And they seemed like such nice neighbors

A Glendale, Ariz., man, on a business trip to Chicago, received a security alert on his phone and then watched video footage of his residence showing the two women who live next door ransacking the place. The cops arrested them still wearing the clothes they had on during the break-in. EXCUSE ME, DUDE, I’M LOST ... After stealing about $1,300 worth of medication from a pharmacy in Fairfield, Conn., and then smoking marijuana as he and his three friends drove from the scene, a man stopped a police officer to ask for directions to the highway. The cop smelled the weed, which led to their arrest on larceny charges. YOU CAN’T BEAT A WINNING SMILE ... A con artist stole an elderly man’s identity in DeBary, Fla., and then extracted $40,000 from his accounts to have his broken and rotted teeth replaced with shiny white dental implants. He did this to improve his appearance so that it would be easier for him to defraud people in the future. THIS LICENSE IS STILL WARM ... Just 49 minutes after receiving his first driver’s license, an 18-year-old kid had it taken away from him by a police officer who caught him roaring through the town of Hemer, Germany, at nearly twice the speed limit. IT’S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE ... A deputy sheriff asked the owner of a home in Jensen Beach, Fla., about the marijuana, cocaine and bong in the man’s residence. He said that someone must have broken in and put it there. The cops found more than $100,000 in cash and drugs in the home. WHAT DO YOU MEAN I LOOK SUSPICIOUS? ... A man was arrested for trying to leave the Walmart in Johnson City, N.Y., with a microwave oven under his coat. THAT’LL SHOW ’EM ... A man became so angry when it was announced that his flight to Gilgit, Pakistan, was delayed that he set his luggage on fire. HO, HO, HOLD IT RIGHT THERE ... Two police officers escorted Santa and Mrs. Claus to a tree-lighting ceremony at the Tanger Outlets Mall in Daytona. Fla., and, as they were heading back out on patrol, they spotted four shoplifters with a car full of stolen goods in the parking lot, and arrested them. MAYBE SHE’S BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM ... A man in British Columbia told his girlfriend he wanted to buy her an engagement ring, but, since he doesn’t have a credit card, he asked to use hers for the purchase, promising to pay her back. He also used her card to buy his own ring with matching pink gemstones. Then they broke up. She doesn’t want the rings now. She just wants her money back. YOU SEEM UPSET, BOB ... A man drove to his brother-inlaw’s workplace in Fairbanks, Alaska, were he tried to back over him, missed, pulled forward and tried to back over him again, police said. Then he drove at him once more, but the brotherin-law jumped out of the way, and authorities say he then crashed into a truck. He tried to hit him a fourth time, but police said he smashed into the building instead.