News Stories - Strange and Funny

[black1304]

My friend was reading in bed the other night when she heard a weird screeching noise.  She didn't think anything of it until she heard it again.  She got up to investigate and discovered a drunk driver had driven through the neighbor's fence.  As the driver backed out of the yard, the fence and the car made the screech.  The driver got away before the cops arrived.  While waiting for the police, someone got out a flashlight to see how bad the damage was to the fence and yard.  Surprise! The car's front license plate was caught on the fence.  When the police got there the officer said, "I hate these ones."  When presented with the license plate he said, "Oh, well this just got easier!"  He ran the plate and came up with a name.  For the sake of this story we'll say it was John Smith.  My friend used her iPhone to look up the local White Pages and while she didn't find a John Smith, she did find a Joan Smith 1 street over.  She informed the officer, who chuckled and said, "I believe I'll take a short walk".  After a quick trip to the next street over, the kit-and-run fence destroying bandit was in handcuffs.

Sometimes the best clues are left right in front of your face.

[stretch1967]

That is interesting. Glad they got her.

[loulizlee]

MAN ACCIDENTLY TURNS HIMSELF IN



Jerry Washington Jr., left, accidentally turned himself in after allegedly mowing down Joey Buchanan, right.

An Alabama man wanted for attempted murder and burglary accidentally turned himself in.

Jerry Lee Washington Jr., 21, entered a Warrior police department on Wednesday to report damage to his car. The damage came from an earlier incident: he'd allegedly tried to steal from the home of Joey Buchanan, and then ran over the man as he fled.

Washington was arrested on the spot.

"Some people aren't as bright as they think they are," Buchanan, who suffered fractures to the right side of his body, told WBRC.

"You don't go to somebody's house, steal something from them, run over somebody that is there, and then go file a report against them. How's that going to work?"

The bizarre turn of events started when Buchanan's father found Washington's car parked in his front yard. He told his son to take down the car's VIN number and tried to find Washington, who was hiding in a bush nearby.

Washington allegedly made a run for his car, and tried to mow down Buchanan and his grandfather. The grandfather was armed and fired two shots at Washington's vehicle, but missed, ABC 33/40 reported.

"Well when [Washington] jumped out, the man jumped in his car, and threw it in drive and took off and pinned me between his car and my truck," Buchanan said.

Washington was charged third-degree burglary, unlawful breaking and entering and attempted murder.  (Huffington Post)


Commentary:  Saying this person is not as smart as he thought he is doesn't even come close.

[loulizlee]

WOMAN POISONS BOYFRIEND FOR MORE ATTENTION:

"A Pennsylvania woman allegedly poisoned her boyfriend with eyedrops on several occasions because she wanted more attention.
For years, Thurman Edgar Nesbitt III, 45, had been suffering from unexplained nausea, vomiting, breathing difficulty, and blood pressure fluctuations, according to ABC 27.
In July, Nesbitt's physician, Dr. Harry Johnston, began to suspect that his patient was being poisoned by tetrahydrozoline, the primary ingredient in over-the-counter eyedrops.
When a blood sample tested positive for tetrahydrozoline, Johnston contacted police in Fulton County, and state troopers questioned Nesbitt's girlfriend, 33-year-old Vickie Jo Mills.
Investigators say that that Mills, of McConnellsburg, admitted to putting Visine eye drops into Nesbitt's drinking water between 10 and 12 times since June 2009, the Herald-Mail reports. Mills stated that she "never meant to kill" Nesbitt, according to court documents, and that she "only wanted him to pay more attention to her."
She was charged with 10 counts apiece of aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment, Public Opinion Online reports.
On Monday, Mills waived her right to a preliminary hearing. Her case will now go straight to county court."  (Huffington Post)

Commentary:  There is nothing so loving and endearing as being poisoned by your significant other.  She probably got some attention but not what she wanted.

[falcon9]

WOMAN POISONS BOYFRIEND FOR MORE ATTENTION

The story emphasizes the difference between irrational thinking processes and ones which employ logical reasoning.

[plennis]

A guy on the news the other night was doing a car hijack.  He jumped in the car and realized it was a stick shift and the big dummy did not know how to drive a stick.   Needless to say he got caught, since he couldn't get very far very fast on foot!    I didn't hear, but I wonder if this was his first hijack?  LOL

[loulizlee]

I like that one, plennis.

[loulizlee]

Sixth Grader's Class Picture Has Three Eyes

If the eyes are the window to the soul, what does it mean when a sixth grader has three of them? If nothing else, it could mean it's time to hire a different photographer to take yearbook pictures.
Tilda Nörgaard, who, in real life, has two ordinary peepers, discovered the addition of a third eyeball in the middle of her forehead when she opened up her class album.
At first, she could see the humor of having an extra eyeball, but soon got angry, according to her sister, Anna Nörgaard.
“First everyone was laughing, Tilde too, because we thought it was funny,” she told the Swedish website The Local.se. “But then we noticed it made her sad and we realized it was actually quite bad that they never noticed the mistake.”
A spokesman for Skolfoto Norden, the photography company responsible for producing the class album had "no good explanation" for why employees were third eye blind.
"When we went back and looked at the original picture, no one had their eyes closed. There wasn't anything that might need correcting," head of photography David Nabb told The Local.
Nabb said the company sometimes retouches the images by digitally cutting and pasting an eye from another student in the picture., but that is only when the students have their eyes closed. That wasn't the case in Nörgaard's photo.
The company has offered Nörgaard $225 in compensation and will issue corrected yearbooks where all students will have only two eyes each, UPI reported.


Commentary:  On reading this the second time, I thought maybe this was something spooky about this.  The article did say that no one at the photography company responsible for producing the class album noticed the third eye on the picture.  Maybe it means she has super-vision.  Oooooooo........

[loulizlee]

TEENAGER SUFFERS FROM SLEEPING BEAUTY SYNDROME - HAS SLEPT 64 DAYS IN A ROW

Nicole Delian, 17, suffers from a condition that makes her sleep up to 19 hours a day and as much as 64 days in a row. Nicole Delian is tired of sleeping
This 17-year-old teenager from North Fayette, Pa., has a rare condition called Kleine-Levin Syndrome -- or "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" -- that makes her sleep 18 to 19 hours a da.
And when she does wake up, she is often so tuckered out that she is in a sleepwalking state and doesn't remember doing basic things like eating, according to KDKA-TV.
Nicole's somnambulant state has been so severe that she once slept through the holidays, awaking one day in January when she finally opened Christmas gifts alongside her family, according to ChartiersValley.Patch.com.
"She's never really adjusted to it," her mother, Vicki Delien told the website. "She's 17 now and it really upsets her. She's missed out on a lot."
Delien told talks show host Jeff Probst (see video above) that the teen has at times slept 32 to 64 days in a row, waking only in sleepwalking mode to eat.
Kleine-Levin Syndrome is incredibly rare, only affecting about 1,000 people worldwide, and very hard to diagnose.
In Nicole's case, it took 25 months for doctors to diagnose her, according to ChartiersValley.Patch.com, and everything from a virus, to epilepsy to West Nile was bandied about, including, unfortunately, the possibility she was faking it for attention.
When a typical episode of Sleeping Beauty Syndrome begins, the patient becomes progressively drowsy and sleeps for most of the day and night, waking only to eat or go to the bathroom, according to the Klein-Levin Syndrome Foundation website. "When awake, the patient’s whole demeanor is changed, often appearing “spacey” or childlike. When awake he experiences confusion, disorientation, complete lack of energy (lethargy), and lack of emotions (apathy)."
Patients also report that everything seems out of focus, and that they are hypersensitive to noise and light. Some patients also have intense food cravings and/or uninhibited hypersexuality.
The Delians did not say whether Nicole has experienced these symptoms.
There is no known cure, but Nicole's family is using a combination of epilepsy and narcolepsy medication to minimize the incidents to just two a year.

COMMENTARY:  I know how she feels, although I am 5 decades older than she is.  I am, like many seniors, fond of naps, but I do sometimes feel as if I am missing  lot.

[jcribb16]

TEENAGER SUFFERS FROM SLEEPING BEAUTY SYNDROME - HAS SLEPT 64 DAYS IN A ROW

Nicole Delian, 17, suffers from a condition that makes her sleep up to 19 hours a day and as much as 64 days in a row. Nicole Delian is tired of sleeping
This 17-year-old teenager from North Fayette, Pa., has a rare condition called Kleine-Levin Syndrome -- or "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" -- that makes her sleep 18 to 19 hours a da.
And when she does wake up, she is often so tuckered out that she is in a sleepwalking state and doesn't remember doing basic things like eating, according to KDKA-TV.
Nicole's somnambulant state has been so severe that she once slept through the holidays, awaking one day in January when she finally opened Christmas gifts alongside her family, according to ChartiersValley.Patch.com.
"She's never really adjusted to it," her mother, Vicki Delien told the website. "She's 17 now and it really upsets her. She's missed out on a lot."
Delien told talks show host Jeff Probst (see video above) that the teen has at times slept 32 to 64 days in a row, waking only in sleepwalking mode to eat.
Kleine-Levin Syndrome is incredibly rare, only affecting about 1,000 people worldwide, and very hard to diagnose.
In Nicole's case, it took 25 months for doctors to diagnose her, according to ChartiersValley.Patch.com, and everything from a virus, to epilepsy to West Nile was bandied about, including, unfortunately, the possibility she was faking it for attention.
When a typical episode of Sleeping Beauty Syndrome begins, the patient becomes progressively drowsy and sleeps for most of the day and night, waking only to eat or go to the bathroom, according to the Klein-Levin Syndrome Foundation website. "When awake, the patient’s whole demeanor is changed, often appearing “spacey” or childlike. When awake he experiences confusion, disorientation, complete lack of energy (lethargy), and lack of emotions (apathy)."
Patients also report that everything seems out of focus, and that they are hypersensitive to noise and light. Some patients also have intense food cravings and/or uninhibited hypersexuality.
The Delians did not say whether Nicole has experienced these symptoms.
There is no known cure, but Nicole's family is using a combination of epilepsy and narcolepsy medication to minimize the incidents to just two a year.

COMMENTARY:  I know how she feels, although I am 5 decades older than she is.  I am, like many seniors, fond of naps, but I do sometimes feel as if I am missing  lot.

Good grief!  I have never even heard of this.  Poor thing - I hope she can get some help (hopefully those meds will help.)  I wonder if they can grow out of it? 

[Garydh]

I like the one where the bank robber passes a note to the cashier. Later the cops arrest him at his home. He wrote the note on the back of his paycheck stub.

[loulizlee]

Actually, I have heard about the Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, which is similar, I think, to narcolepsy.  Narcolepsy is falling asleep at inappropriate times, like when brushing your teeth or eating a meal.  It is just so rare there is not much information out about it and not much that can be done for it.

[jcribb16]

Actually, I have heard about the Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, which is similar, I think, to narcolepsy.  Narcolepsy is falling asleep at inappropriate times, like when brushing your teeth or eating a meal.  It is just so rare there is not much information out about it and not much that can be done for it.

That would be hard to live with.

[loulizlee]

Or falling asleep taking a survey. 

[kimmy_1330]

This is from the BBC this morning:


A man arrested after children found cocaine amongst sweets collected at Halloween has pleaded guilty to possession of drugs.

Two snap bags of the class A drug were identified by the police officer father of children trick-or-treating in Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester.

Donald Junior Green, 23, told Oldham magistrates he would not knowingly have given drugs to children.

The court heard Green from Oldham was mortified by his "terrible mistake".

The apprentice panel beater said he handed two packets of what he thought were Haribo sweets to the children while at his girlfriend's house in Mendip Close.

He realised his mistake when he put his hand in his pocket and discovered packets of sweets instead of the cocaine, for which he had earlier paid £200.

He said he went out to try to get the drugs back but he could not find the children, who are aged eight, six and five.
The court heard the drugs were spotted by the father of three children, an off-duty police officer, when they returned home and were dividing up their sweets.

He reported the find to police colleagues and Green was arrested.

Green's solicitor Steven Sullivan told magistrates: "When he was arrested he justifiably fell upon his sword and was expecting them and knew exactly what it was for."

He described the mistake to the court as "grossly foolhardy but none-the-less accidental".

"He did not set out to commit a crime and did try to put it right."

Green, who has never been in trouble with the police before, is due to be sentenced later.




* A good reason to always check your kids candy. I know Halloween is a distant memory now, but I thought it was an interesting story.