Friday, September 20, 2013
oddly enough
Pa. man charged with DUI on riding lawn mower
MURRYSVILLE, Pa.
A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with driving drunk while carrying an open can of beer — on a riding lawn mower.
Murrysville police say they found 55-year-old Thomas Marrone driving the mower along a road just before 1:30 a.m. Aug. 30.
Police say Marrone smelled of alcohol and had an open can of Coors Light beer in the mower’s storage compartment. They say he told them he was driving to his Murrysville home — some 6.4 miles away.
Marrone didn’t immediately return a phone message left at his home Thursday, and online court records don’t list an attorney for him. He faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges including driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.
Texas woman wounded when dog knocks over shotgun
FORT WORTH, Texas
North Texas police are investigating a canine caper that left a dog owner with a shotgun wound.
The dog was ambling about its Fort Worth home Saturday night when it knocked over a shotgun leaning near the homeowner.
The gun discharged when it fell to the ground, striking the 78-year-old woman in the left foot as she watched television.
She didn’t immediately seek medical attention, and by the next morning, her foot had swollen. She then sought treatment at a Fort Worth hospital.
Police spokeswoman Sharron Neal tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the woman says the dog shouldn’t be blamed.
The name and breed of the dog weren’t released. Neal says, “He has the right to remain silent.”
Oakland, Maine, tables ordinance to muffle roosters
OAKLAND, Maine
Roosters in the small central Maine town of Oakland are free to crow as loud as they like.
The town council has tabled a proposal that would have levied fines as high as $100 on the owners of loud roosters.
The Morning Sentinel reports that a dozen residents of the town of about 6,200 showed up at the council meeting to oppose the ordinance.
Ethan Pullen says some people like to breed chickens to show at agricultural fairs, and to breed chickens, you need a rooster.
Town Manager Peter Nielsen said the proposal was sparked mostly by the concerns of one resident, who complained about a neighbor’s four loud roosters. The neighbor since has given three roosters away, which Nielsen says appears to have solved the problem.
Associated Press