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Bad recycling: Pay stub used as bank robbery note
CHICAGO (AP) - The robber's threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a t… -
NC carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot Sunday.Police say 30… -
Man reports burglary, busted for drugs
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (UPI) -- Police in Sheboygan, Wis., say a man reported a burglary only to be arrested when officers found drugs and paraphernalia at his home. Investigators said officers responding to a burglary repo… -
Cops use greasy fingerprints to nab hungry burglar
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - A prosecutor says greasy fingerprints led police in Virginia to a suspect with sticky fingers. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Bethany Harrison said Lynchburg police matched prints on an orange j… -
Calif. man accused of driving stolen SUV to court
SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (AP) - Police have charged a man with stealing a Lexus SUV he drove to court the day a jury was to decide whether to convict him in a separate auto theft case. The man, a 37-year-old San Francisc… -
Family cremated mom on BBQ, kept benefits
CORNING, Calif. (AP) - The family of a dead elderly woman cremated her remains on a makeshift barbecue and continued collecting her retirement checks amounting to more than $25,000, authorities in Northern Californi… -
Alleged robber foiled by text message
Mister Rogers says "Can you say idiot?" then nods and smiles. "I knew you could" NEW YORK (UPI) -- An armored car guard has been arrested for a New York heist thanks to surveillance footage and a concerned text messa… -
Police get call over non-floppy rabbit ears
STIRLING, Scotland (AP) - Your rabbit's ears aren't floppy? Sorry, that's not an emergency. So said police in Scotland when a woman rang the emergency 999 number to discuss her concerns about her new pet. She said the… -
Cops bust movie set, not robbery
SALEM, Mass. (UPI) -- Police officers in North Andover, Mass., inadvertently interrupted a movie set thinking it was the site of a robbery attempt, a director says. Director John Depew said he was filming a scen… -
Man accused of trying to rob store with empty box
p {margin:12px 0px 0px 0px;} CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Charleston police said a man tried to rob a movie rental store with an unusual weapon - an empty cheesecake box. Earlier this week, the suspect placed the box o…
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