Boston Herald

Is there a problem, officer?

- Mike PINGREE

A rapper who was out on bond for illegally possessing a handgun posed with an AK-47 in front of a police cruiser parked outside an officer's home in Monroevill­e, Pa., and posted the picture on Facebook. The officer looked out the window and saw him, but didn't respond with deadly force or anything like that. The rapper's attorney said later, “To tell you the truth, I don't think he realized how this could have blown up.”

WHEN THE MONKEY SAYS STOP, I STOP ... A woman who was approachin­g an intersecti­on in Zunyi City, China, suddenly noticed a flash of red on a traffic light pole and reflexivel­y slammed on her brakes, causing the car behind her to collide with her. But it wasn't a red light she saw. It was the red rear end of a monkey that had escaped from a circus and climbed up the pole.

IT MAY TAKE ME A WHILE TO WRITE THIS UP, SIR ... Police seized a car on the highway in Cheshire, England, because it had no license plates, mirrors or windows and was covered with so many dents that it looked like it had been rolled down a mountain. The driver was cited for operating a vehicle in a dangerous condition. The car was also uninsured.

REALLY? HOW COULD SHE NOT TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY? ... A man attacked his girlfriend in their Port St. Lucie, Fla., home because she ate the last chocolate chip cookie. He told arresting officers that he got angry because she was not taking him seriously, joking that they should review surveillan­ce tapes to see who had eaten it.

SO, I’LL BET YOU’LL GO OUT WITH ME NOW ... A man found $65 million worth of cocaine that washed up on the beach in Norfolk, England, after a storm swept the drugs off of buoys put there by smugglers who had intended to sneak the drugs ashore in small boats. He figured he would get rich selling the stuff himself, and was caught only because he bragged about it in a text to impress a woman.

BUT OFFICER, I’M THE DESIGNATED DRIVER ... A man who was arrested for drunken driving in Brown Deer, Wis., called a friend to pick him up at the police station. As soon as he got there, the cops arrested him for drunken driving, too.

IS THAT YOU, BOB? ... The 22-year-old son of a Palm Beach, Fla., sheriff's lieutenant borrowed dad's squad car and used it to pull over his ex-girlfriend, who was on a date with her new boyfriend. Using the car's public address system, he ordered the boyfriend out of the car and had an associate steal his wallet. The ex-girlfriend recognized his voice and he was arrested.

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