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Maybe the price of gas was just too high for this suspected car thief. A woman was arrested Friday morning after the car she allegedly stole from a Seattle dealership ran out of gas. An officer spotted the car being driven erratically around 105th Street and Aurora Avenue North around 7...

An officer was walking in to the Stoughton bank as an alleged robber was running out, and he chased him down. It only took 90 seconds for the robber to walk in the front doors of the bank until he was in handcuffs. As he was walking out with the cash he walked by a police officer, who was...

SCOTTDALE, Pennsylvania — A man left his sleeping 4-year-old son home alone while he went outside and pretended to be a ninja warrior, police say. The Daily Courier of Connellsville reported that Ross Hurst was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police found him dressed...

A man from Connecticut has been left with a rather bizarre mugshot after being arrested for stabbing a man who was braiding his afro. David Davis from Newhaven, in Connecticut, was having his hair done when he allegedly grabbed some scissors, slashed his barber's back and fled the scene...

LONDON (Reuters) – A judge sporting full robes and a wig rugby-tackled a sex offender to the floor to prevent him from fleeing the court where he was on trial, the Press Association reported Tuesday. Judge Douglas Marks Moore, 60, wrestled with 34-year-old Paul Reid as he tried to escape from...

Three men are in court after two allegedly secretly filmed their friend having sex with a woman, before threatening to release the footage if she complained. University of Westminster student George Iaponas, 24, met the victim via social networking site Facebook and she agreed to meet in...

A would-be robber who made a failed attempt to hold up a Jack in the Box restaurant was arrested when he returned to the same restaurant the next day, San Diego police said. The man walked in to the Jack in the Box on Wednesday and demanded cash from an employee, saying he had a gun. He had...

A Louisville man is facing multiple charges after police said his car was weaving in and out of traffic on Interstate 64. According to arrest records, a police officer with a radar gun observed a vehicle speeding and driving erratically down eastbound I-64 around 2 a.m. Thursday. Police...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Deputies who were called to deal with a man who was passed out near a restaurant said the man had an interesting explanation for how he got there. Spartanburg deputies were called to Applebee’s on Rainbow Lake Road at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies said they found...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities said a man faces charges after a sheriff's deputy stopped a truck and found all the passengers completely naked. Officials said a sheriff's deputy responded to a report of a suspicious pickup truck east of Lincoln. The deputy said he stopped the truck to question...

CHICKASHA, Okla. — A suspected thief was taken into custody after allegedly trying to conceal a stolen chainsaw by stuffing it down his pants as one would a candy bar, according to local news reports. Police say 21-year old Anthony Black was eyeing an Echo chainsaw, but decided that a grab...

Link Removed NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- New Orleans police said a man who was shot by his brother was spared serious injury or death when the bullet bounced off his gold tooth. Police said Waltdell Davis, 20, used a .22-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver to shoot his brother, Walter...

According to a police report, David Goodman said he was attempting to cheer up a 21-year-old female employee of the Wisconsin law firm he was servicing. The 52-year-old explained that the lady in question 'seemed to be stressed out' during a previous visit. Upon realising that the postie...

A 36-year-old Columbia man was stabbed in a downtown alley last night when he confronted a man for urinating on his dog. Link Removed - Invalid URL Columbia police arrested Deanthony L. Weir of 500 W. Ash St. seven minutes after officers were dispatched to the scene, according to a...

You don't want to see how sausage gets made -- and you probably don't want to see how this sausage got stolen. Police in Florida arrested a man they say was captured on video stealing sausage naked. Investigators in Estero say Joshua Ryan Abernathy, 34, walked into the Mariner's Cove Club...

Police in Florida say a mother was visiting her child's school when she attempted to impose a dress code on another mom over allegations of excessive cleavage. Laura Campanello was charged with disorderly conduct after saying the other mom was showing "too much breast" -- then allegedly pulling...

UFOs Over Utah Drop Flare-Like Objects What were those bright, flare-like objects dropped from aerial red UFOs over Utah? No official explanation has been offered. With so many small video cams and cell phones that include cameras, it's become more and more commonplace that people...

Naked Tourist Richard Gervasi Blocks Traffic in Florida, Gets Shot With Taser He might be the king of the world, but police say this emperor needs new clothes. A tourist was shot with a taser three times by Florida police after he allegedly got naked and blocked traffic in Big Coppitt...

Man sits on phone; wife calls out SWAT team Link Removed January 04, 2011 Worried wife calls police after she thinks her husband is being held hostage In a spectacular misunderstanding sparked by an accidental cell phone call, a worried wife caused SWAT teams to swarm the Winnetka school...