Woman kills and cooks neighbour
A Florida woman accused of cooking her neighbour after strangling and dismembering him has been sentenced to life in prison.
A Volusia County judge sentenced Angela Stoldt, 42, on Dec. 5. She was previously convicted of first-degree murder.
Authorities say Stoldt tried to cremate 36-year-old James Sheaffer’s body in April 2013 by putting several body parts in an oven and in pots on the stove. When that didn’t work, she put his body parts in bags and threw them in the trash.
Authorities say Stoldt relied on Sheaffer for money, although their relationship was platonic, and that money was the motive for the murder.
According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Stoldt said she killed Sheaffer in self-defense.
(AP)
Snipers called to shoot foxes
Foxes are becoming such a pest for london homeowners that they have begun calling in snipers.
Specialists are charging £75 for the first animal and £50 for any more foxes after that, according to the New York Times, who followed a sniper named ‘Phil’ during his working week.
It is claimed there are now more foxes in the capital than double-decker buses, with 10,000 roaming streets, gardens and wasteland in search of food.
Sports clubs, urban farms and families are so fed up of the creatures, which root through bins and can kill pets, that they have begun hiring gunmen to tackle the problem.
They have even been known to attack children. Nine-month-old twins lola and Isabella Koupparis were hospitalised with face and arm injuries after a fox had entered their North london bedroom in 2010. last year four-week old Denny Dolan needed to have his finger reattached after he was bitten by a fox near Bromley.
The Conservative-run authority said it was not advocating any method, but merely offering advice for residents who have a fox problem.
“Shooting is not usually appropriate in urban areas, but where it is carried out, care must be taken to ensure the safety of the public and other wildlife,” the council stated.
(The Daily Telegraph)
Deer breaks through two doors, ransacks bathroom
Police say a deer burst through the front doors of a New Jersey home, darted through the residence and ransacked the master bathroom.
Galloway police received a 911 call at around 3:30 p.m. Saturday from a woman reporting that a deer ran through her house while she was putting sweet potatoes in the oven. The woman said she followed the deer into the back of the house and locked it in a bathroom.
Responding officers found the glass on the front storm door shattered. They also found the frame on the main door damaged, indicating that the deer muscled its way through two doors to enter the home.
After a brief standoff, police escorted the deer from the home and released it into the wild.
The bathroom was significantly damaged.
(AP)
Woman wakes up to find ‘mystery baby’ in bed
A Michigan woman woke up to find a baby in her bed Sunday-and had no idea where the child came from or who he was.
Battle Creek police took custody of the boy pending the arrival of Child Protective Services, reports WXMI.
According to police, the woman’s son had dropped off the child before going out for the night and didn’t tell his mother, who happened to be asleep at the time.
To make things more confusing, the baby doesn’t belong to the woman’s son.
Police said the child was an “instant hit” with officers, who gave him toys in order to make him more comfortable during the odd experience.
Minutes after police released information about the mystery baby, the little boy was identified and was returned to his mother.
The incident remains under investigation
(Fox 59)
Flag stolen in 1976 mailed back
A bicentennial American flag that was stolen nearly 40 years ago from a park has been returned by a remorseful thief. The flag was stolen in 1976 while the Weston Observatory in Manchester was being repaired. Someone climbed the scaffolding and snatched the flag at night, WMUR-TV reported The flag was recently mailed to the Manchester Historic Association from Arizona with a note of apology signed by “a flawed son of Manchester.”
“I regretted having done this for many years and apologise for my selfishness,” the thief wrote. “I have taken care to preserve the flag until I could return it so that it may assume its place as part of Manchester’s heritage.”
The association hopes to keep the flag and put it display or possibly return it the observatory. “Who knows who it was who did this, but we’re just thankful to have it back,” said Jeff Barraclough, acting director of the association.
(AP)