Top

One Way Bus Tickets

December 22, 2011 by · Comments Off on One Way Bus Tickets 

One Way Bus Tickets, Using $25,000 confiscated from criminals, Fort Lauderdale is offering to buy one-way bus tickets for homeless people whose families will care for them at the other end of the trip, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.

“We’re not pushing them out,” Mayor Jack Seiler said. “If somebody has a network of support, a group of family and friends that will provide for them back home, that’s probably a good place for them to be.”

Commissioners voted to create a Homeless Reunification Program through the police department’s homeless-outreach unit, which had placed more than 7,000 people in shelters and housing through August. The city says 190 families with children who were living on the streets were still waiting for openings in early September.

Under the bus-ticket program, a homeless person or family must have a family member willing to pick them up at their final destination, and they can use the program only once.

Broward and Palm Beach counties have had similar programs for years.

Ice Cream Truck Driver Prices Too High

December 22, 2011 by · Comments Off on Ice Cream Truck Driver Prices Too High 

Ice Cream Truck Driver Prices Too HighIce Cream Truck Driver Prices Too High, A Utah woman faces misdemeanor charges after police say she sprayed an ice cream truck driver in the face with cleaning solution because she was upset about the driver’s prices.

Authorities in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville say 65-year-old Andrea Chavez told them she sprayed the woman because “she charges too much for ice cream.”

The incident happened Aug. 7 at an apartment complex. Charges were filed Monday, though the reason for the delay was unknown. A message left for Salt Lake County prosecutors was not immediately returned Tuesday.

Police say the driver was briefly hospitalized after being hit in the eyes with Mean Green cleaner, a product described on its website as a blend of nontoxic, biodegradable detergents.

Court papers say Chavez fought off Taylorsville police officer Mike Ikemiyashiro when he tried to take her into custody, threatening to “sock him in the face” and kick him in the groin.

Salt Lake County sheriff’s office records show Chavez was booked into jail after the incident and held for three days. She was released when no charges were filed. By law, authorities can hold someone in jail for only 72 hours without filing charges.

Bottom