Crime Blotter: Wedding Arrest, Aquarium Fishing
— -- ‘Does Anyone Object to this Marriage?’ ‘I Do!’
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — When the minister said, "Speak now or forever hold your peace," Marie Salomon apparently wasn't about to let the opportunity slip by.She was arrested Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Bridgeport, Conn., where police say she repeatedly interrupted and shouted during a wedding. "She would not heed several warnings from the reverend to be quiet," said Mark Patterson, a police department spokesman.Eventually church officials called police, who sent two officers to the scene at around 5 p.m. Saturday. They found the 41-year-old woman standing up and yelling in the middle of the ceremony."Officers asked her what bothering her and she was unable to explain," Patterson said.It was unclear if Salomon, a Bridgeport resident, was a guest at the weddingShe was charged with breaching the peace and trespassing, and released on $500 bond.After Salomon was removed, the service proceeded without further ado.
Spearfishing the Easy — and Illegal — Way
KEY WEST, Fla. —
Catching a 20-pound grouper or trout is normally hard work, but for one enterprising burglar it was as easy as shooting fish in a barrel — literally.
When Key West Aquarium curator Bob Cerkleski came to work last Tuesday, he found several dead fish in his tanks. He quickly discovered several others with new puncture wounds.
"Right away I could tell something was screwy with them," he said. "There were holes in them."
Apparently, somebody had broken into the facility and gone after the animals with a spear gun. In total, about 20 fish were missing, dead or injured — mostly grouper and snapper — as well as several lobsters.
"Also a speckled trout," he sighed. "That was a nice animal. We've had it for quite a while."
In some, Cerkleski could see the X-shaped hole left by the spear, and there were also spear marks in the concrete in the tank.
He was grateful that the thief didn't touch some of the harder-to-replace creatures at the facility, such as tarpon, bonnet-head sharks, and turtles.
The fish were in an open-air tank, but buildings on all four sides enclosed the area. Cerkleski believes the fish-napper climbed a tree and then got onto the roof.
It was a daring break-in, Cerkleski admitted, but he says, "I don't think there was sportsmanship there."
Key West police are investigating the matter, and the aquarium intends to install an advanced new security system.
A Carwashing Career, Gone in a Flash
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah — It didn't take long for an employee of the The Girl Next Door carwash — which features bikini-clad workers cleaning the autos — to get in hot water with the police.
On the its first day of business, 19-year-old Betsy Brown allegedly exposed herself during a local television news crew's video shoot.
"She decided to flash her boobs at the camera," explained South Salt Lake Police Department spokesman Darrin Sweeten.
He said police expect to charge Brown with lewdness, which carries penalties of up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
"She obviously knew it wasn't a good idea," Sweeten said. "She made some comment [on the videotape] like, I probably shouldn't be doing this."
Brown was also fired over the incident, which occurred last Friday morning.
"I explained the situation, and she admitted she was not using her best judgment," Abbey Reynolds, the owner of the car wash, told The Salt Lake Tribune.
The Girl Next Door charges $15 for a wash, and features shirtless men as well as women in bikinis.
Sweeten said city officials in this traditionally conservative town apparently didn't know about the carwash's unusual uniform policy when it granted a temporary business license for the summer.
Crime Blotter, a weekly feature of ABCNEWS.com, is compiled by Oliver Libaw. ABCNEWS affiliate WXYZ in Detroit contributed to this report.