Baltimore police arrested a 7-year-old boy, handcuffed him, then hauled him off to the station house where they took his mug shot and fingerprints. His offense? He allegedly rode a dirt bike on a sidewalk. He was sitting on the bike with the motor off on a sidewalk in east Baltimore when an officer grabbed [...]
A wild hog weighing 1,100 pounds, bigger than the near-mythical “Hogzilla” caught in rural south Georgia a few years ago, has been been shot and killed in a suburban neighborhood. William Coursey, an avid hunter who shot the hog in a neighbor’s yard in Fayette County in the suburbs south of Atlanta, had it hanging [...]
An Independence, VA, man might find himself with a lump of coal for Christmas after he was caught running through town naked Monday by none other than Santa Claus himself. A man dressed as Santa was driving near Damascus, VA (Trail Town USA) when a man driving erratically behind him began throwing trash, parts of [...]
A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants. Two executives from the company may also serve jail time. The Golden State Fence Company’s work includes some of the border fence between San Diego and Mexico. Read and Listen (NPR)
A Stafford County, VA man didn’t intend to harbor a fugitive yesterday when he opened his front door to see why his dogs were barking. When he opened his door, an emu just waltzed in. After taking a look at its claws, he decided he wasn’t going to be the one to ask the bird [...]
A charter plane carrying the Marshall University football team to a game against East Carolina was evacuated Friday, 11/10, after smoke was reported in an engine, emergency officials said. No injuries were reported among the 200 people aboard, but the timing was eerie. Almost 36 years ago, on Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying the [...]
In a city where you can get just about anything delivered to your door — groceries, dry cleaning, Chinese food — pot smokers are increasingly ordering takeout marijuana from drug rings that operate with remarkable corporate-style attention to customer satisfaction. The emphasis on customer service and satisfaction was evident at one stash house, where agents [...]
A 22 year-old woman from Mountain City, Ga. faces a drunk driving charge after she steered the horse she was riding onto the highway and tangled with a car, authorities said. She also was cited for entering a traffic lane. Read (AP via ABC)
ATM manufacturers have been working on ways to stop the theft of ATM machines, and sometimes the amount of money in the ATM is so small, it hardly seems worth the risk. But that hasn’t discouraged thieves this summer in such states as Arizona, California and Georgia. Thieves have pulled off or attempted such thefts [...]
When Indalecio Robles owned a convenience store in El Salvador, the threat of an armed robbery was so rampant, he had to hire guards with shotguns to protect the store. He never thought he would need that kind of protection in the United States, but on Tuesday — just one day after the grand opening [...]
The sale of organs taken from executed prisoners appears to be thriving in China, an undercover investigation by the BBC has found. Organs from death row inmates are sold to foreigners who need transplants. One hospital said it could provide a liver at a cost of $94,400, with the chief surgeon confirming an executed prisoner [...]
Virginia Beach Police are looking for a man who reprogrammed a gas station ATM to give out four times as much money as it should. Surveillance footage showed a man walking into the gas station on Aug. 19, swiping an ATM card and punching in a series of numbers, breaking the machine’s security code. The [...]
A West Virginia man claiming to be Osama Bin Laden led Ocean City, Maryland Police on a high speed chase that ended in a crash. He then threatened officers with a blender. Read (AP via WTOP)
As part of “Operation Air, Land & Speed II”, Virginia State Police along I-95 and I-81 handed out 6,000 tickets in just 48 hours last weekend, but there were zero fatalities. Read (WTOP)
Residents of Turner, Maine are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for the last 15 years. The animal was found near power lines along a highway Saturday, apparently struck by a car while chasing [...]
A bear cub drew a crowd of spectators at a Lake Tahoe neighborhood as it munched on barbecue-chicken-and-jalapeno pizza in the back seat of a vintage red Buick convertible. It washed the meal down with a swig of a Jack Daniel’s mixer, an Absolut vodka and tonic, and a beer taken from a cooler. Read [...]
Twelve thousand non-native lizards – some up to 2 to 3 feet ong – are treating the town of Boca Grande like their personal paradise. Fed-up residents may have to pay an “iguana tax” to banish the reptiles. Read (National Geographic)
Unruly gangs of baboons are raiding the expensive homes that line the coast of South Africa’s Cape Peninsula, clearing out pantries, emptying fridges, and defecating over the designer furnishings. Read (MSNBC)
A Czech man ate frogs and other small animals for four days after he was trapped on an island cut off by flooding. Read (Reuters)
Saturday night Coors convoy-watching has become a bizarre spectator sport for many Fredericksburg-area residents. Read (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
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