Jailhouse Rock

Celebutante called back by judge to appear in court, sent back to lock-up

LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton was taken from a courtroom screaming and crying Friday seconds after a judge ordered her returned to jail to serve out her entire 45-day sentence for a parole violation in a reckless driving case.

"It's not right!" shouted the weeping Hilton. "Mom!" she called out to her mother in the audience.

She had been brought to court in sheriff's custody today for a court hearing on her early release from jail after back-and-forth decisions on whether she could participate by telephone from her home.

Hilton, appearing to be in handcuffs, cried after she was placed into a black-and-white patrol car, which sped away from her home with lights flashing as news helicopters pursued, broadcasting live TV coverage.

On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ordered that Hilton be brought to Friday's hearing. But early Friday a court spokesman announced that she would be allowed to participate by telephone, which is common in misdemeanor cases. Then, in a reversal, the spokesman said the judge had ordered the Sheriff's Department to pick her up and bring her to court.

The frenzy began early Thursday when sheriff's officials released Hilton because of an undisclosed medical condition and sent her home under house arrest. She had been in jail for three days.

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Rash of robberies afflicts affluent rural homeowners

SASKATOON – Police are advising owners of acreages just outside the city to be on special lookout for suspicious persons on their property this summer.

Within the past month, five separate outlying homes have been robbed, with three of them being just east of the city.

“A lot of people choose to live outside the city because they think they are at less risk of crime,” said Sgt Gudmundson of the Saskatoon Police Service.

“They figure a slightly longer commute is worth the peace of mind. The fact is though that acreages and other rural homes are often more vulnerable to crime due to their isolated location.”

With housing prices inside the city rising, semi-rural just outside the city are becoming home to an increasing number of Saskatoon’s wealthiest homeowners. Not only are larger homes more affordable outside of the city, they afford an opportunity for a lifestyle not always available in an urban environment.

All of the homes that have been targeted are luxury homes. Several of the robberies were not discovered until days after they happened when the owners returned from vacation.

Stage Fright

Saskatoon-born actor nabs a role so good it’s scary

SASKATOON – Halloween will never be the same for Saskatoon horror fans; one of our own is the knife-wielding psycho Michael Myers.

Tyler Mane, born and raised in Saskatoon, plays the scary masked killer in Rob Zombie's re-interpretation of the landmark gorefest, due out Aug. 31.

"It's pretty wicked. A lot of people are going to die," a decidedly un-menacing-sounding Mane said recently from the Los Angeles area, where he lives with his fiancée and two kids, aged 10 and 11.

Mane got to know Zombie while shooting The Devil's Rejects, the 2005 sequel to House of 1000 Corpses. When Halloween came up, Zombie called Mane.

"He wrote it for me in mind. Of course, he didn't tell me this because I would have asked for more money," laughs Mane, whose real name is Daryl Karolat.

To say Mane has screen presence is an understatement. At 6-foot-8, he's as big as the screen itself. His break into show business came through professional wrestling with WCW and UWF. He appeared as the "mad, mean" Big Sky with tag team partner Kevin Nash, and as the evil Nitron.

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City clerk seeking legal advice to proceed against mayorality candidate

SASKATOON - Saskatoon's city clerk is seeking legal advice on how to proceed against the sole mayoralty candidate from the last civic election who has not filed the required documents.

Candidate John Melenchuk has refused to file audited financial statements of campaign contributions and expenses. He has publicly stated that he wants to be charged for violating the bylaw because he wants another opportunity to berate Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison and to complain about the way city police handled an investigation after he had been stabbed several years ago.

City clerk Janice Mann says she will seek the advice of an independent lawyer, rather than the city solicitor, as to the best way to "balance the integrity of the bylaw against Mr. Melenchuk's stated intention."

Five of the seven people who took a shot at unseating Atchison in the October vote have filed their papers, says Mann.

Candidate Ron Kocsis initially had filed his financial information on time, but it was rejected because it hadn't been audited. Kocsis has told Mann that the audit will be done. No action will be taken against the Saskatoon business owner if he files his papers even though they will be weeks overdue, she says.