Police News Roundup.
In contract news, the Teamsters have rejected the pact agreed to by DC-37 a few weeks ago. It really only effects the police indirectly, if this pact does not in fact become the pattern.

The Department is asking the public to help in investigating the disappearance of Police Officer Ronald Shepard, a possible suicide victim Base10 noted a few days ago.

There appears to be a break in the case of the murder of Sarah Fox in Inwood earlier this week. Police have recovered the victim's CD player and are hoping it will lead to some forensic evidence.

Security is tight in light of the holiday weekend, and the NYPD is starting a terrorism training program for New York's doormen.

Heroes:

• The eleven year-old Harlem boy who survived a home invasion robbery after his father was shot to death by playing dead after being shot at by the crooks.
  
• Detectives Joseph Mazzei and Brendan Mallone for breaking the case of the slaying of Bronx businessman in 2003.
  
• Bronx firefighters for saving a two year-old trapped in a burning building after knocking down a wall.

Goats:

• Kirsten Vanderlinde, who was arrested in Buffalo after repeatedly slamming her seven month-old daughter into a concrete sidewalk.
  
• Andrew Stephen Gole, the Long Island man who was convicted of murdering and then dismembering his mail order bride in Honduras.
  
• Policarpio Espinoza and Adan Espinoza Canela who were arrested by Baltimore authorities for the brutal decapitation murder of three of their young relatives ages 8, 9 and 10.

And finally, in the "we prefer the term chicken lover" department, a Zambian man who was discovered by his wife having sex with a hen tried to kill her and later committed suicide. The wife discovered the amorous man and his poulet when she heard an unusually loud squawk. Base10 finds it particularly interesting that Reuters included the fact that the chicken was slaughtered after the incident. Shocking! The chicken should have gotten counseling.
- posted by Base10 @ 4:09 PM