Dumbassery of the Day x 3

School says Athens,TX girl lied about immigration poster assault
4/9/2008

School officials say an eighth-grader lied when she told them a pack of angry classmates assaulted her over an anti-illegal immigration poster she brought to campus.

Athens Superintendent Fred Hayes said Wednesday that surveillance video shows 13-year-old Melanie Bowers inflicting scratch marks on herself after her poster was taken.

Bowers' poster for a class project read, ``If you love our nation, stop illegal immigration.'' Three Hispanic students had been suspended for their role in the alleged scuffle. Hayes said their punishment remains valid because they helped take the poster, but did not hurt Bowers in doing so.

Hayes said the school district has asked police to file criminal charges against the girl for filing a false report.


Palm Bay woman accused of attacking husband with soap
April 9, 2008

PALM BAY,FL — A 43-year-old woman who police said trespassed into a home and attacked her estranged husband in the shower with a bar of unwrapped soap, will face a judge next month.

Cheryl Ann Lunderman, of the 900 Raleigh Road, was charged with battery and burglary to an occupied dwelling after Palm Bay Police were called to a home located on the 2200 block of Oklahoma Avenue to investigate reports of a disturbance, reports show.

Lunderman, listed by police as a registered nurse, is expected to have a hearing on the charges May 16, records show. Last week a judge ordered Lunderman not to return to the home or have any further contact with the victim, records show. Palm Bay Police said the man was home taking a shower about 9:30 p.m. on April 2 when Lunderman got into the residence, walked into the bathroom and struck him in the face with an unwrapped bar of soap.

The man’s right eye was bruised by the soap, investigators said. The couple had been married for over two decades when they separated, officials reported. Police arrested Lunderman and transported her to the Brevard County Jail Complex. Police are seeking $134 in investigative costs in the case, reports show.


Unlicensed Dentist Arrested With Rusty and Bloodied Instruments
West Palm Beach, Florida
April 10, 2008 - 7:07AM

West Palm Beach, Fla.- Deputies have arrested a West Palm Beach man who they say was performing dentistry without a license. They say 37 year old Luis Sanchez was pulled over for running a red light April 2. A deputy saw a bag of stainless steel dental instruments in car. Sanchez explained he had been a dentist in Cuba and also worked as a dental assistant in Florida.

He said he had lost his job recently and did dental work on his friends to "make extra money" although he is not licensed to practice as a dentist in the state of Florida.

Deputies say they found dental instruments in his car, some of them rusty or with traces of blood on them. They say he also had a generic form of novocaine in his car and in his apartment.

They found various dental supplies and tools in his apartment on Forest Hill Boulevard, includng syringes, plaster impressions of teeth and an autoclave which is used to sterilize dental instruments.

Anyone who was a patient of Luis Sanchez is asked to call Deputy Steve Tzirtziropoulos at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at (561) 904-8275. Sanchez is charged with unlawful possession of prescription legend drugs, and operation of an unlicensed dental lab.