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Cowgirl Gets the Blues in Cocaine Bust
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - A bull-rider arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil threw herself at the mercy of police and said she was forced to turn to crime after being mauled in a rodeo by a killer bull.
Cowgirl Neid Weiss Messa, 34, even showed police a huge scar on her stomach. But she failed to win any sympathy and was charged with trafficking. Two alleged accomplices were also charged.
They were arrested at Sao Paulo's international airport on Tuesday night, the anti-narcotics police unit said in a statement on Wednesday.
Messa and student Jaqueline Morel Campagnoli, 27, had a total of 4 kg (8.8 pounds) of cocaine hidden about their bodies which they intended to take to London and Zurich,
Messa said she had been a bull-rider in rodeos in Brazil and had appeared in top competitions. But at an event in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso state, she was hit in the stomach and trampled on by a bull. The beast had already killed a rider at an earlier rodeo.
"The cowgirl had an enormous scar on the stomach to prove the accident," the police statement said.
She said the incident cut short her career and she needed to make money. She would have split $3,000 with Campagnoli for this assignment.
The third suspect, Paraguayan Victor Raimundo Palacios, 44, was to have gone with them on the journey.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - A bull-rider arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil threw herself at the mercy of police and said she was forced to turn to crime after being mauled in a rodeo by a killer bull.
Cowgirl Neid Weiss Messa, 34, even showed police a huge scar on her stomach. But she failed to win any sympathy and was charged with trafficking. Two alleged accomplices were also charged.
They were arrested at Sao Paulo's international airport on Tuesday night, the anti-narcotics police unit said in a statement on Wednesday.
Messa and student Jaqueline Morel Campagnoli, 27, had a total of 4 kg (8.8 pounds) of cocaine hidden about their bodies which they intended to take to London and Zurich,
Messa said she had been a bull-rider in rodeos in Brazil and had appeared in top competitions. But at an event in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso state, she was hit in the stomach and trampled on by a bull. The beast had already killed a rider at an earlier rodeo.
"The cowgirl had an enormous scar on the stomach to prove the accident," the police statement said.
She said the incident cut short her career and she needed to make money. She would have split $3,000 with Campagnoli for this assignment.
The third suspect, Paraguayan Victor Raimundo Palacios, 44, was to have gone with them on the journey.
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Woman Fined for Registering Cows As Voters
LONDON, England (AP) - Brenda Gould is in trouble again for registering her cows as voters.
For the second year running, the woman from Newmarket, near Cambridge in eastern England, has listed two names on the registration form who turned out to be cows, East Cambridgeshire District Council said Thursday.
The previous year, in addition to registering two cows as "Henry and Sophie Bull," she listed "Jake Woofles," later found to be a dog, as eligible to vote in local government elections, the council said.
This year she indicated that her address had been split into two properties, that she resided in one part and that two other persons lived in the second, a council spokesman said. The persons she claimed lived in the second property were, in fact, her cows, the spokesman said.
Gould had been scheduled to appear at Ely Magistrates Court on Tuesday but did not arrive. She was convicted in her absence and ordered to pay a 100 pound (US$189) fine and 110 pounds (US$208) in costs.
"This was the second time that Mrs. Gould had given false information on electoral forms and so, regrettably, the council felt it was necessary to take action to prevent this abuse of the election system from continuing," said Maggie Camp, the council's senior legal assistant.
Gould later said she and her husband Barry had put the names down as a joke because they had been irritated when the council addressed a letter to the occupants of their barn.
"We ignored it and then someone came around to ask why we hadn't filled it in," she said.
"We just thought they were being stupid. So my husband said, 'if they want to know who's living in the barn we'll tell them.' So we did. We didn't tell any lies. We just put down the names of the animals.
"It was a joke that's all gone a bit haywire, really. We never thought it would come to this," she said. "I don't suppose we'll be doing it again."
LONDON, England (AP) - Brenda Gould is in trouble again for registering her cows as voters.
For the second year running, the woman from Newmarket, near Cambridge in eastern England, has listed two names on the registration form who turned out to be cows, East Cambridgeshire District Council said Thursday.
The previous year, in addition to registering two cows as "Henry and Sophie Bull," she listed "Jake Woofles," later found to be a dog, as eligible to vote in local government elections, the council said.
This year she indicated that her address had been split into two properties, that she resided in one part and that two other persons lived in the second, a council spokesman said. The persons she claimed lived in the second property were, in fact, her cows, the spokesman said.
Gould had been scheduled to appear at Ely Magistrates Court on Tuesday but did not arrive. She was convicted in her absence and ordered to pay a 100 pound (US$189) fine and 110 pounds (US$208) in costs.
"This was the second time that Mrs. Gould had given false information on electoral forms and so, regrettably, the council felt it was necessary to take action to prevent this abuse of the election system from continuing," said Maggie Camp, the council's senior legal assistant.
Gould later said she and her husband Barry had put the names down as a joke because they had been irritated when the council addressed a letter to the occupants of their barn.
"We ignored it and then someone came around to ask why we hadn't filled it in," she said.
"We just thought they were being stupid. So my husband said, 'if they want to know who's living in the barn we'll tell them.' So we did. We didn't tell any lies. We just put down the names of the animals.
"It was a joke that's all gone a bit haywire, really. We never thought it would come to this," she said. "I don't suppose we'll be doing it again."
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Norweigan gets speeding ticket on purpose to avoid chauffering girlfriend
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A 30-year-old Norwegian man was so tired of being his girlfriend's designated driver that he lost his license on purpose.
The driver spotted a police car in front of him and hit the gas, passing the officers at 85 miles per hour in an 50 mph zone, the local newspaper Troenderbladet reported Thursday.
It worked. The police pulled him over, and gave him a speeding ticket.
According to the newspaper, the man acknowledged his offense in court last week and explained that he sped past the police hoping to get caught so he wouldn't always have to drive his girlfriend around.
The Soer-Trondelag District Court, in the central Norway city of Trondheim, praised his honesty but said it did not understand his reasoning.
The court granted his wish by suspending his license for a year, and added a 14-day jail sentence.
The man's name was not reported, in keeping with Norwegian practice.
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A 30-year-old Norwegian man was so tired of being his girlfriend's designated driver that he lost his license on purpose.
The driver spotted a police car in front of him and hit the gas, passing the officers at 85 miles per hour in an 50 mph zone, the local newspaper Troenderbladet reported Thursday.
It worked. The police pulled him over, and gave him a speeding ticket.
According to the newspaper, the man acknowledged his offense in court last week and explained that he sped past the police hoping to get caught so he wouldn't always have to drive his girlfriend around.
The Soer-Trondelag District Court, in the central Norway city of Trondheim, praised his honesty but said it did not understand his reasoning.
The court granted his wish by suspending his license for a year, and added a 14-day jail sentence.
The man's name was not reported, in keeping with Norwegian practice.
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Tourist Nabbed for Baring All by Rio Christ Statue
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Nudity might be all the rage at Rio de Janeiro's famous Carnival that ended this week, but an Australian tourist learned on Friday not to try it beside the city's landmark Christ the Savior statue.
Adam Kubic, 25, was charged with staging an "obscene act" and arrested with a group of friends who police said incited him to bare all and pose with outstretched arms underneath the 100-foot (30-meter) open-armed statue.
A female prosecutor visiting the statue -- one of the city's top tourist attractions atop Corcovado mountain, which commands a breathtaking view of the beachside city -- ordered the group arrested on the spot.
"This is embarrassing, obscene and disrespectful of Brazilians," she said.
Witnesses said the tourists seemed to be drunk, but police could not immediately confirm that.
The tourists will be freed after signing documents obliging them to appear in court or be barred from entering Brazil again, police said.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Nudity might be all the rage at Rio de Janeiro's famous Carnival that ended this week, but an Australian tourist learned on Friday not to try it beside the city's landmark Christ the Savior statue.
Adam Kubic, 25, was charged with staging an "obscene act" and arrested with a group of friends who police said incited him to bare all and pose with outstretched arms underneath the 100-foot (30-meter) open-armed statue.
A female prosecutor visiting the statue -- one of the city's top tourist attractions atop Corcovado mountain, which commands a breathtaking view of the beachside city -- ordered the group arrested on the spot.
"This is embarrassing, obscene and disrespectful of Brazilians," she said.
Witnesses said the tourists seemed to be drunk, but police could not immediately confirm that.
The tourists will be freed after signing documents obliging them to appear in court or be barred from entering Brazil again, police said.
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Cat Burglar Caught Napping on Job
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch cat burglar was caught napping on a couch during a nocturnal heist and arrested, police said on Saturday.
The burglar curled up on a couch for a nap in the Rotterdam home he was robbing and was found snoozing by the owners' son, who held the 26-year-old thief while his parents called police.
"It's not very smart to fall asleep in the house you are trying to burgle," a Rotterdam police spokesman said.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch cat burglar was caught napping on a couch during a nocturnal heist and arrested, police said on Saturday.
The burglar curled up on a couch for a nap in the Rotterdam home he was robbing and was found snoozing by the owners' son, who held the 26-year-old thief while his parents called police.
"It's not very smart to fall asleep in the house you are trying to burgle," a Rotterdam police spokesman said.
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Man With Bad Fake Mustache Robs Bank
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The man needed a shave and a make-up artist. A man wearing a fake mustache that might have been made from construction paper Friday robbed a Bank of Albuquerque branch of an undisclosed amount of money.
Implying he had a gun, the man took money from two tellers and then fled.
The FBI was looking for the man described as being in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5-foot-6 in height and weighing about 160 pounds. He had a beard of several days growth and was possibly wearing contact lenses that made his eyes "noticeably" blue, the FBI said.
He also was wearing a tan baseball cap with some type of logo, a dark shirt, dark flannel jacket and blue jeans.
The FBI said the man is also considered a suspect in the robbery of a Compass Bank in Albuquerque on Feb. 13.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The man needed a shave and a make-up artist. A man wearing a fake mustache that might have been made from construction paper Friday robbed a Bank of Albuquerque branch of an undisclosed amount of money.
Implying he had a gun, the man took money from two tellers and then fled.
The FBI was looking for the man described as being in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5-foot-6 in height and weighing about 160 pounds. He had a beard of several days growth and was possibly wearing contact lenses that made his eyes "noticeably" blue, the FBI said.
He also was wearing a tan baseball cap with some type of logo, a dark shirt, dark flannel jacket and blue jeans.
The FBI said the man is also considered a suspect in the robbery of a Compass Bank in Albuquerque on Feb. 13.
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Would-be barristas behind bars
SACRAMENTO, California (Court TV) — Where does one unload a $13,000 stolen espresso machine?
The owner of three such appliances thought to look for the stolen merchandise on the online auctioneer eBay. And there one was.
Working with eBay authorities, investigators were able to find the sellers' address and discovered that one of the sellers was on probation, which gave investigators enough to get a search warrant, police said.
Details about the owner and the thefts were not released.
In the home, police allegedly found the three stolen espresso machines, along with counterfeit cash, illegal drugs, a weapon and other stolen property.
Residents Deanne Brasel and Mark Perez, both 36, were charged with possession of stolen property and possessing methamphetamines for sale. Rick Trample, 44, was also arrested for outstanding warrants, police said.
SACRAMENTO, California (Court TV) — Where does one unload a $13,000 stolen espresso machine?
The owner of three such appliances thought to look for the stolen merchandise on the online auctioneer eBay. And there one was.
Working with eBay authorities, investigators were able to find the sellers' address and discovered that one of the sellers was on probation, which gave investigators enough to get a search warrant, police said.
Details about the owner and the thefts were not released.
In the home, police allegedly found the three stolen espresso machines, along with counterfeit cash, illegal drugs, a weapon and other stolen property.
Residents Deanne Brasel and Mark Perez, both 36, were charged with possession of stolen property and possessing methamphetamines for sale. Rick Trample, 44, was also arrested for outstanding warrants, police said.
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Racy car gets a makeover
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Court TV) — The kinky car that touched off a criminal case is getting a touch-up.
Erica Meredith, 25, was charged last month with disseminating matter harmful to minors after she allegedly drove to pick up her 8-year-old daughter at school in a 1976 Buick with a nude woman painted on its trunk.
Last week, she agreed to have clothes painted on the racy 3-by-5-foot image. Meredith's attorney, Jack Crawford, made the agreement at a pretrial hearing in Marion Superior Court.
Although the car is registered to Meredith, she claimed it belongs to her boyfriend, Keyon Johnson, who was not charged. The airbrushed painting depicts a naked woman dancing around a pole with two men watching.
Cops spotted the painting when they stopped Meredith for driving with a broken taillight. Authorities decided that the image was inappropriate for Meredith's daughter and other students at the elementary school.
Meredith could have faced up to three years in prison but prosecutors recently made clear that their intention was not to convict her of a crime but simply to ensure that kids would not see the artwork.
The specifics of the touch-up are still being discussed, according to Meredith's attorney.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Court TV) — The kinky car that touched off a criminal case is getting a touch-up.
Erica Meredith, 25, was charged last month with disseminating matter harmful to minors after she allegedly drove to pick up her 8-year-old daughter at school in a 1976 Buick with a nude woman painted on its trunk.
Last week, she agreed to have clothes painted on the racy 3-by-5-foot image. Meredith's attorney, Jack Crawford, made the agreement at a pretrial hearing in Marion Superior Court.
Although the car is registered to Meredith, she claimed it belongs to her boyfriend, Keyon Johnson, who was not charged. The airbrushed painting depicts a naked woman dancing around a pole with two men watching.
Cops spotted the painting when they stopped Meredith for driving with a broken taillight. Authorities decided that the image was inappropriate for Meredith's daughter and other students at the elementary school.
Meredith could have faced up to three years in prison but prosecutors recently made clear that their intention was not to convict her of a crime but simply to ensure that kids would not see the artwork.
The specifics of the touch-up are still being discussed, according to Meredith's attorney.
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Suspected ornament thief nabbed
HILLSBORO, Ore. (Court TV) — The gnome-napping nightmare is over.
Authorities believe they have finally solved the case of the prolific lawn ornament lifter who has tormented Washington and Clackamas counties for more than a year.
Kimberly Rae Baker-Bundy, 49, surrendered to authorities earlier this month when a warrant was issued for her arrest following a missed court appearance.
Baker-Bundy is suspected of stealing numerous lawn items such as birdhouses, gargoyles, gnomes, wind chimes and doormats. She is charged with 14 counts of second-degree theft and 11 counts of third-degree theft.
The lawn larceny case began unfolding in late 2002 when investigators noticed an increasing number of police reports detailing random thefts of lawn ornaments and other outdoor items, police said.
Cops got a break in the curious case just before Christmas when a couple spied a woman carrying what appeared to be items from their backyard. The suspected garden grabber, believed to be Baker-Bundy, got away but not before the couple copied down her license plate number.
Police obtained a warrant to search Barker-Bundy's residence and allegedly found a treasure trove of lawn-related items. In what police described as a lawn-ornament "chop shop," Baker-Bundy was allegedly in the process of repainting many of the items, possibly for resale.
The process of putting the case together was time-consuming, police said, because of the difficulty of matching specific items recovered from Baker-Bundy's home to those reported missing from area homes.
Baker-Bundy is due back in Washington County Circuit Court on April 2.
HILLSBORO, Ore. (Court TV) — The gnome-napping nightmare is over.
Authorities believe they have finally solved the case of the prolific lawn ornament lifter who has tormented Washington and Clackamas counties for more than a year.
Kimberly Rae Baker-Bundy, 49, surrendered to authorities earlier this month when a warrant was issued for her arrest following a missed court appearance.
Baker-Bundy is suspected of stealing numerous lawn items such as birdhouses, gargoyles, gnomes, wind chimes and doormats. She is charged with 14 counts of second-degree theft and 11 counts of third-degree theft.
The lawn larceny case began unfolding in late 2002 when investigators noticed an increasing number of police reports detailing random thefts of lawn ornaments and other outdoor items, police said.
Cops got a break in the curious case just before Christmas when a couple spied a woman carrying what appeared to be items from their backyard. The suspected garden grabber, believed to be Baker-Bundy, got away but not before the couple copied down her license plate number.
Police obtained a warrant to search Barker-Bundy's residence and allegedly found a treasure trove of lawn-related items. In what police described as a lawn-ornament "chop shop," Baker-Bundy was allegedly in the process of repainting many of the items, possibly for resale.
The process of putting the case together was time-consuming, police said, because of the difficulty of matching specific items recovered from Baker-Bundy's home to those reported missing from area homes.
Baker-Bundy is due back in Washington County Circuit Court on April 2.
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Cookbook thief placed on probation
DAVENPORT, Iowa (Court TV) — A library looter with a love of cooking has been sentenced to probation.
Kristin Grace, 37, pleaded guilty in January to second-degree theft for stealing more than 100 cookbooks from two public libraries.
She could have faced five years in prison and a fine of up to $7,500 if convicted of the felony theft charges.
Instead, she was sentenced to three years probation and was required to provide restitution to the Bettendorf and Davenport public libraries.
Bettendorf police had been investigating the disappearance of the books from the local library for about two years prior to charging Grace with the theft in November 2003.
The whodunit began in early 2001 when a librarian recommended a cookbook to a patron and then could not find the title. The librarian, who was in charge of purchasing cookbooks, did an inventory and found that 117 cooking titles had vanished.
Library employees began examining the dates of when the books were last checked out and when they disappeared, and turned the information over to police.
Authorities believe Grace legitimately checked out the books and, when she had them at home, removed the barcode or other theft protection device, according to Assistant County Attorney Jerald Feuerbach, who prosecuted the case.
Grace would then return the book, sans theft protection, and then sneak it back out of the library with another batch of checked-out books, Feuerbach said.
Police visited Grace's home, where they found numerous stolen books in plain sight. Grace freely admitted the library lifting spree and eventually cooperated with investigators.
As for a motive, Feuerbach described taking and keeping the cookbooks as Grace's "major form of recreation."
"She didn't have very many other outlets," he said. "This was something that became her total outlet."
Grace is also being prosecuted on felony theft charges in nearby Rock Island County, Ill., for lifting 192 books from two public libraries there.
She is due in circuit court on April 26 for a pretrial hearing.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (Court TV) — A library looter with a love of cooking has been sentenced to probation.
Kristin Grace, 37, pleaded guilty in January to second-degree theft for stealing more than 100 cookbooks from two public libraries.
She could have faced five years in prison and a fine of up to $7,500 if convicted of the felony theft charges.
Instead, she was sentenced to three years probation and was required to provide restitution to the Bettendorf and Davenport public libraries.
Bettendorf police had been investigating the disappearance of the books from the local library for about two years prior to charging Grace with the theft in November 2003.
The whodunit began in early 2001 when a librarian recommended a cookbook to a patron and then could not find the title. The librarian, who was in charge of purchasing cookbooks, did an inventory and found that 117 cooking titles had vanished.
Library employees began examining the dates of when the books were last checked out and when they disappeared, and turned the information over to police.
Authorities believe Grace legitimately checked out the books and, when she had them at home, removed the barcode or other theft protection device, according to Assistant County Attorney Jerald Feuerbach, who prosecuted the case.
Grace would then return the book, sans theft protection, and then sneak it back out of the library with another batch of checked-out books, Feuerbach said.
Police visited Grace's home, where they found numerous stolen books in plain sight. Grace freely admitted the library lifting spree and eventually cooperated with investigators.
As for a motive, Feuerbach described taking and keeping the cookbooks as Grace's "major form of recreation."
"She didn't have very many other outlets," he said. "This was something that became her total outlet."
Grace is also being prosecuted on felony theft charges in nearby Rock Island County, Ill., for lifting 192 books from two public libraries there.
She is due in circuit court on April 26 for a pretrial hearing.
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Man arrested after seeking justice from drug scam
CHALMETTE, La. (Court TV) — It's probably best not to tell police that you were ripped off in a drug deal.
Investigators were not sympathetic to the plight of Joseph Bulot, 32, who called the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's office to complain that he had been cheated trying to swap a microwave oven for crack cocaine.
Bulot reportedly told a sheriff's deputy late last month that he traded a microwave oven to two men for crack, according to a police report. But when he took the drug home and tried to smoke it, he determined it was bogus, Bulot allegedly told police.
The unsatisfied customer then reportedly asked Deputy Chris Garic if the officer would like to see the crack pipe and the fake drugs.
The deputy drove with Bulot to his apartment, where Bulot allegedly showed Garic a gold-colored metal pipe with a mesh filter and a rock of what looked like cocaine, according to police. Tests of the off-white rock showed no traces of the drug.
Bulot was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and released on bond.
CHALMETTE, La. (Court TV) — It's probably best not to tell police that you were ripped off in a drug deal.
Investigators were not sympathetic to the plight of Joseph Bulot, 32, who called the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's office to complain that he had been cheated trying to swap a microwave oven for crack cocaine.
Bulot reportedly told a sheriff's deputy late last month that he traded a microwave oven to two men for crack, according to a police report. But when he took the drug home and tried to smoke it, he determined it was bogus, Bulot allegedly told police.
The unsatisfied customer then reportedly asked Deputy Chris Garic if the officer would like to see the crack pipe and the fake drugs.
The deputy drove with Bulot to his apartment, where Bulot allegedly showed Garic a gold-colored metal pipe with a mesh filter and a rock of what looked like cocaine, according to police. Tests of the off-white rock showed no traces of the drug.
Bulot was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and released on bond.
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Loot dispute imputes robbers
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Court TV) — Some noisy negotiations helped police collar six robbery suspects.
Less than an hour after a pizza delivery driver was robbed, police arrested three men and three 16-year-olds after several of the suspects were heard loudly arguing about how to split the loot from the robbery.
Theodore J. Davis, 18, Lee C. Morris, 17, Leander C. Owens, 17, along with three 16-year-olds, whose names have not been released, called in an order to Pizza Works and asked to have it delivered to 50 Revere St., according to police.
When the driver arrived, the group allegedly met him at the front door and robbed him of an undisclosed amount of cash and about $45 in food and sodas.
One of the suspects dropped a scarf in the driveway of the robbery scene, according to Springfield Police Capt. William J. Noonan.
A police K-9 unit was able to track the scent from the scarf to the vicinity of 34 Revere St., where several officers began searching for the suspects.
From outside the building, police said they heard several men arguing loudly in a second-floor apartment. The men were reportedly arguing over their differing roles in the robbery and about how to split the take.
Two men left the home to continue fighting outside when they walked into the waiting arms of the law, according to Noonan.
"We're just happy that these guys are dumber and greedier than we are," Noonan said.
Inside the apartment, investigators reportedly found cash, a gun, and partially eaten pizza and Buffalo wings matching the order placed with Pizza Works.
Davis, Morris, Owens and the three 16-year-olds were each charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm without a license. They are due back in Springfield District Court on March 25 for a pretrial hearing.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Court TV) — Some noisy negotiations helped police collar six robbery suspects.
Less than an hour after a pizza delivery driver was robbed, police arrested three men and three 16-year-olds after several of the suspects were heard loudly arguing about how to split the loot from the robbery.
Theodore J. Davis, 18, Lee C. Morris, 17, Leander C. Owens, 17, along with three 16-year-olds, whose names have not been released, called in an order to Pizza Works and asked to have it delivered to 50 Revere St., according to police.
When the driver arrived, the group allegedly met him at the front door and robbed him of an undisclosed amount of cash and about $45 in food and sodas.
One of the suspects dropped a scarf in the driveway of the robbery scene, according to Springfield Police Capt. William J. Noonan.
A police K-9 unit was able to track the scent from the scarf to the vicinity of 34 Revere St., where several officers began searching for the suspects.
From outside the building, police said they heard several men arguing loudly in a second-floor apartment. The men were reportedly arguing over their differing roles in the robbery and about how to split the take.
Two men left the home to continue fighting outside when they walked into the waiting arms of the law, according to Noonan.
"We're just happy that these guys are dumber and greedier than we are," Noonan said.
Inside the apartment, investigators reportedly found cash, a gun, and partially eaten pizza and Buffalo wings matching the order placed with Pizza Works.
Davis, Morris, Owens and the three 16-year-olds were each charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm without a license. They are due back in Springfield District Court on March 25 for a pretrial hearing.
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Truck overloaded with marijuana gives suspects away
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) — Call it a case of reefer hubris.
Indiana state police stopped a pickup truck so overloaded with marijuana that a temporary license plate in the rear window was blocked.
"It was piled up in big bags," said Indiana State Trooper William Etter. "Once you first stopped it, it was obvious — you could smell it."
The pot nearly filled the bed of the truck, and a drug-sniffing dog responded immediately to the scent, police said. About 900 one-pound bricks of pot were recovered during the Monday traffic stop.
Officers arrested the driver and another two men who face preliminary charges of marijuana possession.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) — Call it a case of reefer hubris.
Indiana state police stopped a pickup truck so overloaded with marijuana that a temporary license plate in the rear window was blocked.
"It was piled up in big bags," said Indiana State Trooper William Etter. "Once you first stopped it, it was obvious — you could smell it."
The pot nearly filled the bed of the truck, and a drug-sniffing dog responded immediately to the scent, police said. About 900 one-pound bricks of pot were recovered during the Monday traffic stop.
Officers arrested the driver and another two men who face preliminary charges of marijuana possession.
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Thief sets off sprinkler, alerting cops
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A thief who hoped to rob an ATM at the Omaha Civic Center got a soggy surprise instead.
Police said the would-be robber apparently tried to use a forklift to break open the machine and hit a sprinkler line in the ceiling on Wednesday.
Firefighters and police officers responded to a fire alarm about 4:30 a.m. to find water filling the entry floor and streaming down ramps into the basement.
They also found the ATM hanging from a forklift just inside the main entrance, police detective Chris LeGrow said.
Parks Director Larry Foster estimated repair costs at $5,000 to $7,000.
Police said it appeared the thief had failed to get any money out of the ATM.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A thief who hoped to rob an ATM at the Omaha Civic Center got a soggy surprise instead.
Police said the would-be robber apparently tried to use a forklift to break open the machine and hit a sprinkler line in the ceiling on Wednesday.
Firefighters and police officers responded to a fire alarm about 4:30 a.m. to find water filling the entry floor and streaming down ramps into the basement.
They also found the ATM hanging from a forklift just inside the main entrance, police detective Chris LeGrow said.
Parks Director Larry Foster estimated repair costs at $5,000 to $7,000.
Police said it appeared the thief had failed to get any money out of the ATM.
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Bandit Shoots Own Foot, Track Leads Home
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian crook shot himself in the foot while trying to burglarize a bar, then left a trail of blood that led police straight to his home, police said on Thursday.
Police in the town of Petropolis in the mountains near Rio de Janeiro said they had arrested Carlos Henrique Auad, 29, on Wednesday at his home just about a hundred yards from the bar.
Police said Auad had broken into the bar several days earlier and had stolen a television set. He broke into the bar through the roof again on Tuesday night, but fell down and accidentally shot himself in the right foot, police said.
He left without stealing anything and went straight home failing to notice the blood track in the darkness.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian crook shot himself in the foot while trying to burglarize a bar, then left a trail of blood that led police straight to his home, police said on Thursday.
Police in the town of Petropolis in the mountains near Rio de Janeiro said they had arrested Carlos Henrique Auad, 29, on Wednesday at his home just about a hundred yards from the bar.
Police said Auad had broken into the bar several days earlier and had stolen a television set. He broke into the bar through the roof again on Tuesday night, but fell down and accidentally shot himself in the right foot, police said.
He left without stealing anything and went straight home failing to notice the blood track in the darkness.
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Teen caught in stolen car doing laps on motor speedway
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager stole a luxury sports car, barreled through a security gate at a motor speedway and then went four laps at 100 mph before he was arrested, police said.
Feliphe Ramos, 18, stole the 2004 Infiniti G35 worth more than $30,000 from a hospital construction site Wednesday after the driver left the keys in the ignition, police said. The driver had been lent the G35 by a dealership while his car was being repaired.
He sped past guards, crashed through a security gate and then began doing laps at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, home of NASCAR and Indy car races, police said.
After doing four laps, Ramos either lost control or stopped. Track workers held him until police arrived.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — A teenager stole a luxury sports car, barreled through a security gate at a motor speedway and then went four laps at 100 mph before he was arrested, police said.
Feliphe Ramos, 18, stole the 2004 Infiniti G35 worth more than $30,000 from a hospital construction site Wednesday after the driver left the keys in the ignition, police said. The driver had been lent the G35 by a dealership while his car was being repaired.
He sped past guards, crashed through a security gate and then began doing laps at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, home of NASCAR and Indy car races, police said.
After doing four laps, Ramos either lost control or stopped. Track workers held him until police arrived.
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Marijuana Found in Load of Frozen Chickens
RATON, N.M. (AP) - Frozen chickens and marijuana — a combination that put the driver of a tractor-trailer rig in jail.
The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested Saturday after an officer from the state's Motor Transportation Division found 1,240 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of frozen chickens.
The truck was headed for the Midwest when it was pulled over on Interstate 25 near Raton as part of a routine traffic stop. The officer became suspicious and a search of the truck turned up the marijuana.
RATON, N.M. (AP) - Frozen chickens and marijuana — a combination that put the driver of a tractor-trailer rig in jail.
The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested Saturday after an officer from the state's Motor Transportation Division found 1,240 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of frozen chickens.
The truck was headed for the Midwest when it was pulled over on Interstate 25 near Raton as part of a routine traffic stop. The officer became suspicious and a search of the truck turned up the marijuana.
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Ind. man faces 10 years for storing crack cocaine in baby's diaper
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Crack cocaine found inside a baby's diaper led a jury Tuesday to convict the driver of a car in which the infant was a passenger.
Walter H. Martin faces a minimum of 10 years in prison for dealing in cocaine, but prosecutors said the sentence could be longer because a child was used in the commission of the crime.
State troopers discovered the drugs after stopping the car Martin was driving for speeding near Evansville last June, prosecutors said.
Martin, 30, was in the car with his 32-year-old wife, Tawana Fairley, and two children, ages 8 years and 18 months.
After State Trooper Timothy Wood learned Martin was a suspect in a drug investigation, a search led Fairley to admit she had marijuana in her socks, prosecutors said.
Another trooper, Douglas Humphrey, took the children to his squad car to shelter them while the parents were being booked at the county jail. According to court records, Humphrey noticed the baby apparently needed changing and then found the cocaine inside the diaper.
A message left late Tuesday at the office of Martin's defense attorney, John Goodridge, was not immediately returned.
Goodridge had sought to have the drugs declared inadmissible, claiming there was no probable cause to search the car or the diaper. But federal judge Richard Young ruled Monday that the officers had acted reasonably throughout the stop and search.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Crack cocaine found inside a baby's diaper led a jury Tuesday to convict the driver of a car in which the infant was a passenger.
Walter H. Martin faces a minimum of 10 years in prison for dealing in cocaine, but prosecutors said the sentence could be longer because a child was used in the commission of the crime.
State troopers discovered the drugs after stopping the car Martin was driving for speeding near Evansville last June, prosecutors said.
Martin, 30, was in the car with his 32-year-old wife, Tawana Fairley, and two children, ages 8 years and 18 months.
After State Trooper Timothy Wood learned Martin was a suspect in a drug investigation, a search led Fairley to admit she had marijuana in her socks, prosecutors said.
Another trooper, Douglas Humphrey, took the children to his squad car to shelter them while the parents were being booked at the county jail. According to court records, Humphrey noticed the baby apparently needed changing and then found the cocaine inside the diaper.
A message left late Tuesday at the office of Martin's defense attorney, John Goodridge, was not immediately returned.
Goodridge had sought to have the drugs declared inadmissible, claiming there was no probable cause to search the car or the diaper. But federal judge Richard Young ruled Monday that the officers had acted reasonably throughout the stop and search.
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Drunken Dad Asks 11-Year-Old Son to Drive
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man did the drinking and decided to let his 11-year-old son, who was barely able to see over the steering wheel, do the driving, police said.
Police said on Wednesday they had arrested Robert Lee Crider on charges of child endangerment, public intoxication and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.
Crider's son was pulled over by a Texas state trooper outside of the west Texas town of Big Spring in the predawn hours of Saturday after the officer saw the car speeding and weaving through traffic, said Sgt. Jason Hester, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Crider apparently was taking his son home for the weekend as a part of a custody arrangement with his ex-wife. Crider and a friend stopped off at a bar with the boy, and when the two adults became too drunk to drive, they handed the keys of the rental car over to the boy.
The boy was pulled over just as the group started on a trip of some 200 miles to Crider's home. They had passed several motels before they were stopped by the trooper, Hester said.
Police fed the boy a grilled cheese sandwich, found a mattress for him to sleep on and called his mother, who picked him up and drove him back to her home.
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas man did the drinking and decided to let his 11-year-old son, who was barely able to see over the steering wheel, do the driving, police said.
Police said on Wednesday they had arrested Robert Lee Crider on charges of child endangerment, public intoxication and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.
Crider's son was pulled over by a Texas state trooper outside of the west Texas town of Big Spring in the predawn hours of Saturday after the officer saw the car speeding and weaving through traffic, said Sgt. Jason Hester, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Crider apparently was taking his son home for the weekend as a part of a custody arrangement with his ex-wife. Crider and a friend stopped off at a bar with the boy, and when the two adults became too drunk to drive, they handed the keys of the rental car over to the boy.
The boy was pulled over just as the group started on a trip of some 200 miles to Crider's home. They had passed several motels before they were stopped by the trooper, Hester said.
Police fed the boy a grilled cheese sandwich, found a mattress for him to sleep on and called his mother, who picked him up and drove him back to her home.
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BBQ thief flips lids
SKOKIE, Illinois (Court TV) — A brazen barbeque bandit has some backyard cooks fired up.
Skokie police are investigating at least 18 cases of gas BBQ grill lids being lifted from grills On the city's east side. All the thefts have taken place during the day, police said.
The BBQ bandit is targeting single-family residences with built-in grills, according to police. The grills are typically located in the backyard or side yard of the homes and are visible from nearby alleys.
Investigators are not sure about the motive for the thefts since the grill tops would not fetch much money on a BBQ black market.
But some grill store owners speculate that the aluminum or cast iron lids may be ending up in scrap yards, where they would probably go for about $5 each. The take for 18 lids would be an easy $90.
Police have issued a community alert and have stepped up patrols in hopes of smoking out the thief or thieves.
SKOKIE, Illinois (Court TV) — A brazen barbeque bandit has some backyard cooks fired up.
Skokie police are investigating at least 18 cases of gas BBQ grill lids being lifted from grills On the city's east side. All the thefts have taken place during the day, police said.
The BBQ bandit is targeting single-family residences with built-in grills, according to police. The grills are typically located in the backyard or side yard of the homes and are visible from nearby alleys.
Investigators are not sure about the motive for the thefts since the grill tops would not fetch much money on a BBQ black market.
But some grill store owners speculate that the aluminum or cast iron lids may be ending up in scrap yards, where they would probably go for about $5 each. The take for 18 lids would be an easy $90.
Police have issued a community alert and have stepped up patrols in hopes of smoking out the thief or thieves.
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