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His whole house was stolen!

Chris — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:31:41 +0000

Earlier this month a Toronto man went to check on his property in the central Ontario community of Dundalk only to find that his 10 year old double wide manufactured home was missing. Just think about that for a moment. It would be bad enough to find your place robbed, but completely gone? Yeah, that’s one for the books!

All that was left on the property was the foundation that the 45 foot double wide home had stood on. His home was too large to easily move so he was quite puzzled as to how someone could have stolen his home.

He went to the closest provincial police department in Southgate Township to make a complaint about the theft of his home.

As it turns out once the police were aware of the homes theft it didn’t take too long to find the missing $30,000 house. It was on a property not too far from its former location – how it got there is still unknown. Ownership documents found at the scene were found to be fraudulent.

Jeffrey LaForest of Southgate Township is charged with theft over $5,000, mischief, and uttering a forged document.

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Man tries to eat evidence in pot bust

Chris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:01:47 +0000

An Upstate New York man has been charged with evidence tampering after he was busted for growing marijuana and then trying to eat the evidence!

Jeremy Wheeler and his father William were arrested on Sunday evening after deputies found 116 pot plants growing in the sons home. Jeremy tried to eat some of the plants while he was being booked.

I don’t know if he was high when he was arrested, but how could he have even thought about eating the evidence … I mean, there were 116 plants in the house – how could you eat them all – in front of the cops? LOL

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Beer theft on Canadian plane disrupts flight

Chris — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:00:16 +0000

I think the following story could only happen in Canada (ok maybe Germany as well). Naturally it involves beer – our favorite beverage!

Usually when a plane makes an unscheduled stop it’s because there’s a fire onboard, it has engine trouble or there’s some kind of medical emergency … but not in Canada! Nope! A beer theft on board an Air Canada Jazz flight on Tuesday caused the plane to divert.

Even the Mounties got involved!

Steve Holmes, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable told AFP that a passenger had stolen beer from a beverage cart and then tried to flush the empty cans down the jet’s toilet in order to dispose of the evidence. (Yeah like him wobbling around the craft drunk wouldn’t be noticed!)

The flight from Vancouver to Fort McMurray, Alberta was diverted to Kelowna, British Columbia, and police arrested the 23-year-old suds thief.

The man now faces charges of causing a disturbance on an aircraft, Holmes said.

Well folks, now you know what will happen if you steal booze on a Canadian flight!

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Overly Bronzed

Chris — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:25:34 +0000

Ok I know it’s summer and that most people like to have at least a slight tan (whether real or fake) but these two, the man in particular, are just a little overly bronzed. Don’t ya think?

Do you remember those old tanning solutions? Some of them made people look orange rather than tanned! I think some tanning lotions still do that if you don’t put them on right, but not as bad as they did in the past.

If I had to guess I’d say these people used both tanning lotions and suntan beds – too much!

Do you use tanning lotions or sprays? Ever turn orange like these two?

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Naked man snatches fast food!

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:14:48 +0000

Vancouver police were on the hunt recently for a thief who snatched a take out meal at a fast food restaurant. The oddest thing about the story … the man was naked!

A Wendy’s Restaurant employee in Langley, British Columbia, was handing food to a customer at the takeout window to a customer waiting in her car when a naked man ran between the car and takeout window and snatched the fries!

The two women were hard pressed to describe the man other than to give an approximate age range.

The naked thief jumped into a waiting van which sped away from the scene of the crime.

Sounds like a dare to me!

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Yeah sure, take the kids with you when you rob houses

Chris — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:51:26 +0000

What was this mother thinking?

A mother was accused on Wednesday of driving a getaway minivan with her two young children inside after burglaries at two New York City homes.

Prosecutors said Erika Santana, 23, drove the van with her four-year-old and five-month-old children inside after Hugo Lantigua, 22, who is the baby’s father, and Pedro Camillo, 19, broke into two houses in the borough of Queens.

Santana, Lantigua and Camillo face charges including burglary, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child, and face up to 25 years in prison.

“It is unthinkable that a mother and father would put their children in harm’s way while allegedly committing these crimes. It is even more unimaginable that they would allegedly do so with a loaded handgun in their vehicle,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.

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Man gets himself in trouble with “found” handcuffs

Chris — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:12:39 +0000

A Czech man who found a pair of handcuffs in the garbage in the Southern Czech town of Brno decided to take them to a bar where he proceeded to bet his friends that he could free himself with the aid of a piece of wire. I wonder if this guy watched one to many episodes of McGyver?

When the 48 failed at his attempt to free himself from the handcuffs he walked to the police station to ask for help. Unfortunately for him the police didn’t believe his story. The did a background check on him to see if he’d been charged with any crimes in the past, but he had a clean record. I guess they believed he was an escaped criminal!

A locksmith finally came to his aid and freed the man. Why on earth didn’t he try a locksmith before going to the police?

I guess the moral of this story is that if you find handcuffs without any keys don’t play with them or else you might find yourself in a rather embarrassing situation!

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Driving lesson on an airport runway? D U M B

Chris — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:12:25 +0000

Most people take new drivers to deserted areas like empty parking lots to learn how to drive for the first time, but not this one Philippine man.

For some reason he thought it might be a good idea to teach his girlfriend to drive a van on an Airport runway … sure, nice long stretch of pavement … but what about the planes!

As it happens just when the woman took to the runway a Philippine plane with 80 passengers on board was coming in for a landing! The quick thinking pilot managed to avert a crash.

The Cebu Pacific plane briefly touched down at Legazpi airport in the central Philippines Saturday but took off again as the van being driven by the couple crossed the runway.

Apparently the man is the son of a local aviation official – perhaps that’s why he thought teaching his girlfriend to drive on a runway was a good idea?

Luckily the pilot was on the ball and averted what could have been a tragic accident.

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Robbery suspect attempts to become a police officer

Chris — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:29:42 +0000

A man wanted for a Kmart store robbery was arrested the other day when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer.

A Chula Vista police spokesman, Bernard Gonzales, said that investigators had identified Romeo Montillano as a suspect in a December 8th robbery. Once they realized that Montillano had signed up for the February police entrance exam they just waited for him to come in to take the test.

When the man was arrested he had the gaul to ask if he would still be able to take the exam!!!

I think that would be a big NO! Instead he might end up seeing the inside of a jail cell for some time as his bail was set at $110,000.

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37 years in jail for man who chainsawed neighbors door

Chris — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:16:50 +0000

Can you imagine yourself sitting inside your apartment when your neighbor starts breaking through your door with a chain saw?

Well that’s what happened to Jamie Zaleski when 34 year old Robert Kane who was angry because one of Zaleski’s friends parked in front of his house used a chainsaw to get into Zaleski’s house.

The incident happened in Scranton, Pa last March. Zaleski and several of his friends ran out the back when the attack began.

Police say Zaleski heard a knock at the door, asked who it was, and Kane responded, “Your worst (expletive) nightmare. Open the door or I’ll cut it down.”

Officials say, he then cut a gash in the door with a chain saw.

The defense said Zaleski never actually saw Kane wielding the saw. But a witness testified that Kane bragged about the incident, and the jury convicted Kane on Tuesday of attempted burglary, terroristic threats and other charges. A sentencing date wasn’t immediately set.

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