Weird News

Man gives officer a pizza his mind
Corbin, Ky. --------------------- Police in southern Kentucky say they got a surprise delivery after charging a man with shoplifting ------ five pizzas showed up at the station.
                                               Officers say 29-year-old Michael Harp asked to make a call on his cellphone while being booked in Corbin.  A short time later, police say, a pizza delivery driver showed up to deliver to "Officer Wilson," the name of the officer who arrested Harp.
                                               Police say they linked the call to Harp by tracking his cellphone number.  He now faces additional chargers including theft of identity, theft by deception and impersonating a police officer.

Scaredy cats call 9-1-1 for backup
Deland, Fla. ------------------- A cat is heading back home after spending time in quarantine following an attack on its central Flordia owners that prompted a 9-1-1 call.
                                              Police says the Russian blue cat named Kush went berserk inside a Deland home, scratching owners Teresa and James Gregory on their arms and legs.  The couple retreated to a bedroom and called 9-1-1.
                                             Kush was taken to an animal shelter for 10 days.  The Daytona News-Journal reports Kush was well-behaved during the quarantine.  Deland animal control officer Michelle Relander says the  Gregorys had been leaning toward giving the cat up, but changed their minds.

Blowtorch vs. spider ends as expected
Seattle ------------------------- A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said.
                                            The man and his mother got out of the house, and no injuries were reported in the fire that broke out in the West Seattle home, said Kyle Moore, a spokesman for the Seattle Fire Department.
                                            Moore said the man used the spray paint and lighter as "a self-made blowtorch to kill in the laundry room" of a rental house.

Passive-aggressive fruit carver faces charges
Bantam, Conn. ------------- A 49-year-old Connecticut man faces threatening charges after a woman told police he stabbed a watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner.
                                           The Register Citizen of Torrington reports Carmine Cervellino of Thomaston was arraigned on chargers of threatening and disorderly conduct.  He was released after posting a $500 bond.
                                          Police say the woman had gone to police to report finding drugs, including marijuana, in Cervellino's tool box.  He was not arrested.
                                         They say she later returned home to find the watermelon on the counter with a butcher's knife in it.  She reported that Cervellino then entered the room and began carving the watermelon.  She called the incident passive-aggressive and menacing.