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Police Find Stolen Truck Being Buried
MACEDON, N.Y., (UPI) — A father and son in upstate New York face possible charges after the son was allegedly spotted burying a stolen box truck in a sand pit, investigators said. Macedon, N.Y., police and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office said the 26-foot-long box truck was taken last week from a Macedon business and […]
Pawn Shop Worker Accidentally Shot In Butt
MARGATE, Fla., (UPI) — Police in Florida said a pawn shop worker was accidentally shot in the buttocks by another employee who was putting a gun into a display case. The Margate Police Department said a worker at David Bari’s Pawn Shop on State Road 7 left his semiautomatic Glock .40 caliber handgun on a […]
Store Sells Wine To 7-Year-Old Girl
EXETER, England, (UPI) — British supermarket chain Tesco apologized after a mother complained her 7-year-old daughter was allowed to buy a bottle of wine. Maggie Waugh, 43, said she waited outside of the Tesco Express store in Exeter, England, while her daughter, Dani, went inside the store to buy her some “surprise” early Mother’s Day […]
Dog Tags Returned To Family After 70 Years
TOLEDO, Ohio (UPI) — The Ohio family of a World War II veteran who died in 1990 said they were shocked when his dog tags were found 70 years after he lost them in Australia. Mary Hammond, 61, of Toledo, said she and her sisters, Pam Thacker and Kathy Rollison, were shocked when a cousin […]
Phone Thief Tried To ‘Hook Up’ With Victim
NEW YORK (UPI) — New York police said a man who stole a woman’s cellphone was surprised to find himself under arrest when he tried to “hook up” with the victim. Police said Marques Hoskins, 21, broke into the woman’s West 21st Street apartment around 2:30 a.m. Sunday while she was out walking her dog, […]
Drunken Wedding Guest Arrested
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (UPI) — Police in Ohio said an incident that began with a drunken wedding guest refusing to stop dancing with the groom ended in the woman’s arrest. The bride told police Brooke Burke, whose age was not released, was extremely intoxicated at the Saturday reception at Clarence Church Pavilion in North Olmsted […]
Man Allegedly Urinated On Women’s Chairs
WEST DES MOINES (UPI) — Police in Iowa said a man accused of urinating on the office chairs of female coworkers turned himself in to authorities. The West Des Moines Police Department said Raymond Charles Foley, 59, who was caught on camera urinating on office chairs belonging to four female coworkers at the Farm Bureau, […]
Easter Bunny Arrested After Shift
MENTOR, Ohio (UPI) — Police in Ohio said a man arrested after finishing a shift as the Easter Bunny pleaded guilty to stealing $1,600 worth of DVDs from a store. Lt. Dan Molnar with the Mentor Police Department said investigators were seeking Justin Medema, 27, of Painesville, on a felony theft charge for allegedly stealing […]
Man Called 911 To Make Wife Go To Bed
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (UPI) — A Florida man serving a 60-day jail sentence for misuse of 911 called the emergency line because his wife would not leave him alone to check his Facebook. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said Doyle Hardwick, who began serving his sentence Tuesday, called 911 on Sept. 24 and told the […]
Cat Falls 19 Stories, Only Minor Injuries
BOSTON (UPI) — A Boston woman said it was a “miracle” when her cat survived a 19-story fall without any serious injuries. Brittany Kirk said her cat, Sugar, plummeted from the window of her 19th floor apartment on Storrow Drive and veterinarians with the local Animal Rescue League said the feline incurred only minor bruising […]
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