Today, I focused on reading some stories in my local newspaper, the Hampton Union. I read about the local High School football team winning the state championship, and a story behind the quarterback of the team, as well as a story about the Christmas parade coming up this weekend, as well as an article about a 19 year old in town who is convicted of a rape crime. I also read an article in the USA Today about Powerball and how it is now a $425 million dollar jackpot. I read that they are debating whether or not to raise the jackpot, since it is likely to raise even higher between now and Wednesday, but they said that the lottery commission is waiting until later tonight to see what sales are like, then making a decision. I thought that this was interesting because I didn't know that people raise the jackpots in lottery games, I thought it raised no matter what as long as people were buying into it.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Alex
Another Attack at a Beach in Amity
At 2 p.m. today, another life was taken at the beaches in Amity. This time, it was Alex Kinter, 10, of Mayfair Court. This attack appeared to be a vicious and unprovoked shark attack.
According to Witnesses, Kinter was floating in the ocean when suddenly, a ring of blood appeared, and the boy disappeared off his yellow raft at Village Beach.
His body has not been recovered, however, his raft floated ashore with a large chunk taken outof it.
This is the second attack of the day at the beaches in town, making it more clear that a shark attack could be linked to the cause of the death of Chrissie Watson, 17, who was found dead earlier this morning on South Beach after last being seen at around 11 p.m. the night before at a beach party.
The attack on Watson is still under investigation, as her body is still at the coroner's office for an autopsy.
The 10 year old was at the beach with his mother, Marion Kinter, who is currently being treated at Amity General Hospital for shock, where she is reportedly in fair condition.
Amity Mayer Larry Vaughn is expressing his deepest and most sincere condolences to the Kinter family.
Due to these unfortunate events, a meeeting will be held at the town hall by Mayor Vaughn, Chief Martin Brody, and the Amity Board of Selectmen at 6 p.m. to discuss the recent events of Amity and the closing of the beaches on July 4.
At 2 p.m. today, another life was taken at the beaches in Amity. This time, it was Alex Kinter, 10, of Mayfair Court. This attack appeared to be a vicious and unprovoked shark attack.
According to Witnesses, Kinter was floating in the ocean when suddenly, a ring of blood appeared, and the boy disappeared off his yellow raft at Village Beach.
His body has not been recovered, however, his raft floated ashore with a large chunk taken outof it.
This is the second attack of the day at the beaches in town, making it more clear that a shark attack could be linked to the cause of the death of Chrissie Watson, 17, who was found dead earlier this morning on South Beach after last being seen at around 11 p.m. the night before at a beach party.
The attack on Watson is still under investigation, as her body is still at the coroner's office for an autopsy.
The 10 year old was at the beach with his mother, Marion Kinter, who is currently being treated at Amity General Hospital for shock, where she is reportedly in fair condition.
Amity Mayer Larry Vaughn is expressing his deepest and most sincere condolences to the Kinter family.
Due to these unfortunate events, a meeeting will be held at the town hall by Mayor Vaughn, Chief Martin Brody, and the Amity Board of Selectmen at 6 p.m. to discuss the recent events of Amity and the closing of the beaches on July 4.
Chrissie
Amity Teen Found Dead on an Amity Beach
Chrissie Watson, 17, of 23 Sharkstooth St., Amity was found dead on a beach in town today. She was reportedly last seen leaving a beach party with another teen male last night.
The male she was last seen with, who was identified as Christopher Hoggenbottam III, is a sophomore at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., who is a former resident of the island, at around 11 p.m. last night.
Hoggenbottam reported to the police at 6 a.m. that Watson's body had been missing, after he realized she had not returned from her swim.
According to the press release, Hoggenbottam told police that Watson entered the water in a remote section of South Beach near the South Beach bell buoy.
Witnesses told police that the two had been drinking heavily at a bonfire previous to the incident, and possibly smoking marijuana.
Jay Hendricks, Amity Police Deputy, found Watson's body mangled up early this morning after briefly searching. Her body has been reportedly mauled by an unkown attacker, and has been transported to the coroner's office for an autopsy.
Watson was a member of the varsity swim team at Amity High School and a lifeguard at the Amity Island YMCA pool in Oak Bluffs.
The attack, which is still being investigated, is thought to possibly be a shark attack. However, according to Hendricks, the likelihood that it was a shark attack are very, very slim.
"There is no evidence that it was a shark attack," he said. "It could have been an assault, we don't know."
The beaches of Amity Island are still open for swimming until outcome of the investigation is released.
If anyone has any other information about this incident, please email brodyman@beachcop.com with your information.
Chrissie Watson, 17, of 23 Sharkstooth St., Amity was found dead on a beach in town today. She was reportedly last seen leaving a beach party with another teen male last night.
The male she was last seen with, who was identified as Christopher Hoggenbottam III, is a sophomore at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., who is a former resident of the island, at around 11 p.m. last night.
Hoggenbottam reported to the police at 6 a.m. that Watson's body had been missing, after he realized she had not returned from her swim.
According to the press release, Hoggenbottam told police that Watson entered the water in a remote section of South Beach near the South Beach bell buoy.
Witnesses told police that the two had been drinking heavily at a bonfire previous to the incident, and possibly smoking marijuana.
Jay Hendricks, Amity Police Deputy, found Watson's body mangled up early this morning after briefly searching. Her body has been reportedly mauled by an unkown attacker, and has been transported to the coroner's office for an autopsy.
Watson was a member of the varsity swim team at Amity High School and a lifeguard at the Amity Island YMCA pool in Oak Bluffs.
The attack, which is still being investigated, is thought to possibly be a shark attack. However, according to Hendricks, the likelihood that it was a shark attack are very, very slim.
"There is no evidence that it was a shark attack," he said. "It could have been an assault, we don't know."
The beaches of Amity Island are still open for swimming until outcome of the investigation is released.
If anyone has any other information about this incident, please email brodyman@beachcop.com with your information.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Shopping Season
Many of the articles I saw/read today revolved around shopping this weekend. According to a USA Today article, this was a record shopping weekend, and tomorrow, Cyber Monday, is expected to make it even more of a record. The article stated that many people, more than ever, came out on Thanksgiving night to get the deals at stores like Target, Sears, and Toys R Us. One site reports that there was over 59 billion dollars in sales between Thursday night and today, Sunday. More people were out shopping, as well as spending money online. The article said that people spent about 41 percent more this Black Friday weekend than any other.
Another interesting article I read over the weekend talked about YouTube, and the newest thing, Gangnam Style. The video on Youtube by an artist named Psy has officially topped most ever view on the website, passing Justin Bieber (who had the most prior) by about 2 billion, with around 306 billion views. I'm shocked because I don't know why it is so popular in the first place, but I thought it was amazing how quickly it got so many views.
Another interesting article I read over the weekend talked about YouTube, and the newest thing, Gangnam Style. The video on Youtube by an artist named Psy has officially topped most ever view on the website, passing Justin Bieber (who had the most prior) by about 2 billion, with around 306 billion views. I'm shocked because I don't know why it is so popular in the first place, but I thought it was amazing how quickly it got so many views.
French Connection
French man shot and killed by New York Detective Sunday Late Sunday Afternoon
A long police chase ended in death for a French man on Sunday at 4:08 p.m. Detective Jimmy Doyle of the New York Police Department killed the 36 year old man with one shot of a gun at the 15th Street Station after following his train from 35th Street Station.
Pierre Jeantot of Nice, France was suspected of working for a French drug kingpin in the city. The man is also currently under investigation for possibly being involved with a crime involving a heroin shipment between France and New York City.
Jeantot had reportedly shot at the detective from a rooftop, which he quickly fled from after shooting and killing a woman walking by. Police officers quickly made it to the top of the building, where they found an automatic rifle and many shell casings.
The chase involved Jeantot hijacking the train while Detective Doyle followed it in a commandeered car.
According to the New York Police Department and several eyewitnesses, the eventful afternoon began with a gunshot from the top of an apartment building located at 1767 W. 57th Avenue. All of a sudden, according to witness Tori Roche, 19, a woman who was pushing a stroller went down on the ground and appeared dead, while the detective went and hid under a tree for cover from the gunshots.
Roche said that the detective was shot at again but was luckily not hit. After 5 shots were fired, the gunman was done shooting, but babies were still crying from the loud bang of the gun, and people were screaming. Detective Doyle quickly got up and scooted across the building and up the stairs to find the gunman, but he had escaped too quickly.
According to Roche, the gunman had been down on the street when the detective spotted him from the top of the apartment building. She saw the detective disappear down the stairs quickly to try and catch Jeantot, but it was too late, he was already headed toward the train station.
According to a witness on the train, Sean Loucks, 23, the train with Jeantot was just as frightening and eventful. Loucks said the gunman got on the train and started running through the carts as a man on the train who appeared to be either a police officer or a worker caught up to him, but the gunman quickly turned around and shot him in the leg. The man went down to the ground instantly, according to the witness.
Loucks said that the gunman made it to the end of the carts and into the one with the conductor. Jeantot reportedly put the gun to the conductors head and told him not to stop at the next stop, which Loucks believed to be the stop at 25th Avenue. The conductor followed instruction and continued past the stop, while many people standing and waiting for the train looked angry and suspicious as to why there train went past them.
On the train, Jeantot tried to make an escape and began trying to find a way out. He ran back through the carts while shooting another police officer on the train in the chest on the way, and killing him. The train also collided with another train soon after. The gunman hit his head on the side of the train when the two trains collided and lost his gun somewhere in the cart.
The gunman reportedly finished his train ride after escaping through a back door.
According to eyewitness Meghan Haughton, 22, while the gunman was on the train, detective Doyle was chasing the train in a reddish colored car through the streets of New York City. She said that the detective was driving recklessly trying to keep an eye on where the train was at all times.
Haughton said that the detective was swerving through all kinds of traffic, and hit 2 cars while he was at it, but he kept on going. The witness also mentioned a crazy amount of beeping done during the chase by the detective.
According to witness Lauren Lawrence, the shooter was at the top of the stairs when the detective finally caught up with him once he was off the train. Lawrence claimed that the detective was standing at the bottom of the stairs and looked at him in a calm manor before shooting him.
The gunman quickly went rolling down the staircase as the detective stumbled onto the bottom of the stairs.
The gunman was officially killed, after shooting and killing multiple people through the afternoon from the apartment building to the train.
Detective Jimmy Doyle shot him with one shot of a .38 caliber service revolver. The force used by Doyle was justified under the circumstances of what happened throughout the afternoon, as it is suspected that Jeantot was assigned to assassinate the detective earlier in the afternoon during the first shooting.
Police found Jeantot’s .44 magnum revolver gun on the train, which was recovered from the cart the man was in after the two trains had collided.
This case is currently still under thorough investigation. More information will be released once it is all unfolded.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Elmo
According to several articles, the voice of Elmo, Kevin Clash, has resigned from his job being a voice on Sesame Street. He was recently accused of being involved in a sex scandal. A few people have come forward claiming that the man behind the famous Elmo character has sexually abused them when they were younger. He has been the voice of Elmo for about 28 years. With Christmas coming up, and Elmo toys being very popular, there was an article on USA Today that talked about how this would affect the sales. According to the article, the sales will not be changing. Analysts say that Elmo is a much bigger icon than the man behind it, therefore, Hasbro could still sell $150 million or more of toys this holiday season. I thought that this was interesting because I would think that it would change the sales, however, Elmo is everywhere, so it is almost hard to avoid it.
Monday, November 19, 2012
News Reading 11/19
Today, I am seeing more and more about Israel/Hamas attacks in the news. It is now the sixth day and according to an article on the LA Times website, there are over 100 deaths now due to the bombings. Another article I found on the site, that was Thanksgiving related, was about the amount of turkey Americans will buy this holiday. Americans will buy 581 million pounds of turkey meat, and waste about a third of it. I thought this was an interesting fact just because of the holiday coming up this week. The article stated that all the wasted turkey is equivalent to enough water to supply NYC for 100 days in greenhouse gas emissions. I thought that this was amazing. I think it is sad how much we waste food here, especially because of all those that are starving.
Today, I decided to also look at a newspaper covering southwest Florida, because my parents have a house in the area so I thought it'd be interesting to look at what is going on. It is funny looking at that newspaper compared to my own local paper because it just seems like so much more goes on. An article I found interesting was about college tuition rates in FL may decrease to try and help out the economy. The article said basically, that the colleges may start to charge different rates per major, and if the prices are lower and more people and go and get jobs, it could help the economy down there again. I thought that this was an interesting concept, especially because FL colleges are already very cheap to go to an in-state school, especially compared to UNH!
Today, I decided to also look at a newspaper covering southwest Florida, because my parents have a house in the area so I thought it'd be interesting to look at what is going on. It is funny looking at that newspaper compared to my own local paper because it just seems like so much more goes on. An article I found interesting was about college tuition rates in FL may decrease to try and help out the economy. The article said basically, that the colleges may start to charge different rates per major, and if the prices are lower and more people and go and get jobs, it could help the economy down there again. I thought that this was an interesting concept, especially because FL colleges are already very cheap to go to an in-state school, especially compared to UNH!
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