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Homes Not Jails protesters released
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Nineteen Homes Not Jails protesters who were arrested last night and held on felony charges of vandalism, conspiracy and burglary, many on bail as high as $325,000, have been released.
Their charges have not been dropped. Instead, those arrested have been "discharged pending further investigation," according to District Attorney spokesperson Stephanie Ong Stillman.
Friends and supporters say that they spent the day calling the office of District Attorney George Gascón, asking him to release the demonstrators.
The arrests were made during a protest marking World Homeless Day. It involved opening and entering a vacant building at 535 Castro St. The building, a commercial ground floor space and second floor apartments, has been vacant seven years. It's owned by Les Natali, who also owns the vacant Patio Cafe next door as well as several other neighborhood properties.
Homes Not Jails has been protesting landlords who let properties lie vacant since it was founded in 1992. Many in the group were surprised with the charges leveled against those arrested last night,
"My understanding is that after 2008, these actions usually resulted in misdemeanor charges," said longtime housing rights advocate and Castro resident Tommi Avicolli Mecca.
Mecca said he was surprised at the police response to the protest. At least 80 police officers gathered outside Dolores Park and observed a rally that took place yesterday. They then escorted the march and closed the street, lining up in riot gear, as protesters entered the building.
"Homes Not Jails has absolutely no history of violence," said Mecca.
Stillman said that the DA's office could not go into details about the reasoning for the charges and bail amount, as they cases are under ongoing investigation.
Did he think they'd just ignore trespass and home invasion? Really?
I'd be interested to see who put up 325K in bail bonds.
...noone put up the 325K in bail. It wasn't necessary because the charges were trumped way up and ridiculous. We all got released because our friends gave enough of a damn to inundate the mayor's office with phone calls of support and because there's no way they could make what they charged us with stick. "Trespassing" wasn't even on the list. They had us on felony burglary (there was nothing in this place to burgle), conspiracy to commit a crime (whatever the hell that is...if you press the gas to get through a yellow light, you are conspiring to commit a crime), and vandalism more than $400 (the only things damaged inside were damaged by the police when they attacked). So, no, we didn't have to pay to get released on false charges.
home that wasn't yours. There may end up being no prosecution but you cannot credibly argue that you committed no crime.
Given the public hostility to your occupation, and the cheers that greeted the cops when they went in, is it possible that you might think twice before breaking into another home. There are other ways to make a political point without resorting to criminal behavior.
There were no felonies committed in this instance, the charges were intended as a SLAPP criminal equivalent by authoritarians to discourage even the appearance of ineffective resistance.
The only crime committed here is one of insanity, doing the same thing over and again but expecting a different result each time while the outcomes go in the other direction.
property you may want to consider that the homeowner may be armed and would be entirely justified in emptying a couple of wide-blash shotgun shells into your ass.
You people are no different than anti-abortion protestors who occupy and destroy clinics and perhaps the judiciary needs to think about the same remedy against you and your friends which was used against those protestors - they were kept in jail, permanently, until they promised not to engage in trespassing again. You may get away with this shit in Oakland but you're not going to get away with it here.
Wide-blash shotgun shells?! Whoa! Troll II, you obviously have some real anger issues that make Ross Mirkarimi look positively angelic by comparison. Better get a handle on that before you end up in the pokie yourself.
Or did you think smashing your way into someone's abode is usually met with flowers and gingerbread snaps?
That's often the case that the self-righteous "law and order" people who hate on protesters for "breaking the law" are the first to spew bile and venom and imply or insinuate violence, malice or breaking the law themselves as retribution to the protesters. They fail to see their own hypocrisy. And no, they are not likely to get a handle on it. They have to first admit they have a problem. That ain't going to happen. They're septic. They're sick and they often use a screen name with the word "troll" in it.
lillipublicans. Did you lose Internet service again and are forced to hang out at the library poor dear?
And I agree, Troll II is one sick little troll. To insinuate/ threaten anyone with violence is completely unacceptable. To Troll II, I would say, Get help! Perhaps Mirkarimi's shrink has an opening in his schedule.
Vacant or not it's someone's property. Next time think twice unless you want an ass full of buckshot - something, I might add, any property owner is entirely justified in carrying out to defend themselves and their property. These miscreants, these extremist elements of Occupy, have been coddled for long enough. It's time for them to feel the fist.
Really, get help. I hear there's still room in Mirkarimi's counseling group for class-A abusers.
Let me tell you without breaking our confidentiality rules - it's all FAR worse than it seems ;-)
Of course it is now that you're in there. I bet they're reaching for the migraine excedrins by the 500mgs, 4x/day.
"I'm already in it"
Well it ain't working. Have them come on here and read the crap you've written and they'll see that it ain't working.
People can only do so much with what they have to work with.
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you have illegally entered it. Somebody owns that building and, while they may live somewhere else (as they are perfectly entitled to do) they may well be there visiting, fixing things or whatever.
If I own a building I am entitled to do whatever I want with it, which includes leaving it vacant at times if I so choose. And remember, the Ellis Act came along precisely because a city tried to force property owners to not leave their properties empty.
Hello. Please ignore the smug-assed, always nasty, chip-on-both-shoulders, preachy, lecturing, I've-never-broken-the-law-for-any-purpose, corporatist, status-quo, pro-1% comments (i.e. drivel) from the trolls with a miserable life of Troll Central™ (the comment below is an example).
As long as you're one of the 99%?
Assuming you were actually one of the morons arrested, do yourself a favor and educate yourself by looking up the sections you were charged with. You're so ignorant, it borders on being truly sad. Spoiler alert: burglary doesn't require theft. All charges were totally appropriate and I hope the DA proceeds on them.
I'm sure the people gathered outside who were cheering the police as they gave you the boot would agree with that as well. If only you could have been outside as the locals scoffed at having to put up once again with the children of Neverland who refuse to grow up.
"Mecca said he was surprised at the police response to the protest."
Well, you know nothing else was going on in the City. In a City where no crimes of any kind ever take place at any given hour, what else were they (SFPD) supposed to do to earn their generous salary? They had to make it look like they were doing something. So they decided to come to the Castro "for a show of force" to deal with a few protesters.
(Sarcasm aside.)
Yes, the response was way overblown. Some people on the sidewalk were commenting on how many cops (including bicycle cops) there were for just a few protesters. Was that really needed some people were asking. It was really the SFPD who blocked the street; not the protesters. The protesters could have been dealt with on the sidewalk. There was no need to close that one block.
Considering the police state we're now living in under George W. Obama, I don't know why Mecca was surprised at the response. He's well-intentioned, but a little naïve at times.
year, I don't think the general public would be too shocked that the cops want to step in early to negate that risk. And Mecca should surely have known that. What else did he expect?
The fact is that this was a forced home invasion with a very real risk of vandalism and property damage. I think you'll find that a majority of SF'ers, who have worked hard to be able to afford to live here, disapprove of people just gatecrashing any house they want en masse and by force.
No? Well then how about I break into your home and live there. Fair?
to stop letting these children run wild.
It's also comical the conspiracy ravings of some commenters.
We live in a police state because we the average citizen doesn't feel inclined to let the city be run by stunted man-children with a revealed agenda. These complaints from the clowning anarcho-left are up there with black helicopters and chem trail ravings of the right.
The SF moonbats have met the far right that they used to spend so much time complaining about.
The story says that the building that Homes Not Jails entered had been abandoned and vacant for seven years.
Yet commenters here keep insisting that the building was instead someone's home.
Apparently you cannot both (1) oppose the actions of Homes Not Jails; and (2) know how to read.
If you people want to make Homes Not Jails look intelligent by comparison, it's working.
used as a home, used for some other purpose, or currently vacant. It's somebody else's building; not yours.
If you want to provide free housing for the homeless, why don't you buy a house and then let them live there for free? Why not share your current home with them? What are you waiting for?
First, if it doesn't matter whether the building was being used as a home or left vacant and abandoned for seven years, then why did so many posters alter the facts?
Second, it doesn't help to assert a property claim, when the issue at hand is whether that claim is valid or invalid. The Homes Not Jails people seem to believe, for one thing, that property that has been unused and abandoned for seven years should be considered open for homesteading.
I suspect that the Homes Not Jails argument makes more sense to a lot of people, hence the need to switch from an absentee owner of a unused and abandoned property to a home lived in by the homeowner.
Third, I am not involved with Homes Not Jails in any way, so I cannot answer questions about their tactics for them.
The former is a temporary state; the latter implies a permanent state.
The former cannot be known for certain; a fortiori, neither can the latter.
All you can know is that you "think" a building is unused. But to know for sure, you have to enter, which is a crime. So the basic premise of HNJ is flawed.
There is currently no law that says that an owner has to use a building. An owner is 100% free to leave it empty and use it only at some future time, or sell it, or whatever. It quite simply is nobody else's business.
how long it was vacant. The property has an owner, the owner has legal and moral title to the property - therefore the miscreants who occupied it should be jailed and no one would blame the owner if he did take action to defend his property - it is, after all, his.
i can't tolerate anymore the homeless defecating in the streets, the naked guys sticking their junk in my faces, the anarchists breaking windows in my neighborhood. i think maybe only mitt romney will give me my neighborhood back.
i have lived in san fracisco all my life and i never in my life did i think i would vote for a republican. what have our local "progressive" politicans given us? the homeless industry? the rent-controlled industry? all the while, housing costs go sky-high and our neighborhoods become slums.
to all the people of oakland whose city has been taken over by thugs now and to all the people of san francisco whose city has been taken over by naked men waving their genitals in your face and breaking the windows of your small business owners, i say: vote conservative and let's see if things change.
i don't think the republicans and right wing of this country could have a better friend that the activists and anarchists of the bay area, whose strategy endears them to no one and only lead more and more of my neighbors and friends to say: enough is enough. we gave the progressives a chance and look what they have done.
to all you activists for public nudity and anarchy i say: by your actions you are not bringing anyone over to your cause but you are turning a lot of people off your cause. maybe you better rethink your strategy because i know i am not alone
If the land stolen from the native people then it's okay to sell that stolen property over and over even if the land was won with violence and murder but how dare someone want to put it to use when it's been left unattended. Oh wait, was the reason we took the land in the first place? Oh yeah those dirty natives and or Mexicans weren't utilizing the lands so it's our god given right to take it. Or was it something else?
Oh those god awful bums, the dirty mass of stinking mentally ill self medicating with drugs and booze, those disabled wheel chaired victims of disinterest sleeping as they soak in their own urine because there's a lack of funding to care for our own. Yes, wouldn't it be better just to 'remove the problem" then to be the real Christians many of you that hide in your moral security keep saying. Can't just throw money at the problem either but don't go too far out of your way and do something Christ like. Yes it's easy when the crime fits your needs, to look the other way but when it ruffles your pretty fluffy feathers you get all flustered and nay say the issue. Try again, you're being watched.
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London's Calling 2011
This weekend was jam packed with wicked races! London's Calling has been running since 2007 and it's always 3 days of racing, skidding, crashing, drinking and parties! I was about for the first 2 days and had a right laugh. The whole event is organised by messengers and the money raised goes to the LCEF which supports injured messengers.
Everyone had a wicked time, my knee is mashed from a crash I had a week ago on my BMX so I couldn't do the proper races but I did manage to grab 2nd place in the sprints (riding my ESB with 36-13 gearing and 2.2 tyres). Thanks to the organisers, racers and supporters, I'm really looking forward to next year. Then I was off to Frome for the Cobble Wobble supported by Charge Bikes for uphill racing.
I snapped a few pics of Saturday's Road Warrior alleyat and sprints, some below some more HERE. Check out Roman Skyva's pics HERE, Rod's pics HERE
Swimming in switzerland.
Issue 9 is immenent.
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Continental at Eurobike…
We always keep our supporters updated with what has been going on in our little world of Fixedgearlondon.Every year at Eurobike Continental puts a few of our photographs up on the booth. I'm always stoked that they put them up too. This year I helped 14 bike co build a Continental Super Sport+ (Fixed specific tire) themed bike, with a subtle tread pattern on the down tube and top tube. The frame is a track geometry Reynolds 853 with S&S couplings, built with full Dura-Ace track components… Dura-Ace is the bomb.
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Kalleen from At Second Street guest blogs in the Fun in the Sun[Dress] series at iCandy Handmade with a tutorial for making her Simple Raglan Sundress for girls. This is SUCH a cute dress! Making the sleeves and trim from a contrast-y fabric is a fun touch. And you can make it with two variations on the sleeves – plain or pleated. Get the tutorial.
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William Marotta is being pursued by the state of Kansas for child support despite the fact that lesbian couple that Marotta donated sperm to is not seeking child support at all.
Marotta, of Topeka, has filed a motion with Shawnee County District Court asking for judge Mary Mattivi to issue summary judgement in his favor. Marotta contends that a contract signed between him and the couple included him giving up his parental rights and responsibilities.
Marotta's lawyer, Benoit Swinnen, argued also that the state of Kansas was asking the courts to do what no court had ever done before in forcing a sperm donor to be a legal father when neither the biological mother nor the donor was seeking that result. Swinnen noted that there is established law regarding the contract that Marotta and the couple entered into.
Meanwhile, the state of Kansas under state co-counsel Timothy Keck is aruging that Marotta is the father of the girl born to the lesbian couple back in 2009 because Kansas law requires a licensed physician to perform the artificial insemination in cases involving sperm donation. Keck also tried to force a genetic test on the child, but that has been put on hold pending the other issues in the case.
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By Baylee Pulliam
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Name of business: Burns Auction Gallery and Thrift Store
Location: 827 E. 53rd Street
Owner: Brenda Burns
Opened: Nov. 23, 2012
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, opens at 10 a.m. Saturday
Employees: none, only friends and family who volunteer
Services: Thrift furniture, clothes and other goods and auctioneering services
In the owners' words: Brenda Burns is an auction junkie.
"It's kind of addicting," said Burns, who owns Burns Auction Gallery and Thrift Store, 827 E. 53rd Street. "You're always looking for something that you can buy and flip."
Her husband, Bob Burns, went to auctions as a kid with his dad. When they married, he brought Brenda along.
She was hooked. They bought furniture, knickknacks, dealieboppers and doodads.
"We opened the first store just to get rid of it all," she said.
That was October 2011, when Bob was laid off from his job in New Castle and they opened Bada Bing Thrift on Broadway.
Then, in November 2012, Brenda Burns moved the store to Southdale Plaza, intent on adding an auction hall in the back.
"We wanted to incorporate both businesses," she said. "The thrift shop wasn't making enough on its own, but they (the thrift store upfront and the auction house in back) can supplement each other."
The thrift store occupies the front of the of the space. A dividing wall separates it from the auction house in back, which opens every Saturday at 6 p.m. So far, it's been standing room only, she said.
"There's been a pretty good turnout," she said. "Anything, whatever they bring, we'll sell it."
And she means anything — they've sold slot machines, coin sets, guns, furniture and "old antique stuff that reminds you of yesteryear."
There's also "weird stuff", she said, such as dress mannequins, a giant catfish doll and a matching set of large, grinning plush bananas.
"You really see it all," she said.


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NATHAN WRIGHT: Edwards hits home run with latest roster moves
SAN ANGELO, Texas - The San Angelo Colts' Doc Edwards and the other managers in the North American League spend all season trying to put the pieces together for a run at a championship.
In San Angelo, players have come and gone all season. Some have made an impact and some have been disappointments.
Monday was the final day to make moves before the season ends on Aug. 28 and the playoffs begin the next day. If Tuesday night was any indication, Edwards may be the big winner when it comes to making last-minute acquisitions.
Edwards traded outfielder Vic Ferrante to McAllen for Brian Nichols and sent Clint Stroud to Edinburg for C.J. Beatty. Both Nichols and Beatty have hit the ball well at Foster Field, but they have done it for the visiting team.
The players made their 2011 Colts debuts Tuesday — Nichols was a member of the team for a short time in 2009 — and their impact was immediately felt.
Both players went 4 for 5 in San Angelo's 13-9 victory against McAllen. Both players hit a home run and the two combined to drive in six runs — four by Beatty and two by Nichols.
Edwards began finalizing his roster a few weeks ago when he learned that center fielder Ronnie Gaines was going to miss several of the team's road games because he has begun teaching and coaching at TLCA.
To fill in for Gaines on the road and as a backup outfielder, the Colts acquired Beau Riportella from Yuma, Ariz. In six games, Riportella has 10 hits, including a home run, in 22 at bats.
The Colts also have added pitchers Ryan Riddle and Corey Goudeau this month and placed pitchers Andrew Wells and Gorman Romero on the inactive list.
The team was forced to find a catcher over the weekend because Trey Carter's season came to an end when he separated his shoulder in a collision with, ironically, Beatty in Edinburg on Saturday.
Matt Redding was signed to catch along with Davis Page, who became the backup catcher in late July after the team released Travis Calloway.
With a playoff berth now clinched, the team that is still chasing a regular-season division title seems prepared for a run at the league championship.
The infield of Daryl Jones, Landon Camp, Mark Ramos and now Beatty is possibly the best in the league. Jones and Camp have combined for 47 home runs and if Beatty can continue what he started Monday it creates a formidable foursome.
Danny Hernandez is still on the Colts roster to fill in the middle infield when needed.
In the outfield, the Colts have Clay Calfee and Gaines as everyday players. The third outfield spot was played by Cory Patton on Tuesday but also could be manned by Riportella and even Nichols.
Finding a designated hitter shouldn't be a problem. On Monday, Nichols filled that role, but Patton and Riportella also make quality DHs.
On the mound, the Colts have three pitchers at the front of their rotation that any team would be envious of. Logan Williamson leads the league in wins (11), strikeouts (96) and is among the leaders in ERA. Chandler Barnard is second in the league in wins (10) and is among the leaders in strikeouts and ERA as well.
Brian Henschel started the season 2-5 but has gone 5-2 since and leads the league with four complete games.
Those three could carry the team in the playoffs. But Riddle and Adam Kramer could make starts as well.
The team's only weakness right now could be its bullpen. Goudeau has had two bad outings, including Tuesday when he was handed a 13-3 lead in the ninth and gave up five runs without recording an out.
Closer Sean Kramer appears to be back to his old self after blowing two saves against McAllen in late July.
Clearly, however, the biggest acquisitions are Nichols and Beatty, and with two more powerful bats in the lineup the Colts offense that leads the league in runs, home runs, RBI and slugging percentage just got even better.
Now the team just has to hold on to its division lead and defeat Rio Grande Valley in the divisional series to advance to the championship series to play for its first league title since 2002.
The pieces appear to be in place to accomplish that feat.
Nathan Wright is the sports editor for the Standard-Times. His San Angelo Colts column appears every Thursday. Contact him at email@example.com or 325-659-8258.


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On a poll question asking about the most overused word or term of 2012:
• "Just sayin' '' ... Joya C.
• "Romney!" — George S.
• "YOLO" — Jamie L.
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• "Epic" — Angela G.
• "It got gone" — Julie S.
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• "Change!" — Anthony H.
• "GM is saved" and "Bin Laden is dead" — Pamela M
• "LOL" — Kaye W.
• From the politicians, "I promise" — Bobbie S.
On a story about the first baby of 2013, and if you know anyone born on a holiday:
• My niece was born on New Year's Eve — Stefanie B.
• Me and four of my half siblings. I'm born on the 4th of July, half brother on Valentine's Day, half sister on Groundhog's Day, half sister on Halloween, and a half brother on Christmas :) Nora R.
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On a story about police still seeking evidence in the 2010 death of Chrystal Cantrell:
• I'm so glad this case is still being investigated. Crystal's family deserves justice — Shirl M.
On a poll question asking if you are satisfied with the deal reached by Congress to avoid the fiscal cliff:
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• Yet again both sides let the American people down. But we give them a raise. Unbelievable! — Meresa M.
• We were sold out, as always! — Judy C.
On if you watched the show "Buckwild," and what you thought of it:
• Silly and rehearsed. MTV needs to try again — Sonia A.
• This is not a good thing for our state. Won't watch again! — Cy G.
• The show turned out much better than I expected. Being 25 I can say they were pretty accurate with how my age group acts. Granted, we never used a dump truck as a swimming pool but we would have if we had the chance! ... — Jason M.
• We have a hard time living down the jokes and comments about being from West Virginia, then they go put crap like that on TV. SMH — Denise A.
• Loved it! — Heather L.
• I think it was too scripted but I don't think it put West Virginia in a bad light — Angela S.
• Don't waste my time watching those type shows. Who comes up with this stuff? — Minnie W.
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• Silly! — Jody B.
• I'm actually kind of embarrassed for people to know I'm from West Virginia now! Not all of us are dirty rednecks! — Stefanie B.
• I felt like my IQ dropped a few points during the first five minutes. Totally stupid — John C.
• "Buckwild" = stupidity — Mike H.
• I'm not sure what the uproar is about. I didn't feel like the show demeaned West Virginia or West Virginians. These shows are all the same. The stars are always partying ... and otherwise acting the fool. So what! It's what young people do. I'm not saying that's right, it's just how it is. Is it a stupid show? Of course it is. Most shows are — Herb C.
• I watched it just to see what all the hype was about. Changed the channel after about 30 minutes. I won't be watching it again ... not worth my time — Robyn H.
• I was disappointed in the way it portrayed West Virginia and the young people living here. Not everyone lives in a holler, acts immoral and cusses like a sailor. These young people need to take more pride in themselves and make something of themselves. Acting like that on television or in real life is really sad — Carla N.
• A lot of people do act like that though. No worse than any of the reality shows out there — Jeremy B.
• Will watch again. Like the scenery — Terry H.
• It is so dumb that it is funny — Chrissy C.
• I watched it and thought it was so stupid. All too fake! Of course the vast majority of things on TV are garbage anyway! — Marsha H.
• Have to admit I watched a little bit of it because my son wanted to watch it. I'm just glad I don't talk like that — Priscilla J.
• I didn't think it was that bad. It definitely did not need subtitles! — Trey S.
On a poll question asking how often you exercise:
• Every time I get out of bed — Harris S.
• Spring and summer when I go hiking — Julie S.
• Does voting count as exercise? 'Cause that could influence my vote! — Jody M.


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Royals ace James Shields tossed seven strong innings Sunday in the series finale against Detroit at Kauffman Stadium, but
Tigers starter Doug Fister allowed only one run on six hits and a walk in six innings before passing the baton to a once-beleaguered bullpen that turned in three shutout innings as Detroit avoided a sweep with a 4-1 victory.
Its not as if Shields, 4-7, pitched poorly. He scattered nine hits and didnt allow a walk in seven innings, while striking out six.
I thought James was as sharp as hes been in his last two or three starts, manager Ned Yost said.
However, with a chance to pull within five games against the Tigers in the AL Central standings, the Royals offense sputtered behind Shields, who turned in his 16th quality start of the season but fell to 3-5 in those games.
Fister was really good today, Yost said. He had tremendous movement on his two-seamer and was boring it in on lefties then running it back and boring it down and away. He had a tremendous curveball. Its a slow curveball, but its got a lot of bite. He hit his spots and worked ahead in the count.
Meanwhile, Shields, who entered the game with the fourth-lowest run support in the American League, once again failed to weather the first inning unscathed.
After Shields struck out the first two batters, Miguel Cabrera crushed a 1-1 fastball down the left-field line for a 387-foot solo home run, his 31st of the season.
When I went back and looked at it, it was inside about at the chalk in the batters box, Shields said. Thats why hes probably the best hitter in the game as far as Im concerned. He did a pretty good job right there.
In 21 starts, Shields now has allowed 18 first-inning runs, which works out to more than 34 percent of the runs hes allowed all season.
Miguel Tejada, who started at second base after Chris Getz sprained a knee Saturday, answered Cabreras shot with a one-out blast to left-center in the bottom of the second, but that was the Royals only run and only extra-base hit.
The Royals defense kept the Tigers close.
After Victor Martinez led off the second with a double, Tejada ranged to the third-base side of the bag and snared Jhonny Peraltas twisting, cue-shot grounder then made a spectacular underhand throw.
One batter later, first baseman Eric Hosmer picked Andy Dirks line-shot on a short hop and scampered to the bag for the second out, while Shields induced a comebacker from former Royals catcher Brayan Pena to strand Martinez at third.
Center fielder Jarrod Dyson ran down Cabreras blast to wall in center leading off the fourth, prompting a lengthy appreciative roar from the crowd of 20,513.
An inning later, however, Dyson wasnt able to bring back Dirks wall-scraping, one-out home run to straightaway center, which put the Tigers back in front 2-1.
I was pretty close, but I didnt get any glove on it, Dyson said. It was probably a couple of inches from the glove. I wish Id have caught that.
Pena tacked on a couple of insurance runs with sacrifice flies in seventh off Shields and the ninth against Kelvin Herrera.
Drew Smyly, Bruce Rondon and closer Joaquin Benoit, who picked up his ninth save, each worked a scoreless inning in relief.
If wed have won today and swept them that would have been fantastic, but the consolation prize is we won the series, Yost said. Our mindset from here on out is weve got to continue to focus on winning series. If we can do that from here to the end of the year, were going to be in pretty good shape.


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Financial planning is the key to the 1% challenge
by Nick Cann on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:45
The move to fees is over but the battle to justify a 1% charge has just begun, and financial planning provides the weapons you need to show you give value for money, writes the Institute of Financial Planning chief executive Nick Cann.
Whatever your state of readiness for the post retail distribution review (RDR) marketplace, these are certainly interesting times for our profession. It is particularly interesting to see how business models have evolved as advisory firms tackled the RDR's demands in an attempt to be somewhere near the regulatory requirements ahead of the 31 December implementation date.
In recent years, the historic norm of 0.5% trail has been increasing to 1% for ongoing service because, for many, this more closely matches what is they need in return for the service they provide. Some advisers will be providing a service to that value and others will be delivering even more; but there will also be some whose service does not live up to their clients' expectations.
While a 1% charge may not sound a lot, it is easier to apply when markets, and hence the value of clients' investment portfolios, are rising strongly. In the current environment, where investment returns remain under pressure and in many cases the investment has been outsourced, the situation might be different. Add in the need for greater transparency, a pounds-and-pence translation of the 1% and an increased interest around cost, and the task becomes more challenging.
The core of success
Many accredited financial planning firms and others, such as certified financial planner professionals who have already been operating a fee-charging model, have been dealing with this for years and continue to grow successful businesses.
At the core is the provision of a comprehensive financial planning service. But not all advisers are financial planners. They need to shift their focus from the recommendation of products and investments to the genuine requirements of the client, beginning with the end goal firmly in mind. In this model, the value has already been transferred to the planning rather than the regulated activity of selecting products.
Building trust
Yes, the products remain important but only from the perspective of allowing the client to achieve their goals and objectives.
The planner needs as close to 100% of the client's relevant information as possible. This provides the platform to build a long-term relationship based on trust and which continues to add value throughout the journey.
The focus is firmly on the client and the likelihood of them being able to achieve their goals. There will be defined priorities and actions. There will be commitment on both sides and there will be a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities, which will include the client's expectations.
The ability to use cashflow modelling or, at worst, the shortfall analysis that a financial calculator or Excel spreadsheet can provide, opens up the possibilities for a client. Once they trust the planner and the firm that they work for, they are prepared to engage fully with the process and what is genuinely important to them.
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Jan 25, 2013 at 13:38
Once again good advert for a certain company. Pay the fee and we will provide a certificate after an exam, and you will all be wealthier. Is a 1% fee justifiable?report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 13:59
Disagree Hickky. It's an advertisement, a plea from Nick, to Advisers to get their proposition right, before it ends in tears. Charging 1%pa without comprehensive financial planning is ripping people off. But 1%pa WITH is fantastic value as it can deliver life changing client outcomes (if delivered properly).
Qualifications, certificates stuck on the wall is no benefit whatsoever. That is just yet another illusion for Advisers to hide behind, like being fee-only was in the past. Like moving to 'passive' WAS, not any more. Like pretending to be an 'investment guru' (still is). All these illusions and 'temporary' USP's are falling away.
The ONLY thing that matters now, is having a service that's worth paying for. That service needs to focus on providing BENEFITS, (i.e. helping clients get what THEY want), not mere features and expectations (wraps, newsletters, qualifications, regular valuations blah, blah).report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 14:01
Let's be clear here - charging the client 1% of their assets under management is not a proper fee agreement. It is a sham and it shows that the adviser has given no thought whatsoever to what a client needs and what they need to charge for their service.report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 14:41
"They need to shift their focus from the recommendation of products and investments to the genuine requirements of the client, beginning with the end goal firmly in mind"
Good grief!
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
What about keeping an open mind?
What is the "end goal"? Selling a product?
I could weep if i wasn't so tired of all this.
And as for trail commission (sorry, charges for ongoing service), let's get it straight once and for all:
A percentage charge based on assets under management is no different from a trail commission.
A fee for ongoing service should be charged either on a time spent basis or according to a schedule of fixed fees.
How would you feel if your local garage charged for their services based on a percentage of the value of your car?
Maybe I will weep after all .......................report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 15:33
I agree with Alwaysright.
Imagine how you would feel if the FSA had just moved to charging their fees based on how high your turover is rather than the number of advisers they are regulating within your company!
Imagine if fund managers charged you a fixed fee based on the number of flights they make to China and how many analysts they have per fund rather than a percentage of the fund value!
Imagine if P.I insurers charged you solely on the type of business you write and your average case size rather than largely on a percentage of your turnover?report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 15:34
I think the % vs hourly fees debate is quite difficult one for our industry due to the nature of the way advice is provided. I must have spent a considerable amount of time discussing this with colleagues and we eventually decided the % route, plus ad hoc fees in certain circumstances.
The reasons for this were thus:
1. If a client knows they are charged every time a bit of work needs doing or even worse every time his picks up the phone to his adviser this can have unintended consequences. We felt that this would lead to a reactionary rather than proactive service and which was against our client's best interests.
Although I appreciate some clients may like to operate in this manner it did not fit with the ethics of service and running both methods was just too complicated.
2. Imagine you have 2 clients approach you for advice. Their situations are absolutely identical, the amount of work required is identical and the recommendation identical. The only difference is when the client came to see you, the first client came 3 months prior to second. If we charged on an hourly basis then it is probable the first client would have paid significantly more due to the nature of the research required.
The same principal works for ongoing advice and in an effort to be fair to all customers we felt a % fee achieves this.
3. As advisers we are liable for our advice. Whilst one would hope and expect our advice is always correct if it is wrong and a client suffers losses these need to be compensated. The higher the amount the higher the potential compensation. So essentially it's a bit like car insurance (rather than a car mechanic), the more expensive the car the more expensive the insurance.
4. It can be complicated recording everything on an hourly basis. I know other industries manage this but it would take a considerable effort to get the systems in place to arrange this. It's even more difficult trying to run on a % fee and hourly fee.
5. Most clients find a % basis clearer, easier to understand and they know what to expect. When most platforms and fund manager charge on a % basis it makes sense to use the same methodology.
6. An old one but still has some truth 'It aligns our success to the clients'. Markets go up, so does our 'take', and vice a versa.
Whilst I am not knocking those who charge on an hourly fee or flat fee basis (which we use for some initial work if there is not a product sale at the end) we felt that for our customers and the service we're looking to deliver this was the best route for us.
I'd also point out that the difference between a trail fee and trail commission is that a trail fee can be turned off. If a client doesn't think it's worth paying for they can always turn it off.
PS we charge 0.75%-0.5% as a trail fee.report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 15:45
Ross and alwaysright (are you related to my wife by the way ;-) )
I agree - very hard to justify, and will translate to a ludicrous hourly rate in most cases, in context of work undertaken.report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 15:57
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You make a good case but I still can't understand what is inherently "fair" about a £500k client paying up to ten times more than a £50k client for an identical amount of work.
"It can be complicated recording everything on an hourly basis..................... it would take a considerable effort to get the systems in place to arrange this." Aw, shucks!
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For all you know, I am your wife !
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Eh?report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 16:06
Alwaysright – I agree.
That's why we charge on a sliding scale depending on the amount invested - both on an initial and ongoing basis.report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 16:27
alwaysright .... i doubt it - youre talking sense!!report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 17:44
Yup, Paul Armson has been saying this for years.
If you really want to get to grips with a fantastic proposition that clients value, understand, enjoy and will pay for, go to www.InspiringAdvisersOnline.co.ukreport this
Jan 25, 2013 at 18:50
I agree with Richard.
www.InspringAdvisersOnline.co.uk is a great step by step programme which focusses on how to deliver a service clients really want and are prepared to pay for.report this
Jan 27, 2013 at 12:52
"It's like this Mr Client. You have £500000 to invest. I'll advise you and keep in touch, and you'll pay me 1% a year over and above what the product providers will charge. That's £52311 over the next ten years, unless of course your investments increase in value, in which case it will be more. Or you can pay me a couple of grand up front, and a grand each year if you choose to have a full review with me. That's £12000 over the same period. Choosing the cheap 1% route is clearly in your best interests It's only four times the price of the expensive route."
Pull the other one you lot. No wonder more and more people are doing their own thing with Hargreaves and others. The percentage brigade will get away with it for a while yet, but watch out for the fun and games when the RDR review discovers - surprise surprise - that nothing has changed.report this
Jan 28, 2013 at 18:12
This is about the IFP members reinventing themselves so that they are offering something different. It is the same they talk about lifestyle coaching or suchlike. These are often things advisors do when they have had no formal training. For example how many clients talk to you about lifestyle, quality of life, can I afford to retire.
I have been carrying out spreadsheet calculations for clients with a budget for years. The good thing is once the spreadsheet is done, it is only a case of tweaking it every time you meet with the client by updating the figures.
I have seen people present books of cashflow modelling which often confuse the client however, I do agree whatever you do you need to be able to justify your fee to the client.
Once people start shopping around it will be interesting to see where this all ends up. In tears for some advisors I fear who have been giving a mediocre service for years but getting away with it.report this
Jan 31, 2013 at 19:18
Looks to me like there is momentum building towards an alternative to both the 1% (or any % frankly) model (which can result in ridiculously disproportionate fees for HNW clients) and hourly rates which penalises the client for adviser inefficiency (potentially) and the adviser, who can't charge a fee that truly represents the value of their advice.
Struggling to see what is wrong with the "flat fee for defined service" model as long as you have the bottle to challenge clients who abuse it. Long term I believe this will be the model that prevails. It makes 1% look outrageous at higher asset values.
It has it's challenges (because you can't grow your revenues on the back of a rising market... and why should you!!) but also it's advantages, such as highly predictable revenues in volatile times.
Those who believed the a "flat earth" were proved wrong. Those who believe in flat fees? Maybe not!report this
Mar 04, 2013 at 23:24
If you sold the same watch in Harrods, John Lewis or in a car boot sale they would all be different prices. It's a free market so it really all depends where you are pitching your business. No one can tell you what the right price is because we all put a different value on it and it's the customers choice. David Beckham spends £14,000 per night on a penthouse. How do we value that?
Therefore everyone who has commented in this column is right bececause you are framing it from where you are coming from.
If you are going to charge a premium for your service, then you have got to demonstrate to your customer that you are delivering extra value. If they don't think you are, that's when you are in trouble.
Remember, the investmemt management industry has been charging 1.0%pa for the last few decades and they don't add half as much value as a financial adviser or financial planner.
This internecine squabbling is quite comic though. We really should be sticking together rather than pulling each others hair out!report this
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AMES, Iowa —
Oklahoma State crowned five individual wrestling champions en route to a Big 12 team title repeat Saturday.
Oklahoma State finished with 77 points. Missouri claimed second with 60, while Oklahoma came in third with 59.5. Nebraska and Iowa State were fourth and fifth,
OSU's Jordan Oliver (133), Jamal Parks (149), Neil Erisman (157), Chris Perry (184) and Clayton Foster (197) won individual titles.
The Cowboys had one wrestler finish second and two take third place.
The third-place finishes by freshman Josh Kindig (141) and redshirt freshmen Dallas Bailey (165) established the tone for the finals, OSU wrestling coach John Smith said.
"We had five freshmen in the 10 weight classes. The two finishing third led us to the finals," Smith said. "It was good to see us win five championships today, but we were far from perfect in the finals. What we did today was show that we had a lot in the gas tank when it counted. This is a well-conditioned team."
Jordan Oliver also set the tone for OSU in the 133-pound bout. He picked up two takedowns and two nearfalls in the first period and cruised to a 15-3 major decision over Oklahoma's Jordan Keller.
"I'm really looking forward to going to nationals," Oliver said who grew up in Easton, Pa. "It will be really exciting to go back home and hopefully win first place. Winning it in front of my family and friends would be awesome."
Oliver, Parks and Foster repeated as individual Big 12 champions.
Senior Neil Erisman picked up his first Big 12 title with a 4-2 decision over Missouri's Nick Gregoris.
"It means a lot to be part of two Big 12-champion teams," Erisman said. "In my first year actually wrestling, we finished 16th in the country and fourth in the Big 12. That's not what Oklahoma State does. It's nice to be considered as a leader for a team that turned things back around and won championships."
One of Oklahoma State's five freshmen won an individual championship. Stillwater's own Chris Perry defeated Nebraska's Josh Ihnen, 3-2 in a tiebreaker, to claim the 184-pound title.
Perry became the 16th Cowboy freshmen to win a conference title.
"Early in the season, if I was in a 3-2 match like that, I would have panicked and lost my cool," Perry said. "One of the biggest things I've learned this season through some of the early adversity is to control my emotions better. It's great to be out here and see your teammates in almost every championship match. It gets me more excited to do my part."
In the 174-pound bout, Iowa State's Jon Reader (34-0) remained undefeated by winning a 14-3 major decision over OSU's Mike Benefiel.
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By Bob Flynn
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For the second time in two weeks, Model Laboratory soundly defeated Berea Community Wednesday, 67-46, in the first round of the Touchstone Energy 11th Region All "A" Classic at Sayre.
But unlike the last game in which the Pirates jumped out to a quick lead and led after one quarter, Wednesday the Patriots were the team that jumped out to the early lead.
And after weathering a Berea run in the second quarter that cut the lead to 10 points, the Patriots steadily increased their lead in the second half and never let the Pirates get back into the game.
"I was concerned about how we would start the game. The last time we played, Berea came out and took the game to us and we were a little flat," Model coach Wes Scarberry said. "But we started great. Our defense was exactly the way we wanted to play it and we were attacking on the offensive end. We held them down defensively. It was 21-4 at the end of the first quarter then I think we got complacent and they got back into it a little."
After Andy Allen opened the game with a basket for Berea, Model reeled off 17 straight points to take a commanding 15-point lead.
Daniel Hubbard finally broke the drought for the Pirates with a basket with 1:15 left in the quarter, but baskets by Jesse Middleton, the fifth Patriot to score in the quarter, and Brendan Hill gave Model a 21-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Berea finally got its offense untracked in the second quarter. Trailing 24-3, Hubbard scored on a short jumper in the lane to begin a 10-0 run by the Pirates that culminated with a basket by Deandre Tate that cut the Model lead to 10 at 24-14 with 1:40 left in the quarter.
Model answered right back, scoring seven of the next nine points to take a 31-16 lead before Trey Terrill hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it 31-19 at the half.
The Pirates played even with the Patriots until mid-way through the third quarter when once again the Model pressure defense began creating turnovers, allowing Model to score seven of the final nine points of the quarter to build its lead up to 17 at 44-27.
Model blew the game open early in the fourth quarter, going on a 15-4 run to lead 53-29. The lead ballooned to 28 points before Scarberry began playing his bench the final five minutes.
"We really focused on protecting the ball and getting good shots, but I think some of the guys got caught in the emotions of today's game and we weren't making the shots we were getting and they got a lot of transition baskets. That's been the story all year, turnovers and then not making shots," Berea coach Cameron Jackson said. "In the second half we looked to get the ball inside to Hubbard a little more and that opened it up some. But it was just mental mistakes on our part and Model is a tough team. They really push the ball very well and we didn't get back the way we wanted to get back."
A.J. Hammons lead four Model players in double figures with a game-high 19 points. Hill and Anthony Gerald had 12 points apiece and Zack Rice-Gordon added 11.
The Patriots also got three points each from Jessie Middleton, Logan Jackson and Caleb KIncaid and two points from Ephriam Otieno.
The Pirates were led in scoring by Terrill with 11 points. Hubbard finished with nine points, while Allen chipped in with eight. Eli Woody and Bradley Atkins had four points apiece, Cameron Coyle had three points, Dustin Kates, Deandre Tate and Shyiem Alexander had two points each and Austin Warford had one point.
Model will play the winner of the Lexington Christian Academy and Sayre game in Saturday's championship game.
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In the first round of the girls 11th Region All "A" Classic, Frankfort downed an injury-depleted Model team 64-17.
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Darrian Botts lead Model with six points. Kasi Schneid had three and Haley Hunt, Maci Hensley, Charity Mack and Chloe Dyer had two points each.


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Anyone who has witnessed an episode of the TLC television show, "Toddlers and Tiaras," knows that the world of beauty pageants, especially those devoted to elementary school aged girls, is filled with obsessive, bizarre parents.
Playwrights Matthew Wilkas and Mark Setlock have taken this already comical world and infused it with laugh-provoking wit in the new play, "Pageant Play."
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Wilkas and Setlcok wrote and produced the play three years ago, with four adult roles and no children, occasionally having pageant clothes fill in for the missing pageant queens.
The authors originally portrayed the two male characters, Bob and Bobby, while the two adult female characters are Pinky and Marge.
Critic Larry Murray wrote of the original production, "Exploring the totally twisted world of children's beauty pageants, writers Matthew Wilkas and Mark Setlock extract hundreds of laughs during the course of their creation, 'Pageant Play.'
"In other hands, this story about the creepy phenomenon of underage beauty queens could just as easily provoke outrage. Instead, the writers skirt the heart of the issue, preferring to make fun of these atrocious contests instead. People behaving badly are often funny, despite their obliviousness. During the evening, a few egos are bruised but no children are actually harmed.
"Like a trashy summer novel, it is captivating, amusing and diverting, provoking few upsetting thoughts, just laughs."
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Tickets for the Ensemble Stage production of "Pageant Play" are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors, students and military personnel.
The stage show will be presented on Friday, July 29, at 7:30; Saturday, July 30, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 31, at 3:30 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 7, at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 14, at 3:30 p.m.
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11 a.m. - Disturbance - Occurred on Avalon Ave. Resident at the front counter states he was followed home by a driver he had a roadrage incident with in San Jose and RP believes the driver has been passing by his residence.
5:51 p.m. - Civil Dispute - Occurred at Recreation Center on Shell Blvd. Juvenile RP requests assistance due to being swindled by "rigged" carnival games. Advice was rendered and parent declined any further Police assistance.
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12:15 a.m. - Disturbance - Occurred at Beach Park Blvd./Marlin Ave. RP reports juveniles possibly in possession of alcohol on the levy south of Beach Park Blvd. & Tarpon St. Subjects contacted, were not juveniles and had no alcohol in their possession.
12:21 a.m. - Battery - Occurred at Crowne Plaza Foster City on Chess Dr. 2nd hand report of an abated physical altercation inside the Bistro. Both sujects contacted, both were intoxicated, neither wished to cooperate with an investigation, neither wished prosecution.
9:57 a.m. - Petty Theft - Occurred on Tarpon. Vehicle parked in driveway was entered sometime overnight. Taken were 2 3GS iPhones, a wallet containing 25-30 dollars cash and misc cards. A checkbook was left but unkn if any checks missing. Unkn entry. RP unsure if car locked or unlocked.
3:13 p.m. - Vehicle Theft - Occurred on Admiralty Lane. Vehicle taken from parking stall. Vehicle is missing the front plate from a prior 10851 recovered 4 years ago on an SVS plate return. Vehicle has a dent on the driver side fender. SMPD contacted to removed SVS plate entry.
4:19 p.m. - Battery - Occurred on Metro Center Blvd. 2nd hand report via FCFD of a fistfight in the Starbucks/Jamba Juice parking lot. No crime was observed and unable to locate any witnesses.
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9:49 a.m. - Leash Law Violation - Occurred on Chrysopolis Dr. Report of a small black dog running loose. Dog returned to owner.
1 p.m. - Lost Property - Occurred at Foster City Police Dept on Shell Blvd. RP at the front counter reports his daughter lost her black iTouch 4 last night at the Art and Wine Carnival. iTouch had a clear jewel case; entered APS.
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Really, really want to go there in a few months. After your review even more. Would you consider the trip dangerous by the way? Or is it like very easy..
Hi Simone, it is not strenuous at all. I'm not fit and I managed to get to the top. I've also seen mums with baby's on their back climbing the steps. It may not be challenging enough for the really fit ones. It is only slippery when it's wet. They've made a 2nd set of steps that are easier for getting down.
Can you take dogs on this walk?
this place looks amazing!! I am going there soon and am so excited!! it doesn't look to strenuous.
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Are you allowed to take dogs up the steps?
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Following is a list of reports taken by officers of the Wentzville Police Department Feb. 3 to Feb. 5.
• Report No. 480: From Feb. 3, police responded to shoplifting of items by an unknown subject. The value of the items was under $500.
• Report No. 481: From Feb 3, property damage. Mailboxes were damaged from snow plow. The value of the mailboxes was under $500.
• Report No. 485: From Feb. 3 stealing at Walmart. Phillip M Baum, 30, was arrested for shoplifting of misc. items under $500.
• Report No. 487: From Feb. 3, peace disturbance. Police responded to a confrontation between multiple subjects but made no arrests.
• Report No. 493: From Feb. 4burglary. Tires and and wheels were stolen off a vehicle by unknown subject. The objects were valued at more than $750.
• Report No. 494: From Feb. 4, stealing. A cell phone was reported by a high school student as lost or stolen.
• Report No. 496: From Feb. 4, assault. Police responded to a confrontation between juveniles.
• Report No. 498: From Feb. 4, weapons violation. Carey W Austin, was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon.
• Report No. 509: From Feb. 5, stealing. License plates, valued under $500, were stolen.


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