You’ve all heard those stories about people selling swamp land and so on …

Well rather than sell some sucker a bridge, a California man - Steven Ferguson - made off with $5 million dollars when he sold off a waste treatment plant in New Jersey.

the smooth talker promised huge returns on the investments that his soon to be victims thought was going to be a waste treatment plant.

He has since been sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $6 million in fines.

A Sheboygan, Wis. man has been accused of stomping a pet tropical fish to death.

The fish stomping occurred during a dispute with his girlfriend. Anastacio Molina Jr, 40, now faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. Hmmm no animal cruelty?

A call came into the police station at about 5:30 pm Tuesday stating that Molina was destroying the house. This was the second time that the police had been to the house that day. Five hours earlier they’d arrived as a result of verbal dispute that occurred when Molina ordered his girlfriend to move out of the home.

Upon arrival at the house, the remains of the pet fish, an Oscar, were on the sidewalk. The 12 year old son of Molina’s girlfriend had told police that Molina had taken it out of it’s tank and stomped it to death. He then went on to break a stereo and a picture window.

Molina had a prior conviction for child abuse so these misdemenor charges have penalty enhancers added to them. he could face up to four years in prison and a possible $11,000 in fines.

Now that I have a famous Chef sharing my site with me (see renters link on right), I thought I’d tell you about a great place that I found for Gourmet gift baskets.

Mother’s day is coming up on May 14th, and I thought you might want to start thinking about some great gift ideas. These gift baskets will not only come in handy for Mother’s day, but any special occasion- a simple thank-you, as a birthday gift, or to congratulate someone on their promotion.

I’m sure you’ll be able to find just the right gift for that special someone at Gourmet Gift baskets. Only the finest gourmet food components are used to craft their gift baskets. I suggest you start by looking at their Italian gift baskets.

Enjoy! I hope you like them.