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Burglar Thwarted by Family's 'Perfect' Pig

Good boy, Dumplin

(Newser) - Beware of pig: Authorities in Indianapolis are crediting a family's full-grown pig with scaring off a burglar or burglars who broke into a home just weeks after the property was purchased. Per Fox 59 , the intruder smashed through the back door but left without taking anything, apparently after encountering...

Man Admits Stealing Shark, Insists It 'Needed Help'

Anthony Shannon previously 'inspected' aquarium under guise

(Newser) - Anthony Shannon says he knows it was "wrong" to steal an aquarium's shark, carted off in a baby stroller over the weekend, but the 38-year-old insists it was "an emergency." In an interview with KENS-TV , the self-described marine activist who keeps five sharks and dozens of...

Why Did She Jump Off Bridge? She Was 'Very Drunk': Cops

'She just likes swimming'

(Newser) - After she allegedly did some drinking on Sunday night, things went south for Brooke North. Police say the 39-year-old from Ocean Pines, Md., jumped off a drawbridge in nearby Ocean City, washed up on the rocks (where she said she stayed for several hours), and then staggered around a gravel...

Would-Be Bank Robber Balks, Asks to Open Account Instead

Unfortunately, he was lacking the proper ID to do so

(Newser) - A would-be bank robber turned into a would-be bank customer Friday afternoon, police say. The suspect walked into a Bayonne, NJ, bank and handed a teller a note demanding "all the money." But as the teller read the note, he snatched it back and said he wanted to...

They Fled the Aquarium With a Stroller. There Was No Baby

Man charged with theft of horn shark in San Antonio; 2 others expected to be charged

(Newser) - A juvenile horn shark is back in its tank at the San Antonio Aquarium after three people whisked it away in a baby stroller. "When we first got the call, we thought it was kind of a hoax being that it was Shark Week last week," Leon Valley...

Woman Shoots Husband Dead After He Bought Porn

Patricia Hill called 911 and told them what she'd done

(Newser) - An Arkansas woman was arrested Saturday after authorities say she fatally shot her husband. Of particular note in this case is the reason the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says Patricia Hill gave for the deadly misdeed: her husband bought porn. Per Fox16.com , 69-year-old Hill admitted to police she...

Woman Saved From Cliff Now Faces 96 Felonies

Heather Mounce accused of stealing thousands of dollars, a man's identity

(Newser) - Last summer, Heather Mae Mounce was reported missing by her family; her car was found abandoned along Highway 101 in Oregon. After her then-husband ultimately spotted her, four days later, "clinging to bushes" 180 feet down the side of a cliff, a Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted her from...

Cops: Teen Burglar Woke Couple for WiFi Password

17-year-old arrested in Palo Alto

(Newser) - Palo Alto police say they've caught a young burglar with a bizarre but modern tactic: He allegedly broke into a home late Saturday night, then woke up the couple residing there to ask for their WiFi password, reports KRON . He didn't get it, however. Police say the husband,...

Guy Charged After Getting a Little Too Buff at Gym

Eric Stagno accused of taking off all his clothes at New Hampshire Planet Fitness, doing yoga

(Newser) - It's OK to want to get buff—just not in the buff in public, reports the AP . A Massachusetts man recently discovered that while trying to do a little yoga at a New Hampshire Planet Fitness. Police tell NECN that 34-year-old Eric Stagno apparently wanted to test the chain'...

He Went to Extremes to Make Flight, Will Go to Prison for It

Dana Carter sentenced to 4 months

(Newser) - He didn't want to miss his flight, and so he tried to delay the plane—by phoning in a bomb threat. It ended up costing Dana Carter much more than a few hours stuck waiting for the next flight. The 40-year-old Dayton, Ohio, man was on Thursday sentenced to...

Conch Harvesting Gets Tourist Over 2 Weeks Jail Time

The Texas woman said she didn't know it was illegal to harvest the threatened mollusks

(Newser) - A tourist in Florida has been sentenced to 15 days jail time after she says she thought she was simply collecting sea shells. Per the Miami Herald , Diana Fiscal-Gonzalez was caught after harvesting dozens of queen conchs from the coast of Key West. Fiscal-Gonzalez, who was visiting from Texas, was...

Driver Who Dodged 1,645 Tolls Learns Her Fate

Lori Yearick will have to pay the $10K she owed, plus more

(Newser) - A woman who dodged tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike 1,645 times over a five-year period will end up paying more than $12,500 for those trips. Lori Yearick, 45, of Mount Joy, Penn., pleaded guilty, and her plea deal allows her to pay a lot less than she was...

Cops Have Easiest Suspect Chase Ever

They recognize fleeing motorcyclist, go to his home and wait

(Newser) - It might be one of the easiest police chases in the books. Police in West Jordan, Utah, say a motorcyclist took off during a routine traffic stop, and the officer involved started following him briefly before cutting off the chase, reports News4Utah . The motorcyclist identified as Brandon Briggs, 38, may...

Subway Rider With Risky Strategy Gets Arrested

NYC man was filmed riding on the outside, and it's allegedly not the first time

(Newser) - His name is Isaiah Thompson, but based on all the headlines coming out of New York City, he may as well go by "subway surfer" from here on out. Police arrested the 22-year-old and accused him of (calmly) riding on the outside of a subway car, a stunt that...

Suspected DUI Takes Weird Turn After Car Catches Fire

Robert Quigley allegedly tried to light a cigarette with his burning car

(Newser) - A suspected drunk driver in California attempted to light his cigarette with flames that erupted from his crashed car, according to the California Highway Patrol. Per Fox News , authorities say Robert Quigley, 25, rear-ended an SUV while traveling as fast as 80mph near the town of Citrus Heights on Sunday....

Driver Got a Parking Ticket in 1974. Finally Paid It

Anonymous person coughs up $2, plus $3 interest, to cops in Pennsylvania

(Newser) - A person has cleared their conscience by paying a 44-year-old parking ticket. The police department in Minersville, Pa., received a letter last week with $5 and a note inside. The return address was "Feeling guilty, Wayward Road, Anytown, Ca." Police Chief Michael Combs tells WNEP-TV the note said:...

Cops: Man Bit Rattlesnake to Exact Revenge on Neighbor

He put the de-rattled snake in his rival's trailer

(Newser) - If you encounter a rattlesnake in the wild, experts advise freezing and then slowly backing away from the animal. They certainly don't advise biting its rattle off and then turning it loose in your neighbor's trailer, as a Caldwell County, Texas, man is accused of doing. Police say...

Cops: He Stole Her Credit Card, Picked Wrong Place to Use It
Cops: He Stole Her Credit Card,
Picked Wrong Place to Use It
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Cops: He Stole Her Credit Card, Picked Wrong Place to Use It

Shamon West allegedly tried to pay his bill using his waitress' own card

(Newser) - The Arkansas waitress ended up getting a good tip from the table, but one of a different sort. Flora Lunsford, 58, was working a Tuesday morning shift at Shannon's Restaurant in Pine Bluff when she went to process a customer's payment, reports KATV . Thing is, the credit card...

Their Attempt to Evade Arrest Goes Spectacularly Wrong

Woman crashes through store's ceiling in surveillance tape

(Newser) - The short version is that a 28-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were arrested in Alberta, Canada, at a convenience store after the clerk got suspicious about a credit card, reports the CBC . Police came and took the pair into custody—but not before separate, hard-to-believe escape attempts highlighted by...

Man Who Tried to 'Upskirt' Thwarted by Battery Blast

Battery in camera he was going to place in his shoe exploded, and he then turned himself in

(Newser) - An attempt at "upskirting," an exploding camera, and a guilty conscience led to … no arrest in Wisconsin, but the story is still attracting attention nationwide. The Wisconsin State Journal reports on the unidentified 32-year-old man at the center of it all, showing up Tuesday at a Madison...

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