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.
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