Weird News

Suspected drug dealer found packin' pocket pet
Lawrence, Mass. ------------------------ Police searching the pockets of a suspected drug dealer in Lawrence, Mass., got an unusual surprise.
                                                              An officer pulled out a tiny 3-week-old pit bull puppy and handed it over to animal control.
                                                              The little dog was separated from its mother too soon and got sick and dehydrated, but is now recovering at Blue Pearl Veterinary Partners in Waltham.
                                                              Veterinarian Kristina DePaula estimates the dog is no more than 3 or 4 weeks old.
                                                              The puppy, dubbed Pocket, of course, should be ready for adoption within a few weeks.

Police finally have a handle on potty thefts
St. Petersburg, Fla. --------------on------- Police say they've flushed out a man accused of stealing the handles and pipes of toilets in parks and restaurant restrooms around a Flordia city.
                                                               St. Petersburg police said they arrested a 28-year-old homeless man.  He is a accused of stealing plumbing from Cracker Barrel, Burger King, Bob Evans and other restaurants.  Police released a photo of a pile of metal toilet parts that they say Brian Rinda stole.
                                                               Police say Rinda caused about $1,000 in damage and traded the brass valve and piping at a county recycling center.
                                                               Rinda was charged with eight counts of grand theft and one count of petty theft.

Cowabunga !  Turtle needed some pizza money
Lafayette, La. --------------------------- A Louisiana teen is behind bars after police say he donned a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mask and used a stick wrapped in plastic to rob a convenience store.
                                                              Lafayette police say Lacorrion Detron Turner, 18, is charged with first-degree robbery.  Police say he was able to force his way behind the counter with the stick.   He then tried ---- and failed ---- to open the register.
                                                              Police say Turner fled on foot after taking two wallets from underneath the counter.
                                                              Officers arrested Turner a short time later.

What's in a name?  Freedom, apparently
Uniontown, Pa. ------------------------- A western Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to 9-to-24 monthss in state prison for taking advantage of county jail guards who were confused by her similar-sounding name and released her to a bail bondsman looking for another inmate.
                                                             The Uniontown woman signed herself out of the jail on June 6 when a bondsman showed up to post $500 bail on behalf of another inmate, Maretta Ruth Gambel.
                                                             The warden says Campbell stepped forward when guards called for Gambel, then escaped after telling the bail bondsman she didn't have identification before he let her sign the release papers.
                                                             Campbell returned the next day and confessed.