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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico – According to USA Today, Chiapas police jailed “Blackey” the donkey for biting and kicking two men at a local ranch. The victims claimed that Blackey had bit one man in the chest and then kicked the other in the ankle, resulting in a fracture. Victim Andres Hernandez commented, “All of a sudden, the animal was on top of us like it was rabid.”

Six officers subdued the enraged animal and confined Blackey to a jail cell normally used for holding people charged with public drunkenness and other disturbances.

Chiapas Officer Sinar Gomez explained, “Around here, if someone commits a crime they are jailed, no matter who they are.” Gomez continued to explain that Blackey would be retained until the owner agreed to compensate the victims for their related medical expenses.

Blackey was released three days after its “arrest” when the owner paid a fine of $36 and the $115 in medical expenses. The owner will also be required to compensate the victims for $480 each in lost wages for their missed work days.

USA Toda noted that Chiapas police are known to imprison animals that cause injury or destruction. Such incidents included a bull that ate corn crops and a dog that bit a passerby. more

BOULDER, Colo. – A security company supervisor and restaurateur shot each other with Tasers during a confrontation over the parking of a van, according to the Associated Press. Harvey Epstein, co-owner of Mamacitas restaurant, and Casey Dane, a supervisor for Colorado Security Services Inc., entered into a heated argument about a metal boot that one of the security personnel had secured to the wheel of a van parked behind Mamacitas. Dane claimed the van was parked on property his employer was hired to patrol.

Epstein confronted Dane while holding a pair of bolt cutters he claimed he intended to use to cut off the boot. Fearing that Epstein intended to hit him, Dane put his hand on his holstered pistol, Shortly after, both men shot each other with the Tasers. Police Sgt. Pat Wyton commented, “It was just kind of a bonehead deal.”

Epstein alleged that Dane threatened to shoot him and his mother and did not shoot at Dane until the man pointed the Taser at them. Dane stated that Epstein had threatened him with the bolt cutters. Both men deny the allegations made against them.

Neither men suffered any injuries requiring medical attention. Epstein was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and using a stun gun. more

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