September 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I think I’m pretty good at finding weird news stories, but today I decided to take a little break and show you what other bloggers have been finding as far as weird news goes.
It didn’t take me very long to find some amazing stories. I’m pretty sure that if you like the kind of weird news stories I write about here on Odd Planet that you’ll like what these other bloggers have found as well.
Here goes:
Police seek shoplifting swimming suspect
Pierre police are looking for a shoplifting suspect who got away by swimming across a narrow part of the Missouri River. An assistant police chief said officers responded to the call Monday afternoon at a clothing store and found the …
Cops arrest photo radar van driver for alleged DUI
Police in Scottsdale say they’ve arrested a man driving a photo-enforcement van on suspicion of drunken driving. Sgt. Mark Clark said the van owned by Scottsdale-based Redflex Traffic Systems was spotted driving erratically by a citizen …
and finally …
Weird News : 09-09-08
THIS IS ONE WEIRD CASE Police in California have arrested 22-year-old Antonio Vasquez for allegedly breaking into the home of a couple of farm workers, and stealing money before rubbing one of the men with spices and hitting the other …
How did you like those stories?
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January 15th, 2008 at 12:20 am
A would-be mugger ended up apologizing to his victim stating that he had the wrong guy.
The 36 year old man pulled a knife on a man who was unloading his groceries just outside of his home. This occurred in Fond du Lac.
The mugger asked for money and tried to punch the 27 year old man, however another man intervened by pulling the mugger away.
The suspect returned sometime later to apologize stating that he mistook the victim for someone else. He was arrested later that evening as he left a convenience store and held in the Fond du County jail on a charge of disorderly conduct and use of a dangerous weapon.
Can you imagine being attacked and then having the mugger come back and say sorry I though you were someone else? Strange!
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November 12th, 2007 at 12:01 am
Sheriffs deputies mistook an exploding cigarette lighter for gunfire and dove to the ground, called in reinforcements and shut down a neighborhood for hours!
“We have a lot of unusual things happen in our business, and we expected the unexpected. It’s better to be safe than sorry,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Robert Craton said.
The lighter in question belonged to one of the two people that had been stopped around noon for loitering and drinking alcohol in Zappopan Park. While the two were being questioned the lighter was placed on the hood of a police car. When the lighter exploded shrapnel went everywhere and the two deputies and two suspects went down to the ground when they thought they were being fired upon.
Reinforcements were called in and the neighborhood was locked down for two hours. Deputies clutching shotguns and pistols leaned on squad cars and a command post went up at a nearby Wal-Mart Supercenter parking lot.
Paramedics and dozens of deputies were on hand as helicopters buzzed the area. Two hours later, a special enforcement officer discovered the culprit – the Bic lighter.
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