I'm too tired to write anything original today, so I figured I'd post a few odd news stories that caught my eye. Enjoy:
Make Yourself At Home
Most burglars do their best to get in and out of a victim’s home quickly and quietly, but that wasn’t the case with one robber in Wisconsin.Police in Baraboo have arrested a 24-year-old man they allege is responsible for three break-ins. When the suspect got inside the homes, he took his time and brewed some coffee, whipped up some snacks and took showers.Sheriff Brian Rahn says the robber even checked his e-mail on the victims’ computers and Lori Menzel claims the burglar left his Yahoo account open on her laptop when he broke in.Imagine if she’d come home to find this robber in her favourite bra and panties set.
Man Bites MailmanHOUMA, La. — A mail carrier got bitten — by a barking man, police said. Mark D. Plumb, 20, of Butler, Mo., was arrested and charged with simple battery after he ran barking from a house and bit the letter carrier on the shoulder, police spokesman Lt. Todd Duplantis said. Plumb said he bit the carrier as a joke, and has no history of criminal activity or mental illness, police said. Plumb was released from the Terrebonne Parish jail after posting $165 bond.
Thief Leaves Wallet BehindCOLUMBUS, Miss. — It wasn't hard for police to track down the man they say robbed a Trustmark Bank this week. The suspect apparently left his wallet and identification at the scene of the crime. Terrell Green, 26, of Jackson, was charged with Wednesday's robbery. Police Lt. Tom Thompson said a man walked into the bank wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and sunglasses, and handed the teller a note from his wallet demanding money. When the teller asked what she should do with the money, the man handed her a white pillowcase into which she placed seven $100 bills, 17 $50 bills and numerous smaller bills and a dye pack, Thompson said. The man took the pillowcase and left, authorities said. Police set up checkpoints to search for the suspect but had to look no further than the bank counter, where the suspect's wallet was found with his identification inside. Following information from the wallet, Thompson said investigators went to the suspect's mother's home and arrested Green as he was walking out the front door. Thompson said Green was being held without bond pending an initial court appearance.
WOUNDED MAN TRIES TO REMOVE BULLET HIMSELFWichita, Ka. — A 24-year-old man reported to police that he heard gunshots, realized he had been shot in the chest, then tried to remove the bullet with the pointy end of a meat thermometer. The man was in good condition at a hospital. The man said he heard three gunshots, walked out to look around, then realized that he had been wounded in the upper chest, police Sgt. Steve Hiser said. After trying to remove the bullet himself, the man walked to Via Christi Regional Medical Center where he was listed in serious condition and was admitted for observation.
BLIND WOMAN RECOVERS SIGHT AFTER HEART ATTACKEngland, AFP — A 74-year-old woman who had been blind for 25 years awoke in a British hospital after suffering a heart attack and could see again. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reports she told her husband, "You've got older." Doctors were at a loss to explain how Joyce Urch, who lived in a world of shadows and near darkness since 1979, had recovered her sight after the heart attack 16 months ago. Urch, who was treated at Walgrave Hospital in Coventry, where doctors spent three days battling to save her life, called it a "miracle."
