Wednesday, September 8, 2010

“Chillicothe Police: No Crime Committed After Torn Kid's Clothes Found - fox4kc.com” plus 1 more

“Chillicothe Police: No Crime Committed After Torn Kid's Clothes Found - fox4kc.com” plus 1 more


Chillicothe Police: No Crime Committed After Torn Kid's Clothes Found - fox4kc.com

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Meagan Kelleher, FOX 4 Web Producer

1:02 PM CDT, September 8, 2010

Chillicothe Police: No Crime Committed After Torn Kid's Clothes Found
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. - Chillicothe Police announced on Wednesday that no crime had been committed after someone found ripped children's clothing in a restroom at a park.

On September 2, police said a park patron found the clothing of a young girl, size six, in the men's room at Danner Park. Police Chief Rick Knouse said the girl's entire outfit, including her underwear, was found in the restroom.

On Wednesday, police said they traced the clothing back to the retailer and was able to locate the person who purchased the clothes with a debit card. Police said the person was contacted and "a reasonable explanation for why the clothing was left in the manner it was were given."

Police had called in tracking dogs from the state prison in Cameron to help in their initial search.

Chillicothe police said on Wednesday that they treated the scene as a possible crime scene as a precautionary measure until a more through investigation could be completed.


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Mass. woman stung 500 times, 11 NH kids stung - msnbc.com

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:40 PM PDT

DOVER, N.H. -- A woman in Attleboro is recovering after she was stung more than 500 times, while a science class in Dover, New Hampshire is also dealing with a stinging situation when a student there stepped on a nest of yellow jackets.

A classroom of 6th graders at Dover Middle School went into the woods next to the fire station for a science lesson on recycling, but ended up confronting nature.

"They walked up on a nest that was on the ground, in the ground, and the bees got up underneath their shirts and those types of things, so they had multiple sting. But they had multiple stings on their heads, a bunch of them on their faces, on their backs; they were pretty much all over the place," said Dover Fire Chief Perry Plummer.

Around 9:30 a.m. firefighters at the station heard the children screaming. A half dozen ran into the fire house and the rest ran back to school around the corner after being stung by yellow jackets. A total of 11 students were stung, three teachers and teacher's aides were also stung, and one student was stung 25 times.

"Bees actually chased them all the way back to the school," said Plummer.

It was just two days ago nearly 100 miles away that firefighters had to use an extinguisher to fend off some 500 yellow jackets that stung an Attleboro woman.

"She was on the ground in and out of consciousness and basically completely covered with bees, which I think turned out to be yellow jackets or wasps," said Attleboro Chief Scott Lachance.

The woman, who was in her 50's, needed to get to the hospital. Firefighters used a carbon dioxide chemical fire extinguisher in an attempt to blast the swarm of insects away.

"That worked well enough to get most of the bees off of her. So then what they did was they took the lady, they kind of ran across the street with her, carried her, put her in the ambulance," said Lachance.

Dozens of wasps also entered the ambulance, and the fire chief was proud of how his rescue crew responded.

"These guys were in the back of the ambulance providing first aid and medical care and removing some of her clothing to get the rest of the bees off, while they were being stung," said Lachance.

Neighbors were shocked to learn how massive the swarm was.

"It doesn't seem like we have any here at all," said Betty Denham, a neighbor.

Lachance is unsure of where the wasps came from. Firefighters went back to locate the hive, but couldn't find it.

"They don't know if she fell on something, or if she was actually attacked ad she collapsed. They don't really know yet," said Lachance.

The woman was placed in intensive care with a breathing tube due to all the swelling. She was also treated for an allergic reaction because of the massive number of stings.

Two Attleboro firefighters were treated and released from the hospital for stings they suffered as well.

Back in Dover, parents said they are grateful that no one was seriously hurt and think the incident was unavoidable when you're out in nature.

"These things can happen. We had one of these nests in our backyard, you know you don't even know they're there," said one woman.

According to the fire chief, one adult was given a shot after having a severe allergic reaction, and half a dozen of those students, but everyone is doing fine.

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