|
bodynotdead
TrichodermaCultivator



Registered: 05/10/07
Posts: 271
Loc: U.S.A
Last seen: 15 years, 6 months
|
Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state
#7866490 - 01/11/08 07:26 PM (16 years, 21 days ago) |
|
|
Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state
Friday, January 11, 2008 - sfgate.com
The San Francisco City Attorney's Office contends the car of the two brothers who survived the tiger attack at San Francisco Zoo contains "apparent evidence of drug use" and may have evidence linking the men to objects found inside the tiger's enclosure, according to court documents.
That could help show the victims pelted or taunted the tiger that escaped and killed a San Jose teen, the documents state. The survivors have denied any wrongdoing.
While a police investigation into such accusations has been described as "inactive" by city officials, any evidence that the survivors teased the big cat could be used to defend the city and zoo against any lawsuits filed by the victims, said a spokesman for the City Attorney's Office.
Also in the new documents is an account by a zoo security guard, who said two young men in hooded sweatshirts sought to take the car from the zoo parking lot the day after the Christmas Day attack. They were denied entry by security guards, according to a statement a guard filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court.
The young men who tried to retrieve the car described themselves as friends of Paul Dhaliwal, 19, and Kulbir Dhaliwal, 23 - brothers who were injured in the attack that killed Paul Dhaliwal's close friend, 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr.
After security guards refused requests to release the car, the two hooded young men asked if they could retrieve belongings from the black BMW M3, including a cell phone, according to the statement by Lamar Harris-Walker, the guard.
The two young men left the security post immediately after they were asked for their names and contact information, Harris-Walker said.
Those disclosures come as the City Attorney's Office is seeking a court order allowing them to search the Dhaliwal brothers' car and cell phones, which police confiscated after the attack.
A hearing is scheduled in San Francisco on the issue Friday, although attorneys for the Dhaliwals contend state law requires the issue be decided by a judge in Santa Clara County, where the two brothers reside.
Their attorney, Mark Geragos, did not return a call seeking comment on the latest allegation raised by the city attorney in court documents. Sousa's mother said Thursday that Paul Dhaliwal told her they did not tease the tiger or throw anything into its outdoor exhibit.
Sources have told The Chronicle that Paul Dhaliwal was intoxicated and had smoked marijuana before the attack; his brother had been drinking and also using marijuana, the sources said.
Those documents do not specify what "foreign objects" were found inside the tiger grotto shortly after the incident. The documents also do not elaborate on the potential evidence of drug use but say that a half-empty bottle of clear alcohol was also visible in the car.
-------------------- "absolute power corrupts absolutely". Lord Acton,
|
Chemy
Jesus is Lord

Registered: 10/05/07
Posts: 6,276
Loc: A Church
Last seen: 14 years, 1 month
|
Re: Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state *DELETED* [Re: bodynotdead]
#7866588 - 01/11/08 08:00 PM (16 years, 21 days ago) |
|
|
Post deleted by ChemyReason for deletion: If you are sure you want to do this, click the button below. Yes, I want to delete this post.
-------------------- Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Get help, help is free and available 24/7/365. God bless you all and I hope you receive the help you need to turn away from your lives of sin. Mushrooms and drugs make you gay, you can reverse this homosexual condition with rehab, get help! Stop being gay!
|
Brainiac
Rogue Scientist



Registered: 04/29/06
Posts: 13,259
Loc: 與您的女朋
|
Re: Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state [Re: Chemy]
#7866664 - 01/11/08 08:18 PM (16 years, 21 days ago) |
|
|
I can see it now..
See what drugs do, they make you piss off a 400lb killer.
--------------------
Fair is Fair
|
geedorah
CHOPPN SCIM



Registered: 11/30/06
Posts: 446
Loc: Close to the edge
Last seen: 21 days, 10 hours
|
Re: Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state [Re: bodynotdead]
#7866692 - 01/11/08 08:26 PM (16 years, 21 days ago) |
|
|
It happened at a zoo in San Francisco. Of course they were high.
--------------------
|
wakegirl1313
Bonny Dooner



Registered: 11/17/07
Posts: 13
Loc: Santa Cruz, California
Last seen: 16 years, 19 days
|
Re: Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state [Re: geedorah]
#7867286 - 01/11/08 11:07 PM (16 years, 21 days ago) |
|
|
what kinda a-holes like to pick on a Tiger that is being held in captivity?
Teaching the monkeys how to shoot the bird is one thing...
but picking on a Tiger in a small area, just not a good idea.
-------------------- Jen
|
|