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James Prater, a former Army sergeant trying to sell his home in Mason, Mich., is being accused by officials of violating state and federal anti- discrimination laws by posting a sign in his front yard describing the “terms” of a sale as “No foreigners Iraq vet.”
Adrian Pogmore, a former British police officer, was sentenced to a year in jail for using the camera on a police helicopter to film people having sex and sunbathing nude, with Judge Peter Kelson telling him that “you, quite literally, considered yourself above the law.”
Dennis Strickland, 33, tried to deposit what he said was a $ 1 million bill into his account at a Sioux City, Iowa, bank but was arrested on drug- possession charges when police asked him to empty his pockets and a bag of methamphetamine fell out, authorities said.
Debra Wisler, 39, of Millville, N. J., was charged with child endangerment, accused of abandoning her 10- year- old special- needs son in the woods near Joint Base McGuire- Dix- Lakehurst after finding out he was ineligible for a children’s program at the base.
Andrew Jensen faces a burglary count after the Ventura County, Calif., sheriff’s office connected him to an October break- in at a house in Thousand Oaks through DNA evidence found in a toilet because the suspect took a bathroom break and didn’t flush, authorities said.
Johanna Dillmann, 22, who, at 5 feet 3 inches tall, had her application to become a police officer rejected because she was about a half- inch too short, will have her application reinstated after a German court tossed out minimum height requirements as unfair.
Marco Reyes of Meriden, Conn., a father of three who entered the U. S. illegally in 1997, became the second person this summer to take sanctuary inside a New Haven church to avoid deportation, saying he fears for his life if he’s returned to Ecuador.
Ryan Haley, 30, of Rome, N. Y., who received nearly $ 3,000 in workers’ compensation benefits for a back injury, faces fraud and other charges after investigators said they found evidence that he was kayaking in Puerto Rico when he claimed he couldn’t work.
Gary Eiland, 53, of Minot, N. D., claimed self- defense but was sentenced to time served and three years of probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault for biting off a co- worker’s ear in 2015 as they fought over where to place merchandise at a lumber store.