Small Bits of News

Homeless Man Used Church Phone To Call Sex Line
Thou shalt not use a church's telephone to call a sex hot line, saith police in this Hudson Valley town.
A homeless man has been accused of breaking into a Valley Cottage church by picking a lock so he could dial a sex line.
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Mesa Cigar Store Robbers Now Stars On You Tube
Two thieves got more than they burgled for when they tried to rip off Big Sticks Fine Cigars in Mesa over the weekend.
The two crooks got away with a pair of wristwatches valued at about $2,000, but they also became unwitting stars in the process.
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South Texas Man Busted After Reporting Pot Theft
A man was arrested for drug possession after telling authorities that two masked gunmen had stolen 150 pounds of marijuana from his home.
Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies arrived at the home near Penitas in South Texas to find the door kicked in and nearly 15 pounds of pot lying on the floor, Sheriff Lupe Trevino said.
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Grenade alert at police station
More than 30 staff were forced out of a Devon police station when a man brought in a hand grenade.The grenade was found in an allotment in St Michael's, Paignton, by a man who put it in his car and drove to the town's police station.Police spokesman Joe Head said the grenade was severely corroded. "Part of the handle was corroded so it could have gone off at any time," he said. The anti-personnel grenade was put in a bomb suppression container outside the rear of the station which was evacuated. It was then covered in sandbags before it was taken away for disposal at Goodrington Sands. Mr Head said: "Our advice to anyone who finds a device like this in the future is to leave it where it is, do not touch it and call the police." With news video.