Police: Valet took BMW on 180 mph joyride

MONTREAL, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Police in Montreal said a valet taking a joyride in a BMW was clocked driving 180 mph on a city expressway.more

Mom leaves baby in car while shoplifting

Michigan - Police are asking Child Protective Services to investigate a woman who they say left her 4-month-old daughter in a locked car for at least 20 minutes as temperature hovered at 21 degrees. The 28-year-old mother faces retail fraud charges for allegedly shoplifting. When police arrived, the mother was at her car with her grocery cart, which police said contained stolen items.  More…

Stupid News-Argument over $3 leads to shooting

Florida - Police in Florida said a pizza driver fired shots into a Pizza Hut restaurant after an argument with his brother, who is also a delivery driver, over $3. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said Christopher Ortolani, 29, announced during the argument with his brother, Derrick, he was going to retrieve his gun from his car and bring it into the restaurant to shoot him.  More…

Police: Stolen van had body in back

FORT PIERCE, Fla., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a mortuary van with a dead body in the back was stolen and later found abandoned with the corpse undisturbed.more

Woman went nude in store

Maryland - Police in Maryland said they arrested a woman accused of stripping nude inside a convenience store and sexually harassing others in the shop. The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office said Jennifer Marie Riegler, 22, of Accomac, Va., allegedly took off all her clothes at the Royal Farms store in Hebron. Investigators said Riegler made sexual comments to customers and employees.  More…

Drunken snowmobiler taunts police

Canada - Mounties say a man was so drunk he thought it would be a good idea to taunt police by spinning his snowmobile around a parking lot while swearing at officers. The man finally fell off his snowmobile right in front of officers in the midst of his antics. Police arrested a 35-year-old man from the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and impounded a 2011 Polaris snowmobile....More

Woman holds police at bay after pistol-whipping her husband

Pennsylvania - Rodney Rutherford, Brazzilia Rutherford’s husband, testified that he was in the basement of the family’s home when his wife came looking for a fight. He said he tried to avoid her by going to the kitchen, when she pushed him. He said he then retreated to their bedroom and locked the door. “The next thing I know, the door got kicked off the hinges and went flying across the room,” he said. He said his wife then pulled a pistol out of her pocket. “She hauled off and hit me,” he testified...More

Woman’s body found in recycling bin, police call it suspicious

Gee do you think so??? Canada - The discovery of a dead woman among cardboard materials at a Winnipeg-area recycling complex has prompted a police investigation. RCMP have deemed the death of an elderly woman whose body had at one point been in a recycling bin in the city “suspicious.” Another waste company’s truck driver leaving the site said he believes the woman would have almost certainly been a homeless person trying to escape the cold....More

Police nab suspect with dollar sign tattoo on his forehead

Newport News, Virginia - Police in Virginia said a man arrested on forgery and money laundering charges had a dollar sign tattooed on his forehead. Investigators said Elias Sedale Jones has a dollar sign tattooed in a prominent position on his forehead....More

Police question ghost walking alongside the road

Titusville, Florida - Police in Florida said a motorist called police to report a ghost walking alongside the road in Brevard County. Police said the man told them he was wearing the ghost costume to avoid a sunburn and was allowed to continue on his way....More

Police bust Paris "booby" trap gang (Reuters)

Reuters - French police have arrested two teenage girls they say stole hundreds of euros from unsuspecting cash machine customers after distracting them by flashing their breasts.---...More

Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask (Reuters)

Reuters - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with a white stretch girdle wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask....More

Woman seeks police help to detain 'spirit' of her dead brother

KUALA LUMPR: A woman has sought the help of police to detain the "spirit" of her dead brother, which she claimed has been disturbing her. Local media reports said the woman's brother had died ye...---...More

Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was charged with second-degree felony robbery and misdemeanor theft in the Friday incident, which occurred just one week after she posted bail in the similar case last year....---...More

Police: Woman used hit-and-run excuse when tardy

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- State police said a western Pennsylvania woman faked a report that she was a hit-and-run victim because she was afraid she'd get fired for being late to work. Courtni Roberts, 20, faces a preliminary hearing March 31 on a charge of making false reports to police on Feb. 5
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Scammer sends $4,000 check to police in Washington

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- Not even the police are immune from those offers of free money from African countries that are really scams. Richland police could use another $4,000, but the department wasn't tempted by the cashier's check it received Friday in the mail from the country of Benin. Officer Erica Tungesvik said officers immediately recognized it as a bogus attempt to learn bank account information if the check were deposited---...More

Police jail man for rubbing burger in wife's face

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested for allegedly rubbing a hamburger on his wife's face during an argument. Police said Daniel Boss and his wife got into it late Thursday night and started calling each other names. At some point, the woman apparently poured soda on Boss' hamburger, causing him to grab the sandwich, rub it in her face and start throwing food---...More

Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play. They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and stole the turkey out of the freezer....

Police: Barefoot thief steals shoes for left feet

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It didn't take Knoxville police gumshoes to track down a suspected shoe thief. He was sauntering barefoot through the parking lot of a Knoxville store called the Shoe Show Wednesday morning when an employee identified him as the man who crammed shoes into his pockets and pushed her out of his way as he walked out Tuesday night....

Police: Man upset over ticket phoned trooper's mom

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police said a Long Island man upset about a speeding ticket tried to get even with a state trooper by making a prank phone call to his mother. Authorities said Lawrence Demaio, of Carle Place, called the woman about a month after the ticket was issued and told her her son had been badly hurt in a car accident---...More