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CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
Now look here, that's quite an expensive meal
A North Dakota inmate booked on an aggravated assault charge was not afraid of making a spectacle of himself. He grabbed another suspect's glasses and ate them. Burleigh County sheriff's Maj. Les Witkowski said the 42-year-old inmate at the county detention center became frustrated Aug. 1 when he was not able to talk to the chaplain, so he swallowed both lenses and a piece of the metal frame. He was taken to a hospital emergency room but returned to jail after doctors saw he was okay. The glasses were worth $250. Authorities are eyeing charges, and Assistant State's Attorney Lloyd Suhr will be looking into the incident.
Joyride returns parolee to jail
A parolee jumped into a police car in Southern Califorina and drove away with overhead emergency lights flashing while the officer was investigating traffic issues. The patrol officer had stopped Wednesday evening to investigate malfunctioning railroad crossing arms, and left the Ford Crown Victoria running with its emergency lights on. Moments later, Jon Anthony Tolden, 35, jumped in and drove away. Tolden abandoned the black-and-white about a half-mile away. He was arrested a short time later and booked.
Pardon the gun; this is a stickup
Sheriff's deputies in Watkinsville, about 60 miles east of Atlanta, say an armed robber emptied the cash register at a video store, then told the clerk he had a drug problem and apologized for the stickup. Vision Video clerk Zach Henderson said he was talking on his cell phone when he walked out of a back room and was confronted by the robber, who asked him to hang up and hand over the cash. The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Not on the menu
Chef hasn't a lick of common sense
Chef Christopher Turla earned his Davenport, Iowa, restaurant a $335 ticket Wednesday after health inspectors saw a video of him kissing and licking two small toads in the kitchen. He kisses the toads a few times, licks them, then stuffs them in his mouth. Turla says it was a joke, but the Scott County Health Department isn't laughing. A food inspector said toads carry diseases; besides, Turla put the toads in his mouth, then took them out and put them on the food prep table. Restaurant owner Yidi When said Turla needs more training about sanitation.
Update
Hear ye, hear ye: A judge in Pittsburgh has denied a petition from Gary Guy Mathews to legally change his name to Boomer the Dog. Mathews wanted to honor the short-lived 1980s NBC television series Here's Boomer, which featured a dog that rescued people.
Compiled from Times wire services and other sources.
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