Teen playing Pokemon game finds corpse instead
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You think if people were stupid enough they can be tricked into going to government places?
Like say you know the super secret base that wolverine is trapped at right now. Why not send some dumb kid to the base and through some crazy coincidence magically rescue the x man from experimentation?
Like say you know the super secret base that wolverine is trapped at right now. Why not send some dumb kid to the base and through some crazy coincidence magically rescue the x man from experimentation?
Pokemon Go spoof warning video irks TTC
By Nick Westoll, Toronto Sun
First posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 01:30 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 06:55 PM EDT
A new spoof video targeting Pokemon Go app users is facing backlash from the TTC. The video entitled “Pokemon Go Problems” shows comedian Mark Correia bumping into things and entering non- public spaces, including the tracks at Union Station, because he is on his phone playing the game. Another scene shows Correia’s hand getting stuck in subway doors. TTC spokesman Brad Ross called Correia’s actions on the TTC “baffling beyond description” and said the comic could have been struck by a train or electrocuted. “The TTC is not a film studio — it is a transit system,” Ross said Wednesday, adding Correia, along with the movie’s producer, Jason D’Souza, should have called staff to arrange for access to film.
Correia told the Toronto Sun that TTC officials are ultimately right.
“It’s a dangerous and stupid thing to do, that was the point ... to outline that,” Correia said. “Don’t do it. We’re not telling people to jump on these tracks.”
He said he was only on the tracks for as long as it is shown in the video and that he went to track level right after a subway train left the station.
Correia said he was inspired to make the video after seeing a Pokemon Go meet-up near the waterfront.
“I thought it would be funny to see a Pokemon Go player walk into the water — and it probably could happen — that’s how it started,” he said, referencing that exact situation in the movie.
The video was filmed on Monday and posted on YouTube on Tuesday.
“(The movie) is more about being cut off from life entirely and missing everything around you,” Correia said.
Response to the video has been evenly split, according to Correia, with some criticizing their approach and satire while others say they see a similar type of behaviour in their friends.
Meanwhile, Ross said the matter is still under investigation by the TTC.
He said the point isn’t about issuing a fine or laying a charge, but hopes the story will encourage passengers to think about their safety, and that of other transit users.
“I understand what they were attempting to do by making this video, but they went about it in completely the wrong way,” he said.
NWestoll@postmedia.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-UKdfStHg
Pokemon Go spoof warning video irks TTC | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
By Nick Westoll, Toronto Sun
First posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 01:30 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 06:55 PM EDT
A new spoof video targeting Pokemon Go app users is facing backlash from the TTC. The video entitled “Pokemon Go Problems” shows comedian Mark Correia bumping into things and entering non- public spaces, including the tracks at Union Station, because he is on his phone playing the game. Another scene shows Correia’s hand getting stuck in subway doors. TTC spokesman Brad Ross called Correia’s actions on the TTC “baffling beyond description” and said the comic could have been struck by a train or electrocuted. “The TTC is not a film studio — it is a transit system,” Ross said Wednesday, adding Correia, along with the movie’s producer, Jason D’Souza, should have called staff to arrange for access to film.
Correia told the Toronto Sun that TTC officials are ultimately right.
“It’s a dangerous and stupid thing to do, that was the point ... to outline that,” Correia said. “Don’t do it. We’re not telling people to jump on these tracks.”
He said he was only on the tracks for as long as it is shown in the video and that he went to track level right after a subway train left the station.
Correia said he was inspired to make the video after seeing a Pokemon Go meet-up near the waterfront.
“I thought it would be funny to see a Pokemon Go player walk into the water — and it probably could happen — that’s how it started,” he said, referencing that exact situation in the movie.
The video was filmed on Monday and posted on YouTube on Tuesday.
“(The movie) is more about being cut off from life entirely and missing everything around you,” Correia said.
Response to the video has been evenly split, according to Correia, with some criticizing their approach and satire while others say they see a similar type of behaviour in their friends.
Meanwhile, Ross said the matter is still under investigation by the TTC.
He said the point isn’t about issuing a fine or laying a charge, but hopes the story will encourage passengers to think about their safety, and that of other transit users.
“I understand what they were attempting to do by making this video, but they went about it in completely the wrong way,” he said.
NWestoll@postmedia.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-UKdfStHg
Pokemon Go spoof warning video irks TTC | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
'Lives in jeopardy': Montreal police intervene after rare Pokemon appears at downtown square
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First posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 02:18 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 21, 2016 02:30 PM EDT
Montreal police were called to intervene after hundreds of Pokémon GO players congregated at Cabot Square, a downtown parkette next to a subway station, Wednesday night to catch a rare Pokémon.
Police received numerous 911 calls due to the sound volume and the fact that the crowd was standing in the street blocking traffic, said André Leclerc, a spokesperson for the Montreal police.
"These people were blocking the street and even putting their own lives in jeopardy by running (into the street) for those Pokémon," said Leclerc. "They could have caused accidents, so we were forced to intervene."
Police were on the scene from 11:30 p.m. until about 2 a.m., said Leclerc. Officers closed the park and encouraged the crowd to leave when it became clear they were causing too much of a disturbance.
If such incidents continue, Leclerc said the police will return to the site to break up the gathering.
"If there's a commotion or loud groups in the street, disturbing the peace, we will be active," said Leclerc. "If it repeats, we're going to intervene again."
The square is popular among players for the amount of Pokéstops in the area, which can be used to refuel on items or place lures to attract Pokémon.
The Pokémon that appeared was reportedly a Dragonite.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=od1yf51wvYI
'Lives in jeopardy': Montreal police intervene after rare Pokemon appears at dow
Postmedia Network
First posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 02:18 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 21, 2016 02:30 PM EDT
Montreal police were called to intervene after hundreds of Pokémon GO players congregated at Cabot Square, a downtown parkette next to a subway station, Wednesday night to catch a rare Pokémon.
Police received numerous 911 calls due to the sound volume and the fact that the crowd was standing in the street blocking traffic, said André Leclerc, a spokesperson for the Montreal police.
"These people were blocking the street and even putting their own lives in jeopardy by running (into the street) for those Pokémon," said Leclerc. "They could have caused accidents, so we were forced to intervene."
Police were on the scene from 11:30 p.m. until about 2 a.m., said Leclerc. Officers closed the park and encouraged the crowd to leave when it became clear they were causing too much of a disturbance.
If such incidents continue, Leclerc said the police will return to the site to break up the gathering.
"If there's a commotion or loud groups in the street, disturbing the peace, we will be active," said Leclerc. "If it repeats, we're going to intervene again."
The square is popular among players for the amount of Pokéstops in the area, which can be used to refuel on items or place lures to attract Pokémon.
The Pokémon that appeared was reportedly a Dragonite.
(Youtube screengrab)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=od1yf51wvYI
'Lives in jeopardy': Montreal police intervene after rare Pokemon appears at dow
Canadian teens playing Pokemon Go detained after crossing U.S. border
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 22, 2016 06:00 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 22, 2016 06:05 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. -- U.S. Border Patrol officials say two Canadian teenagers were briefly apprehended after they accidentally crossed the U.S. border into Montana while playing the game "Pokemon Go."
Border Patrol Agent John South says the teens were engrossed and wandered into the United States.
South says agents detained them while contacting their mother, who was nearby on the Canadian side.
The agents then released the children to their mother.
South on Friday declined to release the teenagers' names, ages or describe what sort of terrain they crossed.
He says they were detained Thursday near Sweet Grass, Montana, which borders the town of Coutts in Canada's Alberta province.
"Pokemon Go" is a game in which players go to different locations to find virtual characters that appear on their cellphones.
Canadian teens playing Pokemon Go detained after crossing U.S. border | Canada |
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 22, 2016 06:00 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 22, 2016 06:05 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. -- U.S. Border Patrol officials say two Canadian teenagers were briefly apprehended after they accidentally crossed the U.S. border into Montana while playing the game "Pokemon Go."
Border Patrol Agent John South says the teens were engrossed and wandered into the United States.
South says agents detained them while contacting their mother, who was nearby on the Canadian side.
The agents then released the children to their mother.
South on Friday declined to release the teenagers' names, ages or describe what sort of terrain they crossed.
He says they were detained Thursday near Sweet Grass, Montana, which borders the town of Coutts in Canada's Alberta province.
"Pokemon Go" is a game in which players go to different locations to find virtual characters that appear on their cellphones.
Canadian teens playing Pokemon Go detained after crossing U.S. border | Canada |
Darwin would love Pokemon
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 07:05 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, July 24, 2016 07:10 PM EDT
KAGAWONG - Mercifully, the Pokemon plague has so far spared Manitoulin Island.
Up here atop Lake Huron, folks with their eyes downcast are checking for poison ivy or moose tracks, not for Internet critters on their smartphones.
It’s one of the many charms of this place. Islanders have their heads in the real world, not in a virtual one like Pokemon Go.
In all the years I’ve come up here, I’ve never seen a wexter — a walking texter — on the sidewalks of Kagawong, Gore Bay or Little Current. On Yonge St. or Dundas Square that’s ALL you see.
No Kagawongian ever walks blindly into a signpost, collides with another islander, or topples blithely off the village dock, except perhaps at the wilder Haweater Weekend parties.
Reports from the outside world, however, are downright spine-chilling.
Pokemon Go, the “game” by which players use their phone’s GPS and maps to search for 150 virtual creatures such as Igglybuff, Smoochum and Squirtle, suddenly has more users than Twitter and is even more dangerous.
If you think Donald Trump tweets like a pirate, wait’ll he gets his fingers on Pokemon Go.
Nintendo has given birth to a whole new subspecies of sidewalk zombies, more annoying and self-absorbed than ever. Pokemon Go players have stampeded through Central Park and invaded graveyards and Holocaust memorials.
They have been chased from the grounds of the presidential palace in Indonesia. Saudi Arabia has issued a fatwa against the game — I hate to think what they’ll cut off if you’re caught — partly because it is seen to espouse the heresy of Evolution.
I’ll say it does. Pokemon Go is Charles Darwin at work cleaning the gene pool, editing out those slugs among us who cannot walk, chew gum, stare at their phone, and stay alive at the same time.
Proponents of Pokemon Go claim it is getting people off their couches and into the fresh air, but really it is just enforcing the Law of Natural Selection. Expect Pokemon players to dominate this year’s Darwin Awards, which honour idiotic, self-inflicted deaths.
Pokemon Go players face a double peril. Not only are they fixated on their phone screens like regular sidewalk zombies, but the game is leading them into greater danger.
On Tuesday night, a young woman chased a virtual Pokemon “creature” high up a tree in a New Jersey cemetery and had to be rescued by firefighters.
On Friday, U.S. border officers nabbed two oblivious Alberta teens who chased a Pokemon into Montana.
Players were relieved of their phones by muggers in Ottawa and Belleville and shot and stabbed by robbers from Guatemala to Missouri to North Carolina.
They have been run over while crossing the street in Pennsylvania and they have plowed into a police cruiser in Baltimore.
Two of them walked off a cliff in California. “I think people just need to realize this is a game,” San Diego sheriff’s department Sgt. Rich Eaton mused to the L.A. Times. “It’s not worth your life. No game is worth your life.” They know that, in commonsense places like Kagawong.
Why risk your neck crashing about the bush in pursuit of Swoobat, Skitty or Jigglypuff? Why not just wait until a trail camera picks ’em up?
Besides, deer season is barely two months away and there is nothing virtual about a 12-point buck.
A Pokemon might be cute. But you can’t eat it.
mstrobel@postmedia.com
Darwin would love Pokemon | Strobel | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 07:05 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, July 24, 2016 07:10 PM EDT
KAGAWONG - Mercifully, the Pokemon plague has so far spared Manitoulin Island.
Up here atop Lake Huron, folks with their eyes downcast are checking for poison ivy or moose tracks, not for Internet critters on their smartphones.
It’s one of the many charms of this place. Islanders have their heads in the real world, not in a virtual one like Pokemon Go.
In all the years I’ve come up here, I’ve never seen a wexter — a walking texter — on the sidewalks of Kagawong, Gore Bay or Little Current. On Yonge St. or Dundas Square that’s ALL you see.
No Kagawongian ever walks blindly into a signpost, collides with another islander, or topples blithely off the village dock, except perhaps at the wilder Haweater Weekend parties.
Reports from the outside world, however, are downright spine-chilling.
Pokemon Go, the “game” by which players use their phone’s GPS and maps to search for 150 virtual creatures such as Igglybuff, Smoochum and Squirtle, suddenly has more users than Twitter and is even more dangerous.
If you think Donald Trump tweets like a pirate, wait’ll he gets his fingers on Pokemon Go.
Nintendo has given birth to a whole new subspecies of sidewalk zombies, more annoying and self-absorbed than ever. Pokemon Go players have stampeded through Central Park and invaded graveyards and Holocaust memorials.
They have been chased from the grounds of the presidential palace in Indonesia. Saudi Arabia has issued a fatwa against the game — I hate to think what they’ll cut off if you’re caught — partly because it is seen to espouse the heresy of Evolution.
I’ll say it does. Pokemon Go is Charles Darwin at work cleaning the gene pool, editing out those slugs among us who cannot walk, chew gum, stare at their phone, and stay alive at the same time.
Proponents of Pokemon Go claim it is getting people off their couches and into the fresh air, but really it is just enforcing the Law of Natural Selection. Expect Pokemon players to dominate this year’s Darwin Awards, which honour idiotic, self-inflicted deaths.
Pokemon Go players face a double peril. Not only are they fixated on their phone screens like regular sidewalk zombies, but the game is leading them into greater danger.
On Tuesday night, a young woman chased a virtual Pokemon “creature” high up a tree in a New Jersey cemetery and had to be rescued by firefighters.
On Friday, U.S. border officers nabbed two oblivious Alberta teens who chased a Pokemon into Montana.
Players were relieved of their phones by muggers in Ottawa and Belleville and shot and stabbed by robbers from Guatemala to Missouri to North Carolina.
They have been run over while crossing the street in Pennsylvania and they have plowed into a police cruiser in Baltimore.
Two of them walked off a cliff in California. “I think people just need to realize this is a game,” San Diego sheriff’s department Sgt. Rich Eaton mused to the L.A. Times. “It’s not worth your life. No game is worth your life.” They know that, in commonsense places like Kagawong.
Why risk your neck crashing about the bush in pursuit of Swoobat, Skitty or Jigglypuff? Why not just wait until a trail camera picks ’em up?
Besides, deer season is barely two months away and there is nothing virtual about a 12-point buck.
A Pokemon might be cute. But you can’t eat it.
mstrobel@postmedia.com
Darwin would love Pokemon | Strobel | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
Newmarket woman charged with shooting at Pokemon Go players
York cops seize pellet gun
By Daniel McKenzie, Toronto Sun
First posted: Monday, July 25, 2016 04:29 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, July 25, 2016 04:41 PM EDT
A Newmarket woman is facing charges after allegedly shooting at Pokemon Go players with a pellet gun.
York Regional Police received a 911 call on Saturday at about 10:30 p.m. about a woman on a rooftop who was shooting at people playing the popular smartphone game near Main St. S. and Water St. in Newmarket.
When officers arrived, they were directed to a two-storey apartment building where witnesses said the woman was shooting from.
“Officers attended the suspect’s residence inside the apartment building and she was taken into custody without further incident and the pellet gun was seized,” police said Monday. “It is believed that the suspect fired at least four shots at the people playing Pokemon Go, but none were struck and there were no injuries.”
Patricia Champagne, 29, is charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Police said they have received a number of calls from residents in York Region concerned about groups gathering in public places and confirmed that in most cases, it turns out to be people playing Pokemon Go.
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York cops seize pellet gun
By Daniel McKenzie, Toronto Sun
First posted: Monday, July 25, 2016 04:29 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, July 25, 2016 04:41 PM EDT
A Newmarket woman is facing charges after allegedly shooting at Pokemon Go players with a pellet gun.
York Regional Police received a 911 call on Saturday at about 10:30 p.m. about a woman on a rooftop who was shooting at people playing the popular smartphone game near Main St. S. and Water St. in Newmarket.
When officers arrived, they were directed to a two-storey apartment building where witnesses said the woman was shooting from.
“Officers attended the suspect’s residence inside the apartment building and she was taken into custody without further incident and the pellet gun was seized,” police said Monday. “It is believed that the suspect fired at least four shots at the people playing Pokemon Go, but none were struck and there were no injuries.”
Patricia Champagne, 29, is charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Police said they have received a number of calls from residents in York Region concerned about groups gathering in public places and confirmed that in most cases, it turns out to be people playing Pokemon Go.
Newmarket woman charged with shooting at Pokemon Go players | Toronto & GTA | Ne
Pokemon Go leads to duckling rescue
A Rochester, New York man playing Pokemon Go comes across ducklings stuck in sewer drain. TWC’s Breanna Russ has the story.
Jul 25, 2016, 2:22 PM
Pokemon Go leads to duckling rescue
A Rochester, New York man playing Pokemon Go comes across ducklings stuck in sewer drain. TWC’s Breanna Russ has the story.
Jul 25, 2016, 2:22 PM
Pokemon Go leads to duckling rescue
Canadian Armed Forces warn Pokemon Go users after 'occurrences' on three bases
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 03:50 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 04:18 PM EDT
HALIFAX -- The Canadian Armed Forces are warning Pokemon Go players -- both in and out of uniform -- not to play on military property.
A spokesperson said military police have reported "Pokemon Go occurrences" at three bases -- CFB Borden and 22 Wing North Bay in Ontario, and 14 Wing Greenwood in Nova Scotia -- within the first week of the game's release.
The military is urging players to refrain from trying to enter defence establishments without authorization "for the purposes of searching for Pokemon."
Officials at CFB Halifax sent a memo reminding defence employees that roaming the base with their head down while playing the game "can look suspicious to others who are not aware of this phenomena."
The memo cautions military members that duty officers will respond to "suspicious activity" including: wandering the base while staring at phones, hopping fences to get into controlled sites, or abandoning vehicles on the side of the road to gain access to the base.
Natasha Leduc, assistant public affairs officer for the base, said the augmented-reality game has not yet been banned, but military personnel and civilians are discouraged from playing near defence establishments.
Canadian Armed Forces warn Pokemon Go users after 'occurrences' on three bases |
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 03:50 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 04:18 PM EDT
HALIFAX -- The Canadian Armed Forces are warning Pokemon Go players -- both in and out of uniform -- not to play on military property.
A spokesperson said military police have reported "Pokemon Go occurrences" at three bases -- CFB Borden and 22 Wing North Bay in Ontario, and 14 Wing Greenwood in Nova Scotia -- within the first week of the game's release.
The military is urging players to refrain from trying to enter defence establishments without authorization "for the purposes of searching for Pokemon."
Officials at CFB Halifax sent a memo reminding defence employees that roaming the base with their head down while playing the game "can look suspicious to others who are not aware of this phenomena."
The memo cautions military members that duty officers will respond to "suspicious activity" including: wandering the base while staring at phones, hopping fences to get into controlled sites, or abandoning vehicles on the side of the road to gain access to the base.
Natasha Leduc, assistant public affairs officer for the base, said the augmented-reality game has not yet been banned, but military personnel and civilians are discouraged from playing near defence establishments.
Canadian Armed Forces warn Pokemon Go users after 'occurrences' on three bases |
Pokemon Go player finds $2,000 at Pokestop in New Jersey
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016 08:14 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2016 08:20 PM EDT
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. -- A "Pokemon Go" player has found $2,000 in cash at a Pokestop in New Jersey.
Hackettstown police say the player notified a nearby business Wednesday that he had found the money at a Pokestop, where players can get free in-game items, like an egg that can hatch into a full monster. The player said he would turn the money over to police.
Around the same time, the person who lost the money reported it missing near the business. An officer went there, and an employee told the officer the money had been found.
After checking surveillance video, the officer located the player, who turned over the cash.
Pokemon Go player finds $2,000 at Pokestop in New Jersey | World | News | Toront
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016 08:14 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2016 08:20 PM EDT
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. -- A "Pokemon Go" player has found $2,000 in cash at a Pokestop in New Jersey.
Hackettstown police say the player notified a nearby business Wednesday that he had found the money at a Pokestop, where players can get free in-game items, like an egg that can hatch into a full monster. The player said he would turn the money over to police.
Around the same time, the person who lost the money reported it missing near the business. An officer went there, and an employee told the officer the money had been found.
After checking surveillance video, the officer located the player, who turned over the cash.
Pokemon Go player finds $2,000 at Pokestop in New Jersey | World | News | Toront
Couple accused of leaving toddler son to play 'Pokemon Go'
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, August 01, 2016 04:52 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 01, 2016 05:04 PM EDT
SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. -- An Arizona couple have been accused of leaving their 2-year-old son alone for up to 90 minutes to go play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game, in a case that a local sheriff called "beyond comprehension."
Brent Daley, 27, and Brianna Daley, 25, were arrested after a neighbour found the boy crying outside the couple's home in a southeastern Phoenix suburb Thursday night, the Pinal County sheriff's office said Monday.
The child was barefoot and wearing a diaper and a T-shirt, authorities said.
The couple initially told deputies they went to buy gas but then said they had gone in search of virtual Pokemon creatures in their neighbourhood for about 90 minutes, the sheriff's office said.
The Daleys have been accused of child neglect and child endangerment, and their son has been turned over to the state's child-protection agency.
Sheriff Paul Babeu said his and other law enforcement agencies have warned people about personal safety while playing the smartphone game.
"But we never would have imagined that parents would abandon a child to play 'Pokemon Go,'" he said. "This goes beyond comprehension."
It was not known if the Daleys have attorneys who could comment on the allegations. There is no phone listing for their names, and they didn't immediately respond to Facebook messages.
Two undated booking photos provided by the Pima County Sheriff show Brent Daley, left, and Brianna Daley. The two are accused of leaving their 2-year-old son alone for up to 90 minutes to go play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game. The Pinal County Sheriff's Office say the two were arrested after a neighbour found the boy barefoot and crying outside the couple's home in a southeastern Phoenix suburb Thursday night. (Pima County Sheriff via AP)
Couple accused of leaving toddler son to play 'Pokemon Go' | World | News | Toro
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, August 01, 2016 04:52 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 01, 2016 05:04 PM EDT
SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. -- An Arizona couple have been accused of leaving their 2-year-old son alone for up to 90 minutes to go play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game, in a case that a local sheriff called "beyond comprehension."
Brent Daley, 27, and Brianna Daley, 25, were arrested after a neighbour found the boy crying outside the couple's home in a southeastern Phoenix suburb Thursday night, the Pinal County sheriff's office said Monday.
The child was barefoot and wearing a diaper and a T-shirt, authorities said.
The couple initially told deputies they went to buy gas but then said they had gone in search of virtual Pokemon creatures in their neighbourhood for about 90 minutes, the sheriff's office said.
The Daleys have been accused of child neglect and child endangerment, and their son has been turned over to the state's child-protection agency.
Sheriff Paul Babeu said his and other law enforcement agencies have warned people about personal safety while playing the smartphone game.
"But we never would have imagined that parents would abandon a child to play 'Pokemon Go,'" he said. "This goes beyond comprehension."
It was not known if the Daleys have attorneys who could comment on the allegations. There is no phone listing for their names, and they didn't immediately respond to Facebook messages.
Two undated booking photos provided by the Pima County Sheriff show Brent Daley, left, and Brianna Daley. The two are accused of leaving their 2-year-old son alone for up to 90 minutes to go play the "Pokemon Go" smartphone game. The Pinal County Sheriff's Office say the two were arrested after a neighbour found the boy barefoot and crying outside the couple's home in a southeastern Phoenix suburb Thursday night. (Pima County Sheriff via AP)
Couple accused of leaving toddler son to play 'Pokemon Go' | World | News | Toro
Pokemon No — at Toronto's ferry terminal
By Shawn Jeffords, Political Bureau Chief
First posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 06:28 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 06:40 PM EDT
Call it a Pokemon no-go.
Bureaucrats with the city’s parks department are working with the developer of the wildly popular game Pokemon GO to bar people from playing near the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. The city says the site is a federal port and the congestion caused by thousands of players who flock to the site daily is seriously impacting ferry service to and from Toronto Island.
“There’s a massive amount of congestion that is happening as a result,” said city spokesman Matthew Cutler. “The players are also congesting the areas in front of the ferries and we already have a significant challenge in terms of providing a clear and accessible ferry system for visitors.”
Cutler said the site is currently home to 10 Pokestops and gyms, a key feature of the game for players. They’ve contacted Pokemon Go developer, San Francisco-based Niantic, for help.
“At the end of the day, our goal is to remove the gyms and stops from that area so that the demand or pressure on that space isn’t so high,” he said.
But Culter said because of the surprising success of the game, it may take a long time to have the sites scrubbed from the game.
“The pace of this process isn’t as fast as perhaps some of us would like, but we’re working with them to move this forward,” he said.
Cutler said that overall, Pokemon Go has been a good thing for the city’s parks. With over 1,500 parks and public places, this is the first time the department has had any problems with people playing the game, he said.
“We have absolutely loved the impact of Pokemon Go on parks and public realms,” he said. “It’s gotten lot of people out into our parks that might not have otherwise be there. It’s been a really positive thing for us.”
sjeffords@postmedia.com
Adrian Thomas and Caitlin Huynh are pictured playing Pokemon Go at Toronto's Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. (ERNEST DOROSZUK, Toronto Sun)
Pokemon No — at Toronto's ferry terminal | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
By Shawn Jeffords, Political Bureau Chief
First posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 06:28 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 06:40 PM EDT
Call it a Pokemon no-go.
Bureaucrats with the city’s parks department are working with the developer of the wildly popular game Pokemon GO to bar people from playing near the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. The city says the site is a federal port and the congestion caused by thousands of players who flock to the site daily is seriously impacting ferry service to and from Toronto Island.
“There’s a massive amount of congestion that is happening as a result,” said city spokesman Matthew Cutler. “The players are also congesting the areas in front of the ferries and we already have a significant challenge in terms of providing a clear and accessible ferry system for visitors.”
Cutler said the site is currently home to 10 Pokestops and gyms, a key feature of the game for players. They’ve contacted Pokemon Go developer, San Francisco-based Niantic, for help.
“At the end of the day, our goal is to remove the gyms and stops from that area so that the demand or pressure on that space isn’t so high,” he said.
But Culter said because of the surprising success of the game, it may take a long time to have the sites scrubbed from the game.
“The pace of this process isn’t as fast as perhaps some of us would like, but we’re working with them to move this forward,” he said.
Cutler said that overall, Pokemon Go has been a good thing for the city’s parks. With over 1,500 parks and public places, this is the first time the department has had any problems with people playing the game, he said.
“We have absolutely loved the impact of Pokemon Go on parks and public realms,” he said. “It’s gotten lot of people out into our parks that might not have otherwise be there. It’s been a really positive thing for us.”
sjeffords@postmedia.com
Adrian Thomas and Caitlin Huynh are pictured playing Pokemon Go at Toronto's Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. (ERNEST DOROSZUK, Toronto Sun)
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Players still catching Pokemon at ferry terminal
JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016 04:31 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, August 07, 2016 05:41 PM EDT
“Catch ’em all” was still the mantra at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal on Sunday.
Pokemon Go players continue to be lured to the downtown ferry terminal even though the City of Toronto has tried to dissuade them from clogging up the tourist traffic.
Hordes of players have descended on the area — declared a federal port — leaving loads of debris and congesting the area while searching for rare characters like Ditto, Areodactyl, Dragonair and Lapras.
While the area was not as packed as it has been in past days, there were dozens of people playing the popular augmented reality game on Sunday afternoon.
Jason Melo and his buddy, Manuel Tanto — both of Toronto — were among them, sitting in the shade of trees, swiping their phone screens.
They explained there were five lures in the area — but Canada’s Wonderland was a much bigger draw with at least 40 lures set up in the area.
Other Pokemon players could be seen walking along the paths, standing under the trees and occupying park benches.
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JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016 04:31 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, August 07, 2016 05:41 PM EDT
“Catch ’em all” was still the mantra at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal on Sunday.
Pokemon Go players continue to be lured to the downtown ferry terminal even though the City of Toronto has tried to dissuade them from clogging up the tourist traffic.
Hordes of players have descended on the area — declared a federal port — leaving loads of debris and congesting the area while searching for rare characters like Ditto, Areodactyl, Dragonair and Lapras.
While the area was not as packed as it has been in past days, there were dozens of people playing the popular augmented reality game on Sunday afternoon.
Jason Melo and his buddy, Manuel Tanto — both of Toronto — were among them, sitting in the shade of trees, swiping their phone screens.
They explained there were five lures in the area — but Canada’s Wonderland was a much bigger draw with at least 40 lures set up in the area.
Other Pokemon players could be seen walking along the paths, standing under the trees and occupying park benches.
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City officials ponder Pokemon Go crowding problem
By Shawn Jeffords, Political Bureau Chief
First posted: Monday, August 08, 2016 08:37 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 08, 2016 08:44 PM EDT
City officials will meet Tuesday to tackle crowding issues at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal which are caused by those playing the wildly popular Pokemon Go.
Large crowds continue to clog the space around the terminal as the city waits for the San Francisco-based developer to address the issue.
In the meantime, staff might have to figure out other options, said Matthew Culter, spokesman for the city’s parks and recreation department.
“We’re re-grouping (Tuesday) down at the ferry terminal to review,” he said. “We’re just trying to understand where we’re at right now and what our next steps are.”
Over the weekend, players continued to gather at the terminal in large numbers in search of Pokemon. The city last week said it was working with the developer of Pokemon Go to delete a series of sites in the game which drew players to the terminal location.
Cutler said members of the operations team that runs the terminal, city maintenance and cleaning staff, and senior parks officials will take part in the meeting.
“At this stage we’re still pursuing a compromise solution with the developer that could see us potentially moving those locations or finding a way to continue game play in the waterfront area that would not have an impact on our services,” he said.
Cutler stressed that city staff are not blaming the “Pokemon Go community” and added that players even pitched in to clean up the park near the terminal on Saturday.
“The parks are meant to be used,” he said. “It’s not any player’s fault that 10 beacons were dropped in one location that just happens to be a high security and high traffic area for us.”
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Jason Melo of Toronto plays Pokemon Go at the Jack Layton ferry terminals on Sunday. (JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun)
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Man killed while playing Pokemon at tourist attraction
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, August 08, 2016 10:50 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 08, 2016 10:57 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 20-year-old man was shot to death while playing "Pokemon Go" at a tourist attraction along San Francisco's waterfront, authorities and a family friend said.
Calvin Riley was shot Saturday night by an unknown assailant at Aquatic Park near Ghiradelli Square, the U.S. Park Police said Sunday.
A family friend told KGO-TV Riley and a friend were playing the hit mobile game when he was shot.
"From what we know there was no confrontation. There was nothing said back and forth. It was just senseless, just came up and shot in the back and ran away for nothing," John Kirby said.
Kirby said Riley and his friend had noticed someone watching them from the top of a hill that overlooks the park, but it was dark and they were mostly looking at their cellphones.
National Park Service spokesman Lynn Cullivan said investigators believe there are witnesses to the attack because it happened in the bustling Fisherman's Wharf area. They are seeking tips.
Sgt. Robert Jansing, a detective with the U.S. Park Police, said the gunman did not take any of Riley's belongings or try to rob him.
It's unclear whether the attack had anything to do with "Pokemon Go," which has become a national sensation this summer as legions of fans visit real-world landmarks in order to find and trap cartoon creatures.
But the game's popularity has created unintended consequences in everyday life. Property owners complain of players trespassing or damaging their grounds and scores of players have been injured or robbed as they stare at their phones in search of digital monsters.
Law enforcement officials have warned about the game's possible dangers, saying players can become engrossed in the game and tune out to their surroundings.
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By Shawn Jeffords, Political Bureau Chief
First posted: Monday, August 08, 2016 08:37 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 08, 2016 08:44 PM EDT
City officials will meet Tuesday to tackle crowding issues at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal which are caused by those playing the wildly popular Pokemon Go.
Large crowds continue to clog the space around the terminal as the city waits for the San Francisco-based developer to address the issue.
In the meantime, staff might have to figure out other options, said Matthew Culter, spokesman for the city’s parks and recreation department.
“We’re re-grouping (Tuesday) down at the ferry terminal to review,” he said. “We’re just trying to understand where we’re at right now and what our next steps are.”
Over the weekend, players continued to gather at the terminal in large numbers in search of Pokemon. The city last week said it was working with the developer of Pokemon Go to delete a series of sites in the game which drew players to the terminal location.
Cutler said members of the operations team that runs the terminal, city maintenance and cleaning staff, and senior parks officials will take part in the meeting.
“At this stage we’re still pursuing a compromise solution with the developer that could see us potentially moving those locations or finding a way to continue game play in the waterfront area that would not have an impact on our services,” he said.
Cutler stressed that city staff are not blaming the “Pokemon Go community” and added that players even pitched in to clean up the park near the terminal on Saturday.
“The parks are meant to be used,” he said. “It’s not any player’s fault that 10 beacons were dropped in one location that just happens to be a high security and high traffic area for us.”
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Jason Melo of Toronto plays Pokemon Go at the Jack Layton ferry terminals on Sunday. (JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun)
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Man killed while playing Pokemon at tourist attraction
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, August 08, 2016 10:50 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 08, 2016 10:57 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 20-year-old man was shot to death while playing "Pokemon Go" at a tourist attraction along San Francisco's waterfront, authorities and a family friend said.
Calvin Riley was shot Saturday night by an unknown assailant at Aquatic Park near Ghiradelli Square, the U.S. Park Police said Sunday.
A family friend told KGO-TV Riley and a friend were playing the hit mobile game when he was shot.
"From what we know there was no confrontation. There was nothing said back and forth. It was just senseless, just came up and shot in the back and ran away for nothing," John Kirby said.
Kirby said Riley and his friend had noticed someone watching them from the top of a hill that overlooks the park, but it was dark and they were mostly looking at their cellphones.
National Park Service spokesman Lynn Cullivan said investigators believe there are witnesses to the attack because it happened in the bustling Fisherman's Wharf area. They are seeking tips.
Sgt. Robert Jansing, a detective with the U.S. Park Police, said the gunman did not take any of Riley's belongings or try to rob him.
It's unclear whether the attack had anything to do with "Pokemon Go," which has become a national sensation this summer as legions of fans visit real-world landmarks in order to find and trap cartoon creatures.
But the game's popularity has created unintended consequences in everyday life. Property owners complain of players trespassing or damaging their grounds and scores of players have been injured or robbed as they stare at their phones in search of digital monsters.
Law enforcement officials have warned about the game's possible dangers, saying players can become engrossed in the game and tune out to their surroundings.
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Cop chopper busts Pokemon Go driver
By Daniel McKenzie, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 11:55 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 12:07 PM EDT
A Pokemon Go player caught a stern warning after a police helicopter spotted a Mercedes driving erratically in Vaughan.
York Regional Police say their Air2 chopper saw a Mercedes driving suspiciously in the Keele St and Teston Rd. area just before 3:30 a.m. on Monday.
“The helicopter followed the vehicle as it drove erratically, then stopped in a parking lot off of Keele St.,” police said Tuesday in releasing video from the chopper.
“The vehicle then started driving again, entering a residential neighbourhood, where it stopped in front of a park. The car then started driving again, making suspicious turns in the middle of the roadway.”
After being pulled over around Saint Joan of Arc Ave. and Drummond Dr., the driver admitted to police he was playing Pokemon Go and said he “was just out to catch them all.”
York police said they’ve received a number of calls about groups of people playing the popular game around the region since it launched, and urged people to be aware of their surroundings while playing.
York Regional Police chopper image of a Mercedes driving erratically in Vaughan Aug. 8, 2016. The driver was playing Pokemon Go.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlAsCBP0GkU
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City moves to discourage Pokemon play at Jack Layton Ferry Terminal
By Terry Davidson, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 07:56 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 08:06 PM EDT
Toronto parks officials will initiate “interim solutions” at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal to deal with overcrowding caused by throngs of Pokemon Go players.
Parks and recreation department spokesman Matthew Cutler said it was decided during a meeting Tuesday that additional fencing and signs will soon be erected at the terminal in an attempt to reduce crowding.
Players are attracted to the terminal by virtual beacons that assist those searching for Pokemon.
Cutler added city officials will continue to talk with the game’s San Francisco-based developer about long-term solutions.
“We looked at where the main pressure points are in terms of game play, and in particular in relation to our ferry operations, so over the coming days, we’re going to be implementing a number of interim solutions,” said Cutler.
He said the city and developer are looking at whether new locations can be created or if it’s possible to move current ones.
“This game was wildly popular, I think far beyond the expectations of the developer,” added Cutler. “So, they have a lot of these kinds of requests ... and so we’re not necessarily (at the) top of their list, which is why we’re trying to work through some interim measures that allow us to support game play and minimize the impact on park users and the residents in the area.”
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The city will put up fences and signs to deter Pokemon players from congregating at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. (JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun)
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By Daniel McKenzie, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 11:55 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 12:07 PM EDT
A Pokemon Go player caught a stern warning after a police helicopter spotted a Mercedes driving erratically in Vaughan.
York Regional Police say their Air2 chopper saw a Mercedes driving suspiciously in the Keele St and Teston Rd. area just before 3:30 a.m. on Monday.
“The helicopter followed the vehicle as it drove erratically, then stopped in a parking lot off of Keele St.,” police said Tuesday in releasing video from the chopper.
“The vehicle then started driving again, entering a residential neighbourhood, where it stopped in front of a park. The car then started driving again, making suspicious turns in the middle of the roadway.”
After being pulled over around Saint Joan of Arc Ave. and Drummond Dr., the driver admitted to police he was playing Pokemon Go and said he “was just out to catch them all.”
York police said they’ve received a number of calls about groups of people playing the popular game around the region since it launched, and urged people to be aware of their surroundings while playing.
York Regional Police chopper image of a Mercedes driving erratically in Vaughan Aug. 8, 2016. The driver was playing Pokemon Go.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlAsCBP0GkU
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City moves to discourage Pokemon play at Jack Layton Ferry Terminal
By Terry Davidson, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 07:56 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 08:06 PM EDT
Toronto parks officials will initiate “interim solutions” at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal to deal with overcrowding caused by throngs of Pokemon Go players.
Parks and recreation department spokesman Matthew Cutler said it was decided during a meeting Tuesday that additional fencing and signs will soon be erected at the terminal in an attempt to reduce crowding.
Players are attracted to the terminal by virtual beacons that assist those searching for Pokemon.
Cutler added city officials will continue to talk with the game’s San Francisco-based developer about long-term solutions.
“We looked at where the main pressure points are in terms of game play, and in particular in relation to our ferry operations, so over the coming days, we’re going to be implementing a number of interim solutions,” said Cutler.
He said the city and developer are looking at whether new locations can be created or if it’s possible to move current ones.
“This game was wildly popular, I think far beyond the expectations of the developer,” added Cutler. “So, they have a lot of these kinds of requests ... and so we’re not necessarily (at the) top of their list, which is why we’re trying to work through some interim measures that allow us to support game play and minimize the impact on park users and the residents in the area.”
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The city will put up fences and signs to deter Pokemon players from congregating at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. (JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun)
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Pokemon Go away: Albertan files suit against Niantic over invasion of privacy from unwelcome players
By Kevin Martin, Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 02:52 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 07:02 PM EDT
Barbie Schaeffer just wants Pokémon Go to go away.
The Torrington, Alta., woman said Wednesday her home in the sleepy hamlet northeast of Calgary has been inundated with unwanted visitors ever since her property was designated a Pokémon Gymnasium last month.
“If this (address) was taken off the game it would be back to sleepy hollow,” she said, of the quiet hamlet east of Olds on Hwy. 27.
Schaeffer said she went to the Pokémon Go website and sent a letter of complaint, but only received a form letter back saying her complaint would be looked into.
“We’re in a small town, we don’t want this kind of attention,” she said.
“On the weekend we had another wave of people drive through.
“Someone flew a drone over the backyard on Saturday.”
She said game players have even tried scaling her fence to get a better chance at catching a Pokémon figure — which has driven her two dogs to distraction.
“The dogs are losing their wigs,” Schaeffer said.
“They’ve tried to climb up onto the fence to try to catch this creature.”
She complained to bylaw services, which has fielded calls about her dogs barking, but was told to call the RCMP.
“By the time they get here people are already gone,” she said, of the futility of calling police.
“This is our home, I’m sure a lot of businesses would love the attention.”
Schaeffer said they’ve had in excess of 100 people wander onto their property in the past month.
“They don’t care what time of the day,” she said, adding she’s noted gamers hanging around in the middle of the night.
Calgary lawyer Clint Docken has filed a class action lawsuit in Court of Queen’s Bench on behalf of Schaeffer and any other Canadians facing a similar problem.
“We certainly anticipate that the Schaeffers’ situation is not unique,” Docken said, of the likelihood of others facing similar acts of invasion of their privacy.
The lawsuit names Niantic Inc., the San Francisco-based software company which developed Pokémon Go, as the defendant.
“We just want Niantic to fix the problem, (there’s) nothing wrong with the game, it’s getting a lot of people out and about, they’re just out and about in the wrong places,” Docken said.
He said he has no idea yet how many Canadians have suffered similar fates as the Schaeffers.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
A statement of defence has not been filed.
KMartin@postmedia.com On Twitter: @KMartinCourts
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By Kevin Martin, Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 02:52 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 07:02 PM EDT
Barbie Schaeffer just wants Pokémon Go to go away.
The Torrington, Alta., woman said Wednesday her home in the sleepy hamlet northeast of Calgary has been inundated with unwanted visitors ever since her property was designated a Pokémon Gymnasium last month.
“If this (address) was taken off the game it would be back to sleepy hollow,” she said, of the quiet hamlet east of Olds on Hwy. 27.
Schaeffer said she went to the Pokémon Go website and sent a letter of complaint, but only received a form letter back saying her complaint would be looked into.
“We’re in a small town, we don’t want this kind of attention,” she said.
“On the weekend we had another wave of people drive through.
“Someone flew a drone over the backyard on Saturday.”
She said game players have even tried scaling her fence to get a better chance at catching a Pokémon figure — which has driven her two dogs to distraction.
“The dogs are losing their wigs,” Schaeffer said.
“They’ve tried to climb up onto the fence to try to catch this creature.”
She complained to bylaw services, which has fielded calls about her dogs barking, but was told to call the RCMP.
“By the time they get here people are already gone,” she said, of the futility of calling police.
“This is our home, I’m sure a lot of businesses would love the attention.”
Schaeffer said they’ve had in excess of 100 people wander onto their property in the past month.
“They don’t care what time of the day,” she said, adding she’s noted gamers hanging around in the middle of the night.
Calgary lawyer Clint Docken has filed a class action lawsuit in Court of Queen’s Bench on behalf of Schaeffer and any other Canadians facing a similar problem.
“We certainly anticipate that the Schaeffers’ situation is not unique,” Docken said, of the likelihood of others facing similar acts of invasion of their privacy.
The lawsuit names Niantic Inc., the San Francisco-based software company which developed Pokémon Go, as the defendant.
“We just want Niantic to fix the problem, (there’s) nothing wrong with the game, it’s getting a lot of people out and about, they’re just out and about in the wrong places,” Docken said.
He said he has no idea yet how many Canadians have suffered similar fates as the Schaeffers.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
A statement of defence has not been filed.
KMartin@postmedia.com On Twitter: @KMartinCourts
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Comedian fined for Pokemon spoof video on TTC
By Aaron D'Andrea, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 09:20 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:45 PM EDT
A comedian faces a $425 fine after a spoof video appeared of him walking on subway tracks trying to catch Pokemon.
“Pokemon GO Problems,” shows Mark Correia bumping into things and walking on the tracks at Union Station while playing the game in an attempt to show the problems players can encounter.
Another scene showed his hand getting stuck in the subway doors.
TTC spokesman Brad Ross told the Toronto Sun he has been charged with unauthorized access on subway tracks.
“We needed to make sure the individual who shot the video and anybody else who may be considering such a stunt understood just how dangerous it was,” he said.
Correia faces a fine of $425 and must attend court on Sept. 16.
Ross said when the TTC first viewed the video, they were shocked at what they saw.
“It just struck us as just so incredibly dangerous that he could literally have been killed either by a train or electrocuted,” he said.
Correia previously told the Sun that it was a “dangerous and stupid thing to do.”
“That was the point ... to outline that,” he said. “Don’t do it. We’re not telling people to jump on these tracks.”
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By Aaron D'Andrea, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 09:20 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:45 PM EDT
A comedian faces a $425 fine after a spoof video appeared of him walking on subway tracks trying to catch Pokemon.
“Pokemon GO Problems,” shows Mark Correia bumping into things and walking on the tracks at Union Station while playing the game in an attempt to show the problems players can encounter.
Another scene showed his hand getting stuck in the subway doors.
TTC spokesman Brad Ross told the Toronto Sun he has been charged with unauthorized access on subway tracks.
“We needed to make sure the individual who shot the video and anybody else who may be considering such a stunt understood just how dangerous it was,” he said.
Correia faces a fine of $425 and must attend court on Sept. 16.
Ross said when the TTC first viewed the video, they were shocked at what they saw.
“It just struck us as just so incredibly dangerous that he could literally have been killed either by a train or electrocuted,” he said.
Correia previously told the Sun that it was a “dangerous and stupid thing to do.”
“That was the point ... to outline that,” he said. “Don’t do it. We’re not telling people to jump on these tracks.”
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'Pokemon Go' player films his own mugging
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First posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 01:43 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 01:54 PM EDT
A man playing Pokemon Go captured more than just those pesky little creatures - he caught his own mugging on video.
The clip, taken near Central Park in New York City overnight Sunday, shows the 43-year-old victim criticizing himself for being "a lazy Pokemon Player," just as a mugger punches him in the back of the head. The gamer then falls to the ground.
The mugger snatches the victim's three cellphones as he pleads, "No, no, no, no, please."
The man was left with a small cut to the head, and didn't require medical attention, according to the New York Post.
NYPD says the suspect is 6 feet tall and was last seen wearing a black shirt and red shorts.
A screenshot from a video shows a 43-year-old man being attacked by a mugger while playing Pokemon Go in Central Park in New York City. (Screen Capture)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9IuBthnd4
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First posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 01:43 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 01:54 PM EDT
A man playing Pokemon Go captured more than just those pesky little creatures - he caught his own mugging on video.
The clip, taken near Central Park in New York City overnight Sunday, shows the 43-year-old victim criticizing himself for being "a lazy Pokemon Player," just as a mugger punches him in the back of the head. The gamer then falls to the ground.
The mugger snatches the victim's three cellphones as he pleads, "No, no, no, no, please."
The man was left with a small cut to the head, and didn't require medical attention, according to the New York Post.
NYPD says the suspect is 6 feet tall and was last seen wearing a black shirt and red shorts.
A screenshot from a video shows a 43-year-old man being attacked by a mugger while playing Pokemon Go in Central Park in New York City. (Screen Capture)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9IuBthnd4
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