| Law and Order | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:46:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | James L. Eisaman, 40, was killed Saturday by two large Rottweilers at the home of his girlfriend, police said. Officers shot one of the dogs, which lived in the basement and fenced yard of the house in the 500 block of Blaine Avenue. Lt. Rick Edwards said Eisaman's girlfriend awoke to a noise about 4:30 a.m. Saturday and found Eisaman on the basement steps. He died from bites to his head and neck and blood loss, the Summit County medical examiner said. The surviving Rottweiler was taken to the Humane Society of Greater Akron. Eisaman previously had broken a leg and was wearing an immobilizing brace when he was attacked, Edwards said. CLEVELAND Officer hurt; man sought Police are looking for a man in his 70s who injured a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority policeman during a traffic stop on Quincy Avenue on Saturday, Cleveland police Sgt.... | |
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| | | Ewing man uninjured in fog-related 1-car crash | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 12:47:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | A Franklin County Sheriff's deputy reported Wednesday that a Ewing man, Kevin Tucker, 46, escaped injury during an early morning fog-related single-vehicle traffic accident.According to the police report, Tucker was traveling south on North Naples Road near the North County Line Road, near the Jefferson-Franklin County line, at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday and was unable to stop at the T-intersection due to the fog.Tucker was driving a 2001 Ford Explorer, which went through a ditch and crashed into a pole barn. The vehicle struck a parked 1997 Ford F350 pickup truck, which, in turn, struck a parked 2006 Ford F150 pickup truck. .... | |
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| | | Slain ex-police captain was shot 15 times | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:46:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | JUAREZ -- A former Juárez police captain killed Tuesday was shot 15 times, Chihuahua state police said Wednesday. Retired Capt. Arturo Cortez Ortiz, 54, and his 32-year-old son, Jesus Manuel Cortez, a former police lieutenant, were fatally shot while in a Ford F150 pursued by gunmen in another vehicle. Jesus Manuel Cortez was shot seven times. A pedestrian remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition after being struck during the vehicle chase in central Juárez. Daniel Borunda .... | |
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| | | Man in truck frightens teen | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:46:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | An 18-year-old employee on her way into the Target store on Rochester Road in Rochester Hills Sept. 22 alerted store security when she was frightened by a man who got a little too close. The woman said she was approached by a man in his early 20's who got out of a silver Ford F150 pickup truck, opened a door and told her he had stereo equipment he could sell at a good price. When he leaned in too close, the woman fled into the store, where she notified security. Police were able to see the suspect and the truck on the store security video. He is described as 5-foot-6, 170 pounds with short blond hair.Found .... | |
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| | | Ford to Slash Production, Shutter Plants | | Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:46:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | Ford Motor Co. on Friday announced sharp cuts in its 2006 North American production that will force it to temporarily shut down plants in the U.S. and Canada as it struggles to boost profits against intense foreign competition. The company said fourth-quarter production would be down 21 percent, or 168,000 units, from last year. Third-quarter production will be 20,000 units below what was previously announced and 78,000 units below last year. For the full year, Ford plans to produce about 9 percent fewer vehicles than last year for a total of just above 3 million. "We know this decision will have a dramatic impact on our employees, as well as our suppliers," Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Ford said in a note to employees. "This is, however, the right call for our customers, our dealers and our long-term future." He said it was the company's biggest North American production cut in more than 20 years.... | |
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| | | From the moment I put my foot on the gas... uhmm... fuel pedal of the 'ethanol car', the flex-fuel Ford Fiesta imported | | Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:46:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Sure the car has emblazoned across both sides '100% ethanol in my tank', the Petrojam logo and photos of sugar cane on the back bumper and side panels, but I didn't anticipate the barrage of questions I fielded all last week. They began in traffic last Friday on Marcus Garvey Drive, not quite a minute after I had pulled out of the Petrojam parking lot. .... | |
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| | | Pickup wreck injures California resident | | Posted Sunday, August 06, 2006 8:45:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | RIDDLE: A California man was in stable condition at the hospital this morning following a Monday car crash on Interstate 5 near Milepost 105. Acia T. Soots, 66, of Turlock was driving a 2002 Ford F150 pickup north in the fast lane when the truck drifted into the shoulder around 10:40 a.m., according to an Oregon State Police report. Soots lost control of the pickup, which went into the grass median and struck a guardrail near the overpass. Soots was taken to Mercy Medical Center where he was admitted, a hospital spokeswoman said. .... | |
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| | | Detective IDs truck, arrests 1 in shootings | | Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 6:45:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | LONG BEACH - A gang detective working late Wednesday recognized a truck from a previous shooting and ended up arresting a man who police believe is responsible for two recent gang shootings. Detective Bobby Anguiano was patrolling near Pacific Coast Highway and Cedar Avenue on Wednesday night when he spotted the truck - a tan Ford F150 - which matched the description of one used as a getaway vehicle in a shooting on Sunday, said Sgt. David Cannan, a Long Beach Police Department spokesman. Cannan said there was little information for police to go on following Sunday's shooting in the 1900 block of Locust Avenue. The few details available to police were the description of the truck and the caliber of gun used in the assault. "He followed the truck for a bit and called the information in," Cannan said.... | |
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| | | 2 killed, 8 injured after truck loses control on I-280 | | Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 8:45:55 AM by Blog57 Team | | (07-11) 11:25 PDT SAN JOSE -- Two people died and eight others were injured after a pickup truck lost control and crashed into three vehicles while exiting a freeway in San Jose Monday night. A man and a woman, both 20 and from San Jose, were killed in the accident. Authorities had not released their names this morning. An initial report that an infant had been killed proved inaccurate. The collision occurred around 8:30 p.m. after John Mayfield of Paso Robles lost control of his Ford F150 while exiting northbound Interstate 280 at the 11th Street off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. The truck veered to the left on the off-ramp and launched off of an embankment, turning on its side and traveling about 40 feet in the air, said CHP Officer Steve Perea. The truck slammed into another pickup truck that was carrying the two victims.... | |
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| | | County to consider TTC resolution | | Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:46:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | Before the Texas Department of Transportation holds two public hearings in Ellis County this week, the Ellis County commissioners will consider a resolution proposing an alternative to the departments proposed location of the Trans-Texas Corridor.The corridor is being billed as a multi-use transportation alternative to the heavily congested Interstate 35 and will connect Laredo with the Texas-Oklahoma border and a 10-mile swath between Waxahachie and Ennis is being considered for the final location of the roadway through Ellis County."The Trans-Texas Corridor will provide unprecedented trade opportunities, a faster transportation system that moves freight and hazardous materials out of city centers and thousands of new jobs," Gov. Rick Perry said after TxDOT released its initial corridor study areas.TxDOT began its environmental study for the corridor in February 2004 and held the first public meetings in the spring of 2004.The department's report, released in April, shows a narrowed study area, 10 miles wide, mainly parallel to Interstate 35 and shows 12 different possibilities for the alignment of the highway.... | |
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