FBI: Man attempted to bomb bank, trying to set off US civil war

“The FBI, ending a sting, says it has arrested a California man after he tried to set off what he thought was a car bomb at a bank in Oakland.

Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, of San Jose, was arrested Friday morning, capping a months-long undercover investigation, the Justice Department said. Agents say he met last November with someone he thought was connected with the Taliban but who was actually an FBI [...]

Rape charges dropped against man who snuck into bed of ‘drunken’ woman and had sex with her- because she wasn’t MARRIED

Woman fell asleep in her bed with her boyfriend who went home later
Her brother’s friend then came upstairs and got in her bed and started kissing her
She woke up once he began having sex with her but at first she thought it was her boyfriend because the room was dark
Once she realized it wasn’t him, she screamed and kicked him out
Now his rape conviction overturned based on 1872 law that [...]

California Man Jailed Four Days for Recording Cops

Carlos Miller
PINAC
November 25, 2012

A California man was jailed for four days for attempting to record police officers on a public street.

Daniel J. Saulmon was charged with resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer but the video shows he was standing well out the way of a traffic stop and was only arrested when he failed to produce identification to an approaching officer.

And there is no law in California that requires citizens to produce [...]

REPORT: California man charged & jailed for refusing treatment for Tuberculosis

A California man, Armando Rodriguez (34), has been charged and arrested for refusing to adhere to treatment for tuberculosis.

He had failed to take eight doses in just 47 days, according to KTLA-TV.

Reports say the man refused to take medication for tuberculosis because he didn’t want to risk liver damage. He said he had alcohol and methamphetamine and was concerned that TB medication would affect his liver.

“Rodriguez is charged with failing [...]

California man turned water gun into shotgun, police say.

FRESNO, Calif. – A California man was arrested after authorities discovered the “Super Soaker” water gun he was wearing around his neck had been turned into a working shotgun, Fox affiliate KMPH reports.

Fresno police approached 54-year-old Randy Smith when they noticed the water gun around his neck Saturday because they had been recently briefed on people turning toys into working weapons.

 

 

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Man Sues BMW Over Non-Stop 20-Month Erection Caused By Motorcycle Ride

SAN FRANCISCO (WWJ) - BMW North America has probably had to deal with plenty of  unusual lawsuits, but one filed last week may be a first — a California man says the seat on his motorcycle has given him an erection he just can’t shake.

Henry Wolf of California is suing BMW America and aftermarket seatmaker Corbin-Pacific claiming his issue began after a four-hour ride on his 1993 BMW motorcycle, with a ridge [...]

Watch out! Astonishing video of California man so distracted by sending a text he walks into a BEAR

Texting while walking down the street can be dangerous – traffic, lamp posts and even pot holes can lead to accidents.

But for one California man the danger was even bigger.

TV helicopter crews in California managed to capture an oblivious phone user walking into the path of a 500lb black bear.

Watch video here

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127891/Astonishing-video-California-man-distracted-sending-text-walks-BEAR.html#ixzz1rgMz26yt

Avoid This Top 10 List At All Costs! Highest Bail Amounts of 2011:

This list is reserved for some of the worst of the worst United States criminals from 2011!

The Top 10 Highest Bail amounts for 2011!

9. $2,250,000: Karl F. Bonilla – Felony Shootings

8. $2,700,000: Jordan Liu – Child Molestation

7. $3,000,000: Marlon L. Green – Murder

6. $3,000,000: Daniel Lopez – Murder

5. $4,000,000: James Alan Greene – Attempted Murder

4. $5,000,000: Davis Ison – Attempted Armed Robbery

4. $5,000,000 cash: Jahmell W. Crockam – Murdering a [...]

Epilepsy Foundation warning shows that television, movies can reprogram brain neurology

Jonathan Benson
Natural News
December 12, 2011

(NaturalNews) Rapidly flashing lights and other fast-moving visual effects in movies, television, and video games can trigger sudden epileptic seizures and other neurological disorders in humans, and a recent warning by an epilepsy group confirms this. According to the Baltimore Sun, the Maryland-based Epilepsy Foundation recently issued a warning about the new, hit movie Breaking Dawn, which is part of the Twilight series, that essentially proves popular media’s ability to [...]

‘Adult baby’ cleared of SS fraud, wants apology from senator

From Washington Times:

The California man who lives part of his life as an “adult baby” and collects Social Security disability payments says the federal agency has cleared him of wrongdoing and will continue sending checks.

Stanley Thornton Jr. now wants an apology from Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who called for the benefit review because the investigation disrupted the final months of life for his roommate Sandra Dias, who playacted as his [...]

DAD THROWS SON OVERBOARD CRUISE BOAT AFTER ARGUMENT

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was arrested for investigation of throwing his crying 7-year-old son into the water from a sightseeing cruise boat during an argument that shocked other passengers, authorities said Monday.

Sloane Briles, 35, was taken into custody for child endangerment and resisting arrest, Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.

“The father hit him several [...]

CA man falls into Maui blow hole, disappears

In this Saturday, July 9, 2011 photo provided and shot by Rocco Piganelli, Piper Piganelli, Marley Meyer, and Maddie Meyer, lower left, pose for a photo Piganelli says was taken moments before a man, in the spray at right, fell to his apparent death in a blow hole at Nakalele Point in Maui, Hawaii. Piganelli, of La Jolla, Calif., told The Associated Press that he [...]

Man filmed women, children in STARBUCKS bathroom using camera disguised as coat hook

A California man placed a hidden camera inside a Starbucks bathroom and filmed dozens of unsuspecting women and children, according to police. The camera was disguised as a coat hook and affixed to a wall adjacent to a toilet for two days last month.

William Zafra Velasco, 25, was arrested earlier this month by Glendora Police Department officers, who executed search warrants at [...]

Man ‘accidentally’ drives car off South Rim of Grand Canyon

PHOENIX – A man who survived after apparently driving his car off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon hit a tree just feet (meters) before another long drop-off, an official said Wednesday.

The driver was treated at Flagstaff Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries, said Grand Canyon National Park spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge. She declined to release the 21-year-old’s identity or hometown until park rangers have finished their investigation.

Park [...]