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Driver Stops to Help Ducklings, Gets $100 Ticket

Ducklings not an emergency, cops say

(Newser) - A New Hampshire woman who called police after stopping in a highway median to help some stranded ducklings plans to fight a $100 ticket. Hallie Bibeau of Newfields tells WMUR-TV she was driving east on Route 101 on Friday when she had to slam on her brakes to avoid hitting...

Elderly Veteran Arrested for Asking Officials to Speak Up

Eddie Overholt got cuffed and taken away

(Newser) - When a 76-year-old veteran asked officials to speak up at a meeting, he got arrested for it. Eddie Overholt was at a county board meeting in Tennessee on Friday where officials were discussing a pipeline that would release water into the Nolichucky River, the Huffington Post reports. The audience was...

2 White Flags Hoisted Atop Brooklyn Bridge

Cops investigating how someone breached security to replace American flags

(Newser) - The NYPD can say for sure that New York City is not surrendering, but no one’s sure yet how or why two white flags replaced American flags on top of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning, reports the Wall Street Journal . After social media started pulsing with pictures of the...

Man Flees From Police, Runs Into Police Academy

Roger Wayne Beasley Jr. faces multiple charges

(Newser) - It’s a classic case of "out of the frying pan and into the fire." Roger Wayne Beasley Jr., 30, was driving around Wednesday in Biloxi when a cop recognized him and remembered one very important thing—Beasley didn’t have a license, the police chief tells Mississippi'...

Woman Busted After Posting Selfie in Stolen Dress

Facebook led police to thief within hours

(Newser) - An Illinois woman who shared photos of her eye-catching new dress on Facebook was arrested after the pics caught the eye of people who knew the boutique she had allegedly stolen it from. Police say Amanda Saxton, 27, shared the photos just a few hours after stealing a distinctive leopard-pattern...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Jul 18, 2014 9:45 AM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a drone operator accused of having prying eyes

(Newser) - An allegedly bold prankster and a princess who isn't living up to her name make the list:
  • Cops: We Got Pizza-Pranked by Guy in Jail Cell : Ordering pizza and having it delivered to somebody else isn't the most inspired of pranks, but you've got to factor in
...

Cops: Boy, 12, Steals Another School Bus

Florida youth is 'just into stealing vehicles': police chief

(Newser) - Apparently one spin in a school bus wasn't enough for Florida's Michael Propst. Less than a day after appearing in court for stealing a school bus to go on a 14-mile joy ride, police say the Panama Beach boy did it again. This time, he allegedly stole his...

Cops: We Got Pizza-Pranked by Guy Inside Jail Cell

Alleged prankster now faces felony charges

(Newser) - Generally speaking, ordering pizza and having it delivered to somebody else isn't the most inspired of pranks, but you've got to factor in time and place. Witness 29-year-old Michael Harp of Kentucky, who got jailed on charges of shoplifting beer and public intoxication. When allowed to make a...

Hauler Dumps 2 Tons of Trash on Customer's Yard

Officials cite Minnesota company in bill dispute

(Newser) - A bill dispute between a trash hauler and a customer in Minnesota has resulted in a huge mess, literally. The city of Red Wing fined local hauler Paul's Industrial Garage $1,800, plus cleanup fees, after authorities say it dumped nearly 2 tons of garbage on a customer's...

Romanian Princess: I Ran Cockfighting Ring

Irina Walker, husband plead guilty to running illegal gambling operation

(Newser) - "Romanian princess" and "cockfighting" probably aren’t the two terms you were expecting to hear together today, but Irina Walker just made that happen— again . The 61-year-old daughter of the last king of Romania and her husband, John, pleaded guilty yesterday to running an illegal gambling operation from...

Husband Charged After Knifing a Watermelon

Police say it was a threat against wife

(Newser) - A Connecticut man is facing charges over his carving of a watermelon—although police say it was his menacing intent that actually got him in trouble, reports the Republican American of Waterbury. Police say that Carmine Cervellino, 49, was angry at his soon-to-be-divorced wife because she told police he was...

Cops: Guy's Drone Films Windows of Medical Rooms

Patients were inside; man charged with surveillance

(Newser) - In the age of drones, maintaining privacy apparently requires drawing the blinds—even when on an upper floor of a hospital. Police in Ulster, NY, charged a 49-year-old man with flying his camera-equipped drone outside the windows of a medical facility, reports the Daily Freeman of Kingston. Cops charged David...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Jul 11, 2014 9:02 AM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including one by a woman who allegedly wanted to skip court in a bad way

(Newser) - Two crime-blotter items with unusual modes of transportation and one involving an unusual name highlight this week's list:
  • 'Alpacino' Charged With Murder : Was this guy fated to show up on the police blotter in a bad way? An Oakland man named Alpacino McDaniels—yeah, go back over that
...

Cops: Woman Faked Drowning to Avoid Court

North Carolina woman, husband are charged

(Newser) - It would normally be good news to learn that a woman feared drowned at Myrtle Beach last weekend didn't drown after all. The catch is that Amy Arrington, 42, is accused of concocting the story in cahoots with her husband to avoid a court appearance, reports WRAL . The fruitless...

Call Girl Accused in Heroin Murder Linked to 2nd Death

Police in Georgia reopen earlier case involving her boyfriend

(Newser) - Two months before Forrest Timothy Hayes was allegedly murdered by high-end prostitute Alix Tichelman, a Georgia nightclub owner whom Tichelman identified as her boyfriend died of what appeared to be a heroin and alcohol overdose, reports CNN . Now, in the wake of Hayes' death, that case is being reopened “...

Man Who Stole $460K in Quarters Must Return Only Half

Former NJ official Thomas Rica gets sentenced to probation, not jail

(Newser) - It's hard to say what's more surprising: Thomas Rica's crime, or his sentence. The former Ridgewood, NJ, public works inspector was sentenced yesterday to five years of probation for stealing more than a million quarters harvested from the city's parking meters. Over a period of several...

'Alpacino' of Capone Street Charged With Murder

What are the odds?

(Newser) - Was this guy fated to show up on the police blotter in a bad way? An Oakland man named Alpacino McDaniels—yeah, go back over that first name again—has been charged with murder in the 2013 slaying of another man, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The 29-year-old's parents...

Cops: Guy Impersonates Officer During Test Drive

He allegedly pulls over a motorcyclist

(Newser) - It's one thing to impersonate a police officer and make a traffic stop . It another to do so while on a test drive, with employees from the auto dealership in the car with you. Police in Salem, Oregon, say Anthony McGuire did just that, reports OregonLive . Employees of a...

NYPD Chopper Nearly Downed —by 2 Guys With Drones

Pilots had to change course to avoid collision over George Washington Bridge

(Newser) - An NYPD helicopter nearly collided with two drones over the George Washington Bridge yesterday, resulting in a matching pair of felony reckless-endangerment charges for two men. The chopper pilots said in a police report that they were patrolling just after midnight when they "observed flying object[s] at 2,000...

Cops: Drunk Woman Steals Horse ... to Steal Stuff

Deputies say they found 3 cans of Keystone Light in bag tied to the horse

(Newser) - We don’t need to take an official Gallup Poll to know that this probably wasn’t a good idea. A woman in DeKalb County, Ala., was charged with public intoxication and illegal possession of a prohibited beverage, and local cops tell AL.com that she a) stole a horse;...

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