Usually horrific stories are about an atrocity in a faraway land and circumstances that don’t have much resonance with our daily lives. Occasionally, however, such a story strikes closer to home — and thereby becomes even more chilling. The recent gruesome cannibalistic attack in Miami is one such story. What could possibly cause two men [...]
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The Cannibalistic Horror Of “Bath Salts”
Posted in America, crime, tagged "Bath Salts', America, Cannibalism, crime, Drug Use, drugs, LSD, Miami on May 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
(Not) Secure Beneath The Watchful Eyes
Posted in America, crime, tagged America, crime, freedom, Liberty, Security, Traffic Light Cameras, Unmanned Drones on April 25, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Recently the Federal Aviation Administration released a list of 63 authorized sites at which the military, government agencies, towns, universities, and other entities can launch unmanned drones within American borders. These domestic launch sites are located in 20 states — including one for a small college in Steubenville, Ohio. Our inability to police our borders [...]
Madmen In Every Corner Of The Globe
Posted in America, crime, World, tagged America, Anders Breivik, crime, Mass Murder, Norway, World on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Anders Behring Breivik, the man who killed 77 people in Norway last summer, is on trial in Oslo. Although he has admitted to the killings, he has pleaded not guilty to charges of mass murder and terror. Today Breivik got a chance to explain his actions and his twisted motivation. He bragged that he had [...]
A Man Armed With A Plunger Is Capable Of Just About Anything
Posted in America, crime, Humor, tagged America, Bank robbery, Banks, crime, Humor, Toilet Plungers, Toilets on April 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
From New York City comes the story of a 49-year-old man who tried, unsuccessfully, to rob a bank armed only with a toilet plunger. The man entered the bank and threatened a teller with the plunger. The teller apparently wasn’t all that threatened, the man fled, and was apprehended after a chase. He was disarmed [...]
Trying To Value What You Take For Granted
Posted in crime, Happiness, Reflections, World, tagged crime, Happiness, Hubris, Life, News, Personal Security, Reflections, Syria, World on April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This morning I cursed inwardly when, for the thousandth time, Kasey and Penny got tangled and we had to stop our walk and sort things out. A few moments later I grumbled again when an undetected jogger startled me by announcing her presence when she was right behind me and ready to pass by. Then [...]
Obsessing over Trayvon
Posted in crime, tagged George Zimmerman, Sanford Florida, Shooting, Stand Your Ground Law, Trayvon Martin on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Okay I have to admit it – I have been obsessed with the Trayvon Martin shooting after listening to the 911 tape (below) on You Tube where you can hear someone screaming numerous times for help, then gun shots, then silence. Each morning I wake up and the first thing I google is the Trayvon [...]
A Shooting On Gay Street (Cont.)
Posted in Columbus, crime, Work, tagged Columbus, crime, Downtown Columbus, Gay Street, Shooting, Stabbing, Work on March 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Those of us who work on Gay Street have been dealing with the aftermath of the stabbing and shooting incident that happened on our street on Wednesday. We’ve learned about the heroism of one of the workers in the office where the madman attacked. The worker fought the assailant, helped to save a fellow employee, [...]
A Shooting On Gay Street
Posted in Columbus, crime, Work, tagged Columbus, crime, Downtown Columbus, Gay Street, Shooting, Stabbing, Work on March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was sitting at my desk, working through lunch, when I heard sirens wail and police cars rush down the street outside my window. A few moments later, I heard a curious pop-pop-pop-pop sound. After a few seconds I found myself wondering whether it was the sound of gunshots, and whether I should get [...]
Another Senseless School Shooting
Posted in crime, America, tagged crime, America, High School, Chardon, Chardon High School Shooting, School Shootings on February 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
It is hard for me to imagine what the parents of high school students in Chardon, Ohio must be thinking tonight. One student was killed and four more were injured after a student went on a shooting rampage at the Chardon High School this morning. As parents, we struggle with the awful randomness of events [...]
What To Do With A Road Rage Warning?
Posted in Columbus, crime, tagged Columbus, crime, Driving, Life, New Albany, News, Police, road rage, This Week New Albany on February 8, 2012 | 3 Comments »
The most recent edition of This Week New Albany — our local suburban newspaper — has a story about a road rage incident in our community and a warning from the police. The incident involved two cars stopped at an intersection. The drivers exchanged words — the police don’t know exactly what was said — [...]
Reasonable Expectations Of Privacy In A Digital Age
Posted in America, crime, Technology, tagged America, Cell Phones, crime, Criminal Justice, Fourth Amendment, Supreme Court, Technology, United States Constitution on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week the Supreme Court decided an interesting case that begins what will be a long process of determining how the criminal justice protections of the Constitution apply to knotty issues raised by our increasingly linked-in, networked, mobile device-oriented age. The case raised the question of whether prosecutors could attach a GPS device to [...]
Should It Be Illegal To Drive And Talk (Or Text)?
Posted in America, crime, Politics, tagged America, Cell Phones, crime, Driving, National Transportation Safety Board, News, Politics, Texting on December 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today the National Transportation Safety Board recommended a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and texting devices while driving. The NTSB says it is a safety issue, because drivers who are talking or texting aren’t paying attention. The NTSB argues that distracted drivers caused more than 3,000 roadway fatalities last year. In fact, [...]
Ohio Gets Weirder And Weirder
Posted in crime, Ohio, tagged Amish, crime, Internet, Internet crime, Ohio on November 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Some weird stuff has happened in Ohio lately. It’s turned our normally boring state into the constant subject of strange news stories. Exotic animals have been set free to roam the countryside near Zanesville. An odd Amish cult that features beard-cutting as punishment has sprung up in northeastern Ohio. And now we learn that some [...]
Horror In State College
Posted in America, crime, sports, tagged America, crime, Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, sports on November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The story told by the grand jury report on former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky is truly horrific. It is a terrible thing to read, and an even more terrible thing to contemplate, because it says deeply disturbing things about our society. Of course, the allegations of Sandusky’s wrongful interactions with underage boys are [...]
Police Intruders
Posted in America, crime, tagged America, Beverly, Boston, Car Theft, cars, crime, Police on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a curious story from Beverly, Massachusetts: police have been going into unlocked cars, leaving warnings about car theft, and then locking the cars. Beverly, a community on the north shore of the Massachusetts Bay near Boston, apparently has been experiencing a raft of thefts from parked cars. Many of the victimized cars have either [...]
