Yes, we’re (still) in the middle(?) of a pandemic… but (apparently) you (still) just can’t “shelter” stupid… look at what has (still) happened to these guys and gals…
First, some holiday season tidbits:
In New York City, New York, apparently the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is related to the tree from Charlie Brown’s Christmas… just bigger… so 2020…
For that individual on your shopping list who has everything (else)…
For those you planning a Zoom call with your loved ones for Thanksgiving, Zoom says it will lift the 40 minute limit from midnight ET on Nov. 26 through 6 a.m. ET on Nov. 27 “so your family gatherings don't get cut short.”
Reviews.org is looking for a Chief Holiday Cheermeister (CHC), who will be paid to watch 25 holiday movies in 25 days. Applications are open now until 11:59 p.m. MST on December 4… and the pay isn’t bad, either…
We’ve all got stories of mishaps associated with website/system conversions… but it probably didn’t involve the deaths of famous people…
And now for those guys and gals…
In Durham, North Carolina, Terry Coggeshall won more than $366,000 this week in the North Carolina Cash 5 jackpot lottery… the odds of winning… 1 in 962,598… Guess how long he’s been playing the same set of lucky numbers… oh, and how much he’ll actually win once the state and Uncle Sam get their “cut”…
In Lakeland, Florida, Florida Highway Patrol troopers were called to a report of a theft… on westbound I-4… They apprehended Douglas Allen Hatley, 71, at a recycling center… who was later charged with grand theft, dealing in stolen property and false information on a secondary metals recycler form… So, what did he steal?...
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spencer John Payne and Cedrick Michael Sims broke into a house here between 3 am and 4 am… tied up and threatened the residents… only to realize they had made a mistake… So, how did they seek to remedy their misstep?
In Goose Creek, South Carolina, an unnamed man accused of “porch piratry”… showed up for court in an interesting choice of outfits…
And finally, in Palo Cedro, California, Matthew Piercey, 44, had been indicted by a grand jury on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and witness tampering… Seems that from about July 2015 through August 2020, Piercey carried out an investment fraud scheme… raising a total of approximately $35 million in investor funds… using investment companies (Family Wealth Legacy and Zolla) to solicit funds from investors using a variety of false and misleading statements… including about trading algorithms, the success of the companies’ investment strategies and the liquidity of investments… but when law enforcement agents attempted to arrest him… Piercey fled from arrest by leading agents on a vehicle chase… through residential neighborhoods… going “off road” twice… and then onto the highway before abandoning his vehicle… and entering “frigid” Lake Shasta with the ultimate lake getaway vehicle… and no, we’re not talking about a boat…
Have a GREAT weekend, folks!
