| Pedestrian hit on I-35W | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:46:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | FORT WORTH - A 21-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday night with a head injury after he was hit by a pickup as he ran onto Interstate 35W in south Fort Worth, officials said. Curtis Sheffield, 21, of Joshua, is in John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, said Sgt. Rodney Bangs, supervisor of the Fort Worth police traffic investigation unit. Sheffield was injured about 3:50 a.m. on the interstate near Everman Parkway, Lt. Dean Sullivan, a police spokesman, said. The pickup driver, who was not cited, told police that Sheffield was waving his arms as he ran onto the highway, Bangs said. Sheffield is the fourth pedestrian to be struck by a vehicle on a major highway in the past two weeks. Donald Roberts, 56, of Fort Worth and Daniel Robinson, 19, of Tylertown, Miss., were hit as they crossed Interstate 30.... | |
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| | | Plea deal offered in DUI fatal crash case | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:46:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Eight members of Jackson Lawe's family stood silently and watched as the Soulsbyville woman who killed him, while allegedly driving drunk, was escorted out of Tuolumne County Superior Court after a short hearing Friday morning. Joann Dues, 55, waived her right to a preliminary hearing. She said she wanted to spare Lawe's family from hearing details of the deadly Sept. 29 accident on Highway 108 that killed him. At preliminary hearings, prosecutors present the evidence they have against a defendant, and a judge determines if a trial is warranted. After waiving her preliminary hearing, Judge Doug Boyack ordered Dues back to court on Nov. 13, when a trial is be scheduled. Deputy District Attorney Eric Hovatter said an offer has been made to Dues, through her attorney, for a mandatory four-year prison sentence in exchange for a guilty plea on the charges.... | |
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| | | Council OKs purchase of new police cars | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 2:45:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | ALTUS - Altus traffic police will soon be cruising the streets in brand new Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors, thanks to action taken Tuesday night by the Altus City Council.In a unanimous vote the council awarded a $567,444.50 bid to Wilmes Ford/Mercury for the purchase of 23 2007 Interceptors that are expected to be delivered, complete with police cruiser essentials, in 10 to 12 weeks.Each of the vehicles is priced at $24, 671.50 - $20, 573.50 for the vehicle along with an additional $4,098 option price for the options.Police Chief Mike Patterson thanked the council for their action and said he is glad the city purchased the vehicles locally rather than through state contract, which would have cost the city more. .... | |
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| | | Fake police officer pulls over pair of EP women | | Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:46:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | El Paso police issued a warning Tuesday about a man impersonating a police officer who has been pulling over female motorists late at night. Two known cases have occurred this month in which the man made sexual advances toward the women he had stopped, police spokeswoman Detective Elizabeth Molina said. No injuries were reported. "We do want to prevent it from happening again," Molina said. Both of the reported cases took place early on a Saturday, with the man, who claims to be police officer, driving a regular car with a flashing red light on the dashboard. The same man is suspected in both cases. The first case occurred around 2:10 a.m. Sept. 9 in the 1000 block of Robert E. Lee Road near the airport, police said. The poseur was driving a white Ford Crown Victoria and wore a dark law-enforcement-style uniform.... | |
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| | | Honda Canada makes it 4 million | | Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 12:45:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | Earlier this month, Honda of Canada Manufacturing, in Alliston, built its 4 millionth vehicle. A red 2006 Honda Civic sedan rolled off the assembly line to mark the milestone. After building Accords for two years, the plant began producing Civics in 1988. The Honda Civic has been Canada's best-selling passenger car for the past nine consecutive years, and it remains the country's top-selling car through the first half of 2006. Honda's Alliston facilities have a production capacity of 390,000 vehicles per year almost ten times that of the original plant when it was building Accords. As well as supplying the Canadian market, it now exports finished vehicles to more than 10 countries, including the United States, Australia and Japan. In May, Honda announced that the Alliston complex would be further expanded with the addition of an engine assembly facility, capable of producing 200,000 engines a year, beginning in 2008.... | |
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| | | Ford ME customer base increases 15 per cent | | Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:45:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 24, 2006 - Strong sales of passenger cars and SUVs across the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands in the Middle East during the first seven months of 2006 have increased Ford Middle East's overall sales by 15 per cent - and the car-maker expects continued growth in all categories for the rest of the year. Ford's newly appointed managing director for the Middle East, Waldo Galan, explained that the growth was driven by an expanding dealer network across the region, coupled with the introduction of new products and increasing levels of customer satisfaction. "Ford enjoys the confidence of thousands of customers across the Middle East, and we are witnessing growing numbers of satisfied customers as our dealers dedicate more and more effort and investment to delivering the best possible ownership experience in their markets," said Galan, an industry veteran with over 30 years' experience.... | |
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| | | Girls admit drive-by was a ruse | | Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:45:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | A supposed drive-by shooting reported by two teenage girls July 23 turned out to be something completely different, on closer inspection: just an stupid accident. A 15-year-old Cedar Street girl was taken to Venice Regional Medical Center Sunday night with a gunshot wound to her arm and chest. She was not seriously injured. The girl told Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputies she and an 18-year-old friend had been walking on Yale Street in Englewood just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday when a car came by. It was a blue Ford Crown Victoria, she told officers. Suddenly, she told officers, she heard a "bang" and felt a pain in her biceps. The Crown Victoria continued south on Yale Street toward Old Englewood Road, she said. She told officers someone had shot her, but she did not have a description of anyone in the car.... | |
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| | | 'Wannabe' cop to get at least six years in prison | | Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:46:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | At first, Tom Middleton figured the Crown Victoria zipping past him on Route 32 was a fellow county police officer who drove a similar car. But when he sped up to catch the white Ford, he saw the driver wasn't who he expected. The car suddenly slowed, pulled behind Detective Middleton's unmarked Jeep and turned on its police lights. But when Detective Middleton started to pull over, the driver turned off its lights and drove away. That seemed suspicious, so Detective Middleton turned his own lights on and pulled over the car. The driver, Karl G. Salenieks, was friendly, explaining he worked for Fallsway Security and was on his way home. He mentioned he knew some county officers. Detective Middleton could have issued traffic citations, but didn't have enough to arrest Salenieks that night, so he let him go.... | |
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| | | Glenn County deputy returns to her job following carbon monoxide ... | | Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:46:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | A Glenn County sheriff's deputy has returned to work after recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Sheriff Larry Jones said Deputy Brandy McDonald became ill while on patrol late Thursday night and was brought to Glenn Medical Center in Willows for diagnosis and treatment. She reported experiencing a headache and nausea. Jones pulled McDonald's patrol vehicle out of service, and ordered an inspection of several other identical cruisers, all Ford Crown Victoria Interceptor models. Exhaust leaks were found in McDonald's car and three others. Jones said county fleet mechanics were able to fix the problem by replacing bolts and flanges, and all but one of the vehicles, which is still under manufacturer's warranty, have been put back on the road. No other deputies reported getting sick from the exhaust leaks.... | |
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| | | Alcohol may have caused fatal crash | | Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:46:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | Friday night was supposed to be a happy time for Patricia Bernal of Orosi and her family. She and other family members had gathered at the Visalia Sizzler restaurant early that evening to celebrate the 80th birthday of her father, William Albert Johnson of Orosi. But after her usually punctual father failed to show up at the restaurant with his wife, Phoebe Alice Johnson, 76, and Patricia Bernal's 11-year-old granddaughter, everyone soon realized something was wrong. .... | |
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