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from the celebrity-has-its-shortcomings dept.
Late last month, a YouTube celebrity couple hid in their closet and called police while an armed, deranged fan ransacked their home.
Christopher Giles, who police described as "single, lonely and disturbed," had made the 11-hour drive from Albuquerque, according to documents filed in the 2nd Judicial District Court. And his phone was full of notes suggesting he had "developed a fondness" for the woman, Megan Turney, and a dislike of her boyfriend, Gavin Free.
Turney, 30, was made famous through her video blogs on anime, relationship advice and her life. Free, 29, is the co-host of a YouTube video series of slow-motion videos.
[...] According to that search warrant affidavit, around 3:40 a.m. on Jan. 26, Turney and Free awoke to the sound of breaking glass and a gunshot. They hid in their bedroom closet and called 911 while Giles searched their home for them.
When he couldn't find the couple, Giles left, encountering Austin Police Department officers on his way out.
The officers found Giles backing out of the driveway in his Lincoln sedan with a New Mexico license plate and ordered him to stop.
Instead, they heard a single gunshot coming from the car. An officer returned fire.
Giles was pronounced dead on the scene, a .45 caliber handgun near his hand, according to the affidavit. Turney and Free were not harmed.
[...] "Based on the footage seen it was apparent that Giles' sole intent was to cause harm to someone who resides there," the detective wrote in the complaint.
[...] Albuquerque Police Department detectives who executed a search warrant on his home in Albuquerque said Giles lived alone and was "an avid player of video games and was known for watching YouTube videos that were centered on his hobby."
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday February 15 2018, @02:10PM
I thought for sure this was a "starve the beast" policy where they used to pay $300 in the olden days and they're eliminating the program by freezing the rates since 1970. Which may be true. However I was surprised when I googled and the Federal Dept of Labor has a 75th anniversary celebration PR flyer explaining the first dude to get a check was in august 1936 for $15 in Wisconsin, so I go to the BLS.gov inflation calculator and that $15 in 36 is worth $265.57 today but everyone knows the numbers are fake so its probably closer to three hundred something, then google wisconsin unemployment and the max payment today is $370 per week, how about that? Rate today is the same adjusted for inflation as the rate in 1936... Its never paid very much.
I suspect a lot of fraud where its kinda a subsidy for non-W2 cash-only jobs. So if you're a bartender with a liberal arts degree you get some help.