpace page was a dumb move for a burglar to make," Murphy said.

Crane also found two gallon-size bags of trail mix and another bag of M&Ms inside one of the desks.

He threw two bags of trail mix out the window in the general direction of the nearby door used to access the hallway between the row of apartments and the newsroom. The M&Ms were found lying on top of the Tuesday edition of the Ravalli Republic in front of his sister's door.

Murphy said Crane admitted that probably didn't help his case either.

"He told me: ‘Left a trail literally to the door where I was,' " Murphy said.

By reviewing the computer logs, Murphy estimates that Crane probably spent about three hours in the newsroom.

Before Crane left, he pulled a fire extinguisher off the wall and fired it a couple of times.

"He said he thought it would be neat to shoot it off," Murphy said.

Crane was remanded on felony charges of burglary and criminal mischief and a misdemeanor count of theft. He will be later charged with minor in possession. He was booked into the Ravalli County detention center.

Ravalli Republic editor Perry Backus can be reached at 363-3300 or editor@ravallirepublic.com.

WATERBURY - A city woman has been arrested after a married couple from Monroe complained that she harassed them numerous times about having three-way sex.

Anna Bambino, 30, of Pierpont Road, was charged Friday with breach of peace. She was released on a written promise to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court.

Bambino called the Monroe woman six times demanding that she and her husband engage in a threesome, police said. Bambino is single, according to her MySpace.com profile.

Monroe Police have been investigating the incident since September. Bambino apparently knows the Monroe woman through a friend, but doesn't have a history with her, a Monroe police sergeant said Saturday night.

When police interviewed Bambino, she admitted to making the calls and said she was intoxicated at the time.

On her MySpace.com page, she lists herself as a student. Her interests include paranormal activity and ghost hunting.

Father of the fucking year here...

A father who left his 5-year-old son in his semi-trailer truck while he ducked into a Near-Southside strip club was charged with felony neglect and public intoxication this morning.

Donald Crawford, 39, Franklin, was arrested at 1:15 a.m. when he left Sassy Kat's Showclub and called police to report his truck stolen and his child missing.

Police said he was simply too drunk to remember where he had parked.

"The semi truck was still right where he left it. Just outside the bar," at 1539 S. East St., according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report. "His level of intoxication prevented him from finding it."

Police found Crawford's son inside watching cartoons on a television inside the cab, the report read.

Police said the keys to the truck were in the ignition and the doors were unlocked. Police said Crawford put his son in jeopardy by leaving him exposed in a high crime area.

A bartender told police Crawford had been inside drinking for 45 minutes.

Crawford was taken to the Marion County Jail and his wife drove from Franklin to pick up the boy. The truck and its cargo of aluminum were towed away.

Thousand Oaks, CA-- Police arrested a 39-year-old man after he allegedly paid teens to spit on him.

Charles Hersel, a Thousand Oaks man was arrested and charged for misdemeanor child annoyance. That's after police say he paid a Westlake High School student $31 to curse at him, slap him and spit in his face.

Authorities say Hersel may have paid other teens to do the same and even urinate and defecate on him.

Hersel allegedly hooked up with the teens through the social networking site, MySpace.

PORT ST. LUCIE — A 44-year-old man who threw darts at patrons of Mickey Finns bar and returned to the establishment after being kicked out was arrested, according to a recently released affidavit.

The bartender “cut off” serving drinks to Scott D. Leonard, of the 100 block of Southeast Todd Avenue, late Sunday or early Monday “due to Mr. Leonard’s behavior as he was throwing darts at other patrons.”

A bouncer “escorted” him out the rear entrance of the establishment in the 200 block of Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard.

“Mr. Leonard was angered with this and proceeded to pull down his pants and underwear and defecated onto the rear parking lot,” the affidavit states.

source: By ILDEFONSO ORTIZ, The Brownsville Herald
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/door-104999-marijuana-police.html

A teenager who had been going door to door trying to sell marijuana early Thursday was arrested after he went to the residence of a Brownsville police officer, police said.

Anthony Carrazco, 19, was arrested at the officer’s apartment at approximately 3:30 a.m. when he tried to sell the officer three ounces of marijuana, said police spokesman Jimmy Manrrique. He was later charged with one count of possession of marijuana and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon.

The officer at the apartment found a 9mm handgun in Carrazco’s possession, said Manrrique. Because the apartment was located near a school zone, the charges were upgraded to state jail felonies, he added.

ELIZABETHTON – A woman who mistook a police officer for a car hop was recently arrested on a second offense of driving under the influence and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Veletta Cuba Newman, 31, 910 Old Elizabethton Highway, Bluff City, appeared in Sessions Court on the charges on Tuesday. Her bond was reduced to $1,000 and her hearing was set for April 6.

The incident began Saturday, when a citizen called 911 after seeing a woman slumped over the steering wheel of a car in the parking lot of Ingle’s Market on West Elk Avenue. The citizen then reported the woman left the parking lot, nearly striking several vehicles. The driver pulled into a parking space at the nearby Sonic Drive-In.

Elizabethton Police Officer Sarah Ellison responded to the call and approached the car. She said Newman was slumped forward with her keys in the ignition switch. When she tried to get Newman’s attention, Ellison said the woman woke up and sleepily handed her a $20 bill.

Ellison explained she was not a car hop bringing her food and identified herself as a police officer. She said Newman continued to hold the money toward her and did not seem to realize she was a police officer.

Ellison arrested Newman and during an inventory of the car Ellison reported finding a used syringe, a spoon with white powdery residue and numerous bottles of prescription medicine.

ok this is completely fucked up...
with all the people who really do have cancer out there and need a hand, this twat comes along and fucks it all up....



Robinson woman arrested after pretending to have cancer, using money from fundraiser for breast implants

By Tommy Witherspoon Tribune-Herald staff writer

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Authorities say a Robinson woman told them she lied about having breast cancer and then spent $10,000 raised for her at a charitable benefit on breast implants in an attempt to save her failing marriage.

McLennan County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern on Wednesday on state jail felony theft by deception charges. She remains free on $7,500 bail after surrendering to county officials Wednesday afternoon.

Lathern’s attorney, Phil Frederick, said neither Lathern nor he would comment on the arrest. Chief Deputy Randy Plemons said the investigation into Lathern’s alleged actions is ongoing and might result in additional charges being filed. He declined additional comment.

just because we were talking about it the other night.....

By Joe Schoenmann - The Las Vagas Sun
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 | 2 a.m.

Even the men who hand out “nude girls direct to your room” cards stopped their hawking long enough to do some gawking at the “stripper-mobile” as it rolled down the Strip on Monday night.

It’s akin to a small U-Haul truck but with Plexiglas surrounding the brightly lit cargo area instead of walls. In the middle is a gleaming stripper pole. Swinging around the pole is a scantily clad young woman. Two of her fellow strippers are in the back of the truck too, awaiting their turns.