Archive for March, 2009
Next Entries »Woman Forgets $56,000 On Tram
An elderly Swedish woman lost her 500,000 kronor ($56,000) life savings when she left them on a Gothenburg tram on the way to the bank. The 83-year-old retired seamstress, identified only as Birgitta, had for years kept her savings in a desk in her home in the Gothenburg in western Sweden. The elderly woman finally [...]
Robbery Suspect Tries To Become Police Officer, Gets Arrested!
Authorities in California say a man wanted for a store robbery was arrested when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer. Chula Vista police spokesman Bernard Gonzales said investigators had identified Romeo Montillano as a suspect in a Dec. 8 robbery at a Kmart. Gonzales says investigators learned that Montillano [...]
Woman Calls Police After Husband Takes Viagra
An 82-year-old Italian man who took a Viagra pill scared his wife so much she called the police. Giovanni di Stefano, from Palermo, was so excited his wife thought he would have a heart attack and dialled 999. “The police didn’t do anything but their presence had the desired effect. He lost interest in his [...]
Police Hired Actors To Rob Bank
Police chiefs in China have been slammed for hiring actors to rob a bank as a training exercise – without telling anyone else. Only the director and the deputy director of the Zhenzhou police department knew it was a drill – everyone else, including the bank, thought it was a real raid. Four ‘robbers’ [...]
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