Niles police corral loose cow after Northridge Preparatory School senior prank – ABC7 Chicago
NILES, Ill. (WLS) — Niles police corralled a loose cow Thursday morning, after a senior prank at a local school.
Police said they responded to the 8300-block of Ballard Road, which is near Northridge Preparatory School, just before 3 a.m. for a report of suspicious subjects in the area.
Several Northridge students in the area were pulling a senior prank, which involved bringing live animals to the school, police said.
Students purchased a pig from the area near Dixon and the cow from the area near Winneconne, Wisconsin on Craigslist, police said.
Chickens belonging to a student were also brought to the school.
The cow escaped during the incident and went into the local neighborhood, according to police.
WBBM’s Roger Plummer posted a video to Facebook just after 6 a.m., saying “I arrive home tired from work at 5:45 a.m. and then I wonder if I’m dreaming!” with a cow emoji.
The video shows about five people chasing a small brown cow through a residential area.
Just before 9:15 a.m., Chopper7HD flew above the scene as authorities corralled the loose cow and got it into a trailer.
No one was injured in the incident.
A representative of Wagner Farms helped capture the cow, which will be taken to Hooved Animals Humane Society in Woodstock.
A spokesman for Northridge Prep provided a photo of the pen from which the cow escaped.
The incident captivated the neighborhood near Greendale and Clifton avenues in Niles.
Many neighbors said they heard the cow was on the move nearby, and they couldn’t believe it.
Some neighbors went looking for it, and found out the news wasn’t a bunch of bull.
“We saw a helicopter, and then we saw the trucks, so we walked on over to see if there really was a cow. We really saw a cow,” Jaime Michelini said.
“I was standing by the truck, and it looked like a rodeo. It was crazy between the police and the trappers, and then it was the cow was coming in the crowd, so we all kinda like backed off a bit. But it was interesting,” Kurt Hejza said.
“Park Ridge, Niles, you wouldn’t expect to see a cow, you know, maybe a deer or two, but, yeah, this is a great way to start off the summer, with a little excitement,” Matthew Michelini said.
The Northridge Preparatory administration is conducting an internal investigation into the incident regarding those involved, police said.
The school administration is not pursuing any criminal charges.
The school is managing the cleanup and removal of any animals within the school itself.
The students involved in the incident were issued village of Niles ordinance citations with a mandatory appearance in Niles Adjudication Court to include: curfew violation, disorderly conduct, animal feces accumulation – not permitted and prohibited animal species.
Payment and fees for services rendered will be addressed at Niles Adjudication Court.
The video in the player above is from an earlier report.
King Charles’ coronation: UK cop’s hilarious ‘kia ora, blow on the pie’ bomb on TVNZ correspondent’s live cross – NZ Herald
TV1′s Europe correspondent Mei Heron was joined by a random guest as she conducted a live cross from Windsor this morning where she’s been covering King Charles’ coronation.
Speaking to Breakfast host Jenny-May Clarkson live, she was interrupted by a local police officer who had a cheeky quip for New Zealand viewers.
“Yesterday was about the pomp and the pageantry,” Heron begins telling Clarkson. “Today has been about people getting together, having a bit of a party …” she says as a local police officer strolls slowly across the back of the shot.
She turns to the officer and says, “Oh, hello. Do you have something you want to say to us?”
“Ah, kia ora. Blow on the pie,” he says, pointing a finger at the camera as the cast of Breakfast hosts can be heard hooting with laughter back home on the couch in New Zealand.
Heron goes on to reveal the stunt “has been a little bit orchestrated”.
“This is James, I met him earlier, he is on a mission. What is your mission James?”
The officer tells Heron, “I just wanted to try and get on as many foreign news channels as I could today.”
Asked to list his successes so far, he says, “I’ve managed to get on German, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Australian and now New Zealand.”
Heron gives him a pat on the arm before saying, “I’ll let him get back to his work, thanks James.”
Heron is in London reporting on King Charles’ coronation which took place on Saturday night (NZT) and is being celebrated with street parties, a Coronation Big Lunch and the King’s Coronation Concert which kicks off on Sunday night in the UK (7am today NZT) and will be broadcast tonight in New Zealand at 8pm on TVNZ1.
Headlined by Katy Perry, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a duet with opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel, while the line-up also includes pianist Alexis Ffrench and singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.
Lionel Richie and Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen of Take That will also perform.
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