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Just in case that was not enough for detectives, he added his gang's name daubed on the wall: "The Adlington Massiv!" He also added "R Gay" to a poster saying "Garden Birds of Britain."
Detectives rapidly traced Addison on their computers.
"This crime is up there with the dumbest of all in the criminal league table," said Inspector Gareth Woods after Addison and Mark Ridgeway, also 18, pleaded guilty to burglary at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court.
"There are some pretty stupid criminals around but to leave your own name at the scene of the crime takes the biscuit. The daftness of this lad certainly made our job a lot easier."
Addison was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay 725 pounds (1,070 euros, 1,464 dollars) in compensation and 20 pounds costs, while Ridgeway was sentenced to 60 hours of unpaid work, a 12-month community order and 20 pounds costs.
Campsite volunteer Irene Power voiced surprise that the graffiti told the truth.
"I can't believe one of them was actually called Peter Addison. I thought that would be a decoy.
The first set of Pokémon games on the Nintendo Switch has arrived.
The games, titled "Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!" and "Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!", are the first Pokémon games in the main series to be released in high definition — and the updated visuals reflect how far the franchise has come since 1996.
The new games are retellings of the original Game Boy Pokémon games, "Red, Blue, and Yellow." While "Let's Go" stays true to the aesthetics of "Red, Blue, and Yellow," the extra visual flair and common-sense improvements to the game create a fresh, modern experience amid non-stop waves of nostalgia.
Seeing the games side by side is an exciting reminder of how much games have changed in the last 22 years, and how the designs of the original Pokémon games have become timeless.
"Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!" and "Let's Go, Eevee!" let you choose your gender and skin color, a big change from the original protagonist of "Pokémon: Yellow."
The main character's room has been updated to match the times, complete with a current Nintendo console.
"Let's Go" gives you many more ways to interact with your partner Pokémon.
Pokémon battles are now fully 3D, letting you see the trainer and their Pokémon from all angles during the fight.
Pokémon evolutions now have much more dramatic effects.
The Pokédex entries are the same, but Pokémon in "Let's Go" can vary in height and weight.
The map of Kanto has stayed the same, though "Let's Go" offers descriptions of each location.
Outdoor environments like Viridian Forest have a totally new atmosphere, especially since you can see Pokémon running around in the wild.
The Pokémon Center, a mainstay in every town in the game, has gotten a big makeover.
The game's Pokémon Gyms have all been given a face lift too, though they mostly stay true to their original designs.
Important conversations will now trigger small cutscenes, helping the characters show off more personality.
And trainer battles now have more interesting intro animations, too.
Shockingly, "Pokémon Yellow" never refers to Jessie and James by name. In "Let's Go," they team up to fight your Pokémon 2-on-2.
Beyond the visuals, "Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!" and "Let's Go, Eevee!" offer plenty of innovation while staying true to the original games.
As someone who played the original games when they were released, seeing the world of "Pokémon: Red, Blue, and Yellow" fully realized in high-definition was a dream come true, and it's an experience that will likely last another generation.
"Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!" and "Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!" are available on the Nintendo Switch starting Friday.
Parents who thought they had Christmas all wrapped up by buying their child a hoverboard have been issued an urgent warning by fire chiefs.
The Air Runner Balance Board - one of this year’s most coveted gifts - was yesterday recalled due to a potentially lethal electrical fault.
But it is feared hundreds of the boards may already be giftwrapped and sitting under Christmas trees all over Bucks and beyond.
Bucks Fire and Rescue service is now urging parents to unwrap the present and check whether its serial number matches the recalled products.
Though the recall notice was issued nationally through Halfords, the boards have also been widely available from other top suppliers.
It was still possible today to buy them from several sites online.
The serial numbers affected are 190375, 192470 and 192488. Halfords say these were supplied with “non-compliant and substandard” plugs and chargers that could prove a hazard to the users.
It is understood there is no safety cut-off function to prevent the battery pack or charger from overheating.
Earlier this month a Bucks woman was injured after an Air Runner board belonging to her 10-year-old son exploded in a bedroom, sending burning fragments flying across the room.
Other fire services have reported similar incidents, with one Kent family suffering £25,000 damage after a board exploded in their kitchen.
His limos may have been broken down, but Nauman Hussain certainly wasn’t down on his luck.
The man charged in a limousine crash that killed 20 people had been living a life of luxury upstate prior to the tragedy — complete with a secluded mansion, high-end cars and multiple properties in his and his brother’s names, the Daily News has learned.
Nauman Hussain, son of Shahid Hussain of Prestige Limo, and his brother made their mark buying up multi-family homes across the Albany region, according to locals who knew the family.
Until recently, a lot of that cash was going into a massive, three-garage rental house in Albany where the Hussain brothers lived by themselves.
Neighbors described high-end cars pulling in and out of the winding driveway at every hour of the day — but rarely saw people.
Then last week — just days before the horrific limo crash that killed 20 people — the Hussain brothers moved out.
Police started looking for Nauman Hussain on Saturday, when a Prestige Limo owned by the family company crashed into a shallow ravine in Schoharie. The driver, Scott Linisicchia, 17 passengers — many of them related — and two bystanders all died in the collision. His brother is not considered a suspect.
Cops tracked down Nauman Hussain, 28, on Wednesday and charged him with criminally negligent homicide. State police claim he was the one who put Linisicchia — who did not have a proper license — behind the wheel of the SUV stretch limo that failed a recent Department of Transportation inspection.
Hussain was released after posting $150,000 bail at his arraignment. He kept silent as he walked out of the courtroom with his lawyer Lee Kindlon by his side.
Neighbors at the young man’s former Albany home were shocked by the news.
“We saw the limousines coming and going but we had no idea they had a limousine business,” said a resident.
Plumber Rick Monington, 67, said he has worked with the family for two years and said his stepdaughter used Prestige Limo for her wedding 14 years ago.
“She said it was fine. She told her mother when this happened. She said, ‘Mom, can you believe it, that’s the same limo we got married in,’” he recalled.
Despite the brothers’ mysterious aura, one neighbor felt their father Shahid — who has been in Pakistan for the past eight months — was more to blame.
“Clearly, there are people that were doing things that were far below the law and someone has to be accountable for it. That’s not a way to run a business,” the neighbor said.
Haykush Avanesian, 68, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of petty theft.
Allen Babakhanian, 18, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of vandalism for the benefit a criminal street gang.
Jean Pierre Prideaux, 56, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of domestic violence.
Cerbando Ramirez, 27, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of domestic violence.
Haroutioun Aivazian, 23, was arrested Oct. 7 on suspicion of possessing cannabis and conspiracy to commit a crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang.
Gary Gant, 60, was arrested Oct. 7 on suspicion of burglary.
Geramy Gant, 21, was arrested Oct. 7 on suspicion of burglary.
Kim Hall, 50, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of battery on a police officer and trespassing.
Jaime Diego, 22, was arrested Oct. 9 on outstanding warrants for domestic violence and driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Gamlet Abramian, 36, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of violating parole and grand theft of access cards.
Arthur Gasparians, 49, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of identity theft.
Vacilio Guzman, 33, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of resisting arrest.
Elizabeth Tarula, 31, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of domestic battery.
Arshaluys Ovasapyan, 64, was arrested Oct. 6 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Serjik Shabani, 53, was arrested Oct. 7 on suspicion of domestic violence.
Robert Hicks, 32, was arrested Oct. 8 on outstanding warrants for driving without a valid license and storing an open alcoholic container in a car.
Businesses and employees who are part of enterprises in the Sun Valley area have a chance next week—the only one they have all year—to get together for a day and discuss local economic conditions and what the future may look like in depth.
Sun Valley Economic Development will host the 2014 Economic Summit all day on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Limelight Room at Sun Valley Resort. The summit is not just for nerdy numbers wonks. It’s a must-do for existing or prospective business owners, key employees and investors.
Participants and expert panelists will look at what’s happened in the local economy and talk about options for the future as we try to grow the feast and reduce the famine of the recreation business and build economic foundations that will last.
Businesses and employees that swim in our local economic waters need to know the shape of those waters to be successful. It’s hard to see a pond when you’re in the middle of it. This year’s Economic Almanac, part of today’s newspaper in print and online, describes our pond’s characteristics and charts its currents with...
Our mountain pond has taken a beating over the last five or six years, but things are looking up, albeit slowly. Between 2011 and 2012, for example, the area added 229 new jobs after four straight years of job losses and the loss of 468 businesses, according to numbers tracked by the Idaho Department of Labor.
The mixed message in those numbers means that the conference’s theme, “From Adversity to Opportunity: Building a Secure and Resilient Community,” is spot on. And who better to keynote the confab than the mayor of Greensburg, Kan., Bob Dixson, whose town was literally leveled by a huge tornado in 2007. The town’s resurg...
Sun Valley’s inspired future is open for the making—a future informed by the summit and the Economic Almanac.
U.S. bank indices fell 2% yesterday after fears that capital requirements would increase as much as 7%. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), fell below $11.00, the lowest since last year. The discussion came about after the Basel Committee on Banking revealed how levered large financial institutions still were, and tried to re...
A 7% equity capital raise for most banks would be catastrophic and dilute equity by 50%+, but a 3% raise seems manageable in a functioning economy. The problem is that the U.S. economy is on life support, and that life support is called Quantitative Easing 2. Once this support fades on June 30th, how will U.S. banks (a...
According to Bloomberg, "The Fed supports a proposal at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision that calls for a maximum capital surcharge of three percentage points on the largest global banks, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
International central bankers and supervisors meeting in Basel, Switzerland, have decided that banks need to hold more capital to avoid future taxpayer-funded bailouts. Financial stock indexes fell in Europe and the U.S. yesterday as traders interpreted June 3 remarks by Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo as leaving the door ...
"A seven percentage-point surcharge for the largest banks would be a disaster," said a senior analyst at Barclays Capital Inc. in NY. "It will certainly restrict lending and curb economic growth if true."
Basel regulators agreed last year to raise the minimum common equity requirement for banks to 4.5 percent from 2 percent, with an added buffer of 2.5 percent for a total of 7 percent of assets weighted for risk.
Basel members are also proposing that so-called global systemically important financial institutions, or global SIFIs, hold an additional capital buffer equivalent to as much as three percentage points, a stance Fed officials haven't opposed, the person said.
The Bloomberg Europe Banks and Financial Services Index fell 1.45 percent yesterday, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index declined 1.1 percent. The KBW Bank Index, which tracks shares of Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo. and 21 other companies, fell 2.1 percent.
In a June 3 speech, Tarullo presented a theoretical calculation with the global SIFI buffer as high as seven percentage points.
"The enhanced capital requirement implied by this methodology can range between about 20% to more than 100% over the Basel III requirements, depending on choices made among plausible assumptions," he said in the text of his remarks at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington.
In a question-and-answer period with C. Fred Bergsten, the Peterson Institute's director, Tarullo agreed that the capital requirement, with the global SIFI buffer, could be 8.5 percent to 14 percent under this scenario. A common equity requirement of 10 percent is closer to what investors are assuming.
"I think 3 percent is where everyone expected it to come out," Simon Gleeson a financial services lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP, said in a telephone interview. "If it is 3 percent across the board then it will be interesting to see what happens to the smallest SIFI and the largest non-SIFI" on a competitive basis, he s...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner, in remarks yesterday before the International Monetary Conference in Atlanta, said there is a "strong case" for a surcharge on the largest banks. Fed Chairman Bernanke is scheduled to discuss the U.S. economic outlook at the conference today.
"In the US, we will require the largest U.S. firms to hold an additional surcharge of common equity," Geithner said. "We believe that a simple common equity surcharge should be applied internationally."
Financial industry executives are concerned that rising capital requirements will hurt the economy, which is already struggling with an unemployment rate stuck at around 9 percent.
Higher capital charges "will have ramifications on what people pay for credit, what banks hold on balance sheets," JPMorgan Chase & Co. chairman and chief executive officer Jamie Dimon told investors at a June 2 Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. conference in New York.
The Global Financial Markets Association, a trade group whose board includes executives from GS and Morgan Stanley, said the surcharge may apply to 15 to 26 global banks, according to a May 25 memo sent to board members by chief executive officer Tim Ryan.
Dino Kos, managing director at New York research firm Hamiltonian Associates, said the discussion about new capital requirements comes at a time when banks face stiff headwinds. Credit demand is weak, and non-interest income from fees and trading is also under pressure.
U.S. banks reported net income of $29 billion in the first quarter, the best result since the second quarter of 2007, before subprime mortgage defaults began to spread through the global financial system, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile.
Still, the higher profits resulted from lower loan-loss provisions, the FDIC said. Net operating revenue fell 3.2 percent from a year earlier, only the second time in 27 years of data the industry reported a year-over-year decline in quarterly net operating revenue, the FDIC said.
"You can see why banks are howling," said Kos, former executive vice president at the New York Fed. Higher capital charges come on top of proposals to tighten liquidity rules and limit interchange fees, while the "Volcker Rule" restricts trading activities. Taken together these imply lower returns on equity, he said.
"How can you justify current compensation levels if returns on equity are much lower than in the past?" Kos said.
A gang member was convicted today of first-degree murder for the “49th Street Massacre” shooting deaths of a 10-year-old boy, his uncle and a teenager in South Los Angeles in June 2006.
Charles Ray Smith also was convicted of first-degree murder for the March 2006 shooting death of another man in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Superior Court jury is due back in court next Monday for the start of the trial’s penalty phase, in which the panel will be asked to recommend if the 41-year-old defendant should be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.