ninjapundit: Daily Misfortune Friday, January 1, 2016

Daily Misfortune Friday, January 1, 2016 --- ===
Month Misfortune January 2016 ---

Sometimes accidents aren't accidents. Why do so many crimes and accidents look like random unconnected attacks with no apparent cause or link to a political motive?

Headlines:

Israeli–Palestinian conflict A probable terrorist mass shooting takes place at a pub in Tel Aviv, Israel, leaving two dead and eight injured. shooter is 30 year old muslim Nisa'at Melkham (Haaretz)
About one thousand houses in Manila's Tondo district in the Philippines are set ablaze following New Year's Eve firecracker festivities that left one dead and 380 others injured. (AP via CTV News)
Israel has returned the bodies of 23 Palestinians slain in the recent clashes in the occupied West Bank. PressTV
Houston Texas house party mass shooting 4 injured
Fatal crash in eastern Colorado Springs causes power outage
124 police officers killed nationwide in the line of duty in 2015 Fifty-two police officers were killed as the result of criminal acts in the United States in 2015
1 arrested, 1 in critical condition following Ithaca shooting
New Year's Eve party leads to fatal Hutchinson Kansas stabbing
State Police search for missing person Pei R. Mei, of Sparta, New Jersey
Pa. woman charged with killing her husband following an incident that happened on New Year's Day shot her husband with a .22 caliber firearm during an argument
January 1, 2016 Chicago sees most violent 2015 of all major cities More than 2,900 people were shot in Chicago in 2015 [Chicago Tribune]
January 1, 2016 Bump Reportedly Led To Deadly New Year's Day Stabbing Of West Hartford CT Man
January 1, 2016 Suspects sought after student killed Denton Texas road rage shooting
Israel: Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit open ground in the Sha'ar Negev area.
Palestinian TV reporter, Anal al-Jadaa, was shot in the leg by a rubber-coated steel bullet while covering clashes between villagers and Israeli troops at Kafr Qaddum.
Mahmoud Kabaha, a Palestinian taxidriver from Barta'a on the Green Line was attacked and beaten by two armed settlers near Mevo Dotana in West Bank Israel
France Interior Ministry announced 804 cars and trucks were torched across France on New Year's Eve, a 14.5% decrease from the 940 in 2015
Metro Police car crashes into wall during chase; no one hurt - Las Vegas sun Jan 1, 2016 - At a Las Vegas Valley high school

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict A shooting takes place at a pub in Tel Aviv, Israel, leaving two dead and eight injured. The gunman managed to escape and possibly killed his accomplice, an Arab taxi driver, whose body was found nearby. The police identified the shooter as 30 year old muslim Nisa'at Melkham from Ar'ara and searched his home. (Haaretz) January 1, 2016 Tel Aviv pub shooting leaves 2 dead, 7 injured - CNN.com CNN 2 killed, 7 hurt in shooting outside Tel Aviv pub. By Jason Hanna and Michael Schwartz, CNN. Updated 6:38 AM ET, Sat January 2, 2016. gunman on Friday sprayed bullets from an automatic weapon near a pub in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, killing two people and injuring at least seven others before fleeing, sparking a Jan 1, 2016 massive manhunt, police said. there's a strong possibility that it was in fact a terrorist attack," suspect was dressed in black and wearing a black mask, and appeared to be carrying a military-style assault weapon. [BBC News, CNN] An Israeli Arab, Nashat Milhem (29) of Ar'ara shot dead 2 Israelis, Alon Bakal (26) and Shimon Ruimi (30) and wounded another 6, 2 seriously, in a pub on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv. A third person, a Palestinian Israeli, was also killed by Milhem during his escape in a taxi. Milhem has a police record for violent criminal behavior as well as a history of mental problems and it was speculated that revenge for the alleged killing of a cousin during a home search in 2006 by the police may have been a factor. Though uncertainty existed as to whether the attack was launched out of personal revenge or from ethnic antipathy, security sources believed a terrorist/nationalistic motivation inspired the attack,[3][4][5][6]and on 10 January, two days after he was killed in a shoot-out at a mosque in his home town, police defined the incident as a terror attack.[7] Wikip
About one thousand houses in Manila's Tondo district in the Philippines are set ablaze following New Year's Eve firecracker festivities that left one dead and 380 others injured. (AP via CTV News)
Israel has returned the bodies of 23 Palestinians slain in the recent clashes in the occupied West Bank. PressTV
Houston Texas house party mass shooting 4 injured. after New Year's gunfire three of the shootings took place just before 5am at a home where there had been a party, another person discovered wounded nearby on Antoine could also be related. (gunviolence)
Fatal crash in eastern Colorado Springs causes power outage Saturday, January 2 Colorado Springs Gazette Colorado Springs police said one person died in a crash Friday night after crashing into an electrical box near Galley Road and Powers Boulevard. The crash, reported at about 8:15 p.m.,...[Read More]
124 police officers killed nationwide in the line of duty in 2015 Saturday, January 2 Chattanooga Times Free Press Fifty-two police officers were killed as the result of criminal acts in the United States in 2015, according to a new report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. [Read More]
1 arrested, 1 in critical condition following Ithaca shooting LSYR ABC Syracuse One man is in critical condition, and another is facing charges following a shooting in the city of Ithaca on Friday. [Read More]
New Year's Eve party leads to fatal Hutchinson Kansas stabbing Saturday, January 2 KWCH CBS Hutchinson A New Year's party ends with a stabbing in Hutchinson leaving one man dead and another in jail. Hutchinson police were called to the intersection of 8th and Madison in Hutch
State Police search for missing person Saturday, January 2 Wayne Independent MISSING PERSON: PSP Honesdale are looking for a missing person. Pei R. Mei, of Sparta, New Jersey went missing on 1/1/16. According to police:Mei, 47, went for a walk around the area...New Jersey woman reported missing found safe Pocono Record Pei R. Mei, 47, was last seen going for a walk on New Year's Day.
Pa. woman charged with killing her husband Saturday, January 2 Middletown Times Herald-Record -Sharon Siegel A Pike County woman has been charged with the shooting death of her husband following an incident that happened on New Year's Day, law enforcement officials said. According to Pike County District... [Read More] Jeanette Hughes told police she shot her husband with a .22 caliber firearm during an argument about their minor son. She said in the affidavit that during the dispute, Keith Hughes pulled a plate of food off her lap as she was eating on her bed, and smashed it on the floor.... as Keith Hughes was cleaning up the broken plate off the floor she went to the Sentry Safe because she felt she may be in danger. She said Keith Hughes then said something about money that was in the safe, and she removed the revolver, the report said. [go ahead and shoot me...]
January 1, 2016 Chicago sees most violent 2015 of all major cities More than 2,900 people were shot in Chicago in 2015, marking the city's most violent year since 2012. The Windy City is home to fewer people than New York City and Los Angeles, but still saw more homicide and shooting victims than either. In a year that police-involved shootings were subject to increased public scrutiny in Chicago and nationwide, the city saw 22 such incidents, a decrease from recent years. [Chicago Tribune]
January 1, 2016 Bump Reportedly Led To Deadly New Year's Day Stabbing Of West Hartford Man Hartford Courant Walwyn was charged in the stabbing death of a West Hartford man. (Mark Mirko). David OwensContact Reporter. A Hartford teen faced a judge after the New Year's Day fatal stabbing. HARTFORD - Jonathan Douglin, a 20-year-old West Hartford man killed
January 1, 2016 Suspects sought after student killed in road rage shooting CBS News -Police in Denton, Texas are searching for a group of suspects in a deadly case of road rage. One of the men riding in an SUV shot and killed a college student in another vehicle. The victim was driving friends home from a New Year's Eve party. Friends ...
Israel: Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit open ground in the Sha'ar Negev area.Wikip [1]
Palestinian TV reporter, Anal al-Jadaa, was shot in the leg by a rubber-coated steel bullet while covering clashes between villagers and Israeli troops at Kafr Qaddum.Wikip [2]
An Israeli Arab, Nashat Milhem (29) of Ar'ara shot dead 2 Israelis, Alon Bakal (26) and Shimon Ruimi (30) and wounded another 6, 2 seriously, in a pub on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv. A third person, a Palestinian Israeli, was also killed by Milhem during his escape in a taxi. Milhem has a police record for violent criminal behavior as well as a history of mental problems and it was speculated that revenge for the alleged killing of a cousin during a home search in 2006 by the police may have been a factor. Though uncertainty existed as to whether the attack was launched out of personal revenge or from ethnic antipathy, security sources believed a terrorist/nationalistic motivation inspired the attack,[3][4][5][6]and on 10 January, two days after he was killed in a shoot-out at a mosque in his home town, police defined the incident as a terror attack.[7] Wikip
Mahmoud Kabaha, a Palestinian taxidriver from Barta'a on the Green Line was attacked and beaten by two armed settlers near Mevo Dotana and required hospital treatment.A partial video of the incident was released on January 4.[8] Wikip
January 1. The Interior Ministry announced the most anticipated statistic of the year: a total of 804 cars and trucks were torched across France on New Year's Eve, a 14.5% decrease from the 940 vehicles burned during the annual ritual on the same holiday in 2015. Car burnings, commonplace in France, are often attributed to rival Muslim gangs that compete with each other for the media spotlight over which can cause the most destruction. An estimated 40,000 cars are burned in France every year. (gatestone)
Metro Police car crashes into wall during chase; no one hurt - Las Vegas sun Jan 1, 2016 - At a Las Vegas Valley high school

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Police: Dayton man cut trying to fend off robbers Saturday, January 2 WHIO CBS Dayton
Police: Dayton man cut trying to fend off robbers in Riverview Avenue, Great Miami River Boulevard area... [Read More]

Motorcyclist dies in two-vehicle crash Saturday, January 2 Rapid City Journal A motorcycle driver was killed this afternoon in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Reservoir Road and S.D. Highway 44. [Read More]

Putnam County Sheriff's Office: House fires related Saturday, January 2 St. Augustine Record
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has identified a person of interest after a pair of fires were started early Saturday morning. [Read More]

Officer in song lyrics case denies wrongdoing Saturday, January 2 Kentucky New Era who was jailed for eight days on a terroristic threatening charge after he posted song lyrics about school... [Read More]

Child struck by Jeep in Deltona, official says
Saturday, January 2 Daytona Beach News-Journal - Katie Kustura
A 7-year-old boy was critically injured Saturday after he was struck by a car in Deltona, an official said.The crash occurred just after 8 p.m. Saturday when Miguel Quiles ran across the road... [Read More]

Dec 31 AZ suspect shot, killed by police in Las Vegas Saturday, January 2 KNXV ABC Phoenix
Las Vegas police shot and killed a man on Thursday afternoon who was wanted in Arizona for several violent crimes, including murder. [Read More]

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Bail set for Mass. man accused of armed robbery attempt in Manchester

Saturday, January 2 New Hampshire Union Leader
Police prosecutor Lt. Stephen Reardon Thursday requested $15,000 cash/surety bail for a Massachusetts man accused of attempting to rob a convenience store at knifepoint. [Read More]

Stray Bullet Falls on Man
Saturday, January 2 WJTC
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) Officials urged Mobilians not to fire guns into the air in celebration of the new year. Those bullets do come down and every year people are injured or killed by...[Read More]

Bicyclist struck in Wyomissing

Saturday, January 2 Reading Eagle
The accident happened at about 8:45 p.m. Friday on State Hill Road. [Read More]

CHP probing car accident involving officer in Anaheim police car
Saturday, January 2 Orange County Register
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a car accident involving an Anaheim Police Department vehicle, authorities said. The crash occurred at 3:02 p.m Friday at the intersection of Santa Ana Canyon Road and... [Read More]

Man Facing Murder Charges In Connection With Central Avenue Shooting

Saturday, January 2 WCHS ABC Charleston
An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting on Charleston's West Side that left a teenager dead. South Central Regional Jail officials said Marlon Rush was charged with murder Friday... [Read More]

Two Shot On West Side, Police Searching For Shooter

Saturday, January 2 WCHS ABC Charleston
Charleston police said two people have been shot on Charleston's West Side and the shooter is at large. Charleston police said two people were shot on Mathews Avenue just before 11 p.m.,... [Read More]

"Affluenza" teen hires high-profile Mexican lawyer
Saturday, January 2 CBS News
Couch is fighting extradition back to U.S. after fleeing from a possible probation violation in deadly 2013 drunk driving crash... [Read More]

A path toward peace: Love our neighbors

Saturday, January 2 Muncie Star Press
We are our brother's keeper... [Read More]

Neighborhood of the Week: Rural quiet on Cranston's western front

Saturday, January 2 Providence Journal - Christine Dunn
First developed in the mid-and-late 1980s, the Alpine Estates neighborhood was one of the first large residential subdivisions built on the former farmlands of Western Cranston. Originally a subdivision of 152 house... [Read More]

Stolen public funds: Municipal thefts in Central Mass. near $1M
Saturday, January 2 Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The indictment last month of a former Hubbardston woman brought to nearly $1 million the amount allegedly stolen in recent years by municipal employees in the area, and those thefts raise questions about... [Read More]

Cops and Courts: Jan. 3, 2015: Watsonville man arrested with drugs, guns
Saturday, January 2 Santa Cruz Sentinel
Watsonville police arrested a man who they say had guns and drugs Saturday morning. Eric Anaya Fernandez, of Watsonville was wanted for an outstanding warrant, Sgt. Donny Thul said. Officers spotted the 28-year-old... [Read More]

Crime and Punishment
Saturday, January 2 Jerusalem Post
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4 injured in ATV crash in Fitchburg
Saturday, January 2 Boston Herald
Four people, including two young boys, were seriously injured in a horrific all-terrain vehicle crash in Fitchburg late Thursday night that resulted in a man losing his left leg, officials say. Emergency personnel... [Read More]

Man arrested after police find weapons in Gillette Stadium lot

Saturday, January 2 Boston Herald
A Connecticut man was arrested in the employee parking lot of Gillette Stadium yesterday, less than two hours before the Winter Classic was scheduled to start, after police found and seized several weapons... [Read More]

Ranching case ignites anti-government ideals

Friday, January 1 Texarkana Gazette
PORTLAND, Ore.—The father and son of a prominent Oregon ranching family plan to surrender at a California prison next week after a judge ruled they served too little time for setting fires that... [Read More]

Man robbed in driveway, forced to undress

Friday, January 1 KPRC NBC Houston
Crooks robbed a man and told him to take off his clothes in a Greatwood subdivision Thursday. [Read More]

Bullet damages window at B'nai B'rith Covenant Apartments in Peoria
Friday, January 1 Peoria Journal Star
A bullet was found inside an apartment building early Friday after a security guard noticed a window had been shot. About 1:12 a.m. Friday, a security guard on routine patrol at B'nai... [Read More]

As police respond to New Years Eve fireworks calls, Fire officials...

Friday, January 1 WDAY ABC Fargo
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV)-It wasn't the 4th of July, but police in the F-M area were kept busy responding to firework complaints. The dispatch log shows police responded to about 16 firework related... [Read More]

Person shot on near east side of Indianapolis
Friday, January 1 WXIN FOX Indianapolis
Metro police are responding to a person shot on the near east side of Indianapolis. The shooting happened at approximately 11:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of St. P... [Read More]

Deputies: Speed a factor in crash that shut down Caughdenoy Road
Friday, January 1 LSYR ABC Syracuse
Speed was a factor in a crash that closed part of Caughdenoy Road in the town of Clay on Friday, according to Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies. [Read More]

IMPD K9 dies while off-duty

Friday, January 1 WRTV ABC Indianapolis - Brittany Lewis
Rocky, an 11-year-old Belgina Malinois, who worked for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department died Friday. ...[Read More]

Domestic dispute leads to deadly stabbing

Friday, January 1 WKYC NBC Cleveland
56-year-old woman Charnetta McCray arrested following the stabbing... [Read More]

"Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch hires high-profile Mexican lawyer
Friday, January 1 CBS News
Couch is fighting extradition back to U.S. after fleeing from a possible probation violation in deadly 2013 drunk driving crash... [Read More]

Elkhart man faces slew of charges after bringing weapons, pepper spray to 'first date'

Friday, January 1 WNDU NBC South Bend
An Elkhart man is facing a slew of charges, including stalking, after bringing four loaded guns, a thousand rounds of ammunition and pepper-spray to meet a woman he says was his Facebook girlfriend. [Read More]

'Our mountain brother'

Friday, January 1 Stuff.co.nz
The death of two climbers at Mount Cook has rocked the climbing community. [Read More]

Deadly crash causes power outage in Colorado Springs

Friday, January 1 KRDO ABC Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police said at least one person was killed in an accident that knocked out power to hundreds Friday night.[Read More]

Murder trial ends after man decides to plead guilty
Friday, January 1 Wichita Falls Times Record News
Before evidence started Wednesday in the murder trial of 28-year-old Garland Ballentine III, his attorney told the prosecutor Ballentine was willing to enter a plea, bringing the jury trial to a close. [Read More]

Person dies in vehicle vs. pedestrian accident in Nassau County
Friday, January 1 WJAX CBS Jacksonville
One person is dead after an car accident involving a pedestrian, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. [Read More]

Bountiful man accused of sexually abusing a teenager

Friday, January 1 Ogden Standard-Examiner
A 41-year-old Bountiful man is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Bountiful police arrested and booked John Robert Sedgley in the Davis County Jail Dec. 30 on one... [Read More]

Magnolia teen dies after being hit by car
Friday, January 1 Your Houston News
17-year-old Zachary Escobar was struck and killed by a vehicle as he was walking across Sendera Ranch Drive late Tuesday. [Read More]

Pedestrian Hit By Car In Fort Smith
Friday, January 1 KXNW mynetworktv Fayetteville
Police are investigating an accident in Fort Smith after a pedestrian was hit by a car while trying to cross the street. Officers with the Fort Smith Police Department say the ac... [Read More]

Families reunite with returning NH Army National Guardsmen in Manchester

Friday, January 1 Stars and Stripes
Roughly 120 citizen-soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment, of the New Hampshire Army National Guard returned home from an undisclosed location in the Middle East to reunite with family members... [Read More]

Caldwell man arrested on suspicion of rape, kidnapping

Friday, January 1 KTVB NBC Boise
A Caldwell man wanted on a $1 million warrant for suspicion of rape and kidnapping was arrested in Minidoka County on Monday. Glenis... [Read More]

Wilmington officer involved in a crash
Friday, January 1 WWAY ABC Wilmington
Wilmington Police say an officer was involved in a crash tonight at the intersection of Greenfield Street and South 16th Street. [Read More]

County firefighters battle fire at vacant building in Maryland City

Friday, January 1 Annapolis Capital - Capital Gazette
Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to a fire in Maryland City Friday night that was 100 percent involved upon arrival, said Capt. Russ Davies, spokesman for the department. ... [Read More]

Race day big fundraiser for small community

Friday, January 1 Stuff.co.nz
and everyone has a chance to prove they have the fastest horse. [Read More]

Oroville man arrested for multiple burglaries

Friday, January 1 Chico Enterprise-Record
Oroville >> An Oroville man photographed fleeing a Chico residence Tuesday was arrested Thursday for allegedly committing multiple burglaries.Butte County sheriff's Sgt. Greg Reeves located William Jason Schiszler, 40, walking on t... [Read More]

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