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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Aside from the bizarre editing, some nice quotes.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A man who stole a pet capuchin monkey worth was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.
Kenneth M. King, 25, who pleaded guilty to burglary in the February incident, was also ordered to spend five years on supervised probation. "You essentially took a member of that family," Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Michele Dane Jaklitsch said in handing down the sentence.
Brian and Michelle Howard, who own Janey, a white-throated capuchin worth $7,000, said outside the courtroom that their monkey has been frightened since she was returned to them two days after the Feb. 2 break-in. "She's very clingy," said Brian Howard, who bought the creature as a Christmas gift for his wife. Janey still holds a teddy bear for comfort.
Assistant State's Attorney David P. Ash said King and his girlfriend, Wendy M. Ward, 30, were intrigued by Janey when they went to the Howards' house to by a bird from them. King stole the 3-pound pet because he liked it, and Ward covered for him, Ash said.
After the theft, police received an anonymous tip from someone in Baltimore about a monkey. When they followed up on the tip, they executed a search warrant and recovered Janey, who was identified by her owners.
"You can't hide something like a monkey," said Anne Arundel police spokesman Sgt. Shawn Urbas said at the time
Sorry Shifty, I can't ever seem to find any interesting lizard news. It's all about monkeys.
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Since NFH isn't doing her job.
It is with very mixed emotions that I read this in the SF Gate. Talk about blaming the victim. Though Faye Andersen is a cutey, and she seems to like squirrels!
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Electrocuted Squirrel Blamed for Outage
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
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(08-03) 14:45 PDT South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (AP) --
A squirrel was blamed for a power outage at South Lake Tahoe that left about 3,200 Sierra Pacific Power Co. customers without electricity. Power was restored Tuesday after about 25 minutes, utility officials said.
South Lake Tahoe firefighters and Sierra Pacific said the squirrel was on wires atop the power pole when it was electrocuted, caught fire and fell to the ground, causing a fire around the power pole.
Nearby residents used fire extinguishers to douse the flames before firefighters arrived.
The squirrel did not survive.
"He looked like he had been electrocuted," said Marty Creel, a South Lake Tahoe firefighter from Engine 3. "He was still and the tail was sticking straight out with some charring."
Animals such as birds have been known to cause power surges. But Tuesday's incident was larger than most, said Sierra Pacific spokeswoman Faye Andersen.
"This does happen periodically. Poor little guy," Andersen said.
