Japan strange news ( Man tries to kill woman by poisoning her shoes ) Smh ?

Man arrested for trying to kill woman with poisoned shoes

CrimeMar. 29, 2013 - 03:40PM JST( 34 )

TOKYO —

A man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes was arrested Thursday, police and reports said.

The woman, a colleague, did not die, but developed gangrene in part of her left foot and her five toes had to be amputated. The hospital notified the police.
Tatsujiro Fukasawa, 40, allegedly put hydrofluoric acid, a highly caustic chemical, in her shoes in December last year, a police spokeswoman said.
He is believed to have obtained the chemical, which is used in oil refining or to dissolve rock, at his workplace in Shizuoka.
Fukusawa has denied the allegation, Jiji Press said, citing local investigative sources.
Hydrofluoric acid can be absorbed through the skin into the blood, and can lead to systemic failure, including heart attacks.

TOKYO Japan ( 70 yr old man -Rejected for talent show -calls in bomb threat )

70-year-old TV talent show reject phones in bomb threat

CrimeMar. 30, 2013 - 03:42PM JST( 15 )

TOKYO —

A 70-year-old Japanese man was so enraged at being rejected by a TV talent show that he allegedly threatened to blow up the program’s broadcaster, police said Friday.

Kazumi Yaoita applied for a spot in an NHK singing contest that is shown nationally every Sunday afternoon, hoping to fulfill a long-cherished ambition, a police officer in the city of Niigata told AFP.
But the retiree’s application was rejected before he even got to the audition stage, with a postcard from the show’s producers saying he had not made the grade, the officer said.
Infuriated, Yaoita allegedly telephoned NHK from his own mobile phone and said he would bomb the contest site.
“He told police he loves singing karaoke and that all his friends tell him he is a great singer. But he was rejected by a single postcard, which it seems really upset him,” the police officer said.
Police traced the mobile number, which had been displayed on the receiving phone, he said.
Yaoita was arrested on charges of forcible obstruction of business. If convicted, he could face up to three years in jail.

Pakistan ( Principal killed at school and 4 girls hurt )

Armed men attack Pakistan school

Two attackers on a motorcycle throw grenades into a Karachi school before opening fire and killing the headmaster. Last Modified: 30 Mar 2013 14:44 Email Print Share Feedback

Armed men in Pakistan have killed the headmaster of a Karachi school and injured at least six people, including four school girls and two teachers. Saturday's shooting in the port city of Karachi was carried out by two attackers. Authorities have yet to declare a motive. Witnesses said the men on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at the building before running into the school, throwing another grenade and opening fire. "We have found 3-4 shells of a 30. bore gun. As a result, Rasheed [school principal] has expired, and four or five children are injured," a police official at the attack site said. The four injured girls were brought to a nearby hospital. An injured grade two student explained that students had been waiting to hear their examination results. "The examination results were going to be announced. Two men came on a motorbike," Ameena said. "Five were injured and one died. I don't know what else happened," she said. The school's principal, Abdur Rasheed died while being moved to the hospital. "After 15 minutes, suddenly a man ran in firing. We were all engrossed in the magic show. But as soon as the firing started, there was a stampede. I think they lobbed two hand grenades also," Attaur Rehman, a teacher injured in the attack, said. No one has claimed responsibility for this attack so far. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Pakistasn's careaker prime minister, condemned the attack, and directed local administration to provide all possible assistance to the affected families, a statement from his office said.

Mexico ( Citizens cut a deal - release 12 cops un -hurt ) Citizens Run Town not police

Vigilantes Make Show of Force Before Leaving Mexican Town

CHILPANCINGO, Mexico – The vigilante group that occupied Tierra Colorada made a show of force before pulling out of the town in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

Officials agreed to remove the police chief of the town of 20,000 in response to demands from the self-defense group.

Hundreds of armed men pulled out of the town on Wednesday about 24 hours after taking control of Tierra Colorada and detaining 12 police officers and six civilians.

Guerrero Attorney General Martha Elva Garzon agreed to investigate the killing of Guadalupe Quiñonez, the vigilante group’s leader, and find those responsible.

Quiñonez’s murder is “a challenge from organized crime against us,” Union of Peoples and Organizations of Guerrero State, or UPOEG, leader Bruno Placido said.

The vigilante group in Tierra Colorada, which belongs to UPOEG, on Tuesday night released 12 officers and six civilians it had taken hostage in the town after cutting a deal with prosecutors.

Early Tuesday, hundreds of armed members of the self-defense group took control of Tierra Colorada, a town of 20,000 located about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Pacific resort of Acapulco.

UPOEG, whose members are armed and wear hoods, was created in January in the towns of Ayutla de los Libres, Teconoapa and San Marcos to protect residents.

The self-defense group controls access to the communities and polices them to fight crime. EFE

Tucson Az ( Navy SEAL died - Seal Team 6 - parachute training accident )

Navy SEAL dies in parachuting accident in Marana

By Tucson News Now Staff - email

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
A Navy SEAL from the elite SEAL TEAM 6 was killed and another SEAL injured Thursday night during a parachute training accident in Marana, the military said.
Details of the accident are not immediately available.

 
One SEAL was pronounced dead on arrival at the University of Arizona Medical Center. The second remains hospitalized in stable condition.

Members of SEAL TEAM 6 carried out the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. All SEAL teams receive extensive parachute training, which is often required for hostage rescue or anti-terrorist operations.

The names of the two SEALS involved in the fatal training mishap have not been released pending notification of next of kin.

Command spokesman Kenneth McGraw says the SEALs were practicing "routine military free-fall training" when the accident occurred about 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

Pinal County Sheriff's officials say the injured men collided in mid-air and landed in separate areas. The incident was turned over to military investigators Thursday afternoon.

Whiskey thief ( Man accused of drinking Rare whiskey ) DNA samples taken lol

Man accused of drinking over $100K in vintage whiskey says it didn’t happen

Bottles of Old Farm whiskey at South Broadway Manor Bed and Breakfast. (Sean Stipp/Tribune-Review)

A man accused of drinking $102,000 worth of vintage whiskey says he's innocent.
TribLIVE.com reports that nine cases of the rare booze were discovered when the historic J.P. Brennan mansion in Scottdale, Pa., was renovated and turned into South Broadway Manor Bed and Breakfast. The owner of the B&B, Patricia Hill, hired John W. Saunders as caretaker. She later discovered that bottles in four of the nine cases had been emptied and is accusing Saunders of drinking them and putting the bottles back.
Saunders called the charges "totally false" outside the courtroom where he was set to face a preliminary hearing. "Yuck! That stuff had floaters in it and all kind of stuff inside the bottles. ... I don't think it would even be safe to drink."
John W. Saunders (Sean Stipp/Tribune-Review)
Saunders sought, and was granted by Judge Chuck Moore, a delay of the preliminary hearing so that he might apply to work with a public defender. The next hearing will take place May 15.
TribLIVE.com explains that the Old Farm whiskey was distilled in 1912, bottled five years later and then forgotten. And it reports that "based on an appraisal of four full bottles by Bonhams, a renowned auction house in New York City, police estimated the value of the 52 bottles at $102,400."
While Saunders is adamant about his innocence, Scottdale police Chief Barry Pritts said the thief left a DNA sample on the lips of the empty bottles that matched a previous sample taken from Saunders, according to TribLIVE.com.
Saunders told police the whiskey evaporated. He believes the mansion owners are "looking for money." He estimated the whiskey's actual value is "about $10 a bottle" rather than more than $1,900 each.

Mexico ( Citizens " Arrest police" and take over town patrol )

Mexican Vigilantes Seize Town, Arrest Police

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 | Borderland Beat ReporterHavana Pura

Borderland Beat
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week.

Members of the area's self-described "community police" say more than 1,500 members of the force were stopping traffic Wednesday at improvised checkpoints in the town of Tierra Colorado, which sits the highway connecting Mexico City to Acapulco. They arrested 12 police and the former director of public security in the town after a leader of the state's vigilante movement was slain on Monday.

A tourist heading to the beach with relatives was slightly wounded Tuesday after they refused to stop at a roadblock and vigilantes fired shots at the car, officials said.

The vigilantes accuse the ex-security director of participating in the killing of vigilante leader Guadalupe Quinones Carbajal, 28, on behalf of local organized crime groups and dumping his body in a nearby town on Monday. They reported seizing several high-powered rifles from his car, and vigilantes were seen toting a number of sophisticated assault rifles on Wednesday, although it was not clear if all had been taken from the ex-security director's car.

"We have besieged the municipality, because here criminals operate with impunity in broad daylight, in the view of municipal authorities. We have detained the director of public security because he is involved with this criminals and he knows who killed our commander," said Bruno Placido Valerio, a spokesman for the vigilante group.

Placido said vigilantes had searched a number of homes in the town and seized drugs from some. They turned over the ex-security director and police officers to state prosecutors, who agreed to investigate their alleged ties to organized crime.

The growing movement of "self-defense" vigilante groups has seen masked townspeople throw up checkpoints in several parts of southern and western Mexico, stopping passing motorists to search for weapons or people whose names are on hand-written lists of "suspects" wanted for crimes like theft and extortion.

The vigilantes have opened fire before on motorists who refused to stop, slightly wounding a pair of tourists from Mexico City visiting a local beach in early February.

The groups say they are fighting violence, kidnappings and extortions carried out by drug cartels, but concerns have surfaced that the vigilantes may be violating the law, the human rights of people they detain, or even cooperating with criminals in some cases.

Sensitive over their lack of ability to enforce public safety in rural areas, official have largely tolerated vigilante groups.