Spit fire
A bucket of spit saved a home from being burned down by an angry ex-wife, police in Tennessee said.
Before setting the fire, Sharon Shelton, 66, the second of Gerald Shelton’s three ex-wives, sent a letter to ex-wife No. 3, “If you want to get even with him, burn the house down,” according to the Madison County sheriff’s office.
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Sharon Shelton snuck into the home, doused a table with fuel, started the fire and fled. But the blaze was so hot that it melted a plastic spittoon, and the spit flooded the tabletop and extinguished the flames, police said.
The woman faces charges of attempted arson, breaking and entering and burning personal property.
Meet Andrew J. Burwitz, failed drive-by shooter.
Police in Wisconsin said the 20-year-old Burwitz, tried to commit a drive-by shooting at the home of his ex-girlfriend’s family, but he forgot to roll down his window. The bullets struck the house but nobody was hurt.
Sheriff’s deputies found broken glass in the street, and, contacted area auto glass repair shops and found Burwitz had his car window replaced after filing an insurance claim.
Trick-or-treat, mate
A New Jersey man was arrested after his drunken impersonation of Crocodile Dundee failed to impress a group of young trick-or-treaters.
Police said 53-year-old Michael Mandzuick answered his door to find one of the children wielding a rubber knife. Mandzuick, who appeared intoxicated, told the group that the child’s knife was not real and he would show him a real one, reports the Press of Atlantic City.
Mandzuick returned from his kitchen with a carving knife and hurled it at the direction of the children, sticking it into the wooden deck a few feet away, police said.
Parents dialed 911, and police arrested Mandzuick, charging him with disorderly conduct and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Lawnmower loses, every time
A 29-year-old Florida man was arrested after he rammed a stolen lawnmower into a school bus.
The mower tipped, and Ron Martin and his riding companion fell off. When the middle school students started laughing, Martin failed to see the humor and angrily confronted the schoolchildren, deputies said.
Martin banged on the bus doors and tried to get in, police said.
Police found Martin driving on the $10,000 lawnmower. He was held on charges of DUI, threat to a public servant and criminal mischief.
— Compiled by Scott McCabe
