Karenluvs6
12-09-2000, 01:18 PM
Bizarre Defense
In 1996, a Californian judge ruled against James Pflugradt's
estate and in favor of the deceased's former landlord. The
judge allowed the landlord to keep Pflugradt's $825 security
deposit because he died without giving 30 days notice.
Troy Matthew Gentzler confessed to tossing rocks at cars
from an overpass on Interstate 83 near York, Pennsylvania.
But his lawyer claimed he was the victim of "Roid rage,"
erratic emotional swings caused by steroid use.
In October 1996, Charles S. Shapiro begged the Montgomery
County, Maryland, court to allow him to change his plea to
not guilty of hiring a hit man. He claimed his judgment had
been impaired because he had ingested tranquilizers along
with a bottle of Tums before confessing.
A Saint Louis, Missouri, man argued that the reason the
jury found him guilty of stealing court documents wasn't
that it had been prejudiced against him. The man claimed he
was demonized because the judge allowed the jury to learn
he was a lawyer.
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NEWCASTLE, England - A British woman admitted in court that
she bit off more than she could chew, literally, when she
aided a friend in a domestic dispute. Denise Carr, 32, leapt
to the defense of her friend Shelley Hutchinson when her
husband Neil began attacking her. He then began fighting with
Carr, and sat on top of her. Carr told the court she defended
herself by biting her attacker in the groin, but hadn't
realized that in doing so, she bit off his testicle. It was
only after the police arrived that the missing testicle was
discovered under a picture frame in the sitting room. Carr
was originally charged with wounding with intent but that was
reduced to affray, which she admitted......{yikes}
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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - Forget rape, murder and mayhem.
A 20-year-old college student is facing the business end of
a $500 fine and up to three months in jail for splashing a
pedestrian with his truck. Witness Eric Gill said he saw the
perpetrator swerve at least five feet off the road to drive
through a puddle and splash a woman as she walked on campus.
Gill wrote down the license number and then drove alongside
the truck to get a look at the driver, whom he said was
laughing uproariously. While no victim has even come forward,
Assistant Prosecutor Sam Smith said there is enough evidence
to try the case
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BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma - We thought we'd never see another
student witch story, but recently 15-year-old Union High
School student Brandi Blackbear has been interrogated and
suspended for just that. When one of her teachers became
mysteriously ill suspicion immediately fell on Brandi who
has made no secret about reading books from the school
library about Wicca. Assistant principal Charlie Bushyhead
suspended Blackbear for 15 days as "an immediate threat to
the school," seized her notebooks, and barred her from
drawing or wearing any Wiccan signs. A federal lawsuit is
pending. "It's hard for me to believe that in the year 2000
I am walking into court to defend my daughter against
charges of witchcraft," her father said.
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan A Kazakh man who was electrocuted and
buried has shocked his friends and family by turning up for
his own funeral feast. The man was wrapped in a cloth shroud
according to Muslim tradition and buried in a shallow grave
after apparently dying while trying to steal power cables
in eastern Kazakhstan, local media reported Wednesday. But
two days later he regained consciousness and rose naked
from the ground, Express K daily said. The paper said he
had difficulty flagging down a vehicle to take him home
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylavania - Here is living proof that all
crooks come in different shapes and sizes. A 6ft 4in man
dressed in drag so he could use credit cards which had been
stolen from a woman in September to buy a new car in the U.S.
According to police, the man tried to buy a Mitsubishi car
with one of the woman's cards featuring her name but displayed
his picture on it. The dealership was alerted when it ran a
credit check and was told the woman had been a victim of
fraud. The man has since then been charged with forgery and
attempted theft.
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LANCASHIRE, Europe - Apparently a champion Lancashire pool
team has grown tired of swimming with the fishes, so they
are going to start drinking like them too. The team from the
Oddfellows Arms in Accrington play in competitions sponsored
by a local brewery. After winning the double of league and
champion of champions titles, the team was awarded 72 gallons
of beer. According to Oddfellows Arms landlord Fred Bardsley,
the seven-man team had a tough choice of re-entering the
league or taking time out to enjoy their winnings. "Actually,
it didn't take long to reach a decision. We'll certainly
have a merry Christmas and the beer might just about be gone
in the New Year, so we'll be back to win some more," Bardsley
concluded
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West Chester, PA - In an old issue of Medical Aspects of
Human Sexuality (1990) it was reported by a uroligist that a
man had checked himself into an emergency room with pain
resulting from a swollen and apparently lacerated scrotum.
Days after the doctor repaired the patient's condition, the
man confided that he had been masturbating by holding his
***** against the canvas drive-belt of a piece of machinery
at work during his lunch hour when he leaned too close as he
approached orgasm and suffered an industrial accident. He
then used a heavy-duty stapling gun to close his wound
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In 1996, a Californian judge ruled against James Pflugradt's
estate and in favor of the deceased's former landlord. The
judge allowed the landlord to keep Pflugradt's $825 security
deposit because he died without giving 30 days notice.
Troy Matthew Gentzler confessed to tossing rocks at cars
from an overpass on Interstate 83 near York, Pennsylvania.
But his lawyer claimed he was the victim of "Roid rage,"
erratic emotional swings caused by steroid use.
In October 1996, Charles S. Shapiro begged the Montgomery
County, Maryland, court to allow him to change his plea to
not guilty of hiring a hit man. He claimed his judgment had
been impaired because he had ingested tranquilizers along
with a bottle of Tums before confessing.
A Saint Louis, Missouri, man argued that the reason the
jury found him guilty of stealing court documents wasn't
that it had been prejudiced against him. The man claimed he
was demonized because the judge allowed the jury to learn
he was a lawyer.
------------------------------------------------------------
NEWCASTLE, England - A British woman admitted in court that
she bit off more than she could chew, literally, when she
aided a friend in a domestic dispute. Denise Carr, 32, leapt
to the defense of her friend Shelley Hutchinson when her
husband Neil began attacking her. He then began fighting with
Carr, and sat on top of her. Carr told the court she defended
herself by biting her attacker in the groin, but hadn't
realized that in doing so, she bit off his testicle. It was
only after the police arrived that the missing testicle was
discovered under a picture frame in the sitting room. Carr
was originally charged with wounding with intent but that was
reduced to affray, which she admitted......{yikes}
------------------------------------------------------------
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - Forget rape, murder and mayhem.
A 20-year-old college student is facing the business end of
a $500 fine and up to three months in jail for splashing a
pedestrian with his truck. Witness Eric Gill said he saw the
perpetrator swerve at least five feet off the road to drive
through a puddle and splash a woman as she walked on campus.
Gill wrote down the license number and then drove alongside
the truck to get a look at the driver, whom he said was
laughing uproariously. While no victim has even come forward,
Assistant Prosecutor Sam Smith said there is enough evidence
to try the case
------------------------------------------------------------
BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma - We thought we'd never see another
student witch story, but recently 15-year-old Union High
School student Brandi Blackbear has been interrogated and
suspended for just that. When one of her teachers became
mysteriously ill suspicion immediately fell on Brandi who
has made no secret about reading books from the school
library about Wicca. Assistant principal Charlie Bushyhead
suspended Blackbear for 15 days as "an immediate threat to
the school," seized her notebooks, and barred her from
drawing or wearing any Wiccan signs. A federal lawsuit is
pending. "It's hard for me to believe that in the year 2000
I am walking into court to defend my daughter against
charges of witchcraft," her father said.
------------------------------------------------------------
ALMATY, Kazakhstan A Kazakh man who was electrocuted and
buried has shocked his friends and family by turning up for
his own funeral feast. The man was wrapped in a cloth shroud
according to Muslim tradition and buried in a shallow grave
after apparently dying while trying to steal power cables
in eastern Kazakhstan, local media reported Wednesday. But
two days later he regained consciousness and rose naked
from the ground, Express K daily said. The paper said he
had difficulty flagging down a vehicle to take him home
------------------------------------------------------------
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylavania - Here is living proof that all
crooks come in different shapes and sizes. A 6ft 4in man
dressed in drag so he could use credit cards which had been
stolen from a woman in September to buy a new car in the U.S.
According to police, the man tried to buy a Mitsubishi car
with one of the woman's cards featuring her name but displayed
his picture on it. The dealership was alerted when it ran a
credit check and was told the woman had been a victim of
fraud. The man has since then been charged with forgery and
attempted theft.
------------------------------------------------------------
LANCASHIRE, Europe - Apparently a champion Lancashire pool
team has grown tired of swimming with the fishes, so they
are going to start drinking like them too. The team from the
Oddfellows Arms in Accrington play in competitions sponsored
by a local brewery. After winning the double of league and
champion of champions titles, the team was awarded 72 gallons
of beer. According to Oddfellows Arms landlord Fred Bardsley,
the seven-man team had a tough choice of re-entering the
league or taking time out to enjoy their winnings. "Actually,
it didn't take long to reach a decision. We'll certainly
have a merry Christmas and the beer might just about be gone
in the New Year, so we'll be back to win some more," Bardsley
concluded
------------------------------------------------------------
West Chester, PA - In an old issue of Medical Aspects of
Human Sexuality (1990) it was reported by a uroligist that a
man had checked himself into an emergency room with pain
resulting from a swollen and apparently lacerated scrotum.
Days after the doctor repaired the patient's condition, the
man confided that he had been masturbating by holding his
***** against the canvas drive-belt of a piece of machinery
at work during his lunch hour when he leaned too close as he
approached orgasm and suffered an industrial accident. He
then used a heavy-duty stapling gun to close his wound
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