http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged 4YO en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:16 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-tasered-sprayed-84-y-o-man/ AN 84-year-old man with long-term dementia was repeatedly shot with a Taser and sprayed with capsicum by police and his wife was taken to hospital for a suspected heart attack after the incident. New figures show the stun guns are being used at least four times a week in NSW. The Bexley man was the oldest person to be tasered in NSW this year, while a 16-year-old boy was the youngest to be tasered since April 2011. ]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:17:04 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-tasered-sprayed-84-y-o-man/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/utah-boy-4-dies-after-6-foot-tall-tombstone-falls-on-him/ A 6-foot-tall tombstone that weighed hundreds of pounds fell on and killed a 4-year-old boy who was posing for photos with family and friends at a historic cemetery in a Utah ski resort town, authorities said. Carson Dean Cheney was holding onto the headstone Thursday when some metal connecting it to the pedestal broke, said Park City police Capt. Phil Kirk. Some of the children being photographed were not being responsive, so Carson tried to help the photographer -- his father ... ]]> Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:20:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/utah-boy-4-dies-after-6-foot-tall-tombstone-falls-on-him/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/girl-4-left-on-school-bus-for-hours/ Rita Adams’ four-year-old daughter, Kizzy, won’t be riding the school bus again anytime soon. On Tuesday, the sleeping preschooler was inadvertently left on a school bus for nearly six hours by the bus driver and an aide, Adams said. “Her dad put her on the bus about 7:45 a.m. The bus was having mechanical problems, they told him, so they went back to the bus garage to switch buses,” Adams said. ]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 08:52:31 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/girl-4-left-on-school-bus-for-hours/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/4-year-old-stabbed-to-death-on-east-side/ A 4 year old has died after being stabbed multiple times by his 14 year old cousin. It happened around 11 Saturday night at 2700 N. Graham Ave. at Beechwood Gardens Apartments, on the city's east side. Police say the 14 year old girl fled the scene, but they caught up to her shortly after. ]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 08:52:43 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/4-year-old-stabbed-to-death-on-east-side/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/boy-14-charged-with-rape/ POLICE have charged a 14-year-old Hobart boy with the rape of a 23-year-old woman at knifepoint on a Cornelian Bay walking track last week. The woman was walking along the track at 1.20pm on Thursday when she was grabbed from behind by her assailant, who dragged her off the track at knifepoint and raped her before fleeing the scene. Detectives from Hobart CIB tonight charged the 14-year-old with aggravated assault, rape, aggravated sexual assault and indecent assault.... ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:57 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/boy-14-charged-with-rape/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-say-4-year-old-brought-marijuana-to-meriden-school/ Police are investigating after Hanover School reported Tuesday afternoon that a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten special needs student pulled out nine baggies of marijuana during snack time. Detective Lt. Mark Walerysiak, the police spokesman, said police were called to the school at about 1:15 p.m. The officer spoke with the child's teacher, who turned over the bags containing the drugs. She said the boy pulled the bags from his coat pocket during snack time, announcing that h... ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:17:26 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-say-4-year-old-brought-marijuana-to-meriden-school/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/lost-girl-survives-freezing-night-in-open/ A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl spent a freezing night huddled with a family friend in the West Australian outback, after the child wandered off from a campsite. Wearing a pink jumper, Catarina Stronich went missing just before midday (WST) on Saturday, soon after she and her family set up camp at Eagle Rock, near Mukinbudin in WA's rocky Wheatbelt region. ]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:36:36 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/lost-girl-survives-freezing-night-in-open/