Friday, December 23, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/23

A Canoncito, New Mexico father said his daughter was born in the front seat of a truck traveling down a closed highway in a snowstorm. Russell LeFevre said his wife Elizabeth started having contractions early Tuesday so they grabbed their 3-year-old daughter and jumped into a truck driven by his brother and headed toward Santa Fe. They were on the icy highway and about halfway there when Elizabeth's water broke. The baby immediately followed. Russell, who graduated from nursing school last month, delivered Joanna Mallory LeFevre in the front seat of the vehicle. The family found a state police officer parked on the highway who gave them blankets, called an ambulance, and took them the rest of the way to the hospital. Mom and baby are doing fine.


Police say a drunken New York man struck a deer with his vehicle, then tried driving the injured animal to a nearby hospital — for humans.
Police say 29-year-old Andrew Caswell hit the deer early Monday in the suburban Rochester town of Greece. They say Caswell and three companions argued over what to do with it before Caswell decided the deer needed to go to the hospital.
An officer who pulled the car over discovered the deer was in the vehicle’s trunk and had died.
Police say Caswell’s blood-alcohol level was .16, twice the legal limit. Caswell’s phone number couldn’t be located Thursday.
Police Chief Todd Baxter tells the Democrat and Chronicle that while trying to save the deer was commendable, “driving while intoxicated will not be tolerated.”

Thursday, December 22, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/22

The owner of a Waycross, Georgia, McDonald's said an anonymous man came into his store, bought $500 worth of gift cards and told the manager to use them for the needy. Brian Fey, who owns the fast food franchise, said he took the cards the anonymous man donated and gave them to the Sweetwater Baptist Church homeless shelter in Waycross and the Pierce County Food Pantry in Blackshear. Fey said the man's generosity inspired him to match the donation and give an equal number of cards to each of the organizations.



Police in Salisbury, North Carolina, said a man celebrated his 45th birthday by stuffing nearly $300 worth of food down his pants at a local grocery store. Investigators said Ronald Broadway, 45, was arrested Thursday in the parking lot of a Food Lion store after an employee spotted him shoving the food, including steaks, baby back ribs, smoked turkey and shrimp, into his pants.



Wednesday, December 21, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/21


A granny in England recently had a writing pen removed from her stomach after being there for over 25 years and doctors were amazed to find it still writes. You know, because that's the first thing doctors do after pulling something out of somebody: see if it still works. Apparently the woman was using the pen to push down her tongue while checking out tonsils back in 1986. She stumbled while stretching to look in the mirror, and managed to swallow the pen in the process. The pen didn't cause any discomfort, so eventually she simply forgot about it.


A South Carolina man has died after eating cocaine that was hidden in his brothers butt.  They two men were in police custody when one brother attempted to destroy the cocaine that was playing hide-and-go-seek in his brothers naughty place.  The butt cocaine consumer later died from digesting the drug.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/20

An Indian woman who stands just over 2 feet tall has been named world's shortest living woman by the Guinness Book Of World Records. Jyoti Amge, who is 24.7 inches tall, accepted the title Friday while celebrating her 18th birthday in her hometown of Nagpur. Guinness confirmed Amge measured 7 centimeters shorter than the previous record-holder, Bridgette Jordan of the United States. Amge has a form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia and is not expected to grow further.



A Florida woman says she was at a movie with a friend when he excused himself to go get something from her car, only to drive off in it. Pasco County deputies said 27-year-old Michael Pratt is facing charges of grand theft. Pratt allegedly told the woman in the theater he needed to get something out of the car, so she gave him the keys. He never returned. The woman finally got in contact with Pratt four days later. The woman said Pratt laughed and told her he dumped her car. After deputies found the car, they arrested Pratt Wednesday, charging him with grand theft auto.


Monday, December 19, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/19

A cable TV repairman got quite a surprise when he walked into the basement of a New Jersey home. There was a 500-pound bear sound asleep on the floor. The bear had been spotted wandering in the neighborhood in Hopatcong earlier Wednesday. It's not clear how it got into the home. The bear strolled out of the house before state Fish and Game officials arrived. Officials fired a tranquilizer dart at the animal, which walked a few blocks before it passed out. Officials plan to relocate the bear. No one was injured.


Authorities in Florida arrested a woman accused of attacking her ex-boyfriend with the antlers of a mounted deer head. Terry Nowakowski told police that he and his ex-girlfriend, Chelsea still live together for financial reasons and for the good of their 3-year-old daughter. The woman apparently became angry Tuesday when he went outside to call his current girlfriend. Nowakowski said Harrison locked him out of the home and punched him in the face when he attempted to reenter she then began striking him in the face and body with the ends of the antlers. She was charged with domestic battery and ordered held without bail.



Friday, December 16, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/16

A Baltimore man said he found success with his business, delivering Christmas trees with pulled pork sandwiches while dressed as Santa Claus. Jason Toraldo came up with the idea for Pork N' Pine when he was unable to secure a location for a tree lot.  He charges $45 for the service, which includes chopping down the tree and delivering it via bicycle while dressed as Santa Claus with two friends in elf garb assisting. He plays Christmas music from a boom box during the deliveries and performs a few dance moves while handing over a white pine and pulled pork sandwich.


A Nebraska school said supervision is being beefed up after a 5-year-old wandered from an after-school program and walked more than a mile to his mother's job. Alicia Pursey of Nebraska City said her son Peyton was supposed to be at Hayward Elementary School Monday when he showed up at her place of business. He apparently walked off the bus Monday without going inside the school and walked more than a mile across multiple busy streets. The District Superintendent said supervision is being increased to prevent further incidents.


Thursday, December 15, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/15

Miami Police said an investigation has been opened into how a police officer managed to drive his cruiser into a vertical position on a light pole. Police said the officer, who was not injured, wound up with his vehicle in a vertical position alongside the light pole yesterday morning and the car was tangled in wires attached to the pole. Resident Donovan French said he was able to take some pictures before the cruiser was removed. "I have to let the world know a police car has went up on the pole on my block," he said.
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Friday, December 9, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/9

A secret Santa has helped out three Michigan Kmart customers by picking up their layaway tabs. "This lady came up randomly and said, 'Can I, you know, pay off some people's layaway?'" the Kmart employee who dealt with the unidentified customer said. The woman randomly picked and paid for three layaway tickets out of the approximately 800 on the store's books. Her only requirement was that the orders included some toys. In the end, she paid a total of around $500, leaving a balance of $10 on each of the three tickets. "The only note left behind by the mystery shopper was a message on the receipt reading, "Happy Holiday from a friend."

Several Florida grandmothers shed their clothing for a calendar being sold to raise money for a new kitchen at their local American Legion Post. The Lake Helen women, ages 44-87, said the bake sales they held to raise remodeling money for the American Legion Post 127 kitchen failed to raise more than a few hundred dollars, so they took a suggestion from Lake Helen City Observer newsletter editor Pat Chadwick and bared some skin for the calendar with an aim of raising thousands.  So far nothing has been raised, in fact a few things that we're raised, are now flacid...

Thursday, December 8, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/8

A North Carolina man is facing criminal charges after driving his Camaro into a local DUI mobile command center Sunday morning at 2:45 a.m. Police say they suspect 21-year-old Douglas Shane Southard was driving under the influence of alcohol. The "Booze It and Lose It" mobile command center is set up at various checkpoints across the state to keep drunk drivers off the road

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 12/7

An alleged armed robber in Chicago picked the wrong victim, getting into a tussle that left him wounded, bruised and in cuffs. Anthony Miranda, 24, faces charges including discharging a weapon during a robbery, after allegedly approaching a 33-year-old man sitting in a car and asking for a light before pulling a gun and demanding his valuables. The victim complied and the gunman ordered him out of the car. That's when the driver grabbed for the gun and during the ensuring struggle, Miranda shot himself in the ankle. The victim, who held his assailant until police arrived, told officers he is a mixed-martial arts competitor. Miranda, who was on parole for a burglary conviction, was jailed in lieu of $350,000 bail.


A Michigan woman may not have expected that new-car smell when she bought a used vehicle, but says she certainly didn't expect the odor of a dead body. In a lawsuit filed in Oakland County Circuit Court, Margarita Salais of New Baltimore alleges the dealership's staff sold her a 2006 Ford Expedition last March without telling her it once held a dead body. "They bought the car while it was still cold out in March," her attorney said. "The warmer it got, the worse the smell got." Salais said when she brought the car back to the dealership someone told her the smell came from a dead animal. She said she filed a claim with her insurance company, whose investigators determined odor was of human origin. The insurance company later learned the car had been stolen three times, something Salais said the dealer also failed to tell her. Her efforts to return the car were fruitless and now she wants $25,000 plus court fees.


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 11/30

Police in Palm City, Florida, said a man arrested for brawling with his son informed officers on the habits of rednecks. Police said that on November 20th Mark Thomas Wach got drunk in his yard and begin shooting his lawnmower. One of the bullets hit his 18-year-old son's porch. Wach then begin shouting and complained that his son's mother wasn't paying child support. When the son managed to wrestle the gun away, Wach returned with a 12 gauge shotgun and started pointing it at his son. The son once again managed to wrestle the weapon away and called police. Police had to use a tazer on Wach three times to calm him down. Wach didn't understand what the hubbub was all about, explaining to officers that "fighting is what redneck people do." He was arrested and charged with aggravated domestic assault with a firearm and domestic battery.


San Diego Chargers kicker Nick Novak had an embarrassing moment during a game against the Denver Broncos when footage of him urinating was aired on TV. CBS cut to footage of Novak on the sidelines during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game, which was tied 13-13 at the time, to accompany a conversation about the kicker between booth announcers Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts. However, instead of seeing the kicker preparing for the possibility of a field goal attempt, viewers were treated to the spectacle of Novak relieving himself next to the team's bench while someone held a towel to give the kicker a small amount of privacy. Novak later missed a 53-yard field goal and the Broncos took the game by 3 points.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

What the Hell Theater - 11/16

An Ohio barber whose customers are cutting back on haircuts is trying to boost business by letting people trim prices to what they can afford. Gregory Burnett has put a sign in the front yard of his Canton shop that reads "Times are hard" and "Pay what you can pay for a cut." Burnett has accepted as little as $5 for haircuts that are normally priced at $12. Burnett says his name-your-price deal helps both him and the community.