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24|September 2019
Slippery rock Gazette
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ANOklahoma man was ar- rested after police say a routine traffic stop turned up a gun, a rattlesnake, an open bottle of whiskey and rod of “radioactive” uranium. Stephen Jennings was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, transporting an open con- tainer of liquor and driving with a suspended license. Ironically, police initially pulled him over on
June 26 for having expired tags.
Guthrie, OK Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Anthony Gibbs told reporters one Friday that during the stop, officers discovered Jennings was driving without a li- cense and did not have proof of in- surance for the black Ford Explorer he was stopped in.
Police arrested the man, who somewhat surprised law enforce- ment officers by admitting there was, indeed, a handgun in the vehicle.
Backup was called and a firearm was reportedly located in the glove compartment. Police also said they found an open bottle of whiskey between the driver and passenger seats, but noted not much was miss- ing from the container.
Gibbs said police then ran the name of the passenger in the ve- hicle, later identified as Rachel Rivera, and found she was a con- victed felon.
She was also arrested and charged with possession of a firearm after a felony conviction because the gun was within arm’s reach, Gibbs said.
After making the arrests, police began the process of impounding the SUV– when they really looked at the terrarium in the backseat.
Further inspection revealed that Jennings was in possession of a live Timber rattlesnake – which was di- rectly next to powdered uranium.
Gibbs said officers had to call in a hazardous materials disposal com- pany to deal with the uranium rod, which he said was “radioactive,” but at low levels, and basically not dangerous with brief exposure.
In fact, police were not able to charge Jennings because investiga- tors found the amount of uranium he had was legal and could be pur- chased on sites like Amazon.com.
Gibbs said that the man joked with arresting officers he was actu- ally planning to build a “super mu- tant snake” before explaining that he “scraps metal for a living” and got the uranium from a rod taken out of an instrument meant to de- tect radiation.
Jennings lucked out on being charged with possession of a dan- gerous animal as it is “snake sea- son” in Oklahoma, and he had the proper hunting license. And fortunately for Jennings, showing extremely poor judgment and stu- pidity is not prosecutable, either.
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Yes, Walmart Shunning Is a Thing
she found the cake in that condi- tion. While Walmart did not want to press charges, they did prohibit her from shopping at the store in the future -- a policy they’re fa- miliar with, after an incident in January at another Wichita Falls Walmart. In that case, a woman
rode an electric cart around the store’s parking lot while guzzling wine from a Pringles can. She was also Walmart-shunned.
Sadly, there’s a current craze to post unspeakable acts done in Walmart, for the sake of a little internet noteriety.
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Falls, Texas, Walmart on June 25 that got her banned from the store, hopefully for life.
According to NBC News, Police Sgt. Harold McClure said a store employee reported that the woman had eaten half a cake from the bakery, then attempted to buy the other half (for half-price), saying
unnamed woman pulled
a stunt in a Wichita