fantasizing!!
Here’s one for you right out of Palm Harbor, Fl. http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/26662978/man-in-ninja-mask-says-he-fantasized-about-attack-on-unknown-woman
Slightly OT
You gotta know what a juggalo is…
Ask a Juggalo: Why do some Juggalos call each other ninja?
By Vinnie Monaster
Vinnie Monaster, 34, is a longtime Juggalo living in Roseville. He’s better known as Vinnie the ICP Kid, who was interviewed in his bedroom “museum” in the 1997 ICP film Shockumentary.
Q: Why do Juggalos call each other ninja? What does that mean?
A: Aww, that’s fresh. This goes all the way back to the beginning, to the beginning to the philosophy of Psychopathic Records. It’s a compliment. To use the word ninja is a lot of honor, and you gotta be real skillful and real tactful. To be a ninja, you are a master of the arts. And it’s not smoke and mirrors; this isn’t some kind of hocus-pocus. It’s the real deal. Being able to show up and literally have nothing in your pocket but be able to help someone or be able to be real cool. All of a sudden, somebody is hooking you up. They’re figuring out a way to get you into the show. Whether it’s a little bit of help from this person or a little bit of help from that person, it’s amazing. Just to be a ninja, you’re not just extremely down with the clown, you’re a master, whether it’s making sure that you’re spreading the word and getting other Juggalos involved or explaining the benefits and the fun that’s involved in being a Juggalo. Making it to the shows and listening to the music and spreading the good word. To be a ninja, that is so old-school. That’s what I consider myself. I’m an old-school ninja. Flat out. Right off the bat, you’re probably not a ninja. You have to have the skills. Once you’ve really found yourself and once you’re really, really getting everything out of it that you want, that is truthfully being a ninja. Pulling out all [the] stops. It’s really simple as far as — you could either just get by or go through the motions and that’s completely acceptable, or you could be rocking the full ability to make everything around you better and to not be missing the mark. And just be schooling it. It takes skills, heart, loyalty, vision, if you will. Leadership. — mt
Eddie Ray Routh, accused of killing “American Sniper” author and Navy SEAL Chris Kyle
Most of the time, I enjoy when martial news items are topical. However, not this one.
Former Girlfriend and Sister of Chris Kyle’s Accused Killer Testify
by Sarah Rumpf 19 Feb 2015 Stephenville, TX16
Defense attorneys for Eddie Ray Routh, accused of killing “American Sniper” author and Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield, continued to present their case on Wednesday, calling Routh’s former girlfriend and then his sister to testify. Routh has admitted killing the two men but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Routh is accused of shooting and killing Kyle and Littlefield at a shooting range in February 2013, where the two men had brought him to help work through the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Routh was reported to had suffered since serving in the Iraq war and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
Routh’s sister, Laura Blevins, testified that Routh had come to her home after the killings, according to a report by KXAN. Blevins described Routh as being “almost in a daze” and said that he had admitted to her that he had killed the two men.
“He said he took their souls before they could take his,” said Blevins. “I asked him what he meant by that, and he said they were out to get him.”
Routh had stolen Kyle’s truck and driven it to his sister’s home. Blevins testified that when she saw the truck, she feared that he was telling the truth. She begged him to turn himself in, but he refused and left her home. Blevins and her husband then called the police, who later tracked down Routh and arrested him. Video from Routh’s arrest and jailhouse interview was played earlier in the trial.
As Breitbart Texas reported, evidence was also presented that Routh was on multiple anti-psychotic medications and had been hospitalized three times for mental health issues. On Wednesday, Blevins testified that she had distanced herself from Routh after his last hospitalization, out of fear that he posed a danger to her family. She also described his behavior that day as “not who I know as my brother,” according to a report by NBC News.
Routh’s former girlfriend, Jennifer Weed, also testified that, just a few days before he killed Kyle and Littlefield, he had exhibited bizarre, frightening behavior, including threatening her with a ninja sword, calling her a demon, and claiming that he heard voices and saw things that were not there.
Routh asked her to marry him the night before the killings, she said. She testified that they argued the next morning, and then Routh smoked marijuana while he waited for Kyle to show up for their planned outing to the shooting range.
Defense attorneys face an uphill battle to establish that Routh was legally insane at the time of the killings. “As in most cases where the insanity defense is raised, the odds of success are daunting,” criminal defense attorney Brian Wice told Breitbart Texas, “especially in this case where the victim is widely perceived to be a true American hero [like Kyle].”
Wice, who practices law in Houston, further explained how both sides would likely proceed with their strategy. “The defense will likely focus on a trio of factors: expert psychiatric testimony that the accused’s severe mental disease or defect precluded him from knowing that his conduct was wrong, lay testimony from the accused’s friends and family corroborating his protracted history of bizarre and seemingly inexplicable behavior, and the narrative that the facts of the case are the compelling barometer of the accused’s inability to distinguish right from wrong.”
“The prosecution will likely counter this evidence in rebuttal with its own psychiatric expert to show that not every degenerating mental disease or defect, including PTSD, rises to the level of insanity, especially where the accused exacerbates his mental state by using drugs and alcohol,” concluded Wice.
Kyle was a Navy SEAL and the most lethal sniper in American military history, serving four tours in Iraq. He received multiple commendations for his service before being honorably discharged from the Navy in 2009. A native Texan, Kyle was born in Odessa and returned to Texas after leaving the Navy. His memoir, American Sniper, was turned into a blockbuster film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper. To honor his life and service, Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared February 2nd to be Chris Kyle Day, as Breitbart Texas reported.
The trial is scheduled to reconvene on Thursday, with the defense planning to call mental health experts to testify. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty, so Routh is facing a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole, if he is convicted of capital murder. Breitbart Texas will continue to follow this story.
Lana Shadwick contributed to this report. Follow her on Twitter @LanaShadwick2.
Follow Sarah Rumpf on Twitter @rumpfshaker.
That’s been nearly unbelievable. Those fellas underestimated just how freaky he was. I do not think the insanity defense should come rubber stamped or its a bad precedent. It needs to be combed through and challenged on all points and if necessary, more defined legal designations. It can’t become the catch-all freebie, this case is a little high profile.
[QUOTE=curenado;1281097] this case is a little high profile.[/QUOTE]
Indeed this is a high profile case. I believe the movie based on the sniper’s mission won some kind of oscar(s) at the Oscar Award ceremonies the other night.
Isn’t it just a little convenient that our Hollywood friends exploited this Navy SEAL’s actions, and he is no longer alive to personally verify or testify what is truth of the scenario and what has been fictionalized through sheer movie-magic, or perhaps to even be allowed to question his actions or the motives of his superiors as time passes. If he was the best, it only makes sense someone would want him dead.
According to the above article Gene posted, the shooter who killed the 2 veterans was “in a daze.” Sounds suspicious.
‘Black Ninja’ gets three years
Skowhegan ‘Black Ninja’ burglar gets three years
Jonathan Strickland, sentenced to prison for two burglaries, bragged that he couldn’t be caught.
By Doug Harlow Staff Writer
dharlow@centralmaine.com | @Doug_Harlow | 207-612-2367
SKOWHEGAN — A man sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for burglaries and theft last year had taunted one of his victims in a note in which he said he was a ‘Black Ninja’ who couldn’t be caught.
Jonathan M. Strickland, 25, of Skowhegan, was convicted on two counts of burglary, two counts of theft — both class C felonies — and his probation was revoked.
Strickland
Strickland was sentenced to 36 months in prison for the probation revocation and 32 months for the burglaries and thefts, all to run at the same time, Skowhegan Police Chief Ted Blais said Thursday.
Police investigating a burglary at the Pak Lee Chinese Restaurant on Madison Avenue Oct. 16 examined a video that showed the burglar “wearing a distinctive mask” entering the building, Blais said. The mask was made from black fabric with eye slits — Ninja style — he said.
The burglar stole money from the cash register and liquor bottles, he said.
The same day, Skowhegan police responded to another burglary and theft of cash at the nearby Skowhegan State Fairgrounds office, where a note was found saying, “You can’t keep out the Black Ninja,” according to Blais.
“We think he made up the name on his own, at least he never told anybody why he called himself that,” Blais said.
Blais said people in Skowhegan told detectives that Strickland had been calling himself the Black Ninja and had been bragging about committing other burglaries in the area.
Police carried out a search warrant Oct. 23 at Strickland’s apartment and found a Ninja-style mask like the one worn in the Pak Lee burglary along with liquor bottles with the same brand and stickers stolen from the restaurant, Blais said.
The Maine Department of Corrections Division of Adult Community Corrections assisted in the execution of the search warrant, Blais said. Strickland was arrested at that time for a revocation of his probation and had been in jail since his arrest. Strickland was due to be released from probation just weeks before his arrest.
Police found that Joseph Kireburns, 23, of Skowhegan, had also been involved in the Fairgrounds burglary, acting as Strickland’s lookout. Kireburns pleaded guilty to burglary and theft and was sentenced to three years in prison with all but 60 days suspended and two years of probation.
“We must give credit to the public for giving us information,” Blais said.
Real ninjas don’t leave notes that can get them busted. :rolleyes:
Clearly a ninja even though the report doesn’t say so
Concealed wrist and waist knives? “Martial arts” throwing stars? She had like 8 concealed knives. Ninja. Definitely.
Woman With Knives, Martial Arts Stars Arrested Outside Hospital
March 4, 2015 2:45 PM
File photo of handcuffs. (Photo credit: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a woman with concealed knives and martial arts throwing stars was arrested outside a hospital, and a man who worked there had a protection order against her.
A Canton police report says 51-year-old Regina Lynn Bollerud was waiting outside a door at Mercy Medical Center on Tuesday morning.
The report says Bollerud had two knives concealed on her right wrist, plus two more knives and four throwing stars on her waist. Officers also found four more knives, an auto glass-breaking tool and a bottle of pills in her purse.
She’s been charged with violating the domestic violence protection order, carrying concealed weapons and drug possession.
She’s in jail with a $100,000 bond. Records didn’t say if she had an attorney who could comment on the accusations.
Brighton Tree Ninja busted
See post 19. What? Were they pirate trees?
Boston Police Catch Brighton Tree Ninja Damaging Shrubbery After Vandal Refuses To Turn Over A New Leaf
Josephine B. Yurcaba
@JoYurcaba
22 hours ago News
Boston police told the Associated Press they arrested a 65-year-old man whom they believe is the infamous “Brighton Tree Ninja.” For several years, newly planted trees and shrubbery in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood have been damaged, but police were unable to get to the root of the case and find the perpetrator. According to The Boston Globe, police set up surveillance cameras around a parking lot near the Brighton Elks Lodge (the article doesn’t specify if this was a frequent place where the ninja attacked), and eventually caught Joseph Rizza entering the empty lot and attempting to chop a tree down with hammer.
Rizza was charged with five counts of willful and malicious destruction of property and one count possession of a dangerous weapon. According to Gawker, police said in a statement:
This investigation was part of an ongoing operation seeking to identify and apprehend the individual(s) who for several years has been killing trees in the Brighton area and eluded capture. Over the past several years this ‘Brighton Tree Ninja,’ would either chop down or damage beyond saving, young trees that were planted in Brighton.
Allegedly, this wasn’t Rizza’s first time being caught vandalizing trees. According to the Globe, he was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device in March and was given a curfew after being charged with vandalizing a tree in another part of the Brighton neighborhood.
Now, he’s being held on the new charges under a $7,000 bail. But according to Jake Wark, spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, Rizza won’t be released for at least 60 days, even if he posts bail, because he violated the conditions of his release in the March case and refused to turn over a new leaf.
Wark praised investigators and good, old-fashioned neighborhood watch for catching this alleged shrub slayer. The neighborhood’s shrubs can photosynthesize peacefully now that, in the words of the Globe, this case as been “nipp[ed] in the bud.”
“It started with input from Brighton residents, continued with the strategic deployment of public safety cameras, and resulted in charges that could otherwise have been very challenging to prove,” he told the Globe.
According to the AP, police are investigating Rizza in connection with other tree vandalism over the past several years. If this were a Criminal Minds episode, the agents might say that this perpetrator was acting out — getting more and more reckless in his attacks because he was pining to be caught.
Image: Flickr, David Goehring (1)
This reporter had way too much fun with his puns.
Rashane Jackson
There’s a vid if you follow the link.
Accused ninja burglar agrees to pay back $1,800
Deal means no jail time for Rashane Jackson
Published 7:52 PM MDT Apr 21, 2015
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A man accused of dressing as a ninja and violently robbing a terminally ill person will not see any jail time, but under his plea deal will have to pay back the money he’s charged with stealing.
The victim in the case, Daniel Levine, said he still hasn’t seen a dime.
“For somebody who doesn’t have any money, or a lot of money, that hurt very badly,” said Levine.
Rashane Jackson was charged in the case. Earlier this month, Jackson pleaded no contest in a deal that means he will not serve any jail time. Instead, Jackson will be on probation for the next 10 years and has to pay back the nearly $1,800 he took from Levine’s safe.
Levine agreed to the deal.
“Give him a second shot because he’s a young kid. He did a stupid thing,” said Levine.
Levine said he has yet to receive any money, however.
A spokeswoman for the New Mexico Department of Corrections said Jackson’s probation officer will work with him to set up a payment plan based on his income, which usually takes at least a month. She said if Jackson stops making payments, he could go to prison.
As he waits for payment, Levine said his health is only getting worse. He’s counting on the money he says is rightfully his.
Free ninja stars in Surprise 5 juices
Hold the phone…if it’s not a ninja star, what is that exactly? 
Mum inadvertently buys young daughter ninja star
29th Apr 2015 5:00 AM Updated: 6:49 AM
Maryborough mum Rebecca Sutcliffe was a little concerned when her six-year-old found a toy resembling a ninja star in her juice.
IS it a toy or a weapon?
That is what Maryborough’s Rebecca Sutcliffe was left wondering when her daughter Eden Churchill, 6, opened her juice bottle, called a Surprise 5 because of its promise of a toy inside its detachable cup, to find what appeared to them to be a ninja star inside.
When Ms Sutcliffe had bought the juice bottles in the past, the toy had always been something funny or cute - but the star shaped item with serrated metal edges had her thinking of a weapon rather than a children’s toy.
Ms Sutcliffe said at first she had thought the toy might be a spinning top and tried to twist it - but it cut into her fingertips with its points.
The toy in question features serrated metal edges.
She said its resemblance to a ninja star was also concerning as it may appear to be a projectile to children - especially since her daughter jokingly threw it toward her after assuming that is what the toy was.
Although instructions on the side of the bottle indicated that the toys were not suitable for children under 3 years of age, Ms Sutcliffe said she was still concerned.
Steel City Beverages, the company that imports the product, were contacted yesterday but did not provide a response by the time of going to press.
Contact was made with the Queensland Office of Fair Trading and a spokesperson said they encouraged parents who were concerned about a toy to make a complaint to their office.
“If possible, the complaint should include a sample of the product,” the spokesperson said.
Ms Sutcliffe said she would send the item in to be assessed.
The spokesperson from the Office of Fair Trading said if the toy was found to be unsafe, steps would be taken with the supplier to rectify the problem.
“Depending on which mandatory safety standard requirement is failed, corrective actions might include amended safety warning labelling or the product being removed from sale and recalled,” the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said that toys did not require approval from a governmental agency before they were able to be sold.
“However, the onus is on suppliers to ensure products they supply comply with mandatory safety standards,” the spokesperson said.
“Significant penalties can apply where individuals or corporations breach product safety laws.”
Polygamous ninja wife sentenced to 15 years
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‘Polygamous ninja’ Raven Blackwing sentenced to prison after break-in, sword fight
Posted 1:19 pm, April 30, 2015, by Ashton Edwards
WEST JORDAN, Utah – One of the women dubbed as part of the “polygamous ninjas” has been sentenced to prison after breaking into a person’s home and trying to interfere with a rape trial.
The judge sentenced 22-year-old Raven Blackwing, also known as Raven Baker or Madeline Baker, to up to 15 years behind bars Thursday.
According to court documents, Blackwing got one-to-15 years for the aggravated burglary last September.
She faces up to five years behind bars for retaliating against a witness in a rape trial and up to five years for the aggravated assault in West Jordan.
However, the judge said Blackwing’s sentences could run concurrently which means she could serve time for all of her offences at the same time.
The judge also gave her credit for the time she has already served behind bars, 223 days.
Authorities said Blackwing and 19-year-old Tylynn Southwick broke into a West Jordan home on Sept. 19 while armed but were subdued by the occupants of the home.
Court documents state the women were armed with a knife, a stun gun, a tourniquet and syringes along with a chemical intended to render someone unconscious when they broke into the home.
The documents state the women lunged at a man inside the home.
Officials said he fought the “polygamous ninja” duo and wound up removing one mask.
Documents state he said he recognized one of the suspects as a woman who had attended court hearings relating to a rape trial.
West Jordan Police said the women were after a witness who was to speak against a male suspect in the rape trial.
The victims said the two women are in a polygamous relationship with that suspect.
Documents state another man in the home heard yelling and came to help.
Authorities said he was able to subdue the two women until police arrived.
A responding officer stated they arrived to see one of the men holding down a suspect later identified as Southwick.
The document states Southwick “…was sitting on the couch dressed in all black, wearing a black mask and black latex gloves. Standing a few feet from [Blackwing] was [first man] holding a samurai sword.”
Ninja FailArmy
Domino’s ninja
Georgia man who dressed as Ninja to rob store is convicted
By Associated Pressupdated Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 4:39pm
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Authorities say a metro Savannah man who dressed as a Ninja to rob a pizza store has been convicted of armed robbery and assault charges.
The Savannah Morning News reports that a Chatham County jury on Tuesday found 21-year-old Benjamin John Scott guilty of robbing a Garden City Domino’s Pizza clerk of $1,000 in June 2014.
Jurors convicted the Garden City man of assaulting the clerk with a blunt object.
Assistant District Attorney Matthew Breedon told jurors that the Ninja costume didn’t work, since the clerk recognized the suspect’s voice because he had worked at the Domino’s outlet before robbing it.
Breedon said Scott admitted he had been the bandit but insisted he did not mean to injure the clerk.
Garden City is about five miles northwest of downtown Savannah.
Wonder what the blunt object was…
Am I posting this in the right thread?
Kung Fu stars? Sure. Why not?
Cops: Rifles, knives, kung fu stars in New Springville man’s arsenal
Mira Wassef | mwassef@siadvance.com By Mira Wassef | mwassef@siadvance.com
Staten Island Advance Photo
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.-- The New Springville man busted earlier this week for having a cache of weapons also threatened a man with a fake gun, police allege.
Anthony Romano, 34, pointed what appeared to be a black assault rifle in the man’s side in front of the victim’s daughter on Monday evening, according to allegations in court documents.
Romano allegedly threatened the man during a dispute over a cellphone and that prompted a search by police of the home where the suspect lived with his parents, the Daily News reported.
Authorities recovered two gravity knives, 16 kung fu stars, two loaded assault rifles and ammunition that were found in the basement, the criminal complaint says.
The defendant, the complaint says, allegedly told the cops he fired the assault rifle in his backyard back in April.
In another search, police seized 12 air soft pistols and eight air soft rifles. Ten of the air pistols and seven of the air rifles were fake, police said.
Romano, of Bridgetown Street, was charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, disposition, purchase of ammunition feeding devices, endangering welfare of a child, menacing in the second degree, unlawful, sale, possession or use of an imitation pistol, firearms and possession of ammunition, according to a spokesman for Acting District Attorney Daniel Master.
silly ninja
Impromptu Ninja Act Frightens NYC Apple Store
The agitated man just wanted some finely-crafted electronics.
MAXIM MAN November 21, 2015 By STEVE HUFF
The gauzy utopian peace of the Midtown East Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York City was shattered Friday by an agitated man wielding a sword. Standing on the spiral staircase, the would-be ninja in a bucket hat drew a samurai sword and advanced until he was on the main floor, scattering customers to the walls. DNAInfo’s report on the incident indicated the action didn’t stop there:
According to a witness who stood outside the store, the sword-wielding man came outside where he threatened to cut his own neck with the weapon.
“He put the sword to the back of his neck and just held it there,” said the 30-year old witness, who declined to give his name. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”
Shortly afterwards the man was taken down by Apple Store security, reported DNAInfo. Appropriately enough, the man was taken to Bellevue for evaluation.
An unnamed store employee told DNAInfo that the man said “I just want an iPhone!” while swinging his sword on the staircase.
We hope the Apple Store ninja gets some much-needed medical help—not jail time—and that in the future he considers ordering his iPhone online.
Really more of a Samurai-Wannabes, but who am I to argue with Maxim’s headline?
a two-fer today!
This is so obvious. Just read the headline. 
Ninja Blenders Recalled Due to Laceration Risk
The blade assembly isn’t locked into the container during use
By Daniel DiClerico
Last updated: November 17, 2015
Ninja blenders feature a unique “stacked blade” assembly consisting of multiple sharp blades mounted at different heights inside the containeror “Total Crushing Technology” as the company calls it. Many Ninja blenders do perform very well overall in Consumer Reports’ blender tests. The drawback is that the knife-like assembly isn’t anchored in any way to the container, raising the risk of laceration. That’s led to the announcement from Ninja that, in accordance with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, it is recalling a dozen blender models, following 53 reports of injury.
This recall is different from most in that Ninja isnt actually telling consumers to stop using their blenders, nor is it issuing a stop sale with retailers. Instead, it’s giving customers a revised safety warning.
Specifically, Ninja owners are being told to empty the blenders pitcher through the locked lids pour spout, or by removing both the lid and the stacked blade assembly from the pitcher before pouring.
Every Ninja blender weve tested features the same stacked-blade assembly, including the Ninja Professional NJ600 blender not listed in the recall. A company representative told to us that manuals for all models will eventually be updated with the same safety warning.
Ninja Professional NJ600
Ninja is the only manufacturer we know of that uses a blade assembly that isn’t locked into the container during use. Its blades are also sharper than many other blenders, especially those with a blunt blade assembly that’s designed to pulverize food by spinning at high speeds, rather than slicing through it.
That being said, all blenders can cause injury. Indeed, blender injuries result in thousands of emergency-room visits each year. Many of these injuries occur during washing.
With Ninja blenders, its best to use a dishwashing utensil to avoid direct hand contact with the blades; do the same with blenders with removable blade assemblies. When the blade assembly can’t be removed, we advise adding soapy water to the container and running the blender until the container and blades are clean, instead of washing by hand.
martial arts throwing star stabbing
If you’re gonna smoke a joint, please use safe shuriken.
Police: Men used ‘martial arts throwing star’ in NE Austin stabbing
7:23 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 | Filed in: Local
Two men were arrested Monday after they were accused of stabbing each other with a “martial arts throwing star” in Northeast Austin, according to an arrest affidavit.
Kebin Moreno-Ayala, 24, and 19-year-old Henry Franco-Rivera, bumped into each other at the parking lot of a shopping mall at 7309 Cameron Rd. near Coronado Hills Dr. around 7 p.m. on Sunday, police said.
Moreno-Ayala showed Franco-Rivera a weapon that resembles a throwing star that he just had bought and said something like “I can kill anyone here if I want to,” according to the affidavit.
Franco-Rivera left to get some groceries at a nearby store, but when he walked back, he joined Moreno-Ayala and another person to smoke a marijuana joint, police said.
The two men soon started arguing. After the altercation escalated to a shoving match, Moreno-Ayala pulled out his weapon, police said.
Franco-Rivera told police he ran away, but he returned to retrieve his groceries, which he had dropped. He didn’t try to run again — he told police — because he realized he couldn’t outrun Moreno-Ayala. He suffered from stabbing wounds in his left shoulder, chest, wrist and across his face, the affidavit said.
During the struggle, Franco-Rivera ended up with the weapon and began chasing Moreno-Ayala, who tripped and fell, the affidavit shows. Moreno-Ayala apologized, but Franco-Rivera stabbed him anyway, the affidavit said.
When police arrived, officers followed a blood trail to Franco-Rivera’s apartment. The door was open and they saw a black 3-bladed weapon covered in blood on the living room’s floor, the affidavit said.
Moreno-Ayala had a stab wound in his abdomen and an injury from his forehead to the back of his head, the affidavit said.
Travis County Jail records show Moreno-Ayala and Franco-Rivera were in custody Tuesday afternoon with a bail set at $20,000 each.
“Cutlery”
Reported on NINJA DAY. How apropos.
Ninja stars, daggers among items highlighted in border agency’s annual review
By: Alexandra Paul
Posted: 02/22/2016 6:55 PM
Customs officials seized a shipment of lethal ninja stars marked “cutlery,” arrested a man for giving immigrants false counselling and intercepted a chemical used to make a date rape drug.
The three items were highlights of the year in review for arrests and seizures by the Canada Border Service Agency in Winnipeg.
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daggers seized by the Canada Border Services Agency.
The 2015 review was condensed to a single page and listed the most dramatic seizures of contraband and arrests at overland borders and from commercial and passenger arrivals at the James Richardson International Airport.
There were more than 300 contraband seizures, including 151 prohibited weapons and firearms, at the airport, Canadian Border Services reported Monday in its the year-end summary.
The most inventive of the lot was the package destined for an Alberta address marked “Cutlery.”
When customs officials opened it, they came across a treasure trove of blades, including 30 five-pointed shurikens and five knifes with push-dagger handles.
Shurikens, also known as Ninja stars, are a traditional Japanese concealed weapon, once as essential to samurai warriors as their swords.
Shurikens are a prohibited weapon in Canada, as are the push-dagger knives seized with them as concealed weapons in the illegal shipment.
The contraband also included 41 narcotics seizures.
In June, officers seized two litres of a liquid known as GBL, a key ingredient in the manufacture of a date rape drug called gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. The shipment came from China and the importer was arrested by Winnipeg police with the assistance of customs officers.
In August, a Winnipeg man, 43, pleaded guilty to counselling immigrants to make false claims but customs officials provided no details Monday on the nature of the claims. The review merely said the guilty plea was related to “counselling misrepresentation” under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
The man was handed a fine of nearly $20,000, the review said.
“He was fined $19,502 for his role in aiding up to 42 Canadian permanent residents to provide false information” to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada," the review stated.
In November, another Winnipeg man was sentenced to two years less a day for his role in a multimillion-dollar cross-Canada steroid smuggling and distribution operation.
Gold Shuriken?
Who the heck is going to toss one of these away?
Japan Ninja Council fulfills wealthy shadow warriors’ wishes by selling solid gold throwing stars
Casey Baseel 3 hours ago
Stylish shinobi seeking silver shuriken similarly supplied.
Last fall Japan’s Ninja Council was formed. While it’s still too early to give up hope that the organization’s real purpose is to protect us from an invading army of evil demons that have been sealed away beneath Mt. Fuji for the past 1,000 years, so far the group has been sticking to its publicly professed purpose of spreading knowledge about Japan’s famous shadow warriors and promoting ninja-related tourism.
For its first major project, the Council spearheaded the production of a mobile game titled Ninja King-Ninja Rises, but its newest endeavor is something more traditional. Through a campaign on Japanese crowdfunding site Crowdrive, the Japan Ninja Council is offering throwing stars made of pure silver or gold, crafted one of Japan’s oldest medal-making companies, Matsumoto Kisho.
Measuring nine centimeters (3.54 inches) across, the silver shuriken weighs 25 grams (0.88 ounces)…
…while the identically sized gold version tips the scales at 50 grams.
You might think that such conspicuous luxury runs counter to the understated subterfuge associated with the ninja, but their precious metal-construction has an upside from a legal standpoint. Possession and purchase of ordinary shuriken is heavily regulated under Japan’s Sword and Firearm Control Laws, but the two throwing stars being offered by the Japan Ninja Council are classified as art objects.
Aside from gold’s pliable nature making it a poor choice for weaponry, another obvious reason for the loophole is the cost of the throwing stars. The silver star is priced at 150,000 yen (US$1,340), and if you want to pretend you’re James Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga’s Japanese cousin, the Man with the Golden Shuriken, that’ll cost you 770,000 yen. In other words, no one with the cash to buy these is doing so with the intention of sharpening their edges and throwing them around while robbing the local convenience store.
The shurikens’ Crowdrive campaign can be found here. Since quantities are limited to just 10 stars of each variety, buying a spare probably isn’t an option, so you’ll want to keep yours safely stored and only use it for your most formal ninja social engagements.
Source: Grapee
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Masturbating ninja
Sometimes, something pops up on my newsfeed that just screams “POST THIS ON THE FORUM”.
SPD: Cops seek hipster ninja masturbator in U-District
By LYNSI BURTON, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Updated 12:06 pm, Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Seattle police seek this man, suspected of masturbating multiple times outside a University District home. He was caught on surveillance footage Feb. 7 wearing all black (which appears white in the image), including a wrap around his face and head and toe shoes.
Seattle police trying to identify a masked man believed to have masturbated outside a home of University of Washington students multiple times.
The behavior was first reported Jan. 10, when a woman called 911 to say she just saw a man pleasuring himself outside the front door of her home near the University District intersection of Northeast 52nd Street and 12th Avenue Northeast, according to police.
Responding officers were unable to find the offender.
A surveillance camera installed at the home caught a masturbator at the same home Feb. 7, showing a man covered head to toe in black, save for the two body parts he used to perform his mission, Seattle police reports say.
His clothing included a hood, a wrap around his face and toe shoes. The night vision surveillance footage makes his attire appear white.
The home’s residents, all University of Washington students, reported hearing “suspicious” sounds outside the house several times. Detectives believe the man may have visited the home up to four times since November 2015.
Seattle police ask anyone with information about the case or suspect to call 206-684-5575.
Please please please tell me this is not one of our forum members here…:rolleyes: