Man stole nearly $10,000 from churches

Police said an Iowa City man stole nearly $10,000 using checks from local churches and the forged signatures of clergymen.

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According to criminal complaints, Christopher J. Jones, 18, obtained three checks from Faith Baptist Church and one from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Police said Jones forged the signatures of pastors and deacons, making himself the payee.

The checks totaled $34,000, all of which Jones deposited into his University of Iowa Community Credit Union bank account.

Police said Jones went on a "spending spree," which included a trip to New York. Payment was stopped on several checks, limiting the credit union's loss to almost $10,000.

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Woman stole a NYPD license plate

New York police said a woman was arrested after stealing a license plate off a patrol car and shoving it down her pants.

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Police said Beryl Duncan, 53, took the plate from the marked 2009 Chevrolet Impala while it was parked near Prospect Park on a call about a disturbance.

A witness described seeing Duncan shove the plate down her pants and police said she denied stealing the plate when confronted by an officer.

Police said the woman told the officer the plate had fallen off the vehicle and she was holding it until she could return it to an officer.

Duncan was arrested and charged with criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny.

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Now that's a tumor

Man asks for help to remove 80kg tumor
His 80kg tumor is record-breaking, but the size of his smile is what's really remarkable about Nguyen Duy Hai.

The 31-year-old Vietnamese man has had a tumor growing on his right leg since soon after he was born.

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Despite having an amputation at the knee 14 years ago, he still has an 80kg, 1m-wide growth. "I can't do anything, I can only sit and lie down," he said in his home in the town of Da Lat in the country's Central Highlands.

The tumor is the largest ever documented in Vietnam, Vu Van Thach, head of examination department of Hanoi tumor hospital, he said.

Hai's family is too poor to afford another operation after the amputation in 1997 failed to stop the growth, and now he is appealing for funds to afford medical help.

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German surgeons remove huge tumor

Specialist surgeons performed this j-awesome transformation of a 21-year-old patient - after removing an astonishing six-kilo tumor from her mouth.

The Ethiopian-born woman - identified only as Tsehay - was so deformed by the 10-centimeter wide tumor she could barely eat or swallow water.

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Lead surgeon Peter Cornelius from Bamberg, Germany, explained: "The operation to remove the tumor took three hours. It was complicated as so much of the lower face was disfigured by it. Only then, were we able to reconstruct her face."

The young woman faces more reconstructive surgery to rebuild her face, but said she was delighted by the surgery. "The doctors not only saved my life - they have given me a future as well," she said.

Lakeland man digs a pool finds trash dump in back yard

Brian Dyer was tired of taking his wife and kids to water parks in Orlando. He thought it would be much easier to dig a pool in his backyard.

When the pool company started excavating, it began bringing up load after load of trash. Metal, plastic, bottles, and who knows what else. It turns out that somewhere along the line someone had used their lot as an illegal dump site.
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It is unclear how big the problem is. The junk could be buried under the Dyer's home in the Oak Run subdivision in North Lakeland. It may even extend to other parts of their neighborhood.

One of the biggest issues is: who is going to pay to clean up the mess? The company that developed the land is out of business. The builder and Polk County say they are not liable. That leaves Dyer holding the trash bag.

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