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Tsutomu Mizumoto, 31, who drove the wrong way down an expressway for over 50 miles and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died. Mizumoto told police, "I was sad that my pet cat died and I wanted to do something crazy."
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Zachary Villa, 52, of Tamarac, FL, who covered an identifiable skull tattoo on his forearm with an equally identifiable bandage as he robbed stores across a county in Florida. He was apprehended by police who questioned why he didn't cover his skull tattoo with a long-sleeve shirt?
OR HOW 'BOUT .....
An unidentified Domino's Pizza worker who took a customer's debit card and ran up a nearly $300 bill on a phone sex line within minutes of taking the pizza order. The phone sex company has agreed to refund the customer's money and said they keep recordings of all their phone calls, and will turn those records over to police if asked.
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Two British police officers who stopped a suspected drunk driver then crashed that driver's sports car into a garden wall, totaling it. Both officers have been suspended from driving duties pending investigation
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A 17-year-old boy who shot arrows with cell phones attached over the walls of a prison in Brazil. He went unnoticed until one of the arrows struck a police officer on the back. The officer was not seriously injured because the cell phone was tied to the tip of the arrow and softened the impact.
OR, HOW 'BOUT .....
An unidentified Helena, MT, teen who sent a text message looking to buy pot, accidentally sending the message to the county sheriff instead of his dealer. Sheriff's deputies met up with the surprised teen and a friend who turned white and got wobbly in the knees. The officer and teens discussed the issue further and one of the teens passed out.
OKAY, ONE MORE .....
Tomika Jackson, a police recruit who accidentally shot herself in the leg at the police firearms range, while holstering her weapon. Jackson was admitted to a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury.
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A purse-snatcher whose escape went wrong when he ducked into a building only to realize it was a police station. The thief apparently thought he was running into a post office, where he may have intended to blend into the crowd .... until he saw all the police officers.
OR HOW 'BOUT .....
Parbati Kalicharan, 64, who assaulted her 12-year-old granddaughter with a knife during a dispute involving a jigsaw puzzle. The grandmother was chopping up peppers and became angry with her granddaughter for saying "shut up." The grandmother took the puzzle box, tossed the puzzle pieces and the granddaughter ended up with a 3/4" cut on her ear.
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James Haggerty, who was responsible for transporting a $1.35 million painting but misplaced it during a night of drinking. The Jean Baptiste Camille Corot masterpiece, "Portrait of a Girl," vanished following a bender at The Mark hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side
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22-year-old Gregory Holzer, who picked the wrong time and place to "moon" someone. He stepped out onto a highway and dropped his trousers to moon the oncoming traffic. The first car passing was an Oregon State Police trooper. The trooper stopped and found an extremely intoxicated Holzer with his pants around his ankles. An added bonus, Holzer was on parole and wasn't supposed to be drinking.
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A 28-year-old man in Essex, England who suffered burns after he accidentally blew himself up trying to kill a spider. The man was using an aerosol can but couldn't see if he killed the spider because the bathroom bulb had burned out, so he used his lighter to illuminate the room. The blast was so strong it blew him off his feet and knocked the door off its hinges. No word on the condition of the spider.
OR HOW 'BOUT .....
A 52-year-old hiker who shot himself in the butt when he moved a handgun in his back pocket. The man had moved his .40-caliber handgun from its holster to his back pocket when the gun fired the bullet down his left buttock and left leg, coming to rest just above the knee.
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