Monday, June 27, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 6/27

A judge isn't buying Robert Henry's holy high argument. Henry claims pot is a sacrament that he smokes for religious reasons. He was sentenced on Wednesday to up to 13 years in prison on drug and conspiracy charges. Before being sent away, Henry told a Pennsylvania judge he is being persecuted for his religious beliefs. He claims to be an ordained minister and a member of the Hawaii Cannabis Ministry.


A California woman said her family's puppy was rescued from a sewer pipe thanks to a pair of Roto Rooter employees. Amelie Johnson of Stockton said the puppy crawled into a sewer drain that had been left uncapped by the county and went 12 feet to the neighbor's sewer. She said animal control employees told her they couldn't help with the situation and firefighters and San Joaquin County Public Works employees were unable to reach the dog with their equipment. Johnson said her mother-in-law suggested she call a plumber and a pair of Roto Rooter workers showed up with cables and a snake-line camera. "Once we were able to find the puppy, we could gently nudge it out with a cable machine we had put through the opposite side in the neighbor's yard," plumbing technician Anthony Soares said. The workers did not charge for the rescue.
 
 
Touching an endangered Hawaiian monk seal will cost a 19-year-old man $100. Cameron Cayaban pleaded guilty in federal court to harassing, harming or pursuing an endangered species. A federal magistrate judged imposed $100 in fines and fees. The government charged Cayaban with slapping a Hawaiian monk seal known as Kermit on March 12th at Kalaeloa's White Plains Beach while the animal was re-entering the ocean. His lawyer says Cayaban was overcome when he saw the seal, ran up to the endangered animal and touched it. Witnesses who saw what happened reported the incident to Barbers Point military police.

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