Deadbeats win 450 thousand bucks from State, then hand it right back for child support owed

Nearly 300 people who were awarded more than $450,000 in a class action lawsuit over jailhouse strip searches handed the money back to the state to pay child support and related debts.

Former prisoners who believed they were illegally strip searched between 1996 and 2004 at the York County Jail were awarded $3.3 million in the 1,350-member, class-action settlement.

State officials discovered that 284 plaintiffs owed child support, and working with the state attorney general's office and U.S. District Court, recovered $463,000.

Of the total, $240,000 went to the children's families, and the rest went to state and federal governments to help repay the cost of public assistance during the time that support payments were not available, state officials said.

In the York County strip-search case, plaintiffs objected to a policy of making all prisoners, even those facing misdemeanor charges, disrobe. Jail officials said the searches were to uncover hidden weapons or other contraband.

When will teen girls learn not to carry dead babies around in their backpack?

A teenager who walked into a suburban hospital with a dead newborn in her backpack hours after giving birth has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, police said Friday. Zehra Catalbas, 18, of Mount Sinai pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on Thursday and was released on $10,000 bail. She apparently had kept her pregnancy secret until giving birth in the shower at her family's Long Island home Feb. 4, said Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick, a Suffolk County detective. Catalbas walked into Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson with the dead baby in her backpack and told doctors she was in pain. An autopsy showed the baby died of asphyxiation. Catalbas' father had a heart attack after being told what happened, but is recovering Fitzpatrick said. A call to Catalbas's attorney was not immediately returned Friday.

Cake robber returned once too often

A Chinese man was arrested after attempting to steal cakes at knifepoint three times in an hour from the same shop.

The 36-year-old burst into the cake shop at Changchun city, Jilin province, and told staff to give him some cakes.

"He came in with a knife and told us to freeze. Taking two cakes, he ran away," the shop manager told the Eastern Asia Economic News.

Considering the loss was so minor, the manager didn't call the police, but then, after only ten minutes, the robber returned and stole two more cakes.

This time, the manager called the police and officers were at the scene 30 minutes later when the man came back to the shop, asking staff to "load him with another two cakes".

At first, he told police he was a visitor and only spoke "foreign language", but he finally admitted he had just been hungry.

Do you spend $1500.00 on Girl Scout cookies?

Girl Scout cookies aren't free, as a few alleged deadbeats are about to find out. One scout group has filed small-claims lawsuits against people who failed to pay up.

Christine Slowinski, communications director for the Girl Scouts' Great Blue Heron Council, said the legal action Thursday came only after several efforts to collect the money from sales of cookies in the annual fund-raising campaign over the past two years.

The amounts owed by two couples and three other women ranged from $301.42 to $1,485.68.

"We call many times before taking this step," Slowinski said. "We send them letters. When all else fails, this is our last resort."

Form letters that preceded the legal action read, "Please note that nonpayment for Girl Scout cookies represents fraud," and advised the non-payers to arrange a repayment plan.

A lesson for Grandmothers, when your Grandson asks you to buy him beer, do it.

Bradenton, Florida -- Deputies say a 16-year-old has been arrested for beating his grandmother with a two-by-four for refusing to give him $100 for beer.

Charged is Kurt Cass of Hammock Drive, Bradenton.

Investigators say Cass went into his 60-year-old grandmother's bedroom Thursday and asked her for $100 for beer. When she refused, he allegedly placed a razor blade on her throat and demanded she take him to the bank to get the money, deputies said.

"When the victim arrived back home she locked all of the doors," deputies reported. "The defendant arrived back home and kicked the front door in.

"Once inside the defendant grabbed a two foot 2x4 piece of wood and hit the victim numerous times on the back. The defendant then grabbed a three foot piece of 3 inch PVC pipe and hit the victim on her head, back, and legs numerous times. The defendant's case worker arrived on scene and was able to hold him until law enforcement arrived."

Deputies said Cass has made comments in the past to his grandmother that she should kill his entire family.

Cass was charged with domestic aggravated assault, two counts of domestic aggravated battery, attempted robbery, and kidnapping.

The grandmother has had legal guardianship of Cass and his little brother since 1994.

Authorities tell us today that Cass came from a troubled family. His mother is in prison on cocaine possession and sale charges, and his father is serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter after choking a prostitute to death in 2002.

8-year old shoots 7-year old at daycare, police believe it's gang related

The father of the boy who allegedly shot a girl at a Maryland day-care center is under arrest.John Lynwood Hall is charged with leaving a firearm in a location accessible by an unsupervised minor, as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.According to police, the 8-year-old boy who brought the gun to day care is in their custody. He will undergo an evaluation and juvenile authorities will decide what to do with him. Police said the father had the gun for several years and the boy retrieved it from an unsecured container in a closet of their Germantown, Md., home.Police said the boy was playing with the gun in the backpack when it accidentally went off, wounding a 7-year-old girl at the For Kids We Care day-care center in Germantown.Police said the boy did not take the gun out of the backpack. The girl was struck in the arm. She was taken to Children's Hospital in Washington. Her injury is not considered life-threatening. There were six children in the center at the time of the shooting, which occurred just about before 7 a.m. Tuesday. No one else was hurt.Police have not released the child's condition and the said the shooting remains under investigation.

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Owner of Perfect House Lives in Car

September 18, 2002 - Baltimore, USA
In fear of possibly disturbing the perfection that is his house, Donald Manison has been forced to live in his 1998 Dodge Caravan. “I became obsessive, everything in the house was so photo-perfect that I was eventually scared of walking on the carpet in fear that I might disturb the direction of the carpet threads.” Magazines wanting a glimpse and photos of the perfect house were limited to viewing through opened ground floor windows. When asked how long he will continue his present lifestyle he replied, “If living in my mini-van is payment for a perfect house, I’m willing to pay.”

Hostage released for pizza

An Australian prison guard held hostage for two days was released after a ransom demand for pizzas was met.

Up to 20 inmates at the Risdon Prison in Hobart, Tasmania, seized the guard in a protest over conditions in the maximum security jail.

Initially they made 24 demands to authorities, but eventually gave up their hostage after agreeing to 15 pizzas, Coke and garlic bread instead.

"At midnight, the final sticking point with the inmates was that they were requiring pizzas to be delivered. Our staff member was negotiated out with the delivery of 15 pizzas," Graeme Barber, Tasmania's director of prisons, told The Advocate newspaper.

The guard is recovering from his ordeal at home.

2 year old called for jury duty

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Kaylee Reynolds had a problem when she recently received a summons to serve on a jury. She wasn't old enough to read it.

The 2-year-old has quite a few years to go before she reaches the minimum age of 18 to serve on a state jury. Lucky for Kaylee, Massachusetts Jury Commissioner Patricia Reynolds seemed willing to let it slide for a while.

"We'll give her a 16-year grace period," Wood told The Standard-Times of New Bedford.

Wood guessed the mix-up could be traced to a local census form. If the form has a blank or mistaken birth date, July 4, 1776 is filled in.

"With that date we'll know it is wrong," Wood said.

Besides her questionable understanding of the concepts of guilt or innocence, there are other reasons why it's best to wait for Kaylee to serve. Her mother, Patricia, says Kaylee gets really cranky if she doesn't get her noontime nap.

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Man shot his own car

A US man who shot his car when it wouldn't start ended up in jail after shocked neighbours called police.

John McGivney pulled out a gun and fired five rounds into the bonnet of his Chrysler.

When asked what he was doing, McGivney, 64, said: "I'm putting my car out of its misery."

He then calmly tucked his gun in a pocket and went back inside his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Police arrested him for discharging the firearm, a .380-caliber semiautomatic, in public.

After being bailed, McGivney said the car has been giving him trouble for years and had "outlived its usefulness".

He called the shooting "dumb" but said he didn't regret it.

"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," he said. "It was worth every damn minute in that jail."