Truck Driver Tries to Tow Police Cruiser Over Ticket

In Portland, OR a tow truck driver, named Steven Syverson, tried to tow a Gresham police cruiser because he was upset over a ticket. An officer noticed what Syverson was doing and ordered him to release the cruiser. After he released it, Syverson got back in his truck, locked the door, and refused to co-operate with the officers. The manager of the tow truck company Syverson worked for was called and convinced him into surrendering. He was charged with unlawful use of a vehicle, obstructing government administration, interfering with an officer, and criminal mischief.

Couple Catches Burglar and Makes Him Clean Their Home

In Montgomery, Al a couple named Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon came home to find a thief had broken in and had taken almost everything they owned. Adrian sent his wife her sister’s house while he inspected the house. When he walked back into their sunroom, the thief walked in from the back door straight into him. Adrian held the man at gunpoint and made him clean up the mess that he had made, which was piles of stuff that was thrown out of the drawers and cabinets to the floor, until the police arrived. When the police arrived the thief complained about being made to clean up at gunpoint.

The thief is being charged with burglary and theft. He is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility on a $30,000 bond.

Drunken Man Arrested After He Attacks Inflatable Ghosts and Pumpkin

In Lloyd, NY a drunken man, named John Odee, attacked his neighbor’s inflatable display of three ghosts and a giant pumpkin and then smashed his head through her window.

Dawn Garcia says she heard the man yelling and swearing and when she looked outside she saw him struggling with the giant pumpkin angrily. She yelled at him to go away but he then charged at the house and busted his head through the window. Garcia grabbed her three kids and ran out the back door and called 911 from another neighbor’s house. The police found Odee inside of her house and arrested him. He was charged with burglary and is being held on a $25,000 bond.

Man Finds Burglar Sleeping In His Bed

In Elkton, MD, a man came home to his apartment last week at 8 a.m. in the morning and found a burglar sleeping in his bed. The burglar didn’t wake up until the police came and handcuffed him while he was sleeping. The burglar, named Mark William, jammed a chair against the back door so that nobody would come in before he went to sleep. He is being charged with burglary, theft, malicious destruction of property, and possession of crack cocaine that police found in his pocket.

Spicy Chili Causes Evacuation in London

In London, very spicy chili cooked at a London Thai restaurant caused roads to close and evacuations after people passing by complained of the smell burning their throats. A London Fire Brigade’s chemical response team was called after the smell hit London’s Soho district. Firefighters knocked down the door of the restaurant and took the chili that was being prepared as part of a batch of Nam Prik Pao, a spicy Thai dip.