Courtesy of Authorities used vegetable oil to free a man who said he became trapped in the vent shaft of a grocery store when he tried to rob it.Adam F. Cooper, 19, was being held on $10,000 bail Friday on charges including burglary and criminal mischief.Authorities said Cooper was found Tuesday night in the shaft between the ceiling and the roof of the store after someone heard him screaming for help.Emergency workers cut Cooper's sweatshirt away, poured vegetable oil taken from a store ... Read Full Story

Courtesy of A southern Georgia sheriff faces federal charges accusing him of billing inmates for room and board and interfering with an FBI investigation of local judges. An indictment unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court accuses Clinch County Sheriff Winston Peterson of perjury, obstruction of justice, using forced labor and extorting former jail inmates. Peterson, 62, pleaded not guilty to the charges Thursday and was released on $10,000 bond. Investigators say the sheriff charged jail ... Read Full Story

Special thanks goes out to Leslie for the story!Courtesy of StuffWayne Patterson had more than 100 identities, and the proceeds of his crimes were secreted around his rented home.His crimes span 30 years and while he was talented at ripping off benefits systems, he was far from perfect, having previously served time in New Zealand, Australian and United States prisons for fraud.When police came to his Auckland home in October last year they stumbled upon his lifestyle, including $750,000 in c... Read Full Story

Courtesy of A police officer checking on a truck that got stuck in the mud at a city park was startled to find a 13-year-old boy behind the wheel. The boy's father, who was sitting in the passenger seat, told police he had had too much to drink and let his son drive. The boy had been drinking, too, police said."(The boy) even said he didn't want to drive because he was too drunk," McLellan told The Flint Journal for a story published Thursday.Open containers of beer and liqu... Read Full Story

Special thanks to Leslie for the story !!Courtesy of StuffA Mexican priest briefly ended up behind bars after punching a policemen who caught him driving drunkenly through the streets of the northern city of Monterrey.Priest Manuel Raul Ortega, who was not wearing clerical dress but was clutching a prayer book when captured, launched himself at the traffic cop who pulled him over earlier this week."The individual became very violent because they were going to tow away his car.He attacked... Read Full Story

Courtesy of McALLEN, Texas - A man was arrested for drug possession after telling authorities that two masked gunmen had stolen 150 pounds of marijuana from his home.Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies arrived at the home near Penitas in South Texas to find the door kicked in and nearly 15 pounds of pot lying on the floor, Sheriff Lupe Trevino said.Jose Guadalupe Flores, 35, escaped while the men ransacked the house but returned later and told the deputies he had been wrapping the drugs for... Read Full Story

Courtesy of Northwest Florida Daily NewsSHALIMAR — A woman who came to the Sheriff’s Office offering special information about drugs in the county was booked and jailed after she told investigators she smoked crack right before she came in the building.Investigators say 30-year-old Kristen Paige Lowery “appeared to be under the influence of narcotics” when she came inside the Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force Office on Thursday.When they asked her what type of drug she was using, s... Read Full Story

Courtesy of A man is facing drug charges after he allegedly walked into the Danbury police station puffing on a marijuana-filled cigar.Capt. Robert Myles says Scott Snow walked into the station early Saturday and blew smoke from his cigar into a small opening in the bullet-resistant glass separating desk officers from the public.Myles says the 24-year-old man was told there's no smoking inside the building and he allegedly stubbed out the cigar on the counter.Officers came out and smelled... Read Full Story

Courtesy of PerthNowA PERTH man has been charged with drink driving three times in 24 hours, his menacing spree ending with a bizarre incident at a police station.The 46-year-old was first stopped by Boddington police, in the Perth hills on Saturday night, and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended licence.He was spotted driving his car again a short time later and arrested for drink-driving, police said.The man's car was impounded in the Boddington police s... Read Full Story

Courtesy of PC WorldHere's a tip: if you steal a printer used to print driver's licenses, don't call the manufacturer asking for driver software.It's a lesson that Timothy Scott Short learned all too well this month, when he got arrested after placing a couple of calls to Digimarc Corp.'s tech support line.Short, 33, is facing felony charges for possession of "document-making implements," in connection with the theft of a Digimarc printer used by the state of Mis... Read Full Story