Student Allegedly Pushed in Front of Oncoming Train for Saying 'No'

donderdag 26 september 2013

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by Ericka Sóuter 3 hours ago

It's one of those freak tragedies that sends chills down your spine. A 21-year-old college student on her daily commute is waiting for a train. While standing on the platform, she has a brief exchange with a homeless man, who allegedly then suddenly pushes her in front of an oncoming train. It's a horrifying crime -- and even more so when you learn what motivated this man's vicious attack.

The man, 39-year-old Howard Mickens, was reportedly angered when young Maya Leggat declined to give him any money. Other would-be passengers immediately went to help, following Mickens and subduing him until police arrived. Fortunately the impact did not kill Legget, but it did leave her legs badly mangled and she suffered a head injury. A family member said she will need several surgeries. It's a miracle that she survived.

It's so dismaying that this girl's life was put in danger simply because she said, "No." According to the New York Post, this man had been loitering at the station and harassing people for months. He even had 11 previous arrests. This is just a horrible reminder that danger can lurk in the most unexpected places. We have to be vigilante about our safety and, sadly, always on the defensive when it comes to strangers.

There seem to be a rash of cases in New York City where a person on their way to work or home is pushed on the tracks by a deranged stranger. It's frightening. For now, Mickens has been charged with attempted homicide. If found guilty, they should lock him up for a very long time.

Do you find this story startling? Or have you heard of a similar incident?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ericka Sóuter

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Crazy One Direction Fan Allegedly Kills Dog Because They Ignored Her

vrijdag 13 september 2013

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by Linda Sharps 4 hours ago

Warning: the story I'm about to share with you is highly unpleasant. On August 29, a fan using the Twitter handle @illumivato tweeted the British boy band One Direction with the threat, "FOLLOW ME OR I'LL BREAK MY DOG'S NECK." She included a photo of a tiny dog being held down on the floor, someone's hand on its neck. When she wasn't followed, another tweet was eventually sent to singer Liam Payne with the message that the dog was now dead, along with a disturbing photo of a crying girl holding the unmoving dog.

There are plenty of folks who believe this Twitter account -- which is now suspended -- was a hoax, and hopefully that's true. But there's something about the creepy second photo that makes me believe someone really did kill that dog.

Worse, this isn't the first threatening image the fan has posted.

I kind of hate to even speculate about this whole thing, because it's either completely gruesome or a deranged joke, but if you can stand it, take a close look at this photo @illumivato posted:

Maybe the dog is just ... lying there? But to me its little face looks totally lifeless.

I hope I'm just reading too much into a prank and the dog is perfectly fine. The thing that makes me lean towards believing this is a sick hoax account is that there have been other disturbing images posted from the allegedly obsessed One Direction fan, including cats and dogs stuffed into blenders, a gun held to a little dog, and a young boy bound with duct tape. Each photo included a demand that someone from One Direction follow her account.

There's currently a nearly 4,000-signature-strong Change.org petition asking for the @illumivato account to be investigated by Twitter, PETA, the police, and other organizations. So far, the accountholder's name and location have not been revealed.

The messed up part of this story is that even if there isn't REALLY a crazy fan who's willing to break the neck of her beloved pet to get a boy band's attention, there's at least a crazy person who's willing to pretend to be that psychotic. One situation is better than the other, I suppose, but either way it's pretty upsetting.

Do you think this Twitter account was a hoax?

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Wrong House Demolished After Sneaky Neighbor Allegedly Switches the Address Numbers (VIDEO)

dinsdag 10 september 2013

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D'oh! Talk about a clever plan gone horribly wrong. A Michigan homeowner is being accused of swapping the address numbers on his house with the one next door in order to save his pad from being demolished.

And guess what? Yep -- it worked. Crews arrived at the neighbor's house with a bulldozer and tore it down. Now the dude who owns it is pretty bent out of shape because he was planning on renting it out starting on October 1. He thinks that the city owes him a new house -- though other residents in the area were actually quite pleased about the little mixup.

Take a look at this video clip to hear what the neighbors had to say.

HA! "I wanted to go down there and give them guys a 12-pack of beer." (Sorry, but it's impossible not to laugh at those words.)

And even though the original house that was scheduled to be torn down was eventually demolished, you gotta give the guy props for trying to save his pad even though his plan was pretty sneaky. (If he actually did switch the numbers, of course. Maybe he's innocent.)

But let's just assume for a second that he did try and pull a fast one on the demo crews. He had to expect repercussions if he got caught making the swap -- or at least you'd think so. His alleged plan definitely backfired in the worst way, but I guess it was worth a shot, right? (Relax. I'm kidding. Sort of.)

Hmm. Regardless of how the wrong house got torn down, the dude who owns it probably should be reimbursed in one way or another -- no matter how much of an eye sore the place was.

But if it was really in that bad of shape, maybe he's better off just taking the 12-pack of beer and calling it even.

Do you think this guy should be punished if he really switched the addresses? And should the owner of the torn down home get a new one from the city?

 

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is the writer behind The Mommyologist, and the mom of a future famous comedian. Her current loves include cosmopolitans, reality TV, and shoes that don't pinch her feet.

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