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Deputies find sleeping burglar at AZ gun store
Sep 16 2008 - AP
Sheriff's deputies in Yavapai County said a man picked the wrong place to take a nap, but he'll now have plenty of time to catch up on sleep.
Sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn said in a statement that deputies responding to...
Rig dumps tons of dirt when nature calls driver
Aug 3 2008 - AP
Authorities say a truck driver who spilled tons of dirt along a Seattle highway and backed up traffic for hours just really had to go to the bathroom.
Police say the driver was trying to ease the rig to the side of U.S. Highway 2 on Friday...
Boars help German cops capture auto theft suspect
May 23 2008 - AP
A herd of wild boars has thwarted a suspected car thief's getaway in northern Germany.
Police in Schwerin say the 18-year-old abandoned a stolen SUV he was driving Thursday after failing to shake off a chasing patrol car by driving into...
Woman nabbed for alleged DUI at same crash spot
May 20 2008 - AP
Call it drunken driving deja vu. For the second time in five months, a 23-year-old California woman has been arrested after she allegedly crashed her car while driving under the influence at the exact same spot north of Lake Tahoe.
And to top...
Man who walked naked along Pa. highway charged
May 1 2008 - AP
READING, Pa. - A 38-year-old Reading man who walked naked along a highway after being thrown into the woods following a crash is charged with a variety of crimes.
Police say John Messerly was driving his employer's minivan April 4 when...
Roger that. It's a man on a lawn mower
Feb 27 2008 - AP
A man led police on a very slow-speed chase, refusing to stop while riding a lawn mower at about 3 mph across a busy street and steering it toward an officer before he was grabbed and arrested, a police report says.
Now, authorities say, the...
That's it for today. You guys gotta walk
Feb 15 2008 - AP
A driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for the day were over, police said.
The 40 passengers had been paroled or released from the state prison in...
Dog poop shoe prints lead to arrest
Jan 10 2008 - AP
Dog isn't this man's best friend. Josue Herrios-Coronilla, 18, drove his black Camaro on the wrong side of the road Wednesday and crashed into the yard of man who owns four dogs, police said.
Police found crushed bushes, a damaged...
Man, 85, clocked at 100 mph in snow, ice
Jan 4 2008 - AP
An 85-year-old motorist lost his license and his Oldsmobile for a week and likely faces a hefty fine after becoming the oldest person snagged to date by a new Ontario law aimed at cracking down on street racers, even though he was just speeding.