OCALA — An Ocala woman reported that $16,000 worth of Star Wars memorabilia, including a Darth Vader figurine worth $5,000, was stolen sometime Thursday or Friday, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office report states.
Charlotta Katherine Silverman, 32, of Northeast Fourth Street, told deputies that she may know who took the items.
Silverman had the items stored in numerous totes in the back of a shed, which had been pried open, the report states.
The missing items include: model Star Wars ships and numerous other items, including Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker figurines.
New Jersey rocker Jon Bon Jovi didn't even need "Something For The Pain" to finish a concert in his home state, despite tearing a calf muscle toward the end of the show.
Bon Jovi injured himself toward the end of the band's 2 1/2-hour concert at the New Meadowlands Stadiumin East Rutherford on Friday night, then limped back and forth across the stage for an encore, "Livin' On A Prayer."
The singer, who grew up in Sayreville, N.J., injured his leg during a cover of the Dave Clark Five hit "Glad All Over." About halfway through the song, he leaned heavily on his microphone stand to support his injured leg.
"My calf muscle just blew out! Whoa!," he said from the stage. "I got another leg. I don't need this one."
A video (above) posted on YouTube shows the 48-year-old singer limping back and forth across the stage, flexing his foot as he assures the crowd he's OK.
"Don't you worry, folks," he said. "I ain't got nowhere to go. I'm old. What can I tell you? But I'm still good-lookin'!"
After taking a final bow at the front of the stage with fellow band members, Bon Jovi hobbled off with the help of keyboard player David Bryan, who wrapped his arm around Bon Jovi's back.
A spokeswoman says the band will be able to play the rest of its summer stadium tour and does not anticipate canceling any dates.
Happy Birthday to a classic... Etch A Sketch turns (with both dials) 50 years old.
The Etch A Sketch was invented in the late 1950s by Arthur Granjean, who, after being turned down by several larger toy manufacturers, sold the design to the Ohio Art Company, which began selling the toy in July 1960. The Frenchman based the Etch A Sketch on an engineer's plotting machine which uses straight lines on and X/Y axis to create schematics and designs.
It's safe to say that neither Granjean nor Ohio Art could have envisioned the toy's ever-lasting appeal or the virtuosic skill with which some artists have manipulated it.
