http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/speedy-die-klaukatze-175240
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Klepto kitty piles up the loot in Swiss town
Klepto kitty piles up the loot in Swiss town - US news - Weird news - msnbc.com
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/speedy-die-klaukatze-175240
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/speedy-die-klaukatze-175240
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Weird Pioneer Space Anomaly May Just Be Trick of Light
New Scientist article on the latest on the Pioneer Anomaly
The actual article: Modelling the reflective thermal contribution to the acceleration of the Pioneer spacecraft
Layman's explanation from technologyreview.com
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Snapped
Seattle attorney charged with keying badly parked cars
By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Published 10:37 a.m., Wednesday, June 1, 2011
A Seattle attorney accused of keying and leaving threatening notes on improperly parked cars at a downtown parking garage has been charged with malicious mischief.
King County prosecutors claim Ronald Clarke Mattson vandalized at least three cars at Columbia Center, including one parked askew by building security as part of a sting operation.
On March 9, a woman returned to her Ford SUV to find an angry note, written on Washington Athletic Club stationery, left on her windshield. The note’s author – identified by prosecutors as Mattson – suggested the woman “take some parking lessons” and called her an idiot.
Having returned home, the woman realized someone had dragged a key across her car doors, leaving deep scratches, according to charging documents. She contacted Columbia Center security officers, who photographed her car and took custody of the note.
Two days later on March 11, another woman returned to her car in the Columbia Center parking garage to find an angry note on her Volvo station wagon. As in the earlier case, the woman had parked over the stall line.
“Where did you learn how to park, Dweeb!!” the note read, according to charging documents. That note was also penned on Washington Athletic Club stationery.
Seeing that her Volvo had also been keyed, the woman contacted security.
According to charging documents, building security officers hoping to identify the vandal set up a sting operation on March 15. Security officers parked a Pontiac sedan improperly in the area of the garage where the other cars had been keyed.
As surveillance officers looked on, Mattson drove his silver Porsche past the “bait” car, stopped and reversed back by the Pontiac, Seattle Detective John Crumb told the court. Mattson then parked and approached the car.
Security officers later told police Mattson was seen scratching the Pontiac, according to the detective’s statement. A security officer then followed Mattson to the elevator, where they rode to his 45th floor office.
After a series of interactions with security and police officers, Mattson and his attorney met with investigators to discuss the incidents, Crumb said in court documents. The detective claimed Mattson admitted to the vandalism, which prompted about $6,150 worth of repairs.
“Mattson accepted full responsibility for his actions, expressed great remorse and vowed to make amends with his victims,” the detective told the court.
Mattson has been charged with second-degree malicious mischief, a felony punishable by up to 60 days in jail. He has not yet entered a plea to the charge.
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Levi Pulkkinen can be reached at 206-448-8348 or levipulkkinen@seattlepi.com. Follow Levi on Twitter at twitter.com/levipulk.
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