By: Brent Bartlett Jr. III

September 13, 2014

OLYMPIA - Washington State has issued a relatively minor update to the state's budget, but the changes have pulled funding for maintenance and updates to local signage that communicates with local residents and travelers.  Indian tribes from all corners of Washington have historically been terrible at managing their own affairs, but this change was seen as "basic" and "low impact".  

The new budget has trimmed the state budget by $4.3 Million dollars, and $967,300 of the total was attributed to releasing the state's obligation to maintain signage.

In only 4 short weeks the effects of the budget change are already turning up disturbing results and causing citizens in localized areas to petition the state to repeal the budget. 

One citizen sent WCNN the following pictures.  It appears Washington tribes can't even manage a fire danger sign, so residents are concerned what will become of important signs that control traffic or emergency notifications.

Photos from concerned citizen posted through the Report Breaking News app on WCNN:

By: Chet Dungweeder
WCNN - Reporter

September 11, 2014

BEND, OR - Today will not only be remembered for the terrorist attacks of 2001 in Bend, OR, but also the day that the bums launched a surprise revolt in an effort to take over the local government.

At approximately 8:55 AM around 35 homeless people stormed the streets of Bend, OR in an effort to over-through the city government and take control of the city.

"There was no apparent motive." said Scott Ramsay, a member of Bend City Council.  "We were informed that garbage cans, rotten food, and other street items were being thrown at the building, and that there were around 20-30 angry people outside - all appeared to be homeless."

Local police, fire, and aid were on scene within minutes to control the fast moving mob, but negotiations took a turn for the worst just before noon.  

"We attempted several times to calm the crowd down, but nothing was working.  Many of the homeless were black so a 'no-shoot' order was issued to prevent racial provocation from by standers.  We just wanted the situation to dissolve and everyone to make it out OK." said Jim Porter, Chief of Police.  "After failed attempts to negotiate, we ordered the fire department to hose the mob down and to steer them away from city hall.  Those measures were ineffective.  One officer was hurt after being struck with a rotten loaf of bread attached to several rotten potatoes, for weight, but is expected to make it out OK.  Since the mob committed an assault on one of our officers, we finally decided to take control of the situation and we opened fire with our borrowed M4A4 Abrams tank.  In no more than 10 minutes all the bums were dead and the situation returned to normal."

WCNN arrived on scene about 3 hours after the incident and the bodies were still scattered along Main St.  When we asked a local resident why they hadn't been picked up yet, they replied "What?  Oh!  Those are dead bums...sheesh - never would have paid attention to them if you didn't point it out - anyway, have a nice day!"

Over 35 people were killed and one police officer injured by 2 PM 9/11/2014.

A formal investigation was started and closed approximately 15 minutes later.  The investigation concluded that a highly organized homeless population banded together with over 10 days of food supplies they ate the night before.  Due to the high percentage of mold, and various poisons on the food, along with high quantities of consumption, the bums generated a human-version of Rabies that provoked a pack-like attach on city hall.

"It's a good thing we killed them off when we had the chance.  There is no telling what might have happened if they started attacking other people and passing the virus around."  said Jim Porter in a final statement to WCNN.  

By: Chet Dungweeder
WCNN Reporter

September 8, 2014

PHOENIX - What would a Monday be without another terrible story surrounding a crazy adult and small child.  This Monday has turned out no different.  A 21 year old woman who was babysitting a relative was booked on charges of Sexual Conduct with a Minor and Child Abuse.

The woman, Rickesha Burns, was holding the infant when police responded to a potential child abuse call.  Most of what Burns said when the police arrived was not understandable to them as they tried to calm her down and get a status on the child's health.

"It was like she was speaking Arabic really fast while throwing Ebonics on top of that." said one of the first police officers on the scene.  "We weren't sure what was going on, and it wasn't for several minutes we realized she was just retarded and that she was talking normally."


The police found that the boy was bleeding from the rectum and immediately transported him to a nearby children's hospital.  Doctors found an object inserted into the boys rectum and said that is was most likely "[A] vibrator or some other sex toy."  Police had probable cause to arrest Burns based on the doctors findings.  The boy is scheduled for surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.  However, his mental health will probably be damaged for many decades according to doctors.


When questioned, Burns said that a 12 year boy had most likely done it earlier in the day while visiting a park.  She said she looked at her phone for maybe 10 seconds until the toddler started crying near the older boy.  Police quickly ruled out the 12 year old or any other parties as being involved.


Burns then admitted to inserting the sex toy in the boys anus:  "Well, he like wouldn't stop cryin' and shit, so I was like, what does I do when I'm all buthered?  I was like, well I just go get off, so I thought the same would work for him.  I was just trying to get him off so he would be relaxed and stop crying."


Burns faces many years in prison depending on the ruling on each count of child abuse, a sexual conduct with a minor.  This is the second time Burns has run into Phoenix Police.  The last brush with the law was also regarding child abuse.