Weird BUT true

A Florida man set his own truck on fire because he wanted to give cops “something to do,” police said.

Kevin Murphy, 28, admitted to dousing his Chevy in gasoline and lighting it aflame, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff ’s Office.

The firebug allegedly said he “wanted something for the sheriff ’s office to do and he wanted to give himself an early Christmas present, so he set his truck on fire.”

Deputies arrested Murphy on arson and drug charges.

This one’s for those wanting to be put on “house arrest.”

A Vermont farmhouse that contains seven jail cells is up for sale for $149,000.

The 2,190-square-foot cottage in Guildhall served as the Essex County Jail until 1969, with the main house being the jailer’s residence.

Listing photos show heavily rusted floor-to-ceiling cages inside the home.

Two men caused a fright when they leapt from a Nashville hotel’s rooftop bar on New Year’s Day in a wild, caught-on-video stunt.

The pair BASE jumped from a ledge on the Grand Hyatt hotel’s 25th floor on Friday, sparking “mass panic” from bar patrons who screamed in horror, police said. The two escaped.

Pretty cheeky.

A British man tried to sneak a samosa into jail by hiding it between his buttocks, cops said.

He apparently acted out of fear that he wouldn’t be able to get any decent food after being arrested, West Midlands Police said.

Inspector Manj Ahir quipped, “He’d obviously not read our positive Tripadvisor reviews!”

A rogue priest was arrested after taking over a convent in Russia.

Father Sergiy, whose real name is Nikolai Romanov, seized control of the Russian Orthodox convent in Yekaterinburg in June and refused to leave, even after being formally cast out of the church.

He also allegedly encouraged 10 nuns there to commit suicide.