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We got a flyer from a local real estate outfit that offered various little non-realty lifestyle tidbits. One of them focused on the upcoming Westminster Dog Show, and the accompanying photo was of an Airedale Terrier. Now Airedales are rare enough that we find mentions of them of interest anyway, but the weird thing was that this was clearly a pet (as evidenced by its haphazard grooming), rather than a show dog, and was photographed next to its owner, who was unnaturally skinny. Now all Airedales may look alike to outsiders, but this dog bore such a resemblance to Hudson the wonder dog, and the owner's physique bore such a resemblance to my own, that we had to spend a surprising amount of time determining that this was not, in fact, a picture of me and my doggie.

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15. Only in Rhode Island... Jan 23, 2007, 13:46 Jim
 
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/23/talking.trees.ap/index.html

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A bookkeeper for a construction materials company embezzled $6.9 million and used the money to go on a shopping spree that included a 104-acre ranch and a half-dozen talking trees like those in "The Wizard of Oz," federal authorities said Monday.

Prosecutors say Angela Buckborough Platt also bought eight show horses; a fleet of motor vehicles including a 1964 Ford Thunderbird; a house on five acres in Rhode Island; Hollywood-grade cinematic props to decorate her home for Halloween; and a life-size ceramic statue of Al Capone.

Samantha Martin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office, said that when friends or relatives asked Platt about her wealth, she told them that she was the CEO of a corporation or that she and her husband had won the lottery.

Platt, 43, of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, was charged Monday with one count of interstate transportation of stolen property. She has agreed to plead guilty in a deal subject to court approval, Martin said.

Platt, formerly of Cumberland, Rhode Island, worked as a staff accountant for J&J Materials Corp. in Rehoboth from 1999 to 2006.

Authorities say that in June 2000, Platt began to write checks from company accounts to herself. The weekly deposits initially ranged from $2,000 to $5,000 but eventually neared $50,000, prosecutors said.

Her theft was discovered in June by another bookkeeper who had been newly hired to assist her.

"I'm not going to say anything one way or another, other than to say there is a plea agreement," said Platt's attorney, R. Bradford Bailey.

Martin said the agreement calls for Platt to spend between 46 and 57 months in prison.

J&J owner John Ferreira said he has received about $2 million in restitution so far, most of it in real estate, cars, horses and other items. He said Platt always seemed like a good employee.

"I'm angry, disappointed," Ferreira said. "She hurt a lot of people."

 
Jim
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>> 15. Jan 23, 13:46 Only in Rhode Island... Jim
  16. Jan 23, 14:20  Re: Only in Rhode Island... xXBatmanXx
  17. Jan 23, 14:28  Re: Only in Rhode Island... Zathrus
  18. Jan 23, 14:54   Re: Only in Rhode Island... Warhawk
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