Sunday, September 16, 2007

Small Bits of News

Time Runs Out On Meter Man's Scheme
A British security man who was paid to empty parking meters but filled his own pockets instead was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison.
Bryn Lynas, 47, pleaded guilty to stealing almost $261,000 from the parking meters he was supposed to be collecting funds from, The (London) Daily Mail reported.
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Man Sets Off His Own Booby Trap
A man tired of burglars nearly blew off his hand when bomb-like devices he set around his house exploded in his presence instead, authorities said.
Victor Iacobescu, 50, ran to a neighbor's house Thursday with a bloody towel wrapped around his right hand."Apparently, he was trying to set booby traps to get the next guy who tried to break in," fire Lt. Maggie Murphy said.
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