Jail Term For Swiping Bras, Panties
COLFAX, Wash. (AP) -- A man is facing a sentence of one-and-a-half months after admitting he stole 93 pounds of women's undergarments.Garth Flaherty, 24, was charged with first-degree theft and burglary in the stealing of 1,613 pairs of panties, bras and other women's underwear...
Police: Drug Money Bought Winning Ticket
ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) -- His lottery ticket was a $1,000 winner, but police have seized it saying it was bought with proceeds from an illegal drug sale.Michael David, who had been staying at an Ellsworth motel, sold four 10-milligram methadone pills for $15 each last week, Police...
Man Tries To Snatch Money From Brinks
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A man wearing a Brink's armored-car shirt was nabbed inside a company facility Thursday as he tried to make off with a bag that had $640,000 inside, police said.The man, 33, got through a gated area at the Brink's facility in Southwest Philadelphia shortly...
Archbishop Pleads Guilty To Perjury
ATLANTA (AP) -- Court officials say the 80-year-old leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge he lied under oath. Cobb County Superior Court Judge Frank Cox said Archbishop Earl Paulk of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Chapel Hill Harvester Church was...
Underwear-Clad Man Chases Off Burglar
SILT, Colo. (AP) -- A man wearing only his underwear and brandishing an ax handle chased a burglar out of his home and down his driveway before thinking better of it. "I can't be chasing this guy clear into Silt in my underwear," Jose Sedillo told himself, and went back inside to...
Police: Man Shoots Self During Robbery
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) -- Oh, shoot!A man accidentally shot himself in the groin as he was robbing a convenience store Tuesday, police said.A clerk told police a man carrying a semiautomatic handgun entered the Village Pantry demanding cash and a pack of cigarettes. The clerk put the...
Clever Trooper Used Out-Of-State Plates
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- A motorist who paid a speeding ticket he got from a state trooper who used out-of-state license plates on his unmarked patrol car wants his money back. "What gives the police the right to drive illegally on the highway?" said Dave Milbrandt, a company finance...
Girl Scout Robbed Selling Cookies
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- A Girl Scout who was robbed while selling cookies led police straight to a 12-year-old suspect -- who wrote her name and address on a cookie order form before the theft.The Girl Scout, 10-year-old Nicole Grant, told police she was selling cookies with a friend Sunday...
Dogfighting Evidence In NYC Suburbs
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Maybe the dogs had lost a bout before a frenzied crowd in a basement. Maybe they had been used to whet the bloodlust of other dogs. But dead or alive, the two shredded pit bulls were no longer of any use to their owners.
Hmm. Didn't The Judge Just Let Him Go?
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Bucks County man released pending a theft hearing is accused of immediately stealing a car and driving away. Officials say 22-year-old Donald Strohm Jr. of East Rockhill Township had just been arraigned Monday on charges of stealing more than...
Man With Knives In Pants Stabs Himself
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- A man who hid hunting knives in his pants to try to steal them from a western Michigan store tripped while fleeing and stabbed himself in the abdomen, police say.The suspect was hospitalized after Monday night's attempted theft from a Meijer Inc. superstore...
Phil Spector Murder Trial Witness Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman who testified against Phil Spector at his murder trial last year has died, but prosecutors vowed Monday that the loss would not substantially affect the music producer's second trial.Dianne Ogden, 61, who was one of four women who testified that Spector had...
Dude, The Cops Will Never Smell It
LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) -- Lakehurst police didn't have to go far to make a marijuana arrest. An officer heading home early Saturday smelled pot burning in the police station parking lot.Authorities said Sergeant Ronald Heinzman asked some other officers to take a whiff. Police said they...
Iowa Woman Breaks Inmate Out Of Jail
RED OAK, Iowa (AP) -- A woman who broke out a small-town jail inmate using a sawed-off shotgun early Monday was captured with the man about eight hours later in nearby Nebraska, officials said.
Another Score For NYC's 'Ninja Bandit'?
NEW YORK (AP) -- The costumed crook known as the "Ninja Bandit" may have struck again on Staten Island, New York City police said.A home burglary this week seems to fit the pattern of 18 previous heists attributed to the black-clad, masked thief since May, according to...
Ex-Cop Gets 25 Years In Drug Case
CHICAGO (AP) -- The admitted leader of a band of Chicago police officers who ripped off drug dealers and funneled narcotics onto the city's streets was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison."You and your merry band essentially raped and plundered entire...
Oregon Car Thief Has Very Unlucky Day
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) -- A man had bad luck in his choice of stolen vehicles. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Ernesto Ponce took a pickup from a Chevrolet lot in Roseburg on Friday, but had to switch vehicles when a tire blew.Ponce, 19, then allegedly took a Subaru Legacy from...
Man Allegedly Steals Neighbor's Panties
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) -- Police arrested a neighbor after a woman reported some of her undergarments had been stolen from her house. Charles Michael Clark, 30, has been charged with burglary and is free on $20,000 bond. Sgt. Eric Bruss said the woman had been out of town when she returned...
Agents Pull Birds From Men's Pockets
LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) -- Border agents pulled four live birds from the pockets of a pigeon collector and a traveling companion trying to enter the United States from Canada. The pair were stopped Sunday at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing, where they told inspectors they were on their...
Ga. Thieves Take 2,600 Cases Of Beer
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- Sounds like some south Georgia crooks have been stocking up for a big holiday bash.Thieves took tractor-trailers loaded with beer and swiped the suds twice within the past week, authorities said.Dougherty County authorities are investigating a report of a...
N.J. Limits Web For Some Sex Offenders
EWING, N.J. (AP) -- Convicted sex offenders who used the Internet to help them commit their crimes will be banned from using the Internet under a measure signed into law Thursday.The bill applies to people who, for example, lured a potential victim through e-mail or other electronic...
20 Years For Bandits Who Sought Tuition
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Two college students who claimed they were trying to raise tuition money through armed robberies got a tough lesson in court Thursday.A Hamilton...
Naked Man Arrested After Axe Attack
WAUZEKA, Wis. (AP) -- A 52-year-old man has been arrested after he attacked Crawford County sheriff's deputies with an ax and then barricaded himself in his home.Prairie du Chien Police Chief Michael King says a special operations team that included members of his department attempted...
Thieves Grab Over 500 Meters In Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) -- Thieves have sawed off more than 500 downtown parking meters from their posts this year and walked away with them, city officials said.The city of Atlanta has had to replace about 39 percent of its parking meter inventory this year because of the thefts. Although the...
Judge Allows Inmate To Marry In Court
CINCINNATI (AP) -- One way or another, Antonio Harris faces a long hitch.Harris, jailed as he awaits trial on drug and weapons charges, was allowed to get married Wednesday in the courtroom of Common Pleas Judge Steve Martin.He was supposed to marry Aretha Thomas, 32, on Monday...
Thrown Object Knocks Out Santa
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A man dressed as Santa Claus was knocked unconscious by a thrown object that hit his face while he was riding on the back of a truck decorated as a sleigh.Kevin Smith says he never saw what hit him Saturday. Whatever it was, it broke his nose and gave him a...
Threat Wasn't Serious, Disabled Man Says
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A man accused of threatening to punch and strangle a judge says the charges should be dismissed because, given that he has no legs and limited use of his arms, there was no way he could deliver."The question is, who would honestly believe it?" defense...
Man Being Chased Drives Through Car Wash
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) -- A driver did not make a clean getaway early Sunday, despite taking his vehicle through a car wash while fleeing an officer.A reserve officer tried to stop the driver on suspicion of drunken driving, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department said in a...
Chief Accused Of Drunk Fire Truck Racing
BURLINGTON, Maine (AP) -- A fire chief in Penobscot County has been charged with being drunk behind the wheel while driving a fire truck with its lights on and its sirens going.Russell Banks of Burlington was arrested around midnight Saturday after a resident complained that Banks was...
Man Accused Of Trying To Tow Police Car
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) -- A tow truck driver upset over a recent ticket tried to tow a police cruiser, authorities said.The 32-year-old man was arrested after he hooked his truck to the marked police vehicle while an officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call, police...
