With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Three young men in Florida claimed they were just having fun when they used duct tape to bind a 16-year-old boy’s ankles and wrists, and then tried to glue him to a chair, said police, who busted the jerks.
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It’s just criminal how chivalrous this Floridian is!
Marquis Baldwin, 22, wanted to pay his girlfriend’s court-probation costs — so he allegedly robbed businesses in Pensacola to get the cash, cops said.
He allegedly used a BB gun to rob a gas station and three Waffle Houses, said arresting officers.
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This little man knows the way to a gal’s heart: bling!
A Hingham, Mass., woman says her 6-year-old took a jewelry box of family heirlooms because he wanted to show it off to a classmate he calls his girlfriend.
But Diane DeNapoli’s boy lost the box, which contained her great-grandmother’s watch, her late mom’s engagement ring and her grandparents’ wedding rings.
She’s offering a reward for their return.
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A Chicago car owner has found a way to keep his wheels from hitting the road without him.
The guy, who wouldn’t give his name, “boots” his own 1994 Acura Integra to thwart car thieves.
The boot, which clamps onto a car’s wheels to keep it from moving, is usually used by authorities to deal with scofflaws.
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A slick-talking Arizona man has managed to escape from jails in two states by pretending to be other inmates, authorities said.
Rocky Delgado Marquez, 34, was arrested in 2010 on DWI, forgery and other charges but got away from an Arizona jail in May 2011 by convincing jailers he was a different inmate, cops said.
He spent eight months on the lam and was nabbed in Detroit. He was being held pending extradition but allegedly escaped again last week using the same scam.