European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and strip of april 27 2007 Page 21 12 arrested in illegal caviar ring Indianapolis j an illegal caviar ring has been broken up with the arrest of a dozen people accused of dealing in the ill gotten fish eggs Conser vation officials said members of the ring caught Tant cousins of cavi a producing Stur Geon in Ohio River tributaries and sold their eggs As caviar according to the in Diana department of natural re sources one paddlefish can yield As much As Worth of eggs and annual income for those who catch them can Range from to commercial fishermen can catch paddlefish in the Ohio River but tributaries Are off limits be cause that is where the fish spawn paddlefish Are edible but their real value lies in the eggs a Short age of Sturgeon eggs from asias Caspian sea has created a Lucra Tive Market for paddlefish eggs which have a similar taste look and consistency according to state officials each person arrested faces a Fel ony charge of illegal Sale of a wild animal other charges include Money laundering and Commer Cial fishing in closed water another state apologizes for tragedy of slavery Al Obama House approved a Resolution apologizing for slavery and saying the tragedies will never be forgotten the Resolution sponsored by rep Mary Moore Birmingham passed on an unrecorded voice vote and now goes to the Senate for consideration the vote came one Day after Alabama official state Holiday for Confederate memorial Day Legislatures in Virginia Mary land and North Carolina have approved similar slavery apologies this year if s been a Long time coming Moore said her Resolution expresses our deepest sympathies and solemn re Grets to those who were enslaved and the descendants of slaves who were deprived of life human dignity and the constitutional protections accorded All citizens of the United states officer not against Law for Goat to live in Van Sheridan Shirley Weidt says people should Stop complaining about the Goat in her minivan after All theres plenty of room in the Baalack with the seats removed despite protests from some Resi dents City Anima control officer Ray Buhr said Weidt int violating any Laws or treating the animal Cru Elly the Van is kept clean Buhr said weve checked several times theres really nothing in ordinances or state statutes that says she cant do that the Goat is entirely Happy in there Weidt said if s nobody Busi Ness if she keeps her Goat in a Van the Goat is in the Van so it wont escape she said Beverly Saxton who lives near property Weidt owns thinks keep ing the Goat in the minivan is cruel american Roundup a farm animal should have the Opportunity to Graze and exer Cise Saxton said when ifs trapped in a Van it Doest have those possibilities that s not an environment for an animal that s hideous animal caretaker killed when Camel sits on her Wewahitchka the owner of an exotic animal farm has died after being kicked and then sat on by a 1800pound Camel Cathie Ake and the 4yearold Camel were being filmed by a local television station when the Camel kicked her and sat on her during a break in filming the station was doing a Story on mini Akers exotic animals the farm Ake owned with her husband Akes husband Donnie Ake said he thinks Polo the Camel was agitated by mating season he said he would find a new Home for Polo who they bought three weeks ago the news Herald of Panama City reported bulldog Beauty defeats Large Field to take prize Des Moines he drools his Teeth stick out his Hob Bies include begging and attacking noisy appliances and now he is a Beauty contest walking in the rain Don and Terri Bailey walk toward the Arkansas Best Center for the performing arts in the pouring rain in fort Smith Ark the two were going to the mayors honors to the visual and performing arts and Young artists achievement awards Winner three Earold Riggs won the Beautiful bulldog contest beating a 50dog Field that included the likes of sir Griswald Sno Zalot Napoleon under bite and crazy legs a Moose the contest is held Annu ally to draw attention to the Drake relays one of the nations oldest and most prestigious track and Field events the relays will attract nearly 8000 athletes for the 98th running this year wan 35 arrested for butchering Alligator in Florida arrested a Man who picked up a dead Alligator and tried to Butcher it on his front Lawn saying he Only wanted a new Belt Benjamin Hodges 35 said he found the dead Gator floating in the River and took it Home in a shop Ping cart he figures it was 4 feet Forsfe Etliong just As Hodges flopped the car Cass on the ground and started to Cut it open officers showed up and arrested him an Anonymous caller had reported him to the state wildlife Agency he is charged Man killing or pos Sessing an Alligator a felony punishable by up to 60 Days in jail and a Dan on cinnamon Bun helps to Nab a car thief Eastpointe Norman 0 Wheeler probably wishes he had finished that cinnamon Bun Dan evidence from the partly eaten pastry led to wheelers a Restin a 2004 car theft the 40yearold Detroit resident already was serving time for another Auto theft when authorities made the Dan match Wheeler pleaded guilty earlier this month and he now faces sentencing on may22 Eastpointe officer de Lulko was investigating the car theft report when a witness described seeing a Man arrive in one car and then break out the windows of the other car and steal it according to police in the Detroit suburb officer Lulko found the partially eaten pastry in the car and sent it to the Michigan state police crime Laboratory with Hopes that the Dan left on the Roll could Lead to the identity of the perpetrator detective Eric Reiser told the a comb daily of mount Clemens As a convict wheelers Dan was on file leading to the match and arrest superhero charged with groping woman at party Cap Tain America could use the Power to change the past a doctor carrying a Burrito and dressed As the comic Book hero was arrested after allegedly grab Bing a woman inappropriately at a Florida bar and fighting with her Boyfriend Raymond Adamcik 54 later tried to flush marijuana he had Likely hidden in his costume Down a Toi let at a police station a police spokeswoman said the comic Book Captain Ameri Ca whose costume resembles the american Flag made news recently after he was killed in a March Issue of the comic Fairview High school runner Amanda Mcclelland Breaks from the blocks during the annual red Devil relays in to i re Ai dlr Sci under Blue skies with scattered Clouds Cody jju6iing Ulkie Morrison 21 left and his Friend Colin be 20 both of Bend Ore double up for a snowboard flight off a Large Snow wedge in the air chamber terrain Park at mount Bachelor Ore heavy Snow dog walk j through heavy Snow along die pass Avenue in Green Mountain Falls West of Colorado Springs cob pops Hopkinton Iowa watches As her 3yearold daughter Cortney 3 climbs on a piece of play equipment at legion Park in Delhi Iowa they were spend ing time at the Park while their vehicle was being repaired at a nearby shop ninth Grade students evacuate classroom earthquake Drill at Kings High school a private school near Seattle in Shoreline Wash a hand rescuers help Terroni Anderson from her car that was caught in the High water Iii in during Neavy rain and flooding in Denton Texas College student 19 set to graduate after 1 year Bloomfield Hills a 19yearold suburban de troit resident is on track to graduate from the University of Michi Gan after just a year of study Nicole Matisse is to officially graduate in the summer with a bachelors degree in psychology As a student at Lahser High school Matisse had exhausted the curriculum by her Junior year Between the exams she passed on eight advanced placement courses and the eight classes she took at Oakland Community col lege she had amassed enough credits to enter the University last fall As a Junior Matisse next step is to Start As a firs year student at the Wayne state University Law school in Detroit county commissioners find jail food revolting Wichita jail food is generally not supposed to be artfully presented gourmet Cui sine but for two Kansas officials the food at a jail in their county proved to be particularly vile county commissioners Gwen Welshimer and Kelly Parks ate at the Sedgwick county jail after receiving an Anonymous tip about the food they asked to be served the same lunch inmates were served that Day the Wichita Eagle reported what they got was mashed Pota toes two slices of White bread let Tuce canned Apple slices and five meatballs that Welshimer said Coul Dve been horse meat for All i know Welshimer said she barely touched the food there is no flavor of any kind of maybe they inmates dont need flavor but there should be some Way to determine that youre eating Parks said he ate the meal but he had to take medication in the afternoon to help his upset stomach while jail meals Are not required to look or taste Good they must meet dietary and nutrition guidelines in the county contract with its jail food service provider Abl management an Abl dietitian ensures that the three meals served each Day total 2700 Calo Ries chief Deputy David Thomp son said Man charged with doing dental work in garage West Palm Beach a Man is accused of perform ing dental work without a License in his filthy garage Roger bean 60 performed Den Ture fittings and made false Teeth in his garage charging just for a procedure that typically costs More than Palm Beach county sheriffs detective Don Zumpano said there were health risks with operating this Type of facility outside of your House adding that Beans work space was filthy neighbors and clients however praised bean for saving them thou Sands of dollars Ron St Mary 73 head of the neighbourhood crime watch said bean is no criminal Hes helping the old people who dont have a few dollars he told the South Florida Sun Sentinel newspaper i think the world of him sheriff robbery suspect flushed Money in toilet Canton a sheriff said the evidence was exactly where a Bank robbery suspect claimed it would be a toilet the suspect who investigators believe took part in robbing the Bank of Magnolia on april 20 Cut up stolen Money stained red by an exploding Dye pack and flushed it Down a toilet at his parents Home Stark county sheriff Tim Swanson said acting on a tip sheriffs deputies arrested the suspect while he was playing cards at a bar the suspect told deputies where they could find the Money Swanson said deputies with a search warrant removed the toilet from its plumb ing and found shredded us cur Rency in the toilet trap Swanson said the suspect was being held on a charge of aggravated robbery a county jail officer said Bond was set at officials water Down key state anti meth Bill Carson City Nevada legislators have gutted what would have been the Stron Gest measure this session targeting methamphetamine a proposal to require a doctors prescription for All drugs containing meth ingredients the prescription provision of ab150 was dropped in the face of opposition from Consumers who use cold and allergy medications retailers and the drug Industry during hearings on the Bill lobbyists from the retail association of Nevada National association of Chain drug stores and the con Sumer healthcare products association a group of manufacturers and distributors of overt counter drugs argued it would create unacceptable Barri ers for regular customers with a headache fever or a Runny nose woman files suit after sons Finger is severed Waco a Lubbock woman has sued the Texas youth commission claiming her sons Finger was severed last year when a Foo service window slammed on it while he was housed in a juvenile facility Debra Flores whose 12yearold son was held at the Tyc facility in Mart is seeking unspecified dam Ages the lawsuit claims that As the boy tried to Send his food tray Back through a window in his Ceil door in november the employee Sud Denly and without warning slammed the door of the Small win Dow Down Alan Walters superintendent at the Tyc facility in Mart and Jim Hurley a Tyc spokesman in aus tin both declined comment the suit alleges that it took More than 30 minutes for Tyc employees to come to the boys Aid even though he was bleeding Tyc officials retrieved his Fin Ger from the window ledge and rushed him to the Hospital but the Finger could not be reattached and they boy is permanently disfigured the suit alleges stories and photos from wire reports