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Dad was so drunk he left his baby daughter in shop
A dad drank so much booze that he forgot about his six-month-old daughter and left her in a shop, a court heard yesterday. Shaun Marshall, 27, walked out leaving the girl in her buggy in the doorway. He then drove off in his Mercedes with two toddlers while three times the limit. When he had not come back for her, police were called to the Candy Man sweet shop in Cullercoats, North Tyneside.
Prosecutor Mark Brennan said: "Officers looked at CCTV to try to identify the person responsible for leaving the child in the store. They were on the premises for a short while when he returned and identified himself as the father of the six-month-old. The reason he gave was that he was tired and confused. He said he had made a genuine mistake and completely forgot the child was left in the store."
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10 Zero’s on check raise red flag at Fort Worth bank
Man arrested after trying to cash $360 billion check. An aspiring record-label owner is singing the blues after being arrested last week when bank employees said he tried to pass a $360 billion check. When they saw all those zeroes (10 to be exact), employees at Chase Bank, 8601 S. Hulen St., called the account holder. She said that Charles Ray Fuller, 21, of Crowley, is her daughter's boyfriend and that he did not have permission to take the check.
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84-year-old woman, rescued after being pinned down
An elderly woman spent nearly four days pinned underneath her husband's body after he died of a heart attack. Blanche Roberts was only found when the man who delivers the couple's newspapers became suspicious on seeing copies of newspapers piling up outside. Bruce Pitts and his wife returned to the address just outside Marion, Illinois, a few hours after his round on Sunday, but got no answer when they repeatedly rang the doorbell. Mr Pitts then eased open an unlocked side door and saw the couple about two feet inside.