Teens got lucky after firing a pellet gun at a Burton, Mich., lawyer – a rugby player whose nickname is “Dr. Death.”
Michael Breczinski said the kids almost caught him carrying his .45 caliber Ruger pistol, since he had just taken target practice. He says he didn’t know at first that the kids were carrying only a BB gun.
“I think God was looking out for them and me,” he said.
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Who thought a full moon would expose a rapist?
A Torrance, Calif., man was convicted of a 2000 sex crime through a DNA match that was collected after he was arrested for mooning a cop.
Steven Lee Myrick faces multiple life terms for a gang-related rape that occurred during a robbery.
“Thank goodness for DNA,” said Los Angeles prosecutor Jodi Link.
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It was a mammoth find for a little pooch.
A miniature dachshund found a bone on a beach in England that turned out to be part of a woolly mammoth’s leg.
“Daisy just stood staring at it, so I went over to see what it was. She looked quite pleased with herself,” said the pup’s owner, Dennis Smith.
The fossilized bone is believed to be 2 million years old.
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Customs officials are always on the lookout for drug mules, but not necessarily drug bugs.
Officers in Amsterdam took a closer look at a box from Peru containing 100 large dead bugs and were stunned to find they had been stuffed with 10 ounces of cocaine.
“We see a lot of things, but this was a first for us,” said customs spokesman Kees Nanninga.
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And if not in bugs, some smugglers have resorted to using the iconic toy Mr. Potato Head to ship their illicit cargo.
Customs officers in Australia uncovered one such plot when they found 10½ ounces of ecstasy tablets being shipped from Ireland.
“Whilst this is one of the more unusual concealments that we have seen in recent times, people need to be aware that customs officers are alert to unusual and often outlandish methods of concealment,” said agency director Karen Williams.