Exhibitionists show their stuff at Manhattan hotel

The Daily Mail reports that visitors to High Line park in New York have been getting rather more than they bargained for.
For the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Standard hotel in Manhattan, which overlooks the park, have provided exhibitionists with the perfect platform to show off.
Guests at the hotel have been intentionally failing to close the curtains as they frolic naked in front of their rooms' huge windows.

The hotel is in Manhattan's Meat Packing district.

Really.

City of Shreveport Inspectors, Contractors arrested

Contractors James Hayward Lester, Alphonso Williams, Santana Brown and James Alex III were arrested this morning for fraud in their dealings with the Shreveport Community Development Office. The office channels millions of dollars of federal funding to the elderly and sick poor in the area.
Sheriff Steve Prator, who is in a press conference with DA Charles Rex Scott as we are writing this, said that HUD inspectors are en route to Shreveport from Jackson and should arrive at 3:30 today.
City Inspectors Community Development Office inspectors Jackie Mandigo, Daniel Lacour and Ray Jones were also arrested.
The sheriff also refused to comment when asked if the investigation was spurred by Caddo District Judge Ramon Lafitte ordering Williams, along with Shreveport City Councilman Calvin Lester, to pay $47,900 in damages to the owner of a rock crushing business.
Prator said that the investigation only reached into 1 rehabilitation program at the agency.

I thought I shot him

From The Times, too good to pass up. Make all the snarky remarks you like about Haughton and Princeton, but Blanchard is right up there . . .

Blanchard police officers say a group of men were firing shots in Blanchard at about 2 a.m. Saturday night when one of them apparently collapsed to the ground. The group of friends, number unknown at this time, thinking they had accidentally shot their friend, put him in the back of their truck and rushed him to Willis-Knighton hospital on Greenwood Road in Shreveport. While putting him in the truck, the friends severely cut their friend on the ribs on the truck door, leading them again to think he was bleeding from a bullet wound. Upon arrival at the hospital, they discovered the man had not been shot after all.

Pills, prostitutes and the po-po a bad combination

Worst judgment of the week

• Pamela Ann Pierce of Haughton was arrested Tuesday for possession of methamphetamine. She was stopped for failure to signal and gave deputies permission to search her vehicle, where they found drugs and a smoking device. She admitted to using meth two weeks previously. She is settling into her new digs at Bossier Max.
• Craig Pierotti of Elm Grove was stopped for an expired inspection sticker. During a search of his vehicle, deputies found 5 lortabs.

Why are deputies searching vehicles that were stopped for failure to signal and expired inspection sticker?

Why do people with drugs on them drive with an expired inspection sticker or fail to signal when a police officer is watching them?

Where my change, ho?

• This lovely pair, Margaret Ann Turks, 55, and John Arther Webb, 59, both of Plain Dealing, were arrested after an altercation. It seems that Turks had provided sex to Webb for $20 and beer. When Turks did not give Webb $30 change from a $50 bill, he hid her purse. She called 911. Yes, she called 911. They were charged with prostitution, theft and disturbing the peace-drunk and given lodging at Bossier Max.

Dirty old Man must believe that love hurts

• Caddo Parish school teacher Richard M. Forcht was arrested Saturday at the Louisiana Boardwalk. Bossier City police officers approached Forcht after watching him stare at underage girls and following them, according to a news release.

Officers said they smelled alcohol on Forcht's breath and body, and they noticed that his speech was slurred.

Officers at the Bossier City jail found two Lortab tablets and two Viagra tablets on him. Forcht was charged with possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance and prohibited acts.

Nasty Bastard is My Bossier's scumbag of the week

• This Nasty Bastard spit on a paramedic who had just treated him. Needless to say, he is My Bossier’s Scumbag of the Week.

Time Lapse of fire at Shreveport Regional Arts Council

From ZioCody.
The confessions of an alleged 'serial arsonist' have cleared a dozen cases, according to Shreveport Fire investigators. So far, 38-year-old Gary Vinson is only charged in connection with the blaze that destroyed the historic building that houses the administrative offices of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, but more charges are expected.

Ted Kennedy Dead at 77

Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away last night at the age of 77. A family statement said:
"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," the Kennedy family said in a statement announcing the senator's death.
"We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all. He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it. He always believed that our best days were still ahead, but it's hard to imagine any of them without him."

Courthouse News: Bossier Judge being stalked

We have a report that one of our 26th JDC judges is being stalked. The sheriff has had deputies watching his house over the weekend.

Due to the nature of the situation, we won't report which judge it is at this point.

We will follow up and report more as we learn it.

Michael Jackson's Death Homicide

AP reports that Michael Jackson's death has been ruled a homicide. Seems more like an assisted suicide to me.
Read the article here.

Nasty Bastard spits on paramedic

His name is Samuel D. Nall of Tallahassee, Florida.
Nall, who is positive for hepatitis B & C, spit on a paramedic following a domestic abuse incident.
According to reports, Nall grabbed his girlfriend by her hair and banged her head on the headboard of a bed.
He is being held in Bossier Minimum, and bond is set at $22,900.

Benton's Senator Adley explains separation of powers to Jindal Administration

Go Robert Adley!
Thanks to Central La. Politics for the video.