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White Rock dad busted after baby son calls 911

White Rock dad busted after baby son calls 911

A baby boy playing with his dad’s telephone accidentally called 911, which led police to their house — and a 500-plant marijuana-growing operation.

Police said Tuesday the incident happened at about 11 a.m. Friday in the 14800 block of Goggs Avenue in White Rock.

When White Rock RCMP officers arrived at the rental house, they found the 11-month-old child fiddling with the phone while his 29-year-old dad sat watching television.

“He was surprised to see us,” Const. Janelle Canning said.

The 911 call was a hang-up call and police had heard no voices. The dad, whose name has not been released, protested that he hadn’t called 911 and his son didn’t know how to use the phone.

Nevertheless, police checked the place out because of the amount of condensation on the house’s windows and found the pot-growing operation in a locked room.

The dad was then arrested and was expected to appear in court in early April on charges of mischief and production of a controlled substance. The child, who Canning described as being a “very cute little boy,” was picked up by Ministry of Children and Family Development workers and released into his mom’s custody.

She is separated from his father and didn’t live at the house. “The mother claimed she had no idea what was going on,” Canning said.

“The ministry will continue their investigation to ensure ongoing protection of this child,” she added.

Police are especially concerned when children are living in houses used to grow pot. In this case, Canning noted, the child had no access to the locked room. But condensation, which encourages mould growth and the presence of spores in the air, is a health concern. So is the risk of fire from illegal hydro bypasses, though police didn’t find a bypass in this particular case. There’s also the risk of being targeted for a “grow rip,” or robbery.

“There’s a whole multitude of problems with having a grow-operation,” Canning said. “That’s why the ministry was called immediately.”

Canning recalled a case in south Surrey about two years ago when a newborn baby was taken into protective custody after police found the child in a house containing a pot-growing operation.

Source: Fun On

 

Bottled Letters!

Found this story when Felicia Day posted the link on Twitter:

Man throws 4,800 bottled notes into the ocean, gets 3,100 replies

It's now been 15 years since Harold Hackett began making friends all over the world. He never meets them in person, and doesn't use the phone or internet for contact, but rather leaves his acquaintances up to the tides. Since 1996, Hackett has thrown over 4,800 bottles into the ocean from Prince Edward Island in Canada, and when the floating time capsules are discovered — along with the note that is placed in each one — a connection is made.

When the wind is right, the Canadian messenger takes to the beach, throwing a handful of Ocean Spray juice bottles each time. To date, over 3,000 people have found the notes and replied to Hackett, who includes his home address on each and every letter he tosses. His responses have come from the Eastern shores of the United States all the way to Ireland, South America, and Africa. Oftentimes it takes a while for the bottles to be found, with some taking well over a decade to be discovered.

The collection of letters, gifts, and postcards that Hackett has received from those who find his bottles is staggering, and he doesn't plan on stopping any time soon. He intends to continue tossing his plastic presents into the ocean for the foreseeable future and hopes to amass a few thousand more responses in the process.

Source: Yahoo News

Robbed trick-or-treaters get candy via Craigslist

Robbed trick-or-treaters get candy via Craigslist

By Rosa Golijan

 This year's Halloween was not a happy time for two young trick-or-treaters in Salem, Oregon. After five hours of collecting candy, the brother-and-sister team was robbed of their bounty by a group of older boys.

 But thanks to a local stranger who saw a Craigslist ad about the incident, the kids wound up getting a pile of sweets anyway.

 The Statesman Journal reports that 13-year-old Michael Harper and his 10-year-old sister Michelle received a very special delivery on Thursday. A police officer brought 10 pounds of candy as well as cash for next year's Halloween costumes to their northeast Salem home.

 The candy and money was supposedly donated after an anonymous stranger noticed that one of the kids' family members posted a warning about the candy robbery on Craigslist.

 The teenage boys who snatched the kids' candy — one of whom punched Michael in the ribs during the crime — do not appear to have been apprehended yet. But police do say that they could face second- or third-degree robbery charges when that happens.

Sources:
Digital Life

The Statesman Journal

 

It's Spider-Man!! :D

I saw this story on ScreenRant, and thought it was really cute: Real Life Spider-Man Saves Young Boy

I know it's a long time ago, and I have posted it before, but I'm a sucker for positive news stories. Especially these days where so much horrible have happened. And I will try to find more of the cute/funny/positive news stories, and post them on this blog.

Real Life Spider-Man Saves Young Boy

A Bangkok firefighter threw on his super-hero costume to save the day! Sounds like something from a comic, but this happened in real life.

The incident began when teachers of a special needs school contacted the fire station when one of their young students started crying and climbed out on to a ledge of one of the classroom windows.

The school staff and emergency response people were unable to convince the 8-year old autistic boy back inside. While this was happening, the mother of the child made a comment about the boy’s love of comic superheroes and thank God she did because that remark led to the epic rescue – this is where it gets interesting.

The mother’s words set off a light bulb in firefighter Somchai Yoosabai’s head and he sped his way back to the fire station to put on his superhero attire – A Spider-Man costume that he had kept in his locker (he keeps it to help teach fire drills in schools). Using the red and blue tights (and a glass of juice) he was able to talk the child into walking into his arms and into safety.

The hero later told local news:

“I told him Spider-Man is here to rescue you, no monsters are going to attack you, and I told him to walk slowly towards me, as running could be dangerous”