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Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
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8 arrested in Collierville for possession of firearms, drugs
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Eight people were arrested in a Collierville neighborhood for possession of drugs and firearms on Saturday, according to Collierville Police. On May 31, at 10 p.m., officers responded to a large gathering in a neighborhood near Mayfield Road. Reports say the complainant called about vehicles blocking the road. When officers arrived, they noticed many vehicles and detected a strong odor coming from several cars. Men seen carrying stolen counter, faucet on bikes after Midtown burglary Police say additional calls were received from nearby residents reporting that vehicles were parked in their yards. According to police, eight Memphians were arrested and cited for improper parking, and some were charged with multiple firearm charges, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and possession of a controlled substance. Two people were charged with felony narcotics charges and felony firearm charges. Police seized 44 grams of marijuana, 347 Oxycodone tablets, 59 Xanax tablets, three Adderall tablets, and one handgun. Police say the Town of Collierville Code Enforcement will be following up with additional town ordinance violations with the organizer and homeowner. No injuries were reported. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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Attorney cites dancing as reason for Luna Lounge closure following ‘shots fired' incident
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Luna Lounge bar in Cheektowaga was ordered to shut down by the town just three days after we brought you news of neighbors' concerns last week. Now, dancing has become an argument for the bar's closure. Concerns were first raised by residents following a 'shots fired' incident that happened in the bar's parking lot in the early morning hours of Monday, April 28. The incident stemmed from the bar, according to Cheektowaga Police Chief Brian Coons, who said it started as a verbal altercation that turned physical, resulting in a shot being fired into the air. The bar was ordered to close and cease operations by the Town of Cheektowaga Code Enforcement on May 5. The attorney representing the owners of Luna Lounge, Jacob Piorkowski, tells us that the Town of Cheektowaga is using dancing as part of the reasoning for their closure. 'My clients have gone to the town clerk on two occasions and asked for a permit for dancing, and were informed that no such permit exists, and that I believe a permit such as that has not been issued in over 16 years,' Piorkowski said. Piorkowski then went on to explain how his clients are willing to work with the town, saying they'd even be willing to revise their operations in order to reopen. 'One of my questions to the town was, well, can we operate as a tavern without dancing, until this permit issue is worked out?' Piorkowski asked. 'I haven't received a response that's definitive on that yet.' Cheektowaga Town Supervisor Brian Nowak appeared Friday on Buffalo Brief, streamed on WIVB+, where he was asked about their proposal to operate as a tavern with no dancing. 'In that particular case, this is something that the Town Board is got to talk about, and it gets into an area where we're dealing with our attorneys on that,' Nowak said. 'So, I don't want to speak in detail on that.' Moving forward, Piorkowski said his clients remain frustrated by the closure of their bar, and that he's hopeful they can work something out with the town to reopen. If not, they will be considering filing a petition in court to be able to resume operations. In our initial story, Chief Coons said his department had been called to the bar frequently for all kinds of complaints. He said they've responded to a total of 114 times in the past year as of last Friday. Rob Petree is an anchor and reporter who joined the News 4 team in 2025. See more of his work by clicking here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Drama ensues after Vegas man moved 'ROOSTER' into his back garden
Drama ensued in a suburban Las Vegas neighborhood after a man's domesticated birds kept his neighbors from ever getting a good night's sleep. The man's neighbors were fed up with the annoying noises and filed a complaint with the Clark County Code Enforcement. The home received a violation for having 'roosters and chickens,' which aren't permitted in their residential area. The couple even sent a letter to their neighbor asking him to control the pets before local Fox affiliate, KVVU-TV, knocked on the bird-lover's door. Even though the complaints cited roosters crowing in the early hours, KVVU instead found dozens of pigeons at the property when they confronted the home owner. The pigeon-lover, Chong, claimed to KVVU that he has only a small chicken and dozens of pigeons he uses for racing. 'This is my passion. We have a huge club... we compete them and we send them to places like Arizona, 300 to 500 miles away to compete all over the nation,' Chong told the outlet. 'This is my sport, my passion,' he added. The bird owner explained that he used the pigeons to race and said the sport was his 'passion' Chong admitted he'd be devastated if his pigeons were taken away. He said he recently moved to Nevada from Cuba and wasn't aware of local laws on domesticating the birds. Clark County Code Enforcement told the outlet that Chong's property didn't have a permit to race pigeons. After a notice of violation is sent to a property owner, they may be fined up to $500 per day until it is corrected. The county had previously combated issues with pigeons in November when another property had flocks of pigeons constantly surrounding it. 'They start cooing about 5 a.m. and it goes on all day long, flying and flocking, flying and flocking,' one neighbor told KVVU at the time. 'It's a health hazard for all of us. Our cars are always covered in pigeon poop, our houses, our yards, everything,' she added. Pigeons are legal to have as pets in Nevada, provided they are kept in a proper enclosure and are kept at least 200 feet from another home. Crowing roosters are prohibited in Las Vegas, and hens are only allowed if the owner obtains written consent from their neighbors.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Business
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Ruling: East Central bookstore must remove encampment or face hefty fine
May 1—A hearing officer ruled that Quirky Used Books must remove a homeless encampment from its parking lot in two weeks or pay a fine of $1,500 to the city of Albuquerque. In the written ruling issued Thursday, City Hearing Officer Ripley Harwood stated he would only impose fines tied to one of several ordinance violations brought against the bookstore, that which prohibits camping on public property, including the use of tents. Harwood dismissed the other violations, which involved weeds and litter and outdoor storage. The dispute dates back to July 2024, when Quirky Used Books began allowing 18 unhoused people with 12 tents to stay in the store's back parking lot at 120 Jefferson NE, just north of Central. After the city received various 311 complaints — at least one from a neighboring business — Code Enforcement issued the violations, leading to an administrative hearing on Monday. Gillam Kerley, owner of Quirky Used Books, said he was "disappointed" the hearing officer could not rule on whether the violations aligned with the New Mexico Constitution. Harwood said, in his decision, that he considered constitutional arguments "to be outside the scope of my review." In his ruling, Harwood said the case is not about the rights or risks of homeless people occupying public property, but rather "a case about the limits of the rights of private property owners to the allowable uses of their property." Kerley said he will be seeking a stay on the enforcement of the ruling pending an appeal to the 2nd Judicial District Court. He said they were appealing to get a ruling "on whether the New Mexico Constitution's right to seek and obtain safety and the right to preserve one's property essentially outweigh the language of the zoning code." The bookstore owner added that he does not expect the decision to be reversed during the appeal. The city's Code Enforcement Department said they were pleased with the ruling. "We're happy with the decision because it moves Quirky Books towards remediation, which is what we always wanted," said Tim Walsh, public information coordinator for the city of Albuquerque Planning Department. "We just want them to come into compliance and hopefully this will get them there." The city plans to stay in contact with the bookstore to ensure they come into compliance. Code Enforcement has another hearing pending with Quirky Used Books over similar violations, but said they will drop the case if Quirky Used Books comes into compliance in the next two weeks. A hearing on that matter has not been scheduled yet. Kerley said he was glad the hearing officer did not agree with a majority of the proposed violations, including the accusation of litter and filth in the parking lot. In his ruling, Harwood left a glowing review of Kerley's character, calling him an "altruistic idealist." "Were the world full of idealists such as Gillam Kerley, humanity would likely solve the broad-based societal problems without the need for the blunt instrument of government," Harwood wrote. "The reality is that Quirky Books cannot solve the enormous public problem of the homelessness and in trying to do so, they have merely caused other harms. The homeless problem is for governments to solve."
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Politics
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Proposed Clarksburg ordinance would outlaw owning dogs that bark for 15+ minutes
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — The Clarksburg City Council met Thursday evening, where it discussed changes to a Noisy Dog Ordinance it adopted a few years ago. During the meeting, the council unleashed the first reading of the ordinance. The current Noisy Dog Ordinance was passed in 2023, prohibiting residents within city limits from keeping dogs that create excessive noise. The proposed modification would make it unlawful to keep a dog that creates frequent or prolonged noise disturbances, particularly between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Under the modified ordinance, a dog may not bark continuously for more than 15 minutes during daytime hours, or more than 10 minutes between 10:01 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. Also, any disruptive barking, regardless of its duration or the time it occurs, may be deemed a disturbance of the peace. 'We've gotten numerous complaints from residents that some folks are just leaving their dogs tied up outside, you know, in horrendous weather that we had this past winter, and these dogs are just barking continuously. So, we have to address the situation,' Clarksburg Mayor Jim Malfregeot said. Petition urging Gov. Morrisey to veto microgrids bill gains nearly 1000 signatures Another proposed change allows Animal Control, Code Enforcement or the Police Department to arrest the dog's owner or caretaker if the ordinance is violated instead of giving a citation. The proposed amendments seek to revise the language while recommending more expensive fines for violators. 'I think, I think we visited a lot of these issues in the past, and to me, a lot of this stuff is unenforceable, and it makes it difficult. And it's kind of, you know, personal account type of thing, and you know, I think if there is an issue, it will be seen, but at the end of the day, you know, adding a time limit to barking dogs seems kind of difficult to enforce, and you know, I really don't want the police to be out there enforcing laws that they just can't enforce,' Clarksburg City Council Member Will Hyman said. Under the current ordinance, violators can be cited by an animal control officer, code enforcement official or police officer. If the municipal court determines that a dog exhibits frequent and habitual barking, howling, yelping, crying or squalling that results in unreasonably loud and disruptive noise, the court may order the owner to take action to cease the disturbance or issue a fine. Additionally, the current ordinance outlines specific penalties for violations. A first offense may result in a $50 fine. A second offense carries a fine ranging from $100 to $500, while a third offense may result in a fine between $200 and $500. Additionally, the ordinance clarifies that repeated violations occurring more than 24 hours apart are considered separate offenses. However, only one violation may be issued to a dog owner within any 24-hour period. The first reading of the new ordinance was passed by the council 6-1. The second and final reading will be held on May 1. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
