BBC News passes along a story from Italian news sources about a foiled home burglary. The would-be thief broke into a house in Rome and was looting the place when he was distracted by a copy of The Gods at Six O'Clock, w...

A press release from the sheriff's office of Santa Barbara County, California describes how a woman tracked down two people who were regularly stealing her mail.The unnamed woman suspected that her mail was being stolen,...

The San Francisco Gate reports that officers in the California Highyway Patrol pulled over a gentleman driving his car alone in the carpool lane on Interstate 880 near San Francisco. A shirt and hat took the place of an...

Police in Akron, Ohio responded to a report of a car theft at a wrecking yard. The suspect was inside a Nissan SUV but unable to escape because an employee of the yard had used a heavy forklift to pick the car high up in...

Initially, the crime appeared to be straightforward. Police responded to a report of a robbery at a convenience store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The clerk reported that a man had presented him with a written note that said "Giv...

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jhSE-pDEtQ](Video Link)A man entered a cafe and shop in Champ-du-Boult, Normandy, France. He pulled out a gun and demanded money.The owner was holding a baby at the time. She calmly walk...

(Photo: Karyn Christner)It seemed like a foolproof plan. But like many brilliantly conceived capers, it failed anyway. Police in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania found a man walking into a busy street. They talked to him and d...

(Unrelated photo by Scott Davidson)In a surprising turn of events, the jar in question was inaccurately labeled!Police in Lincoln, Nebraska arrested a man for suspicion of drunk driving. While searching his car, they fou...

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdQw9dGrAEU](Video Link)Gerry Brady owns the Pheasant Pub in Drogheda, Ireland. One night, he found a man lying unconscious next to his car near the pub. Brady thought that the man had be...

(Photo: Noam, Jemima & Lila)It was a fine Hogmanay--that's Scottish for New Year's Eve. In the town of Dundee, a Scotsman who had consumed a sufficient amount of alcohol travelled down a street on a Space Hopper--tha...