Man charged with stealing 170 garden gnomes
August 27, 2008
A 53-year-old Frenchman has been charged with stealing 170 garden gnomes from backyards in the Bretagne area.
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Man arrested after offering undercover cop two cents for sex
August 28, 2008
A Florida man has been arrested for soliciting prostitution after he offered an undercover sheriff’s deputy two cents to have sexual intercourse. More Read More →
Easton man tries to pay support with pennies
August 26, 2008
DENTON, Md. - Grant Trump says he understands why he has to pay child support but he didn’t like the smug attitude he received from the support office in Caroline County.
The Easton man was turned away last week when he tried to pay his balance with more than $1,000 in rolled pennies after he was found by a judge to be in arrears.
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Two men sentenced in federal court for fixing typos
August 22, 2008
Two men have been sentenced to a year of probation and more than $3,000 in restitution after they fixed a misplaced apostrophe and a comma on a sign at the Grand Canyon. More Read More →
Cops Taser Emu
August 21, 2008
Florida law enforcement officials resorted to using a Taser gun in a tense standoff with a flightless bird named Plop-Plop. The female emu escaped from a farm and holed up with some horses and goats in a pen. When the authorities arrived, the emu “went kind of crazy,” according to Deputy Randolph Grob. Grob justified the use of the stun weapon by saying, “We were a little concerned….We had heard stories of these things, because they are such a powerful bird, such a big bird, with big claws... More
Man arrested for marrying woman despite restraining order
August 20, 2008
An upstate New York man has been arrested on his wedding night for marrying a woman six weeks after she took out a restraining order against him. More Read More →
Peanuts, hair extensions fly at 7-Eleven fracas
August 20, 2008
The parking lot of a Spring Hill, Fla. 7-Eleven was strewn with more than two dozen braided hair extensions after a bizarre dust-up between two female shoppers and a married couple with a 38-year-old daughter. The couple, Marshall and Gloria Corulla, claimed the shoppers said “something slick” to their daughter Dawn, accused her of calling them “skanks,” and threw a silver pocketbook at the family’s pickup. The family then physically attacked the shoppers, who responded by spraying them... More
Md. woman sues for right to massage horses
August 19, 2008
A Maryland woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she has a constitutional right to provide massage therapy to horses. More Read More →
Disneyland cops arrest Cinderella, Snow White
August 19, 2008
Police at Disneyland handcuffed and arrested more than 30 employees, including Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, and Snow White, during a protest over new work contracts. Tinker Bell, Minnie Mouse and Peter Pan were also charged with failure to obey a police officer after the labor protest turned ugly at the so-called Happiest Place on Earth. The costumed workers were upset about health care provisions in a proposed contract. A road was closed for nearly an hour as cops worked to bundle the various cartoon... More
Winnie-the-Pooh Arrested for Assault, Robbery
August 13, 2008
A 20-year-old Japanese man dressed as Winnie-the-Pooh has been arrested for beating and robbing two slightly older men because he was offended that they were staring at him.
“It seemed like the thing to do at the time,” explained the perpetrator, Masayuki Ishikawa, who was accompanied by two friends dressed... More
