Dial ‘M’ for moron
A Florida woman was arrested after repeatedly calling 911 to report a lost cell phone. Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies said the 51-year-old woman kept dialing the emergency number to report that her husband had taken her phone and would not return it. When a deputy returned to the woman’s home a second time and arrested her, he found the cell phone in her jacket pocket.
The first rule of fourth grade …
A New York City teacher has been accused of turning his fourth-grade classroom into a fighting ring. The battle royal was uncovered when a fourth-grader broke the first rule of “fight club.” He talked about it, reports the New York Post. Joseph Gullotta, 29, told two students, ages 9 and 10, to settle an argument with a fight. He closed the door and instructed the other students to give the boys room. One combatant suffered a cut lip, and the other sustained a bruised and swollen head. Gullotta told the students to tell the school nurse they bumped each other trying to pick up a pencil. Authorities learned about what happened after a parent overheard his son complaining that he didn’t have enough fans in his corner. Gullotta was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
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Bible beater
The son of a Tennessee pastor claimed his father threatened to shoot him and his family for not going to church. Michael Colquitt, 32, filed a protection order against pastor Joe Colquitt, 60. The younger man told police he met his father at the church to talk about his lack of attendance when his father pulled out a handgun, loaded it and punched him in the face.
What a dummy
A New York driver faces a $135 fine for using a mannequin as her “plus one” in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the Long Island Expressway. A sheriff’s deputy became suspicious when he saw the “passenger” wearing sunglasses and visor on an overcast day. When he stopped the vehicle, he found the mannequin, wearing a wig, blazer, shirt and scarf.
— Scott McCabe
