"If we gon win and if we didn't imma shoot up ed white."
When an Ed White school resource officer saw this threatening post on the popular MySpace.com, he called in a police investigator to report it. The police said that the student who posted it said his name was Bruce and that he attended Raines High School. The sheriff's office soon learned that that was a lie. The student actually attends Ed White, and plays on the football team. The student wrote, "I'm #48 u better be on the bench wen IM on the field..." and "45 … Pearl World … Dodge Road", which investigators think are the names of gangs.
When they saw these postings, the investigator contacted MySpace to find out where it came from. They found the student and arrested him Wednesday night after he admitted to making the threats. He says that they were all a joke with his friends, and surely not serious. Police are still wondering why the student said he went to Raines and why he faked his name.
When the police talked to the coach of Ed White, he said he didn't think that his team was in any kind of danger. The police still say that it's their job to make sure a little joke doesn't go too far. "Playing or not, we take it serious. So, be careful what you write because it may come back to haunt you," says JSO's spokesman Ken Jefferson. The young boy was sent back home on Thursday after being charged with making written threats to kill or do bodily harm. The teen tells Channel 4 news that the comments were just a joke.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Rough draft- Dog Dials 911
In Scottsdale, Arizona a dog called 911 when its owner had a seizure.
Buddy is an 18 month old German Shepard who was trained to call 911 whenever his owner had a seizure. His owner, Joe Stalnaker trained the dog to where if he is ever laying in the floor unresponsive, to pick up the phone. Buddy doesn't actually dial 911, though. But when he picks up the phone, one of his teeth presses a button. If a button is held for more than 3 seconds, it automatically dials 911.
At 11:45 on a Wednesday morning, a 911 dispatcher received an emergency call. Instead of talking with a human, dispatcher Chris Trot heard the whimpers and barks of a dog. She stayed on the line for less than 3 minutes until she heard an ambulance arrive to the home. The paramedics rushed Stalnaker to a nearby hospital with Buddy alongside in the ambulance.
Stalnaker says his potentially fatal seizures are the result of injuries he received during service in the military ten years ago. He has had 3 in the past year; all of which Buddy has dialed 911 for and saved his life. "He knows what to do, he's looking out for me," Joe says. "Without him, I would be in a group home somewhere." Joe stayed two nights recovering from his seizure, but is now back at home with his K-9 best-friend.
Buddy is an 18 month old German Shepard who was trained to call 911 whenever his owner had a seizure. His owner, Joe Stalnaker trained the dog to where if he is ever laying in the floor unresponsive, to pick up the phone. Buddy doesn't actually dial 911, though. But when he picks up the phone, one of his teeth presses a button. If a button is held for more than 3 seconds, it automatically dials 911.
At 11:45 on a Wednesday morning, a 911 dispatcher received an emergency call. Instead of talking with a human, dispatcher Chris Trot heard the whimpers and barks of a dog. She stayed on the line for less than 3 minutes until she heard an ambulance arrive to the home. The paramedics rushed Stalnaker to a nearby hospital with Buddy alongside in the ambulance.
Stalnaker says his potentially fatal seizures are the result of injuries he received during service in the military ten years ago. He has had 3 in the past year; all of which Buddy has dialed 911 for and saved his life. "He knows what to do, he's looking out for me," Joe says. "Without him, I would be in a group home somewhere." Joe stayed two nights recovering from his seizure, but is now back at home with his K-9 best-friend.
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