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American Tourist Tries To Fly Home From Austria With WWII Artillery Shell
Florida Man With No Arms
Arrested on Suspicion of
Stabbing Tourist
By Claire Heffron
A US tourist trig- gered a security alert at Vienna airport when she tried to take a World War II grenade home in her luggage.
Returning home after her Austrian holiday, she pulled a hand bomb out of her bag at border control, which she
washed in her hotel room before putting it into her suit- case.
She had asked the customs offi- cers if she could take the “sou- venir” home with her.
Officials quickly called the bomb disposal unit to remove and dis- pose of the 7.5 cm caliber dud tank artillery
shell.
The incident shut down the arrival and lug- gage hall for 15 minutes. Police said at no time were passen- gers under threat.
The 24-year-old was reported to prosecutors for negligent endangerment and fined €4,000
Police arrested a Florida man with no arms after he allegedly stabbed a tourist in Miami Beach Tuesday tonight.
Jonathan Crenshaw, 46, is known locally for the detailed works of art he creates using his feet, the same extremities police say he used to jam a pair of scis- sors into 22-year- old Cesar Coronado.
According to
the Miami Herald, Crenshaw, who is homeless, told Miami Beach police that he had been lying down when Coronado attacked him first, punching him in the head.
Both Coronado and his friend, 22-year-old Cindy
Barrientos, told investigators that they were just asking for direc- tions when Crenshaw sud- denly stabbed Coronado and walked off.
Coronado, who was visiting Florida from Chicago, suffered a wound to his left arm and offi- cers found him lying on the ground bleeding, according
to WPLG. Paramedics took
him to an area hospital for treat- ment.
Police have arrested Crenshaw multi- ple times in the past, the Herald reports, on charges that include trespass- ing, disorderly intoxication and battery on police officers, among others.
Crenshaw was booked on a charge of aggra- vated battery.