A Virginia man was jailed shortly after buying a new SUV because the salesman decided the price he paid was too low — and reported him to cops for theft.
The customer — who paid $5,600 less for a Chevy Traverse than the Chesapeake, Va., dealer’s bosses thought was right — spent four hours behind bars before cops realized the charge was bogus.
The customer is now suing for $2.2 million.
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A man who lost an envelope with $1,100 was lucky to get his money back — most of it, that is.
An unknown person who found the lost cash mailed back $900 to police in Hastings, Minn., along with a note saying the finder “really needed” the other $200.
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A New Orleans prosecutor might wind up before a judge in a different way than usual after a marijuana joint fell from his pocket in court.
The 43-year-old lawyer let the doobie tumble while standing in front of three cops, who laughed and wrote a summons for pot possession.
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If you go swimming in Florida, whatever you do, don’t “molest” the manatees!
A woman learned that the hard way after she was photographed climbing on one of the gentle sea cows in Tampa and trying to ride it.
Little did she know that the animal was mating at the time.
Officials are now mulling whether to charge the manatee jockey under a law that prohibits any “attempt to molest” manatees.
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What can you do if the weatherman forecasts rain? Why, sue him, of course!
A tourism official in England is threatening to sue the state weather agency over “incredibly pessimistic” forecasts of wet weather, which he says is hurting tourism.
“Over the August bank holiday . . . I remember they forecast a whole weekend of rain,” the official said. “We did not have a drop.”