Venezuelan speeders beware: President Chavez pulls over, scolds lead-footed motorist

Venezuela’s Chavez plays traffic cop, stops driver

CARACAS, Venezuela – Hugo Chavez has a new pet peeve: speeding drivers who he says are creating mayhem on Venezuela’s highways.
Chavez says he recently was tailgated in the slow lane by a young man in a truck who unknowingly honked at the president and then passed him on the …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Mich. teens accused of taking school bus on joy ride arrested after going by driver’s home

Mich. teens accused of taking bus on joy ride

MONROE, Mich. – Authorities in Michigan say two teenagers who allegedly took a school bus on a joy ride were caught when they drove by the home of the bus driver who was talking to an investigators about the theft.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the bus …. Source  : Mich. teens accused of taking school bus on joy ride arrested after going by driver’s home.

Written all over your face: Lip tattoo leads police in Colorado to burglary suspect

Lip tattoo leads to burglary arrest in Colorado

PUEBLO, Colo. – Police say a suspect in a Colorado home invasion had the evidence written all over his face.
A tattoo on the upper lip of 20-year-old Anthony Brandon Gonzales led to his arrest last week in the home invasion of an Elvis impersonator in Pueblo County.
A witness …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Written all over your face: Lip tattoo leads police in Colorado to burglary suspect.

Providence mayor’s brother goes from federal inmate to sandwich shop owner

RI mayor’s brother, an ex-con, opens sandwich shop

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former attorney whose brother is the mayor of Providence, R.I., has gone from federal prison inmate to sandwich shop owner.
The new business is called Federal Wrap.
John Cicilline (siss-ill-EE’-nee) tells The Providence Journal that he became known for making wraps while in federal prison, where [..] Read the original article: here.

Mistaken call to 911 leads to drug arrest of man at a Washington hotel in room 119

Man in room 119 arrested after mistaken 911 call

WENATCHEE, Wash. – A wrong number led police to make a drug bust at a motel in Wenatchee. The Wenatchee World reported a man staying at one room attempted to call someone staying in Room 119 – but dialed 911 instead.
Officers arrived Wednesday to see if there …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Wrong number call to 911 leads to drug arrest of man in room 119 at a Washington hotel

Wrong number leads to arrest at a Washington motel

WENATCHEE, Wash. – A wrong number led police to make a drug bust at a motel in Wenatchee. The Wenatchee World reported a man staying at one room attempted to call someone staying in Room 119 – but dialed 911 instead.
Officers arrived Wednesday to see if there …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Wrong number call to 911 leads to drug arrest of man in room 119 at a Washington hotel.

Thieves steal Vermont hotel’s painting, but unidentified man in hooded sweatshirt returns it

Vt. hotel painting vanishes – and then reappears

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Now you see it, now you don’t. But wait! There it is again! Police in Burlington said a 6-foot long landscape painting that was stolen from a waterfront hotel has now reappeared, thanks to an unidentified man seen on surveillance video walking up to the … Read more »».

Texas man running from the law captured after police spot sneakers in carnival teddy bear pile

Suspect’s sneakers foils stuffed animal hideout

EL PASO, Texas – He might have gotten away with it, but for those darn sneakers. An El Paso man running from the law at a carnival was captured when police said they spotted David Caro’s sneakers poking out beneath a pile of stuffed teddy bears.
Authorities say Caro was trying … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Texas man running from the law captured after police spot sneakers in carnival teddy bear pile.

Mass. police say a cleaning man taken to hospital after becoming stuck in sausage machine

Police: Man sucked into sausage seasoning machine

DANVERS, Mass. – Police said a cleaning man was taken to a hospital after being sucked into a machine at a sausage-making company in Danvers. The accident happened Thursday night as the man was cleaning the vacuum-type machine that is used to season the meat at DiLigui Sausage Co. … Read : Mass. police say a cleaning man taken to hospital after becoming stuck in sausage machine.

Police say western Pa. man attacked girlfriend with cleaver during spat over BP oil spill

Police: Cleaver threat prompted by BP oil spill

UNIONTOWN, Pa. – State police said a Uniontown man has been jailed on charges that he threatened his girlfriend with a meat cleaver while they argued about the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Trooper Douglas Arndt said 34-year-old Anthony Dodson attacked the woman while …. Read the original article  : Police say western Pa. man attacked girlfriend with cleaver during spat over BP oil spill.