Hey Family Tonight on my show, Police say a great-grandmother in Daytona Beach bit an assailant and was dragged several feet hanging on to the getaway car of a couple who had snatched her purse. Police said 73-year-old Patricia Robertson was accosted at a gas station over the weekend by a man and woman who grabbed her purse and tried to speed off. Robertson said she bit the man hard enough to draw blood and hung on to their truck when that failed. A bystander who saw the attack called 911 and followed the assailants, updating police until they could apprehend the couple. Robertson said she’s sore and almost lost a tooth, but she’s thankful for the Good Samaritan’s help. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/28
Hey Family Tonight on my show, A package addressed from “Grandpa Henderson” in San Diego, California, to “Grandma Henderson” in Talladega, Alabama, aroused suspicions among Talladega postal inspectors, who contacted the Talladega County drug task force. A drug-detection dog singled out the package, and law enforcement officers waited for someone to pick it up. When three men picked up the package on Saturday, they were stopped after they left the post office, and officers found more than 6 pounds of marijuana in the package. All three have been charged with trafficking in marijuana. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/27
Hey Family Tonight on my show, Authorities in Florida said a McDonald’s customer who was short on cash tried to trade marijuana and prescription drugs for cheeseburgers. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said Alexander Lemke, 20, broke into a neighbor’s home Friday and stole their 2005 Toyota Solara. Deputies said Lemke took the car to a nearby McDonald’s drive-thru, where he attempted to trade pills and marijuana for cheeseburgers. McDonald’s employees called authorities and deputies arrested Lemke a few minutes later. Lemke was charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license and eight drug-related charges. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/26
Hey Family Tonight on my show, An 80-year-old Georgia man says he discovered more than $4,000 worth of pot while getting ready to resell a painting he bought five years ago at auction. Gordon Clement of Cherokee County bought the painting at a post office auction and was coming back from a failed attempt to resell the artwork for $25 at another auction when a family member felt something moving inside the frame – “Four pounds of marijuana inside the picture frame. I didn’t know what to do,” Clement said. He decided to take it home and call his lawyer for advice but said he was a nervous wreck on the drive back knowing he had so much of an illegal substance. Clement called his lawyer and then the police, who estimated the pot be worth $4,800. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!!
07/23
Hey Family Tonight on my show, A county judge in Maryland is being suspended for five days without pay for deflating the tire of a courthouse cleaning woman who had parked in his space. The state’s highest court ordered the suspension and said Judge Robert Nalley must complete it within 30 days. Nalley also pleaded guilty to tampering with a vehicle in connection with tire case. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/22
Hey Family Tonight on my show, Police in Reidsville, North Carolina, arrested a man who loaded his gun with a wad of toilet paper and shot his wife in the back. Police said Lonnie Irvin Pinnix, 38, loaded the pistol with toilet paper when his wife, Darlene Pinnix, 55, returned to their home shortly after midnight Tuesday. Darlene said when she laid down on the bed her husband held a gun to her head and demanded that she get up. She said before she could get up, he shot her in the back with the toilet paper ammunition. She was taken to a hospital to receive treatment for powder burns. Lonnie told deputies he shot his wife because she wouldn’t leave. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and jailed in lieu of $1,000 bond. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/21
Hey Family Tonight on my show, Police in Spartanburg, South Carolina, arrested a woman who allegedly stuffed a McDonald’s sandwich into her pants and then complained she never received it. Police said Lori Shannon Turner received two sandwiches Sunday morning and quickly shoved one of them down her pants. Employees told police Turner claimed she was shorted a sandwich and demanded another free of charge. She started screaming at workers when they refused. A deputy arrived around 10:30 a.m. and noticed Turner smelled strongly of alcohol and had a large grease stain on her pants. She denied concealing anything in her clothing until a female officer was called for a search. Turner then removed the sandwich from her pants. She was arrested and charged with public disorderly conduct. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/20
Hey Family Tonight on my show, An uninvited man ridiculed for his bottle of vodka shot and wounded a guest at a party in San Antonio. Police said the host of the party allowed the man to enter early Sunday to avoid a confrontation but the party-crasher became angry when revelers mocked his bottle of Nuvo vodka. Police said party guests told the man the “bottle looked like a lipstick cap, indicating that (he) is or was a homosexual, which made (him) upset.” The man left and returned with a pistol, which he first fired into the air, then aimed at guests in the backyard. One of the shots struck James Collins in the abdomen. The suspect fled and Collins was taken a hospital in stable condition. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/19
Hey Family Tonight on my show, The “5 second” rule that quickly retrieved dropped food is all right to eat should be a “zero second” rule because of bacteria, scientists say. Clemson University food scientist Paul Dawson found that salmonella and other dangerous bacteria can remain alive up to four weeks on dry surfaces – like floors – and can be instantly transferred to dropped food. Location, not time, is the critical factor. Brushing off food you dropped on the sidewalk and eating it is probably safe because the pavement is cleaner than a kitchen floor in terms of the kinds of bacteria found there, Dr. Harley Rotbart, a professor of microbiology and pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Colorado, said. “The kitchen floor, however, is probably a zero-second zone because the bacteria from uncooked meat and chicken juices are more hazardous than the ‘soil’ bacteria outside,” said Rotbart. Bathroom floors are also “zero-second zones,” Rotbart said. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/16
Hey Family Tonight on my show, Authorities say a Vineland, New Jersey, woman lied twice to cover up the theft of a laptop computer, claiming first that she was carjacked and then that her car crashed because she was having sex. Authorities say 23-year-old Sarah Blasse initially told police Saturday that she broke her arm during a carjacking. She later claimed her car crashed into a tree while she was performing a sex act on a man she had picked up. Authorities says Blasse and her boyfriend actually stole a laptop from a car and slipped away from pursuing police in her car, but then crashed and attempted to set the vehicle on fire. Blasse and Henry Goode Jr. face charges including arson, burglary and hindering apprehension. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/15
07/14
Hey Family Tonight on my show, New York police said a geriatric robber with a cane and an oxygen tank fired three shots at a clothing store before fleeing empty-handed. The man, believed to be in his 70s, announced a stickup at 9 p.m. Friday at high-end clothing store Sarar. He fired off a round at a fleeing customer and two rounds at the manager, but none of the bullets hit anyone. One bullet did tear through eight suits and came to rest in the jacket pocket of the ninth. The suspect fled in a black Cadillac, police said. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/13
Hey Family Tonight on my show, San Diego police said an attempted robber fled the crime scene when a convenience store clerk pretended she couldn’t speak English. Investigators said the suspect walked into a 7-Eleven store about 4:30 p.m. Sunday and pointed a gun at the clerk. When the clerk pretended she couldn’t understand English, the frustrated robber fled with no money in a late-model green Ford sedan. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
07/12
Hey Family Tonight on my show, New Mexico authorities say a 47-year-old man’s friends set his prosthetic leg on fire after he lost a bet, causing him to suffer severe burns to his buttocks and lower back. Dona Ana County deputies found the man naked on the side of U.S. Route 70 with his prosthetic leg in flames. Deputies learned that the man and his friends were drinking last Monday and bet that whoever drank the least would be set on fire. The man told investigators that he drank the least, six beers, so his buds set him on fire. He said his friends ignited his prosthetic leg, with the flames spreading upward. The one-legged man took his clothes off because of the pain and his friends decided to take him to the hospital, but they freaked and dumped him off on the side of the road and left. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
04/26
Hey Family Tonight on my show, Police in Colorado Springs said a man invades th wrong house. The man entered the bedroom of a home while the residents were asleep, woke them up and showed them a handgun,then left after saying he had the wrong house. Police were looking for the suspect following the home invasion. No injuries were reported. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
03/29
Hey Family Tonight on my show, Police have charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a long-dead opossum along a highway. State Troopers said several witnesses saw the 55-year-old man along Route 36 in Oliver Township. One person saw the man kneeling before the animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance. Another witness saw the man attempting to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation the road kill. SEE YOU ON THE RADIO !!!
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