A Rochester, N.Y., woman admitted that she borrowed about $12,000 from her employer, but said she was going to pay it back once the senders of a Nigerian e-mail gave her $10 million as promised.
Jalaine Noella Holtan, 53, told police she had been investing with the Nigerians for several years, and sent over $12,507 in the company’s money to them since July 7. Holtan said she got an e-mail in early July from a lawyer named Morgan Smith, who said Holtan is to receive $10 million from investments she had made in diamonds and oil.
She told police that the diplomats from Nigeria had the $10 million in June, but they needed a “certificate” to transfer the money to her. The diplomats asked her to front the money to them to pay for the certificate. Holtan still was waiting for the $10 million when police arrested her.
Drummer snared after church break-in
A 47-year-old Connecticut man broke into a local church to play the drums, according Bridgeport police.
Michael Smith, of Weston, was driving by the Holy Ghost Deliverance Church on Monday afternoon when he spotted a drum set through its window. Officers responding to the church’s alarm system found him in a spirited solo.
Hail to the thief?
A 76-year-old New York City woman who gave her address as 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., has been arrested for the 73rd time, this time on charges of stealing a police decoy wallet in a supermarket and stuffing it in her bra.
The woman, who New York prosecutors say has used 36 aliases, was indicted Tuesday as Katherine Kelly. The district attorney’s office says Kelly’s arrest record dates back to Dec. 21, 1971. On that date, Kelly was arrested as Charlotte Martinelli and charged with forgery.
Kelly has been arrested under names including Robin Shapiro, Antoinette Lombardi, Mildred Friedman, Sylvia McGuire, Victoria Velloti and Charlotte Petrovas.
Jailhouse rock and rolls
Prison officials conducting a routine cell search found marijuana and tobacco in an unusual place: the fat folds of an overweight inmate’s stomach.
Cedric Webb, who appeared very happy in his booking photo, has been in prison in Jacksonville, Fla., since May for possession of cocaine and forgery.
When officers asked Webb to lift his shirt during an inspection, there were two bags of marijuana and a bag of tobacco visible.
Speaking of exposed tummies …
This is a different take on bellying up to the bar.
Female bartender Jamie Day, 24, of Alton, Ill., is charged with misdemeanor lewd entertainment after apparently working in the buff.
Authorities say Day was wearing G-string underwear, white high-heeled shoes, thigh-high stockings, and a Santa Claus hat.
Real Connecticut vs. fake Connecticut
A Connecticut man pretending to be a police officer picked the wrong person to pull over.
Police say 20-year-old Israel Gomez turned on flashing lights and used a siren and loudspeaker to coax Ronald Blair off the road. Blair, a real lieutenant with the Hartford police department, called for real backups, and the real officers arrested Gomez and his 20-year-old sidekick, Esteban Cardona.
