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!