I’m taking this car, and don’t try to stop me!
A man demanded to test drive a car at an Audi dealership in Tulsa, Okla., and — when an employee said he couldn’t — told him that he was taking it anyway, claimed he was a U.S. marshal and that said the dealership had stolen the car. Employees blocked the vehicle in, so he left and was later arrested for trying to steal it. He is also not a U.S. marshal.
oh no! Can i haVe that BaCk, oFFiCer!? A driver, who was pulled over in Bridgeport, W.Va., was asked by an officer for his registration, but the man instead handed him a packet that contained four grams of methamphetamine.
heY, You Forgot soMething, Ma’aM! A 54-year-old woman ran out of gas on the Interstate 55 bridge in Memphis, Tenn. and abandoned her vehicle to get some gas. While she was gone, another car crashed into her Chevrolet Suburban, and the cops were there when she returned. She told police not to search her vehicle. They did anyway and found 229 pounds of marijuana and $17,800 in cash.
sir, Do You knoW WhY i PulleD You oVer? A driver was stopped by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Castlegar, British Columbia, because his flatbed truck had no passenger-side door, and the back of the cab had no rear window leaving the interior of the vehicle open to the elements. The Mounties said that the truck “was removed from the road permanently.”
A group of thieves, posing as government irrigation officials, stole an abandoned steel bridge over the Ara Canal in Bihar, India, in broad daylight. They used gas cutters and transport machines to demolish the 60-foot-long, 12-foot-high structure for the valuable 550 tons of scrap metal. Police have arrested eight men, including two government employees.
nothing to see here: i’M asking You to CalM DoWn, sir:
A police officer in Riviera Beach, Fla., spotted a man driving by while smoking crack cocaine, and got out to arrest him, but the guy ran over his foot, and then led officers on a chase at speeds of over 80 mph. Other officers found him sitting in his car in the driveway of his home in Lake Park. He stuffed some drugs under the seat and then attacked the cops who said he “was uncooperative, cursing, yelling, and screaming during the entire arrest.”
Par-taYYYY! A 32-year-old woman, who was pulled over for “driving erratically” in Illawong, Australia, at 1:40 in the afternoon, was arrested for “high-range” drunk driving after she was found to be over six times the legal limit.
iF at First You Don’t suCCeeD …: A man was arrested in Garner, N.C. and charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer for the third time in the last five years.
i hoPe this Doesn’t aFFeCt MY JoB: A driving instructor was arrested for drunk driving in Pasco County, Fla., after he failed multiple sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of nearly three times the legal limit. Troopers also located an open 24-pack of Natural Lite Beer in the back seat.