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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....
Woman found living with three dead siblings
Nov 10 2008 - Reuters
An elderly woman has been living with two skeletons and a badly decomposed body of her siblings in a suburb of Chicago, one of whom may have died at least 20 years ago, authorities said on Saturday.
The remains were found covered by sheets...
Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce
Oct 10 2008 - AP
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away...
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,...
Never underestimate cheap, easy or stupid in home maintenance
Jul 5 2008 - The Seattle Times
Quite regularly, as a home inspector, I see run-of-the-mill "bad" popping up. Occasionally "that was really dumb" makes an appearance. But you know you are in rare air when "Hall of Fame Stupid" presents itself. Now, gentle...
Copper thief's fatal 11,000 volts
Jul 4 2008 - Yorkshire Post
A SCRAP metal dealer stealing copper from a disused mill accidentally caused a huge electrical explosion, an inquest heard yesterday.
John Roberts, 39, suffered deep burns to his face, arms, hands and chest but managed to leave the mill, climb...
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...
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...
Burglar found sleeping in Malaysia home
Feb 4 2008 - AP
There was no fairy tale ending for a Malaysian man who copied Goldilocks.
The man broke into an empty house in northeastern Malaysia, helped himself to cookies in the kitchen and then went to sleep in a child's bedroom, where he was discovered...
Stick up? Aussie burglar prefers sex games to loot
Sep 19 2007 - Reuters
It was a stick up of a different kind for one Australian burglar, who broke into a neighbour's house and played sex games in the bathroom with a bottle of toilet detergent and a vacuum cleaner.
A court in the northern city of Brisbane heard...
Police: Man sets off his own booby trap
Sep 14 2007 - AP
A man tired of burglars nearly blew off his hand when bomb-like devices he set around his house exploded in his presence instead, authorities said.
Victor Iacobescu, 50, ran to a neighbor's house Thursday with a bloody towel wrapped around...
Pair with horse, 7 dogs in home arrested
Jul 17 2007 - AP
Authorities removed a miniature horse and seven dogs from a home strewn with feces and rotting produce and charged the owners with endangering their 12-year-old child, officials said Tuesday.
Joe Silva and Nichole Surkala's house was so...
Fleeing thief requests time out, gets time inside instead
Jun 27 2007 - Associated Metro Limited
Philippine police chased down an unfit thief on Tuesday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a 'time out.'
He was panting and gasping for air when we caught up with him after a 500 meter sprint,' Erwin Buenceso,...
Romney aide is the focus of probe; Allegedly acted as State Police trooper
Jun 22 2007 - Boston Globe
State Police are investigating one of Mitt Romney's top campaign aides for allegedly impersonating a trooper by calling a Wilmington company and threatening to cite the driver of a company van for erratic driving, according to two law enforcement...
Serial socks snatcher in trouble again
May 7 2007 - AP
James Dowdy has admitted his hankering for women's hosiery has been his undoing, earning him three stints in prison and repeated scoldings from judges over the years. So police say it's no surprise the 36-year-old man is knee deep in trouble again...