SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Federal authorities are investigating a professional magician's claim that he successfully shipped himself in a crate from upstate New York to Las Vegas by the United Parcel Service.
A spokesman for UPS says the company believes Wade Whitcomb's claim is a hoax. The Transportation Security Administration and the FBI are investigating Whitcomb's claim.
Whitcomb is a professional magician from North Syracuse who says he shipped himself to Las Vegas in November as a publicity stunt to promote a friend's new Web site.
Whitcomb says he traveled in a custom-made crate and videotaped the trip with four cameras pointed out of the crate and another inside.
Whitcomb told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his lawyer told him not to talk to the media.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
You've Got (Weed) Mail
RACINE,Wi — A drug dog in Milwaukee hit on a package bound for a Racine address last week, starting a quick set-up by the Racine County Metro Drug Unit to try to nab the suspects.
The Racine County Sheriff’s Department Metro Drug Unit was contacted on Thursday by a Milwaukee police detective. The detective said that a dog had hit on a package at a shipping center in Milwaukee.
Officers found 11 pounds of marijuana inside the package. The package, which came from Texas, was to be sent to a Racine address in the 1300 block of Terrace Avenue.
A Racine County Metro Drug Unit agent agreed to act as the delivery person.
At 12:30 p.m. Thursday the agent delivered the package to the address, where a man reportedly took it from the front porch and put it on top of a garbage can next to the house.
A short time later a green minivan left the driveway. When agents stopped the vehicle they found Reyes Quezada-Sandoval and Francisco Llamas inside, along with the package.
During interviews with drug unit agents, Quezada-Sandoval said he met someone at El Ray Mexican Restaurant in Milwaukee who offered him $100 to drive to Racine to pick up a package. He said he was told it was a package of cheese. Quezada-Sandoval said he was going to drive the package to El Ray, where he said he had been told to leave it in the unlocked van for someone to pick up.
Llamas reportedly told agents that someone named Jose Reyes offered him $300 for the use of an address. Llamas said he gave his brother’s Terrace Avenue address for the delivery.
Both men reportedly told agents they expected to be paid after the delivery was complete.
Llamas, 38, 1233 Terrace Ave., and Quezada-Sandoval, 36, of Milwaukee, were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver as party to the crime. If convicted, they could face up to $25,000 in fines and 12 1/2 years imprisonment.
The Racine County Sheriff’s Department Metro Drug Unit was contacted on Thursday by a Milwaukee police detective. The detective said that a dog had hit on a package at a shipping center in Milwaukee.
Officers found 11 pounds of marijuana inside the package. The package, which came from Texas, was to be sent to a Racine address in the 1300 block of Terrace Avenue.
A Racine County Metro Drug Unit agent agreed to act as the delivery person.
At 12:30 p.m. Thursday the agent delivered the package to the address, where a man reportedly took it from the front porch and put it on top of a garbage can next to the house.
A short time later a green minivan left the driveway. When agents stopped the vehicle they found Reyes Quezada-Sandoval and Francisco Llamas inside, along with the package.
During interviews with drug unit agents, Quezada-Sandoval said he met someone at El Ray Mexican Restaurant in Milwaukee who offered him $100 to drive to Racine to pick up a package. He said he was told it was a package of cheese. Quezada-Sandoval said he was going to drive the package to El Ray, where he said he had been told to leave it in the unlocked van for someone to pick up.
Llamas reportedly told agents that someone named Jose Reyes offered him $300 for the use of an address. Llamas said he gave his brother’s Terrace Avenue address for the delivery.
Both men reportedly told agents they expected to be paid after the delivery was complete.
Llamas, 38, 1233 Terrace Ave., and Quezada-Sandoval, 36, of Milwaukee, were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver as party to the crime. If convicted, they could face up to $25,000 in fines and 12 1/2 years imprisonment.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
1987!
LA GRANDE, Ore. - An Oregon woman finally received an invitation to her nephew's high school graduation in New Jersey, but she may be a little late _ it was in 1987.
Theresa Schlossarek, of La Grande, found the invitation last week in her mailbox. The envelope, which had been opened, was postmarked June 2, 1987, from Toms River, N.J., where her brother, Hermann Ilnseher, lives.
Ilnseher said the lack of response from his sister was noticed but dismissed.
"We just thought that she lived so far away, she couldn't come," Ilnseher said. "She usually would send money, though, so we did joke about that later on, that maybe she could send some and add interest for the years passed."
Peter Hass, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service's Portland district, called the delay "very unusual and very unfortunate."
Hass said the envelope could have been stuck in machinery or misrouted and delivered to the wrong address, which would explain why it arrived opened. But he said no matter the age of the mail, "if it's postmarked, we're obliged to deliver it."
Schlossarek's nephew, Michael Ilnseher, now an assistant principal at an Atlanta-area high school, said he didn't remember his aunt not receiving an invitation.
"I never realized something could be lost for 22 years like that," he said.
Theresa Schlossarek, of La Grande, found the invitation last week in her mailbox. The envelope, which had been opened, was postmarked June 2, 1987, from Toms River, N.J., where her brother, Hermann Ilnseher, lives.
Ilnseher said the lack of response from his sister was noticed but dismissed.
"We just thought that she lived so far away, she couldn't come," Ilnseher said. "She usually would send money, though, so we did joke about that later on, that maybe she could send some and add interest for the years passed."
Peter Hass, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service's Portland district, called the delay "very unusual and very unfortunate."
Hass said the envelope could have been stuck in machinery or misrouted and delivered to the wrong address, which would explain why it arrived opened. But he said no matter the age of the mail, "if it's postmarked, we're obliged to deliver it."
Schlossarek's nephew, Michael Ilnseher, now an assistant principal at an Atlanta-area high school, said he didn't remember his aunt not receiving an invitation.
"I never realized something could be lost for 22 years like that," he said.
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