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William Shatner lashes out at ‘Star Trek’ co-star
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — William Shatner is setting his phaser to stun against his old “Star Trek” co-star George Takei.
William Shatner also said on his Web site that he felt he never knew George Takei when they worked together.
In a video posted on Shatner’s Web site Wednesday, he lashed out at Takei for not inviting him to his wedding last month. The 77-year-old Kirk said Takei, who played Enterprise helmsman Sulu, apparently harbors a grudge against him that kept him from being invited to Takei’s nuptials.
“The whole thing makes me feel badly,” Shatner said in the video. “Poor man. There is such a sickness there. It’s so patently obvious that there is a psychosis there. I don’t know what his original thing about me was. I have no idea.”
Takei and Brad Altman tied the knot September 14. “Star Trek” alums Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig — who played Uhura and Chekhov, respectively — were among the attendees at the multicultural ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum.
Takei and Altman had previously stated that Shatner was invited to their wedding, but he never RSVPed.
“It is unfortunate that Bill was unable to join us for our wedding as he indeed was invited to attend,” Takei responded. “It is our hope that at this point he joins us in voting no on Proposition 8, which seeks to eliminate the fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry in California.”
Shatner said he felt he never knew Takei when they worked together on the original TV series and later in the “Star Trek” films.
The “Boston Legal” co-star also attacked Takei’s decision to come out of the closet later in life, saying “Who cares? Be gay. Don’t be gay. That’s up to you, George.”
Grandfather arrested in drug-related abduction, dispatcher says
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) – The man wanted for questioning in the drug-related abduction of his 6-year-old grandson in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been apprehended in California, a dispatcher for a San Bernardino County detention center said early Saturday.
A nationwide Amber Alert has been issued for Cole Puffinburger, 6, of Las Vegas, Nevada.
The dispatcher, who did not give her name, said Clemons F. Tinnemeyer, 51, was arrested late Friday night in Riverside, California. It was not clear on what grounds he was taken into custody.
An inmate information page from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Central Detention facility Web site said Tinnemeyer was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and was not eligible for bail.
Las Vegas police had said earlier Friday they wanted to question him in the case of his grandson’s abduction.
Cole Puffinburger was snatched from his Las Vegas home Wednesday by three armed men who tied up the boy’s mother and her fiance.
Police Capt. Vincent Cannito told reporters that Tinnemeyer has been involved in “significant drug dealing” worth millions of dollars.
Tinnemeyer owns a sightseeing motor home service and works as a driver, police said.
He was last seen in Las Vegas on May 21. At the time, he was driving a white Dodge extended-cab pickup with Mississippi license plates KA6251.
He last contacted his family in August and was reported missing in September.
Authorities said Thursday that the case is related to “illegal narcotics activity” and that the family was targeted; Cannito said Friday that Cole was kidnapped by drug dealers attempting to recover lost money and property.
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“These are extremely dangerous people,” Cannito said. “This is as bad as it gets.”
At least two of the three suspects posed as police officers to enter Cole’s home about 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, police said. They tied up the boy’s mother and her fiancé and ransacked the house before kidnapping the boy when no money was found, they said.
In a story published Friday, The Las Vegas Review-Journal quoted unnamed sources as saying a member of the boy’s family owes a Mexican drug cartel between $8 million and $20 million, describing the relative as an alleged money launderer for the cartel and saying the person was in hiding.
A search for the boy spans much of the American Southwest, and a nationwide Amber Alert was in effect.
Cole is described as being 3 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 48 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a sweat shirt, dark jeans and silver-rimmed prescription glasses, authorities said.
The kidnappers were described as three Hispanic men who spoke with heavy accents.
National and local authorities have said that such drug-related abductions are occurring more frequently in communities near the Mexican border.
Anyone with more information is asked to call Las Vegas Metropolitan Police at 702-828-5678.
