Daniel Shaull Was All Fired Up

Portland, OR – At about 11:00 Wednesday morning, 26-year-old Daniel Shaull set himself on fire outside of Nicholas Ungar Furs in downtown Portland. Blazing, Shaull attempted to enter the fur store, only to discover the doors were locked. WitnessesWitnesses reviews claim Shaull was screaming, “The world is ending! There are animals dying! AnimalsAnimals reviews dying!” while running up and down the sidewalk. A Portland police officer just happened to be sitting at a nearby stoplight and, grabbing what she thought was a fire extinguisher, rushed over to help. Though she sprayed the man, he continued to burn. And scream. A bystander approached with his own extinguisher and attempted to put the the fire out, but Shaull kept running away from him. Eventually, additional officers arrived, and they were able to get him on the ground and extinguish the flames. Though unconscious, he was still alive. Well, for awhile anyway – he died later that same night. In an unusual twist, it was later discovered that the first responding officer mistakenly grabbed a container of pepper spray used for riot control instead of the fire extinguisher. [Read more...]

You’ll Never Take Me Alive, Coppers!

Tulsa, OK - Having spent time in prison for sex crimes against children, Johnnie Joe Hobbs had no desire to revisit the Gray Bar Hotel. As a matter of fact, when the convicted sex offender discovered his parole was about to be revoked, he got a little hot under the collar. Tulsa County sheriff’s deputies paid a visit to Johnnie Joe Thursday afternoon to serve three protective orders – tagging along were officers from the state parole board who were there to haul Johnnie Joe back to the slammer on a parole violation. Officers spotted him sitting in a cargo van parked in his cluttered yard – as they approached the vehicle, Johnnie Joe slammed the door, doused the inside of the van with gasoline and lit it up. [Read more...]