Woman Gets 6 Months For Fake Breasts Heist

An Orange County, California, woman’s new breasts cost her six months in jail. Yvonne Jean Pampellonne was sentenced Monday for using a fraudulent line of credit to obtain $12,000 in cosmetic surgery, including breast implants and liposuction. The 30-year-old woman pleaded guilty to burglary, grand theft and identity theft. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail and was placed on three years’ probation. Restitution was also ordered by the judge, but the amount wasn’t immediately clear. Pampellonne used a line of credit established in another person’s name to get the September 2008 procedures at the Pacific Center for Plastic Surgery in Huntington Beach.

Woman Convicted Of Selling Fish To Minor

A 66-year-old British woman is in big trouble for selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old. Joan Higgins, 66, owner of Majors Pet Shop in Sale, England, was fined $1,506, ordered to wear an ankle monitor and given a seven-week curfew as punishment for selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old boy sent into the store by police on a test buy. A 2006 law prohibits the sale of pets – including goldfish – to children under the age of 16. Higgins’ son, Mark, 47, was fined $1,300 and ordered to complete 120 hours of community service.

DUI Suspect Arrested In Fluffy Slippers

Authorities say a man arrested for alleged drunk driving in Naples, Florida, was wearing fluffy white slippers when he was pulled over. Troy Reuter, 40, who had a Louisiana driver’s license, was pulled over about 11:30 p.m. Saturday after he was seen weaving and nearly striking a curb. The deputy said Reuter’s eyes were bloodshot and watery and “looked like two meteorites on fire.” When asked to submit to field sobriety tests, Reuter said he would be more comfortable performing them in his shoes, which were white fluffy slippers. He failed the field sobriety test, blowing a 0.230 and 0.236. He was charged with DUI.

Deputy Uses Google Earth To Make Arrest

A Florida Panhandle deputy was able to track down and arrest a man on charges of illegally dumping a boat near his home by using satellite pictures provided by Google Earth. Deputy Gregory Barnes used the images after finding an 18-foot boat dumped in an undeveloped subdivision about 15 miles north of Pensacola. Barnes used Google Earth to look at the surrounding area and saw a fuzzy image of the vessel at Dwight Everett Foster’s home. Authorities say Foster admitted dumping the boat and his son later removed it. Police say it cost $18 to dispose of the boat at a landfill. Foster faces a $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison.

Man Running From Cops Jumps Fence, Lands In Prison

A motorist fleeing officers in Cleveland, Ohio, abandoned his car, jumped a fence – and landed in what turned out to be a prison! Garfield Heights police say the chase started early Monday over a traffic violation and reached speeds of 90 mph. After a race through several communities, the driver and a passenger bolted from the car and headed for a fence. They apparently didn’t realize it was on the outside the state women’s prison in Cleveland. They were arrested along with two other passengers who also tried to flee.

Cheese Truck Crash

A big-rig carrying big blocks of cheese crashed on I-90 in southeastern Minnesota Monday morning. Westbound lanes were closed for about an hour as firefighters battled the burning, melting mess. The driver escaped from the roadside fondue with just minor injuries, including a possible broken collarbone. The cause of the cheese crash is under investigation.

Bank Hero

A man who says he grew up on the rough streets of London used his street smarts to stop a bank robbery in Portland, Oregon. Mark Rothwell was among the last few customers at a Chase bank branch one evening last week. When a man pulled a gun on a teller, Rothwell knocked it away and pinned the bandit to the floor. The gun turned out to be fake, but Rothwell didn’t know it at the time. Mark says he just reacted because the terrified teller was just a few years older than his own daughter. Chase officials plan to thank Rothwell, but caution customers shouldn’t put themselves in harm’s way.

Man Rams Car With Obama Sticker

A 70-year-old Nashville man was accused of ramming his SUV several times into the back of a vehicle that had an Obama/Biden bumper sticker on it. Harry Weisiger made obscene gestures and pointed at the campaign sticker before he smashed into Mark Duren’s car, police said. Weisiger was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of the accident and refusing to take a field sobriety test. The incident appears to be among the overheated political atmosphere, including death threats sent to members of Congress and their families who supported health care reform.

Philly School Doubles As Nightclub

This is perhaps one of the most bizarre stories of the year. A cafeteria where hundreds of Philadelphia charter school students have been eating their lunches during the week has been doubling as a nightclub at night and on weekends, offering dancing and drinking despite an expired liquor license. City and school officials are not happy about the arrangement between Club Damani and the Harambee Institute of Science and Technology Charter School, which serves about 450 children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said in a letter to Harambee on Monday that “a school and a nightclub cannot coexist in the same space and the arrangement must cease immediately.” Liquor licenses can be denied to establishments within 300 feet of a school. In this case, the school moved into a building that already was licensed to sell liquor. The location was once an Italian-American social club that held a liquor license since 1936. The club transferred the license to the school-affiliated Harambee Institute in 2002, but it expired in 2008. Neighbors are extremely upset and complain that partygoers are tossing their empty cans and bottles near the school and trashing up the place.

Voters To Decide Whether To Legalize Pot

California voters will decide whether to legalize recreational pot use for adults, after the Secretary of State on Wednesday certified the initiative for the November ballot. It would become the first state to legalize recreational use of marijuana if the proposition is approved. Pot use is legal for medicinal purposes in California and 14 other states, but the drug is illegal under federal law. More than 433,971 valid voter signatures were obtained, the minimum number needed, to get the proposal on the ballot. If approved, those 21 and older would be allowed to posses up to one ounce of marijuana, enough to roll several joints. Residents could also cultivate the plant in limited quantities. It would not allow users to ingest pot in public or while minors are present. It also would make it illegal to possess the drug on school grounds or drive while under its influence. Local governments would decide whether to permit and tax marijuana sales.

Robbers Called Bank For Money To Go

Police in Fairfield, Connecticut, had ample warning of a bank robbery, because the two suspects called the bank ahead of time and told an employee to get a bag of money ready. Police arrested 27-year-old Albert Bailey and an unidentified 16-year-old boy on robbery and threatening charges Tuesday afternoon at a People’s United Bank. Police said the suspects showed up about 10 minutes after making the call and were met by police in the parking lot. Sgt. James Perez said the suspects were “not too bright.”

No More Peek-A-Boo Hospital Gowns

A new hospital gown unveiled in Britain eliminates the embarrassing possibility of baring your buttocks. The new gown snaps down the side so it doesn’t pop open at the worst possible moment. Another gown has a pouch for a cell phone and comes with a fleece blanket. The designer says hospital patients “are at their very lowest ebb” and a better gown could help them feel more confident. The Labor government has promised to get the designs in hospitals across England next year if it wins a national election this spring.

School Calls Off Classes For ‘Sun Day’

Now we know where the “pal” in principal came from. The principal of Bellingham Christian School in Bellingham, Washington, canceled classes at the private school yesterday because it was just too nice outside. “Good morning students, parents and staff. Yes, It’s a Sun Day! Wahooo,” Sampson wrote on the school’s Web site. The site also features a picture of him giving a thumbs-up from the seat of his Suzuki 450 motorcycle. The Sun Day was to “celebrate an exceptionally nice day of the spring season, to promote positive school culture and just for fun,” Sampson said in his note. “Typically we cancel school for bad weather, so why not have some fun and cancel school due to fabulous weather?” Sampson said. Because the school had no snow days last winter, Sampson said it can afford to take a day off.

Double Aces

Two golfers in the same foursome at a San Diego country club scored back-to-back holes-in-one on the same hole. Golf Digest figured the odds to be 17 million-to-one. After Charles T. White aced the 9th hole, fellow player Kitty Tinker aced it. The club gives players a round of free drinks for each hole-in-one. They got two.

Autistic Teen Scores Perfect NCAA Bracket

Almost 48 games into an NCAA tournament filled with shocking victories and upsetting losses, 17-year-old autistic teen Alex Hermann from Chicago has a perfect bracket. The odds of having a clean bracket entering the Sweet 16 are one in 13,460,000, according to BookofOdds.com. Hermann entered his picks on CBSsports.com’s bracket challenge. It’s one of three bracket games offered by the Web site, but the only one without a prize attached. The popular sports site can’t confirm Hermann’s entry because the site doesn’t track entries for its Bracket Manager program.

‘Rotten Sneaker’ Champ

A Bristol, Connecticut, 11-year-old’s sweaty sneakers have been named the smelliest shoes in the country. Trinette Robinson was awarded $2,500 cash, an all-expenses-paid New York vacation, tickets to the Broadway musical “The Lion King,” and an array of Odor-Eaters products on Tuesday at the 35th annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker contest in Montpelier, Vermont. Robinson bested eight other children between the ages of 6 and 16 with judging categories that included odor and overall condition of the shoes. The girl’s prize-winning sneakers will be enshrined in the Odor-Eaters “Hall of Fumes.”

Man Nailed For Nail Revenge

Police in Roseville, Michigan, said a man admitted to dumping screws and nails in city parking lots because he was upset about a ticket from a crash with a police car. Police said the 49-year-old man admitted to spreading the nails and screws around the parking lots of Roseville City Hall and the Roseville Police Department at least twice a week since late February as retaliation for being found guilty of causing a crash with a cop cruiser in December. The man was caught spreading a bucket of nails around the City Hall parking lot on Tuesday. Prosecutors are expected to seek charges including attempted malicious destruction of property.

Statue-Loving Goose Takes Woman Hostage

A Witt, Illinois, woman said a goose in love with a concrete statue held her hostage in her home for several hours. Joanne Martin said that when she tried to leave her home earlier this month she caught an amorous goose in the throes of mating season making advances to the concrete goose next to her car. The bird charged her and chased her back into the house. Martin called two friends who work nearby. But the men had to call in reinforcement when the goose went after them. Before long there were six men in Martin’s kitchen discussing how to handle the amorous bird. Martin said some of the men were finally able to distract the goose long enough to allow the others to move the statue into her shed and close the door. The goose finally calmed down and left. Martin plans to leave the statue in the shed.

Woman Tosses Baby Into SUV To Block Repo

Krystal Gardner of Tool, Texas, is accused of tossing her tot into her SUV to block it from being repossessed. Mom was jailed yesterday on bail of nearly $3,800 on charges including child endangerment related to abandonment, no driver’s license and no insurance. Repo man Luke Ross said he was in the Ford Expedition when he saw Gardner toss her year-old son through an open window. He said the baby landed on the seat “like a kid bouncing on a bed.” Texas law bans a vehicle from being repossessed if a person is inside, although it’s unlikely Gardner had the brains to figure that out. The uninjured kid was removed by police for placement with his father. The SUV was eventually repossessed.

Rat’s Nest Causes Truck Blaze

New Hampshire firefighters say a nest built by rodents on part of a pickup’s engine heated up and started a fire under the hood as the driver pulled into a parking lot. Ossipee Fire Chief Mike Brownell said a woman was driving the truck yesterday morning, after being parked for quite a while. No one was injured in the blaze.

Teacher Arrested For TWD (Teaching While Drunk)

A Southern California school teacher has been arrested for allegedly teaching while drunk. Toro Canyon Middle School teacher Tonya Neff was taken to jail Tuesday afternoon and booked for investigation of felony child endangerment. Administrators at the school told police that the 47-year-old teacher was apparently intoxicated while on campus. Police said Neff had taken prescription drugs and alcohol and an alcoholic beverage was found inside a container. Neff has been placed on leave.

Really Bad Bogus Bills Seized

Police in Des Moines, Iowa, said some counterfeit money showing up in the area isn’t just bad – it’s really bad. More than $6,000 in fake cash has been seized so far. The counterfeit money was made by bleaching $5 bills and printing $100 on them. A weak image of Abraham Lincoln could be seen on one fake $100 that covered only half the sheet. Another $100 bill had Ben Franklin on both sides. Three people have been arrested in the alleged forgery ring.

Woman Takes Plane On A Joyride

A Santa Rosa, California, woman was arrested for allegedly stealing her landlord’s airplane, then abandoning it in a field after it ran out of gas. Authorities said the 27-year-old woman had access to the Piper Cherokee because she had been borrowing it for piloting lessons. But she allegedly took the plane without permission Tuesday from a hangar at the Sonoma County Airport. Police said she landed it in a Modoc County ranch field when she ran out of gas. She then hiked to a nearby hotel to spend the night. Curious residents called authorities about the abandoned plane, and deputies arrested the woman the next morning on suspicion of grand theft and aircraft theft.

Tough Ol’ Bird Finishes Shift After Being Punched

A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refused medical attention and went back to work after a thief punched her. Florence Critelli grabbed the man’s hand and screamed when he reached over and grabbed cash from the register at the Rite Aid in East Northport on Long Island. He punched her in the chest, knocking her down, before fleeing. “He hit me good,” Critelli said. However, she refused to leave work early, saying she didn’t want to just “sit there and be bored.” Then, after finishing her shift last Thursday, she insisted on driving herself home. Critelli, who has seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, said if police catch the guy, she wants to “smack him.”

Bridesmaid’s Dress Stolen

Police and members of a wedding party are looking for a bridesmaid’s dress that was stolen from a car in Wilmington, Delaware, just hours before the wedding. The theft happened sometime between 9:00 a.m. and noon Friday as a bride and bridesmaid were at a salon getting ready for the wedding, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. When the women returned to the car, they discovered someone had stolen the pink dress and a bag of accessories. The vehicle had no damage and it is believed the suspects overrode the self-locking mechanism to the car. Irini’s Originals made some alternations to a sample dress and saved the day. Police are still looking for the stolen gown.

Funeral Home Van Towed With Body Inside

A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip. An NYPD spokesman said there was “nothing to indicate it was more than just an illegally parked car.” Redden’s Funeral Home director Paul DeNigris said a windshield placard had fallen flat and the van’s tinted windows obscured the white cardboard box that held the remains. When DeNigris discovered the van missing last Monday, he rushed to the tow pound, where he discreetly explained the circumstances and got the van back. He also got the body to an airport in time for a scheduled flight to Miami. The people at the pound were kind enough to drop the $185 towing fee, but could do little about the $150 parking ticket, which DeNigris plans to fight because a funeral vehicle transporting a body is immune to parking regulations.

Man Too Drunk For DUI Sentencing

Authorities in Papillion, Nebraska, said a 30-year-old-man showed up so drunk for his sentencing for drunken driving that he now faces even more time behind bars. Jason Botos was driven to the courthouse on Thursday by his father, who needed help from deputies to get his son out of the vehicle. Prosecutor Ben Perlman said Botos was so drunk he couldn’t attend the hearing, so the judge issued a warrant. Deputies arrested Botos in the parking lot. Another hearing is set for tomorrow.

Busty Money Bust In Washington

Spokane County deputies arrested a three-person fraud team on Friday that had been going from bank to bank, stealing thousands of dollars using counterfeit Oregon driver’s licenses and inactive, counterfeit or stolen credit cards. Corey Jones, Lukeisha A. Harris and Elicionne L. Washington were booked on one count each of first-degree theft. Harris, who is described as six-feet-tall and 400 pounds, reportedly had just under $26,000 and several bank receipts hidden in her bra when searched during the booking-in process.

Thank God For The Packers!

Jim Becker of Racine, Wisconsin, was named the 12th member of the Green Bay Packers Fan Hall of Fame at Packers Fan Fest on Friday. Becker, a longtime season ticketholder who attended every game from 1952 through 2008, saw his first game in 1941 when he was 11. Becker, 79, says his Packer’s passion even helped save his life. He and his wife raised 11 kids, so money was tight. To afford his season tickets without taking money from his family, he began selling his blood. His doctor later found that Becker’s father died at age 43 of a condition in which the blood retains too much iron. The only treatment is to remove the iron by giving blood. By that time Becker had sold 145 pints to pay for his season tickets. He says if he hadn’t, he too may have died young.

Detroit Workers Told To Lay Off The Cologne

Employees of the city of Detroit will soon be urged not to wear perfume, cologne or aftershave as a result of a settlement in a federal lawsuit. Officials plan to place warning placards in three city buildings. The signs will warn workers to avoid “wearing scented products, including…colognes, aftershave lotions, perfumes, deodorants, body/face lotions… (and) the use of scented candles, perfume samples from magazines, spray or solid air fresheners.” The employee handbook and Americans with Disabilities Act training also will bear the warnings. The move stems from a $100,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit filed in 2008 by a city employee who said a colleague’s perfume made it challenging for her to do her job.

Wee! Naked Woman Found Tied To Tree

Several police officers responded to a 911 report of a naked woman tied to a tree in Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington. Authorities said officers talked with the woman and a man Tuesday and determined it was a “consensual rendezvous.” No one was arrested.

Woman In Hot Water For Throwing Coffee At Meter Maid

Police in Brookline, Massachusetts, said a Rhode Island woman threw hot coffee on a parking enforcement officer for issuing her a $25 parking ticket. Police said Krystle Charley, 23, approached Officer Claire MacPherson, 64, Tuesday while the veteran officer was filling out a ticket for the suspect’s Jeep, which was parked at an expired meter. MacPherson explained the situation to Charley and the woman responded by throwing her $1.85 cup of java. Charley then got into her vehicle and drove away. Cops caught up with Charley while she was sitting on a park bench with a friend. She was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. She was released Tuesday evening after posting $40 bail. MacPherson, who was not scalded, finished her shift with soggy trousers, even though she was given the option of taking the rest of the day off.

Atheists Offer College Students Porn For Their Bibles

A college atheist group is offering students pornography in exchange for Bibles. Atheist Agenda calls the exchange “Smut for Smut,” prompting prayers and protests from Christian students at the University of Texas San Antonio campus. University officials say the atheist group has the right to conduct the swap. UTSA spokesman David Gabler says, “As long as students are not violating laws or violating the Constitution, they have the freedom of speech and assembly.”

Fake Head Injures Foot, Ruins Sex

A New York woman’s lawsuit against a wig store claims a falling mannequin head injured her foot, while her husband’s suit says his sex life suffered as a result. Germaine Bowman McDonald, 40, said a plastic mannequin head fell while she was trying on a hairpiece at Baobob. The object also caused serious nerve damage in her foot. The suit alleges negligence on the part of Baobob for failing to keep the premises “free of dangerous, hazardous, unsafe, trap-like and defective conditions.” A separate claim against the store filed by McDonald’s husband, Dean, claims his wife’s injury has damaged his sex life.

Teacher On Leave Over Wiccan Altar

An Iowa high school teacher has been placed on paid leave after telling a student he couldn’t build a Wiccan altar in shop class. Guthrie Center High School industrial arts teacher Dale Halferty says he wouldn’t allow the student to practice his religion during class time. Halferty says he previously told another student he couldn’t build a cross in shop class because he believes in separation of church and state. District officials placed Halferty on leave while they confer with the school’s attorney.

Croissant Sets Off Bomb Scare

Authorities in St. Petersburg, Florida, said a suspicious package that sparked the evacuation of a building contained a croissant. Police received a report before lunchtime of a suspicious paper bag propped against a door at a building that houses courtrooms and several other government offices. Guards at the building said the bag set off their metal detector and more than 70 people were evacuated from the facility. However, the Tampa Bay Regional Bomb Squad discovered the package contained nothing more than a croissant. Investigators said it was unclear why the package set off the metal detector and it was unknown whether the bread was wrapped in metal foil.

Claustrophobic Deputy Tries To Shoot His Way Out Of Cell

A claustrophobic Kentucky deputy lost his job after accidentally locking himself in a jail cell and trying to shoot his way out. Adair County Sheriff Ralph Curry said no one was hurt when Charles Wright fired his weapon. It happened Monday, the first day a new $12.4 million county judicial center was open to the public. Curry says the former deputy has claustrophobia and has agreed to pay for the damage he did to the cell.

Patients Try To Keep Appointment With Jailed Doctor

Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him while he’s behind bars. Kenton County jail Chief Deputy Scott Colvin said officers have had to turn away several patients of Douglas Rank, who was charged last month with first-degree assault in an attack on a 32-year-old woman. Colvin said some patients have asked if they could drop off Rank’s prescription pad at the jail so he could write their prescriptions. The requests have been denied.