Beauty Shop Break In Was A DragIf he was going to rob a beauty parlor, he was going to blend in. Police picked up 42-year-old Frederic M. Koetter outside the Curl and Style beauty shop after receiving a call about a robbery in progress. Koetter — sporting a blonde wig, women's clothing and high heels — confessed to the crime after he was identified as the robber by witnesses.
Remarkably, Koetter has been dressed almost exactly like the shop owner, from the hairstyle to floral print clothing.
Koetter claimed the resemblance was nothing but a coincidence.
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Robber Nabbed by Using Stolen Cell Phone
RENO, Nev. — A suspected robber was arrested after he used a stolen cell phone to call a relative, and the relative later called back and instead got the victim who had transferred the number to a new phone, police said Thursday.
According to police, a 68-year-old tourist was gambling at the Silver Legacy Resort downtown on Oct. 7 when he was struck in the head and knocked to the ground by a man who took his fanny pack that contained the victim's cell phone.
The suspect used the phone to call a family member.
When the relative tried to call back later, he instead got the victim who had reactivated the number on a new phone, police said.
The family member gave the victim the suspect's name.
Jason Scott, 34, was arrested Wednesday on charges of robbery and an enhancement for crimes against the elderly, police said.
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Police asked woman to check for body
A west Belfast woman has claimed police called her to see if she could check if there was a body in her street.
Deidre Morrison said an officer telephoned her Irwell Court home on Wednesday and said they did not have the "resources" to check it themselves.
Police said officers were "trying to confirm the veracity of a report" and that when it was confirmed later they sent a patrol to the area. It transpired there was a drunk woman lying in the street.
Ms Morrison said she now intends is to make an official complaint to the police.
"I shouldn't have been put in this position, definitely not. Especially whenever you have two children to rear and you're trying to get them out to school in the mornings - you don't need this hassle," she said.
Ms Morrison added that when the officer called he said "they did not want to be lured into the area".
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Man shows his political preference with dog poop
A man was ticketed for unlawful dumping after admitting to putting dog feces in his neighbor's truck for political reasons. Police Sgt. Jerry Edblad said a 19-year-old St. Cloud man told police he has found small baggies of dog poop in the back of his pickup truck for the past few weeks.
Donald Esmay said the dog poop started appearing in his truck right after he put a 2-foot-by-4-foot McCain sign there.
He and his family watched the truck trying to catch the culprit, but didn't have any luck until Wednesday when his mother and brother saw someone from the neighborhood.
They confronted the 45-year-old man, who admitted to it and said it was childish.
When police later spoke with the neighbor, Edblad said he told officers he did it because he "hates McCain."
The unlawful dumping ticket comes with a $183 fine.
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Man chews up a belly-busting, 15-lb. burger
CLEARFIELD, Pa. - It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds.
The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield.
Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich. "About three hours into it, things got tough," he said.
The burger included a bun, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, mild banana peppers and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and relish, pub owner Dennis Liegey said.
For completing the challenge in the under-five-hour time limit, Sciullo won $400, three T-shirts, a certificate "and a burger hangover, as I call it," Liegey said.
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Palin lookalike strippers to strut in pageant
LAS VEGAS - Some spectacled strippers are looking to score some votes of their own, just for looking like Sarah Palin. A Sin City strip club says it plans to host a lookalike contest in honor of the GOP vice presidential nominee, and is bringing in women from gentlemen's clubs all over the country to compete.
They'll be judged by club guests on how they resemble Palin while wearing a swimsuit and how well they debate, according to news release.
A vote will determine the winner. The prize? A $10,000 package including a trip to Washington for Inauguration Day in January.
Officials for Club Paradise Men's Club in Las Vegas say they're holding the contest because Palin competed as a beauty queen years ago and is widely impersonated today.
Palin came in second at the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant, taking home the Miss Congeniality award.
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Man shoots himself in leg
BARRE, Vt. - Police say a man was recovering from a gunshot wound after he shot himself in the leg with a handgun while practicing a quick draw. Police said a bullet from a revolver entered the 61-year-old man's leg just below the left knee and lodged in his foot.
Police say when rescue crews arrived at about 7 p.m. Tuesday they found the man sitting on the sidewalk near his home.
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Man moves ambulance that blocked his car gets arrested
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Police arrested a man after he got into an ambulance and drove it a few feet because it was partially blocking his car. Police said a 48-year-old man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, operating a vehicle under a suspended license, interfering with police and taking a vehicle without the owner's permission.
Authorities said the ambulance was parked for an emergency medical call when it partially blocked the man's vehicle, which was illegally parked in a loading zone.
Witnesses told police the man got into the ambulance and moved it. The ambulance was not damaged.
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