Offbeat News

Police say a man accused of stealing and swallowing a ring coughed up the evidence while officers were questioning him....Source

Sheriff's deputies in central Florida found a suspected car thief playing the "Grand Theft Auto" video game, and they later charged him with just that....Source

A 49-year-old woman has been jailed in Pasco County, accused of stealing a car on her first day out of prison. Theresa Jones faces charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, cocaine possession and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was being held on $7,300 bond....Source

An escaped British convict whose online antics drew an international Internet fan base has been caught after nearly four months on the run, police said Wednesday....Source

A KIDNAP gang is under arrest in the United States after they abducted the owner of a pet shop and drove him 1,200 miles, not realizing they had kidnapped the wrong man....Source

Two burglary suspects chose an extremely bad escape route while allegedly trying to flee from law enforcement. Three alleged burglars tried to break into a home just after 3:30 p.m. Monday, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. A resident of the home called 911 and deputies arrested 19-year-old Jamario Hill as he attempted to run away, according to authorities....Source

Investigators in the Florida Keys say they lured a suspected marijuana grower into turning himself in by leaving a ransom note in place of six seized pot plants....Source

A THIEF was caught by police – after leaving his sock at the scene of the crime....Source

Authorities say a Florida man who called 911 claiming he'd been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar....Source

Thieves who spent months tunneling from a rented house to an armored car company made off with nearly $6 million over the weekend as season-ending soccer matches virtually paralyzed the nation, Brazilian authorities said Monday....Source