Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Small Bits of News

Man Rear-Ends Car After Traffic Light Turned Green
Police said a drunken 75-year-old Wayland man was arrested early yesterday morning after telling an officer he plowed into the car stopped ahead of him at a light because green means "go."
Paul D. Keith, of 8 Bent Ave., was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, third offense, after demolishing his front-end on Fountain STreet, then telling police the driver ahead didn't know how to play red light, green light.
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Search For Hikers Leads To $25,000 In Marijuana
While searching for two missing hikers in the Columbia River Gorge, deputies stumbled upon $25,000 in marijuana, officials said.
Multnomah County deputies said the pair called for help around 7 p.m. Saturday from the Angel rest area near Bridal Veil in the Columbia River Gorge. The hikers, who have not been identified, apparently had fallen into a creek and were wet and tired.
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If you're going to be sick on a railway platform
It's probably best not to lean over the tracks and put your head in the path of a train travelling at 65mph.

And You Thought You Had A Bay Day...
A man was arrested on Thursday after a bizarre series of events that included him crashing his car, getting shot by a homeowner, breaking a restaurant window and stripping to his underwear.
Police said it all started when the man crashed his car into a pole and started banging on the door of a nearby house. After he kicked in a window, homeowner Leroy Bruce shot him.
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