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Waitress Has Scary Encounter With Dine-and-Dashers

A 20-year-old in New Jersey confronts vehicle in parking lot, ends up being driven away

(Newser) - When a 20-year-old waitress in New Jersey saw one of her tables sneaking out without paying, she followed them out into the parking lot. Instead of seeing the customers come clean, she “somehow ends up inside the back of the SUV,” says Washington Township Police Chief Patrick Gurcsik....

Cops Solve Mystery of 21 Tons of Missing Nuts

Trucker allegedly pilfered 42K pounds of pistachios in California

(Newser) - The Touchstone Pistachio company of California reached out to police with an unusual plea: Somebody stole our nuts. Like, a lot of nuts. An audit turned up 42,000 pounds of missing pistachios, reports the Sacramento Bee . Detectives with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office have since arrested a California...

FBI Hunting 2 Who Apparently Vanished After Cloud of &#39;Mist&#39;
FBI Hunting 2 Who Apparently
Vanished After Cloud of 'Mist'
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Jun 20, 2021 5:44 PM CDT

FBI Hunting 2 Who Apparently Vanished After Cloud of 'Mist'

Amber Aiaz, daughter Melissa Fu may have been kidnapped in 2019 in Irvine, California

(Newser) - When Cheng Zhang finally went to police a week after he said his wife and stepdaughter had been kidnapped, he told a bizarre story about being knocked out with a type of mist at his apartment door, then waking up to find blood on his carpet. The 42-year-old Uber driver...

Handwriting Sample Ends Harassment For Gay Couple

A neighbor had been sending mail with homophobic slurs for years

(Newser) - A couple in a Boston suburb ended five years of harassment with a little creative detective work. And the neighbors who rallied around them to help have raised over $25,000 for the Milton schools Gay Straight Alliance. The harassment took the form of subscriptions sent to the gay couple’...

A Day on the Water Interrupted by a Huge Splash

Stolen ambulance ends up in bay in Rochester, NY, after high-speed police chase

(Newser) - Families and boaters enjoying a day at Irondequoit Bay in Western New York got quite the surprise on Sunday when an ambulance being pursued by cops ended up in the water. New York State Police say the emergency vehicle, stolen from an ambulance company in Utica, was spotted by state...

&#39;Drunk Dude&#39; Breaks Into Airbnb Absolutely Full of Cops
Drunk Teen Stumbles Into 
Worst Possible Wrong House
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Jun 5, 2021 6:30 AM CDT

Drunk Teen Stumbles Into Worst Possible Wrong House

The confused 19-year-old was let go without any consequences except a viral video

(Newser) - Whatever this Milwaukee 19-year-old had to drink last night, we're betting he avoids it in the future. The teen stumbled into bed in the wee hours of the morning, and woke up in trouble. Not for breaking curfew, but for mistaking whatever his intended destination was for an...

Driver Picks Very Bad Time to Have a Car Accident

Cops in Texas find $3.3M worth of cocaine in car

(Newser) - Police in Texas responding to a two-car accident discovered an odd thing when they arrived at the scene: The driver of one of the vehicles was gone. Then they discovered a second odd thing that might go a long way toward explaining the first: In the abandoned BMW were three...

Tupelo Says Somebody Stole &#39;Elvis&#39;
Tupelo Says
Somebody
Stole 'Elvis'
Jun 2, 2021 8:07 AM CDT

Tupelo Says Somebody Stole 'Elvis'

Lettering spelling out iconic singer's name stolen off sign at entrance to his Miss. birthplace museum

(Newser) - "Elvis" has left the street sign. The Elvis Presley Birthplace , a historic museum site commemorating the King of Rock and Roll in Tupelo, Miss., made a troublesome find over Memorial Day weekend: Someone ripped the lettering for the first word of the "Elvis Presley" signature off the brick...

Cops Expecting Pot Farm Uncover Illegal Bitcoin Mine

Operation in UK was stealing electricity from the grid to power 100 computers

(Newser) - Police in Britain say a building they were watching had people coming and going at all hours, numerous wiring and ventilation ducts visible, and was emitting a lot of heat—all "classic cannabis factory signs." But when West Midlands police raided the factory in an industrial area last...

Canadian Accused of Entering US With Interesting 'Undeclared' Items

Including sloth and croc parts, raccoon feet, shark jaws, and a human skull 'with mounted butterflies'

(Newser) - A Montreal woman has been arrested on charges of trying to cross the US border into Canada with "numerous undeclared wildlife items," including a three-toed sloth, 18 crocodile skulls and heads, and seven crocodile feet, per documents filed in federal court in Vermont, reports the AP . Vanessa Rondeau,...

This Piece of Cheese Helped Bring Down a Drug Dealer

Carl Stewart's photo of him holding a block of Stilton allowed UK police to lift his prints

(Newser) - If evading police was the goal, Carl Stewart seemed to be doing everything right. The UK drug dealer used an encrypted phone system called EncroChat—one favored by organized crime in Europe—to carry out his surreptitious communications, and he adopted the handle "Toffeeforce" to do business, selling heroin...

Missing Tiger Found, Alleged Owner Faces Serious Charges

Cub seen roaming Houston is safe

(Newser) - A tiger that frightened residents after it was last seen briefly wandering a Houston neighborhood has been found after a nearly week-long search and appears to be unharmed, police announced Saturday, per the AP . In a short video tweeted by Houston police, Cmdr. Ron Borza can be seen sitting next...

Cops: Iowa Man Faked Death, Lured Girlfriend to Home

Sioux City man held the teen, her friend with a BB gun that looked real, say police

(Newser) - The gun looked real enough to the teen and her friend. Police say Zack Lee Smith, a 20-year-old Iowa man, pretending to be his own father, emailed his 18-year-old girlfriend. The email said Smith had died by suicide and told the teen she could pick up her belongings from his...

Woman Infiltrates High School to Find Insta Followers: Cops

Audrey Francisquini, 28, is accused of posing as student, handing out pamphlets in Fla. high school

(Newser) - In 21 Jump Street, undercover cops snuck into a high school to bust up crime. In an incident out of Florida, a woman is accused of sneaking into a high school to commit crimes—and, apparently, to get the word out about her Instagram page. According to an arrest report...

Newborn Taken, Woman Held In Assault With Bear Spray

Police say the attacker met the new mom on Facebook

(Newser) - A Canadian woman is accused of kidnapping a newborn after overpowering a family with bear spray. Police say the accused met the new mom on Facebook and brought over a gift on Friday. She returned to her Ottawa home Sunday afternoon with bear spray, CTV News reports. According to police,...

Cops: Theater 'Patron' Asks for Popcorn, Gets Cocaine Bonus

Police say 'patron' was informant sold drugs hidden in popcorn by movie theater manager in Minn.

(Newser) - When movie patrons ask for a Coke to go with their popcorn, they likely don't mean actual coke (i.e., cocaine). But one such "patron" got exactly that in July at Spotlight Theatres in Mankato, Minn. Per the cops, that supposed customer was actually a police informant who...

Family Behind COVID Cure That's Really Bleach Is Indicted

The FDA warned for years that the 'cure' offered by a 'nonreligious' church was dangerous

(Newser) - A father and three sons accused of selling industrial bleach as a miracle cure face federal charges, reports the AP . Mark Grenon, 62; Jonathan, 34; Joseph, 32; and Jordan, 26, could face life sentences if convicted in connection with a product called Miracle Mineral Solution, which the FDA says...

Man Arrested Over Alleged Birthday Gift Scheme

Takashi Miyagawa is accused of dating 35 women to get birthday gifts out of them

(Newser) - It seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to in order to get $1,000 in gifts. The Telegraph reports a Japanese man has been arrested after allegedly juggling 35 different girlfriends in order to get a year-long stream of birthday presents. Takashi Miyagawa allegedly supplied the women...

Severed Digit, Trail of Blood Lead Police to Suspect

Found at the scene

(Newser) - Authorities in Arizona have arrested a man who police believe severed his finger while slashing his neighbor’s car tires after an argument. Per the AP , Maricopa Police Department spokesman Hal Koozer said Kevin Johnson was arrested and identified as the owner of the finger found on his neighbor'...

Arrests Made in Disappearance of $160K Big Bird

7-foot-tall costume swiped from Aussie circus, then returned with apology note: 'We had a great time'

(Newser) - They may not have known how to get to Sesame Street, but two suspected Aussie thieves apparently knew how to get back to the venue where they allegedly swiped a Big Bird costume. The Guardian reports that the nearly 7-foot-tall, $160,000 outfit, said to be made of ostrich feathers...

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