Mostly cloudy judgment, chance for jail time
A TV weatherman was accused of stalking after leaving more than 100 messages to a woman he briefly met through an Internet dating service, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reports.
After having coffee with recently downsized meteorologist John Fredericks, the woman decided she wasn’t interested. She ignored Fredericks’ calls until her voice mailbox filled. That’s when she listened and heard an emotional roller coaster.
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“Hey good looking, what’s cooking? I hope we are still on for date night,” he said at 9:32 a.m.
By afternoon, his tone changed. “If I’ve done something to p-ss you off, just call me. I want to hear from you. I miss you. You are my sweetheart.”
Seven minutes later, “You are treating me like dog [expletive].”
Four minutes after that, “Hey there, just so you know, I will not contact you again. We are done.”
But Fredericks called again — at 3:07 p.m., 3:28 p.m., 3:36 p.m., 4:52 p.m., 4:55 p.m. and 5:02 p.m.
At 5:09 p.m.: “You are a very disturbed individual. I just wanted to make you aware of the consequences of stalking a public figure, which I still am. And if you don’t call me back in an hour, I am going to contact the police. I’m going to give them your number and they are going to arrest you for stalking me.”
The calls continued until police confronted Fredericks — twice.
Happy days
A Tennessee woman was arrested after she mistook a cop for a car hop.
Police in Elizabethton received a call that a car that nearly struck several vehicles had pulled into a Sonic Drive-In parking space.
Police found a woman slumped over the steering wheel. When the cop woke her, she handed over a $20 bill to pay for her order.
The woman was charged with driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Location. Location. Location.
New Hampshire police arrested 105 Colby-Sawyer College students at a house party for underage drinking.
The house was about 200 yards from the police station.
High-tech car wreck
Police in New Jersey say a bicyclist was hit by a car while the driver was texting — about a drug deal.
Robert Sharrer, 28, was seen driving erratically on Route 70 when his vehicle drifted onto the shoulder and hit and injured the bicyclist.
Sharrer told police he was texting and didn’t remember the collision. Police said Sharrer’s text message concerned the sale of prescription drugs.
– Compiled by Scott McCabe
