What! He Made How Many 911 Calls?
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities have arrested a prolific 911 cell phone caller who is believed to have made more than 27,000 emergency calls, overwhelming California Highway Patrol and Hayward 911 systems.The 911 calls started flooding in last May. The caller responded to emergency...
Man Weds After Robbery Sentencing
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) -- It wasn't a typical Valentine's Day wedding. For one thing, the groom was in handcuffs.Kevin Felder and Misty Johnson exchanged vows Thursday just minutes after Felder was sentenced to five to 18 years in prison for second-degree...
Underwear On The Face Didn't Fool Anyone
WELCH, W.Va. (AP) -- A robbery suspect tried to hide his face with a pair of underwear but the disguise didn't fool witnesses. Police arrested Jerry Keene, 40, and Elizabeth Blankenship, 48, both of English, a short time after the pair allegedly robbed the Hillbilly Market in English Tuesday...
'Ponytail Bandit' Arrested In Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- An American woman dubbed the ponytail bandit, suspected in a string of bank robberies in the United States, has been arrested in Thailand, police said Thursday. Her husband remained on the run in the Southeast Asian nation, they said.Immigration police arrested...
Deputies Suspended For Wheelchair Dump
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Four sheriff's deputies have been suspended after purposely tipping a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair onto a jailhouse floor, authorities said.Surveillance footage from Jan. 29 shows Hillsborough County deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, 44, dumping Brian Sterner...
Colleges Seek To Protect Church Tills
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The globe-trotting priest from Connecticut drove a Jaguar, shopped at Bergdorf Goodman and bought jewelry from Cartier, all of it with money stolen from his church's coffers. By the time the parish finance council caught on, he had embezzled $1.3 million.
Meth Deposited In ATM, Woman Jailed
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) -- Credit unions accept deposits -- just not of methamphetamine. A woman who allegedly dropped an envelope containing money and a bag of meth at a Kitsap Credit Union was arrested and charged with drug possession, according to court documents.A bank employee reported...
Big Drug Case Derailed By Rogue Snitch
CLEVELAND (AP ) -- Wes Ballard is trying to put his life back together after serving 10 months in jail because of lies told by an informant who was handled by a federal agent now facing multiple investigations himself.Ballard and 25 other people were arrested in a sting meant to clean up...
Well, He Was Wearing A Garter and Boots
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man with a mustache who is pulling in front of female drivers and then jumping out of his vehicle while wearing women's underwear, a garter belt and black high-heel boots.Since last spring, there have...
Flirty Women Victimize Well-Dressed Men
DALLAS (AP) -- Well-dressed men at posh Dallas hotels and bars are being targeted by a ring of flirtatious women who may be drugging them before swiping their watches and other expensive items, police said.One man was hurt after possibly being beaten with a high-heeled shoe, police said....
Police Video 'Captures' Naughty Cops
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) -- Investigators have decided not to pursue criminal charges against Elkhart police employees involved in the photographing of a woman who climbed on a police station information desk and posed provocatively.Police said they released security camera video of the...
Man Charged in Break-In, Counterfeiting
GOLDONNA, La. (AP) -- A man was arrested for allegedly breaking into a home and trying to use the computer there to make counterfeit money.Charles Chase Nobles, 28, was booked Tuesday into the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center on one count each of counterfeiting, unauthorized entry of...
Vandalism Claim Nets Arrest In Burglary
SUTHERLIN, Ore. (AP) -- They say problem gamblers never quit while they're ahead, and one properly insured Oregon man apparently didn't, either.Authorities recovered a stolen antique slot machine worth $4,000 and arrested the 30-year-old, who they said asked his wife to help...
You Can Judge A Crook By Paper's Cover
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- A man identified in a front-page newspaper photo has been sentenced for what he was doing when another photograph -- shown on the same front page -- was taken.Michael Millhouse, wearing a blue and black checkered coat, is painting decorative Christmas greetings on...
Grandma Allegedly Hides Cocaine In Bra
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Broward County authorities said a grandmother was arrested for hiding cocaine in her bra during a drug raid in Oakland Park. Eight others were also arrested Friday at or near the home of Henrietta Corvin Daise, 62. Many of them were her grandchildren.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Two men are accused of burning down the birthplace of the woman made famous by the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb."John Rousseau and Michael Dreslinski, who also face charges in a series of fires in central and western Massachusetts, have been...
Feds Nab Woman Accused Of ID Thefts
TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) -- A woman suspected of stealing other people's identities and duping some of the country's top universities into admitting her and giving her student loans has been arrested in a Chicago suburb, federal investigators say.Esther Elizabeth Reed, 29, was...
Conn. Man Tries To Sell Pot Online
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- If you're looking to sell high-grade marijuana, Craigslist may not be the place to do it. A man learned that the hard way when the "buyer" who contacted him turned out to be an undercover officer, Stamford police said.Police said Steven Zahorsky, 24,...
I Help You And Then You Steal My Car?
WILTON, Minn. (AP) -- Longtime friends Chase Torgerson and Cody Charpentier were driving along a northwestern Minnesota highway near Wilton when they saw a car fly through the air and crash into a median.They jumped out to help -- only to turn around moments later and see one of the...
NYPD Detective Charged With Pimping Teen
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 13-year-old runaway returned home with a horrific account of being forced into prostitution by the kind of person who should have instead come to her aid: a city detective.The teenager thought she was being offered a job dancing at parties, according to prosecutors. She...
Police: Pa. Wrestling Coach Bit Player
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A high school wrestling coach accused of biting a wrestler in the leg has agreed to resign rather than face possible criminal charges, police said.Mike Marshall bit the Central Cambria High School wrestler at practice on Jan. 21, Cambria Township police Officer James...
3 Charged After Freshman's Alcohol Death
WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) -- Three fraternity members at Clemson University were charged with alcohol-related misdemeanors after a freshman died of alcohol poisoning during an off-campus party, a prosecutor said Wednesday.The students' activities did not directly lead to the death of...
Cops Say Woman Put Grandson In Dog Cage
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- A woman in southwestern Pennsylvania locked her 10-year-old grandson in a feces-filled dog crate for about 90 minutes because he told his family he had been spiking their drinks with lamp oil and household cleaner, police said.Rhonda Lehman, 51, also called...
Was That A Crowbar In Your Pants There?
SWEETWATER, Tenn. (AP) -- A woman has been charged with possession of burglary tools after police said a crowbar slipped out of her pants as she was lurking around a church.McMinn County Sheriff's Deputy Rick Shadrick pulled into the church parking lot early Saturday morning after he...
Police: Family Caught Shoplifting
LODI, Calif. (AP) -- Shoplifting is all in the family for one California clan, police say.A grandmother, her daughter and some of her grandchildren tried to steal $900 worth of merchandise from a Target store in Lodi, 35 miles south of Sacramento, police Officer Misty Smith...
Teen Arrested After Flight To Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A teenage passenger from California was arrested in Nashville for plotting to hijack a plane from Los Angeles to Nashville, the FBI said Friday.FBI spokesman George Bolds told The Associated Press the 16-year-old boy was removed from Southwest Airlines Flight 284...
Girl Scout Leader Sentenced To 10 Years
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A former Girl Scout leader was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for stealing her troop members' Social Security numbers and using them in a tax-fraud scheme.U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers sentenced Holly M. Barnes, 33, in the scheme that...
Unsuccessful Robber Shoots Self In Foot
CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities said an unsuccessful robber shot himself in the foot ... by shooting himself in the foot. Police said Kelvin Ethelbert Roberts, 28, botched his plans to rob a Cherryville convenience store by accidentally shooting his right foot.According to an arrest...
Officer Gets Big Surprise After Escort
YORK, Maine (AP) -- A police officer agreed to escort a car containing a pregnant woman to the hospital only to find the car was stolen -- and the woman wasn't pregnant.York Police Sgt. Brian Curtin said officers ran a computer check on the license plate en route to the hospital and...
Man Accused Of Soiling Laundry Room
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Repeated discoveries of human feces in clothing and other items left in an apartment building's basement laundry room led to charges Thursday against a 19-year-old man.Authorities said Ronnie A. Ballard was arrested after a woman whose laundry had been soiled...
