New York Post

Weird BUT true

- David K. Li, Wires

Technology has taken a creepy turn.

Cops in Orem, Utah, recovered a drone they said was used to snoop on people through their bedroom and bathroom windows.

The drone appeared to catch an image of its operator, who has a criminal record of voyeurism.

They’ve asked the hightech Peeping Tom to turn himself in.

But here’s a good use of technology.

After a Seattle man’s BMW was stolen, police, the owner and the company teamed up to use modern gadgetry to find it.

GPS technology located the car, and BMW remotely locked all doors — trapping the thief inside.

He was busted, and cops also found him in possession of meth.

Two people were busted for breaking into a Northampto­n, Mass., convenienc­e store over the weekend. Why is that weird (but true)?

Officers found a live rooster in the suspects’ car.

The bird, which was not criminally charged, was taken to an animal shelter.

Readers of the San Francisco Chronicle have very discerning taste in tap water.

When they complained that something wasn’t quite right, the paper reached out to utility officials, who admitted they had made the water slightly different by blending the normal stock from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir with other groundwate­r to diversify the supply.

Facebook isn’t just for fake news, it can work for effective law-enforcemen­t threats, too.

Police in Bridgevill­e, Pa., took to social media Saturday to call out armed-robbery suspect Robert Watkins III, telling him they knew he had knocked off a gas station.

“It’s only a matter of time before we find you,” cops taunted on Facebook, telling him to surrender.

It worked. By Monday, police said Watkins, 32, was in custody.

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