Thursday, December 11, 2008

PLN#17

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11131545

An Ohio man named Frederick D. Purvis, who repeatedly said he was going to blow up Denver International Airport was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Cincinnati for making the threats. According to the records shown by cops he sent a message quoting, "I am going to place a bomb in the Denver International Airport on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at 3 p.m. I will shoot myself in the ladies room at 3:30 p.m. because I do not want to live any longer. If I live, I will kill President Bush. That is not the only threat he made. He threatened to kill an individual at an Ohio radio station and blowup various landmarks in Ohio, including the Cincinnati airport. This man has made bomb threats over the internet. He made the threats between Oct. 16 and Nov. 13, sending messages over the Internet to the media. Obviously there is something wrong with this man because he is making all these threats for no reason. This matters to me because he can hurt people. Even though he hasn’t achieved his goals in bombing the air port he can still be great danger to communities and people. His punishments for all these threats lead him punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. This should matter to the world because people need to realize that they can’t always be safe. They need to know that this can happen anywhere. I think police need to keep an eye on people who look suspicious because you never know what they can do.

PLN#16

http://www.denverpost.com/
“Man arrested after allegedly smoking pot at Aspen movie.”

In the back of a movie theatre a 19 year old man was caught smoking pot with a group of teens. He will be charged with drug possession, and I think he deserves a worse penalty than a fine of $150; he should be put to jail, with all the other potheads. This matters to me because we can’t have people like this running around and scaring our public, they are a bad influence to our community. Also, we should make it a state effort to find drug dealers. If we destroy the sources then there will be no chaos. Once we exterminate these pests our community will be safe form further drug use. This matters to the young man becauase it’s good that the teen confessed to having possession of the marijuana, or else he would have faced worse consequences. Drugs mess up a lot of people and I think they should get a second chance, and re-direct their lives.

PLN#15

http://www.denverpost.com/crime/ci_11190669
Arvada man charged in bow-and-arrow killing of dog

A man accused of killing his girlfriend's small dog with a bow and arrows was charged Wednesday with aggravated animal cruelty. Zackary Scott Ruszka, 20, appeared in Jefferson County Court on Wednesday, where he was advised of the cruelty charge. The man making the report was Alex Duran, 21. When he returned, he noticed blood in the garage and saw Blaze, a small black terrier, dead with two or three arrows in its body. He is fined 5,000 dollars. What matter to Zackary is to let off easy and not to be arrested. What matters to me is that he should be put in jail because he obviously has a temper and he can not only kill animals but a person. We need to be aware of kids with temper because they can cause harm to our public. I’m glad that he is fined but he should have had a rougher sentence. This could also be the parent’s fault because they probably don’t spend time with him or he isn’t disciplined enough. This should matter to the world because teenagers need to know when it’s all fun and games and stop when things are serious because it can lead to horrible crimes. I also think that animal cruelty is a sad thing. We need to save those helpless animals and give them a home!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

PLN#14

http://www.denverpost.com/crime/ci_11088356

My PLN is about a father and a son robbing a women on a JC Penny parking lot at Colorado Springs. The two men grabbed her purse and one of them punched her to the ground. Then they jumped into their car and drove off. John Lockett Sr., 43, and John Lockett Jr., 19 were arrested for robbing and now police are investigating if they previously robbed any other places to. What matters to the police in this article is to capture other robbers because they are causing too much chaos and are making malls unsafe for people to shop. Also they are glad they found the men quickly because they would have ran away from the cops. What matters to me and the world is to arrest people who steal especial on Black Friday since it’s the biggest shopping day of the year. Luckily the two men in the article are arrested before Black Friday or they would have committed another crime similar to this one.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

PLN#13

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11102000

My PLN is about how much snow we got Friday. We only got 1 or 2 inches of snow. In the mountains like Loveland they got 13 inches witch is good for snowboarders and skiers. We are not getting a lot of snow like previous winters. It should be snowing a lot by now but we have been having sunny days and nice breezes. This matters to me because I like how there isn’t a lot of snow because I don’t really like the snow and I hate driving when it’s snowing its really dangerous. My parent’s car always seems to slide across the road due to the black ice. This matters to the people in Colorado because some of them want it to snow because they probably want to go snowboarding or skiing and you need a lot of snow or the parks won’t open. Also, some people were born in Colorado and winter is nothing without snow to them. This matters to people who hate the snow. There are some people who are love this weather because they can do summer stuff like gardening, biking or walking. Also some people are not used to the snow because there are from places where it doesn’t snow like me. I was born in California and I’m still not used to the snow after 5 years living I here. I think we will be getting more snow later in December.

PLN#12

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_11083172


My PLN is an article that says Obama says he’ll mix change, experience. At first I didn’t understand what it meant then after I read it means that Obama is going to make some change to the white house. He also says that change doesn’t come from Washington but that it comes to Washington. People are not sure about this change because Obama is working with the Clinton administration. This matters to Obama because he really wants people to realize that change is coming but he needs help from us. This matters to me because I think he made a good choice that he chose Hillary Clinton to be secretary because he is a strong and brilliant women who has tons of experience. This also matters to me because Obama is always talking about change but is he actually going to do it? He is talking like he is still campaigning but I don’t see the visual yet. Hopefully he will do as he said. This should matter to the world because people in America need to know what is going on and know what our new president is going to do to make our country a better place to be in. people also are wondering if he is going to make change or if he is just saying that for people's amusement.

PLN#11

http://www.denverpost.com/crime/ci_11082601

My PLN is about a 40 year old man name John R. Lucero who sexually assaulted woman while she was sleeping in her apartment. Police say the women’s apartment was open and that he entered that way. What matters to the women in this article is to put the guy in jail because he did something that she would never forget. Another thing that matters to her is that this shouldn’t happen again and that means he should get arrested. Luckily the man was arrested due to sexually assault. This matters to me because I think its wrong for anyone to sexually assault someone. I think our police should make an effort to capture anyone who raped anyone. This matters to the world because people want this crime to stop because it is not safe for our community. Rapist are running around and scaring our public. We all need to stop them from hurting anyone else. They need to be sent to jail because they shouldn’t show there faces to us. I also think they can do worse crime like murder and we cant risk anything like that.