Stupid people doing stupid things. The human brain is simply amazing.
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Shocking arrest
The German shepherd police dog, placed in service two weeks ago, got zapped with electricity at 3 a.m. Friday when the man
he was arresting bit into a 220-volt electrical cord, with the announced plan of killing anyone who touched him, police
say.
No one died, but Adalberto Cardoso, 39, of Sumner Street, will face a raft of charges, including cruelty to animals, once he
is discharged from the hospital.
An employee at McDonalds, 255 Lonsdale Ave., called for help at 3 a.m. after Cardoso used his fists to break open a plate
glass window and enter the business, police allege.
The first police officers on the scene report seeing Cardoso inside McDonalds, wearing only boxer shorts and his blood that
covered him from his head to his feet.
Police surrounded McDonalds and ordered Cardoso to surrender, officers report.
Cardoso, instead, jumped out of a broken window and fought with police, who report they could not get a good grip on him
because of his strength and the blood and sweat that covered him.
He also fought with the police dog, punching it in the mouth and neck, police allege. Cardoso was able to crawl back to the
broken window and Officer Ernest Pendergrass, who handles the police dog, pulled back the dog, fearing it would be injured
by the jagged glass still in the window frame.
Cardoso escaped and jumped back into McDonalds through the broken window, police allege.
Police entered to find Cardoso standing on top of the milkshake machine, officers allege. As they approached, police say,
Cardoso turned the machine on and began throwing handfuls of milkshake at the police and the police dog, officers
allege.
Cardoso was able to pull the machine from the wall, police say. When Bak, the police dog, pulled him to the ground, Cardoso
announced: "I'm going to kill us all," and bit into the electrical cord, police allege.
The dog, Officer Jeffrey Davis, Officer Robert Cardente and Officer Dino Giorgio all received electrical shocks because they
were wrestling with Cardoso as he bit the cord, police allege.
Officer Pendergrass pulled back Bak, his partner, and reports he struck Cardoso on the shoulder and back with his fighting
baton, causing him to drop the electrical cord from his mouth. Police say they dragged Cardoso away from the electrical cord
and outlet and handcuffed him.
Besides cruelty to animals Cardoso is to be charged with breaking into McDonalds, assault on police officers and resisting
arrest.
He was admitted to Memorial Hospital because of the deep cuts to his hands and forearms, apparently caused when he broke
through the plate glass window, police report.
The dog was not injured, but three police officers were treated for cuts and bruises at Memorial Hospital.
Because the breaking and entering charge is a felony, Cardoso will face charges in Superior Court.
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Man fired for getting gassed on spilled ethanol at work
Cory Neddermeyer had a blood alcohol level that was double what is considered to be lethal.
CLARK KAUFFMAN
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
An Iowa judge has denied unemployment benefits to a man who claimed discrimination after being fired from an ethanol plant
for drinking "automobile fuel" produced by the company.
Cory Neddermeyer, 42, was fired in April from Amaizing Energy in Denison, where he worked as a maintenance technician. The
company produces ethanol fuel for vehicles in a formula that includes a high concentration of alcohol.
Neddermeyer was fired after an April 21 incident at the Denison plant. According to Neddermeyer, he showed up for work that
morning and saw that there had been a spill of fuel alcohol. Hundreds of gallons of 190-proof alcohol were contained in a
6-inch-deep holding pond that was about 30 feet by 24 feet.
It proved to be too much to resist, Neddermeyer said.
"I am a recovering alcoholic, and I thought about the availability of this alcohol throughout the day," he wrote in a
statement later provided to state officials. "Curious about the taste and its effects, I dipped into this lake of liquor and
drank what I considered to be 2 to 3 ounces. The next thing I remember is waking up in Crawford County Memorial
Hospital."
Neddermeyer had been found by his co-workers in an incoherent state, unable to say his name or the day of the week.
He was taken to a hospital, where his blood-alcohol level, according to state records, was reported at 0.72 - nine times the
legal limit for driving, and almost double the level that is considered potentially fatal for many adults.
He was briefly hospitalized for acute alcohol intoxication, during which time his employer searched his work area and
allegedly found three empty pop bottles that contained trace amounts of the fuel.
At a subsequent state hearing on Neddermeyer's request for unemployment benefits, plant manager Jeff Bruck expressed shock
at Neddermeyer's actions.
"This is a fuel alcohol," Bruck testified. "This is an explosive product."
The liquid had not been blended with gasoline.
At the hearing, Administrative Law Judge Teresa Hillary asked Neddermeyer, "Why would you drink fuel?"
"I don't have a good explanation for that," he replied. "Curiosity?"
Neddermeyer argued that his employer shared in the responsibility for the incident because the spill at the plant provided
an "opportunity" for him to drink.
He also argued that Amaizing Energy was discriminating against him due to his "disease of alcoholism."
He asked Hillary whether the protections afforded him under the Americans with Disabilities Act could be applied to his
request for unemployment benefits.
"The fact that you're an alcoholic does not excuse your behavior," Hillary replied. "You're not allowed to come into an
unemployment hearing and say, 'I'm an alcoholic so I don't have to live with the misconduct standards.' "
Hillary denied the request for benefits, saying Neddermeyer had committed job-related misconduct that could have resulted in
his death.
"The employer has a right to expect employees not to drink the fuel," Hillary ruled. "Just because some of the ethanol
leaked onto the floor is not a good reason for the claimant to drink automobile fuel."
Court records indicate Neddermeyer has twice been convicted of driving while intoxicated.
Neddermeyer said Thursday that he has been struggling with alcohol for at least 10 years and is now getting additional help.
"Things were going pretty well until that day at work," he said.
This past Saturday, I had the chance to try out