Uh, Dad, I’m going to need a little more cash
A British man who won more than $130 million in a European lottery gave more than $2 million of it to his son, who quit his well-paying IT job and blew through all the money. He then sued his father for more cash after dad refused to keep subsidizing his lavish lifestyle. The judge threw out the suit.
ARE YOU GOING FOR SOME SORT OF SUPERHERO THING, SIR? ... A man with a long red beard robbed a bank in Brownsburg, Ind., with a 3-inch-wide piece of white tape wrapped around his face as a mask. OH, THINK I CAN’T? YOU
JUST WATCH ME, MAN! ... A man who was arrested in Leicestershire, England, with a suitcase containing more than 12 pounds of marijuana told a judge he isn't a drug dealer and claimed he was going to binge-smoke the entire stash himself all at once. KA-POW! KA-POW! YIPPEE! ... UH-OH ... A man was driving around Lexington, Ky., firing gunshots into the air just for fun, apparently, when he made the mistake of discharging his pistol where a police officer happened to be standing. He is now facing a charge of first-degree wanton endangerment. NOT EXACTLY THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY ... A pistol-packing man with a jersey wrapped around his face burst into a convenience store in Christchurch, New Zealand, and scooped up two armfuls of cigarette papers and lollipops. But when he tripped and dropped all of his “loot,” he ran back to the counter, grabbed two bags of potato chips, and fled.
THE LESSON HERE IS KEEP THE DRUGS INSIDE THE VEHICLE ... A passenger in a car in south St. Louis got into an argument and wound up throwing the driver's heroin out the window. The driver returned to the spot and sent two other passengers out onto Interstate 55 to retrieve the drugs, where one of them was struck by a car.
THANK GOD THERE WON’T BE ANY MISBEHAVING CHILDREN ... An amusement park in Shakopee, Minn., held a grown-ups-only night featuring “kidfree access” to rides and refreshments. But shortly after the event began at 7 p.m., numerous fistfights broke out, primarily in the parking lot. Multiple police departments were called to the scene and it took until midnight to get the situation under control. UH, YEAH, DUDE, I’M HERE ABOUT THE CRACK ... Police put $1,600 worth of crack cocaine that was found in a parking lot in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in their lost-and-found box and invited the owner to come and get it. They ask that the owner provide ID and a “written statement containing your claim to the crack.”
IT WAS APPARENTLY TOO WARM TO COMMIT CRIMES WEARING CLOTHES ... A naked man stole a $25,000 statue of a swan and a company truck from the front of a business in Lakeland, Fla. Surveillance footage led to the man's arrest.
TRY AND STOP ME FROM HITTING YOUR CAR! ... WHAM! ... A passenger who became upset when the guy behind him repeatedly sounded his horn grabbed a baseball bat and used it to pound on the guy's car. The guy then got out of his vehicle and knocked the man out with one punch.