The prodigal gun: 21 years after being stolen, deputies find, return Texas man’s favorite gun

Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver

TERRELL, Texas – A rural east Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen. Kauffman County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Pat Laney says Bruce Garner received his H&R nine-shot revolver at an upbeat property hearing Thursday morning.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, … Original article on : The prodigal gun: 21 years after being stolen, deputies find, return Texas man’s favorite gun.

Not-so-fast food: SC woman calls cops when mechanic links car trouble to gas tank cheeseburger

Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman’s gas tank

ROCK HILL, S.C. – A South Carolina woman found out fast food won’t make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would … Read : Not-so-fast food: SC woman calls cops when mechanic links car trouble to gas tank cheeseburger.

Drug suspect breaks sprinkler at California police station, floods building

Suspect breaks sprinkler at Calif. cop station

MODESTO, Calif. – Police in Modesto, Calif., are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler.
Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenry was in a second-floor interrogation room Wednesday evening when he smashed a sprinkler, sending 350 gallons of water per minute … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Drug suspect breaks sprinkler at California police station, floods building.

Gargantuan gator: It takes 3 people to remove 500-pound alligator from lagoon at SC resort

500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-foot-long, 500 pound alligator was removed from a lagoon on the resort island on Wednesday. It took three gator wrestlers from …. Original article  : Gargantuan gator: It takes 3 people to remove 500-pound alligator from lagoon at SC resort.

Florida deputy shoots himself in leg during training at firing range

Fla. deputy shoots himself in leg during training

CRESTVIEW, Fla. – An Okaloosa Sheriff’s deputy is on leave after shooting himself in the leg during a training exercise at a firing range. Miguel Rojas accidentally hit himself Tuesday when deputies were forced to use their less-dominant hand to shoot. The 35-year-old caught his finger in the …. Read the original article  : here.

NYC judge rules that wearing low-slug trousers may look foolish but is not a crime

Saggy pants foolish but legal, NYC judge rules

NEW YORK – Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.
That’s how a New York City judge ruled in throwing out a summons issued to a man wearing low-slung pants that exposed his underwear.
Judge Ruben Franco said that the summons appeared to be an attempt by one … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : NYC judge rules that wearing low-slug trousers may look foolish but is not a crime.