Boston Herald

Hey, there’s something odd about this cash

- Mike PINGREE

A woman who worked at the Wal-Mart in Deltona, Fla., stole $7,600 from the safe and swapped it with fake money. The fake bills had a blue tint and had the words “for motion picture use only” stamped on them. Another employee noticed this and alerted the manager. OUCH, OOH, OW, OUCH! ... A man walked across the border from Hong Kong to mainland China while attempting to smuggle 1,000 diamonds in his shoes. He was caught by customs officers at the Luohu crossing when he walked on his tiptoes when he thought they weren't looking. SHIRT, CHECK; SOCKS, CHECK; GUN, CHE … WAIT,

WHAT? ... Someone who donated clothes to a church in Jonesboro, Ark., included a pair of pants with a 9mm handgun in the pocket with 10 rounds in the magazine.

I AM OUTTA HERE! ... An 83-year-old man signed himself out of a hospital in East Meadow, N.Y., and stole an ambulance that was parked outside.

KNOW WHAT, OFFICER? YOU CAN JUST KEEP THE

CAR ... A man left his 16-year-old Hyundai in a car park in Birmingham, England, for six months where it accumulate­d 26 parking tickets. Each ticket carries a fine of $125, so the fines now total approximat­ely 17 times what the car is worth.

YOU DON’T OWN ME! ... An Orlando, Fla., woman who has been married to her husband for eight years and has four children with him said she has “recently discovered” that she is a lesbian, which has led to tension in their marital relationsh­ip. The husband confronted her when she came home from a date with another woman, and she answered his objections by throwing bleach in his face.

WHEEEE! OH, NO! ... A man jumped off the back of a garbage truck on a curvy road in Moosic, Pa., and slid down an adjacent snowcovere­d hill. The truck then rounded the bend and ran him over. WELL YOU CAN FORGET EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH ... A fast-food worker took issue with a customer who he said “disrespect­ed” him. He pinned the man to the floor, and rained a barrage of punches on him as he screamed, “I'm gonna kill you.” IT WAS JUST SO EMBARRASSI­NG ... A man, who was arrested for drunken driving in his small town in upstate New York, bought up hundreds of copies of the local weekly newspaper to keep others from reading about it and seeing his mugshot. I’VE DECIDED TO GIVE UP ... A man who was fleeing police in Pasco County, Fla., jumped out of his car, ran into nearby woods and tried to swim across a canal. Deputies had to jump in and rescue him. He thanked them for saving his life, and then they arrested him.

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