
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Cops didn’t have any trouble nabbing Larry Miller after he allegedly robbed a bank in Coconut Grove, Fla.
That’s because the 42-year-old homeless man, who is disabled, pulled the stick-up from his wheelchair, which he then used for his unsuccessful his getaway, authorities said.
Police cars in Dalton, Ga., are safe again – now that the “Mad Tacker” has been busted.
Cops say Robert Holcomb, 35, had a grudge against them and threw nails in front of the station house and jail for more than six months – flattening the tires of at least seven patrol cars and seven personal vehicles.
“Sooner or later, he got just about everybody coming and going,” said sheriff’s Maj. John Gibson.”
New York may be the “Naked City,” but San Francisco can lay a stake to that claim, too – in a different sort of way.
Prosecutors there are dropping lewdness charges against George Monty Davis, 58, better known as the “Naked Yoga Guy,” who freaks out tourists by practicing in the buff at Fisherman’s Wharf.
“Being naked in San Francisco is not a crime unless the gentleman had lewd conduct or was obstructing traffic,” said Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for the local district attorney.
Lend me your ear?
A woman in India bit off her sister-in-law’s ear – and swallowed it – during an argument, cops say.
Nitu Sav allegedly chomped down on Rekha Devi’s ear in the town of Hilsa when they fought over a $200 loan that Sav’s husband had failed to pay back.
Cursing can be bad for your bank account in the Russian region of Belgorod.
A new law there bans swearing in public as part of a clean-living program for young people – with spot fines of up to $50.
But it doesn’t seem to be working. In just two months, offenders have already coughed up a total of $17,400.


