Articles Posted in Wacky

Before you jump all over 19-year-old Calvin Morett [not pictured above – that dude is a “model”], remember that you were once 19 too. It seems Mr. Morett was not content to throw his cap in the air. Instead, he came to graduation dressed as a 6-foot penis, and sprayed students and school administrators with silly string (per The Albany Times Union). It didn’t go over well. He was apprehended when he tripped on his, um, costume. He was charged with, and pleaded guilty to, disorderly conduct. The punishment for this “crime?” Three apologies (one of which will be published in the local paper), $95 in court costs, and 24 hours community service. What did Mr. Morett have to say for himself?

… he recently told a local television station that he thought the prank was worth whatever punishment he would face because he made people happy.

The Juice is a fan.

A 9-year-old kid made a bomb! And threw it on his neighbor’s porch, where it exploded! When the neighbor came to the door, the boy flipped him off and ran. As reported by Gannett New Jersey:

The boy made the bomb using three simple household items, police said: a plastic soda bottle, drain cleaner and aluminum foil.

Mixing drain cleaner and aluminum foil creates a gas which, when capped, will eventually explode.

Who knew? Junior, of Millville, New Jersey, is looking at charges of possessing an explosive device and disorderly conduct. Here’s the source.

No, not that. Read on… So 65-year old Pamela Fox thought 50-year-old neighbor Marija Andric harmed her flowers. Ms. Fox then allegedly “poured a caustic substance over the borders and lawn of [Ms.] Andric,” per The Telegraph. But that wasn’t the end of it.

Mrs Fox confronted Miss Andric, who opened her door to find Fox pointing an aerosol spray at her face.

Olive Lycourgou, prosecuting, at Reading Crown Court, Berks, said: “Miss Andric put her hands up to protect her face. Mrs Fox leaned in and bit off the end of Miss Andric’s little finger.” After the alleged assault she said Fox spat blood out of her mouth and ran away. Surgeons were unable to reattach the finger.

Ouchee! You can read more here.

Yes, I know that gas prices are even higher in Europe than here. Even so … [As reported by the AP]:

A German man doused his BMW with gasoline and torched it on Friday in protest at skyrocketing fuel costs, police said. The unemployed 30-year-old man drove the black 1995 BMW 3-series sedan onto the lawn outside Frankfurt’s convention center grounds at about 7:30 a.m., police spokesman Karlheinz Wagner said.

He then jumped out, emptied a canister of gas over the vehicle, and set fire to it, Wagner said. By the time the fire department got to the scene, the car was entirely burned out.

The Bavarian man, whose name was being withheld because he has not been charged with a crime, told police that gas prices were so high he could no longer afford to drive the vehicle.

As in many countries, gasoline prices have risen steadily in Germany; a liter of regular gasoline now costs about euro1.55, or $9.40 per gallon.

Police were investigating whether the man could be charged with violating German environmental laws with the stunt, Wagner said. Penalties range from fines to five years in prison.

Brilliant!

Perhaps Tennessee resident David Dewayne Sanders is not aware of his constitutional right not to incriminate himself. As reported in The Murfreesboro Post,

[Detective] Beene approached Sanders last week on South University Street and asked if he had any drugs on him.

Drugs? Me? Actually, here’s how Mr. Sanders responded:

“Sanders said that he did and retrieved a plastic bag of crack cocaine from his buttocks,” Beene reported.

Crack in his …. It’s way too easy. I can’t do it. Here’s the source.

… you will probably think about this story. Over several months, this guy noticed that some of his food kept disappearing. So he had cameras that transmitted images to his cell phone installed. As reported by the AP:

One of the cameras captured someone moving inside his home Thursday after he had left, and he called police believing it was a burglar. However, when they arrived they found the door locked and all windows closed.

The police searched the house and came up empty until they searched … the closet. In the closet, they found a homeless woman who had been living there for a year! She even had a mattress in the closet! Freaky. Here’s the story.

As reported in The Cincinnati Enquirer:

A Columbus man has been charged with crawling under a table at a library on University of Cincinnati’s campus, spraying a substance from a syringe on a woman’s shoes and then photographing them.

Dwight Pannell, 43, was booked into the county jail Wednesday on charges of voyeurism, assault and criminal trespass.

What did Mr. Pannell tell the police?

“He admitted taking pictures of her feet,” [University Police Captain] Patterson said. “He said he was doing so because it was a new camera.”

Okay, what about this?

According to a July 18, 2000, story in The Enquirer, Pannell was accused of attacking a woman with a syringe at Ohio State University’s main library. He was charged with assault and possession of criminal tools. The woman was treated at a hospital and released.

Um. Er.

He will be forever known as the “duct tape bandit.” Why? Kasey Kazee, unarmed, entered a liquor store in eastern Kentucky – with his head and face almost completely covered in duct tape. The manager tackled him and held him until the police arrived. Incredibly, despite the fact that the duct tape was removed from his face at the scene, Mr. Kazee initially denied he was the “duct tape bandit.” He had a change of heart, and pleaded guilty. He was just sentenced to 10 years in prison. Here’s an article from his arrest and one from his recent sentencing.

An 18-year-old stole an SUV, but couldn’t shake the cops. So he ditched it, and ran into the woods. Bad move, because he ran into a bunch of wild boars. The boars were pissed, scaring the thief so much that he started yelling for help. The police gladly responded, and arrested the young man. Here’s the source.

It’s 2:30 a.m. in Hartman, Arkansas. Do you know where your 12-year-old is? No worries. He’s just drinking your beer, with his 10-year-old friend, then taking the truck out for a spin. Why? Per the AP, to find a girl they met at the rodeo! Here’s what happened:

The boys made it about 10 miles before the 12-year-old lost control of the truck… the truck hit and jumped over a guardrail, sending it careening 50 feet down a steep hill into a forest.

Incredibly, neither boy was seriously hurt. Clark James, who lives near the crash scene, was a little surprised when he heard someone banging on his door.

“I opened the door and the first thing (the 12-year-old) said to me was, ‘I’m drunk and I had a wreck,'” James said. “I looked at him and I thought ‘You’re kind of young to be out drinking. And you sure shouldn’t be driving.'”

The 12-year-old is facing drunk driving, plus a few other charges (like, maybe driving without a license?) Click here to read a little more.