Weird But True

Weird but true

She’s either going to jail or signing up with NASCAR.

A woman was nailed four times for allegedly speeding over just 2 1/2 hours on a stretch of I-90 in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In one instance, Loretta Lacy was doing 112 in her 1999 Chrysler sedan, cops said.

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If there’s any time a guy deserves a cold one, it’s after he’s broken out of jail.

A Pennsylvania assault suspect busted out of a holding cell — but was caught when he went to a nearby bar, ordered a beer and started bragging about what he had done, police said.

Timothy Bonner had reason to brag — he allegedly knocked the cell door off its hinges with his bare hands.

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Washington state is getting close to creating a new government position: secretary of ganja.

Now that marijuana is legal in the state, the government is hiring an official pot adviser, who will help inform leaders all about the sale, use and culture of weed.

“There are some technical aspects with marijuana we could use a consultant to help us with,” a state official said.

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Good thing this kid doesn’t go to school in The Bronx — he’d probably get cuffed.

A 5-year-old boy in Hyannis, Mass., almost got suspended after he used the Legos in his classroom to make a play gun.

He then pointed the gun and made a bang-like sound, which outraged teachers.

“They told me he’s going to be suspended if he does it again,” his mom said.

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A woman in Wales has been hit with a fine of more than $600 — for dropping a single packet of salt in a KFC parking lot.

The woman was eating some fried chicken in the lot when a town official saw her drop the small packet.

When she couldn’t produce $118 on the spot, she was ordered to go to court and pay some $500 more.