A Little Friday File Fun (04/04)

April 4, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say that a picture is worth a thousand words....

Well, here’s a couple of thousand more…

You’ll want to check out “White Diamond” – – – an Albino alligator.  MORE at http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/POD/2008/01/16/whitegatorbg.jpg


OK – here’s the world’s “Hardest Easy Geometry Problem” – see if you can solve it at http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/./MathFun/Triangle.htm

A picture may be worth a thousand words....so, here's a few "pictures" worth of words (for a change of pace)....

- - - In Yorktown, Indiana , a neighbor of Jarrod Swoveland, 31, found what appeared to be a pipe bomb in her basement (as it turns out, she was unaware that she lived at the former residence of a convicted bomb maker) - - - so she gave it to Jarrod - - - who took it to work - - - to give it to a police officer and two firefighters who work with him at a local warehouse - - - police said they received a call just before midnight - - - saying an employee had taken a bomb to the warehouse and put it in a desk drawer - - -

- - - In Spartanburg, South Carolina , an unnamed man strolled into a bank here and tried to cash a $173 check - - - but didn't have enough money in his account to cover it - - - then he told the teller that he had to have the cash - - - or someone was going to kill him - - - and then he wrote out a note saying he was robbing the bank - - - so the teller gave him some money - - - and he ran away - - - but, of course, they know his name - - -

- - - In Sulphur, Louisiana , police officers Hope Kingery and George Miller pulled over a car for a traffic violation - - - however, the driver could not produce identification or a valid driver's license - - - so the officers, who suspected the car was stolen, called the registered owner and left a message - - - the officers subsequently determined that the car was not stolen, and let the driver go - - - but when the car's ownerm Jill Foreman, 33, called back, she apparently thought their message was from a drug dealer - - - and stated that she would like to buy $150 in crack - - - so they arranged to "meet" her - - -

- - - In I llovo, Johannesburg, South Africa , a man had arranged for an evening's entertainment with a pros.titute - - - eager to get started, he doffed his clothing and encouraged her to do likewise - - - she insisted on being compensated first - - - and that led to a bit of a disagreement - - - a scuffle - - - and the realization that his would-be companion was not a she at all - - - so he insisted "she" leave - - - a request that was refused - - - and the man, realizing that his would-be companion could probably out-wrestle him, relented - - - and "she" went on her way - - - the man later noticed that his cellphone was missing - - - went to the police station to report the theft - - -and while filing his report the prost.itute walked in to lay a charge of assault against him - - - the prosecutor threw BOTH cases out - - -

- - - In Macclenny, Florida , Denise Crews was having trouble with vandals stealing flowers from her husband's gravesite - - - so she bought a high-tech motion activated camera to catch them in the act - - - and they still managed to steal the flowers - - - and the infrared camera as well - - -

- - - In Louisville, Kentucky , Alvin Gist, 25, walked into the First American Check Cashing store here - - - and robbed it - - - unfortunately for Alvin, a clerk recognized him as a frequent customer, checked his address and notified police - - -

- - - In Summit County, Colorado , it didn't take long for police to realize the man swerving through town - - - with no headlights on - - - and with a missing rear wheel - - - was intoxicated - - - he claimed to have only had four beers, but could barely walk - - - and when asked about the rear wheel, responded (with "extremely slurred speech") that he had hit a sign and was "just trying to get home" - - - he then proceeded to hand over an expired insurance card - - - and it turned out that his license had been revoked for previous alcohol convictions - - -

- - - In Buffalo, New York , two police officers were checking out drug activity in a neighborhood late Monday night when they spotted Bernard Fincher Jr., 25, walk up to a doughnut box - - - pick up a white object - - - and place it in his pocket - - - then go back - - - and place a white object back in the box - - - the officers moved in and checked out the carton - - - which was empty of doughnuts - - - but contained some crack coc.aine - - -

- - - In Ocala, Florida , Bret Wass, 28, was trying to escape police pursuit - - - and chose as his "getaway" vehicle a tow truck - - - with a car attached - - - you can see his failed attempt at http://www.local6.com/news/15761656/detail.html#

- - - In Brooklyn, New York , Cory L. Brown, 26, robbed a Wachovia Bank on Saturday (putting a flat plastic box on the counter and handing over a lined white sheet of paper with handwriting demanding "stacks" of $50 and $100 notes and suggesting that a bomb would detonate in "10 seconds" if the money was not turned over or if any alarms were set off) - - - and a Commerce Bank on Sunday (where he passed a note to the teller and demanded money: "Think. Stack of $100s. Stack of $50s. No arms, no heroes" - and also showed - - - a drawing of a gun that he had made on a Lotto ticket) - - - he then stopped on the sidewalk a short distance away to change out of a gray sweatshirt, a black bandanna, a pair of glasses, a black wool cap and latex gloves - - - leaving behind his wallet and personal identification: birth certificate, a welfare benefits card, a pay stub with his name on it, a MetroCard, a Social Security card - - - among other forms of identification - - -

- - - In West Baltimore, Maryland , Roland Scott was confronted by a man toting a sawed-off shotgun looking for money - - - Roland responded by drawing his own "weapon" - - - a fake handgun.n, but one that apparently looked real enough, because he managed to take the shotgun from his assailant - - - and then things took an unusual turn (or two) - - - Roland insisted that his assailant stri.p in the middle of the street - - - took $800 from him - - - and forced him to march into the laundry room of a nearby apartment building - - - at which point he started demanding more money (from his one-time assailant, mind you) - - - and then started beating him with the but.t of the shotgun.n - - - which, considering the resulting position of the gun barrel - - - turned out not to be a smart thing for Roland to do - - -

- - - In Gulelph, Canada , Jarrett Loft, 28, was sentenced to 60 days in jail this week after pleading guilty to one count of mischief to property - - - "I cannot be satisfied that you do not presently pose a risk to the community," Justice Bruce Frazer told Jarrett - - - what had Jarrett done? - - - on seven different occasions last April and May he approached women using trails in city parks - - - and asked them to kick him in the groin - - - one of the women, afraid of what the man might do if she refused, did so repeatedly, according to the report - - - Jarrett's reaction?   He thanked her and left on his bike - - -   

- - - In Kalispell, Montana , Shane Roe, 24, walked into the Taco Johns here - - - pulled out what appeared to be a Glock pistol and demanded free food - - - he was refused - - - then laughed, and demanded money from the register - - - and was again refused - - - so Shane placed an order, paid for it and sat down with his female companion - - - he was nonetheless charged with attempted robbery - - -

- - - And finally, in Summit, Colorado , an unnamed male driver drew the attention of police when he coasted through two stop signs - - - and then, despite the fact that the sirens were blaring as they pursued him - - - proceeded to drive to a private residence - - - where the male driver quickly exited the vehicle and went into the home - - - police ordered the female passenger back into the vehicle and called for backup when the man driver refused to return to the car - - - seconds later he emerged from the house, holding a paper coffee cup in his hand - - - asked by an officer why he went inside - - - the man said he had to let his dog out - - - oh, and had taken two shots of tequila while there - - - police thought that was a lot to ingest in 15 seconds, and asked if he had been drinking before he ran two stop lights - - - the man claimed to have only had two beers - - - and refused to take a roadside sobriety test - - - since the two shots of tequila he had allegedly just had would put him over the legal limit - - - he's nonetheless been charged with Failure to Stop at a Sign, Careless Driving, DUI Per Se and Obstructing a Police Officer - - -

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