Police: Man calls 911 about mom taking his beer

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) -- A 32-year-old Pasco County man who called 911 to complain about his mother is facing criminal charges. According to a sheriff's office arrest report, Charles Dennison told a deputy that his mother took his beer and he wanted her arrested. Dennison was reportedly "very intoxicated" when the deputy arrived at the New Port Richey home....More

Police NZ man at strip club leaves baby in car

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Police arrested a man for leaving his 1-year-old baby in a car unattended during the early hours while he watched strippers at a nightclub in New Zealand's capital, and have placed the boy in welfare agency care.---...More

Robin Hood charged with identity theft

DENVER (AP) -- This Robin Hood is accused of stealing - and not to give to the poor. Authorities said a 34-year-old named Robin Joshua Hood found someone's wallet in downtown Denver and apparently began using the man's name in a ploy to avoid being caught on a warrant. Hood told investigators he was being investigated for drug charges..---...More

Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card

FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen---...More

Police: Man stuffed 75 bottles of lotion in pants

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Police say a Massachusetts man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away from authorities, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams---...More

Police rescue 150 stolen ferrets in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Police in Mexico City have rescued 150 ferrets from armed robbers after a high speed chase---...More

Police: Man poses as cop, interferes in sex sting

DETROIT (AP) -- A 51-year-old Detroit man was arrested for impersonating an officer after police said he interfered with a prostitution sting. Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon said in a release Wednesday that the man pulled alongside an undercover female officer on Detroit's east side, flashed a badge and yelled "get off the street---...More

Police: Drunken man in cowboy gear threatens dog

IOWA CITY, Iowa, (AP) -- Iowa City police say a drunken man dressed like a cowboy broke into a house and threatened to kill the resident's dog. Police said 24-year-old Derrick Thomas Alger of Iowa City was arrested early Thursday morning on charges of trespass, intoxication and carrying a dangerous weapon---...More

Police seek woman who trashes Mo. McDonald's

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Police in Kansas City, Mo., are looking for a woman who went on a rampage at a McDonald's because she didn't like her hamburger. Police said the woman caused thousands of dollars in damage on Dec. 27 when she became upset that the restaurant wouldn't refund her money---...More

Police: Accused shoplifters cause chaos at Walmart

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Chattanooga police said a couple they believe tried to steal a cart full of TVs and a computer caused chaos at a Walmart. According to a news release, Officer Josh Wright was off duty when he saw a man trying to force his way past a greeter with about $2,000 worth of stolen goods Sunday night. Wright displayed his badge, but the man said it was fake and tried to force his way past him. Wright then tackled the suspect and arrested him----More

Police: Mass. suspect mutilated fingers to hide ID

BOSTON (AP) -- Police say a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to conceal his identity by cutting the tips of his fingers to hide the prints. State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that Francis Viliar admitted to police that he paid someone $400 to slice off the fleshy pads at the ends of his fingers---...More

Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars. Police in the southwest Ohio city of Middletown, around 30 miles north of Cincinnati, charge that Derek Kidd, 32, tried to walk out of the station with two candy bars and a police toboggan cap. Police Maj. Mark Hoffman said Kidd and his girlfriend had just been released Wednesday after disorderly conduct arrests and were asking passers-by to use a cell phone. He invited them insi----...More

Police: Man hides in Ala. Wal-Mart, takes cash

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) -- Fairfield police said a Mississippi man took holiday shopping to another level by hiding in a Wal-Mart and trying to leave with cash. Police said the man hid inside the Walmart on Nov. 25 after it closed at 11 p.m. and took $54,000 in cash and checks. A guard subdued the man when he tried to leave through locked doors. Police said money bags started falling from his clothes as he shook the doors---...More

Police: Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) -- Police said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum---...More

Police searching for naked burglar

Des Moines - police are looking for a pair of burglars, one of whom reportedly was naked when discovered by a homeowner. Javier Pagannazario, 29, told police his wife, Genoveva, was awakened by footsteps upstairs. Javier went upstairs to investigate and found a man asleep on his couch. The man jumped up and ran out the front door. Genoveva, meanwhile, confronted a woman on the lower level. The intruder was described in a police report as a large woman who was naked. She ran out a back door.....More

Ore. police dog bites wrong man intruder flees

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A Eugene man fighting a home intruder to defend his mother and young children was bitten by a police dog after officers mistook him for the prowler they had been chasing through the neighborhood. Tim Crossan told The Register-Guard he broke his hand on the intruder's face during the fight, just before police burst in and sent the dog after him---...More

Stupid News-Police seize crocodile from mafia boss

Naples, Italy - Italian police have seized a crocodile allegedly used by a suspected mafia boss to intimidate people into paying protection money, officials said. The reptile which was kept on a terrace equipped with a small pool, was discovered during a search at the man’s house near the southern town of Caserta. The crocodile was fed live rabbits, a spectacle neighbors could watch from surrounding terraces....More

Miss. police use Taser, handcuffs on wayward emu

FOREST, Miss. (AP) -- Officers had to use a stun gun and handcuffs to capture an emu running loose on Interstate 20 in central Mississippi on Sunday. Police Officer Kiley Culpepper told WLBT-TV in Jackson that motorists had been calling 911 since Friday to report sightings of two emus on I-20 and nearby U.S. Highway 80...More

Police Tear Gas Wrong House In Standoff

BUTLER COUNTY, Pennsylvania - Police in Butler County fatally shot a man after a standoff. But before the shooting, officers fired tear gas into the wrong house. State police mistakenly fired tear gas into a house on Bredin Street, across from the home actually involved in the standoff. “They’ve blown a hole, two holes in our front window. One shot actually came through our house the whole way and struck our back window in the dining room.

Fla. police lure fugitives with stimulus checks

MIAMI – Police in Florida are using the promise of a stimulus check to make some arrests.

Authorities in Fort Lauderdale say they sent letters to fugitives offering them stimulus money. The suspects were asked to call a hot line and set up an appointment to pickup a check from an auditorium where "South Florida Stimulus Coalition" banners hung.

When the fugitives arrived, they were identified and arrested on offenses ranging from grand theft to fraud to attempted murder.

Police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa says the two-day sting was dubbed "Operation Show Me The Money." Sousa says the sting saved man hours and allowed police to make arrests in a controlled environment.

Sousa said Thursday the department may try something similar in the future.