Florida police investigating the robbery of a convenience store by a man in a motorized wheelchair found the suspect stuck in sand behind the store as he allegedly tried to make a getaway. John Champion, 22, was arrested by Chiefland police on charges of armed robbery and aggravated battery. Champion, armed with a knife, had allegedly demanded money, the newspaper reports, but got into a scuffle with the clerk, who stabbed him three times in the leg before she was overpowered. Champion then allegedly fled with a 12-pack of beer and a roll of electrical tape, police say. The Sun reports that when officers found Champion behind the store he was sitting in his wheelchair drinking a Bud Light Lime. Read more HERE
A woman in China has been living with a thermometer inside her lung -- for an incredible 44 years. Doctors in China's Hunan province discovered the 2-inch-long medical device in her left lung during a routine checkup. The patient, who is only identified as Liu, accidentally swallowed the thermometer when she was 12 years old, and her family couldn't afford the medical care it would take to remove it.
Sounds painful, but it hasn't caused the woman any discomfort -- that is, until now. Her doctors worry that if the thermometer breaks, the mercury inside it could cause serious damage inside the woman's body. It's not yet clear how doctors will remove the thermometer. Read more HERE
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
What the Hell Theater
Police in Florida arrested a 40-year-old man on Saturday after he allegedly destroyed a 16-year-old girl's car during a spontaneous monster truck rally. Fort Meyers resident Norman Nowling was among the thousands of festival attendees who traveled to Punta Gorda over the weekend to celebrate the Red Neck Yacht Club's Swamp Cabbage Weekend. The annual gathering features live music, camping, ATV attractions and the "largest mud party in the state." Around 5 a.m., authorities received a call from an unnamed teenage girl, claiming that someone crushed her car... According to press release, "Security then said a large white camouflaged van with five-foot wheels showed up and the crowd again said it was okay to drive over the car. The van put the front tire on the front of the car, smashing the hood, backed off, went to the other side and put his other tire on the hood, smashing it and went to the center, driving over the entire car." Authorities identified Nowling as the driver and promptly arrested him. Nowling is charged with one felony count of criminal mischief.Charlotte County Jail officials released him on $2,500 bond. Read more HERE
A man allegedly tried to dupe Denny's employees into thinking he was their new general manager -- and then cooked his own cheeseburger and fries. James Summers, 52, waltzed into a Madison Denny's on Tuesday wearing a coat and tie and claiming to be a 30-year corporate veteran of the restaurant chain. Summers' alleged plot was more devious than just defrauding managers -- he wanted a free cheeseburger, and he wanted to make it himself. It was at this point, the manager began making calls up-the-chain. ... While on the phone, she waved off kitchen staff as they rapped on her door, trying to get her attention. She was not to be interrupted while talking with corporate. What cook staff wanted her to know was that the new "GM" was in the process of cooking himself up a cheeseburger and fries, and that he had gotten himself a soda. After a bit of confusion, Madison cops stepped in and allegedly found an unregistered stun gun on Summers' belt, as well as what appeared to be a few crack pipes, Summers was arrested and charged with fraud, possession of an electric weapon, disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia. Read more HERE
A man allegedly tried to dupe Denny's employees into thinking he was their new general manager -- and then cooked his own cheeseburger and fries. James Summers, 52, waltzed into a Madison Denny's on Tuesday wearing a coat and tie and claiming to be a 30-year corporate veteran of the restaurant chain. Summers' alleged plot was more devious than just defrauding managers -- he wanted a free cheeseburger, and he wanted to make it himself. It was at this point, the manager began making calls up-the-chain. ... While on the phone, she waved off kitchen staff as they rapped on her door, trying to get her attention. She was not to be interrupted while talking with corporate. What cook staff wanted her to know was that the new "GM" was in the process of cooking himself up a cheeseburger and fries, and that he had gotten himself a soda. After a bit of confusion, Madison cops stepped in and allegedly found an unregistered stun gun on Summers' belt, as well as what appeared to be a few crack pipes, Summers was arrested and charged with fraud, possession of an electric weapon, disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia. Read more HERE
Thursday, February 23, 2012
What the Hell Theater
One area in Kentucky still won't be able to buy alcohol — a decision made by the flip of a coin. A vote held Wednesday on whether to allow alcohol sales in the Graham Precinct in Daviess County ended with a 21-21 tie. So officials flipped a half-dollar coin to decide the issue, and the Messenger-Inquirer newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/ysEd1c) it came up tails. David Osborne, the county clerk, said the election's outcome was "unprecedented" in an issue vote. The county has 65 precincts where alcohol sales are legal and 17 where they are not. Read more HERE
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
What the Hell Theater
A stray dog is getting credit for thwarting a prison breakout in Paraguay. Officials say three dangerous inmates dug a tunnel from their cell to the street and were just about to break free when the dog began to bark and alerted a guard. Prison officials dragged the unlucky prisoners before the media on Friday to explain their misfortune. Hilario Villalba says "the stupid dog" started barking as soon as he stuck his head outside the tunnel just before dawn. And he says his 30-year double-murder sentence is so unfair that he'll keep trying to escape. Read more HERE
A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance. The Wyoming Highway Patrol said Tuesday that Richard Vincent of Prineville, Ore., was wanted in Georgia for violating parole on a murder and escape conviction. Vincent called the Uinta (YOO'-ihn-tah) County Sheriff's Office sent state troopers to help him out. When they learned that Vincent had an outstanding felony warrant from Atlanta, he was taken into custody. Vincent is now being held for Georgia authorities pending extradition. Read more HERE
A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff's office for roadside assistance. The Wyoming Highway Patrol said Tuesday that Richard Vincent of Prineville, Ore., was wanted in Georgia for violating parole on a murder and escape conviction. Vincent called the Uinta (YOO'-ihn-tah) County Sheriff's Office sent state troopers to help him out. When they learned that Vincent had an outstanding felony warrant from Atlanta, he was taken into custody. Vincent is now being held for Georgia authorities pending extradition. Read more HERE
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
What the Hell Theater
A Swedish man was being treated in hospital Sunday after being dug out alive from his snow-buried car in which he had survived for two months with no food, according to police and local media. The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday, emaciated and too weak to utter more than a few words.Doctors at the hospital said humans would normally be able to survive for about four weeks without food. Besides eating snow, the man probably survived by going into a dormant-like state, physician Stefan Branth told Vasterbottens-Kuriren. Read more HERE
Police say a western Pennsylvania man who claims to have split personalities confessed to robbing a Chinese restaurant after reading about it in the newspaper and realizing he was the person who did it. 23-year-old Timothy Beer came to the police station Tuesday, saying he wasn't feeling well and "did something stupid." Beer told police he ordered food and became angry when he perceived the person waiting on him was continuing to speak Chinese. The next thing Beer remembers, he was playing video games at his cousin's home — but says he later realized he committed the robbery when he read about it in Tuesday's Valley News Dispatch. Read more HERE
Police say a western Pennsylvania man who claims to have split personalities confessed to robbing a Chinese restaurant after reading about it in the newspaper and realizing he was the person who did it. 23-year-old Timothy Beer came to the police station Tuesday, saying he wasn't feeling well and "did something stupid." Beer told police he ordered food and became angry when he perceived the person waiting on him was continuing to speak Chinese. The next thing Beer remembers, he was playing video games at his cousin's home — but says he later realized he committed the robbery when he read about it in Tuesday's Valley News Dispatch. Read more HERE
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Baby Baby Baby
Worried you're not quite financially ready to have a child right now? Well . . . you're right to worry. A new study has found that first-time parents spend an average of $2,825 on their baby . . . BEFORE it's born. And then, every year, you'll spend roughly $15,800 a year on your child. Read more HERE
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Update: Worst Ex GF EVER?!
Update: The Girl Who Dumped the Guy with Super Bowl Tickets Says She Only Met Him Once
On Monday, we told you about a guy who's giving away Super Bowl tickets because his girlfriend DUMPED him when he got cancer. But the girl denies the whole story. She says she only met him once, he was creepy, and they never dated. Now the guy says he was talking about ANOTHER girl.
Full Story:
On Monday, we told you about the WORST GIRLFRIEND EVER: A guy named Jason Elia bought two Super Bowl tickets so he could propose to his girlfriend at the game . . . but she DUMPED him after he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
--Then he decided to give the tickets away . . . only SHE still wanted them. Or DID SHE? Jason told one radio show his girlfriend was named Sokhon Sen. The British paper "The Daily Mail" tracked her down . . . and she denied the whole story.
--And we mean the WHOLE story: There was no Super Bowl ticket offer, no dumping him after cancer, she wasn't Jason's girlfriend, and she only MET him ONCE.
--She said, quote, "I wouldn't call Jason someone I dated. More like some creepy person now that I met once in my whole life."
--Jason stands by his story about getting dumped due to cancer. But he said Sokhon was NOT the ex-girlfriend who dumped him. Although he DIDN'T explain why he said she was in the first place.
(Daily Mail)
--Jason also changed the rules to his ticket giveaway at the last minute: Instead of giving them to the person who got him the most Twitter followers, he supposedly gave the tickets to a father and a sick kid who sent him an email.
On Monday, we told you about a guy who's giving away Super Bowl tickets because his girlfriend DUMPED him when he got cancer. But the girl denies the whole story. She says she only met him once, he was creepy, and they never dated. Now the guy says he was talking about ANOTHER girl.
Full Story:
On Monday, we told you about the WORST GIRLFRIEND EVER: A guy named Jason Elia bought two Super Bowl tickets so he could propose to his girlfriend at the game . . . but she DUMPED him after he was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
--Then he decided to give the tickets away . . . only SHE still wanted them. Or DID SHE? Jason told one radio show his girlfriend was named Sokhon Sen. The British paper "The Daily Mail" tracked her down . . . and she denied the whole story.
--And we mean the WHOLE story: There was no Super Bowl ticket offer, no dumping him after cancer, she wasn't Jason's girlfriend, and she only MET him ONCE.
--She said, quote, "I wouldn't call Jason someone I dated. More like some creepy person now that I met once in my whole life."
--Jason stands by his story about getting dumped due to cancer. But he said Sokhon was NOT the ex-girlfriend who dumped him. Although he DIDN'T explain why he said she was in the first place.
(Daily Mail)
--Jason also changed the rules to his ticket giveaway at the last minute: Instead of giving them to the person who got him the most Twitter followers, he supposedly gave the tickets to a father and a sick kid who sent him an email.
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