TAMPA — Tampa police say a 59-year-old man stole a fire engine Tuesday morning and crashed it into another vehicle before being caught and taken into custody.
It happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. while firefighters were inside St. Joseph’s Hospital on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, according to officials.
Police say Warren Scudder got into the fire truck, drove away and hit a Lexus SUV near MacDill Avenue.
The driver of the SUV reported hip pain after the crash and was checked out by hospital staff, investigators said.
Shortly before 9:40 p.m., police located the fire engine and blocked its path on Poplar Avenue.
Scudder was charged with grand theft auto and hit and run. Additional charges may be filed, police said.
Discworld is one of those strange series that you simply cannot explain to somebody who has not read it before. Sir Terry Pratchett was the greatest fantasy writer of his time, perhaps of all time, and reading his books while I was homeless was one of the few things that brought me enough joy to keep going some days.
An unexpected sight at a landfill dump in Alaska has left the internet in shock after the footage gained millions of views on TikTok.
The video was posted by @erynwhittern two days ago. It shows the moment she was at the landfill dump in the city of Unalaska and saw an impressive number of bald eagles hanging around the area.
Alongside the clip, the caption reads: “You could say I was SHOOK. There was even more when I turned around the other direction.” Among all of the trash at the dump are tons of birds, picking at the trash and scavenging for anything they can find.
Thousands of commenters were stunned by the footage and rushed to share their reactions in the comments.
“So you’re telling me the bald eagle is the pigeon of Alaska?” posted one commenter, while another TikTok user wrote: “Bald eagles: Fancy seagulls.”
“Is this normal?” asked a third. “I’m scared because they running from something or know something we don’t.”
A fourth added: “My cousins are from Unalaska, and they called them dump chickens.”
It is true that the presence of bald eagles in Unalaska is not unusual. The Alaska.org tourism site says that the bald-eagle population on the island has fluctuated over the years, sometimes reaching as high as 700. The site describes bald eagles in Unalaska as plentiful as pigeons in other cities, offering visitors a rare opportunity to observe the national symbol up close.
Pictures of bald eagles scavenging for food around the coast. Internet users have been stunned after one woman arrived at the local landfill dump to see eagles flocking to the area. Carol Gray/Getty Images
Most of Alaska’s landfills and municipal dumps attract bald eagles, with these raptors being savvy opportunists always in search of easy meals, according to Alaska.org. Unalaska’s City Landfill, situated 2.2 miles out of town along Summer Bay Road, provides a reliable food source, drawing eagles in large flocks. The eagles are known to compete with ravens and seagulls for human debris, making landfills a hot spot for observing these majestic birds.
Others shared their frustration, with one commenter saying that he had been trying to get a glimpse of the birds; he even paid $500 for a tour in Alaska, only to find that they are all at the dump.
“Bald eagles love trash water is what I learned when I worked at the landfill,” wrote another commenter.
Newsweek reached out to @erynwhittern via TikTok for comment.
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A guest of mine who I made a good impression on, apparently, decided to gift me this gold plated dollar bill. It’s legal tender in several places, honest to god, but I’m going to get it graded and then professionally framed and put in my office. With this and the Lions winning tonight, I’m doing pretty damn good lately.
