Posts Tagged ‘freed’

A life stole twice: Killed after being freed in bum slay rap 

BY CORINNE LESTCH,

KEVIN DEUTSCH

and HELEN KENNEDY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

DAVID CLARKEspent four years behind bars on Rikers Island, an accused killer desperate to prove his innocence and get on with his life.

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Ohio man who freed wild animals was deep in debt (AP)

In this photo obtained by the Associated Press, carcasses lay on the ground at the Muskingum County Animal Farm Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, in Zanesville, Ohio. Sheriff's deputies shot 48 animals , including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions, after Terry Thompson, owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, threw their cages open Tuesday and then committed suicide.  Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and also had a bite wound on the head that appeared to have come from a large cat, such as a Bengal tiger, county Sheriff Matt Lutz said Thursday morning.   (AP Photo/HO)AP – The exotic-animal owner who killed himself after turning loose dozens of lions, tigers and other beasts was deep in debt, and a fellow big-cat enthusiast said Thursday that he had taken in so many creatures he was “in over his head.”


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Freed monkey eaten by tiger

An eccentric Ohio man killed himself after setting dozens of wild animals – including lions, bears and wolves – free from his own private zoo, police said Wednesday.

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Lions and tigers shot in Ohio; owner freed them (AP)

A sign warning motorists that exotic animals are on the loose rests on I-70 Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, near Zanesville, Ohio. Police stalked one last monkey still on the loose Wednesday after authorities said a game-preserve owner apparently freed dozens of wild animals, including tigers and grizzly bears, and then killed himself.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP – Sheriff’s deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals — including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions — in a big-game hunt across the Ohio countryside Wednesday after the owner of an exotic-animal park threw their cages open and committed suicide in what appeared to be one last act of spite against his neighbors and police.


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Wild animals on the loose in Ohio, freed by owner (AP)

A dead lion lays by the fence on Terry Thompson's farm near Zanesville Ohio Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. Police killed dozens of animals Tuesday that escaped from the wild-animal preserve where the owner's body later was found. Warning that more animals still were on the loose, officials expected up to four school districts to cancel classes as the remaining bears, big cats and other beasts from the Muskingum County Animal Farm were hunted down. (AP Photo/Heather Ellers and Dustin Burton)AP – Homeowners took cover indoors Wednesday as sheriff’s deputies with high-powered rifles hunted down and killed dozens of lions, bears, tigers and other exotic beasts that escaped from a wild-animal park after the owner threw their cages open and committed suicide.


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Thousands celebrate freed Palestinian prisoners (AP)

Palestinians celebrate the release of prisoners at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP – Tens of thousands of flag-waving Palestinians celebrated the homecoming Tuesday of hundreds of prisoners exchanged for an Israeli soldier, with the crowd exhorting militants to seize more soldiers for future swaps.


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Israeli soldier freed in swap for 1,000 prisoners (AP)

Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, centre, is escorted by members of Hamas on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, Monday, Oct. 18, 2011.  Looking dazed, a thin and pale, Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Khalid Farid)AP – Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations.


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