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Cops: Fight Leads to Fiery Feces
Cops: Fight
Leads to Fiery Feces
Dec 27, 2018 10:30 AM CST

Cops: Fight Leads to Fiery Feces

Dylan Printz, 18, charged with arson after police say he left burning bag of dog poop on Pa. porch

(Newser) - It may have been Christmas Eve, but those weren't reindeer droppings left at a home in Shippensburg, Pa. The Smoking Gun reports on a "crappy" prank that now has 18-year-old Dylan Printz charged with arson and risking catastrophe. Cops responded around 3am Monday to a report of a...

Burglar Gets Car Ride From Unsuspecting Victim

The intruder's story seemed "plausible," homeowner says

(Newser) - Authorities in Maine say a burglar had a bite to eat, watched TV, and even got a car ride from his unsuspecting victim, the AP reports. The York County sheriff's office said 35-year-old Derek Tarbox broke into a Waterboro home Sunday afternoon, took a shower, got dressed in the...

Unwelcome Litter Box Cleanup Leads to Arrest

Mitchell Sayers was arrested at gunpoint

(Newser) - Police in Massachusetts arrested a man after he allegedly entered a woman’s apartment and emptied a cat litter box, the Berkshire Eagle reports. Mitchell Sayers, 33, of Pittsfield, reportedly entered the unlocked apartment in North Adams, took off his shoes, and emptied the cat box (the Eagle says he...

Cops: Man Got a Bit Too Fired Up Over Wife's Music

Gary Lykins accused of shooting her laptop after she played loud tunes

(Newser) - A Texas man who made a solemn vow to stay with his wife for better or for worse apparently didn't take into account that she might one day blast loud music from her laptop, and that he wouldn't like it. The Star-Telegram reports that 44-year-old Gary Lykins holed...

Cops: Mom Left Kids Home Alone Watching Home Alone

Indiana woman charged in very meta crime

(Newser) - An Indiana mom left her two small sons home alone with some very appropriate entertainment, reports KWBE . Police responded to a report of unattended children in a Muncie home and found 4- and 7-year-old brothers watching none other than Home Alone. KFOR reports that when cops contacted their mother at...

Red-Nosed Burglar Caught Red-Handed on Tape

Cops seeking suspect who donned Rudolph costume during burglary in Fort Collins, Colo.

(Newser) - "Oh how the camera caught her / As she committed burglary / Rudolph the Red Nosed Criminal / We need your help with her ID." That's the call-to-action jingle a Colorado police department would like you to hear, penned in honor of a recent burglary suspect in...

As the Sun Went Down, He Went Up ... the National Christmas Tree

The man eventually 'self-extricated'

(Newser) - There was a bit of a hubbub Friday evening around the National Christmas Tree. The US Park Police says calls started coming in shortly before 6pm that a man was ascending the tree, and cops and negotiators were dispatched to the scene, CNN reports. Per WJLA , firefighters and EMS workers...

Inmate Escapes, Accidentally Hitches Ride With Officer

The dangling cuffs didn't help

(Newser) - A jail inmate who escaped from authorities and tried hitchhiking along a highway didn't enjoy freedom for long—the motorist he flagged down was a law enforcement officer. Greenup County Jailer Mike Worthington tells the Independent that 31-year-old Allen Lewis was being transported on Tuesday to face charges in...

Driver Uses Chicken Wing Sticker in Attempt to Avoid Toll

Yes, really

(Newser) - In what is possibly the most interesting use of a chicken wing price sticker ever, a California motorist was cited Tuesday for allegedly using the aforementioned sticker in an attempt to avoid paying a toll. "From the 'we couldn’t even make this up,' department," the...

Thieves Steal Tiny House
Thieves Steal Tiny House
Dec 20, 2018 11:42 AM CST

Thieves Steal Tiny House

Police have recovered it in Missouri

(Newser) - One problem with the tiny house movement : Tiny houses are so tiny, they can be carted off and stolen. That's what happened in St. Louis Saturday, but police found the home Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Meghan Panu had spent $20,000 over the last two years working...

Shots Fired in Apparent Confusion Over Bigfoot

Man complains that hunter nearly killed him in case of mistaken identity

(Newser) - Just your everyday sheriff's message: "It is of great concern that this individual might think it’s OK to shoot at anything he thinks is Bigfoot." The warning comes out of Montana, from Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton, reports McClatchy . A 27-year-old man told deputies...

Man Gets 15 Years for Ramming Cars to 'Escape Zombies'

Shaun Michael Stroud was on drugs, DA says

(Newser) - A Mississippi Gulf Coast man who rammed vehicles because he thought zombies were chasing him has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, per the AP . The Sun Herald reports 32-year-old Shaun Michael Stroud of Kiln pleaded guilty last week to aggravated assault, grand larceny, and malicious mischief. Gulfport police...

Car Is Accidentally Stolen, Returned With Full Gas Tank
Shopper Accidentally
Steals a Car
Dec 13, 2018 7:43 AM CST

Shopper Accidentally Steals a Car

A case of mistaken identity in Nova Scotia

(Newser) - Cops thought they were looking for a car thief. Turns out, it was just somebody a little absent-minded. It seems that a shopper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, returned to the parking lot, hopped in the wrong car, and drove away, according to a police statement . Both cars were white Hyundai...

Grease Vent Proves to Be Grease Trap for California Man

The man was stuck for two days

(Newser) - A California man who was possibly trying to burglarize an abandoned Chinese restaurant has been rescued from the grease vent, where officials say he had been trapped for two days, the AP reports. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office says deputies and firefighters were called to the vacant building in...

Guy Who Told Kids Santa Isn't Real Arrested

For trespassing

(Newser) - A Texas man telling kids Santa Claus isn't real got his comeuppance Saturday when he got arrested. Aaron Urbanski, 31, and two other men were protesting outside St. Mark United Methodist Church of Cleburne during a Breakfast With Santa event; they were asked "multiple times" to leave church...

Court: Man Put Clothes on Stand-In Corpse for Scam

Minnesota man accused of $2M fraud

(Newser) - A Minnesota man accused of faking his own death seven years ago to collect a $2 million life insurance policy arranged for a stand-in corpse to be dressed in his clothes in Moldova, according to a judge's detention order. Igor Vorotinov, 54, also planted his identification on the body...

Teens Caught Joyriding —in a Stolen Plane

But first they stole a tractor, say police in Utah

(Newser) - It is not your ordinary teenage joyride. Police in Unitah County, Utah, say a pair of boys ages 14 and 15 stole a single-plane from an airport and took it for a spin before returning safely to the same airport. Both are being held in a youth detention center, reports...

Cops Find Evidence of Money Laundering in Most Obvious Place

Suspect busted after authorities in Amsterdam find $400K in cash crammed into washing machine

(Newser) - Maybe someone figured that a washing machine would be the last literal place that cops would check when sussing out a money-laundering scheme, but that someone may have placed the wrong bet. The AP and CNN report a 24-year-old man has been arrested in the Netherlands after police descended on...

Pilot in Hot Water After Giving Airport-Goers an Eyeful

Andrew Collins stood in front of his hotel room window in the buff

(Newser) - Capt. Andrew Collins doesn't deny he stood in his birthday suit in front of his hotel window at Denver International Airport in September. He just didn't think anyone could see him, he now tells the Denver Post . But the 54-year-old United Airlines pilot was definitely visible to a...

Cops: Mom Made Wrong Move After Son's Dentist Drama

Pennsylvania woman allegedly drove to police station with him on hood of car

(Newser) - There are multiple choices you could make when faced with the problem of a child refusing to go to the dentist, most of them not criminal. But that's not the way one Pennsylvania mom allegedly decided to go: Police say that after Shaurice Jones' 12-year-old son refused to walk...

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