Tatum O'Neal Arrested For Drug Possession

Police say Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan.
Police say the 44-year-old actress was seen making the illicit purchase at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. She is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.
O'Neal, daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal, appears regularly on the cable television series "Rescue Me" and was the youngest person to win an Oscar for her role in 1973's "Paper Moon."
She chronicled her struggles with addiction in her memoir, "A Paper Life."
Police could not say whether she had an attorney. Messages left for a publicist were not returned early Monday

Man Arrested With Maijuana Claims He Was Going To Use It For Compost, Not Smoke It

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police in Iowa say a man caught with a large quantity of marijuana claimed all he had in mind was recycling.

A complaint by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office says the 30-year-old man told police in Iowa City that he planned to turn several large bags of marijuana into compost.

Officers report the bags he had when he was arrested early Saturday held a "gallon" or more of marijuana each.

The complaint says officers didn't buy the compost story. The suspect remained in jail Sunday without posting $14,000 bail on a charge of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute.

Naked pilot, flight attendant arrested in woods

HARRISBURG, Pa. - An airline pilot was found hiding behind a shed wearing only flip-flops and a wristwatch as a nighttime romp in the woods with a flight attendant ended with both under arrest, police said.
Jeffrey Paul Bradford, 24, and Adrianna Grace Connor, 24, both employees of Pinnacle Airlines Inc., were at a diner on the outskirts of Harrisburg on Sunday night before they apparently decided to walk into the woods, police said.
They told the officer they wanted to go do it in the woods, essentially," said Lower Swatara Township police Sgt. Richard Brandt. "That's the best answer they had."
The two somehow became separated, and people who live in the neighborhood summoned police around 9:30 p.m., saying they had seen a naked man and an intoxicated woman.
A helicopter with heat-seeking equipment was called in, and Bradford was discovered hiding behind a shed shortly before midnight.
Bradford, of Pittsburgh, was charged with indecent exposure, public drunkenness and other offenses. Connor, of Belleville, Mich., was charged with theft from a motor vehicle, public drunkenness and other offenses; police said she took a flashlight from a neighbor's vehicle.
A spokesman for the Memphis, Tenn., airline said the two were suspended while the company investigates.

Law Would Ban Serving Obese Diners

JACKSON, Miss. A state lawmaker wants to ban restaurants from serving food to obese customers - but please, don't be offended. He says he never even expected his plan to become law.

"I was trying to shed a little light on the number one problem in Mississippi," said Republican Rep. John Read of Gautier.. More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi are considered it obese, according to a 2007 study by the Trust for America's Health, a research group that focuses on disease prevention.

The state House Public Health Committee chairman, Democrat Steve Holland of Plantersville, said he is going to "shred" the bill. "It is too oppressive for government to require a restaurant owner to police another human being from their own indiscretions," Holland said Monday.

The bill had no specifics about how obesity would be defined, or how restaurants were supposed to determine if a customer was obese.

Al Stamps, who owns a restaurant in Jackson, said it is "absurd" for the state to consider telling him which customers he can't serve. He and his wife, Kim, do a bustling lunch business at Cool Al's, which serves big burgers - beef or veggie - and specialty foods like "Sassy Momma Sweet Potato Fries."

"There is a better way to deal with health issues than to impose those kind of regulations," Al Stamps said. "I'm sorry - you can't do it by treating adults like children and telling them what they can and cannot eat."



Source: AP

Background Criminal Report - The Shocking Truth

A background criminal report is a tool which is used by many
employers, local and federal government, corporations and
private individuals to protect their families, themselves and
their property from the criminal element. It is generally
understood, by the majority of the public, it is a simple matter
to obtain this information from the local and federal
government. However, that is not quite true. The purpose of this
dissertation is to provide a better understanding of what may be
involved.

One of the reasons people tend to believe it is a simple
matter, to obtain the lawbreaking history of an individual, is
due to the entertainment industry and the World Wide Web. This
industry includes the movies, T.V. shows and books. The majority
of these shows and books portray someone using a computer to
access the internet and gaining access to some type of national
database, which has a file on every lawbreaker in the United
States. Frankly, that image is not quite true.

Yes! It is true the United States Government maintains a
national database called the Interstate Identification Index
(better known by the acronym Triple-I). And in fact the Triple-I
contains information on people who have broken the law. However,
the index is maintained by the F.B.I and access is limited to
state and federal law enforcement agencies. It should also be
understood, unless the federal, state, county and city
governments have submitted the information to Triple-I, the
offenders will not be in the database. Since access is limited
to law enforcement, the general public must use other means at
its disposal.

Background criminal reports can be found by searching federal,
state, county and city records. Each of these entities may have
different laws for gaining access to the records. Consequently,
it may become quite complicated when multiple jurisdictions are
going to have to be checked. However, there is one thing the
majority of them have in common, each of these entities maintain
a web site, with the criminal information, which the public can
access.

To help you get an accurate background report on the individual
you are investigating, there are several things that will be
critical to your investigation. One of the first steps you must
take is to do a thorough one on one interview with the party
concerned. The absolute minimum amount of information, you
should extract, is the full name, date of birth, social security
number and the addresses where the party of the investigation
has resided for the last seven years. This information will
determine that you indeed are getting the correct information on
the right person.

The next step which must be determined is if the investigating
party is going to conduct the criminal records investigation or
if a professional investigative agency will be utilized.
Frankly, if the investigating party is pressed for time a
professional agency may be the best way to go.

Once the information has been received from the investigation a
determination can be made as to the character of the person
being investigated. Only then will you know who you are really
dealing with!