Changes are coming to the 'Fire over the Fox' festival in downtown Green Bay Thursday. Any cooler and large type of bag will be prohibited from the festival area. Officials say the purpose is to keep the event safe and family friendly.
"There's a lot of excitement in the community," said Jeff Mirkes, president of the Festival Foods Fire over the Fox event.
Mirkes, who is also president of Downtown Green Bay and Olde Main Street, Inc., says the annual Fourth of July festival is one families look forward to; and safety is a big concern.
That's why the festival committee decided to ban carry-in coolers, large bags and alcohol.
"We do not see this as being a major problem to event attendees, said Mirkes.
The ban will be confined to the public areas within the festival: like Leicht Park, the Nitschke Bridge and the CityDeck. Chairs, blankets and other things like handbags are still allowed.
"I think to prohibit the carry-ins is a decision made by the committee that I think is appropriate," said Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt at the press conference announcing the changes.
Schmitt says ‘Fire Over the Fox’ brings roughly 100,000 people to the downtown area.
Schmitt says the bans will help ensure the event stays safe, in light of recent events like the Boston Marathon bombings.
"We haven't had problems in the past and I don't anticipate any,” said Schmitt. “But, at the end of the day, we need this to be an event that continues to grow and we want it to be safe."
So how will it be enforced, especially as the event has multiple entrance points throughout the entire festival? Officials say that will be up to the discretion of the police.
"It's going to be up to the officers discretion,” said Lt. Kevin Warych with the Green Bay Police Department. “Whether it be officers telling the person to take it back to their car."
About 50 Green Bay police officers will be patrolling the festival on foot, bicycle and boat.
Officials also ask people that if you see something, to say something.
While festival goers will not be able to bring in their own alcohol, there will still be vendors selling drinks.
Mirkes says there will be signs posted at the various festival entrance points, reminding patrons of the new rules – and the old ones.
A former executive with Tiffany & Co. stole a little blue box bounty from the jeweler’s midtown Manhattan headquarters and resold it for more than $1.3 million, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Ingrid Lederhaas-Okun was arrested Tuesday at her home in Darien, Conn. She was to appear later in the day in federal court in Manhattan to face charges of wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property.
As vice president of product development, Lederhaas-Okun had authority to “check out” jewelry from Tiffany to provide to potential manufacturers to determine production costs. Authorities allege that after she left Tiffany in February, the company discovered she had checked out 164 items that were never returned.
According to a criminal complaint, the missing jewelry included “numerous diamond bracelets in 18-carot gold; diamond drop and hoop earrings in platinum or 18-carot gold; diamond rings in platinum; rings with precious stones in 18-carot gold; and platinum and diamond pendants.”
When confronted about the missing jewelry, Lederhaas-Okun claimed that she had left some of it behind at Tiffany and that some had been lost or damaged, the complaint said. But an investigation found that Lederhaas-Okun resold the goods to an unidentified international dealer for more than $1.3 million, it said.Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for bottega purses.
Bank records showed that since January 2011, the dealer wrote 75 checks to her or her husband for amounts of up to $47,400, the complaint said. Investigators also recovered purchase forms signed by Lederhaas-Okun that said the items were her personal property.
Authorities allege Lederhaas-Okun purposely checked out items valued at under $10,000 apiece to avoid detection. The company takes a daily inventory of all checked-out items worth more than $25,000.
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