Littering fine
A herd of cats got loose and led police on a highway chase in Iowa.
Sioux City police pulled over a woman driving on Interstate 29 because 20 uncaged cats were roaming her Dodge Neon and creating a driving hazard.
“She can barely see out the back of the car,” Sioux City Police Sgt. David Bishop told the Sioux City Journal.
While police questioned Edwards outside the vehicle, four felines dashed to freedom.
Officers chased the cats around the grassy median, and had to crawl on their hands and knees to drag one from underneath the car. The furry fugitives were eventually apprehended.
Undertaker tries to get a leg up
Authorities in South Carolina exhumed the body of a tall man believed to have had his legs cut off to fit in a coffin.
Since 6-foot-7 James Hines died in 2004, rumors have circulated in Allendale County that the undertaker chopped off Hines’ legs between the calf and ankle and placed them alongside his body in lieu of using a larger casket. Hines’ widow didn’t question the size of the coffin at the time, she said, but later reportedly contacted the funeral home to question staff about the size discrepancy. The investigation continues.
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Gator bait
A toddler wandered into an alligator-infested canal in Florida after his baby sitter passed out.
A witness found the 2-year-old boy on the bank of the canal and called 911. Two alligators had been spotted in the canal earlier, Port St. Lucie police said.
Police determined the child came from a nearby apartment. The door was open and police found baby sitter Brandy Albright, 26, sleeping on the toilet. She was arrested on a child neglect charge.
Check, please
A bank robber who wished the teller “a nice day” in a note written on one of his father’s withdrawal slips was sentenced to three years and one month in prison.
Andrew Vuong, 22, approached the teller in Minneapolis and said, “Withdraw!” He then handed a note that read, “No alarms. No drama. No cops. @ least $1,000 … my guns are very real, keep it str8. Business as usual, right? Yours truly, Thanks! and have a nice day.”
The withdrawal slip’s owner name and account number were blacked out. Bank officials used a magnetic scanner to determine that the account belonged to Vuong’s father.
Police searched Vuong’s residence and found “practice” bank robbery demand notes.
They don’t call it ‘dope’ for nothing
A man accused of selling marijuana from his vehicle in Niagara Falls, N.Y., had a novel defense.
When police found 26 grams of marijuana on Willie James Maye, the 32-year-old replied, “Man, it’s just weed. I could be selling crack.”
I know who submitted my obituary
A defendant in a fatal drunken driving case tried to escape prosecution by publishing a fake obituary in New Mexico.
Byron Carpenter, 30, was arrested Wednesday after officials received a tip that his obituary last month in the Albuquerque Journal was a fake. U.S. marshals said Carpenter was found hiding under a pile of rocks.
