Cops: SC bank robber says ‘thank you,’ leaves empty-handed after teller says she has no cash

Cops: SC robber says ‘thank you,’ gets no money

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – Authorities said a would-be South Carolina bank robber left with a polite “thank you” after a teller told him she didn’t have any money in her cash drawer. North Charleston police told multiple media outlets that 31-year-old Melvin Jesse Blain walked into a [..] Read the original article: here.

Ga. authorities may charge woman accused of hoarding nearly 130 cats and 14 dogs in her home

Ga. woman accused of hoarding animals in home

CANTON, Ga. – Authorities said charges are pending against a woman accused of hoarding nearly 130 cats and dogs in her rural Cherokee County home. Cherokee County Marshal Ray Waters said Shari Cahill was scheduled for a hearing Thursday after police rescued 113 cats and 14 dogs from … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Ga. authorities may charge woman accused of hoarding nearly 130 cats and 14 dogs in her home.

Michigan police seek man who donned Darth Vader mask before robbing convenience store

Police seek Darth Vader-masked robbery suspect

FERNDALE, Mich. – Ferndale police are seeking a man who wore a plastic Darth Vader mask before pulling a butcher knife and robbing a convenience store. Authorities said the holdup happened about 1:35 p.m. Monday at the Get & Go store in the Detroit suburb north-northwest of Detroit. Police said … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Michigan police seek man who donned Darth Vader mask before robbing convenience store.

Students’ message in a bottle travels nearly 3,000 miles to the Azores

Students’ message in bottle ends up in the Azores

CASTINE, Maine – Three Maine students who launched a message in a bottle in 2008 hoped it would make it all the way to Europe. It didn’t make it to the mainland, but it made it as far as the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic … Read more »»».

Sheriff says source of bomb scare along Ohio tracks probably prop from Denzel Washington film

Ohio sheriff: Suspected bomb likely a movie prop

RAYLAND, Ohio – An Ohio sheriff says a suspicious device that caused a scare for rail workers was most likely a prop from a Denzel Washington movie.
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla says the device, resembling two sticks of dynamite with wires, was detonated by a bomb squad Tuesday [..] Read the original article: here.

Oregon firefighters dig 1,500-pound camel ‘Moses’ out of sinkhole

Oregon rescuers dig camel ‘Moses’ out of sinkhole

OREGON CITY, Ore. – It was an unusual call for Oregon firefighters: A 1,500-pound camel, named Moses, needed to be rescued. The call came in Tuesday night in Clackamas County after the Oregon City owners of the camel called firefighters to say that Moses had fallen into a …. Source  : Oregon firefighters dig 1,500-pound camel ‘Moses’ out of sinkhole.

Police: Man arrested after crashing 2 cars, trying to tow them while intoxicated

Police: Man crashes, tries to tow cars while drunk

BLAINE, Wash. – A 54-year-old Washington state man has been arrested after police say he crashed two cars while intoxicated, then got in his tow truck and tried to move the vehicles.
The Bellingham Herald reports that Tommy Ryser was arrested and booked in jail on three counts …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Police: Man arrested after crashing 2 cars, trying to tow them while intoxicated.