Saturday, August 9, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Killer gets life plus pizza in plea
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"PORTLAND, Ore. - A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence.
Tremayne Durham, 33, of New York City, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, 39, of Gresham, in June 2006.
Durham agreed to plead guilty, but only if he could get a break from jail food.
The judge agreed and granted Durham a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream.
After Wednesday's sentencing, Durham's attorney confirmed that he will get the rest of the deal - calzones, lasagna, pizza and ice cream.
It may be awhile before Durham can dine in such style again - he's not eligible for parole for another 30 years.
Durham wanted to sell ice cream and ordered an $18,000 truck from an Oregon company.
He later changed his mind, but the company wouldn't provide a refund.
The would-be ice cream man came to Oregon and killed Calbreath, a former employee of the company, while looking for its owner, authorities said.
Durham also got married Wednesday in a civil ceremony at the Portland courthouse. The wedding to Vanessa Davis, 48, also of New York City, was not part of the plea deal.
Deputy District Attorney Josh Lamborn said Multnomah County Judge Eric Bergstrom made the right call in allowing the unusual plea agreement because it saved the expense of a trial and possible appeals. "
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
911 calls over sub with no sauce
LOL...
And i thought i get pissed when a fast food chain forgets to add my bacon to the burger..!
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man.
The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce.
According to a police report, Peterson initially called the emergency number Thursday so that officers could have his subs made correctly.
The second call was to complain that police officers weren't arriving fast enough.
Workers at the Subway sandwich shop told police that Peterson, 42, became belligerent and yelled when they were fixing his order.
When officers arrived, they tried to calm Peterson and explain the proper use of 911, but those efforts failed, so he was charged with making false 911 calls. "
