Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know You Needed

While holding illegal drugs, drive carefully

Do not forget to buckle your seat belt

Do not travel over the posted speed limit.

Do not drive a car that has been stolen.

Do not drive with a suspended license.

Speeding and not wearing a seat belt resulted in a West Palm Beach man facing criminal drug charges, according to a Sheriff's Office arrest report.

Deputies stopped Timothy Simmons, 34, who was traveling seven miles over the speed limit and not wearing a seat belt while driving a 2006 white Lincoln sedan.

During the course of the traffic stop; deputies found marijuana and prescription pills. Simmons didn't have a prescription for most of the pills.

Simmons is charged with grand theft auto, possession of a controlled substance, marijuana possession under 20 grams and driving with a suspended license with knowledge.

After checking the car's registration, deputies learned it was reported stolen from Boca Raton.

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Man knocks out wall, pulls plane from basement

Lots of houses have a two-car garage. Dan Reeves' had a one-airplane basement.

The central Pennsylvania man had to remove a basement wall to get it out.

Reeves spent the past nine years building a two-seat airplane in the basement of his Cumberland County home. The plane arrived in pieces via mail but eventually it became way too big to get up the steps.

So Reeves dug a trench down to the foundation and took out a wall. Reeves pulled the plane out using a truck, a chain and some neighbors.

Onlookers were drawn to the spectacle by the "Airplane Removal Wednesday" put up on Reeves' porch. Reeves says he spent $40,000 on the plane and about $5,000 on the excavation.

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