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May 27, 2013
I have to say that's a pretty brilliant idea by the employee but that could have ended very badly.
Dumb Criminals: While Two Men Rob Burger King, Restauarnt Employee Tries To Hide Their Getaway Car
STOCKTON (CBS13) Two robbery suspects were foiled when a Burger King employee slipped out the back door and made off with their getaway car.
Stockton police say its like nothing theyve seen before. They say two men ran into a fast food restaurant, pulled out their guns and demanded cash.
While the two men were inside robbing the cashier, another Burger King employee sneaked out the back. He noticed the suspects getaway car running, so he hopped in.
I havent heard of any employee actually leaving a business, getting inside the suspect vehicle and trying to hide it, said Stockton officer Joe Silva.
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/25/stockton-thieves-foiled-when-employee-hides-getaway-car/
Stockton police say its like nothing theyve seen before. They say two men ran into a fast food restaurant, pulled out their guns and demanded cash.
While the two men were inside robbing the cashier, another Burger King employee sneaked out the back. He noticed the suspects getaway car running, so he hopped in.
I havent heard of any employee actually leaving a business, getting inside the suspect vehicle and trying to hide it, said Stockton officer Joe Silva.
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/25/stockton-thieves-foiled-when-employee-hides-getaway-car/
I have to say that's a pretty brilliant idea by the employee but that could have ended very badly.
May 26, 2013
Dumb Criminals: Man Allegedly Pulls AK47 On Neighbors To Setlle Dispute Over Rabbits In Yard
According to the arrest report, the incident began when a man was shooting an air gun from his back porch at rabbits that were damaging his garden on Cliff Avenue. His next-door neighbor, Rodney Wold, saw him shooting at the rabbits, went inside his home and came back out with an AK-47, according to the report.
He loaded the magazine with, I believe it was, 19 rounds and went back outside and pointed it at his neighbor and said, If you want to hunt something, hunt men, police spokeswoman Carey Klain said.
When police arrived, Wold let them search his home and the AK-47 was found between the mattress and box spring of a bed.
According to police, Wold admitted to arming himself and confronting his neighbor.
http://www.wlky.com/national-news/police-man-threatens-neighbor-shooting-rabbits-with-ak47/-/17432580/20271248/-/x6a6uxz/-/index.html
He loaded the magazine with, I believe it was, 19 rounds and went back outside and pointed it at his neighbor and said, If you want to hunt something, hunt men, police spokeswoman Carey Klain said.
When police arrived, Wold let them search his home and the AK-47 was found between the mattress and box spring of a bed.
According to police, Wold admitted to arming himself and confronting his neighbor.
http://www.wlky.com/national-news/police-man-threatens-neighbor-shooting-rabbits-with-ak47/-/17432580/20271248/-/x6a6uxz/-/index.html
May 25, 2013
Dumb Criminals: Mom Moons Her Own Son's School Bus
Sometimes the moon isn't too bright.
Lisa Grant, a Virginia mom, will spend her upcoming weekends behind bars because she mooned a schoolbus full of 45 children in Suffolk, Fox News reports.
The 34-year-old admits that she had a heated exchange with the bus driver, who sent a note home saying that Grant's son was misbehaving. A school spokesperson said the note was a warning.
Grant wasn't going to take that from the bus driver -- no ifs, ands, or butts about it. She was accused of showing skin in the schoolbus' general direction last November, though she still denies she mooned the driver.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/25/lisa-grant-mom-jailed-for-mooning-school-bus_n_3335997.html
Lisa Grant, a Virginia mom, will spend her upcoming weekends behind bars because she mooned a schoolbus full of 45 children in Suffolk, Fox News reports.
The 34-year-old admits that she had a heated exchange with the bus driver, who sent a note home saying that Grant's son was misbehaving. A school spokesperson said the note was a warning.
Grant wasn't going to take that from the bus driver -- no ifs, ands, or butts about it. She was accused of showing skin in the schoolbus' general direction last November, though she still denies she mooned the driver.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/25/lisa-grant-mom-jailed-for-mooning-school-bus_n_3335997.html
May 25, 2013
Brad Pitt Says He Has Something Called "Face Blindness"
1. Pitt won't recognize you
Pitt told Esquire that he has such a hard time remembering the faces of those he meets, he thinks he might suffer from prosopagnosia, or face blindness, though he has not been tested or diagnosed with the disorder. We're not sure whether the actor was being facetious or not, but he said even having a "real conversation" doesn't help.
Brad Pitt's possible medical condition
"So many people hate me because they think I'm disrespecting them," Pitt told the magazine. "I took one year where I just said, This year, I'm just going to cop to it and say to people, 'OK, where did we meet?' But it just got worse. People were more offended. ...You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face, and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested."
(For more on face blindness, check out this 2011 video of CNN's Sanjay Gupta speaking with Dr. Oliver Sacks, a famed neurologist who has face blindness. Occasionally, Sacks said he had trouble recognizing his own face.)
On Thursday, Carnegie Mellon University invited Pitt to have his brain imaged and be examined by Marlene Behrmann, a neuroscientist, professor of psychology and a member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition within the university's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
"Carnegie Mellon is one of the very few places that can both test for face blindness and perform the brain imaging in our state-of-the-art imaging center," Behrmann said in a press release.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/brad-pitt-esquire-face-blindness/index.html
Pitt told Esquire that he has such a hard time remembering the faces of those he meets, he thinks he might suffer from prosopagnosia, or face blindness, though he has not been tested or diagnosed with the disorder. We're not sure whether the actor was being facetious or not, but he said even having a "real conversation" doesn't help.
Brad Pitt's possible medical condition
"So many people hate me because they think I'm disrespecting them," Pitt told the magazine. "I took one year where I just said, This year, I'm just going to cop to it and say to people, 'OK, where did we meet?' But it just got worse. People were more offended. ...You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face, and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested."
(For more on face blindness, check out this 2011 video of CNN's Sanjay Gupta speaking with Dr. Oliver Sacks, a famed neurologist who has face blindness. Occasionally, Sacks said he had trouble recognizing his own face.)
On Thursday, Carnegie Mellon University invited Pitt to have his brain imaged and be examined by Marlene Behrmann, a neuroscientist, professor of psychology and a member of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition within the university's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
"Carnegie Mellon is one of the very few places that can both test for face blindness and perform the brain imaging in our state-of-the-art imaging center," Behrmann said in a press release.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/brad-pitt-esquire-face-blindness/index.html
May 25, 2013
OK I know we have a lot of DUers from Wisconsin, who is it?
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's The Thong Cape Scooter Man Of Madison, WI!
A 56-year-old Madison man who likes to ride around town on a scooter wearing a thong, a helmet and a black cape with red trim might be a disturbing sight to schoolchildren and teachers, but hes not breaking any laws.
Police were called May 16 by staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School after the man police call Thong Cape Scooter Man rode by when students were walking to a bus after school.
He didnt do anything more than ride by, according to a Madison police news release. But parents and teachers were disturbed.
A police sergeant went to the mans house to have a brief talk with him.
He said he exercised poor judgment by going by the school at that time of day, it was unintentional and he just happened to be traveling through the area, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/thong-cape-scooter-man-is-a-sight-but-he-s/article_b1207bb2-03e5-5f28-9939-9c04f9f10c6b.html
Police were called May 16 by staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School after the man police call Thong Cape Scooter Man rode by when students were walking to a bus after school.
He didnt do anything more than ride by, according to a Madison police news release. But parents and teachers were disturbed.
A police sergeant went to the mans house to have a brief talk with him.
He said he exercised poor judgment by going by the school at that time of day, it was unintentional and he just happened to be traveling through the area, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/thong-cape-scooter-man-is-a-sight-but-he-s/article_b1207bb2-03e5-5f28-9939-9c04f9f10c6b.html
OK I know we have a lot of DUers from Wisconsin, who is it?
May 25, 2013
Is This Flying Object Spotted In Santee, California a UFO?
SANTEE, Calif. - 10News went looking for answers after a local woman snapped photos of an unidentified object flying over Santee.
Ellen Henry told 10News her camera stopped working after snapping photos at a historical barn.
Henry said she is convinced that whatever she saw hovering over Santee's Edgmoore Barn is not from this world. She did not want to show her face on camera because she said she was still spooked by what she captured.
"I was like what was it doing there," said Henry. "Why was it there? What was it doing? And I said, the next time I come here, the barn will be beamed up."
The barn sits under several flight paths. 10News contacted Gillespie Field and MCAS Miramar, but neither could offer an explanation.
http://www.10news.com/news/photo-captures-ufo-over-santees-edgmoore-barn-site-has-been-investigated-for-ghost-sightings-052213
Ellen Henry told 10News her camera stopped working after snapping photos at a historical barn.
Henry said she is convinced that whatever she saw hovering over Santee's Edgmoore Barn is not from this world. She did not want to show her face on camera because she said she was still spooked by what she captured.
"I was like what was it doing there," said Henry. "Why was it there? What was it doing? And I said, the next time I come here, the barn will be beamed up."
The barn sits under several flight paths. 10News contacted Gillespie Field and MCAS Miramar, but neither could offer an explanation.
http://www.10news.com/news/photo-captures-ufo-over-santees-edgmoore-barn-site-has-been-investigated-for-ghost-sightings-052213
May 25, 2013
Too bad we still don't have the Top 10 Conservative Idiots, this guy would make the list easily.
Albany Lawmaker Proposes Effort To Curb Wet Bowling Shoes
ALBANY, N.Y. -- With all the corruption in Albany, one of your representatives is instead focusing efforts on something many of you like to do, bowl.
New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan (R-59th District) New York State Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-140th District) are sponsoring a bill that would cover bowling shoes. The bill in the assembly is co-sponsored by Assembly members Brian Kolb, Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Jane Corwin.
It would require alley owners to post signs, warning keglers not to wear bowling shoes outside, lest they become wet and increase the likelihood that a bowler could slip and fall when they come inside
Bowling shoes, designed to slip on the lanes, can become extremely slippery when wet.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/215495/37/Bowling-Shoe-Law-Being-Debated-in-State-Legislature
New York State Senator Patrick Gallivan (R-59th District) New York State Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-140th District) are sponsoring a bill that would cover bowling shoes. The bill in the assembly is co-sponsored by Assembly members Brian Kolb, Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Jane Corwin.
It would require alley owners to post signs, warning keglers not to wear bowling shoes outside, lest they become wet and increase the likelihood that a bowler could slip and fall when they come inside
Bowling shoes, designed to slip on the lanes, can become extremely slippery when wet.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/215495/37/Bowling-Shoe-Law-Being-Debated-in-State-Legislature
Too bad we still don't have the Top 10 Conservative Idiots, this guy would make the list easily.
May 25, 2013
Guy Poops In Roommates' Car As Way Of Revenge Against Being Asked To Use Bathroom Fan
Syracuse, NY -- Roommates sometimes fight. Other times, they share things from deep within themselves.
James V. Palmieri did both one day in March, according to Syracuse police.
Palmieri, 59, was suffering from severe diarrhea March 10 in the apartment he shared at 473 Pleasantview Ave. with David Utt, 62, according to a Syracuse police report.
"I asked him to use the bathroom fan so that it wouldn't smell up the house," Utt said in a written statement. The request upset Palmieri.
"Thanks for the sympathy," Palmieri said, according to Utt.
"It's common courtesy," Utt replied.
Palmieri then vowed to "crap all over the house, the bathroom and my car," Utt told police.
Palmieri got into his pajama bottoms, then went outside, Utt told police. Utt was suspicious because Palmieri doesn't smoke.
During the night, Utt discovered Palmieri had defecated "all over the floor in the bathroom and in the hallway near the bathroom," Utt's statement said.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/roommate_makes_a_stink_about_b.html
James V. Palmieri did both one day in March, according to Syracuse police.
Palmieri, 59, was suffering from severe diarrhea March 10 in the apartment he shared at 473 Pleasantview Ave. with David Utt, 62, according to a Syracuse police report.
"I asked him to use the bathroom fan so that it wouldn't smell up the house," Utt said in a written statement. The request upset Palmieri.
"Thanks for the sympathy," Palmieri said, according to Utt.
"It's common courtesy," Utt replied.
Palmieri then vowed to "crap all over the house, the bathroom and my car," Utt told police.
Palmieri got into his pajama bottoms, then went outside, Utt told police. Utt was suspicious because Palmieri doesn't smoke.
During the night, Utt discovered Palmieri had defecated "all over the floor in the bathroom and in the hallway near the bathroom," Utt's statement said.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/roommate_makes_a_stink_about_b.html
May 25, 2013
Women Say God Told Them To Walk Down Road Naked
Posted on: 12:06 pm, May 14, 2013, by Staff Writer, updated on: 12:36pm, May 14, 2013
traffic trouble - File
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Drivers did double takes as a traffic jam began to form on Providence Road.
Thats because, in plain view, a family of four was strolling down the street stark naked.
Like freshly-born baby naked, said Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Capt. Rod Farley, according to WCNC. This was Adam and Eve stuff, not even a loincloth.
Two women, described as being in their 20s and 40s, and two children, were eventually stopped by police.
http://kplr11.com/2013/05/14/women-say-god-told-them-to-walk-down-road-naked/
Missouri Women Walking Naked Down Highway Say God Told Them To Do It
Women Say God Told Them To Walk Down Road Naked
Posted on: 12:06 pm, May 14, 2013, by Staff Writer, updated on: 12:36pm, May 14, 2013
traffic trouble - File
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Drivers did double takes as a traffic jam began to form on Providence Road.
Thats because, in plain view, a family of four was strolling down the street stark naked.
Like freshly-born baby naked, said Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Capt. Rod Farley, according to WCNC. This was Adam and Eve stuff, not even a loincloth.
Two women, described as being in their 20s and 40s, and two children, were eventually stopped by police.
http://kplr11.com/2013/05/14/women-say-god-told-them-to-walk-down-road-naked/
May 25, 2013
Dumb Criminals: Florida Man Arrested Pretending to Be Cop To Get Into Strip Club For Free
If a man is pretending to be a cop in a strip club it's usually because he's scheduled to perform on a stage à la Magic Mike. But when Darren Philip Walker showed up at a Florida strip club with fake cop gear it wasn't because he was there for amateur night. He just wanted to get into the club for free. Unfortunately for him real cops intervened.
According to Florida Today, 24-year-old Walker went up to the front door of Melbourne stripper hut Bare Assets (...subtle name there) on Thursday and presented the doorman with an Accomack County Sheriff's Office badge. He claimed to be an undercover federal agent who was there to arrest a woman named "Mason."
But neither the club's staff or real officers were buying it.
When confronted, Walker admitted that while he had worked with the Accomack County Sheriff's Office he hadn't worked with law enforcement since 2011. The badge he had wasn't even his old one. He had purchased it off the internet. Real cops searched his car and found a hat with the words "Deputy Sheriff" on it, a baton, handcuffs, a blue strobe light and an orange traffic vest.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/05/florida_man_arrested_for_prete.php
According to Florida Today, 24-year-old Walker went up to the front door of Melbourne stripper hut Bare Assets (...subtle name there) on Thursday and presented the doorman with an Accomack County Sheriff's Office badge. He claimed to be an undercover federal agent who was there to arrest a woman named "Mason."
But neither the club's staff or real officers were buying it.
When confronted, Walker admitted that while he had worked with the Accomack County Sheriff's Office he hadn't worked with law enforcement since 2011. The badge he had wasn't even his old one. He had purchased it off the internet. Real cops searched his car and found a hat with the words "Deputy Sheriff" on it, a baton, handcuffs, a blue strobe light and an orange traffic vest.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/05/florida_man_arrested_for_prete.php
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