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A 48-year-old Bridgeport man died Wednesday after his 500-pound wife fell
on top of him during a domestic squabble, police said, but they were still
trying to determine the exact cause of death yesterday.
Bridgeport police Capt. Leonard M. Cocco said Stanley Walker was pronounced dead
at 7:42 p.m. Wednesday in Park City Hospital in Bridgeport about an hour after
his wife, Vannie Walker, 47, contacted police.
Cocco said that Walker had also been struck several times in the head. He said
autopsy was scheduled to be performed today at the state medical examiner's
office in Farmington to determine the cause of death.
Cocco said the incident began shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday when Walker began
arguing with his wife. Vannie Walker fell on top of her husband shortly after
she and her 13-year-old nephew and 12-year-old niece tried to restrain him,
police said.
Associated Press, Bridgeport
Impersonator Convicted of Gender Fraud
Farmington, Utah
A man who posed as a woman during a 3 1/2 year marriage pleaded guilty to one
count of communications fraud and one count of forgery. He was sentenced
yesterday to nine months in jail.
Feliz Urioste, 34, married Bruce Jensen, 39, in 1991, claiming to be a woman
named Leasa who was pregnant with twins. He later told Jensen that the twins
were stillborn.
Urioste was arrested in Las Vegas in July after running up more than $40,000 in
charges on credit cards issued in the name of Bruce and Leasa Jensen.
Police broke the news of his sexual identity to Jensen. Jensen, a 39-year-old
medical lab technician who is described by authorities as naive, is seeking an
annulment.
San Francisco Chronicle 25 October 1995
Frustrated Peacenik Arrested in Attack on Highway
Associated Press, Tustin, Orange County, CA
A driver whose license plate reads "PEACE 95" pulled up beside a
slower-moving pickup truck and repeatedly tried to strike it with a baseball
bat, the California Highway Patrol said yesterday.
She missed, but dented her own car trying. Then she crossed the double-yellow
line and threw a can of air freshener at the truck as she passed it, officer
Peros Doumas said.
After the confrontation Thursday, Doumas chased down the woman, 26-year-old Lisa
Lind of Lake Forest, and pulled her over.
San Francisco Chronicle 21 November 1995
Shoot Me!
Shotgun blast gets police attention
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.
Joseph Doyle Owens, 28, could go to prison if he is convicted of having Scott
Alan Sheldon, 27, shoot him in the shoulder with a shotgun to get attention from
police. According to Isabella County prosecutors, Owens was dissatisfied
with police response to complaints he was being harassed. He allegedly asked
Sheldon to shoot him and make the shooting look like a drive-by. Sheldon shot
Owens in the left shoulder with a 12-gauge shotgun, police said. Owens then
drove Sheldon home and drove himself to a hospital, where he had several shotgun
pellets removed from his shoulder. Police said Sheldon admitted to shooting
Owens.
EXTORTION RECEIPT
HONG KONG (Reuter, 09-14)
A gangster who had extorted money from local businesses in exchange for
"protection" has been arrested after issuing a receipt -
complete with his name and ID number - to one of his victims.
Chan Koon Shing demanded HK$400 ($50 US) from a medical clinic, claiming the
business was in his gang's territory.
Dr. Lui Siu-ko asked for a receipt which he turned over to police.
Chan was later arrested and sentenced to one year in jail.
CHOKING DEATH
PONTIAC, Mich. (Dallas Morning News, 09-13)
A patient who went home from a hospital died after choking on a latex surgical
glove left inside his throat.
Authorities are investigating the choking death of 47-year-old Gary Harmon who
went home after a nine-day treatment for asthma and
emphysema at the St. Joseph Mercy-Oakland Hospital.
"He was coughing, coughing and coughing, saying something was there, but he
couldn't get it up," said his wife, Karen Harmon.
The hospital is co-operating with the police and medical examiner in their
investigation.
WHY ARE THEY DISGRUNTLED?
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP, 09-13)
A mail carrier has been fired after 18 years of service because her stride is
too short.
Martha Cherry, 49, 5-foot-5, has been observed walking her delivery route at 66
paces per minute with a stride less than one foot.
Her removal notice stated: "At each step, the heel of your leading foot did
not pass the toe of the trailing foot by more than one
inch.
As a result, you required 13 minutes longer than your demonstrated ability to
deliver mail to this section of your route."
Customers along Cherry's route have disagreed with postal management's decision.
One letter signed by more than 40 residents says:
"If walking quickly is more important than kind, sensitive service to
customers, then something is seriously amiss with the post
office's priorities."
"I'm devastated," said Cherry. "My bosses are telling me that I
don't do my job, but my customers let me know that's not true."
FORCED TO GET A LICENSE
PITTSBURGH, PA. (The Tribune-Review, 09-11)
A man, who never drives a car, was ordered to get a driving license - just so
the state can suspend it.
Francis Glancy, 41, was arrested for riding his 10-speed bicycle under the
influence of alcohol. "If he doesn't go and get a
driver's license, he's gonna' end up with a criminal record,"
Assistant Public Defender Tom Caulfield said. Glancy injured himself when he
fell of his bicycle while riding with a blood-alcohol
level of 0.328 percent.
SWALLOWING THE KITCHEN
TAORMINA, Italy (NT, 09-09)
An Italian doctor removed 46 teaspoons, two cigarette lighters, a pair of table
thongs and other household objects from a
45-year-old man's stomach.
The psychologically-disturbed man swallowed about 5 1/2 pounds of objects made
of metal or plastic.
"This is so extraordinary that I am going to present the case to the
scientific community," said surgeon Vincenzo Morici.
IN OTHER BIZARRE NEWS:
Police put out hoax messages about aliens over the South Downs to trap people
illegally tuning in to police radio frequencies.
When carloads of people turned up to see the extraterrestrials, officers
confiscated scanning equipment and warned against its use.
Swiss police captured a burglar by analysing the ear prints he left on his
victims' doors.
The unidentified man was sentenced to four years in prison and is believed to be
responsible for more than 380 house burglaries.