Cops allegedly have a Detroit man dead to rights.
Vincent Bright, 48, is accused of stealing his dad’s body in a casket from a cemetery hours before it was to be buried.
A source said Bright hoped to bring his father back to life with prayer, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Cops found the departed dad’s body in a freezer in his son’s basement.
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What a way to get your car washed.
A five-gallon bucket of cleaning solution fell from a Marine Corps chopper after it took off from Air Station Miramar in San Diego — and smashed through the roof of a closed auto shop.
The watery bomb bathed six vehicles and clipped a motor home, but no one was injured.
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This was no love bite.
A Florida man allegedly bit off his girlfriend’s left thumb during an argument as they drove to work.
The digit could not be re-attached at the hospital where the on-again, off-again girlfriend kept saying, “I can’t believe he bit my finger off,’’ Florida Today reported, quoting a a Palm Bay police spokeswoman.
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A British professor was a polite vandal when he wielded a screwdriver to etch graffiti in luxury cars including a Mercedes and an Audi.
Stephen Graham, 47, who teaches urban life at Newcastle University, pleaded guilty yesterday to criminal damage for urbanely scrawling opinions like “very silly,’’ “really wrong’’ and “arbitrary’’ on the cars.
His lawyer said his client couldn’t remember the August spree that caused $29,000 in damage.
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This Australian’s got great prospects.
The amateur prospector struck it lucky — finding a gold nugget weighing 177 ounces worth more than $300,000.
He made his find with a gold detector in an area known as the “Golden Triangle,’’ which saw a gold rush in the 1850s.