DATELINE: Pennsylvania, USA
Mr. Steven Rago, who was out on bail for simple assault, went to court to pay his fees.
While there he noticed another person, also waiting in line to pay charges, had set his wallet on the counter. Mr. Rago quickly pocketed it. A few minutes later he used the stolen money to pay his own fees.
The entire episode was caught on camera, and Mr. Rago's bail was rescinded due to the new charges.
DATELINE: Osnabrueck, Germany
A man in a movie theater had difficulty opening the bottle of beer he'd purchased for the show. Rather than leaving the flick to use the church key at the concessions counter, he innovatively tried to pop it open with something in his pocket.
In this case, a pepper-spray canister.
The pepper cartridge exploded, flooding the theater with the noxious stuff and causing the evacuation of 200 tearing moviegoers. The cinema's manager called the police, and was able to get the theater's air cleared after about 30 minutes.
No word as to whether he got the beer open.
DATELINE: Bretten, Germany.
An 81 year old man working around his house called the police bomb squad when he discovered what appeared to be an unexploded WW2 bomb in his garden.
Responding officers identified the explosive as actually being a "particularly large" zucchini.
The zucchini was 16" (40cm) land and weighed 11 lbs (5kg).
One police officer noted it "really did look very like a bomb.”
The offending squash's fate wasn't given.
