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Man Gets $128 Ticket for Warming Up Car

Nick Taylor says he left car running for a few minutes

(Newser) - A Michigan man is fuming after he left his car running in a driveway—and got a ticket. "Every person warms up their car," Nick Taylor tells WDIV . "We live in Michigan!" Taylor, 24, left the car idling unlocked at his girlfriend's house on a...

'Hollyweed' Prankster Gives Himself Up

Surrenders to police on trespassing charge

(Newser) - The alleged Hollyweed prankster has been apprehended. Zachary Cole Fernandez, 30, turned himself in to Los Angeles Police Department detectives Monday on suspicion of trespassing in the wee hours of New Year's Day in order to alter the iconic Hollywood sign to read "Hollyweed," reports the Los ...

'Lowlife ... Bee Rustlers' Steal $90K Worth of Honeybees

Suspects are still at large

(Newser) - Last month, Texas thieves made off with $90,000 worth of ... bees. A Danbury beekeeper says he discovered 300 of his honey bee colonies were missing from a cattle ranch on Dec. 17, the Houston Chronicle reports. Randy Verhoek's bees are typically unattended as they spend the winter on...

Authorities Find $20M Hidden Under Mattress
Authorities Find $20M
Hidden Under Mattress
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Jan 8, 2017 5:32 PM CST

Authorities Find $20M Hidden Under Mattress

While investigating an international pyramid scheme

(Newser) - You'd think that much cold, hard cash would make for an uncomfortable night's sleep. The AP reports a 28-year-old Brazilian man was arrested this week in Massachusetts after authorities found about $20 million hidden in a box spring. The arrest of Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha is connected to...

Guy Goes to Jail Over Kitty Litter Mistaken for Meth

Ross LeBeau of Texas wants an apology

(Newser) - A December traffic stop in Texas led to deputies discovering what they thought was nearly half a pound of methamphetamine. Houston 24-year-old Ross LeBeau was arrested and spent three days in jail ... at which time he was promptly released, and the case against him dismissed, because a forensic lab showed...

Daddy Is Displeased: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a woman who chose to drink a beer in a most unusual situation

(Newser) - From a set of parents who aren't looking for mercy for their girl to the story of a waitress who was just trying to save the day, these are the craziest crimes of the week:
  • Parents Want Teen Daughter Hit With Felony Fraud Charge : There's tough love, and
...

Bank Robber Used His Own Debit Card
Bank Robber
Used His Own
Debit Card
Jan 5, 2017 11:14 AM CST

Bank Robber Used His Own Debit Card

Before warning the teller, 'Don't make a mistake'

(Newser) - A man entered a San Diego bank on May 13 and demanded money from a teller, saying, "You're being robbed. Don't make a mistake." He's probably kicking himself over his own gaffe, which helped send him to prison for three years and 10 months as...

Woman Drives Into River, Drinks Beer: Cops

It all began when she allegedly blew by a stop sign

(Newser) - Police in Pennsylvania were scratching their heads after a motorist they were chasing allegedly drove her SUV into a river, ignored their entreaties, and drank a beer. The York Daily Record reports the odd incident unfolded Monday afternoon when the woman blew through a stop sign in York County. Police...

Parents Want Teen Daughter Hit With Felony Fraud Charge

She allegedly used dad's info to buy $1,200 flight to Germany

(Newser) - There's tough love, and then there's pushing for felony charges against your teenage daughter. Michigan Live reports an area dad received notification Sunday about a possibly fraudulent charge on his credit card. It was determined that the man's 18-year-old daughter had allegedly used his information to get...

In Strange Case, Cops Think Amazon Echo Could Solve Murder
Cops: 'Alexa,
Help Solve
This Murder'
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Jan 1, 2017 4:44 PM CST

Cops: 'Alexa, Help Solve This Murder'

Ark. police think Amazon gadget might have heard something the night man died

(Newser) - In November 2015, police found 47-year-old Victor Collins dead in a hot tub on the back patio of 31-year-old James Bates' Arkansas home. More than a year later, Bates is charged with Collins' murder, and Bentonville police think the data from his Amazon Echo could help them solve the case....

Sisters Allegedly Try Internet Scam on Nigerian Billionaire
Sisters Allegedly Try Internet
Scam on Nigerian Billionaire
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Jan 1, 2017 12:44 PM CST

Sisters Allegedly Try Internet Scam on Nigerian Billionaire

And yes we recognize the irony

(Newser) - Someone alert Alanis Morissette because a Nigerian billionaire is apparently on the receiving end of an alleged internet scam. The Toronto Star reports the ironic situation is unfolding around two sisters from Toronto—Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo—recently arrested in Lagos, Nigeria. The sisters Matharoo were "fixtures in the...

DUI Charge Dropped Against Caffeinated California Driver

DA's office still insists it's 'highly likely' Joseph Schwab was on another drug, despite tests indicating otherwise

(Newser) - He was busted for driving while intoxicated , and now, 16 months later, Joseph Schwab has had his DUI charge dropped. The California man had been pulled over in Solano County in August 2015 after it was reported he was driving erratically, and he was arrested for DUI, although later tests...

An Oh-So-Ironic Arrest: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Also: a very creative, and illegal, Christmas tree

(Newser) - A familiar Internet tale that gets flipped on its head and a too-easy shoplifting arrest were among the week's police-blotter highlights:
  • Sisters Allegedly Try Internet Scam on Nigerian Billionaire : Someone alert Alanis Morissette because a Nigerian billionaire is apparently on the receiving end of an alleged internet scam. The
...

Police to Shoplifting Suspect: 'Please at Least Try to Hide'

Guy left his driver's license info and a fingerprint

(Newser) - A man in Marietta, Ga., filled out a pawn ticket right before allegedly shoplifting from a pawn shop. That means he left the clerk with all of his driver's license information and even a fingerprint ... during a transaction that was caught entirely on camera. The Marietta Police Department had...

Judge Sucker-Punched Lawyer After Party: Complaint

'I do justice and I f---ing kill people!' Robert Beltrani allegedly said before altercation

(Newser) - A party in October ended with a Legal Aid lawyer lying unconscious on a New York City sidewalk, and on Tuesday, a state parole judge who handles Rikers Island cases was charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment in the case, the New York Daily News reports. Robert Beltrani, 53, was...

Furs Worth Millions Stolen From Posh NYC Shop

Owner Dennis Basso says it could be 'the largest fur heist' ever in the Big Apple

(Newser) - If you're going to pull off a Madison Avenue robbery on Christmas Eve, you might as well go as big as possible. That appeared to be the goal of what the New York Times calls "three discriminating speed shoppers" who broke into a Dennis Basso store in New...

Cops: This Christmas Tree Would Get You High

It's a marijuana Christmas celebration

(Newser) - Police in Cheltenham, England, made quite the seasonal drug bust. When officers raided a home, they discovered a marijuana-themed Christmas tree, reports the Telegraph . Police tweeted an image captioned "Not your traditional Xmas Tree!" as two officers hold up long pot trimmings. It's not clear whether the...

Serial Killer of Animals on the Loose in Canada

Culprit uses scalpel, leaves bodies in public places

(Newser) - "It's impossible to forget what we've seen," says the director of a Humane Society in London, Ontario, where officials say a serial animal killer is on the loose. Over the past year, 17 dead animals have been found around the Canadian city. It started with skinned...

Harry Potter Robs Banks: 5 Craziest Crimes of Week

Including a poker pro who has to give back a lot of gambling money

(Newser) - The crime itself may not be the weirdest, but the story sure is. Up this week: stories with a criminal twist and an unexpected element:
  • Cops: 'Harry Potter' Busted Robbing Muggle Banks : Washington state police say they've nabbed a suspected bank robber who resembles a certain boy wizard,
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Instead of a Ticket, Speeder Got a Favor

And 92% on his college presentation

(Newser) - A University of Wisconsin-Stout student got a lesson in tying a necktie from an unlikely teacher: the police officer who pulled him over for speeding. After Menomonie officer Martin Folczyk followed him into a college parking lot last month, Trevor Keeney—well-dressed in a gray suit—explained he was running...

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