01/20/2021
An interesting element of social media is how it’s often made it that it isn’t necessarily the biggest outlets first to report scoops, and that’s perhaps especially true in baseball. We saw that with Reddit users KatyPerrysBootyHole and WetButt23 breaking the Jose Quintana trade back in 2017 (in related news, Quintana signed with the Angels Tuesday night, a move broken by Ken Rosenthal of Fox and The Athletic rather than a couple of random people on Reddit), and we saw it with Braves’ fan Brian Chandler breaking the news of that team’s signing of Yasiel Puig last July (a deal nullified after Puig tested positive for COVID-19). Well, the Blue Jays’ signing of free-agent outfielder George Springer (to the largest deal in team history) Tuesday night was initially broken by Brendon Kuhn of Blue Jays Nation, from a barbershop chair, no less (as seen above, and below):
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DUI arrest comes after crash into sign Nahedi Taherbubak Shaibi
Nahedi Taherbubak Shaibi, 25, of Ceres, was arrested Saturday evening for driving while under the influence after he struck a sign in the parking lot of Mister Car Wash at 1740 E. Hatch Rd.
The crash occurred at 11:41 p.m.
Officer Brian Chandler noticed that Shaibi was showing signs of being impaired by alcohol and conducted a DUI investigation, which the driver failed. Latest
Traffic stop for headlights off nets passenger arrest Alexander Jones
A 33-year-old Oakdale man riding in a car stopped by Ceres Police for not having headlights turned on was arrested Thursday evening for an arrest warrant.
At 9:52 p.m., Officer Brian Chandler conducted the stop on Richland Avenue near Hatch Road after seeing the vehicle traveling with its headlights and taillights off.
A rear seat passenger, Alexander Jones, 33, of Oakdale, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest issued by Oakdale PD. Jones was also on probation for possession of a dirk/dagger.
During a search, a large dagger and drug paraphernalia were found in Jones’ backpack. He was charged with carrying a concealed dagger, possession of drug paraphernalia, probation violation and the warrant.