A happy high-end Christmas
After Wall Street filled their workers' pockets with nearly $24 billion in bonus cash, American luxury retailers have already declared this the best Christmas ever.
Ferraris, holidays in the Maldives and watches worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were just some of the items snapped up by New York finance types in the weeks leading up to today's gorging, according to a survey by Trader Monthly.
One of the hungriest big spenders last week, according to posh Manhattan eatery BLT, was a 12-year-old boy who got to eat a 12-ounce Kobe steak at $26 an ounce, thanks to his banker dad.
In total, the bonuses doled out to Walls Street's workers tallied $23.9 billion, according to a conservative estimate by the New York State Comptroller. That means on average, each person working in the financial services industry had an extra $137,580 to splurge.
49 Cars Vandalized in Collierville in 5 Days
Collierville Police are working hard to catch up with vandals who are accused of smashing the windows of 49 cars and the window of one home.
The vandalism rampage started Sunday, December 3, 2006. Eight people reported the crimes that day, and one homeowner reported his or her window was shot. Then last night, December 6, 2006, 41 people reported their windows were shot mostly at a strip mall along Poplar Avenue, between Byhalia Road and Bray Station.
Collierville Police are offering a $500 reward for any information leading to the capture of the vandals.
Police also tell Eyewitness News the vandals are driving a dark gray or black, 4-door sedan. Possibly a Dodge Neon or Saturn with Tennessee tags.
Call Collierville Crime Stoppers at 457-CASH.
Woman wanted for eluding found in Eugene
A woman wanted since May in connection with attempting to elude police and resisting arrest was booked into jail Friday morning on a warrant.On May 28, police went to Wal-Mart to investigate a theft of money where the victim was confronting the suspects. Before police arrived, one of the suspects fled in a green Dodge Caravan.Police tried to stop the Caravan at 32nd Avenue and Olympia Way. They said Eva Louise Hawes -- whom an officer recognized -- eventually stopped for a red light at 30th Avenue and Ocean Beach Highway, but would not turn the engine off.As an officer was breaking the passenger-side window with a police baton, traffic in front of the Caravan began moving. Police said Hawes recklessly sped away, running several red lights.
ID sought for man killed crossing road
Cobb County police need the public's help to identify a man who was hit by a minivan on Austell Road last month. The man was taken to WellStar Cobb Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The accident happened Nov. 14, just after 10 p.m. when a blue 1992 Dodge Caravan was northbound on Austell Road. The Caravan hit a pedestrian —- a black man wearing dark clothing who was crossing at Austell and Anderson Mill roads, said Cpl. Dana Pierce, a Cobb police spokesman.
The man had the letters T and H tattooed on his upper right arm.
Officer B.R. Blakeney said the man was wearing a black hooded Old Navy down coat and a T-shirt imprinted with the words Converse Legendary Weapons. Beneath that shirt, he wore a white T-shirt. He was also wearing M&FG baggy blue jeans, white Fila tennis shoes and a black bandana.
Thieves steal van in Yonkers home invasion
YONKERS - Police are looking for two armed men who allegedly broke into a city home and stole the occupants' van last night.
Police said the home invasion happened around 10:15 p.m. at 14 Cortlandville Lane, just east of the Saw Mill River Parkway near the Bronx border. The robbers took items from the home and the residents' 2006 Dodge Caravan.
No one was hurt during the robbery. No other information was available early this morning.
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Club goer arrested on gun charges
Police have a Mississauga man and two others in custody on a slate of weapons charges this evening after a gun was waved outside a club over the weekend.
Police say at around 1 a.m. Sunday, officers on patrol in unmarked vehicles saw a disturbance in the parking lot of VIVA Night Club at 8261 Woodbine Ave., just north of Hwy. 407, in Markham.
After a crowd in the area began thinning out, a man was seen waving what was believed to be a gun before jumping into a grey Dodge Caravan, joining two other people, York Regional Police spokesperson Const. Laurie Perks said.
The minivan left the lot, police said. It is believed the object had been tossed from the vehicle. Police found a fully-loaded .38-calibre semi-automatic handgun on the sidewalk and believe it was thrown from the Caravan.
POLICE BLOTTER: Reports published Dec. 26
Niagara Falls police arrested a man after responding to an armed robbery in progress at the Sunoco station at 2202 Hyde Park Blvd.Christopher T. Walker Jr., 18, 1533 Whitney Ave., was charged with first-degree robbery and third-degree grand larceny about 8:45 p.m. Sunday.Responding to a call of an armed robbery, Officer Michael Trane arrived on the scene to see a man leaving the gas station carrying a bag. The man ran when he saw police. Trane said a second man, carrying a pistol and a shotgun came out next, but ran back inside when Trane identified himself. The second man then came out again, yelling to Trane that he had no guns, and ran from the store.When several more officers arrived on the scene they set up a perimeter and began searching for the suspects. Trane said he spotted Walker running through backyards on the 2400 block of North Avenue.
AGMC supplies 52 BMWs to Dubai Protocol and Guest-House Department
AGMC, the exclusive importer for BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce for Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, has signed an agreement with Dubai Protocol and Guest-House Department of H.H. Ruler's Court and provided them with 52 BMWs for their official use. .
Generator Sets are rated at 80, 100, 125, and 150 kW.
December 8, 2006 - Suited for supplying standby power to medium-size buildings, generator sets feature low-emissions design that reduces oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter, and PowerCommand digital electronic control that combines engine and alternator controls. Model 80 kW DSFAE features Cummins QSB5 in-line 4-cylinder turbocharged CAC Tier 3 diesel engine, while Models DSGAA (100 kW), DSGAB (125 kW), and DSGAC (150 kW) feature 6-cylinder QSB7 turbocharged charge air cooled diesel engine.
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