18 Oct 2008 | By
charlotte
Two people were being held late Sunday in a county jail after an altercation involving possession of a steam cleaner. A man and a woman, were being held late Sunday.
Here’s what happened, according to police:
The two allegedly arrived at the victim’s home about 6:45 p.m. Saturday. They allegedly went into a house with a baseball bat and demanded the steam cleaner.
When the victim said he did not have the property, the two took his cell phone and started to walk out the door. When the victim tried to stop them, the two allegedly began hitting him with closed fists. The man allegedly shoved the victim, who fell down, hit his head and lost consciousness for a moment. The victim had a large laceration on his head, police said. The man told police he took the bat to get his property. The victim is the grandfather of one of the suspects, police said.
The man faces charges of first-degree robbery, going armed with intent and assault while participating in a felony. His bond was set at $55,250, according to the county Sheriff’s Department. The woman faces charges of assault while participating in a felony and first-degree robbery. Her bond was set at $42,250.
18 Oct 2008 | By
charlotte
Workers on Wednesday began carving grooves on Avenue G in Lancaster, California that will produce notes of the “William Tell Overture” when cars drive over them.
The high desert city north of Los Angeles placed the grooves on another road, Avenue K, last month for a Honda commercial. The quarter-mile strip was engineered to play the notes – better known as the theme for “The Lone Ranger” – when motorists in Honda Civics hit them at 55 mph.
It was believed to be the first such musical road in the United States, although there are others in Japan, South Korea and Holland. The city paved over that stretch two weeks later after neighbors complained the noise was annoying and kept them awake.
The city, however, received hundreds of calls praising the road and decided to recreate the road in an industrial area away from homes. “It will be a tourist attraction. It will pull people off the freeway,” the mayor said and many residents also liked it.
“You drove over it and you didn’t know what to expect. When we got to the end of it, I was smiling ear to ear,” said one woman.
The City Council has approved spending up to $35,000 for the work, but officials said there has been interest from several companies in sponsoring the road and reimbursing the cost in return for publicity.
