Small Bits of News

Minnesota Man Received Huge UPS Shipments of California Marijuana
A Hummer-driving Minnesota man claiming he was a student in need of extra cash was busted for allegedly receiving 213 pounds of marijuana shipped by UPS from California. The Ramsey County, Minn., Attorney's Office charged Doanzell Gieddarr Johnson, 27, of Inver Grove Heights on Thursday with first-degree sale or possession of marijuana. Los Angeles police already had arrested three people on charges of shipping the marijuana, and Twin Cities authorities were alerted that the parcels were sent to their jurisdiction. Police arrested Johnson and seized more than $5,000 in cash, as well as Johnson's Hummer, which police said was used to pick up the parcels, according to the report.
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Jealous man emails lover's nude photos
A UK man is facing jail after he emailed pictures of his lover to everyone in her address book when he found out she was flirting with other men.
Stephen Hailes, 48, had been in an "internet romance" with Karen Parker, 36, after the pair met in a chat room last August, the Daily Mail reported.
During the romance Parker, a married mother-of-two, sent a series of nude pictures of herself to Hailes, a former tree surgeon.
Hailes became angry after he hacked into Parker's email account and discovered she was flirting with other men. To get revenge he forwarded the lurid pictures to all the contacts in her email address book.
"She learned of his action when her friends contacted her and asked her why she had sent them naked photographs of herself.
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Shop-owners sold chocolate cake with human feces
Funny taste: A hungry customer was horrified when they realized the chocolate cake was covered in human feces
Two shop-owners were today fined for selling chocolate cake - which had been sprinkled with human feces.
A horrified customer ate the foul-smelling gateaux but noticed that it didn't taste or smell "quite right" and handed the cake to public health scientists.
The analysts soon established that the sweet treat was covered in feces and legal proceedings against the shop owners were started.
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Pssst! Want to buy a Ferrari?
Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price. Police accused 15 people of building the blood red sports cars and selling them to car fanatics on a budget, most of whom knew they were buying a counterfeit classic.
Car body workers who police called "very able" cobbled together mostly fake parts and a few original components. They used body parts from other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and doors. The body parts were modified to look like Ferrari classics such as the 328 Gtb, which went out of production in the late 1980s.
Some of the cars sold for about 20,000 euros, about a tenth of the going price for some versions.
Police confiscated 21 cars, 14 of which had already been sold, and seven in production in Sicilian garages.
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Cook accused of adding foreign matter in a steak
A restaurant cook is out of a job and facing a felony charge after being accused of hiding pubic hairs in a ribeye because a customer complained the first steak served to him was overcooked.
Kevin Hansen, who dined at the Texas Roadhouse with friends and family Saturday, said he ordered a 16-ounce ribeye cooked medium rare, with a warm, red center, according to the criminal complaint filed against cook Ryan Kropp.
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Georgia Man Kills Motorcyclist Who Was Following Teen Daughters
A Georgia man was arrested for murder after he allegedly shot and killed a motorcyclist who he said was following his teenage daughters home from a Target store.
Richard Harold Gear's two daughters, ages 17 and 19, called their 45-year-old father from their cell phones to tell him they were being followed. When they got home their father was at the end of their driveway with a pistol.