Pit Bull Attack Off Faris Road in Greenville
A 76-year-old man was attacked by dogs near Moultrie Street off Faris Road in Greenville on Monday, and may have to undergo painful rabies shots if the canines are not identified.
Three pit bulls bit Al Hammer in the hands and leg while he was taking his daily walk down the road. The wounds on his hands required stitches. He was also bitten on the thigh.
The dogs were well-groomed and did not appear to be strays, Hammer said.
The attack occurred very close to Augusta Circle Elementary School, but no student injuries were reported.
Greenville Police officers do not know if the dogs were rabid, and have been unable to identify the dogs’ owners. If you have any information, please contact the Greenville Police department at 467-5258.
Family of Isaac Bass Finds Closure in Arrest of Korey Love
Isaac Bass was on his way home from work three years ago when his life was ended in a brutal robbery. His family has waited all this time for justice and now it seems at hand with the arrest of 21-year-old Korey Love of Taylors. That Love was 17 at the time of the crime makes the situation all the more senseless and tragic. But for the family of Isaac Bass, the arrest of Love brings them closer to the closure they desperately need:
Valerie Creel, Isaac’s mother, said, “There was no reason for anyone to shoot Isaac.
“I feel like if we hadn’t taught him to be so loving and trusting, maybe this wouldn’t have happened. He could have protected himself a little better,” she said.
Neither Isaac’s mother nor his stepfather ever gave up hope.
“I feel like [Isaac] is resting a little more peaceful tonight. I know I am,” Valerie Creel said on Tuesday. “Losing him I feel like I will think about that everyday. But, I think this will help because we owe this to [Isaac.] We just couldn’t give up until we had those answers. I just feel like he was such a good son to us and that’s the last thing we could do for him.”
Creel said she has questions she’d like to ask Love. “Why did you have to kill him? Was it worth that?”
She said, “I don’t feel like he gained anything by what he did.”
“I feel like Isaac had a lot of love to offer this world. Isaac was my only son and I just feel, like, overjoyed that someone is going to be accountable for it.”
Jeff Creel, Bass’s stepfather, said,”For the person who did this, I don’t feel sorry for him, but I feel sorry for his family. For what he’s put not only my family, but his family through, because they’re going to have to go through the same thing we’re going through now.”
Both parents also thanked everyone for the support. The couple is especially thankful for police and those who donated to an auction on the third anniversary of Bass’s death. Money raised at that auction was used to increase the reward for information in the case.
Authorities are saying there will be more arrests.
Korey Love is being held without bond. He was pinched after several reports were filed on the third anniversary of the young man’s death, including the fact that there was a reward for information.
Luckily there is no honor among thieves or murderers.
Clemson Researcher John Huffman: Smoking K2 is Like Competing for The Darwin Award
The Darwin Awards are perhaps one of the most tasteless Internet memes, which explains the popularity of the idea. In a nutshell, the meme goes something like this: person does something stupid, dies in the process, and 30-year-old World of Warcraft nerds who spend their free time trolling Internet forums all laugh as they finally find someone they think they’re actually superior to. I’ve always found the glee at others’ misfortune to be fairly vile, but the term actually can come in handy when describing a risky and foolish behavior.
Like smoking a synthetic marijuana substitute you know nothing about but the creator of which claims is too dangerous to ingest recreationally.
John Huffman, the creator of the substance now being sold to your children in head shops by people who don’t care whether your kids live or die has been in the news recently trying to convince the morons that have been smoking his synthetic cannabinoid that they are putting themselves in danger:
“It’s like playing Russian roulette. You don’t know what it’s going to do to you,” Huffman said. “You’re a potential winner of a Darwin award,” referring to the tongue-in-cheek awards given to people who “do a service to humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool.”
In addition to the compound being made without strict quality control or any regulation, as far as anyone knows, the compound itself has never been tested on humans. And when it was tested on mice, Huffman said, the animals were euthanized at the end of the experiment, so scientists don’t even know how it affects mice long-term. “And mice are not humans,” Huffman said.
Doesn’t sound like the kind of thing you want in your body. So what is K2 anyway?
This K2 compound was first created in the mid-1990s in the lab of organic chemist John W. Huffman of Clemson University, who studies cannabinoid receptors. He’s not sure how the recipe for what is named JWH-018 (his initials) got picked up, but he did publish details on a series of compounds including JWH-018 in a book chapter. Even before that book came out, he recalls learning that in China and Korea people were selling the compound as a plant growth stimulant.
As for where it was first smoked or used as a recreational drug, Huffman thinks perhaps somewhere in Europe.
“Apparently somebody picked it up, I think in Europe, on the idea of doping this incense mixture with the compound and smoking it,” Huffman told LiveScience. “You can get very high on it. It’s about 10 times more active than THC,” the active ingredient in marijuana.
From a chemist’s perspective, that means K2 has an affinity for the cannabinoid brain receptor (CB1) that’s about 10 times greater than THC. For the less chemically inclined, it means you can smoke a lot less K2 to get just as high.
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Since JWH-018 or K2 acts like marijuana, you’d expect to see the same effects, including sleepiness, relaxation, reduced blood pressure, and at high doses, hallucinations and delusions.
While some patients between the ages of 14 and 21 were showing up with hallucinations, other symptoms, such as increased agitation and elevated blood pressure and heart rates, didn’t match up with marijuana.
(Dr. Anthony) Scalza speculates either another compound is responsible for the nasty side effects, or the concentration of JWH-018 is too high.
Unfortunately we won’t know anytime soon because Dr. Scalza, a professor of toxicology studying an epidemic of emergency room visits by K2 users, is having trouble getting said stoners to consent to having their urine and blood examined.
Huffman has another interview in The Greenville News that has more in depth information on the dangers of this fake pot. Smoke it at your own risk.
Serial Flasher at Greenville Bus Depot?
Perverts? At bus stations? I’m shocked!
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A man exposed himself to a North Carolina who was waiting to board a bus in Greenville on Sunday, police said.
The incident happened at 100 West McBee Avenue at about 8 p.m.
Police said that an Asheville woman had taken her luggage inside the station and then went back outside to get a snack from the vending machine. They said the woman looked to her right and noticed a man exposing himself to her from the opposite side of a fence. They said the man then pointed at the woman and motioned for her to come with him.
The woman told police the man was wearing a dark, heavy coat and a beanie cap.
Another person told police that there is a man who frequents the bus stop and exposes himself to women. Police were not able to locate the man, whose name was not released.
Flashers may seem funny but they often escalate to other sexually deviant crimes so if you see this guy get the cops on him. Bader et al report that flashers that have escalated to rape or molestation have a history of exposure offenses so if this guy is a serial flasher this could become a dangerous situation.
Human Remains Found Near Belaire Estates
A hunter happened upon skeletal remains scattered around a wooded area near Belaire Estates on Saturday. Authorities have not ruled out foul play.
The remains were found across from 102 Kondros Circle in Greenville Saturday.
A Simpsonville hunter found the remains just before 4 p.m.
Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, personnel from the Coroner’s office and forensics responded to the scene.
A forensic anthropologist from Clemson was also called in to assist with the investigation.
The remains are those of a man missing since early 2007. Investigators believe the remains have been at that wooded location for quite some time.
The name of the deceased will not be released until the man’s family has been notified.