Archive for January 13th, 2009
Winooski HS on lockdown
UPDATE 7:30PM:
Winooski High and Middle School was locked down Tuesday afternoon, following a report that a student threatened another student, and the school in general, according to police.
The Winooski Police Department received a call from a crisis worker at about 2 p.m., saying a student threatened to kill another student, and then threatened other people in the High School. The police and the Winooski School District called a lockdown of the school. Winooski Police, Vermont State Police, the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Department and officers from Colchester and South Burlington searched the school.
During the search, Winooski Police contacted the suspect over the phone. The suspect was found hiding on school property in one of the athletic field dugouts, according to police.
The suspect surrendered without incident, and no weapon was found, according to police.
During the search, the student who was the target of the threat was removed from the property and escorted to the Winooski Police Department, police said.
Police said the lockdown was executed “flawlessly” by the Winooski School District.
The suspect is a minor, and could faces charges as a juvenile, according to police.
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“Winooski High School in Winooski, Vermont is on lockdown as armed police surround the building, according to local media.”
Well, that’s not good. Here’s to hoping nothing comes of it.
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Ramen is barely > not eating at all.
You know what I’m really sick of eating? Ramen. Does anyone know of a different, supercheap option for lunches?
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Chicago Public Schools to close, consolidate schools
It’s one thing to downsize companies and screw adults out of their jobs and happiness, but now we’re going to be closing public schools and shuffling kids all over the place. I know what that’s like – they did a lot of rearranging when I was in school, but that was for expansions and whatnot. A lot of these schools are going to be overcrowded and the kids are going to feel out of their element. [sigh]
In what they claim is a move to improve academic performance, Chicago Public Schools have announced they’ll be doing a major reshuffling of schools, including consolidating some and closing others altogether. A vote on the closings is expected January 28, though groups of angry parents are already planning a protest.
Click here for the proposed breakdown of closings and consolidations.
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Pilot attempts to fake death, judge freezes assets
Does anyone else feel like this is something out a movie? Guy is a pilot. Guy’s wife files for divorce. Guy flies plane. Guy puts out fake emergency call, puts plane into autopilot, crashes plane, escapes by parachute, attempts to fake own death. Guy attempts to live a new life under a new identity. Except in this case, the guy’s plan is foiled.
An Indiana judge Monday froze the assets of Marcus Schrenker, a suburban Indianapolis financial manager authorities say tried to fake his own death by crashing his private plane into a Florida swamp.
Marcus Schrenker exited his small plane before it crashed, and investigators are looking for him, police say.
Heritage Wealth Management, Heritage Insurance Services and Icon Wealth Management are “the subjects of an active investigation by the Indiana Securities Division,” Gavin said. Public documents list Schrenker as president of Heritage Wealth Management in Fishers, Indiana.
A search warrant related to the inquiry was served December 31, he said.
According to The Herald Bulletin in Anderson, Indiana, Michelle Schrenker filed for divorce in Hamilton Superior Court on December 30. A hearing was set for February 5.
Schrenker, 38, took off alone Sunday night in a corporate plane, a Piper PA-46, from Anderson, Indiana, en route to Destin, Florida. Authorities said the Fisher, Indiana, businessman parachuted to the ground before letting the plane crash in the Florida panhandle.
The craft came down near the Blackwater River, only 50 to 75 yards from homes, said Sgt. Scott Haines of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office…
Military aircraft from Whiting Field, which were dispatched to intercept the plane after Schrenker reported an emergency, witnessed the crash about 9:15 p.m. CT. The crews fired flares and noticed the plane’s door was open and the cockpit was dark, Haines said in a news release. They got no response.
Haines said the plane appeared to have been put on autopilot at around 2,000 feet, over the Birmingham, Alabama, area, before the pilot parachuted to the ground. Schrenker had contacted air traffic controllers, saying that the windshield imploded.
“The pilot stated that he was bleeding profusely,” the news release said. “Radio contact with the plane was not able to be established after that point. When deputies located the plane at the crash site, no blood was present and the door to the plane was open.”
Then, shortly before 2:30 a.m., the Childersburg, Alabama, Police Department reported that Schrenker approached one of its officers “and said that he had been in a canoeing accident with some friends,” a news release said. Childersburg is about 35 miles southeast of Birmingham.
The officers, unaware of the plane crash, took Schrenker to a hotel in nearby Harpersville. Then after hearing about the crash, they went back to the hotel, where they found that he had checked into the hotel under a fictitious name.
“When authorities entered Schrenker’s room, he was not there,” the release said.
Authorities said Schrenker checked in under a fake name, put on a black cap and fled into a wooded area.
Hotel manager Yogi Patel, who identified Schrenker on surveillance video, told CNN that Schrenker was the only guest overnight. He signed in as Jason Galouzs of Bolingbrook, Illinois, Patel said.
A hotel employee said Schrenker went up to his room, but didn’t enter before leaving the building.
Steve Darlington, manager of Anderson Municipal Airport, told CNN the plane was in fine condition at takeoff, and Schrenker is “an accomplished pilot” who owns “a couple of airplanes” and flies regularly, Darlington said…
Kathleen Bergen, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said several factors indicated the pilot likely left the plane before the crash: a “detailed review of radar data,” the fact that the plane was switched to autopilot before it crashed, the sighting by military jet crews and the fact that the cockpit was found mostly intact with no one inside….
I can’t wait to see how this turns out.
[CNN]
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