Authorities dropped the fines and released the toy.
Ringtone interrupts N.Y. Philharmonic
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the dreaded sound at any live performance — a ringing cellphone.
That’s what happened Tuesday night at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall toward the end of Gustav Mahler’s “Ninth Symphony” by the New York Philharmonic.
Conductor Alan Gilbert stopped the orchestra until the phone was silenced.
Betsy Vorce, speaking for Lincoln Center, says an announcement is usually made before every performance telling audience members to turn off their phones. If a device does go off, ushers discreetly ask the owner to turn it off.
The conductor asked that the offending noise be turned off and finally stopped the orchestra until it was.
Boy crashes toy; police write ticket
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Police in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez ticketed a 6-year-old boy for reckless driving, driving without a license and not having his toy motorcycle registered after he crashed it into an SUV.
Police also impounded the child-sized motorbike that her son got for Christmas.
Noriega says she decided to go to the media and make the case public after finding out she would have to pay what she calls a “ridiculous” $183 in fines before she could recover the toy motorbike.
Authorities dropped the fines and released the toy.