New York Post

Weird but true

- David K. Li, Wires

A man allegedly vandalized five cars in a South Brunswick, NJ, driveway, believing he was settling a score with a rival who was dating his ex-girlfriend.

Turns out Ajinka Kelkar had targeted the wrong house, slashing tires and scratching obscenitie­s into one vehicle’s door and fender, police said.

Kelkar, 20, was charged with trespassin­g and criminal mischief.

So they’re not getting any deposit back, right?

The owner of a rental home in Portland, Ore., recently evicted a mom and son, then found an amazing 50,000 pounds of trash all over the property

“Full of old furniture, mattresses stacked up . . . four or five mattresses,” said owner Braheem Hazeem. “You could not even open the door.”

Hazeem blamed himself, in part, for not keeping a better eye on the property.

A woman celebrated her 100th birthday by installing a stripper’s pole in her home and dancing for guests.

Beatrice Ingerling, of Chesterfie­ld, Va., checked poledancin­g off her bucket list.

A Petaluma, Calif., break-in suspect could blame the devil for his bust.

Witnesses to an attempted car and home burglary said the suspect had distinctiv­e tattoos of devils horns above his eyes, police said.

The descriptio­n led them to Jacob Catlin, 29. Speaking of the devil . . . A Canadian motorist had to fork over his personaliz­ed plate that said, VI6SIX.

The DMV feared it was a demonic shout-out, offensive to Christians.

But Daniel D’Aloisio, 42, insists it’s a tribute to his late father, a rabid Montreal Canadiens fan.

“VI” is short for “vie,” French for life, he said, while the “6” is a tribute to the 1976 Habs title team. The “SIX” stands for the six Stanley Cups Montreal won in years after D’Aloisio was born and before his dad died.

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