A upstate New York man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was found passed out at the wheel of his car with smoke streaming from the hood.
When police asked Jeffrey R. Henderson, 21, if he was alone, he replied, “No, I had a group of midgets with me who ran away when you got here. Yeah, I was alone, dude. Do you see anyone else?”
Deputies asked whether Henderson had been drinking, and he allegedly answered, “Uh, hello? Yeah, I was [expletive] drinking. I almost died, dude, and you ask me that? … I wasn’t driving, if that’s what you’re getting at, dude. Nice try, good police work.”
Henderson refused to take a breathalyzer, saying, “Dude, I don’t blow into long tube-shaped things.”
Henderson was charged with DWI and driving with a restricted license.
ACI: Atlantic City
Police arrested an Atlantic City man posing as a female veterinarian who drove around giving shots to pets.
Daniel C. Tyce, 26, posed as Dr. Danielle Smith, inoculating animals and setting up adoptions in exchange for small fees.
Tyce and his assistant wore police-style uniforms with badges and drove a white Jeep Cherokee with “Animal Cruelty Investigations” written on the side.
Tyce’s Web site falsely claims that his alter ego, Danielle Smith, has a doctorate in veterinary medicine. Tyce faces an initial charge of unlicensed practice of medicine.
A chip off the old blockhead
An Indiana father and son who cut in line at Wal-Mart were sent to jail instead.
Edward Pluhar Jr., 26, and Edward Pluhar Sr., 61, jumped in front of several shoppers, including off-duty Muncie police officer Chris Kirby and his wife and daughter.
Kirby told the men they needed to wait their turn. Pluhar Sr. asked whether Kirby wanted to take the dispute outside.
When Kirby asked Pluhar Sr. what his intentions were, the man said he would kick Kirby’s posterior and also suggested he might shoot him.
Kirby informed them that he was a police officer and called dispatch. The Pluhars left and Kirby followed them to their van. The van pulled out and struck the officer’s leg, and then the younger Pluhar and Kirby fought, reports said.
The text-sting
A Columbus, Ohio, man whose BMW was carjacked said his friends hatched a plan to get his car back.
The thieves got away with Alan Heuss’ car, cell phone and cash. Heuss filed a police report and then drowned his sorrows with his friends, one of whom came up with the plan.
The friend sent a text to Heuss’ stolen phone, saying that he had “bunch of hot chicks” who are bringing over drugs.
The carjackers took the bait and showed up at the “party” in the BMW where police were waiting instead.
