Crime of the Day - Keep it light-hearted

[Warhawk]

Colorado Man Poses as 'Porn Inspector' to Get Free Videos

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/...n=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

LONGMONT (MyFOXColorado.com) - A man who wanted to get his hands on some free porn tried to convince the owner of an adult novelty shop that he was a detective investigating whether the performers were old enough to be in the videos.

Longmont police say the man tried not once, but three times within nine days at the end of last month. The owner of the store told police that the man showed up with a badge and a business card from the Longmont Police department that said he was a member of the "age verification unit," which police say doesn't even exist.

The business card didn't have anyone's name on it but the store's surveillance cameras did capture some video of the alleged detective.
The store owner called police after the man's third attempt. Longmont police say they are investigating the surveillance video.

 

[Warhawk]

Health Officials Fuming Over Video of Teen Bathing in Burger King Sink

Not a crime per se, but they did get fired and the county health department got involved....

http://www.wdtn.com/global/story.asp?s=8825514


XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) - Some workers at a Greene County restaurant are in hot water with the health department, after an employee took a bubble bath in a store sink.
It happened at the Burger King on Orange Street in Xenia.
A four-minute video posted on MySpace.com captured the employee, self-described as Mr. Unstable, bathing nude in a large stainless steel sink as several other employees and a store manager looked on.
The video began making its rounds on the Internet Monday morning. One of the recipients was Greene County Health Commissioner, Mark McDonnell.
"My first thought was oh my God," said McDonnell.
McDonnell immediately sent staff to restaurant to investigate the numerous health code violations.
He said the restaurant was aware of the incident and had already taken steps to clean up, including disposing of all the utensils and sanitizing the sink twice.
All of the employees involved were fired.
"You can't account for everyone's stupid actions but when things do happen if you respond to it and take the appropriate action that's reassuring," McDonnell said.
Some Burger King patrons don't agree.
"That's just, it's wrong it's a place where families come to eat and them taking a bath in the sink that's just not work ethic," said Crystal Dodge, who said she used to eat at Burger King all the time.
2News reporter Megan O'Rourke went to the Xenia Burger King Monday afternoon looking for comment, but was met at the door by an employee who asked her to leave and referred comment to Burger King's corporate office.
Burger King spokesperson Denise Wilson emailed the following statement to 2News Monday afternoon:
"Burger King Corp. was just notified of this incident and is cooperating fully with the health department. We have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used during the incident.
We have also taken appropriate corrective action on the employees that were involved in this video. Additionally, the remaining staff at this restaurant is being retrained in health and sanitation procedures."
But for diners like Crystal, it may be too little, too late.
"That's just disgusting. I wouldn't want to eat here after I heard something like that, that's just not appropriate for employment," Dodge said.
"This kind of stunt really is a black eye for the restaurant itself."
Health Department officials plan to talk with prosecutors to see if any criminal charges will be filed, but they don't have any plans to issue fines at this time.

[yt=Head idiot at the BK idiot shift]a1iyN7Y-jJQ[/yt]

 

[kennadog]

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) - Some workers at a Greene County restaurant are in hot water with the health department, after an employee took a bubble bath in a store sink.

That is just.....ugh. Stories like this just make realize that I haven't a clue about the depths of stupidity that humans can reach.

 

[Warhawk]

Kentucky Student May Sue After Mall Claimed Her Dress Was Too Short for Shopping

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403146,00.html

A Kentucky college student has hired a lawyer after she was escorted out of a mall by security on Sunday because her dress was deemed too short, MyFOXBoston reports.
Kymberly Clem, a 20-year-old student at Eastern Kentucky University, wore the dress Sunday after purchasing it from the mall in Richmond the previous day, the Richmond Register reported Tuesday. After just a few minutes inside of the mall, a security guard approached her and expressed concerns over the length of the garment.
According to MyFOXBoston, the guard informed her that several female patrons had complained that she was disrupting their shopping experience because their husbands were “checking her out.”
“He made me turn all the way around while he stared me up and down,” she told the Register “The only thing he said was that other people didn’t like the way I looked, so he wanted me to leave.”
Clem’s sister Kendra told the Register that while the dress was short, it was not exposing any of her “private body parts.”
While Clem has not yet filed suit against any entity, she has hired local defense attorney Wes Browne to represent her in a possible case, the Register said.
“We’re in the beginning stages and are reviewing her legal options,” Browne said.
In the meantime however, Clem said she will be using her experience as a way to raise awareness about discrimination.
“I want to speak for everybody else who has been discriminated against but has never said anything,” she told the Register. “I want them to apologize and let them know that in this day and age, a woman has a right to wear what she wants.”

 

[Spike]

Why, the dress didn't seem all that short to me. I've seen worse.

 

[Warhawk]

Why, the dress didn't seem all that short to me. I've seen worse.

I know. She bought it at the mall the day before. So it is OK to sell at the mall but not to wear in public?

 

[Spike]

I know. She bought it at the mall the day before. So it is OK to sell at the mall but not to wear in public?

I too, am stunned by the hypocrisy of such an event.

 

[kennadog]

In the meantime however, Clem said she will be using her experience as a way to raise awareness about discrimination.
“I want to speak for everybody else who has been discriminated against but has never said anything,” she told the Register. “I want them to apologize and let them know that in this day and age, a woman has a right to wear what she wants.”

As a woman, I say, yes, let's lobby to have women who wear short dresses added to the constitution as a protected class! Good grief. What a melodramatic statement.

The mall was probably wrong and will regret this.

Honestly, though, without more information, this is hard to make a call on. It may not have been merely the shortness of the dress. What was she wearing underneath and was she exposing a lot more by bending over or sitting in a way that let it all hang out. That's the problem with really short dresses. I was of the mini-dress era and believe me, I had to work at not exposing too much.

I was at a tot lot with my son years ago and a guy was wearing baggy shorts with no underwear. When he sat with his legs open, nothing was left to the imagination. In his case, it was clear that was his intent. He had the right to wear no underwear, but I had a right to not be exposed to that.

 

[Warhawk]

Man fined for carrying gobstopper

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7554912.stm


A man caught carrying a large gobstopper in a sock has been fined £400 after it was found to be an offensive weapon.
Jamie Harvey, 20, said he needed it for protection after he was attacked.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court he admitted carrying the snooker ball-sized gobstopper and sock at a city leisure centre on 19 December last year.
Defence agent Matthew Nicholson said the sweet was "a substantial piece of confectionary" which could be eaten.
The court heard how unemployed Harvey, from the Maybury area of Edinburgh, kept the gobstopper under his car seat.
He was caught at Drumbrae Leisure Centre by police who were searching for cannabis.
Sheriff Kenneth McIver told him that, even though it was not in the same category as a knife or axe, it was capable of inflicting a nasty injury.
"You will be aware of the ongoing national debate on offensive weapons including knives," he told Harvey. "But all too often this court has to consider other improvised weapons like this."

 

[Spike]

*hides his sock full of gobstoppers*

Got some bidness to take care of...

 

[VF21]

^^You owe me a keyboard - or at least some reliable tips on getting iced tea out of said keyboard.

 

[NME]

A man caught carrying a large gobstopper in a sock has been fined £400 after it was found to be an offensive weapon.

But was it an Everlasting Gobstopper?

 

[Prophetess]

Peter Pan, Snow White arrested at Disneyland

not a crime per se but the headline is eye catching

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26213955/?GT1=43001

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth.

 

[Warhawk]

Lawsuit Accuses AARP of Age Discrimination

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406662,00.html

LANSING, Mich. — AARP, the national advocacy group for older Americans, is being accused of age discrimination.
Bonita Brady, a 63-year-old from Michigan, says the group passed her over for a series of jobs because she was too old, despite excellent job reviews.
She joined AARP in Chicago in 1996 as a health representative. She also worked for AARP in Washington before moving to the Lansing office in 2007.
Brady says she lost her job in a reorganization and was passed over for nine vacancies. She sued last week in federal court in Michigan and is seeking more than $25,000.
A message seeking comment was left with AARP lawyer Julie Badel in Chicago.

 

[dukeswh]

Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/114898/Armed-85-year-old-woman-makes-intruder-call-cops
POINT MARION, Pa. - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said.

Smith heard someone break into her home Sunday afternoon and grabbed the .22-caliber revolver she had been keeping by her bed since a neighbor's home was burglarized a few weeks ago.

"I said 'What are you doing in my house?' He just kept saying he didn't do it," Smith said.

After the 17-year-old boy called 911, Smith kept holding the gun on him until state police arrived at her home in Springhill Township, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh.

The boy will be charged with attempted burglary and related offenses in juvenile court, Trooper Christian Lieberum said. He was not identified because of his age.

"It was exciting," Smith said. "I just hope I broke up the (burglary) ring because they have been hitting a lot of places around here." - AP

 

[Warhawk]

Bikini Barista Throws Boiling Water On Flasher

http://www.kirotv.com/news/17237640/detail.html

PARKLAND, Wash. -- A man dressed in woman’s underwear and exposing himself drove up to a Parkland espresso stand three times before one of the baristas threw a cup of boiling water at him, said the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office.

Jamae Feddock, a bikini clad barista at Java Girls, said she first thought the man dressed in women’s underwear and exposing himself was a sick joke, until the man came back several times.
The first time he came to the window Feddock said he was wearing a white bra and white panties and touching himself inappropriately.

Then he came back a second time.

“He has underwear over his face, he's wearing hot pink panties now and the underwear that he was wearing is over his face and there's a little peephole so he can see,” Feddock said.

Feddock and another barista were working around 5 a.m. last Thursday when the incident happened. They tried to get a look at the man’s license plate, but that too was covered up with women’s underwear.

When the man came back a third time one of the baristas took a cup of 220 degree water and doused him with it.

“Kylie opened the door and threw boiling hot water on his face and his chest and he said oooh yeah,” Feddock said.

Police agencies around Pierce County said they are seeing more and more incidents of indecent exposure -- as more coffee stands open -- many with women dressed provocatively -- or barely dressed at all.

“I don't think we can make a quid pro quo there that this is causing the effect, and they certainly don't deserve that behavior, but we do have some of these stands that have been victimized by these activities,” said Det. Sgt. Jerry Bates a Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy.

Anyone with information should call the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office.

 

[Warhawk]

Kentucky Politician's Bad Joke About Girls Lands Him in Jail

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410422,00.html

HARLAN, Ky. — Politicians are known for lame jokes. But when Otis "Bullman" Hensley tried a generations-old Appalachian jest on a woman and two girls at the grocery store, the family thought it was downright criminal.
Hensley, who earned notoriety for oddball antics as a longshot gubernatorial candidate, spent three days in jail in this eastern Kentucky coal town last week after being arrested over the wisecrack.
"Jay Leno makes jokes every night and makes millions," Hensley said in his thick Appalachian accent. "I make one joke and go to jail."
He could have faced as many as 10 years in prison, but a charge of attempted unlawful transaction with a minor was dismissed on Monday.
The ordeal began last week when Hensley's wife sent him to a local grocery store to buy ground beef. While there, Hensley encountered a woman with her two nieces, ages 11 and 13. "I offered to trade her a fattening hog for those girls," Hensley said. "I meant it as a joke. I've said it a million times. Most people get a kick out of it."
The woman didn't laugh. Instead, the family obtained a warrant for Hensley's arrest from the local prosecutor, claiming the comment was intended to entice the children into illegal sexual activity.
On Tuesday, the girls' father accepted an apology from Hensley and shook hands with him in a Harlan County courtroom. The man declined to discuss the case with reporters afterward.
Prosecutor J.D. Smith asked the judge to dismiss the charge, saying both sides want to put the matter behind them.
"He absolutely meant no harm," Smith said of Hensley. "It was a joke to him."
Appalachian scholar Loyal Jones said the jest Hensley made has been around for generations and actually is intended as a compliment.
"I've heard many variations of that," said Jones, retired director of Berea College's Appalachian Center. "You might hear 'That's a good looking boy; I'd trade you a pocket knife for him' ... Political correctness has ruined country humor."
In Kentucky, citizens can obtain arrest warrants simply by filing a complaint with local prosecutors. Defense attorney Karen Davenport said no investigation is necessary for police to make an arrest when the charge involves an alleged sexual offense.
In the Hensley case, Davenport said, the arrest was unwarranted because he had done nothing criminal.
In the last two gubernatorial campaigns, Hensley traveled the state with a giant Fiberglas bull on which he attached a sign proclaiming that, if elected, he would "chase the bull out of Frankfort." He received 3.3 percent of the vote in 2003, his best showing.

 

[Warhawk]

Pennsylvania Professor Charged With 3 DUIs in 8 Days

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412801,00.html

PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to jail a computer science professor who was charged with drunken driving three times in eight days, because they are afraid he might harm himself or someone else.
Carnegie Mellon University professor Jeffrey Hunker, 51, of Pittsburgh, was arrested for driving under the influence three times between Aug. 17 and Sunday.
In the first case, police said Hunker drove through a neighbor's yard, ran over a small tree and hit a house.
In the second, Hunker was seen at the wheel of his heavily damaged car. A police officer pulled him over and said Hunker failed a field sobriety test and a blood alcohol test.
The third arrest came Sunday after someone called police to report that Hunker was suicidal. By the time an officer arrived, Hunker had driven off in a new BMW. Police tracked him down and he was arrested after admitting he had consumed a pint of vodka.
Hunker did not return messages left by The Associated Press.
The Allegheny County District Attorney on Thursday filed a bond-revocation motion, which a judge will hear Friday morning, prosecutors' spokesman Mike Manko said.
Prosecutors asked the judge to jail Hunker at least until a preliminary hearing Sept. 9, because he is suicidal and a danger to the community, Manko said. The judge on Thursday added a condition to Hunker's bond that bans him from driving, so police can take him into custody if he violates it, Manko said.
Hunker was computer security director in the Clinton administration before he was hired as dean of Carnegie Mellon's H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management in 2001.
Hunker took personal leave as dean, and was replaced by Mark Wessel, who resigned earlier this month over questions about a master's degree awarded to a student.
Carnegie Mellon University officials have not commented on Hunker's status, citing personnel rules.

 

[Prophetess]

Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast

Suspect drops clue after snatching a 74-year-old woman's purse
The Associated Press
updated 12:42 p.m. PT, Wed., Sept. 3, 2008


PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26530713/

 

[Warhawk]

Doughnut Shop Hookup Gone Bad Turns Wild Rampage

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,416362,00.html

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A Pasadena, Calif. man has been charged with trying to run down three women who spurned his advances at Newport Beach.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that Bryan Curiel faces life in prison if convicted of several felony charges, including attempted murder.
Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney, says the women rejected Curiel's advances inside a doughnut shop Sunday and told him to leave them alone.
When they had left the shop, Curiel allegedly drove at least 50 mph toward the women and three of their friends before crashing into several concrete benches.
One woman's foot was run over as she tried to jump out of the way.
Curiel is being held on $1 million bail until his arraignment Sept. 19.

 

[Warhawk]

Washington High School Student Suspended in Peanut Butter Bullying Case

http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS04/709099971

WENATCHEE — A 19-year-old student was suspended from Wenatchee High School — and could face criminal charges — after he reportedly spread peanut butter on the forehead of a male student who has a peanut allergy.

The student with the allergy did not have an allergic reaction after the incident, said Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith.

The incident took place Monday at lunchtime.

Police believe the suspect, who lives in Malaga, knew that the student was allergic to peanuts, said Smith.

“There had been discussion about the peanut allergy” during lunchtime, said Smith. The Malaga teen reportedly stuck his finger in the peanut butter sandwich of another student, then rubbed the allergic student’s forehead, said Smith.

The student with the allergy did not wish to pursue charges, said Smith. But information will be forwarded to the prosecuting attorney’s office for review, with a disorderly conduct charge possible, she said.

 

[Warhawk]

Burglary Suspect Jumps Wall, Plunges to Death

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421001,00.html

SAN FRANCISCO — A car burglary suspect plunged 200 feet to his death after he jumped over a wall on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill while trying to flee from police, authorities said.
The unidentified man died early Thursday after police say they received a report that someone was breaking into cars on a city block near Coit Tower.
Authorities say they attempted to arrest the suspect after they saw him getting out of a car. But the suspect ran and jumped over a wall — apparently without realizing there was a steep drop.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the man was a suspect in two burglaries.

 

[Warhawk]

Illinois Campus Priest Accused of Dealing Cocaine From Rectory

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421342,00.html

URBANA, Ill. — A Catholic priest on the University of Illinois campus has been charged with selling cocaine from his church office and rectory.
The Reverend Christopher Layden pleaded not guilty Thursday to two counts of delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a church and one count of possession with intent to deliver 1 to 15 grams of cocaine near a church.
The 33-year-old was arrested Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Newman Center after investigators found 3 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia while searching his home and office. His bond was set at $50,000.
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria says it has suspended Layden.
His attorney, Mark D. Lipton, did not immediately respond to an after hours message seeking comment.

 

[Warhawk]

Candy Shop Drug Front Gets Not-So-Sweet Surprise

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421461,00.html

A German candy store has been closed down after Berlin police found its sweets were laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana, Reuters reported.
"In the shop we found 120 pieces of magic mushroom chocolate and countless cannabis lollipops," police officers told Reuters.
All told, police found 70 small bags of various drugs, 20 marijuana joints and jars of drug-laced honey in the shop, which is located in a trendy east Berlin neighborhood.
The 23-year-old owner of the shop has been taken into custody on suspicion of drug-dealing, and a customer was also arrested after trying to buy a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms from a police officer, Reuters reported.

 

[Warhawk]

Patient Hijacks Ambulance, Leads Police on Chase

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,422648,00.html

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A patient being taken by ambulance to the hospital hijacked the vehicle and led police on a chase before crashing, authorities said.
Police say the incident began at about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday when West Springfield emergency medical technicians were taking the man to Mercy Medical Center.
But the patient, identified by police as 49-year-old James Williams, allegedly began beating the EMTs, who jumped out of the vehicle.
Springfield Police Lt. Robert Strzempek says the patient then drove through the Peter Pan bus terminal hitting a bus and a parked car. The chase ended when the patient collided head-on with a car on Main Street. There were no serious injuries.
Williams faces a variety of charges including larceny of a motor vehicle, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

 

[mcsluggo]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,421342,00.html

URBANA, Ill. — A Catholic priest on the University of Illinois campus has been charged with selling cocaine from his church office and rectory.
The Reverend Christopher Layden pleaded not guilty Thursday to two counts of delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a church and one count of possession with intent to deliver 1 to 15 grams of cocaine near a church.
The 33-year-old was arrested Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Newman Center after investigators found 3 grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia while searching his home and office. His bond was set at $50,000.
The Catholic Diocese of Peoria says it has suspended Layden.
His attorney, Mark D. Lipton, did not immediately respond to an after hours message seeking comment.

It is so hard these days finding young priests that can connect with students on their level...

 

[Warhawk]

Wisconsin Woman Stole Daughter's Identity to Attend High School, Join Cheerleading Sq

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424061,00.html


GREEN BAY, Wis. — A 33-year-old woman stole her daughter's identity to attend high school and join the cheerleading squad, according to a criminal complaint filed against the woman.
Wendy Brown, of Green Bay, faces a felony identity theft charge after enrolling in Ashwaubenon High School as her 15-year-old daughter, who lives in Nevada with Brown's mother.
According to the complaint, Brown wanted to get her high school degree and become a cheerleader because she didn't have a childhood and wanted to regain a part of her life that she'd missed.
Brown allegedly attended cheerleading practices before school started, received a cheerleader's locker and went to a pool party at the cheerleading coach's house.
The $134.50 check Brown gave to the cheerleading coach for her uniform bounced, the complaint said.
A high school employee, Kim Demeny, told authorities that the woman, posing as the teen, seemed very timid. Demeny said she told her she was not good at math and even cried when she talked about moving from Pahrump Valley High School in Nevada. Demeny said she looked older than a student but had the demeanor of a high school girl.
A school liaison officer started investigating after Brown only attended the first day of classes last week, the complaint said.
Assistant Principal Dirk Ribbins later learned Brown's daughter was enrolled at Pahrump Valley High School. Ribbins also spoke with Brown's mother, who told him she had custody of the girl. She said Brown has a history of identity theft crimes, the complaint said.
Brown made her first court appearance Friday by video conference. The judge set bond at $8,000.
If convicted, she could face up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
There was no attorney listed in Brown's online court records. Her home number could not be found.

 

[Elise10]

Woman faces charge after dishwashing dispute

Woman faces charge after dishwashing dispute

Tue Sep 16, 12:48 AM ET



FORT WORTH, Texas - Police say a 20-year-old woman faces an aggravated assault charge after she bit her boyfriend, broke a picture frame across his face and swung at him with a sword during an argument about him not doing the dishes.

The woman was arrested Thursday afternoon at the couple's apartment, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported on its Web site.

The 21-year-old man told police that he became involved in an argument because the woman was upset that the dishes were not clean. Police Lt. Paul Henderson said the woman told the man to leave the apartment, but he refused.

Henderson said the woman then tried to physically remove the man.

During the ensuing struggle, the woman bit the man's right shoulder and broke a picture frame across his face, causing visible cuts, Henderson said.

The woman then grabbed an approximately 2-foot sword and swung it at him, but missed, police said.

The woman was released from a Mansfield jail after posting a $10,000 bond, jail officials said.

Henderson said the man and woman had lived together for four months.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916...ing_dispute;_ylt=AkZUIxAoRc5QzU4gt_3eGrYsQE4F

 

[Elise10]

Pizza man fined for delivering very fast fast food

Pizza man fined for delivering very fast fast food

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080916/od_nm/delivery_dc;_ylt=AgdsqD9OINTTyykIDD9dNYESH9EA
Tue Sep 16, 1:29 PM ET


SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian pizza delivery man gave fast food a new meaning when he was caught, and fined, for driving 53 km (33 miles) over the speed limit.

The 20-year-old man, driving on a provisional driver's license, said he was speeding because he was 20 minutes late with his delivery in the tropical northern town of Townsville.

Police clocked him driving at 131 kms (82 miles) in an 80 kph (50 mph) zone on Saturday, but waited for him to deliver his pizza before booking him.

On his return journey to the pizza shop, he was caught speeding at 133 km in the same zone.

Police sergeant Brendan White said on Tuesday the delivery man, who was not named, was fined A$1520 (US$1,226) and lost his license for 15 months.

(Reporting by Pauline Askin, Editing by Michael Perry and Miral Fahmy)

 

[Elise10]

Help police, my bunny's not got floppy ears!

Help police, my bunny's not got floppy ears!

Mon Sep 15, 8:17 AM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080915...itain_bunny;_ylt=AkSvPiO3sg1MXOwf4zw_wuOdk3QF
LONDON (Reuters) - Call the cops quick -- my new rabbit hasn't got floppy ears.

It doesn't sound like a case for Sherlock Holmes but one woman decided it was worth calling the 999 emergency number when her new bunny did not match its newspaper advert description, according to Central Scotland Police.

The force, which said on Monday it wanted to highlight abuse of the 999 phone system, also revealed that two callers had rung up within minutes of each other to complain about being splashed by a car driving through a puddle.

"It is unbelievable that anyone should phone 999 to report being soaked by a passing car, ask for a postcode or report that the item bought from a newspaper advert was not as described," said Chief Inspector Alan Stewart.

(Reporting by Michael Holden)