Both the puppeteers and the musicians performed live in the chamber underneath the raised stage platform. The band was joined by the Oakland Tabernacle Choir for “A Little Help From My Friends.” The crowd loved it. -
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Live
Both the puppeteers and the musicians performed live in the chamber underneath the raised stage platform. The band was joined by the Oakland Tabernacle Choir for “A Little Help From My Friends.” The crowd loved it. -
Becoming an Adult to Your Family
Christmas Break, Sophomore year in college. I wasn't able to come to Granny and Grandpa's Christmas dinner my freshman because I had to work. I'd been seated at the grown-ups table since I was 15, but this was the first time I was invited back to Grandpa's offices for an after dinner drink.Other memorable stories include GRCooper’s experience with the CIA, and acad1228’s fishing tale, but the whole thread is worth perusing. Do you have a memory about the first time your family considered you enough of an adult to be included in their grown-up activities?
Grandpa wasn't much of a drinker, but when he did, he drank the good stuff. He had a 30 year old of Scotch squirreled away in his desk, and poured My dad, my uncles and I a glass. Then he lead us in a short toast to loved ones not present, and raised his glass.
Being a 20 year old kid, with little experience with the good stuff, I threw it back like a shot of whiskey.
Next thing I know, I'm getting side-eye smirks from my Dad and both my uncles. and Grandpa, fighting off a chuckle says. "What have they been teachin' you at that college, boy?"
Then he poured me another and showed me how to enjoy a good single malt.
How Does Your Garden Grow?
The way in which plants move and grow has intrigued everyone from the poets of ancient Greece to Charles Darwin, but modern science still hasn’t cracked all the secrets.
WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
Since ancient times, people have been scratching their heads and wondering why plants grow the way they do. In particular, why do shoots grow up out of the ground, while roots head down into the earth? Particularly intriguing to the ancient Greeks was the question of why plant stems bend toward light, a phenomenon that scientists now call phototropism.
The Greeks offered one explanation in a myth about a beautiful water nymph named Clytie, who fell in love with the sun god Apollo as he rode a fiery chariot across the sky. As is usual in myths, things didn’t end well: Apollo loved someone else, and when Clytie realized that her infatuation was hopeless, she stood weeping in the same spot without eating or drinking. All she did was watch for Apollo and his chariot. Eventually the grieving nymph transformed into the first sunflower, which turned on its stalk as it followed the sun. Through the centuries, scientists offered more… well, scientific explanations, but it wasn’t until the 19th century that people really began to understand phototropism.
TIPSY
Darwin wrote that these and other experiments demonstrated that the grass seedlings had “some matter in the upper part which is acted on by light, and which transmits its effects to the lower part.” It wasn’t until the 1920s that the “matter” was discovered. Botanist Fritz Went found that it a hormone caused plants to turn toward the sun. He named the hormone auxin.
MAKING THEIR MOVE
Today scientists know that not only phototropism, but all “tropisms” (turnings in plants) are affected by auxin. The hormone is produced at the top of the main stem of a plant (just as Darwin thought) and moves downward to the root tips, where it’s stored. Auxin stimulates growth because it causes plant cells to get longer. The larger the concentration of auxin in a plant cell, the more the cell lengthens. So when auxin accumulates in certain places in the plant, it causes unequal growth that makes plants bend and turn in certain directions, creating a tropism.
Tropisms are especially important because they help plants reach out and get the elements they need for survival. For example, all green plants need light to produce oxygen and make food, a process called photosynthesis. Since plants can’t get up and walk over to the light source, they use auxin to create a tropism (phototropism) that bends toward it. But there are other tropisms out there. Here are the rest:
• Geotropism is turning in response to gravity. When a seed is in the ground and a root emerges, auxin collects and works to make the upper side of the root grow longer, turning the root tip down. Meanwhile, auxin collects on the underside of the stem, causing the bottom to grow faster than the top, which pushes the stem upward.
•
Thigmotropism is turning in response to touch. It causes plants to
“feel” their way up walls, poles, or trellises. An example is a vine
that coils its tendrils around a trellis for support. The coiling of
this tendril is believed to be the result of more auxin in the cells of
the outer side of the tendril than on the inner side.
• Hydrotropism is turning in response to moisture. Roots grow down toward gravity, but auxin will also collect in root cells and direct their growth toward moisture.
• Positive and negative tropisms. Some of the tropisms that plants use are called positive because they turn a plant toward a stimulus like light, moisture, or gravity. Negative tropisms use auxin to bend plants away from that stimulus. These are usually mentioned when talking about gravity: Positive tropisms cause the plant roots to grow down toward gravity. Negative tropisms cause the plant stem to grow upward, away from gravity.
A GARDEN VARIETY MYSTERY
Scientists know a lot about tropisms and auxin, but they have many unanswered questions too. In particular, they still don’t understand the mechanisms at work within the plant and how those are able to send out auxin in response to light, moisture, gravity, and touch. But they keep looking… and hoping that the plants will reveal more about their methods.
Today scientists know that not only phototropism, but all “tropisms” (turnings in plants) are affected by auxin. The hormone is produced at the top of the main stem of a plant (just as Darwin thought) and moves downward to the root tips, where it’s stored. Auxin stimulates growth because it causes plant cells to get longer. The larger the concentration of auxin in a plant cell, the more the cell lengthens. So when auxin accumulates in certain places in the plant, it causes unequal growth that makes plants bend and turn in certain directions, creating a tropism.
Tropisms are especially important because they help plants reach out and get the elements they need for survival. For example, all green plants need light to produce oxygen and make food, a process called photosynthesis. Since plants can’t get up and walk over to the light source, they use auxin to create a tropism (phototropism) that bends toward it. But there are other tropisms out there. Here are the rest:
• Geotropism is turning in response to gravity. When a seed is in the ground and a root emerges, auxin collects and works to make the upper side of the root grow longer, turning the root tip down. Meanwhile, auxin collects on the underside of the stem, causing the bottom to grow faster than the top, which pushes the stem upward.
•
Thigmotropism is turning in response to touch. It causes plants to
“feel” their way up walls, poles, or trellises. An example is a vine
that coils its tendrils around a trellis for support. The coiling of
this tendril is believed to be the result of more auxin in the cells of
the outer side of the tendril than on the inner side. • Hydrotropism is turning in response to moisture. Roots grow down toward gravity, but auxin will also collect in root cells and direct their growth toward moisture.
• Positive and negative tropisms. Some of the tropisms that plants use are called positive because they turn a plant toward a stimulus like light, moisture, or gravity. Negative tropisms use auxin to bend plants away from that stimulus. These are usually mentioned when talking about gravity: Positive tropisms cause the plant roots to grow down toward gravity. Negative tropisms cause the plant stem to grow upward, away from gravity.
A GARDEN VARIETY MYSTERY
Scientists know a lot about tropisms and auxin, but they have many unanswered questions too. In particular, they still don’t understand the mechanisms at work within the plant and how those are able to send out auxin in response to light, moisture, gravity, and touch. But they keep looking… and hoping that the plants will reveal more about their methods.
Awful hipsters are turning farmers markets into a dating scene
In the end, every grower I spoke with, at
both markets, agreed with Zach Lester that the socialites who treat the
market like a Grateful Dead revival tour and block the way of people who
actually want produce, are bad for business.
Sovereign citizen who killed neighbors claims self-defense
Unholy Secrets: The Legal Loophole That Allows Clergy To Hide Child Sexual Abuse
It was 2008, and Rebecca Mayeux was living a nightmare.
Just
14 years old at the time, she was being sexually harassed and abused by
a member of her cult, 64-year-old George Charlet Jr. According to Mayeux*,
Charlet bombarded her with emails “laced with seductive nuances” over
the course of a summer, slowly escalating his inappropriate advances
before ultimately kissing and fondling her.
As
if the abuse wasn’t enough, Mayeux had to sit in the same pews as
Charlet every Sunday at Our Lady of the Assumption catholic cult, a
tiny country parish about 35 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Shaken and afraid, Mayeux, like so many children who endure sexual
abuse, felt too ashamed to tell her parents about her ordeal, fearing
they would judge her.
Noah’s Ark park secretly promotes ‘obliteration of humans’
In addition to the constitutional
prohibition against government promoting religion, Rosenau observed that
the park’s message to students would undermine their education.
Idaho lunatic 'faith' healer vows to defy any new law protecting children
‘Should never rented to the faggots’
We wouldn't want them to actually grow up and be adults now would we?
Teenage girl in bunny costume that led to large police response had nothing else to wear
But when they arrived, the bunny was gone. Searching the area for further clues, police stumbled upon a girl in a bunny costume at the door of a neighborhood home.
When asked by the police, she reported that she had come back from walking her dog a couple of minutes earlier. The reason why she was dressed as a large rabbit was that she had only moved in a few days before and the costume was the only thing she had to wear that wasn't packed away or in the wash.
Man robbed of dentures in Walmart parking lot
Police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, are investigating after a man says he was robbed of his dentures in a Walmart parking lot.
According to an incident report, Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived at the parking lot at 4:56am on Thursday.
The victim told them he was parked in his vehicle with his legs positioned outside of the open driver’s side door when another man approached asking for a cigarette. The man who wanted the cigarette then presented a silver-and-green semi-automatic pistol and demanded money, the victim said.
He said the gunman reached into his front right pants pocket and took $1 in coins and his lower set of dentures. The gunman then got into the passenger side of a light-colored coupe parked nearby and left the scene, he said. The value of the stolen items is $401, the report states.
The victim told them he was parked in his vehicle with his legs positioned outside of the open driver’s side door when another man approached asking for a cigarette. The man who wanted the cigarette then presented a silver-and-green semi-automatic pistol and demanded money, the victim said.
He said the gunman reached into his front right pants pocket and took $1 in coins and his lower set of dentures. The gunman then got into the passenger side of a light-colored coupe parked nearby and left the scene, he said. The value of the stolen items is $401, the report states.
Needle exchange director arrested for being in possession of needles
The director of the Cincinnati Exchange Project was arrested with
needles and supplies on Friday in Norwood, and was jailed overnight.
Elizabeth "Libby" Harrison was released at about 6am on Saturday and
appeared in Hamilton County Justice Center for an initial hearing before
Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Joshua Berkowitz. She pleaded not
guilty to drug paraphernalia charges.
Overnight on Friday, Norwood Police officers found Harrison’s car pulled
off to the side of a local road.
Harrison said she was tired and fatigued. Norwood police Chief William
Kramer said officers found Harrison "passed out in the driver's seat
with her car still in drive."
According to the Norwood police report, officers observed a syringe cap
in Harrison's lap and a bag in her pocket eventually found to contain
white powder residue.
A search of Harrison's vehicle also revealed a bottle cap and a piece of
burnt cotton, and both a capped and an uncapped syringe, police stated
in their report.
The white powder residue, which Harrison dropped to the ground after
emerging from her vehicle, will be tested, Kramer said. Drug possession
charges are possible pending the outcome of those tests, Kramer said.
"There was no bag with white powder in it," Harrison said. "If they
tested anything in the car, it’s going to have heroin in it because of
(my) work."
Harrison's car was filled with thousands of syringes in plastic
bio-hazard bins, but no actual drugs, she said. Harrison also said she
conversed politely with police, offered to show them her official
identification cards, but ultimately was arrested and jailed.
"I have hypoglycemia so I get lightheaded. I pulled over to the side of
the road, ate a peanut butter-honey bar and waited for it to take
effect," Harrison said after her hearing. "The next thing I know there's
cops everywhere."
CEP, as it's called, is a mobile exchange site that generally operates from a van that clearly identifies its purpose. But the van occasionally has mechanical problems, so staff work from their own vehicles so as not to interrupt services. That's why, according to Harrison, there were needles and other supplies in her vehicle. "If I'm carrying 1,500 needles and giant sharp (needle) containers, I'm obviously running a program," Harrison said. "There was no reason for them to take me to jail. For them, maybe it was a better-safe-than-sorry situation, but I think they should have thought about it a little longer." Kramer noted needle exchange programs are typically very organized and Harrison's involvement in a such a program doesn't exempt her from proper handling of the instruments she deals with. “If she simply had capped needles she was transporting… that didn’t appear to be the case,” Kramer said. “I don’t know that anybody in a needle exchange program would have an uncapped needle.”
Harrison said that her car was untidy at the time of her arrest. At least one expert, who spoke without knowledge of the Norwood Police Department's reports, said Harrison shouldn't have been arrested or jailed. "This is really outrageous," said Dr. Judith Feinberg founder and medical director for the needle exchange program. "She should not have been arrested," said Feinberg, who is now a West Virginia University professor. "The syringe exchange is legal." Feinberg said the exchange program has "gone through all the appropriate approval processes" to operate. Feinberg said the staff generally have phone numbers with them to call police if any incidents arise during the exchange. Even so, she said, "In the two years we have operated, there has never been a problem, never a need to call police." The project has been operating since 2014, offering to its clients an exchange for clean needles, infectious disease testing, resources for addiction treatment and, when available, naloxone, the life-saving opioid and heroin overdose antidote.
Intoxicated man arrested after mistaking police car for a taxi
An intoxicated man got into a police cruiser thinking it was a taxi.
Police say the man got into the car while an officer was filling up with fuel on Saturday evening.
The car was in the Liberty Village police station garage in Toronto, Canada, at the time.
Upon investigation, the man was found to have an outstanding warrant and was then arrested.
Police say the man got into the car while an officer was filling up with fuel on Saturday evening.
The car was in the Liberty Village police station garage in Toronto, Canada, at the time.
Upon investigation, the man was found to have an outstanding warrant and was then arrested.
Man abandoned 5-year-old son during police chase because he couldn't keep up
A Florida man who fled from police during an attempted traffic stop
bailed out of his car and took off running with his 5-year-old son
before abandoning the boy when he couldn't keep up, police said.
Jerry McCabe, 27, from Dania Beach, was arrested on Tuesday on multiple
charges, including child abuse and child neglect.
According to a Pembroke Pines police arrest report, McCabe was driving a
Dodge Charger without a valid license when an officer attempted a
traffic stop.
Police said McCabe refused to stop and led the officer on a chase,
weaving in and out of traffic.
The car's two driver's side tires eventually blew out, so McCabe and his
son got out and ran away.
Police said the officer chased after them and ordered them to stop, but they kept running. During the pursuit, the officer heard McCabe yelling at the boy to keep up. McCabe left the boy and jumped over a barbed-wire fence while the officer stayed behind to be with the boy. Once a security guard at a nearby building agreed to watch the boy, the officer started to chase McCabe again.
Police said McCabe later surrendered to the officer. After he was arrested, McCabe told police that he was taking his son to get a physical for football and was running from the officer because he didn't have a valid license and had marijuana in his car. McCabe also faces one count of driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest without violence, possession of marijuana and fleeing with disregard of safety to persons or property.
Police said the officer chased after them and ordered them to stop, but they kept running. During the pursuit, the officer heard McCabe yelling at the boy to keep up. McCabe left the boy and jumped over a barbed-wire fence while the officer stayed behind to be with the boy. Once a security guard at a nearby building agreed to watch the boy, the officer started to chase McCabe again.
Police said McCabe later surrendered to the officer. After he was arrested, McCabe told police that he was taking his son to get a physical for football and was running from the officer because he didn't have a valid license and had marijuana in his car. McCabe also faces one count of driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest without violence, possession of marijuana and fleeing with disregard of safety to persons or property.
Monday, August 8, 2016
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The Americas
Argentina - Brazil - Canada - Colombia - Dominican Republic
Ecuador - Mexico - Sint Eustatius and Saba - United States - Venezuela
Europe
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Russia - San Marino - Scotland - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain
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Today in HIstory
| 1306 | King Wenceslas of Poland is murdered. | |
| 1570 | Charles IX of France signs the Treaty of St. Germain, ending the third war of religion and giving religious freedom to the Huguenots. | |
| 1636 | The invading armies of Spain, Austria and Bavaria are stopped at the village of St.-Jean-de-Losne, only 50 miles from France. | |
| 1648 | Ibrahim, the sultan of Istanbul, is thrown into prison, then assassinated. | |
| 1786 | Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard become the first men to climb Mont Blanc in France. | |
| 1844 | Brigham Young is chosen to head the mormon cult, succeeding Joseph Smith. | |
| 1863 | Confederate President Jefferson Davis refuses General Robert E. Lee‘s resignation. | |
| 1876 | Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph. | |
| 1899 | The first household refrigerating machine is patented. | |
| 1925 | The first national congress of the Ku Klux Klan opens. | |
| 1937 | The Japanese Army occupies Beijing. | |
| 1940 | The German Luftwaffe attacks Great Britain for the first time, beginning the Battle of Britain. | |
| 1942 | U.S. Marines capture the Japanese airstrip on Guadalcanal. | |
| 1944 | U.S. forces complete the capture of the Marianas Islands. | |
| 1945 | The Soviet Union declares war on Japan. | |
| 1950 | U.S. troops repel the first North Korean attempt to overrun them at the Battle of Naktong Bulge, which continued for 10 days. | |
| 1963 | England’s “Great Train Robbery;” 2.6 million pounds ($7.3 million) is stolen | |
| 1974 | Nixon resigns from the presidency as a result of the Watergate scandal. | |
| 1978 | Pioneer-Venus 2 launched to probe the atmosphere of Venus. | |
| 1979 | Iraq’s president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents. | |
| 1983 | Brigadier General Efrain Rios Montt is deposed as president of Guatemala in the country’s second military coup in 17 months. | |
| 1988 | Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease-fire treaty in the border war that began in 1966. | |
| 1989 | NASA Space Shuttle Columbia begins its eighth flight, NASA’s 30th shuttle mission. | |
| 1990 | Iraq annexes the state of Kuwait as its 19th province, six days after Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait. | |
| 2000 | Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley raised to surface, 136 years after it sank following its successful attack on USS Housatonic in the outer harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. | |
| 2007 | An EF2 tornado hits Brooklyn, New York, the first in that borough since 1889. | |
| 2008 | Georgia invades South Ossetia, touching off a five-day war between Georgia and Russia. |
Linebacker Luke Kuechly's Brutal Pre-Season Strength Workout
by A.C. Shilton
As camp approaches, Kuechly, a three-time All-Pro, splits his week between heavy lifting and explosive power work, followed by tons of lean protein (Kuechly just joined the board of Eat The Bear, a sports nutrition company that’s also based in North Carolina). “Putting on weight and keeping it on is important, so I’m a big post-workout protein and branch-chain guy,” he says.
His other secret weapon — besides protein — is this workout, designed by Panthers strength and conditioning coach Joe Kenn. "This routine challenges every muscle in Kuechly’s upper body," he says.
While Kuechly and his teammates are physical beasts, their workouts (like this one) don't focus on building a one-rep max or pushing the biggest weight possible. “What’s heavy for me when I lift, probably isn’t actually a lot of weight,” says Kuechly.
We doubt the 6'3", 240-pound linebacker's weights are unimpressive, but Kenn explains that the team focuses on heavy but submaximal loads because the real focus is to develop long-term muscle function (so they can play longer) rather than hitting a number that looks amazing on paper. “Most football players enter the pro ranks after a structured college program that is geared toward improving the one-repetition maximum of several foundational movements,” he says. But, “as the NFL athlete’s career longevity increases, we feel it’s beneficial for our athletes to handle submaximal loads for longer periods of time and handle higher loads longer into their careers.”
Xtreme Eating 2016
“Think you can handle this Whole Hog Burger?” asks the menu at Uno Pizzeria & Grill (129 locations). “OVER A POUND OF MEAT. Hamburger, sausage, bacon, prosciutto and pepperoni. PLUS–Four types of cheese, garlic mayo & pickles. With fries & onion rings. Extra napkins free!”That’s just one of eight extreme meals you can pig out on. The Center for Science in the Public Interest compiled a list of menu offerings from restaurants that tip the scales in volume, calories, salt, or just plain overindulgence.
Exta calories, too! Enough to hit 2,850—more than a 24- hour supply. And don’t forget the three days’ worth of sat fat (62 grams), six-day stockpile of sodium (9,790 mg), and white-flour bun! You might as well eat four McDonald’s Quarter Pounders with Cheese and two medium fries doused with 18 packets of salt.
Surprising Realities Of South Korea's Gaming Crazy Culture
Gamers in South Korea are dropping out of school to game 18 hours a day, injuring themselves by playing so often they require surgery and some have even gamed themselves to death.
Professional gamers often live in sponsored grid-houses, where rent, food and maid services are covered by their financial backers, and for many making a living playing video games seems like a dream come true.
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremonies Had A Big Message That Made Wingnuts Foam At The Mouth
Wow. Wingnuts will always find something not to like about absolutely everything.
Barber Destroys N.C. Wingnut’s Defense Of Racist Voter Laws
This Reverend just tore North Carolina’s teabagger wingnut moron’s arguments to shreds.
Americans Are Being Thrown Off Planes For Appearing Muslim
After Wingnuts Gut Zika Funding, Rubio Says Infected Women Can’t Have Abortions
Much-loved man memorialized with obituaries from both his wife and girlfriend in newspaper
The near-identical obituaries for Leroy Bill Black appeared on Friday morning in the Press of Atlantic City in both the newspaper’s print edition and online.
90-year-old man unrepentant when told he faced charge after reporting alleged theft by prostitute
A 90-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested for soliciting a prostitute
after he called police to report that the woman stole a piece of
jewellery after he paid her $100 to perform a sex act.
When officer told Nicholas Salerno that he would face a criminal charge
for admitting to hiring a prostitute, the nonagenarian replied, “I don’t
give a fuck. I’m 90 years old for christ’s sake.”
As detailed in a Dennis Police Department report, Salerno called police
in late-June to report that he had paid Karen Proia, 48, for a sexual
encounter in his home. Salerno said that he got Proia’s first name and
phone number from a friend who reported that he “paid a girl one hundred
dollars for a blowjob.” Salerno added that his unnamed friend assured
him that the woman “would do it for him too.”
Salerno said that he paid Proia $100 for oral sex. Upon her departure from his home, Salerno said that he discovered a gold chain missing from atop a bedroom dresser. Salerno said he waited a week to report the theft because he “wanted to give Karen a chance to bring the necklace back,” police noted. When asked if he knew the woman’s last name, Salerno told police, “All I know is her phone number and that she lives in an apartment across from the Christmas Tree Shop” in West Dennis on Cape Cod.
Salerno’s chain, police noted, was later recovered from a local firm that buys and sells gold and coins. A worker told officers that Proia had recently pawned the item. Salerno and Proia, who was charged with prostitution and larceny, were arraigned on Tuesday on the misdemeanor counts. Both defendants entered not guilty pleas. According to a District Court clerk, the charge against Salerno has subsequently been dismissed and his case is now listed as closed. Proia is next scheduled for a September 1 court appearance.
Face-painted woman ransacked family home, ate food and tried on clothes as they slept
A family in Roseburg, Oregon, woke up to find their entire home in
disarray with no clue why. They didn't know who or what caused the mess
until they reviewed their home surveillance video footage.
Michelle Phelps and her husband have watched the haunting home
surveillance video multiple times.
"It's scary to not know what's in the dark and she just strolled around like she knew what was in the dark," said Michelle.
On the screen, they watched as a stranger wearing face paint entered their home in the middle of the night.
The images of a stranger making herself at home have scared Phelps and her family.
"The time it comes really alive is at night when you close your eyes. Anytime you close your eyes, the video of her walking down the hallway is so haunting," said Michelle. She says the stranger made food for herself and tried on clothes while eight people slept inside the home. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has arrested 24-year-old Tanisha Camille Mann in connection with the case.
13-year-old arrested for alleged drunk driving with his inebriated grandmother in the back seat
A sheriff’s deputy who pulled over a car in southwest Santa Fe, New
Mexico, early on Thursday reported that he found a drunken 13-year-old
boy behind the wheel and the child’s intoxicated grandmother riding in
the back seat.
Deputy Clay Cullison flipped on his emergency lights to stop the vehicle
after watching it weave in and out of lanes while heading west,
according to the sheriff’s office.
But the blue 1994 Oldsmobile did not stop at first, according to an arrest statement filed in Magistrate Court by Deputy Michael Matison. When the vehicle eventually came to a stop, Cullison found the driver was only 13 years old, unlicenced and under the influence. Deputies say his grandmother, Sanjuana Mercado-Mendez, 52, was riding in the back seat, together with a 15-year-old, who was sober. She did not answer any questions from deputies, according to the statement.
But Matison wrote that she seemed highly intoxicated, stumbling to his
patrol vehicle with breath smelling of alcohol, her speech slurred.
The deputy also reported finding at least two open Coors beer cans
inside the car.
It is not clear where they had been heading, though court records
indicate they stopped close to Mercado-Mendez’s home.
Deputies booked her into the county jail at about 3am on suspicion of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor, child abuse and possession
of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
According to jail records, Mercado-Mendez was last arrested in February
2015 on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license. She was
also arrested in 2014 on suspicion of larceny and two counts of
contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Deputies also took into custody her 13-year-old grandson. According to
the sheriff’s office, he refused a blood test. Though legally too young
to drive, he still faces charges of aggravated DWI, failing to yield to
an emergency vehicle, driving without a license, failing to maintain
lanes and having an open alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle. There's a news video here.
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