Man leaves son in truck, calls police on himself
A 39-year-old man left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he went into an Indianapolis strip club to drink, police said.
When he came out, he called police to report that his truck was stolen and his kid missing. But police say he was simply too drunk to remember where he had parked. When authorities located the truck, they found the boy inside watching cartoons. The keys were in the ignition and the doors were unlocked.
The man’s wife picked him and their child up at the jail.
Bagels beat shotguns
Two men armed with shotguns were thwarted in their attempt to rob a bagel store when a quick-thinking employee thrust a bagel cart in their direction and they ran off, Orlando police said.
The men entered the bagel shop early in the morning, ready for battle with shotguns drawn and masks covering their faces. But, police said, the bagel cart proved to be too imposing.
No one was injured.
Delicious note
An Ohio bank robber was already in handcuffs when police say he destroyed evidence by chowing down on his demand note. Conveniently, he ate the note in front of the cruiser’s dashboard camera.
Police had the suspected robber on the hood of their car. He was in handcuffs, with his face pressed against the windshield. The officers rummaged through the man’s pockets, pulled out a piece of paper and placed it near the man’s head on the hood.
A moment later, police say the man gobbled the note. The camera shows him looking over his shoulder, smirking as he chewed the paper wad.
Maybe he was just trying to save on his car insurance
A man returning from Australia was caught at Los Angeles International Airport carrying 15 live lizards inside a money belt that was strapped to his chest, customs officials said.
Two of the lizards were geckos, but probably not the talking variety found in car insurance commercials. Eleven others were skinks and two were monitor lizards. The man didn’t have a permit to import the lizards valued at $8,500. So now, he faces a $250,000 fine and up to 20 years in prison.
Compiled by staff and wire reports
