Weird But True

WEIRD BUT TRUE

A 22-year-old Florida man was busted for selling fake crack to nursing-home residents.

Hillmon Arnold allegedly took small pieces of bread and put them in pill bottles and passed it off as crack for $5 a pop.

Police say he went to the Golden Retreat Shelter Care Center in Jacksonville because he knew residents had just received Social Security checks.

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A Nebraska judge has banned an inmate from filing lawsuits after he filed 60 in one day.

Eric Lewis, 36, had filed 149 cases since January 2007 seeking protection orders against people who work at the Lincoln prison where he’s housed.

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Washington state authorities found a woman living with hundreds of rats and four snakes.

When officials from the Area Agency on the Aging came to her Rochester home to help, the woman refused, calling the rats her friends.

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An Englishman who won a $10 million lottery jackpot three years ago blew it all and is now on welfare.

Pete Kyle says he blew the cash on cars, vacations and a flashy home.

He now collects $200 a week in welfare payments.

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The operators of a Jakarta, Indonesia, massage parlor have ordered their female workers to padlock their skirts and pants to send a clear message that sex is not an option.

The trend has caught on in the country where massage parlors often double as brothels.