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 A McDonald's drive-through was shot up early Sunday after a customer was angered that the restaurant had shifted from the lunch menu to the breakfast menu, police said. The driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled into the drive-through at about 2 a.m. at McDonald's at 210 W. 500 South in Salt Lake City and ordered food from the lunch and dinner menu, police said. When a clerk told her the restaurant was serving only items from the breakfast menu, the woman drove to the second window, police said. Two men got out of the car, and one pulled a sawed-off shotgun out of the trunk, police said. He fired once or twice into the drive-though window before the two men and the woman left on 500 South and turned north on 300 West, police said. More... Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  A chef banned from Gatwick after living at the airport for five years has been arrested for returning to his old haunt - even though he now has a place to live. Anthony Delaney, 44, was dubbed Terminal Man after he lost his job in 2004 and began sleeping, eating and showering at the airport’s South Terminal. Delaney was handed an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) in 2004 but refused to stay away, breaching the order and getting arrested more than 30 times. He was jailed for 15 months in June last year and following his release moved into a rented home in Woking, Surrey. But after visiting friends in Crawley last week he went back to Gatwick - apparently unable to resist the lure of the airport. More... Labels: Crime, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends  ShamWow and SlapChop pitchman Vince Shlomi was arrested on felony battery charges in Miami last month following a violent encounter with a prostitute. According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miami Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently retired with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she "propositioned him for straight sex." Shlomi said that when he kissed Harris, she suddenly "bit his tongue and would not let go." Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue. More... Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime  TAMPA, FL -- A Tampa woman was behind bars Thursday morning, accused of misusing the 911 system. Police say Evon Cavett called 911 three times to complain her roommate was stealing her beer.When police arrived at Cavett's house they found Cavett drinking from a 40 ounce Bud Light, said police spokeswoman Janelle McGregor.The police report goes on to say, "The defendant called 911 on 3 different occasions to complain about her roommate taking her beer and to complain that she didn't call 911. While yelling, she upset her neighbor and woke up her children. She then attempted to physically resist arrest." More...  Owner Of Shawarma King Restaurant In Brooklyn Brandished Electric Knife To Fend Off Enraged Customers It was an all-out frankfurter frenzy this week at a popular Jewish restaurant in Brooklyn, as a certain hot dog caused a near-riot. It's not what you would expect: a worker in a NYC eatery caught on tape fending off a group of Jewish patrons with an electric knife. "I was petrified – stuff was going through my mind," a patron who didn't want his name used said. "I want to live. I don't want to get stabbed for a hot dog." The long-time patron says the chaos broke out when he and a rabbi noticed the frankfurters on the grill were non-Kosher, in a restaurant that's supposed to be dishing out the Kosher variety. More... Labels: Crime, Eat, Industry, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  A chef has been cleared of raping a woman who claims she was too drunk to have consented to sex. Peter Bacon, 26, of Pilgrims Way, Canterbury, was found not guilty at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday. He had been accused of raping the solicitor, in her 40s, at her house after he was invited over for drinks by a friend in February 2008. The judge said the woman's claim that she could not give consent because she was drunk was "completely wrong". The court had been told the three of them drank about five bottles of wine over an evening before the friend left, leaving Mr Bacon and the woman alone. More... Labels: Crime, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  LAWRENCE, Mass. — A Massachusetts man had some misfortune when he allegedly tried to rob a Chinese restaurant. Four plainclothes police officers were enjoying their dinner at the time. The man was arraigned Thursday in Lawrence District Court on charges of unarmed robbery, larceny, assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest. Authorities said he went into the Golden House Restaurant on Wednesday night and asked the cashier to change a quarter. When she opened the register, the man allegedly grabbed $150. More... Labels: Crime, Culinary Diversions, Odds and Ends
DENVER – The manager of a Blackjack Pizza outlet in Denver got a start when he discovered a man's legs hanging from a vent above the restaurant's oven. Police said the dangling legs were accompanied by a voice yelling, "help me, help me" Friday morning. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the 5-foot-10, 170-pound man told officers and firefighters he'd been stuck in the duct for five or six hours.
Jackson said the man was arrested on suspicion of burglary. Police haven't identified the suspect or the manager. The store was closed later Friday. Jackson said the man could have been asphyxiated if the oven had turned on automatically or if the manager hadn't come in early. Link... Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  The owner of a New York restaurant says he is offering free meals to victims of the Ponzi scheme masterminded by Bernard Madoff. Nino Selimaj, owner of Italian restaurant Nino's 208, said patrons who can show proof that they were victimized by Madoff, who pleaded guilty to running one of the largest Ponzi schemes on record, are welcome to order anything from his menu free of charge. "Whatever is on the menu is available to victims of Madoff's scandal ... because I have sympathy for these people," he said. More... Labels: Crime, Culinary Diversions, Eat  Rapper Leon Ivey Jr., better known after his stage name Coolio, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday on suspicion of possessing drugs, according to TMZ.com.The 45-year-old artist, who shot to fame with his 1995 “Gangsta's Paradise,” was found with illicit drugs at an LAX terminal. Officials gave no further details on the arrest, but according to celebrity website TMZ the rapper was found with crack cocaine while going through security before boarding a Southwest Airlines flight.It appears that the artist was released after posing $10,000 bail. He was arrested in June last year for riving with his license suspended. He was caught after officers noticed he had expired license plates on his gray 1996 Hummer. He had also an outstanding traffic warrant on his name. The artist has a family history of driving without a license. According to TMZ, Coolio’s dad, Artis Leon Ivey, Sr., a carpenter, was also caught driving on a suspended license in 2006.Coolio has appeared recently on several reality TV shows, including “Celebrity Fear Factor” and hosted the program “Cookin With Coolio.” The artist surnames himself as “the ghetto witchdoctor superstar chef," whose goal is “to make you forget about every cooking show you've ever heard.” Ivey became famous after he had released his 1995 song “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which reached the 1st position in three charts: US Hot 100, US Rap, UK Singles Chart. The same album went four times Platinum. More... Warning: Video below contains Inappropriate Language and may not be suitable for display at work or a educational environment were children may be present. Cookin' with Coolio Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime
FORT PIERCE — Told McDonald’s was out of Chicken McNuggets after paying for a 10-piece meal, a local woman called 911.
Three times. “This is an emergency, If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one,” Latreasa L. Goodman told police. “This is an emergency.” The McNugget meltdown happened last week at a McDonald’s in the 600 block of North U.S. 1 and ended with Goodman, 27, getting a notice to appear in court on a misuse of 911 charge, according to a recently released police report. Goodman told investigators she tried to get a refund for the 10-piece McNuggets, but the cashier told her all sales are final. “I called 911 because I couldn’t get a refund, and I wanted my McNuggets,” Goodman told police. More... Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  “Victim's heroics rouse judge,” read a headline in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but Nigel Haskett's heroics apparently didn't rouse his employer, McDonald's. The hamburger kingpin has denied Haskett's claim for workers compensation benefits. According to newspaper accounts and Haskett's lawyer, Philip M. Wilson, Haskett was working at the McDonald's at 10201 Rodney Parham Road last August when he interceded to stop a man who was beating a woman in the restaurant. The assailant, later identified as Perry Kennon, went outside. Haskett also stepped outside and stood at the door to keep Kennon from re-entering the restaurant. Kennon retrieved a gun from his car and shot Haskett – “multiple times,” according to Wilson. Haskett, now 22, underwent three abdominal surgeries and still carries part of a bullet in his back, according to Wilson. Haskett's medical bills exceed $300,000, Wilson said. Kennon was arrested a few days after the shooting and charged with first-degree battery. At his arraignment, where he pleaded innocent, District Judge Lee Munson lectured Kennon about his long criminal record, and lauded Haskett: “Here is this young man working for minimum wage, coming to the aid of a woman.” Munson passed the case on to Pulaski Circuit Court, and he and his court reporter each contributed $100 to a fund for Haskett that was set up by Twin City Bank. Kennon is in the Pulaski County Jail awaiting trial. Haskett filed a claim with the state Workers Compensation Commission. Misty Thompson, a claims specialist with McDonald's insurer, Ramsey, Krug, Farrell and Lensing, said in a letter to the Commission that “we have denied this claim in its entirety as it is our opinion that Mr. Haskett's injuries did not arise out of or within the course and scope of his employment.”  A federal appeals court has ruled that Taco Bell Corp. is responsible for a $42 million judgment awarded to the creators of the fast-food chain's popular Chihuahua sales mascot. A Michigan jury in 2003 found that Taco Bell didn't properly pay the dog's Grand Rapids, Mich., creators, Tom Rinks and Joe Shields, when it launched its $500 million advertising blitz in the 1990s that popularized the phrase "!Yo quiero Taco Bell!" After the verdict, Taco Bell blamed advertising agency TBWA Chiat/Day for stiffing the dog's creators. More...
Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. said it won't renew its sponsorship contract with Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps because of a photo that showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday that Phelps's behavior _ caught on camera and published Sunday in the British tabloid News of the World _ is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg." The company put Phelps on boxes of its Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. The 23-year-old swimmer, who won eight gold medals in Beijing, has kept the backing of many sponsors since the photo surfaced from a November house party at the University of South Carolina. Among those standing by him, even if they don't condone his behavior, are Visa Inc., Speedo, luxury Swiss watchmaker Omega and sports beverage PureSport's maker Human Performance Labs. Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Industry  Lieutenant Chris Cowan said that sheriff's investigators in Richland County, South Carolina, where the alleged incident took place, are gathering more information about the photograph. Cowan did not specify what charge was being considered and declined to discuss details of the investigation. Phelps, the American winner of eight gold medals at Beijing 2008, this week apologized for his "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a Sunday newspaper published the picture, which was apparently taken at a party at the University of South Carolina in Columbia last November. The 23-year-old made no admission of what substance was involved, but major corporate backers, which include Speedo, Omega, Visa, Subway, and Kelloggs, have so far remained supportive, even though the episode is the second time he has fallen into controversy following an arrest for drunk-driving in 2004. Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Industry  Celebrities Robert De Niro, pop star Justin Timberlake, and rapper Jay Z as well as celebrity chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and "Top Chef" TV show judge Tom Colicchio are among restaurant owners who have been hit with lawsuits for mistreating employees at their posh eateries, including allegedly dipping into tips and refusing to pay overtime. The celebrity-owned restaurants have been hit with class actions representing hundreds of current and former workers. In one of the latest developments, the Nobu restaurant chain, in which De Niro is a partner, agreed to settle the case against it on Friday (Jan. 30) for $2.5 million, according to court papers. A hearing to approve the Nobu settlement is set for February 6. Two waiters sued in 2007 on behalf of hundreds of workers at three of the exclusive Japanese restaurants. They said they were forced to share tips with management and the chain, which charges high prices for its fare and also allegedly cheated them out of overtime pay. Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and others, opened Nobu in New York's Tribeca area in 1994. It has since expanded to 16 locations around the globe. The settlement covers Nobu, Nobu 57 and Nobu Next Door, all in Manhattan. Current employees and ex-employees who worked there between August 2001 and August 2008 will get an average of $3,300 each, court papers said.More... Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Industry, Kitchen Catastrophes  Bernie Madoff's lawyer served up a sweet deal for a convicted fraudster - who moonlights as a chef - keeping him free on bail so he can help cater the Academy Awards. Vincent Montagna, who is represented by Ira Sorkin, pleaded guilty to defrauding his hedge-fund investors of $10 million in 2006, but has been out on bail ever since. More here... Labels: Crime, Notable Chefs  A former Hooters girl who says she's got the right assets - but the wrong accent - is suing the Hawaiian Tropic Zone for crushing her dream of working as one of its bikini-clad beauties. Melody Morales said she was rejected for a job by a manager at the Times Square restaurant who griped, "You don't speak white" and "you are ghetto." Labels: Crime, Entertainment, Industry, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  A Vero Beach man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend multiple times with a McDonald's cheeseburger, according to his arrest affidavit and a report by Scripps-Treasure Coast newspapers. More here... "...grabbed the woman's arm and forced the cheeseburger into her face..." Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  A British chef who killed a man with a knife and cooked and ate his flesh was sentenced Monday to minimum of 30 years in prison. Judge James Stewart said Anthony Morley, 36, showed no remorse for the killing of Damien Oldfield. "Before this case I had associated cannibalism with eras long gone, with the tale of Robinson Crusoe. No longer," Stewart said. "You have plumbed depths rarely encountered in our court." Labels: Crime  Culinary news and information for Chefs, Cooks and Foodies. Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Critics, Drink, Eat, Entertainment, Health, Industry, Kitchen Catastrophes, Learn, Lifestyle, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized, Young Culinarians |
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