If there’s one thing cops in Texas don’t like, it’s monkey business.
Police near Dallas went on what they thought was a wild-primate hunt after they got a report of a “monkey” on the loose. But after capturing the beast — which bit one officer — they discovered it was really a rare kinkajou, which is a relative of the raccoon.
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Putting a police-car chase in your movie is pretty exciting — but you should keep the action on the screen.
A South Carolina filmmaker was busted for impersonating the police after he used a movie cop car to pull over an unsuspecting acquaintance who was driving by the set.
The acquaintance got scared and called the real cops, who pressed charges.
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When a boy acted up in a store in Georgia, a clerk decided to take discipline into her own hands.
The Dollar General worker spanked an 8-year-old boy with a belt 25 times after he threw a cookie at her.
The woman was later arrested for assault and fired.
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Is there no end to how awesome bubble wrap is?
A construction worker in Boston survived a 30-foot fall when he landed on a pack of plastic packing bubbles that had been left at the work site.
Medics — who resisted the temptation to waste time popping the bubbles with their fingers — rushed the worker to the hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.
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Imagine all the people . . . being arrested in Brazil.
The city of Belo Horizonte has been hit by a crime wave — by crooks all named John Lennon. Three Beatles bandits were busted in the past month, and a fourth Lennon criminal was found dead.
A police official — whose name is not Sgt. Pepper — says the name John Lennon is common in Brazil since the singer’s 1980 death outside the Dakota Apartments.