Police have six-hour standoff with unconscious man

Massachusetts - A suspect in a Massachusetts armed robbery was taken into custody and hospitalized for a drug overdose after a state Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team was called to a Nichols Road residence. Jeremy Q. Curtis, 40, of Hanover, Mass., was taken into custody and then brought to Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro following a six hour incident during which Curtis was unconscious.  More…

Traffic stop leads to discovery of body

Canada - Canadian police say an officer’s decision to stop a suspicious vehicle led to the discovery of a 15-year-old girl’s body and the arrest of a 20-year-old man. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in British Columbia noticed a pickup truck turning onto a highway from a disused logging road and after pulling the vehicle over became suspicious of the driver’s answers to questions....More

Odd News Police misplaced police car for three weeks

Pennsylvania - Millcreek police officers took five unmarked police vehicles to Pittsburgh for a week of SWAT training. But in what Millcreek Police Chief Thomas Carlotti called “a perfect storm of mix-ups,” they only returned with four of them. It wasn’t until three weeks later, when Pittsburgh police called about the car left in a motel parking lot, that Millcreek police realized a 2006 unmarked white Ford Crown Victoria had been left behind....More

Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

Reuters - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.---...More

Chinese police beat official's wife by mistake (Reuters)

Reuters - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.---...More

Nebraska police nab alleged 'toilet paper' bandit

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Police said they suspect they've captured the "toilet paper bandit." A man who concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper robbed a Lincoln convenience store last month. Police said the man was armed with a knife, but no one was hurt in the robbery....More

Police identify shampoo thief

New York - West Seneca police say they have identified the man who was caught on surveillance cameras taking seven bottles of Head and Shoulders shampoo from a local drug store. Daniel Wolf, 40, of Clare Street in Buffalo, is wanted on a warrant for petit larceny in West Seneca in connection with a theft at the Rite Aid.---...More

Odd News: Robin Hood charged with identity theft

DENVER (AP) -- This Robin Hood is accused of stealing - and not to give to the poor. Authorities said a 34-year-old named Robin Joshua Hood found someone's wallet in downtown Denver and apparently began using the man's name in a ploy to avoid being caught on a warrant. Hood told investigators he was being investigated for drug charges---...More

Police: Iowa mom accused of pimping daughter

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A Cedar Rapids woman was accused of arranging her daughter's effort at prostitution. Mary J. Doolin was arrested Wednesday in connection with a Sept. 29 incident in Coralville. Police said Doolin sent her daughter to meet an undercover officer who had contacted her during a prostitution investigation. According to police, Doolin's daughter, 37-year-old Debra Voshell, was later charged with pandering---...More

Odd News-Police: Man stuffed 75 bottles of lotion in pants

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Police say a Massachusetts man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away from authorities, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seamsMore

Police: say fake Pa. Kmart employee was thief

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a heroin addict pretended to be an employee at a western Pennsylvania Kmart so he could steal merchandise to feed his drug habit. Charles Tankersley, 34, remained jailed on theft charges and it's not clear if he has an attorney.More

Police: Crabby customer slugs Ohio grocery clerk

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- Police say a man in Ohio got so upset over a mistake on the price of crab cakes that he punched a grocery store manager several times and spit in his face. Authorities in Sandusky arrested 61-year-old Ralph Barr on charges of assault and criminal damaging---...More

Police: Man seeking 'trouble' smashes TV with bat

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- A St. Cloud man who allegedly told Target store employees he "wanted to get into trouble" was in jail after police said he smashed a big-screen TV with a baseball bat. Police said the man picked up the bat off a shelf at a St. Cloud Target, went into the electronics department and smashed a 50-inch plasma television---...More

Police: Driver passes out, meth lab in back seat

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Police say a driver passed out in his car at a Tennessee gas station while a batch of methamphetamine was cooking in the back seat----More

Texas police arrest intruder suspect as he bathed

TYLER, Texas (AP) -- A 25-year-old man suspected of breaking into an east Texas house is jailed after police found him taking a bath in the house. The incident happened about 3:30 a.m. Sunday in a blue-collar neighborhood of northwest Tyler. Police Sgt. Matthew Smyser said a resident called to report that a man had kicked in the front door of the house. While en route, officers were advised the resident had left the house but the intruder remained inside--...More

Police jail man for rubbing burger in wife's face

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested for allegedly rubbing a hamburger on his wife's face during an argument. Police said Daniel Boss and his wife got into it late Thursday night and started calling each other names. At some point, the woman apparently poured soda on Boss' hamburger, causing him to grab the sandwich, rub it in her face and start throwing food---...More

Police nab woman with nearly $600 of stolen meat

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Galesburg police said they have filed a retail theft charge against a woman who was reportedly found pushing a cart filled with nearly $600 worth of meat and meat products outside a supermarket.----...More

Police: Dad leaves boy and goes into strip club

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A man was arrested after police said he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck stolen and his child missing. Police said the man was too drunk to remember where he had parked---...More

Police: Would-be Seattle ninja impaled on fence

SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help. Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday---...More

Ohio Police: Repo man struck by repossessed car

CINCINNATI (AP) -- An Ohio man was accused of striking a repo man with his car when he tried to take it back after it was repossessed. Police said 41-year-old Charles Alexander was arrested late Saturday near his home in the small town of Silverton, near Cincinnati. He was held without bond Monday on a felony charge of attempted vehicular assault----...More