Monday, May 23, 2011

Weird and Odd News

Toddler sold on eBay, police investigating
ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities say a western Michigan woman offered a 2-year-old relative for sale on eBay and accepted a man's tongue-in-cheek bid. One bidder who thought it was a hoax called police when the bid was accepted and helped lead them to the woman.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/05/17/20110517michigan-toddler-for-sale-ebay.html

Found wallet leads to owner's arrest
WEATHERFORD, Texas -- A good Samaritan turning in a lost wallet isn't always good news for the owner. An 18-year-old man has been arrested after someone found his wallet and turned it in to authorities -- who say they found three other men's identification cards inside.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/05/17/20110517texas-wallet-found-arrest.html

Bottles of urine found in ice-cream truck
LANGHORNE, Pa. -- Suburban Philadelphia police say a DUI stop involving an ice cream-truck led to the discovery of water bottles filled with urine, including one in the freezer where treats are kept. Police say 46-year-old Yassir Hassan was visibly drunk when he was pulled over Friday in Middletown Township, Bucks County. When police searched the Trenton, N.J. man's truck, they say they found boxes of wine along with the bottles of urine.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/05/18/20110518philadelphia-urnie-ice-cream-truck.html

Woman flies out car window, lands on garage roof
TWO RIVERS, Wis. -- A 23-year-old woman flew out her back window and landed on a garage roof after she lost control of her car in southeastern Wisconsin. Police believe the woman was ejected through the back window that was already broken, flew through the branches of a pine tree and landed on the garage roof. The Herald Times Reporter reports she climbed off, with help from bystanders, and tried walking away.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/05/18/20110518wisconsin-woman-lands-on-roof.html

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