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February 3, 2006

Esta semana en El Mojave

Beat: Life — Beau @ 9:00

El Mojave

PolicĂ­a arresta madre de alumno pintero reincidente.

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Minnesota vampire politician update

Beat: Miscellany — Beau @ 8:05

Remember this guy?

Well, he’s gotten himself into a bit of trouble with the law, as you might expect with a high-profile Satanist vampire:

A fringe candidate for governor who played up his satanic side — and pledged public impalement for terrorists — wound up behind bars Tuesday thanks to a sharp-eyed sheriff’s dispatcher.

Jonathon Sharkey, 41, of Princeton, Minn. was arrested Monday night on two felony counts from Indiana, said Mike Smith, the Mille Lacs County jail administrator. One warrant was for escape, another for stalking against a former girlfriend.

“(Authorities are) very well aware of my ex-fiancee’s vicious and malicious attacks against me,” Sharkey said.

In a phone interview from jail, Sharkey said he did nothing wrong because he never signed his probation papers.

“I never signed the order of probation to begin with, never agreeing to it,” Sharkey said. “Hence, if the contract was not signed, it’s null and void.”

Buried in the paper trails of lawsuits is an even stranger claim: that Sharkey once faked his own death.

“I overdosed on over 120 tranquilizers,” Sharkey told WCCO-TV. “That definitely lowers your heartbeat real good.”

The site includes video.

Go on, you know you want to see the King of the Vampires-turned-gubernatoral-candidate’s press conference.

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More SPJ photos

Beat: Journalism — Beau @ 7:35

As promised, here are the other photos we submitted for the Society of Professional Journalists 2005 awards:

Crying woman
Photo by Peter Day. Published July 19, 2005.
Penny Hale wipes away a tear after opening a present from a group of teenagers who as toddlers were in Hale’s “Mommy and Me” class in 1993. Hale, who is retiring as an instructor for the Hesperia Recreation and Park District after 18 years, is heading toward a local teaching job. Numerous mommies and their children gave Hale an emotional send-off at Timberlane Park.

Flag carried in parade
Photo by Dan Elliott. Published September 24, 2005.
The theme for the Hesperia Days Parade was “Tribute to our Military Families.” The parade started out colorfully and symbolically with Old Glory leading the way.

Kayaker paddling past stuck car
Photo by Peter Day. Published January 4, 2005.
Recreational kayaker Paul Covert braves the Mojave River as a stranded car tells the tale of an earlier near tragedy. According to the Hesperia Sheriff Station, a motorist had defied a posted warning and attempted to cross Rock Springs Road, which was deluged with rain water.

Crying woman with dog
Photo by Peter Day. Published July 12, 2005.
Patricia Miller embraces Max, her chihuahua/terrier mix, after a structure fire destroyed her apartment unit on Sequoia Avenue in Hesperia.

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It's very confusing being in the MSM. We get phone calls from our Secret Leader, Nancy Pelosi, and 20 minutes later, we get contradictory orders from our Secret Leader, Dick Cheney. We get so confused about what we're supposed to cover, we sometimes have to all go to Aruba. If we're lucky, a white girl has gone missing and we can write it all off.

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