TCU Has 4 TDs in 2 Minutes in 55-13 Win

Josh Boyce caught a short pass near the line of scrimmage and turned into a wide-open lane to the end zone to finally give No. 20 TCU the lead against lower-division FCS team Portland State.

The Horned Frogs poured it on after that.

Boyce's 66-yard play was the first of three TCU touchdowns in a span of 1:18 just before halftime. Then, on the first offensive play of the second half, Waymon Jones managed to stay off the ground after getting hit at the line and went 65 yards for another score for the Frogs in their 55-13 victory Saturday.

"We felt it was going to take one big play to get us rolling and it did," quarterback Casey Pachall said. "Once we got the momentum, they weren't going to get it because we couldn't be stopped at that point. That was a little screen play, basically get the ball in his hands and let him do what he can do."

The Horned Frogs (3-1) extended a school record with their 22nd consecutive win at home since 2007, but were tied 3-3 before Boyce's catch-and-run score with 1:55 left in the first half.

Portland State (2-1) took only one snap after that before Drew Hubel's pass was deflected by Jason Verrett and intercepted by linebacker Tank Carder. The Rose Bowl defensive MVP weaved his way for a 26-yard touchdown. And the Frogs still weren't finished before the break.

After the Vikings went three-and-out on their next possession, Skye Dawson had a 42-yard punt return to the 11. Three plays later, he caught the first of his two TD passes, a 10-yarder for a 24-3 halftime lead.

"We're very explosive," said Boyce, who knew there was the chance for a big play when he saw Portland State preparing to blitz and both safeties coming to the line right before the quick screen.

"We got a little greedy and were going to see if we could get after the quarterback," Vikings coach Nigel Burton said. "A great team will make you pay and then we got a blitzkrieg there in a matter of three, four plays. That's what great teams so, they'll jump on you. That's what we talked about afterwards, if you want to be a great team, we have to learn to do that to other people."

James took a handoff to the right to start the second half and was quickly grabbed by a couple of defenders. They pulled him toward the ground, but James rolled over on top of a defender and one of own teammates instead. James then spun away and ran to the end zone, a touchdown that officials quickly confirmed after looking at the replay.

"After I handed it off and carried out my fake, I looked back and I see the little pile, so I think the play is over," Pachall said. "I start kind of looking over to the sideline for the next play and that stuff and all of a sudden Waymon just starts running again."

James, who finished with 136 yards on 10 carries, added an 82-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter -- the second week in a row the Frogs have returned one for a score.

After Zach Brown's second field goal for Portland State, James fielded the ensuing kickoff at the 18. He took off toward the right sideline, shot through an open gap and picked up a couple of blockers. He then hurdled a falling defender near midfield right in front of the TCU bench and was untouched the rest of the way.

Pachall, who was 14-of-20 for 214 yards with three TDs and an interception, got a fortunate bounce late in the third quarter when his pass was deflected by linebacker Shane Melbo and should have probably been intercepted. Instead, the ball ended up in the hands of Dawson, the former Mountain West Conference champion sprinter. Dawson caught the ball near midfield and outran the Vikings secondary to the end zone for a 73-yard TD.

Portland State came in as the FCS's best rushing team with 348 yards a game but had only 119 yards on 44 carries against TCU. Vikings senior running back Cory McCaffrey, who had run for 291 yards and seven touchdowns the first two games, didn't play because of a swollen knee.

Still, the Vikings opened the game with a 14-play, 71-yard drive that ended with Brown's 22-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead. TCU then scored 41 consecutive points before Brown's 42-yard field goal with 12:40 left in the game, and Portland State didn't get a touchdown until Shaquille Richard scored on a 1-yard run with 1:39 left.

"We came out very strong. We ended up kind of hurting ourselves just kicking a field goal, but it was good to get out early like that," quarterback Connor Kavanaugh said. "Then the defense came out and went three and out. It just shows you how strong we are. Unfortunately, we needed to do that for the full 60 minutes. I definitely think we came out and shocked them."

Female Jogger Assaulted in Coronado

The Coronado Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who assaulted a female jogger early Saturday morning.

According to police, the woman was assaulted shortly before 6 a.m. near the 1000 block of Ocean Blvd.

The victim struggled with the man before he was scared away, running north on Ocean Blvd.

Police say the suspect is an adult male, white or possibly Asian, and 20-30 years old.

He is described as being 5’9 with a thin build, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, long khaki pants, a white baseball cap, and oversized eye glasses with black frames.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Coronado Police Department, at (619) 522-7350 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS (8477).

 

Voter ID Laws Passed, But Voter Fraud Rarely Occurs

Several states, including Texas, have adopted new laws requiring that people show a photo ID when they come to vote even though the kind of election fraud that the laws are intended to stamp out is rare. Even supporters of the new laws are hard pressed to come up with large numbers of cases in which someone tried to vote under a false identify.

"I've compared this to the snake oil salesman. You got a cold? I got snake oil. Your foot aches? I got snake oil," said election law expert Justin Levitt, who wrote "The Truth About Voter Fraud" for The Brennan Center for Justice. "It doesn't seem to matter what the problem is, [voter] ID is being sold as the solution to a whole bunch of things it can't possibly solve."

Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin have passed laws this year that allow voters without the required photo ID to cast provisional ballots, but the voters must return to a specific location with that ID within a certain time limit for their ballots to count.

Indiana and Georgia already had such laws. Other states have photo ID laws too, but provide different way to verify a voter's identity without a photo ID. Texas and South Carolina are awaiting approval for their laws from the Justice Department because of those are among that states with a history of voting rights suppression and discrimination.

Indiana's law, passed in 2005, was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008. Levitt combed through 250 cases of alleged election law fraud cited in legal briefs filed in that challenge. He found only nine instances involving a person allegedly voting in someone else's name, possibly fraudulently or possibly because of an error when the person signed in at the voting booth.

"They identified a lot of fraud, but very, very, very, very, very, very little of it could be prevented by identification at the polls," Levitt said.

The remainder involved vote buying, ballot-box stuffing, problems with absentee ballots, or ex-convicts voting even though laws bar them from doing so. Over the same seven-year time period covered by the cases Levitt reviewed, 400 million votes were cast in general elections.

"If there was evidence of this, we'd know about it," said Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters. Her organization, which has affiliates in every state, knows voter registrars, attends election meetings, observes and works at polls and is intimately aware of how the election system works.

Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank, said one reason there is scant evidence of voter fraud is no one checks ID at the polls. He cited a mid-1980s grand jury report that described how, over a 14-year period, "crews" were recruited in Brooklyn, N.Y., to vote multiple times in multiple elections at various polling places, using the names of real voters, dead voters, voters who had moved away and fictitious voters.

"Nobody's saying its large scale," but such fraud could make a difference in close races, said von Spakovsky, who led the Justice Department's civil rights division under President George W. Bush.

"It is something that happens in an instant and then it's gone," Republican Rep. Todd Rokita, who spent eight years as Indiana's secretary of state, testified during a recent Senate hearing. "Witnesses dissipate. These are volunteer poll workers. It's not a domestic violence case. It's not something that leaves visible scars or bruises. It's the kind of case that is very hard to prosecute. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

The laws and other voting restrictions have riled civil rights leaders and voter protection groups. Some groups say the new state laws are the equivalent of poll taxes and literacy tests that effectively kept minorities out of voting booths.

They argue that blacks, Hispanics, senior citizens, people with disabilities and the poor are more likely to lack the required photo ID. But they also contend others could be disenfranchised: voters who fail to bring ID with them; students whose school IDs are deemed unacceptable; people whose drivers' licenses have expired; women whose driver's licenses do not reflect their married names or new addresses.

"We basically see these voter ID restriction laws as a solution without a problem," said Judith Browne Dianis, co-director of The Advancement Project, a civil rights group.

Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott, a Republican, launched an investigation in 2005 to uncover what he called an "epidemic" of voter fraud. But reviews of Abbott's investigation two years later yielded no cases of voter impersonation fraud. A Dallas Morning News review in 2008 found the 26 cases prosecuted were all against Democrats, most involved blacks and Hispanics, and typically involved people who helped elderly voters with mail-in ballots, but failed to follow state law by signing their names and addresses on the envelopes.

Abbot's investigation was paid for with a $1.4 million Justice Department crime-fighting grant.

After a five-year hunt for voter fraud, the Bush administration's Justice Department came up with little widespread fraud, finding mostly cases of people mistakenly filling out voter registration forms or voting when they didn't know they were ineligible, The New York Times reported in 2007. But none of the cases involved a person voting as someone else.

Lorraine Minnite, author of "The Myth of Voter Fraud," spent years researching voter fraud after finding that pushes for election reform often raised concerns that the proposed changes could lead to more voter fraud.

Her research turned up one case of voter impersonation from 2000 to 2005: A New Hampshire teenager who cast a ballot as his father, who shared the same name. Minnite said she concluded "the whole problem is way overblown" largely for political reasons.

Asked by The Associated Press for examples of unprosecuted cases, Rokita's office pointed to suspicious or poorly filled out voter registration cards submitted in 2008 by the now-defunct community activist group ACORN. Rokita's spokesman Timothy Edson said the Indiana photo ID law prevented people from fraudulently voting under those registration cards.

But Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who led the hearing where Rokita testified and opposes the photo requirement, insisted such fraud should be prosecuted if it is happening frequently enough to warrant the new laws.

"There ought to be a clear example to the people of this country we just won't stand for this wherever it might occur," Durbin said.

2 Cops Injured in Scuffle With Suspect

Two Gloucester Township police officers were hospitalized early Saturday after they scuffled with a suspected auto thief.

One of the officers apparently sustained a broken bone in his knee, while the other was not seriously injured in the incident that began around 3:30 a.m.

The officers were assisting Haddon Heights police in their search for 25-year-old Hector Aviles of Camden. Aviles had allegedly led police on a chase in a stolen van and then ran off when it crashed.

The Gloucester officers found Aviles hiding in some bushes and the scuffle ensued. But they were soon able to subdue him.

Aviles, who was treated for minor injuries, was being held in the Camden County Jail on $150,000 bail. It wasn't known if he had retained a lawyer.

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Charger Rebounds From "F-Minus" Game

Jeromey Clary sunk his hips toward the ground, his body leaning forward as his right hand touched the synthetic grass at Gillette Stadium.

This needed to be different, he knew, staring at a 290-pound defensive end.

This would be different.

The Chargers right tackle wears the jersey and pants, the socks and cleats, the helmet and strap of every other player on the team's roster. But a hidden piece of apparel explains why Clary was one of the most improved Chargers in Week 2 against the Patriots.

And it is why he's entirely unsatisfied as the Chargers prepare to host the Chiefs on Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium.

“I always have a chip on my shoulder on Sundays,” Clary, 28, said. “It's just who I am. I kind of put myself down to make myself work harder, to get ready. It's probably not a really good technique. I wouldn't (recommend) it to a lot of people because it's way better to have confidence. But in my mind, I kind of doubt myself.”

In the season opener against the Vikings, doubts gained ammunition.

Matched up primarily with defensive end Brian Robison, Clary conceded, according to Pro Football Focus, six quarterback pressures and a sack. On a second-quarter screen pass, Clary's cut-block attempt nipped Robison's shoes, and the defender quickly recovered to stop running back Mike Tolbert for a 5-yard loss.

Clary has always been his harshest critic.

He was setting too flat, he said. His punch wasn't where it need to be. He had to improve at using his hips and throwing his hands.

Clary is also his toughest grader.

“Week 1, probably an F-minus,” Clary said. “I was disappointed. I had a pretty good camp, and I practiced really well. I played pretty good in the (preseason) games and didn't have any of those problems that surfaced. Just disappointment. The whole game, it was disappointment and then frustration. Then just real focused and determined to move on.”

Preparation is Clary's strength.

The sixth-year veteran is a grinder, practicing pass sets on his Tuesday off-days. During the work week, he takes reps before practice begins. For better or worse, his doubts fuel his drive — no, that technique wasn't good enough; no, I would have been beaten there.

The chip Clary carries now is to prove he's worth the four-year contract he signed in July.

Chargers center Nick Hardwick called Clary's work ethic “out of control.”

“Nobody can really keep up with him as far as how long and how hard he can work,” Hardwick said. “That alone will get you through all the downsides of most games. He's the first one on the field. He's the last one to leave. He's in here super early in the mornings, watching film. He's just a consistent preparer, if that's a word.”

Offensive line coach Hal Hunter is a pastor at preaching technical details to the group.

Clary was a faithful follower in the second game.

While still not perfect, he made strides across the board against Patriots defenders, including veterans Shaun Ellis and Andre Carter.

Clary gave himself a B-minus for the performance.

For the turnaround, Chargers coach Norv Turner would probably reward an A.

“That's one thing, I think, you look for,” Turner said. “He wasn't happy with the way he played, and he came back, and I thought he had an outstanding game … There's a mindset on the team: If you don't get your job done, you're letting everybody down.

“Jeromey has always responded. He's always come through. You're not going to be perfect every game, but he certainly works as hard on it as anybody in the game.”

14-Year-Old Shot in Chest While Walking: Police

A teen was hospitalized Friday night after being shot in the chest while walking in Escondido, said Escondido police.

The 14-year-old boy was walking northbound in the 600 block of Escondido Blvd when he was struck by the bullet of a small caliber gun at about 9:45 p.m., police said.

Detectives in the case aren’t sure whether the teen was the intended target.

The victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

No other information, including a suspect description, was provided.

Eating Backyard 'Shrooms Nearly Kills 2

Heavy rains have helped flora flourish around the D.C. region, and mushrooms have been no exception.

When a Springfield, Virginia man saw a clutch of wild mushrooms sprouting in his backyard, he thought nature had given him a gift.

"This was my first time that I saw mushrooms in my backyard," said Frank Constantinopla, 49, "so I said why am I so lucky, why other houses don't have mushrooms like me?"

Constantinopla said that where he grew up the Phillipines, it was common practice to go looking for mushrooms after rainy weather, and then put them into a meal.

The only problem was, the mushrooms Constantinopla and his wife picked were likely Amanita phalloides, commonly referred to by mushroom experts as "Death Caps."

According to the CDC, Death Caps may be responsible for 90 percent of mushroom-ingestion deaths around the world.  Their smell is described as honey-sweet, and death caps have commonly been mistaken for Caesar's mushrooms or straw mushrooms, both edible.

After eating his backyard mushrooms in a stir-fry, Constantinopla got very sick, suffering from dysentery, dizziness, nausea, and fatigue.  His wife also fell ill, but her symptoms were much milder.

Constantinopla wound up at Georgetown University Hospital, where doctors there told him he was in danger of liver failure.  Without treatment, Constantinopla would either need a liver transplant or faced death.

There is an experimental drug called silibinin, not yet approved by the FDA, that is supposed to inhibit the damaging effects of the death caps.  Constantinopla's physician at Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. Jacqueline Laurin, was able to secure permission to administer the experimental drug.

Constantinopla got the drug on September 15, responded positively, and has been recovering since then.

On September 21, another area man was transported to Georgetown University Hospital for treatment, also suffering from mushroom poisoning.  Walter Luntz, 82, a farmer in Frederick, had fallen ill after eating mushrooms on his property. 

Luntz ate another deadly mushroom variety, Amanita bisporigera, known as "Destroying Angels."  Those mushrooms can be mistaken for "little brown mushrooms," an edible variety.  Luntz was also given the experimental drug and has been recovering.

While physicians were happy that these two mushroom eaters had good outcomes, they caution everyone to avoid eating backyard fungus.  For those who like mushrooms, experts say, stick to the ones you buy in the store. 

"Our area has seen a lot of rain and dampness in the past month, meaning there are a lot of mushrooms sprouting up in people's backyards," Dr. Laurin said.  "We hope people will leave those alone."

Man, Pregnant Woman Wanted in Clementon Burglaries

Clementon Borough police are searching for two people wanted in connection with a recent string of daytime burglaries.  One of the suspects is pregnant, police say.

Investigators say the pair was caught on surveillance camera Thursday breaking into a home and fleeing with several bags filled with items. The victims were sleeping inside the residence and were not injured, according to police.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact Det. Sergeant Robert Worrick with the Clementon Police Department at (856) 783-2271.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued for SoCal Areas

The National Weather service issued a hazardous weather outlook for parts of Southern California Saturday.

Isolated thunderstorms were expected over mountains and desert areas in the afternoon, which may lead to a few lightning strikes, officials said.

Affected areas include: San Diego County Valleys, Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills, Coachella Valley, County deserts and coastal waters from San Mateo point to Mexico, among others.

The outlook is valid until 6 a.m. Sunday.

 

Thousands Participate in Denton's First Komen Race for the Cure

Race organizers said Denton's first Race for the Cure was a success.

More than 2,000 people showed up Saturday morning to run or walk for the cause.

"I love the fact that Susan G. Komen is expanding to other cities," breast cancer survivor Valerie Wright said. "It's a blessing to be out here."

Wright was among the pack of racers as she celebrated a major milestone in her fight against breast cancer.

"I completed my last chemo treatment this past Wednesday," she said.

Survivors hit the streets, pleased to be racing in their hometown.

"The community came out," Denton race chair Jennifer Sheehan said. "They supported us. We are so excited we get to come back next year."

The race also attracted Mark Goldstein, a 71-year-old breast cancer survivor who participates in almost all inaugural races. He traveled to Denton from New Jersey for the day.

"Inaugural races are magnificent because, perhaps for the first time, the participants realize that you can subordinate the tragedy of breast cancer and elevate it to a wonderful exhilarating experience, and that's what Denton experienced today," he said.

His race number, 214, represented the number of times he's participated in Komen Race for the Cure. 

"My message is to get out there and to make the men aware that they, too, can develop what is thought to be a woman's disease," Goldstein said.

Suspects Wanted in Freddy Krueger Prop Theft

Claiming it was a "Nightmare on Third Avenue" would make the situation relatively funny, however Chula Vista police aren't joking about finding the suspects who robbed an insurance agency of a Freddy Krueger prop, Wednesday night.

The mechanical prop was taken from an Insurance 4 Less located on Third Avenue near Sea Vale Street, said Chula Vista police Lt. Scott Arsenault.

At least two youths were seen fleeing from the scene into a dark-colored Cheverolet Suburan, Arsenault said.

The burn-scarred head of prop fell off as it was being hustled into the car, Arsenault added.

An employee on duty Saturday declined to give any comment on the incident.

 

Man Commits Robbery With Gun-Shaped Lighter: Police

A man walked into a cleaners in Abington Township, pulled out his lighter, and said, "I have a gun, gimmie all the money," police said.

The man then reached into the cash register and helped himself to the cash, authorities said.

The incident happened at 5 p.m. on September 23, at the Green Clean Cleaners on Township Line Road.  The robbery victim told police observed the man leaving the store, in a green Dodge four-door sedan.  Authorities recognized the vehicle description as one involved in previous robberies in the area.

After a search, the car was spotted on Susquehanna Road near Bradfield Road.  Officers pulled the car over and detained the driver, 29-year-old Thomas Moore, of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.  In his pocket was a silver cigarette lighter, shaped like a handgun.

Moore admitted to robbing the cleaners and to committing several other crimes in the Delaware Valley area.

 

Man, 14-Year-Old Arrested in Vista Burglary Series

A man and a young teen were arrested Friday in connection with a string of home burglaries that occurred in west Vista neighborhood.

San Diego County Sheriffs have arrested 18‐year‐old Taylor Beil Brylla and a 14‐year‐old boy who they said are responsible for all three burglaries.

The two suspects matched descriptions made by witnesses of burglaries which happened just south of Highway 78 in the gated community of Moncado Springs.

Entering the homes between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., the suspects came through windows and in one case an unlocked door, officials said.

On Friday the suspects were detained by citizens who called deputies after they said the pair was casing a home the 1700 block of Creekside Lane just before 2 p.m.

One of those citizens, Greg Rafail, told the NCT one of the suspects looked just like the man in a sketch passed around the neighborhood Friday morning.

Rafail, 40, said in a interview with the paper that he watched as one of the two suspects approached a home, then confronted them.

"I held the flier to his face and said "That's you," Rafail said.

Rafail called 911, but the two men fled as a sheriff's deputy drove up which prompting the neighborhood search.

The suspects were later located at a nearby mobile home where they were arrested.

Brylla admitted to all three burglaries as well as to arming himself with a kitchen knife during one of the break-ins, officials said.

The minor suspect only admitted to one of the crimes.

During the burglary spree the pair reportedly made off with a video game console which was found during a search of their homes.

The juvenile faces charges of residential burglary and resisting/delaying a peace officer and Brylla faces the same with an added charge of commercial burglary.

 

Northbound 405 Freeway Closed Saturday Night in the Sepulveda Pass

It's not Carmaggedon, but northbound lanes of the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass will be closed starting at 11 p.m. Saturday night, Metro officials said.

Northbound lane closures on the 405 in the middle of the pass will start at 11 p.m. tonight, and the entire northbound 405 will be closed by 1 a.m. Sunday. The barricades are supposed to be clear by 7 a.m. Sunday.

Early morning traffic will be detoured onto Sepulveda Boulevard, through the old tunnel and into the valley. The detoured traffic can re-enter the freeway near Ventura Boulevard, Metro officials said.

The northbound on-ramps at Getty Center and Mulholland drives will be closed during that period as well. Southbound traffic will not be substantively affected, Metro officials said.

Contractors will remove and replace old overhead freeway signs, forcing the northbound freeway to be shut down at Getty Center Drive, the agency said.

Dozens Arrested As Wall St. Protests Continue

Many people were arrested Saturday as the Occupy Wall St. protest moved north to Union Square, although exact numbers were not yet confirmed by police

 

Police acknowledged that arrests were made, but would not disclose the exact number.

 

Witnesses and protesters told USA LOCAL NEWS that at least 50 people were arrested -- so many that the police brought in MTA buses to bring them to the local precinct. Most of the arrests took place on E. 12th and 5th Ave. before the protest continued to Union Square.

 

There were multiple reports that police officers used excessive force while making arrests, but police refused to comment on the allegations.

 

The protest began last Saturday as hundreds of people set up camp near the New York Stock Exchange to target financial firms. Among other things, they questioned political connections between Washington lawmakers and giant moneymaking companies, as well as the government bail out of Wall St.

 

Five people were arrested Monday on disorderly conduct, and for breaking an old law that forbids protesters from wearing masks. 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone Bridge Comes Back to Beat Broad Run

On Friday night in Virginia, Stone Bridge hosted unbeaten Broad Run.  Redskins' receiver Santana Moss was in the crowd to watch the Battle of Ashburn.

Broad Run's Conner Jessup threw a quick pass to Derril Thomas, who scored twice in the second quarter.  The  Spartans went up 24-0 at halftime.

In the second half, Stone Bridge came back.  Steven Trivieri took a direct snap 57 yards for a score.  Bulldogs would later tie it up at 24 and force overtime.

In OT, Broad Run scores on their possession but missed the extra point so Stone Bridge with the ball and Trivieri punched it in from one yard out, tying the game at 30.

So it came down to extra point, and Senior Ben Lambourne delivered the winning kick. 

Stone Bridge rallied from a 24-0 halftime deficit to beat Broad Run 31-30 in overtime.

 

1 Dead, 8 Wounded in Shooting at 'Juvenile Party'

One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a volley of gunfire early Saturday morning in South Los Angeles, police said.

Devon Hakilmy, 19, was killed at what police called a "juvenile party" on 47th Street near Broadway, about a half mile southeast of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. The coroner said Hakilmy was a Los Angeles resident, but would not say if he lived in that neighborhood.

Los Angeles police officers were in the area of the party, in the 200 block of West 47th Street, and heard gunfire just after midnight. They rushed to the party and found what a desk officer at the Newton Station described as a "hot scene."

Lt. Wayne Lightfoot later said police found the dying man and seven other gunshot victims, who were taken to hospitals.

Police and firefighters set up a command post at Broadway and 47th Street, and sealed off the area to search for the gunman or gunmen. What touched off the bloodshed was not immediately known.

Hospital conditions on the other victims were unavailable.

East Dallas Neighborhood Trying to Keep Kids Safe

An East Dallas neighborhood watch is working to increase safety after two elementary students were hit by cars while trying to cross the street this month.

A student was hit on Sept. 16 on Peavy Road and another student was struck five days later on Gross Road. Both children survived.

Ellen Childress, head of the Truett Area Neighborhood Crime Watch, reached out to Dallas police to get extra patrols in the area during school dismissal times.

"We get a good benefit from it for two or three weeks and then we need to do it again, but that's not a long-term solution, we all agree," she said.

Students walking around Truett Elementary is a common sight when school lets out for the day.

"The children will be running across the street, between cars, not looking, and the parents are calling them, so they would be more prone or more apt to get hit running across the street," resident Annette Oni said.

New student loading signs at the school are supposed to prevent that by keeping cars moving along the curb for student pickup. But the signs are overlooked or just misunderstood, Oni said.

"If somebody is really coming and they're concentrating on looking at the children, they're not even looking at the sign. The children are not looking at the sign," she said.

Childress said keeping the students safe is a community effort, with DISD, Dallas police and residents putting their heads together.

She said there is mostly a need for education, with officers writing enough tickets to convince people not to stop in the middle of the street to pick up their children.

Childress is also reaching out to DISD to request crossing guards.

"I don't want to stand in my front door and see one get killed or badly hurt," she said.

Winning Lottery Ticket Sold at Carlsbad Chevron

One person who bought a ticket from a gas station in Carlsbad won the lottery last night, according to California lottery officials.

The winning ticket for yesterday's MEGA Millions draw was sold at Poinsettia Village Chevron, which is located at 7170 Avenida Encinas in Carlsbad, officials said in a media release.

The matching numbers were: 21, 27, 32, 40, and 52, missing only the Mega number of 36.

The winner has 180 days to claim their prize worth $292,587.

For those who are still hoping to win, there is some good news.

No one won the MEGA Millions jackpot so Tuesday’s game is now worth $96 million.

 

Murder Investigation in Newark

Police responding to an assault call found an unconscious man in Newark, Delaware on Saturday morning.

An examiner later pronounced the victim dead at Christiana Hospital.

New Castle Police said the victim was found in the Abbey Walk Apartment complex at 4:37 a.m.  University of Delaware police and Newark police both responded to the call.

Police are asking for the public's help in solving the crime.  To offer a tip, contact the New Castle County Police Department at 395-8110 or visit their website at >.

Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run Driver Sought

Police are seeking the driver of a car that plowed into a woman crossing the street in Uptown and then reportedly backed up and struck her again before fleeing the scene early Saturday on the North Side. The pedestrian died eight hours later.

Beverly Akerson, 43, of an unidentified address, was pronounced dead at 9:58 a.m. Saturday morning. .

Police say that shortly after 1:30 a.m., two witnesses saw a car traveling west on Lawrence at a high rate of speed plow into the victim near Sheridan Road. The woman landed motionless on the ground.

The driver stopped, put the car into reverse and hit her again before fleeing southbound on Sheridan Road, Lt. Jeffrey Hoffmann said.

"It was cold," Hoffmann said of the driver's actions. There was no indication the motorist and the victim know each other.

Akerson suffered broken bones, including her pelvis and a head injury.

No one saw the license plate on the car, which was possibly a Buick, and the driver was not in custody as of Saturday afternoon.

Two Men Sought for Thirft Store ATM Robbery

A pair of thieves used a dolly to steal an ATM from a San Diego thrift store today, San Diego police said.

Two male suspects pried the front doors to gain entry to the AMVET Thrift Store, in the 3400 block of Sutherland Street, near Pacific Highway, at about 1:45 a.m., police said.

A surveillance camera repordtedly captured the thieves entering the store with a dolly and leaving the business with the ATM.

One of the robbers was said to be wearing a wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, camouflage pants and a blue baseball cap.

No description of the other suspect was provided.

Police did not release the surveillance tape, but asked anyone with information on the robbery to contact them at (619) 692-4800.

 

High-Speed Chase Turns Fatal

A motorist fleeing police, reaching speeds up to 100 miles per hour, was killed Saturday when he smashed into another car carrying three people at the entrance to Cal State Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said.

The three occupants in the Dodge Charger were injured. The driver, a 53- year-old man, suffered minor injuries. His passengers, a 49-year-old woman, suffered major injuries and a 20-year-old woman suffered moderate injuries. All three people were residents of Hayward, near San Francisco, and were taken to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.

The speeding motorist had been driving a 1997 Honda Accord, got out of his car after striking the Dodge Charger, and collapsed on a lawn next to a bus stop. He was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

The crash at Paseo Rancho Castilla, east of Mariondale Avenue occurred at 1:04 a.m.

Prior to the crash, the CHP had been pursuing the unidentified man in the Honda for a speed violation on the westbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway from Del Mar Avenue in Rosemead. The Honda got off the freeway at Fremont Avenue and continued speeding west on Hellman Avenue.

The CHP unit continued to pursue the Honda until it lost sight of it just east of the Long Beach (710) Freeway overcrossing. The Honda sped west on Hellman Avenue, which turns into Paseo Rancho Castilla, at the entrance of Cal State Los Angeles.

The Dodge Charger was stopped at a stop sign eastbound on Paseo Rancho Castilla, where it was about to make a right turn into the university parking lot.

The Honda driver apparently missed a slight curve and struck the Dodge Charger head on, investigators said. The impact propelled the Dodge about 125 feet backward.

The Honda continued forward where it hit a bus stop awning and came to a rest on the south sidewalk of Paseo Rancho Castilla, the CHP said.

Crews Battle Blaze at Hillcrest Supermarket

San Diego Fire Department officials reported a fire at a supermarket in Hillcrest just before 11 a.m. Saturday.

The fire began at about 10:50 a.m. at in the underground parking lot Ralphs located at 1030 Hillcrest Avenue, SDFD officials said.

The fire was determined to be a first alarm blaze.

Traffic was being redirected due to the flames.

"Well-Dressed Bandit" Strikes Again

A robbery spree suspect known for wearing stylish attire while committing crimes may have struck again Friday evening with a heist at a Chase Bank in Sorrento Valley, according to officials.

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and San Diego police are asking the public for help in finding the so called, “Well-Dressed Bandit” , who they believe has committed ten robberies at banks around the county since May of 2010.

In his latest heist on Friday the suspect entered a Chase Bank located at 9450 Scranton Road at about 5:45 p.m., said Officer Frank Cali.

He simulated a weapon after approaching a teller and began demanding cash, officials said.

The teller gave the crook a sum of money and he dashed out of the bank on foot.

In what might be true to form, the usually “well-dressed” robber was seen fleeing the scene in a black Lexus or Mercedes Benz, according to witnesses.

Officials said this is the third time the suspect has robbed that particular Chase Bank, having been connected to a heist on September 7 and November 5 of last year.

The first robbery the suspect is believed to have committed was in May 2010 at a Wells Fargo bank in Escondido.

 

USBedBugs.com's Adam Greenberg on Finding Unexpected Niches

Northbrook entrepreneur Adam Greenberg is the founder of USBedBugs.com, but when he went into business for himself years prior, parasites weren't exactly at the forefront of his mind. Greenberg actually started off with a medical-supply website, and over time, realized that his customers were using his mattress covers to protect against bed bugs, instead of what they were intended for -- incontinence.

Yes, it's a potentially stomach-turning way to make it but what matters as an entrepreneur is the bottom line, and if you're helping people, all the better. What's more, there's a lot of money in the bed-bug market. Sunday through Tuesday, the Bed Bug Summit will be taking place at the Hyatt near O'Hare in Rosemont. The hotel will be infested with vendors displaying products to keep those pesky bugs at bay.

To get a better idea of what this field is like, I gave Greenberg a call.

How did you wind up working in the bed-bug market?

Adam Greenberg: I ran a medical-supply company under the name NorthShore Care Supply, selling customers supplies over the Internet for almost 10 years now. Roughly about five, six years ago our customers who saw we had mattress protectors started asking for mattress protectors for bed bugs. Obviously it was something that wasn't very much in the news back then, so we found some products that were available for keeping the bed bugs out of mattresses and we started hearing these horror stories of people living through bed-bug infestations. The only people we talked to [back then] already had them. Nobody was buying products for prevention back then.

You just listen to these stories about how it took people months and months to get rid of them, they had trouble sleeping, and it was costing people thousands of dollars. Exterminators back then had very few tools to deal with them even at that time. They would say to us, "Okay, you zipped up our mattress, because that's the only product that's available for bed bugs, but what can we do to prevent bringing them back the next time we travel?" We started investigating and doing some research, and we came up with one travel product that's our own invention called the BugZip Travel Protector, and we started developing these products to put on our website to help people detect bed bugs at home, to prevent bringing them home.

I understand that before people starting asking you, they were just buying your products and using them against bed bugs, which wasn't their intended purposes. Can you speak a little about how you mentally made the shift to meet a new market segment you hadn't previously considered?

Adam Greenberg: We obviously selected products that the manufacturers were repurposing and went through testing to assure that their products were effective on dealing with this problem. There are a lot of products out there that I feel haven't gone through adequate testing to repurpose -- we definitely steer clear of those. We do our own internal testing as well to make sure that anything put on our site doesn't just have the word "bed bug" on it but is effective and can't be misused.

I don't want to give people products that people are going to misuse and it can put them at risk. Even though you could buy them over-the-counter, we recommend they seek professional guidance for applying those kinds of things. We're very careful about the products we select. When we redirected our focus and added this new niche, we saw an opportunity that really fit in with our staying business practices. Being set up for home delivery really works well, because discrete home delivery is something that bed-bug customers want. They don't want their neighbors knowing that they're dealing with a problem, or in some cases, their family. Customer service over the Internet, advising people on which is the right product, not just giving them a list and sending them to Amazon.

How can people be aware of unexpected niches like you've stumbled upon?

Adam Greenberg: For us, it really comes down to staying close with the customers. We haven't outsourced our customer service. We have all our products here. We have all our people here. So when customers start asking for these other applications of existing products, we're able to get that feedback right away and start investigating. Get that feedback from the customer-service level, and don't lose it.

Protein Supplements Recalled

A San Fernando Valley company is recalling several brands of protein supplement products that may contain wheat, gluten or other ingredients that are not listed on the labels and could cause allergy problems.

Prolab Nutrition Inc. issued a news release Saturday warning that people with an allergy or severe sensitivity to Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, eggs, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, tree nuts, sulfites and walnuts, or gluten allergens, may run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume some Prolab products.

Prolab initiated this recall immediately following the discovery that labels of some of its protein food did not reveal the presence of wheat and gluten allergens in the products, said Jenia Khudagulyan, chief operating officer for Prolab's parent company.

The recalled products, according to the company, include some two- and five-pound containers of "Advanced Pure Whey Protein," "Pure Whey," and "Whey Isolate Protein" in milk chocolate, vanilla creme and wild strawberry flavors. They were sold in California and 33 other states, as well as in Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Russia.

Exact product codes and further information can be obtained by calling the company at (800) 262-8765.

The company said the only problem with the protein was the improper label. It said full refunds are available from the place of purchase.

Locations of FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers

Residents still continue to deal with the twin disasters of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.  To assist those in need, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened several disaster recovery centers in Pennsylvania.

These centers will be open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., until further notice.

Here are the locations:

Bucks County

Neshaminy Mall

Route 1 Bristol Road Bensalem, PA 19020

Chester County

Chester County Government Services Center

601 Westtown Road

West Chester, PA 19380

Montgomery County

Montgomery County Public Training Campus 1175 Conshohocken Road

Conshohocken, PA

Philadelphia County

Packard Building

111 S. 15th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102

Delaware County(Opening 9-24-11 @ 1:00 P.M.)

Darby Twp. Municipal Building

21 Bartram Avenue 

Glenolden, PA 19036

Bail Set At $1 Million For Man Accused of Shooting Two In Camden

Bail has been set at $1 million for a Camden man accused of fatally shooting two city residents as they sat in a car earlier this month.

   

Twenty-three-year-old Michael McNeil faces two counts of murder in the Sept. 6 slayings of 27-year-old Taurean Gilmore and 34-year-old Husani Boone. Boone was pronounced dead at the scene, while Gilmore died a short time later at a nearby hospital.

   

Camden County prosecutors say a motive for the shootings remains under investigation. But they say a witness reported seeing McNeil approach the car the men were in and fire "multiple shots'' into

 the vehicle.

   

Investigators recovered a .32-caliber handgun at the scene. But it's not clear whether that weapon was used in the shootings.

   

It wasn't known Saturday if McNeil had retained an attorney

 

Family Of Victim In LI Pharm Killings Sues NY

The family of a woman shot to death during a massacre at a Long Island pharmacy has filed a negligence claim against the Suffolk County police, saying they knew the shooter was troubled and should have taken his gun away before he hurt someone.

    

Jamie Taccetta was among four people killed by David Laffer during the robbery of a drug store in Medford.

    

Laffer pleaded guilty this month to first-degree murder.

    

Newsday reports that Taccetta's family filed the claim last week. The family says Laffer was a known drug user and the department should have revoked his gun permit.

    

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer says there was no legal basis to take away Laffer's guns.

 

More Homeless Students in NYC Classrooms

A steep spike in youth homelessness since 2008 is putting strain on the New York City public school system. 

Data recently reported to the federal government shows the number of homeless pupils in city schools has risen by a stunning 400 percent, from just over 10,000 to more than 40,000, since the start of the most recent economic recession.

The school homelessness numbers stand in stark contrast to official stats reported by the New York City Department of Homeless Services. 

That agency reports just over 8,000 school-aged kids are classified as homeless.  DHS uses a definition of homelessness which only includes populations in city shelters. 

The federal data on student homelessness, which schools are required to collect, includes students who don't have permanent houses or apartments, but live outside city shelters. 

"I think it is important to emphasize that the numbers in shelters are going in the right direction.  The number of applications are down.  The numbers in shelter are down from six months ago," said Seth Diamond, Commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services.

"That is an unfortunate bit of political spin from the Bloomberg administration," said Patrick Markee, policy analyst for New York City's Coalition for the Homeless.  Markee has suggested City Hall is chronically underestimating the city's homelessness problem.

 Adam Bucko, co-founder of Reciprocity Foundation, a non-profit offering career and life-coaching for homeless youth, said the dismal economy is clearly resulting in more broken families and more homeless young people seeking services.

"I am seeing more and more students who come to us hungry.  They don't have money for food.  They don't have money for Metrocards.  I wasn't seeing that before."

Bucko says the staggering increase in homeless students will require a sizable response from the government and non-profit sectors. 

"People usually say we need more affordable housing.  It's true, we need that.  But that is only half the equatio," he said.

"We also need places that can help people heal - that can convince them they have something within themselves."

 

  

Human Bones Uncovered at Oceanside Home

A construction project at an Oceanside home on Wednesday uncovered human bones, according to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s office and Oceanside police.

Officers were called to a home in the Capistrano neighborhood after a collection of small bone fragments were found inside compacted dirt, six inches under the ground surface, said Captain Leonard Mata in a media release.

The bones were collected by officers to be tested by the ME, who later determined them to be human, Mata said.

Detectives returned to the scene where the bones were discovered in order to further investigate.

The owner claimed that the concrete steps the bones were under had to be at least three decades old, Mata said.

Though officials said the area did not appear to be a gravesite, they would be looking further into the matter.

Officials planned on working with the ME’s office over the weekend to explore the site for more remains, Mata said.

The age or type of the bone fragments has yet to be been determined.

 

Falling Satellite Has Eyes to the Sky

NASA said the defunct 6-ton satellite has fallen from the sky.

The agency posted on its official Twitter site that the spacecraft crashed through the atmosphere early Saturday morning. A location was not immediately known.

NASA also reported on Twitter that no injuries or damages were reported. Most of it was believed to have burned up.

People in San Diego who watched closely enough Friday night got a glimpse of the falling NASA satellite that wasn't quite ready to crash down to Earth.

The research satellite seemed likely to come down the hard way, and soon, via an uncontrolled re-entry. It passed over  the United States Friday night.

San Diegans were the first in the country to see the satellite. There were other reported sightings, though confirmation was difficult.

Earlier, experts at the Vandenberg Air Force Base and NASA predicted that the now defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, would come down Friday. But experts said some sort of adjustment in the craft's positioning may have delayed its descent.

Most of the satellite is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, but an estimated 26 pieces, that's about 1,200 pounds, could survive and hit the earth.

Since nearly three-quarters of the world is covered with water, NASA is anticipated a splashdown rather than a landing.

NASA puts the chances at 1 in 3,200 that someone, somewhere will be hit.

The 20-year-old Upper Research Atmosphere Satellite will be the biggest NASA spacecraft to fall uncontrolled from the sky in 32 years.

In 1979 Skylab, America's first space station, fell to Earth sending pieces crashing onto Australia and into the ocean.

Three more satellites are poised to make uncontrolled entries into our atmosphere, with the next free fall expected in April of 2014.

Jerry Brown Signs Amazon Tax Bill

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a new bill that will require the Amazons of the virtual world to collect sales tax from California customers.

Brown said at a press conference in San Francisco that the compromise with Amazon would "create tens of thousands of jobs and inject hundreds of millions of dollars back into critical services like education and public safety in future years."

The bill was signed as California looks for new revenue streams to jump start its sluggish economy and after several brick-and-mortar stores complained that virtual retailers, such as Amazon, had an unfair competitive advantage because they did not charge customers tax.

Amazon had threatened to sever ties with hundreds of partner retailers in California to exploit a federal law that makes it difficult to force national businesses to pay taxes in a state where they do not have a physical presence, employees working or consistent contact.

Under the new bill, Amazon agreed not to end those relationships and not to pursue a voter referendum to overturn any such state laws.

The new law will not go into effect until Sept. 15, 2012.

Fairfax Co. Drops Letter Grades on Report Cards: Post

Elementary students in Fairfax County won’t get traditional report cards next school year.

According to the Washington Post, the school system will use a more-detailed review system. Instead of A's and B's, students will see their progress measured with numbers one through four.

Students will be graded in several skill areas. For example, instead of just one grade in math, a student would get scores for more than one math-related subdivision.

Fairfax County officials told the Washington Post this is a change of culture (for grading) and it's time for a new approach.

Space Junk Spares D.C. Region

A satellite that once relayed climate information to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt crashed through the atmosphere late Friday night.

D.C. and the rest of the continental United States were spared destruction.

The crash site for the 6.5 ton satellite could have been anywhere between latitude 57 north and 57 south, researchers predicted early this week, an area that includes most of inhabited Earth.

However, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite splashed down somewhere in the Pacific.  Although the debris trail may be as long as 500 miles, no reports have come in of pieces striking people, animals, or man-made structures.

The satellite, which ran out of fuel for its booster rockets in 2005, had been on a long uncontrolled descent back into the atmosphere.  NASA expected two dozen pieces of the satellite to survive the heat of reentry, although it was unclear on Saturday how many pieces actually fell.  Once through the atmosphere, the biggest chunk was expected to weigh 300 pounds.

There was a 1-in-3,200 chance of a person getting hit by falling debris.

In 2001, the 135-ton Mir space station crashed back to Earth, but that fall was controlled.  The Russian space station crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

Before you strap on your scuba gear to go looking for pieces of the climate satellite, you should know that you won't be allowed to keep any pieces.  NASA says it wants anything recovered from the UARS returned.

Lightning Causes Small Fire in Rancho Santa Fe

Lightning caused a small vegetation fire inside a vacant lot in Rancho Santa Fe, Friday afternoon, according to fire officials.

Officials with the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District reported the 20 by 20 foot fire in a lot near Paseo Delicias and the 7000 block of La Palma at about 4 p.m.

No homes were damaged or threatened by the flames and the fire was put out shortly after it began, officials said.

 

National Seat Check Saturday

Today, learn how to properly protect your child in the car. It is National Seat Check Saturday and the District is offering free car seat inspections.

You can have you child’s car seat checked out anytime between 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. at the DMV Vehicle Inspection Station at 1001 Half Street, SW. Your car seat will be inspected by a certified child passenger safety technician.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says roughly 3 out of every 4 child safety seats are not installed properly.  A correctly installed seat reduces the risk of fatal injury by more than 70 percent in children under the age of one, the agency says.

National Seat Check Saturday marks the end of Child Passenger Safety Week.

 

Own a Piece of the Hawk and Dove

If you’re distraught over the closing of the Hawk and Dove Bar, you can take home a piece of the popular Capitol Hill watering hole.

The bar is auctioning off everything, and we mean everything that’s not bolted down.

You can own barstools, neon signs, a stuffed boar’s head, or even the outdoor sign.

The bar is set to close October 2, and the auction will start on October 7.  If you’re interested, just head over to the auction website to see other items available.

2 Former NYC Employees Sentenced In Bribe Scheme

Two former New York City employees have been sentenced in a scheme to arrange city funding and permits for day care centers.

    

Aurora Villareal was sentenced Friday in federal court in Manhattan to four years in prison. Her co-defendant, Leonid Gutnik, got a 40-month prison sentence. Both pleaded guilty in February to mail fraud and honest services fraud conspiracy.

    

The two are accused of collecting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. They were arrested in August 2010 following a Department of Investigation probe and were indicted in federal court in January.

    

Gutnik worked with the Human Resources Administration and was fired in 2010. Villareal was employed with the city's health department since 1985 and was an early childhood education consultant when the investigation was launched.

 

Remains Found In Basement of Missing NJ Mom

Police are investigating human remains found in a cement-filled drum in a Jersey City apartment building where a missing woman lived.

 Sources say the 55-gallon drum was found in the basement  of a building where Randy "Amanda" Lehrer lived.

 

She was reported missing in August by her husband, Steven Acuna, who police say has refused to cooperate with the investigation. 

 

Lehrer was last seen with Acuna outside the restaurant where she worked. Witnesses said the couple had an argument on the sidewalk.

 

"Her husband was waiting for her on the corner with their baby. He just left the kid and the stroller here and went chasing after her. I didn't see what happened but he came back, got the baby and left," said Paul Watroba, who spoke to USA LOCAL NEWS in August.

 

Lehrer's boss, Andreas Diakos, said Acuna called  the restaurant three days after the argument to say she went to visit her sick mother in Canada, and would not be coming to work.

 

But Diakos said Lehrer's sister later told him their mother wasn't sick.

 

"He lied to me," said Diakos.

 

Police have not yet identified the remains found in the drum.

Traffic and Parking Restrictions for IMF Meeting

Watch out for downtown D.C. traffic delays this weekend, as executives from the IMF/World Bank hold multi-day meetings.

Street closures started on Friday night, and will stretch through Sunday at 5:00 p.m.



Lane closures and advisories:

19th  and G Street, NW intersection – No northbound traffic  

19th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW – No southbound traffic                          

18th Street, NW- closing the intersections westbound at H and G Street NW

20th  Street, NW-closing the intersections westbound at H and G Street NW

20th Street, NW-closing the intersections eastbound at G and H Street NW

Streets that lead to these closed streets may also be restricted to local traffic only.

 

Extra no parking restrictions will also be in place on some city streets until 5 p.m. Sunday.  Those locations are:

18th Street, from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

19th Street, from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

20th Street, from G Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

G Street, from 18th Street to 20th Street, NW

H Street (southern side), from 18th Street to 20th Street, NW

Breathalyzers Ordered for Firefighters

More than a dozen D.C. firefighters are in trouble after beer was found in the firehouse fridge.

Chief Kenneth Ellerbe temporarily shut down Engine 9 on U-Street in Northwest Thursday afternoon.  He ordered 15 firefighters to undergo a breathalyzer test.  None of them tested positive for alcohol, and the station was reopened a couple of hours later.

Ellerbe says the beer may have been a gift from grateful neighbors, but the firefighters should not have accepted it.  He says the community needs to know that first responders have their safety in mind.

The station's command staff is expected to face disciplinary action.