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Man robs Ore. bank, steals car containing 2 dogs

Friday, April 9th, 2010

He probably wrecked because the chi-hua-hua’s started yapping at him and all he could think about was getting out and away from the little yappers.  The good news, no animal was injured during the enactment of this crime.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man robbed a north Portland Bank of America branch on Wednesday, then stole a Jaguar with two Chihuahuas inside.

He crashed the car a short time later in a fast-food restaurant lot and fled on foot.

The car and dogs belonged to Melanie Davis, who was in the bank during the holdup. She tells The Oregonian the man burst into the bank shouting profanity, said it was a robbery and threatened to shoot those inside if they didn’t cooperate.

After grabbing the money, he demanded Davis’ car keys.

The dogs were recovered unharmed.

Police spokeswoman Detective Mary Wheat says Portland police and the FBI are looking for the robber.

Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com

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Boy, 8, takes family van for gas, crashes

Monday, April 5th, 2010

I am guessing that Grand Theft Auto or some similar driving game may have had something to do with it.  I’d say it’s a good thing he wasn’t near an airport and had been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator.

BETHEL, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man says his 8-year-old son was just trying to do him a favor and get gasoline when the boy drove the family’s minivan and crashed it.

James Crouch says he didn’t even realize his son, Jordan, was out of the house Friday morning until a Clermont County sheriff’s deputy came to the family’s home in Bethel and woke him up to let him know what happened.

The boy says he used keys that he found in his mother’s purse and backed the car out of the driveway. He started going down the road at about 5 mph but could barely reach the pedals and lost control, crashing into a telephone pole. He wasn’t hurt.

Crouch says Jordan was still in his pajamas and just wanted to do something nice. He says he’s going to watch his son more closely now.

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Woman’s car hit by a escaped boar on interstate

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Holy cow Batman we just got sideswiped by a boar?   What the heck, since when does bacon attack back, apparently in New Hampshire they do.

NEW LONDON, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire wildlife officials said a boar that ran into the side of a woman’s car on Interstate 89 in New London most likely escaped from a private game preserve. Becky Field said she didn’t realize her car had been hit by a boar until a state trooper told her after her vehicle was damaged on Sunday night.

Fish and Game Wildlife Chief Steve Weber said boar are not native to New Hampshire, but they are stocked at the 24,000-thousand acre Blue Mountain Forest and Game Preserve, based in Croydon, two towns away from New London.

He said most boar sightings are animals that have escaped from the preserve.

Weber told the Concord Monitor there’s little danger the boars will expand into a wild population.

Information from: Concord Monitor, http://www.cmonitor.com

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Driver smashes through pharmacy to get drugs

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

I guess good old fashioned stick ups just won’t do these days.  The discriminating thief just drive in using his chariot of choice, grabs what he wants and heads for the hills.   My question would be.  After smashing into the pharmacy how do you find what you want?  Dare I say he’s a darwinian in training?

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police say a masked man drove a stolen car through the front doors of a northern Ohio clinic and down the hallway before ramming into a pharmacy desk and stealing drugs.

Toledo police say security cameras recorded the robbery shortly after 3 a.m. Monday.

The car was found burned behind a Toledo library, about a mile and a half from the clinic.

Police are still looking for the suspect.

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