Man Accused of Lobbing Urine Into Yards - Yahoo! News: "Tue Dec 27, 5:54 PM ET
CLIVE, Iowa - A Nebraska man has been arrested in central Iowa for allegedly delivering some unwanted Christmas gifts. Reno Tobler, 54, was arrested Thursday in Clive after police caught him lobbing urine bottles into backyards.
'We've got a Grinch that has been lobbing urine,' said Clive Police Chief Robert Cox. 'Since this fall, we've had eight to 10 incidents reported where people have found containers full of urine thrown into their backyards.'
Tobler is a truck driver whose route regularly takes him to the Clive area. He was charged with littering and harassment for allegedly tossing detergent-sized bottles of his urine over fences.
Tobler told police that it was a longtime hobby of his to deliver the bottles. Police searched his vehicle and found several other urine-filled bottles ready for delivery.
Tobler was taken to the Polk County Jail and was released on a $500 bond."
00:58 Posted by David
What makes people do this?
Man Pleads No Contest to Cattle Relations - Yahoo! News: "Fri Dec 23, 5:49 PM ET
NEILLSVILLE, Wis. - A 64-year-old man has pleaded no contest to charges in Clark County Circuit Court after telling police he regularly had been using calves for sexual gratification.
Harold G. Hart was placed on two years probation Thursday and ordered to have psychological counseling and an alcohol and drug abuse assessment after pleading to charges of sexual gratification with an animal and disorderly conduct.
According to the criminal complaint, the family living on the farm Hart visited, installed a motion sensor because they had seen suspicious footprints and vehicle tracks.
When the sensor sounded, Hart was caught leaving the barn. He later told police the farm was a routine stop, usually after bar closing or on trips to strip clubs near Marshfield or Neillsville.
Hart told police he had gone to the farm at least 50 times in the last year, sometimes two to four times in a week."
00:57 Posted by David
Alleged Burglar's Car Gets Stuck in Ice: "Fri Dec 23, 6:57 PM ET
SCARBOROUGH, Maine - A man faced a burglary charge after his car got stuck on the icy driveway of a house that had just been burglarized.
Shawn Tarr, 29, of Portland, was in court Friday afternoon being arraigned, officials at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland said.
Tarr was arrested Thursday in Scarborough after police received a report of a burglary in progress at a home on Broadturn Road in this southern Maine town.
As the owner returned home, she found a car in the driveway. Tarr told the woman that he was turning around when he got stuck in ice on her driveway, and asked her to back up the car while he pushed, police said. The woman, who was not identified by police, complied, but also was unable to move the car.
The woman, who had noticed her laptop computer on the rear the seat of the car as she walked by the car, returned to her house as Tarr tried frantically to move the vehicle, police said. Her daughter had already called police.
Scarborough officer Doug Weed said Tarr was trying to shove boards under the wheels of the icebound car when he arrived.
Police discovered Tarr had several warrants out for his arrest, including one for burglary. Police also say Tarr's car turned out to be stolen from a Westbrook dealership.
'Christmas cards taken from the Broadturn Road residence were found under the seat of the vehicle,' police said."
00:55 Posted by David
Woman Swallows Cell Phone After Argument: "Sat Dec 24, 4:24 AM ET
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - A lovers' dispute over a cell phone ended suddenly when the woman swallowed the phone whole, police said.
Police said they received a call at 4:52 a.m. Friday from a Blue Springs man who said his girlfriend was having trouble breathing. When they arrived at the house they found the 24-year-old woman had a cell phone lodged in her throat.
'He wanted the phone and she wouldn't give it to him, so she attempted to swallow it,' Detective Sgt. Steve Decker of the Blue Springs Police Department. 'She just put the entire phone in her mouth so he couldn't get it.'
Police said an ambulance transported the woman to St. Mary's Medical Center in Blue Springs. A hospital spokeswoman said she couldn't give details about the woman's health since police have not released her identity."
11:03 Posted by David
Man tries to rob bank by phone - 10 Dec 2005 - National News: "Man tries to rob bank by phone
10.12.05
Police have made an arrest after a man rang a bank manager demanding money two days after robbing the same south Auckland bank.
The accused man, who was located last night, will appear in court today on charges of aggravated robbery and demanding with menaces, Detective Sergeant John Love said.
He has also been charged with the unlawful taking of a Ford Falcon car that was in his possession.
Mr Love said police tracked him down after tracing telephone calls that were made to the bank.
Police said yesterday that the Kiwi Bank branch at Flat Bush was robbed on Wednesday afternoon, when the offender got away with a small amount of money.
The offender rang the bank manager yesterday asking for a meeting and for the manager to take a brown paper bag of money with him.
The meeting was to have been about 50m from the branch, which is on Dawson Rd, but the caller rang back to say he was uncomfortable with the location.
He then asked for a meeting about a kilometre away in Othello Dr, but didn't turn up.
Mr Love said the money taken on Wednesday had not been recovered. "
