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Utah man finds drunk burglary suspect on his floor
Feb 24 2009 - AP
OREM, Utah – Police have arrested a 27-year-old man in a home burglary after the resident reportedly found him drunk on the floor. Police said a 24-year-old man came home from work Friday and found his back door open and his golf clubs on the ground....
Man calls cops but leaves pot pipe in plain sight
Nov 11 2008 - AP
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – A 28-year-old man reporting a burglary faces drug charges after responding officers say they found a marijuana pipe in his bedroom. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday said officers saw the pipe in plain view in Justin Luecke's...
Court detains preacher with 86 wives
Sep 16 2008 - Reuters
A Nigerian Muslim court Monday detained an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives after he failed to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of them.
The authorities in central Niger state charged Mohammed Bello with "insulting...
N.J. man broke into house, walked home in underwear, cops say 09/08/2008
Sep 8 2008 - Daily Freeman.com
A New Jersey man was charged with breaking into a home and stealing a bottle of wine before walking home in his underwear, state police said.
Andrew Hurth, 38, of Wantage Township, N.J., was arrested Saturday on charges of burglary, a felony,...
"Brothel bus" makes last stop in Miami Beach
Jun 26 2008 - Reuters
A "brothel bus" that detectives said cruised Miami Beach offering lap dances and drinks has taken its last ride, police said on Wednesday.
Riders were offered oral sex for $100, according to Miami Beach police who impounded the limousine...
Dutch man injures posterior in mooning accident
Jun 3 2008 - AP
Utrecht police say a 21-year-old Dutch man is recovering after a "mooning" that went horribly wrong.
A police statement says the man and two others had run down a street in Utrecht with their pants pulled down in the back "for...
Men charged after skull dug up, used as bong
May 9 2008 - Reuters
Authorities in Texas have filed corpse-abuse charges against two men who allegedly removed a skull from a grave and used it as a bong.
The Harris County District Attorney's Office confirmed on Thursday that misdemeanor abuse of corpse charges...
Sheriff: Woman sat on toilet for 2 years
Mar 12 2008 - AP
Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years — so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.
It appeared the 35-year-old...
Burglars done in by doughnuts
Mar 5 2008 - AP
When two guys in cowboy garb offered the sheriff's deputies doughnuts, and then the deputies investigated a burglary involving doughnuts and the prints of cowboy boots, it didn't take Sherlock Holmes to crack the case.
"The officers...
Conn. man tries to sell pot online
Feb 1 2008 - AP
If you're looking to sell high-grade marijuana, Craigslist may not be the place to do it. A man learned that the hard way when the "buyer" who contacted him turned out to be an undercover officer, Stamford police said.
Police...
Nurse admits stealing body parts of dead
Jan 30 2008 - AP
A nurse admitted Wednesday he cut body parts from 244 corpses and helped forge paperwork so the parts, some of them diseased, could be used in unsuspecting patients.
Authorities say nurse Lee Cruceta was the lead cutter in a group that trafficked...
Police: Family caught shoplifting
Jan 25 2008 - AP
Shoplifting is all in the family for one California clan, police say.
A grandmother, her daughter and some of her grandchildren tried to steal $900 worth of merchandise from a Target store in Lodi, 35 miles south of Sacramento, police...
Man accused of soiling laundry room
Jan 22 2008 - AP
Repeated discoveries of human feces in clothing and other items left in an apartment building's basement laundry room led to charges Thursday against a 19-year-old man.
Authorities said Ronnie A. Ballard was arrested after a woman whose...
Man accused of pushing car off mountain
Dec 28 2007 - AP
A man pushed his Ford Mustang down a mountain as part of a scheme to claim it was stolen, authorities said.
Richard Way Jr., 28, pushed the car down an embankment along Wopsy Mountain in Blair County last year, then reported it had been stolen...
Russian mugger takes the cake
Nov 27 2007 - Reuters
A Russian mugger stole a woman's cake as she walked by, then asked the victim to call police so he could go back to prison, Russian media reported on Tuesday.
A police spokeswoman in Krasnoyarsk, 4400 km (2700 miles) east of Moscow, said...