Tow Truck Driver Who Ran Down Mom And Kids Has A Record (Illegal Immigrant)

Oxnard Police have arrested the tow truck driver who ran down a mother and her two small children as they crossed a busy street Tuesday afternoon, dragging the children under the truck for a quarter mile before being stopped. 45-year-old Mehran Khamseh of Santa Barbara was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. The incident happened shortly after noon at the intersection of Vineyard Avenue and Simon Way in Oxnard. Police say the tow truck driver, Khamseh, was making a left turn from westbound Simon Way to southbound Vineyard when he struck 19-year-old Alma Lopez who was pushing her...

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Drunk woman found drunk at mall trashes jail cell

<p>NATICK (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A 20-year-old Rhode Island woman was taken into protective custody on Saturday after police say she was found drunk at the Natick Collection.</p><p>Farrah E. Pierce was taken to the police station, where she urinated in her jail cell, flooded the toilet and smeared wet toilet paper on the walls and a door, according to police.</p>

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Drunk woman assaults police, head butts paramedic

LORAIN — A highly intoxicated Lorain woman assaulted police and paramedics after officers were called to her 2334 E. 37th St. home early Sunday morning, according to a Lorain police report. Virginia Leonard, 31, became upset when her boyfriend took the bottle of brandy they had been drinking and she punched a neighbor in the chest, kicked a cooler full of beer and knocked a stroller off the porch, the report said. When officers were putting Leonard in a cruiser, she kicked the windows and screamed vulgarities and racial slurs. She then started screaming she had overdosed and pretended to...

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Cops: Matt Amorello hit cars, lost wheel

When Haverhill police found the state’s former Big Dig boss Matthew J. Amorello early Saturday morning, he was alone and allegedly disoriented, seated in his smashed up 1999 Ford Explorer in a Mercedes dealership parking lot, police said. Only three wheels remained on his SUV. There, in the mostly vacant industrial side of town, the man who oversaw the massive $14.6 billion public works project was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of property damage. Police said he had hit a 1999 Saab and a 2005 Dodge Magnum as he made his...

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Diabetes Diagnosis for Jerry Douthett: Dog Ate Toe

Most pet owners would be irate if their dog bit off one of their toes, but Jerry Douthett, of Rockford, Mich., is nothing but grateful: this canine feat may have saved his life. A Michigan man loses a toe to his dog, resulting in a diabetes diagnosis.Douthett was alerted to the seriousness of a bone infection in his foot, resulting from previously undiagnosed Type II diabetes, when his terrier Kiko bit off his big toe while he was passed out drunk, according to The Grand Rapids Press

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Drunken mom-to-be armed with hammer accused in fast-food robbery attempt (WI)

A pregnant La Crosse woman on probation is accused of trying to rob a South Side restaurant for drug money late Tuesday only to fail when she could not pull her weapon - a hammer - from her shorts. "I want a soft shell and this is a stickup. Give me all your money," the woman reportedly told the cash-ier about 10:40 p.m. at Taco John's, 1211 Jackson St

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Man To 911: I Need Ride To Liquor Store

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A St. Johns County man was arrested after police said he called 911 to ask for a ride to the liquor store.Police said 57-year-old George McMurrain had already called 911 twice Saturday night when he called to ask for a ride to buy alcohol.That's when an officer went to the Budget Inn on Anastasia Boulevard to arrest McMurrain.Dispatcher: This is 911. Suspect: I need a, I need a -- a ride. Dispatcher: You need a ride? Suspect: Yes, to the liquor store. Dispatcher: Um. Suspect: Sheriff said she'd give me a ride.

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