Bizarre
(Manhattan, NY) — UPS is suing a Brooklyn man for continuously coming to work despite being fired two years ago. The man insists that he still works there. The shipping company filed a lawsuit yesterday against 28-year-old Wesley Anderson, claiming he’d showed up to UPS’ Manhattan facility five times since July. The company fired Anderson […]
A teacher at a Massachusetts day care made an alarming discovery in one of her student’s shoes earlier this week. The “Boston Herald” is reporting that a three-year-old girl at a Dorchester day care complained to her teacher Monday that the shoe on her left foot was too tight. The teacher quickly discovered the cause […]
An Ohio woman wasn’t clowning around when an intruder broke into her house last weekend. Fox8.com is reporting that Jacqueline Cutright was on the toilet early Saturday morning when a man in a clown mask threw open her bathroom door. The 70-year-old Akron resident says the suspect, Cory Buckley, demanded Oxycontin and cash. Buckley eventually […]
Hungary’s annual crime-related beauty pageant is preparing to crown a winner. Britian’s “Orange” news reports the final four contestants for Miss Mafia 2010 have been selected. Competitors must either have a connection to the mob or have been convicted of a crime. The winner of next month’s competition will then move on to Miss Mafia […]
(San Francisco, CA) — The first copies of author Mark Twain’s autobiography were released in the San Francisco Bay area Monday. The University of California at Berkeley published the book a full century after Twain’s death. Mark Twain was born Samuel Clemens and asked that his autobiography not be released until 100 years after his […]
(Undated) — Bill Clinton will be making an appearance in one of next year’s most anticipated sequels. An aide to the former commander-in-chief has confirmed to “People” magazine that Clinton will make a cameo in “The Hangover Two.” Clinton — who will play himself in the film — shot his scene on Saturday in Bangkok, […]
A Connecticut man wasn’t about to let a few bullet wounds prevent him from enjoying his lunch earlier this week. According to the “New Haven Register,” Miguel Soto the Third was leaving a New Haven sandwich shop on Tuesday when he was shot in the groin and thigh. Rather than rush to the hospital, Soto […]
(Huntsville, AL) — An adults-only store in Alabama that challenged a law banning sex toys is at it again. “Pleasures” owner Sherri Williams says it will be the first store in the nation to offer adult toys and lotions at a drive-up window. Purchases from the Huntsville store, housed in a former bank building, will […]
Police say a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child’s birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital. Police aren’t identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking area of Uniontown Hospital Tuesday morning, but say he’ll face marijuana possession charges. […]
A Florida man last week called 911 seeking a police escort to the Miami home of the rapper Lil Wayne. Michael Kruse, 20, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge for making false emergency calls, according to the below St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office report. When Kruse, who was calling from his Ford Taurus, requested the […]
(Bel Air, MD) — Authorities in Maryland are searching for suspects who staged a covert operation to steal copies of the new “Call of Duty: Black Ops” video game. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office says the theft occurred Sunday night, just as the GameStop in the Festival at Bel Air shopping center was closing. The […]
Residents of Portsmouth, New Hampshire are being asked to keep an eye out for any suspicious looking stripper poles. SeaCoastOnline.com is reporting that the Fifth Wheel adult store was broken into last Friday. Authorities say the suspect pushed an air conditioner through a window and climbed in through the empty space. The person responsible wound […]
