Police: Manager Sold Marijuana From Drive-Through Window
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) -- Police have arrested a pizza parlor manager on charges alleging he sold marijuana out of his drive-through window in Fort Smith, Ark.Authorities said Monday that state and local investigators acting on a tip went to the Pizza Hut restaurant and found six ounces of...
Thieves Steal $24,000 Worth Of Beer
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) -- Talk about a beer binge: Authorities are searching for three men who stole about $24,000 worth of beer from a trucking company south of Milwaukee.The suspects pulled up to the Hribar Trucking site at about 2 a.m. Monday in stolen semi tractors, Mount...
Man Steals Guitar By Placing It In Pants
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an electric guitar in his pants and walking out of a store in Lewiston, Maine.Police say the theft occurred last week and they're looking for three men. One of the men shoved a Fender Stratocaster in his pants...
Man's Complaint About Cat Backfires
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. (AP) -- When a police officer went to the home of a Ridgefield man who had complained about a neighbor's cat, the officer smelled marijuana.A drug task force returned with a search warrant last weekend and found 84 plants in a raid on the man's home.Police...
Man Allegedly Tries To Hide Drugs In Box
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A Buffalo man is accused of picking what may be the worst possible place to stash some drugs while police were looking on.Two Buffalo police officers were checking out drug activity in a neighborhood late Monday night when they spotted Bernard Fincher Jr., 25, walk...
Man Escapes From Jail, Nobody Notices
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Law enforcement officials are trying to understand how a convicted felon managed to escape from a privately owned jail across the street from the police headquarters without anyone noticing his absence for a full day.Esequiel Pena, 35, escaped from a private San...
Cop: Caller Thought They Were Dealers
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) -- Police officers suspected that a car they had pulled over was stolen, so they called the registered owner and left a message.But when the owner called back, officers say, she apparently thought the message was from a drug dealer, and she was busted for allegedly...
Reputed Pa. Mobster D'Elia Pleads Guilty
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- The reputed boss of a northeastern Pennsylvania crime family pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges, a possible sign that he has agreed to testify against a businessman accused of lying to get a casino license.William D'Elia, 62, the alleged boss of the...
Man Allegedly Shoots Cat 'To Get Even'
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Police say a man shot a cat with a rifle and sent e-mails to relatives to tell them he did it "to get even" with his wife.Longmont police say they arrested 50-year-old Paul John Vickers Wednesday after his wife's sister told police of the e-mail in...
Soap, Undies Stolen In Odd Home Robbery
CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) -- Police are wondering why a bar of used soap is among the items stolen during a home robbery in Clearfield. Matt and Saundra Ramos and their four children returned home from an Easter weekend vacation Monday night to find their TVs, a laptop and other electronics had been...
Boyfriend Arrested In Exposure Case
NESS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A man whose girlfriend who sat on a toilet for so long that the seat adhered to her body has been arrested in a separate case.Authorities say Kory McFarren was arrested Sunday for alleged lewd and lascivious behavior. He allegedly exposed himself to a...
Alleged Safe Thief Asks For Phone Call
CHICAGO (AP) -- An alleged thief wasn't fazed when workers at a Chicago muffler shop told him a safe he wanted to rob wasn't open. He just asked them to give him a call when their boss returned with the combination.The 18-year-old got a call. But so did Chicago police.When...
Man Nabbed For Pot-Smelling Cash Deposit
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The musty smell of a man's money led to his arrest on possible drug charges. The 21-year-old Sturgeon Bay man tried to deposit money smelling of marijuana at a bank here last week, according to a Sturgeon Bay police report obtained by the Door County...
Man, 70, Accused Of Impersonating Cop
GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) -- A 70-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer after he allegedly pulled over a real officer while driving a black and white car equipped with flashing lights, authorities said.The incident led to the arrest of Charles Grubbs, 70,...
Company Sells Greeting Cards For Inmates
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Finding it hard to express just the right sentiment to your loved one in prison? A Los Angeles company may have the answer. Attorney Terrye L. Cheathem noticed a market Hallmark wasn't serving and founded Three Squares Greetings, which provides cards for...
Police: Pantless Woman Gets Out Of Car
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- Suburban New York police say a drunken driver had a suspended license and had marijuana in her car. Oh, they also say she didn't have any pants on.Yonkers police say 22-year-old Long Island resident Angelica Buchanan was found Saturday standing bottomless...
Pastor Admits Stealing IDs From Flock
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- The former pastor of a Northumberland County church acknowledges using parishioners' personal information to obtain credit cards.The Rev. Raymond Clayton pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Williamsport to a charge of access device fraud. He awaits...
Parachute May Belong To Famed Hijacker
SEATTLE (AP) -- Hoping to solve at least part of a 36-year-old mystery, the FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found in southwest Washington to determine if it belonged to famed plane hijacker
Race In Heels Trips Man On Workers Comp
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a video shows a Connecticut correction officer running a 40-yard-dash in women's clothing and high heels _ at a time he had claimed he was too injured to work.Garrett A. Dalton of Naugatuck has been charged with workers compensation fraud....
Man Allegedly Steals Church's Gutter
PLAINFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Police have charged a Plainfield man with larceny for allegedly stealing a copper gutter from a church during Easter services. Paul Bissonnette is accused of removing about 30 feet of the gutter as nearly 200 parishioners attended Easter Vigil service at All Hallows...
Man Accused Of Forcing Trains To Stop
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Police say they arrested a man on disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly stood on railroad tracks in Grand Forks and forced more than one train to stop.Police said Patrick Cain, 25, was out on the tracks about 2:30 a.m. and refused to cooperate with them...
Man Accused Of Driving Into Post Office
RAVENDEN SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Not only the postman rings twice. A Jackson County man remained in jail Monday after he drove two cars into the post office in Ravenden Springs.Randolph County Sheriff Gary Tribble said Glenn Irvin Sparling, 65, drove one vehicle into the post office on...
Fake Coach Scamming Pa. Fast-Food Sites
WARREN, Pa. (AP) -- Police in three western Pennsylvania towns are looking for a man who pretends to be a basketball coach and scams McDonald's restaurants out of food and money using bad checks.Police say the man drives up in a school-type bus and enters the restaurants ordering...
Man Gets 30 Days' Jail For Taco Theft
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man who pretended to be a CEO complaining about his fast-food order in a taco scam was sentenced to 30 days in jail after authorities saw the prank in an online video.Rialto police said it was an easy case to crack because the video, called "How to Scam Del...
Stolen Meteorite Slice Found At Gun Show
LAKEVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- A piece of meteorite stolen from a museum was recovered after a man who owns another slice of the same rock saw it at a gun show. Someone stole the 12-by-16-inch meteorite slice valued at $5,000 from the Joshua Tree Earth and Space Museum in Lakeville about two weeks...
Cops Charged With Pulling Guns On Singer
DALLAS (AP) -- Two fired police officers accused of holding country singer Steve Holy at gunpoint during an argument at his home were indicted on charges that could bring them up to 20 years in prison.Randy Anderson and Paul Loughridge were indicted Monday on one count of aggravated...
Sex Offenders Collect Financial Aid
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- James Sturtz is not your ordinary college student struggling to pay tuition.The 48-year-old rapist is one of Iowa's most dangerous sex offenders, locked up in a state-run treatment center for fear he will attack again if released. Yet he has received thousands of...
Cops: Teen Tried To Steal Cruiser's Gas
LAMBERTVILLE, Mich. (AP) -- A Monroe County sheriff's detective on a stakeout to catch an arsonist arrested the suspect as he tried to steal gas from the officer's cruiser. Officers were placed around homes currently under construction after police had gotten two arson complaints within...
Police: No Pants On NY Doughnut Customer
YORKTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Careful with that coffee! Police say a man placing an order in a suburban New York doughnut shop's drive-through lane didn't have any pants on.They say a Dunkin' Donuts worker saw John Greco's exposed genitals in the Feb. 27 stunt and then noted the...
Guilty Plea In 'Miss America' Sex Sting
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- A man caught in an online sex sting in which a former Miss America posed as a teenage girl has pleaded guilty two weeks into his trial.Lawrence Carulli, 49, had argued that he was exploited for the sake of a true-crime television show. But he admitted Thursday to...
