"We were just there chillin' having fun, and all of a sudden I heard 'pow.' I got up and started running. I ain't even know I got hit until I look down, and I'm like, 'Oh junk, I got hit.'"
These are the words of Ineze Buie, a 17 year old girl who was shot in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in Northwest Jacksonville. Ineze, along with four other friends were all standing outside when a car pulled up and three masked men opened fire. Cherron Holzendorf and Buie were found along the 7800 block of Denham Road West. A third victim, Justin Harris, was found in a shed on Aubrey Avenue after bystanders directed police to him. Harris told police he ran into the shed to take cover when he heard the gunfire, but realized he had already been shot in the leg. The last two victims, Cheterria Cain and Jerrick Wright were driven to Shands in private vehicles.
"I'm just glad it was my back instead of any place else," said Buie. She said the shooting was simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they were all just hanging out when someone started shooting.
"I think it's crazy, and everybody needs to come together and realize this is not the way to go and if there is going to be any retaliation, let the police do it," said the mother, Anita Walton. The police still do not have any suspects, even after several hours of talking to neighbors and searching for clues.
"It's opened my eyes. I've learned you can't be with everybody. You can't be with the crowd. You got to stay to yourself, and you can't always follow people because you never know what might happen to you,' Buie said.
It seems more and more lately Jacksonville is becoming one giant victim of violence. You see more and more commercials advertising guns, and not enough advertising peace and safety. Teens are getting the wrong idea everyday and nobody seems to know how to help the issue. Even Terry Parker is becoming a victim, having had a gun brought to school recently by a student. What is this saying about our city; our youth? And how can we find ways to stop the violence?
Everybody can band together and work towards making Jacksonville and our local communities a safer place. Try talking to your friends, your children, or even your neighbors about how we can influence teens and adults alike that violence is not the answer. Everyone together can make a difference, we just have to try.
Information from http://www.news4jax.com/news/18257755/detail.html
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
A teacher in Tampa, Florida was recently caught selling crack cocaine and heroin. Undercover deputies
started to investigate second grade teacher Valerie Sabarese after she delivered drugs to them on a Friday
afternoon. She had just left Summerfield Crossings Elementary School and headed to a local convenient store.
She sold .3 grams of heroin and .3 grams of crack cocaine to the undercover detectives for cash. They busted
her and took her into custody. A spokesman of Hillsborough County school systems said that Sabarese will be
receiving a letter relieving her of her job as a school teacher, and pending further school board action. She is
currently under arrest, and did not immediately have an attorney.
Something quite similar occurred with two Terry Parker teachers in March, 2005. 55 year old Terry Hannabas
was found dead in his shower after not showing up for work for two days. Police jimmied open a slide glass
door to get into Hannabas' locked house when they found 76 marijuana plants, along with growing equipment
that included lights, a ventilation fan, two scales, an odor-elimination device, rolling papers, a bong and several pipes; and three tanks of carbon dioxide and bottles of clear liquid used to grow the weed. They also found a few firearms and some ammunition.
The second teacher was Driver's Ed teacher Lamar Minton, 46. He was busted after being suspected of having a fictitious driver's license and a fake license to rent a mailbox that he had marijuana seed packets sent to. Police found 40 marijuana drug plants, paraphernalia, and a baggy of the drug. He was arrested shortly before the discovery of Hannabas' body. He had taught for 21 years.
This is a lesson to all you students. Don't judge your teacher too quickly, cause you never really know them
like you think you might. Some teachers may be a little more educated in some subjects other than history. They
might actually be more relatable to you than you think.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Myspace threats
"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.
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 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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