Offbeat News

Criminals abducted a bank teller from his home, strapped explosives onto him and forced him to rob a Miami bank where he works, authorities said Friday....Source

A Japanese man drove down the wrong side of an expressway in the northern island of Hokkaido and busted through five police blockades before he was arrested — all because he was upset his cat died....Source

To do: Rob a bank. Check. Grab a quick coffee. Check....Source

Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody....Source

Bud Light may not be advertising these two as "Real Men of Genius." Two men in Pueblo are accused of using an 18-pack case of Bud Light as a weapon while stealing beer at a local Loaf 'N Jug convenience store in Colorado....Source

Police said they suspect they've captured the "toilet paper bandit." A man who concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper robbed a Lincoln convenience store last month. Police said the man was armed with a knife, but no one was hurt in the robbery....Source

A BUNGLING thief who attacked and robbed a 91-year-old sheriff in his own home had to be rescued by emergency services after trying to escape via a river, a court heard today....Source

It was a brazen theft at a Garden Grove hotel caught on tape. Two bandits walked into the lobby and walked out with an ATM machine loaded with cash. They got away with $15,000 in cash and didn't even need a weapon – just a dolly....Source

Police in Connecticut say they 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....Source

A Florida man faces more charges against him after making a jailhouse phone call to his mother telling her where he hid his drugs....Source