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Clever Bike Thieves Using This New Trick

They're cutting racks, then hiding the gap with tape

(Newser) - London's bike thieves are getting extra crafty. On Friday, a police officer tweeted photos of a bike rack that had been sliced through and then taped back together to hide the cuts from the city's unsuspecting cyclists, per Boing Boing . Sarah King, a councilor for South Camberwell, tells...

Pilot Diverts Plane Thanks to Unruly Bachelor Party

The groom was among six men escorted off the plane

(Newser) - A handful of Brits from Southampton may be in for more than a hangover after the Ryanair flight they were on from London to Slovakia's capital was diverted to Berlin Friday night. According to the crew, half the members of a bachelor party "misbehaved so badly" that passenger...

Bald Man Sought in Rogaine Thefts

He's also allegedly stealing 'brain health supplements'

(Newser) - Bringing new meaning to the phrase "nothing left to lose," a bald man has apparently turned to a life of crime, allegedly stealing Rogaine from multiple stores in Ohio and Kentucky, the Smoking Gun reports. He's suspected of taking $847 worth of Rogaine and "brain health...

Food Fight: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including an allegedly inebriated nurse and a sham star student

(Newser) - A high school impostor and a garlic-knots issue are among the weirdest crime stories of the week:
  • Star Student Turns Out to Be Impostor : Asher Potts, 18, was the "it" guy at Pennsylvania's Harrisburg High School. Among other things, he was a student rep with the school board,
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Boy's Story of Growing 'Medicine' Leads to Pot Bust

The 8-year-old said the medicine can 'cure anything at all'

(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy telling stories about helping a "farmer" grow "special medicine that can cure anything at all" inadvertently brought down a large marijuana grow-op last week in Vermont, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus reports. Police say the second-grader described what sounded like marijuana plants and said the farmer...

Penn. Cops: Star Student Turns Out to Be Impostor

'Teen' is really a 23-year-old Ukrainian national, they allege

(Newser) - Asher Potts, 18, was a star student at Pennsylvania's Harrisburg High School: Among other things, he was a student rep with the school board, a candidate for local media's Best & Brightest program, a member of the ROTC and Naval Sea Cadet program, and runner-up for homecoming king,...

Cops: Nurse Was Drunk During Emergency Surgery

Richard Pieri, 59, charged with DUI, reckless endangerment

(Newser) - Shortly before midnight on Feb. 4, Richard Pieri was called to the VA Medical Center near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to assist with an emergency appendectomy. The problem: The 59-year-old nurse had forgotten he was on call and spent the night drinking four or five beers at a local casino, WNEP reports...

Soccer Player's Punch Leaves Ref With Brain Injury

Player was angry about getting ejected: cops

(Newser) - Police are searching for a soccer player who gave a referee a traumatic brain injury on Sunday morning in San Francisco. During an adult-league game, the 33-year-old referee gave a player a yellow card for a violation, which the player apparently argued, police tell the San Francisco Chronicle . The referee...

Cops: Woman Told to Stop Smoking Instead Hijacks Bus

She only made it 3 or 4 blocks

(Newser) - Beware the woman with a cigarette craving. Police say a passenger on an MTA bus in Manhattan went haywire Tuesday when she was told to stop smoking. She refused to put out her cigarette or get off the bus, forcing the driver to pull over and wait for police, reports...

Ticket for Burping Spawns 'Loud Belch Flashmob'

Vienna man fined for 'violating public decency'

(Newser) - Vienna visitors beware: Burping too loud could come at a price. Edin Mehic, a bartender in the Austrian capital, found that out when fined the equivalent of $77 after belching in the proximity of a policeman while enjoying the scene at the Prater amusement park. The ticket notes that Mehic...

After Cheesy Garlic Knots Disrespected, Brawl Ensues

Things got out of hand in Florida pizzeria

(Newser) - Don't mess with Jessica Conti's garlic knots. That appears to be one of the lessons from an incident that took place in a Florida pizzeria Friday night after a woman apparently took issue with how the staff prepared her dish, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Per a Flagler...

Fight Over Ohio vs. Florida Strip Clubs Ends in Gunfire

Antonio Cummings takes bullet to the thigh

(Newser) - If you find yourself in Cleveland, keep your strip club opinions to yourself. So learned Antonio Cummings early Saturday. The 24-year-old from Orlando, Fla., was at the Ohio city's Lido Lounge for a birthday party, WKYC reports, and while standing outside of the club, Cummings got into an argument...

Jodi Said a Bad Word: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a most unfortunate co-worker

(Newser) - The Ferris wheel nookie story takes a weird turn in this list of the week's craziest crimes.
  • Man Busted for Ferris Wheel Sex Was in Vegas to Marry : File this under really crazy twists: Last week's news about a couple getting arrested for having sex in public while
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81-Year-Old Woman Rams Fleeing Purse Snatchers With Car

Next time, think twice before trying to rob the elderly

(Newser) - Police say an 81-year-old Pennsylvania woman chased down robbers who stole her purse, rammed their car with hers, and left damage that helped officers apprehend them, the AP reports. The woman was sitting in her car in her Mount Pocono driveway on Tuesday when she was approached by a man...

Cops: Waffle House Worker Spiked Guy's Drink With Meth

He's still in a hospital almost two months later: police

(Newser) - Authorities say a former employee of a Waffle House in north Georgia has been arrested and accused of spiking a male coworker's drink with methamphetamine, leaving the worker hospitalized. A Dawson County sheriff says 43-year-old Sonserea Dawn Evans—since fired—is facing felony aggravated battery and drug charges over...

Cops: Woman Bites Wendy's Worker Over Wrong Order

She apparently didn't want the spicy chicken

(Newser) - A Wendy's order that was either changed at the last minute or wrong ended up with a wounded manager and an arrested customer Monday night in Richmond, Va., WTVR reports. According to what the worker told cops, 25-year-old Lovely Robinson had placed an order at the drive-thru and was...

Neighbor Calls 911 Over Walking Dead

After report of 'screaming,' cops found family watching show

(Newser) - A Montana family watching The Walking Dead on Sunday unexpectedly found themselves at the center of a real-life drama. Police say a neighbor heard "screaming from a house about someone having a gun" and called 911. Minutes later, officers surrounded the Great Falls home with weapons drawn, per KRTV...

Cops: Boy Hugs Beggar, Beggar Swipes His iPhone

'God bless you,' the man reportedly said

(Newser) - A teenage boy is regretting hugging a panhandler after giving the man some spare change in Harlem. Police say the 14-year-old Bronx boy gave $1 to a man who looked to be in his 30s while waiting for a train home from school around 6pm on Thursday, per DNAInfo New...

Woman Angry About Haircut Tries to Kill Barber: Cops

But she may have messed up her own hair

(Newser) - We've all been there: You go to the hairdresser and your new cut doesn't come out quite how you envisioned. But a 29-year-old San Diego woman took things a bit farther than most would, police say: Three hours after her haircut Wednesday, Adrian Blanche Swain allegedly returned to...

&#39;Sharpened&#39; Blow Darts Hit Tourists
'Sharpened' Blow Darts
Hit Tourists
Feb 14, 2016 2:05 PM CST

'Sharpened' Blow Darts Hit Tourists

California Highway Patrol calls it baffling

(Newser) - Ah, friendly San Francisco—where two tourists were apparently just attacked by darts fired from a blow gun. The pedestrians were crossing the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday when they were struck by the metal darts, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Seems one victim flagged down a California Highway Patrol...

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