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Man says veteran status should let him steal candy

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Authorities arrested a man who claimed he was justified in stealing candy at a truck stop because he had served in the military. Police said an officer confronted a 31-year-old man at the truck stop early Monday morning. The officer reported finding several packages of candy and nuts, two black T-shirts and a 20 oz. bottle of beer in his pockets.

He said he had paid for all the items, but a clerk denied ringing up any purchases for him. A report stated that while in the patrol vehicle, the man screamed out the window that he had served in the military over in Iraq and could steal all the M&M'S he wanted. His veteran status could not be immediately verified. The man was charged with retail theft and was being held on $5,000 bail.
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Yep, That'll Fix It: Berlin youths torching Porsches, BMWs over economy

French youth like to burn cars on New Year's - and they don't mind lighting a few the rest of the year, either. German youths apparently really get their "arson on" when the economy takes a dip, as it happens to be doing right now. According to Bloomberg, at least 29 luxury vehicles have gone up in flames in Berlin so far this year, instigated by "'youths across Europe who 'perceive their future as rather precarious'."

The torchings in Berlin have been centered on the nicer, gentrified areas of town like Prenzlauer Berg, where some residents feel they are being squeezed out to make room for the moneyed. There is even a group called BMW that is claiming responsibility for some of the fires, but this time the acronym stands for the Movement for Militant Resistance (auf Deutsch, naturlich).

If cars are going up in smoke so quickly right now, perhaps the real question is: What will the disgruntled turn to next when things get worse? The police have created a special unit to investigate the arson, since it's considered a political act, but the advice from a Berlin police commissioner is: "I wouldn't advise someone to park their Porsche on the street."
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SoCal robbery suspect tries to become policeman

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Authorities in California say a man wanted for a store robbery was arrested when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer. Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzales said investigators had identified Romeo Montillano as a suspect in a Dec. 8 robbery at a Kmart. Gonzales says investigators learned that Montillano had signed up for the February Police Department entrance exam.

The 40-year-old man was arrested Wednesday when he arrived to take the test. Gonzales said that when Montillano was taken into custody he asked if he would still be able to take the exam. Police said Montillano was arrested for investigation of robbery, making criminal threats and grand theft. He remained in jail Saturday in lieu of $110,000 bail.
 
Colorado withdraws ticket issued to good Samaritan

DENVER -- The Colorado State Patrol has withdrawn the $22 jaywalking ticket issued to a good Samaritan who was seriously injured by a pickup after he pushed three people out of its path. Bus driver Jim Moffett of Denver and another man were helping two elderly women cross a busy Denver street in a snowstorm when he was hit Feb. 20. Moffett, 58, suffered bleeding in the brain, broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen. He remained hospitalized in serious condition Friday.

"He's doing better, but it's going to be a long, hard road for him," said his wife, Donna. "His knee is just completely destroyed, his shoulder was badly dislocated, he's got a lot of internal injuries." The State Patrol said in a statement that it withdrew the citation "after examining the ... circumstances" and consulting with prosecutors. A patrol spokesman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment. The patrol initially said that despite Moffett's intentions, jaywalking contributed to the accident.

The patrol also withdrew jaywalking citations against the other good Samaritan and one of the two women. The other woman wasn't cited because troopers said she wasn't directly involved. A citation against the pickup driver for careless driving resulting in injury still stands. The two women and the other good Samaritan were passengers on Moffett's Regional Transportation District bus.

"He told his son he'd do it again, which really upsets me because he almost lost his life," Donna Moffett said.
 
Man allegedly steals ambulance that came to crash

WILLOW CREEK, Calif. -- A man was arrested for allegedly stealing an ambulance that arrived to help him after a car crash. The California Highway Patrol said a 20-year-old man drove his Honda Accord off State Route 299 and over an embankment into several trees Thursday night. When emergency personnel arrived, he refused treatment. Instead he hopped into the ambulance and sped away.

CHP officers and Humboldt County deputies gave chase and managed to disable the ambulance by laying spikes on the road. The man was booked into jail on suspicion of evading a police officer, stealing an emergency vehicle and driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
 
Fla. men charged with throwing beer can at police

TAMPA, Fla. -- Authorities said two men were arrested after they threw an unopened 16-ounce can of Bud Light at an unmarked police vehicle. Tampa police Cpl. Richard Blasioli was on duty early Thursday morning, driving an unmarked 2001 Ford Expedition, when he saw a 1999 Toyota Solara cruising the wrong way down a road.

He said the driver, a 28-year-old man, swerved the car toward the police vehicle, and 24-year-old man leaned out of the passenger window and threw the can, hitting Blasioli's right front fender. Officers arrested the pair within minutes. Both men were charged with throwing a deadly missile at an occupied vehicle, and the passenger faces an additional drug possession charge. They were later released on bail.
 
Akron Police: PTA mom cooking meth next to sleeping toddler

AKRON -- Police knew something was wrong the moment they stepped into the house, but they didn't know a child was in harm's way until they reached the basement. Acting on an anonymous tip, police knocked on the door of a home on Wildon Street in East Akron and immediately smelled the strong odor of cooking methamphetamine, said Lt. Rick Edwards, Akron Police.

As the officers followed the smell, they found a 3-year-old child sleeping next to the cooking meth in the home's basement. The child's bedroom and another for two siblings -- ages 12 and 16 -- were in the basement near the bulk of the alleged drug-making area, Edwards said.

The 3-year-old was immediately taken to the hospital and was joined by the older two children, who were removed from school. All were scheduled to be checked out just as a precaution, Edwards said. "The child was in imminent danger," said officer Chris Crockett, who donned a white protective suit to enter the meth lab. "Especially with the items we found inside the house both for respiratory and for the danger of explosion or fire.

"It is a pretty elaborate setup. We actually found finished product in the house as well. A lot of liquids, which are again flammable. Acids that are used, which if a child touches that, very dangerous for them." Neighbors had no idea that the couple was up to no good. "Makes me very angry, makes me very angry," said Dwayne Gupton, who lived on the street for eight years. "If they did that to their kids, imagine what they're capable of doing to somebody else."
 
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Fla. men charged with throwing beer can at police

TAMPA, Fla. -- Authorities said two men were arrested after they threw an unopened 16-ounce can of Bud Light at an unmarked police vehicle. Tampa police Cpl. Richard Blasioli was on duty early Thursday morning, driving an unmarked 2001 Ford Expedition, when he saw a 1999 Toyota Solara cruising the wrong way down a road.

He said the driver, a 28-year-old man, swerved the car toward the police vehicle, and 24-year-old man leaned out of the passenger window and threw the can, hitting Blasioli's right front fender. Officers arrested the pair within minutes. Both men were charged with throwing a deadly missile at an occupied vehicle, and the passenger faces an additional drug possession charge. They were later released on bail.
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`Rockefeller' asks judge to drop fake name charge

BOSTON -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is asking a judge to dismiss a charge that he gave a false name when he was arrested in the kidnapping of his daughter. Rockefeller, whose real identity is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, was arrested last summer after he allegedly snatched his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston.

Lawyers for the German national who moved to the United States in the late 1970s want a judge to drop the charge of providing a false name to police. They argue that he had used the alias for at least 15 years and was not trying to defraud anyone. Rockefeller is also charged with parental kidnapping, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
 
Car thief nabbed after calling 911 to brag to police

DULUTH, Minn. -- A Minnesota man is behind bars after allegedly stealing a car and repeatedly calling 911 to brag to police that they would not catch him. Police in Duluth say the 23-year-old man stole the car Friday night, filled up at a gas station and then drove off without paying. After police received a report of the gasoline theft, an officer spotted the stolen car and tried to pull it over. But the man sped off, hitting a guardrail and turning off his lights.

Police soon found the car abandoned. It was then that the man allegedly began calling 911 from a cell phone, telling dispatchers he would not be caught because he was "smarter than the police." Two hours later, a man called 911 to report a prowler at his home. Police arrived and found the suspect hiding in a shed. They arrested him after a short struggle.
 
$#$%##! LA County tries for cuss-free week

LOS ANGELES -- Pay no attention to that eerie silence in the nation's most populous county this week; it will simply be the sound of 10 million people not cussing. At least that's the result McKay Hatch is hoping for once his campaign to clear the air is recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, the board is scheduled to issue a proclamation by Supervisor Michael Antonovich making the first week in March No Cussing Week.

That would mean no blue language from the Mojave desert, where it gets hot as $&# in the summer, to the Pacific Ocean, where on a winter's day it can get colder and nastier than %$#! Not that 15-year-old Hatch expects complete compliance. When his No Cussing Club meets at South Pasadena High School on Wednesdays it's not unusual for a nonmember to throw open the door and fire off a torrent of four-letter words. He's also been the target of organized harassment by pro-cussers.

And Antonovich's county motion carries no penalties. "But it's a good reminder for all of us, not just young people but everybody, to be respectful to one another and watch the words we use," said the supervisor's spokesman, Tony Bell. The county isn't the first entity to try to put the lid on swearing. Hatch's hometown of South Pasadena declared itself a cuss-free zone for a week last March, and two years ago a high school in Canada threatened to suspend repeat cussers. Hatch has lofty goals.

"Next year I want to try to get California to have a cuss-free week. And then, who knows, maybe worldwide," said the 10th grader, who believes if people treat each other with more civility they can better work together to solve bigger problems. He said his campaign began to form about the time he hit seventh grade when he noticed his friends beginning to swear, something his family didn't allow.

He formed the No Cussing Club and invited others to join. Soon the group had a Web site, bright orange T-shirts, a hip hop theme song and inquiries from all over from people interested in joining. He estimates 20,000 people have formed similar clubs. "It's not about forcing anyone to stop, just to bring awareness," he says of the movement. "If you can do a week without cussing, maybe you can do two weeks. And then maybe a month."
 
Police find cocaine and marijuana in woman's bra

WINONA, Minn. -- A 20-year-old woman faces drug charges after police found cocaine and marijuana hidden in her bra. Buffalo County police notified authorities in Winona Thursday that a car headed their way may have been involved in a drug deal. A Winona officer pulled over the vehicle and searched the woman. Deputy Chief Tom Williams said that turned up about 100 grams of marijuana and 4.25 grams of cocaine in her bra. He says she was also carrying about $600 in cash.
 
Man taunts police while on alleged crime spreee

DULUTH, Minn. -- Police said a man who allegedly went on a crime spree and called to taunt them about it started out just needing a place to stay. Police say the 23-year-old man wanted help Friday night when he called 911. His roommate had kicked him out and he had nowhere to go. He said he had been drinking. And he wondered if police had any suggestions for a place he could stay.

But when they suggested a homeless shelter, the man got mad and hung up. Then he allegedly stole a car and taunted officers chasing him by calling 911 to say they'd never catch him because he was smarter.

He was eventually arrested hiding in a shed. He allegedly kicked three officers and tore up the back seat of a squad car in the process. Lt. Scott Jenkins said alcohol, drugs or mental health issues may have been a factor.
 
Dude, where's my stuff? Wis. apartment cleaned out

MADISON, Wis. -- A man left his apartment for five hours and came home to find everything gone. An efficient burglar? No, police say, just a landlord's error. Police said the landlord manages different properties, and meant to have an apartment cleaned out that had the same number in a different building.

Instead, a maintenance worker cleaned out the apartment of 36-year-old Edward Peterson. After he called police, Peterson found most of his property in the trash bin. He got the TV and remote back from the apartment's rental office. But some possessions were gone, including about 150 CDs, 10 DVDs and books. Also missing were credit cards and about $300 in cash. The landlord said Peterson will be fully compensated for his losses.
 
Neb. deputies say man stuffed cat inside 'bong'

OMAHA, Neb. -- A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges - and catcalls from animal lovers. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.

"This cat was just dazed," Sgt. Andy Stebbing said. "She was on the front seat of the cop car, wrapped in a blanket, and never moved all the way to the humane society." Schomaker told deputies 6-month-old Shadow was hyper and he was trying to calm her down. The contraption she had been stuffed inside was 12 inches by 6 inches. Shadow was timid but in good condition Monday at the Capital Humane Society, executive director Bob Downey said.

"What the human mind doesn't invent, huh?" Downey said. Schomaker, who was released from jail after paying a $400 fine on the arrest warrant, faces drug and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. He did not immediately respond to phone messages left Monday seeking comment.
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A homemade bong, consisting of a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped plexiglas box 12-inch by 6-inch base.
 
Couple win $50,000 prize for 2nd time on same game

An Indianapolis couple beat the odds when they claimed their second $50,000 Lucky 5 Hoosier lottery prize. Elinor and John T. Phillips of Indianapolis claimed the prize Thursday, less than five years after Elinor Phillips won $50,000 on the same game in 2004. Elinor Phillips said her heart fluttered when she heard the numbers for the Feb. 24 evening draw.

Phillips said she and her husband play Lucky 5 Evening regularly. The retirees plan to use their winnings to pay down their mortgage. They say they will continue to play. The Lucky 5 game offers two shots at the $50,000 prize for $1. Than Nguyen of New Castle and Oliver Matthews of Columbus hold the record for most Lucky 5 wins with four wins each.

Cops: Man late for flight claims to be air marshal

Authorities say a man running late for a flight flashed a fake police badge to airline workers and claimed to be an air marshal so they would let him through the gate. Miami-Dade police said a 49-year-old man was booked on a flight to Los Angeles Wednesday night, but the gate had already closed and the plane was departing. After he showed the fake badge and claimed to be an air marshal, employees stopped the plane and let him board.

But real air marshals already on the plane recognized his fake badge and kicked him off. Not content with avoiding arrest, police said the man went to an airport bar and began loudly complaining about missing his flight. That's when airport police arrested him. The man was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.

SoCal aquarium blames flooding on curious octopus

Staff at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California say the trickster who flooded their offices with sea water was armed. Eight-armed, to be exact. They blame the soaking they discovered Tuesday morning on the aquarium's resident two-spotted octopus, a tiny female known for being curious and gregarious with visitors. The octopus apparently tugged on a valve and that allowed hundreds of gallons of water to overflow its tank.

Aquarium spokeswoman Randi Parent says no sea life was harmed by the flood, but the brand new, ecologically designed floors might be damaged by the water.
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3 accused of buying G.S. cookies with fake $20s

BREMERTON, Wash. -- Police in Washington state say they've captured three people who bought Girl Scout cookies with counterfeit $20 bills. Troop 40411 leader KC Gettings says she went to a bank Saturday to get change and was told she had two counterfeit $20 bills. She says she found an additional $60 worth of fake bills in the cookie receipts for a total loss of $100.

Police say the counterfeiters also were using fake bills to make purchases at stores all over Kitsap County, west of Seattle. Three people were in custody Monday and police say there's probable cause to arrest a fourth.
 
Corn spill closes Ohio road for six hours

ATHENS, Ohio -- The State Highway Patrol says a state route in southeast Ohio was closed for six hours after a crash caused 800 bushels of shelled corn to spill on the roadway. No one was injured in the crash on Route 329 in Athens County at about 10:30 a.m. Monday. Authorities say a tractor-trailer carrying the corn was heading south when it swerved left of center, struck a northbound FedEx tractor-trailer and rolled onto its side.

The Ohio Department of Transportation was called to clean up the spill. Shelled corn weighs about 56 pounds per bushel.
 
Gulp! She swallowed her own engagement ring

A lot of guys try to come up with proposal scenarios that their girlfriends will remember forever. So give Reed Harris credit for accomplishing that goal ? even if it turned out to be in don?t-try-this-at-home fashion. The idea was a variation on a common theme: Put the ring in a drink and let his beloved discover it. Harris did his part, hiding the ring in a Wendy?s Frosty milkshake. But, as he and his girlfriend, Kaitlin Whipple, told TODAY?s Matt Lauer Monday in New York, she ate the entire shake and never found the ring.

Harris and Whipple had attended an LDS Institute class last Tuesday at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., where they live. Afterward, they and a group of friends went to a Wendy?s for Frosties. The friends were in on his plans and recorded what they expected to be a heartwarming proposal on a cell phone video camera.
 
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