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A man stood outside a Lexington church quietly polishing a powder horn, and the police response escalated accordingly. In the town where the Revolution started, this is arguably just a hobby.
A Florida man climbed a barbed-wire fence, went up the maintenance stairs, let himself in an unlocked door of a parked JetBlue jet, and fell asleep in the restroom. The crew found him there the next morning when they went to move the plane.
A Maryland woman was fined for setting out raw meat in her backyard for the vultures. Feeding the neighborhood is a virtue right up until the neighborhood is vultures.
A Hollywood steakhouse now runs a clothing-optional dinner on the first Monday of every month, at $150 to $300 a seat. The city confirms it is legal, the staff stay dressed, and management stresses there is to be no touchy-feely stuff.
A 77-year-old St. Petersburg retiree taped a DOWN WITH FLOCK CAMERAS sign to a 12-foot pool skimmer, set up a lawn chair beneath the surveillance pole, and blocked the lens without touching it. Police confirmed there is nothing illegal about any of it.
A four-foot alligator turned up at 2 a.m. on a downtown Jeffersonville street and settled in at the front windows of a law office. Police already knew the owner — the gator has escaped before.
A Florida man flushed his cocaine down the toilet as officers arrived, which he clearly believed would settle the matter. Police arrested him anyway.
Deputies found their boat-burglary suspect in a full Superman costume, cape included, and he promptly confessed to taking three power tools. The Man of Steel posted $5,500 bond.
The man deputies were hunting as the 'tequila bandit' — thousands of dollars in liquor stuffed into a backpack — was picked up before they could get to him. He had been pulled over in the next county for driving under the influence.
A Florida man is accused of walking out of Fanatics Fest in Manhattan with $17,000 in trading cards. He traveled a long way to be the guy who ruins a card show.
A deer let itself into Hersheypark and wandered the midway among the visitors. It did not, as far as anyone reported, get in line for anything.
Dade City officers spent a morning running down an emu that had decided it was a fine day for a stroll through town. The department conceded that chasing an emu was not covered at the academy, then posted photos of the bird riding in a patrol car.