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Worst date ever: Man doesn’t pay bill, steals date’s car

So you think you’ve had bad dates? Bet you’ve never gone out with Terrance Dejuan McCoy. The 23-year-old not only left his date to pay the restaurant bill, but also stole her car. Yep, he’s a keeper (ha).
McCoy and his date, 27, met at at Detroit casino, talked on the phone a few times and [...]

Posted 01 September 2009 † Beth § Food § Michigan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Man with Britney Spears tattoo steals dog with earrings

Brian Dortort, 48, of Oakland Park, Fla., has a dog. Its name is Hudson Hayward Hemingway. It’s a Chihuahua the size of a softball purchased for $1,000. It has pink earrings. And it was stolen by a man with a tattoo of Britney Spears’ name.
Let me pause so you can digest that information.
The dognapping occurred [...]

Posted 26 August 2009 † Beth § Animals § Florida ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Socks stolen from clothesline

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Lame theft alert! A man in Palominas, Ariz., had a dozen pairs of socks stolen from his backyard clothesline.
In the middle of the night, someone came into the resident’s fenced-in yard, took the white athletic socks and also damaged a motion sensor light, reports the Sierra Vista Herald.
Grand total of lost [...]

Posted 26 August 2009 † Beth § Arizona ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Thief puts $600 turtle in pants pocket

Is that a turtle in your pants, or…?
A man stole a turtle from a  pet store in Spring, Texas, by putting it in his pants pocket. No, it was not a snapper turtle. It was a $600 Indian star tortoise, which is about the same size as a tennis ball.
And the whole thing was caught [...]

Posted 16 August 2009 † Beth § Animals § Texas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Man yawns, faces 6 months in jail

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We’ve all been there. Felt a little drowsy, eyelids starting to droop, head starting to nod and then….wait for it….a YAWN.
Not that big of a deal, right? If you’re Clifton Williams, 33, of Richton Park, Ill., then it actually is kind of a big deal. Six months of his freedom, in [...]

Posted 11 August 2009 † Beth § Illinois ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Weird crime round-up: Angry assault edition

Man beats roommate with coconut

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Roommates argue, that’s nothing new. And after living together for 12 years, fights are obviously going to break out. Especially when money is at stake. But a physical fight? And by “physical” I mean using everything around you as a weapon.
Joseph Lovett, 44, of West Palm Beach, [...]

Posted 10 August 2009 † Beth § Florida § Food § Michigan § New Jersey § Weapons ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Man blames cat for downloading porn

It sounds like an LOLCat: Iz on your computer, downloadin sum porn.
But Keith R. Griffin, 48, actually used that as an excuse. He told police in Martin County, Fla., that his cat downloaded child pornography on his computer.
Reports the Treasure Coast Palm:
Griffin told detectives he would leave his computer on and his cat would jump [...]

Posted 07 August 2009 † Beth § Animals § Florida ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

“Nurse of the year” winner not really a nurse

The headline kind of says it all.
Betty Lichtenstein, 56, was honored at a dinner last year as the Connecticut Nursing Association’s “Nurse of the Year.” And now she is being charged with pretending to be a nurse. She used her own $2,000 to stage the dinner for the fictitious organization, according to her warrant.
Reports the [...]

Posted 06 August 2009 † Beth § Connecticut ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Mother auctions naming rights of unborn son on eBay

In the latest edition of random-things-for-sale-on-eBay…
Lavonne Drummond, 36, of Smackover, Ark., is facing some difficult times. Unemployed, with six children and relying on her sister for financial support. The good news? She’s pregnant. One day, Drummond put two and two together and came up with the perfect way to fix her situation: auction the naming [...]

Posted 06 August 2009 † Beth § Arkansas § Money § New York ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Man arrested for stealing hotel soap not from a hotel, but a parked truck

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Taking soap and other goodies from hotels – it’s really an American tradition. According to Ross from Friends, there’s a fine line between “stealing” from hotels and “taking” what the hotel owes you.
A Chicago man recently crossed that line. In fact, he was so far over the line that he wasn’t [...]

Posted 02 August 2009 † Beth § Illinois § Weapons ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,