How was YOUR weekend?

Davenport police report busy holiday weekend

by Ann McGlynn [QC Times, available Online]

Two stabbings, a robbery, a theft at a car dealership and a large fight at a bar kept Davenport police officers occupied beginning early Saturday and continuing through early today, officials said.

The youngest person arrested in the string of unrelated incidents was 12 years old, records show.

"It was a busy weekend," said Capt. David Struckman of the Davenport Police Department.

The first incident happened at 2:12 a.m. Saturday at 200 W. 16th St., when Shirley A. Smith stabbed her live-in boyfriend, Felipe Reyes, in the neck with a scissors, police said. He was treated and released from Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street, Davenport. She was arrested and charged with domestic assault with a weapon.

Also sometime early Saturday, a break-in occurred at Dixon Auto Sales, 1720 W. 3rd St. Thieves stole several sets of car keys and at least two cars, police said. Arrested and charged with third-degree burglary were George Douglas James, 12; Frederick Bernard James, 13; and Timothy Williams Jr., 15.

The James brothers, police said, have "extensive" juvenile records.

On Sunday night, a mentally challenged man was robbed of more than $200 in the 3300 block of Covington Drive. The suspects threatened the man with physical harm. Two people are charged with second-degree robbery: Nicholas Ryan Troxel, 17, and Keith Wilson Kelley Jr., 17.

Twenty minutes later, at 8:55 p.m., Darrius Ross, 31, was stabbed in the arm during a fight at 1124 Gaines St. During the fight, a resident of the house started having chest pains and a toddler ingested a bottle of pills. All were treated at Genesis. The child was admitted overnight for observation.

And finally, about 1:40 a.m. Monday, five people were arrested after a large fight at Las Bananas, a bar with a history of trouble at 1512 E. Kimberly Road.

Charged were Jose Luis Torres Sr., 40, for failure to disperse; Jose Luis Torres Jr., 22, for disorderly conduct; Deliah Berryman, 24, for disorderly conduct and failure to disperse; Emmanuel J. Berryman, 23, for disorderly conduct and failure to disperse; and Brandon Berryman, 21, for disorderly conduct.

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Ok. So this isn't a Chicago or Detroit police blotter for the weekend. But for Davenport alone, this is pretty good. You've got a trio of car thieves, none of whom are old enough to be in drivers ed yet... You get some good old fashioned jail house neck shanking action. Top it off with the madhouse from hell, with a stabbing victim, someone else who wanders in with heart attack symptoms, followed by, a toddler needing attention dropping back a bottle of pills. Bring to a boil, then mix in a game of "mug the mentally ill." Lastly, let stand, and garnish with the Family Feud: Las Bananas Bar Fight Edition... where pops and junior v. chick + brother + other brother all go for the battle royale, where the

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurvey SAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

YOURE ALL LOSERs.

What, the state lottery didn't want any of this?????

Rock Island mayoral race a tie, judge says

by Dustin Lemmon [QC Times, available online]

After two months of legal challenges, a recount and debates over which votes should count, Circuit Judge Mark VandeWiele has ruled that the Rock Island mayoral race ended in a tie.

At 8:30 a.m. July 15 the candidates and their attorneys will meet before the judge. Their names will be placed on sheets of paper, placed in identical envelopes, randomly mixed and then Rock Island County Clerk Richard Leibovitz will draw the winner, the judge ordered.

VandeWiele ruled that the final count was a tie with each candidate receiving 3,047 votes. Dennis Pauley, who defeated David Levin in the April 7 election with a count of 3,066 to 3,053, was seated as mayor in early May.

After taking a week to review the evidence from a court ordered recount that was completed last month, VandeWiele ruled that the ballots that weren't initialed by an election judge did not count. The recount also found a ballot that was mistakenly counted three times for Pauley only counted once.

With the numbers adjusted the election came down to two over votes. Voters on both had filled in the circles for both Pauley and Levin.

VandeWiele ruled that one with an "X" through the vote for Pauley was a "clear indication" that the voter intended to choose Levin.

The second ballot, which had a plus-like mark outside the vote for Pauley, did not count, the judge ruled. VandeWiele said a preponderance of the evidence, based on markings elsewhere on the ballot, showed that the voter likely intended to vote for Levin, but the statute calls for a "clearly ascertainable vote" and he could not make that finding.

Judge Mark VandeWiele ruled today that the Rock Island mayoral race ended in a tie and the winner will now be decided by drawing lots at a hearing at 8:30 a.m. July 15.

VandeWiele ruled that the final count was a tie with each candidate receiving 3,047 votes.

David Levin is challenging newly sworn Mayor Dennis Pauley.

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Democracy, here we come! No its not the newest scratch game offered by Little Lotto. It isn't a tribal vote at the end of Survivor: Rock Island Mayoral Edition. It is, in fact, the way we get to install a new mayor, by the mandate of the masses! It if wasn't Al Gore trying to remake history, it was Al Franken. Unfortunately this character is not named Al. He is instead, by the luck of the draw, [pun intended], a 50/50 shot at becoming elected,errrr judicially installed, errrrr coin flipped into office on July 15th. Hello Quad Cities!!!!! What, match the white balls then a power ball to name a city council seat or two? Why not just have a bingo death match, no postage stamps.

S.