Daily Rotten Archives January 18, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Castrations likely for circumcised men Wire Services | Submitted by: samson "A young initiate from Mpindweni village outside Mthatha is in a critical condition in hospital after his circumcision... According to provincial health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo, emergency personnel attending to the initiate said a section of his penis had been severed in the ritual, instead of just the foreskin. 'It is more than likely that this young man will be losing his manhood,' Kupelo said... A 22-year-old initiate from Flagstaff who had his penis partially amputated during a botched circumcision in December was last week readmitted to hospital after experiencing problems when urinating... Doctors at the hospital are investigating his condition and there is a possibility that the remaining three centimetres of his penis will be cut off." Read article... Hindus denied tsunami aid Yahoo! India | Submitted by: The Butt Toucher "Rage and fury has gripped this tsunami-hit tiny Hindu village in India's southern Tamil Nadu after a group of Christian missionaries allegedly refused them aid for not agreeing to follow their religion... Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to convert before distributing biscuits and water. Heated arguments broke out as the locals forcibly tried to stop the relief trucks from leaving. The missionaries, who rushed into their cars on seeing television reporters and the cameras refusing to comment on the incident and managed to leave the village. Disappointed and shocked into disbelief the hapless villagers still await aid." Read article... Crippled tsunami victim rescued by local crocodile Sri Lanka Daily News | Submitted by: ganubis "[Upali Gunasekera] was strolling in the garden was swept away by the tsunami tidal wave... He clutched a floating stool with one hand and a chair with the other to keep himself afloat. Another wave rocked the stool off his grip and as he grabbed the chair to his bosom he saw a log moving towards him. He hung on to the log for dear life. But there was something strange about this log. It had a scaly surface and was no ordinary log. It was a crocodile. As he began to despair he felt his belly being nudged and he was pushed a good half a kilometer towards the embankment. There he lay for some time through sheer exhaustion, having been in the waters from 9.20 in the morning to 4.30 in the afternoon, an ordeal of seven hours." Read article... Man convicted of killing would-be rape victim, 6 WCVB-TV 5 Boston | Submitted by: Mike M. "A man who killed the 6-year-old daughter of an acquaintance after she resisted his attempts to rape her was convicted Monday of murder. Johnny Johnson admitted he kidnapped Cassandra Williamson, then crushed the child's head with bricks and rocks after she struggled against him. The July 2002 killing happened at the ruins of an old glass factory in the St. Louis suburb of Valley Park after Johnson carried the girl piggyback from her father's home, where Johnson had spent the previous night." Read article... Frozen cripple could have used a cell phone for Xmas KARE-TV 11 Minneapolis | Submitted by: Mrs. Erickson "There are still many unanswered questions about the death of a 49-year-old woman found outside the Como Park Conservatory on Sunday morning. St. Paul police believe the disabled woman, who relied on a scooter to get around, tried to attend an event at the conservatory Saturday night and found the door was locked. They believe she tried to go to the other side of the building, but her electric scooter tipped over and she was unable to get it back up. Eight hours later she was found frozen to death... Officers say given that the woman was on a scooter, and also relied on a portable oxygen tank for breathing, the only hope she had was for someone to see her lying on the ground." Read article... Accused meth dealers allegedly repo kids Wire Services | Submitted by: Bada Bing "Police on Tuesday were searching for two young children and their parents, who allegedly kidnapped the youngsters at gunpoint from their foster home. An Amber Alert was issued Saturday for James Paul Chambers, 2, and his sister, Breanna, 11 months. Authorities said their father, James Lee Canter, 28, a fugitive on a drug charge, brandished a gun when he and their mother, Alisha Chambers, 18, took the children from a foster home in the Valle Crucis area early Saturday... The county social services agency took custody of the children after a raid last March on the couple's remote home, where authorities said they discovered a methamphetamine lab. Canter has been a fugitive since the raid." Read article... State unlikely to thwart prisoner suicide Scotsman | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A man accused of killing his newlywed daughter is refusing to eat while on remand in prison and insists that he wants to die, a court heard yesterday. Terry Rodgers, 56, was absent from a Nottingham Crown Court hearing to discuss details of the murder of Chanel Taylor, 23. She was shot dead in her home on 30 July last year, just weeks after her wedding. If Rodgers is judged to be mentally competent, the prison authorities have no power to intervene in his decision to refuse food... A Home Office spokesman said yesterday: 'Any form of food refusal is something that is taken extremely seriously by prison staff. Force-feeding would constitute medical treatment and there must be valid consent.'" [Then why not give him a bottle a poison?] Read article... School bus driver allegedly OK'd statutory rape WIS-TV 10 Columbia | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Authorities are accusing a Charleston school bus driver of taking bribes and letting students have sex on the bus. Authorities say Lacey Jane Bolen, 26, took from $5 to $20 from [16-year-old] students [of Berkeley Alternative School] to ignore them having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Police say Bolen also took bribes to turn off the bus video camera while it happened. The bus driver is charged with obstruction of justice and the teenagers are charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor." Read article... and This article... Off-duty cop kills man, cop's wife questions motive WAFF-TV 48 Huntsville | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Officer [Richard Young] shot and killed a New Hope man named Curtis Anderton. It happened early Saturday morning at Young's house following a heated argument... Young says his wife, from whom he is separated, unexpectedly showed up at his house Friday. She came along with Curtis Anderton and Anderton's wife. Young says his wife and Anderton beat him up... Christine tells a different story. According to her, Richard told her and Curtis that night he was having an affair with Curtis' wife... According to her, Richard grabbed his patrol gun and shot Curtis because Curtis was upset about the alleged affair." Read article... Fugitive hidden inside TV KOCO-TV 5 Oklahoma City | Submitted by: Rammstein Girl ;-) "Officers searched a mobile home where a woman told them Alfred Blane was hiding under a mattress. Officers searched, but didn't find the man. They even looked in a freezer and washing machine. Authorities said a police dog kept sniffing around an old, floor model TV. When deputies pulled off the back of the set, they found Blane curled up inside... Blane now faces a number of charges including possession of meth and escape." Read article... Crooked cop praised by allegedly crooked cop News Corporation | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A former colleague of corrupt ex-cop Chris Laycock today described his associate as 'one of the most competent young officers' with whom he had worked... Laycock last year admitted he and others, including [Christopher Walker], tipped off a child porn suspect for cash, planned to kidnap the family of an alleged drug dealer and used fake search warrants, all to extort cash. Mr Walker faced contempt proceedings last week after he repeatedly failed to recall details of such dealings before the PIC. He took the stand again today on the condition he would co-operate with Operation Cobalt but only recalled limited 'lawful' involvement with Laycock." Read article... Impromptu gymnastic display ends in death Fort Myers News-Press | Submitted by: vince "A Cape Coral woman attempting to do a gymnastic stunt on the railing of a second-floor hotel balcony died after she slipped and fell to the ground early Sunday morning. Lee County sheriff's deputies do not expect foul play in the death of Molly Jerman, 23, of 1040 SW 20th Ave., who investigators said got a room at the Best Western in North Fort Myers with her friend Saturday night... after [Todd Evans] and Jerman went into the room, she headed for the lanai, where she yelled out, 'Watch to see what I can still do,' according to police reports. That's when Jerman attempted a hand stand on the balcony railing, Evans said. She then slipped off the railing and fell into the patio below. Jerman was pronounced dead at the hospital." Read article... Korea's former chief justice attempts suicide Korea Times | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A former chief justice of the Supreme Court attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge over the Han River in Seoul on Monday. Yoo Tai-heung, who served as chief of the top court 1981-86, jumped off Mapo Bridge at around 5:50 p.m. The 86-year-old lawyer was taken to nearby St. Mary's Hospital in Yoido immediately after the incident, but his current condition is unknown. Yoo's aides said the senior lawyer had received intensive medical treatment for a chronic disease affecting his back and was worried about his situation... well-known figures have committed suicide following the death of the late chairman of Hyundai-Asan Corp. Chung Mong-hun in August 2003 ahead of prosecutors' investigations into previous scandals." Read article... Frostbacks allegedly smuggled via tunnel CNN | Submitted by: Darth Suffer "Border agents have arrested a man they say was trying to smuggle 17 Chinese citizens and an Albanian into the United States through an underwater train tunnel that links Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit... Authorities say the illegal immigrants boarded a Norfolk Southern engine in Windsor before dawn January 5 and were caught by U.S. agents during an inspection after the train reached Detroit. [Wissam Abudayyeh] was ordered held without bond until his trial. The 18 immigrants were being held as material witnesses. On August 18, authorities caught 22 Chinese nationals and one Pakistani who apparently crossed the border aboard a train from Canada." Read article... Ninjas rob Canadian McDonald's Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: ganubis "A man brandishing a samurai sword forced his way through the drive-thru window to rob a McDonald's restaurant in Winnipeg on Sunday. The thief, who also wielded a pipe, climbed through the window at about 5:30 a.m. He held the sword to the throat of the restaurant's 17-year-old manager, forcing him to open a back door to an accomplice. The robbers bound three employees with duct tape and forced the manager to give them cash. They tied him up and fled the restaurant... Police said the suspects wore balaclavas, sunglasses and dark clothing." Read article...