Weird BUT true

No more monkey business. A Michigan man is warning others of a pet scam after he was bilked out of thousands of dollars when he tried to buy a Capuchin monkey online.

“I want people to know about it, and I want him to stop,” said Don Abrego, who paid $5,000 but never received the monkey from the fraudulent seller in Hawaii.

They’ve got the wind back in their sails.

The Colorado couple who sold their worldly possessions to pay for their dream of sailing the ocean blue — only to have their boat sink a day after embarking on their journey — is getting a shot at a second voyage, thanks to some big-hearted donors.

Tanner Broadwell, 26, and his girlfriend, Nikki Walsh, 24, raised more than $16,000 online and were sold a 36foot sailboat for just $1.

He ripped off the wrong guy.

A Connecticut man stole a rookie police officer’s personal car and went on a buying spree with the victim’s credit cards at Taco Bell and Walmart, cops said.

Derrick Johnson, 21, pulled off the heist in Waterbury on Jan. 23, the night of the officer’s Police Academy graduation. He was charged with burglary, second-degree larceny and identity theft.

North Carolina court officials failed to do their duty — so jurors couldn’t do theirs.

The Forsyth County court system court system was left in disarray this week after county officials neglected to mail notices to 1,700 prospective jurors.

Officials quickly figured out there was a problem when no one showed up for jury duty Monday, and only 19 people showed up the next day. Court was dismissed.

“Trouble” was destined for trouble.

Rodney Trouble Phillips, of Lincoln, Neb., lived up to his middle name when he was arrested for allegedly attacking a man and then stealing his necklace and ring.

Phillips, 33, is also suspected in a January burglary.