Having followed up on a tip-off from their DrunkBuster hotline last Sunday, Santa Fe police went in pursuit of a pick-up trick that had been seen swerving across both lanes of a highway and being driven in a 'stop and go' fashion.

The suspected drunk driver narrowly missed other vehicles before driving through a ditch and a barbed wire fence prior to stopping; he then put the truck into reverse instead of park.

So surprised was the driver to find himself going backwards instead of remaining stationery, that he fell from the open door of the truck, then both of his legs were then run over by the front driver's side tire.

The 21 year old man was treated for minor injuries at a Santa Fe hospital and booked in to the Sandoval County detention center on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, fleeing a police officer, careless driving and two other outstanding traffic warrants.

Metro

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Axl Rose, he of Guns N' Roses (GNR) fame, is accusing Pepper of profiting off the Guns N' Roses name, after the soda company's website malfunctioned during their free Dr Pepper giveaway on Sunday.

Back in May of this year, Dr Pepper announced they would give a free can of the soft drink to every American - except former guitarists Slash and Buckethead - if 'Chinese Democracy' was released this year. The album took Axl Rose and dozens of musicians and producers an estimated $11 million and 13 years to complete.

Dr Pepper's Marketing Director said: "It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love. So we completely understand and empathise with Axl's quest for perfection - for something more than the average album.

"We know once it's released, people will refer to it as 'Dr Pepper for the ears' because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds - an instant classic."

In the event, the Dr Pepper offer went a little flat when the company's Web site malfunctioned during the 24 hours it offered the free pop to consumers on Sunday, upsetting many fans,

Axl's lawyers demanded a full-page apology in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal; an expanded time period to redeem the soda and "an appropriate payment to our clients for the unauthorized use and abuse of their publicity and intellectual property rights." He did not say how much was being sought.

Freep

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:46 AM | Permalink

Given the current economic climate, we're all struggling to balance the books. Celebrities aren't exempt, which is why Linda Hogan is having difficulties balancing her $40,000 a month budget. It's a tough world, and Mrs Hogan's money just doesn't go far enough, why only this week she had to foot a $14,000 bill at her doctor's office (for plastic surgery, according to Hulk).

Mrs Hogan's plastic is certainly going to need a little surgery if she is to finance her 19-year-old boyfriend's nautical ambitions. Which is why she wants Hulk to foot the bill.

Seems the best surgery for Hogan could be to cut the matrimonial ties.

dlisted

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:02 AM | Permalink

Boy George, the 80's Karma Chameleon, is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars on charges of assault and false imprisonment.

Yesterday, Monday 24 November, a London jury heard the beginning of a tale that has everything: a faded bald celebrity with tattooed scalp, hookers, handcuffs, erotic photo shoots.

The prosecution claims that George O'Dowd (George's real name) engaged male model and escort, Audun Carlsen, to visit his home. After the Carlsen's arrival, it is alleged that O'Dowd:

* took erotic photographs
* accused Carlsen of hacking into his laptop computer
* handcuffed Carlsen and chained him to a hook in the bedroom (O'Dowd was aided by a friend)

Carlsen claims that, once he was restrained and hooked to his client's bedroom wall, "George was slapping me and beating me and punching me and screaming things."

Carlsen says he managed to escape by unscrewing the hook to which he had been attached while O'Dowd was beating him with a metal chain.

Obviously not only is O'Dowd a washed-up queen, he is also rubbish at home improvements - after all, that hook can't have been very secure, can it.

Moral: steer clear of fat, balding has-beens.

AFP

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:55 AM | Permalink

A 12-year-old boy was arrested in Florida earlier this month after deliberately passing gas to disrupt the class. The boy was also accused of shutting off the computers of classmates at his High School. He was arrested November 4 for disrupting a school function.

The County Sheriff's Office report, notes that the 4'11" offender admitted that he "continually disrupted his classroom environment by breaking wind and shutting off several computers."

Now if he can shut off several computers by breaking wind, that's some neat trick that should be celebrated rather than punished.

The boy was turned over to his mother following the arrest.

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:00 AM | Permalink

Irascible former tennis ace, Jimmy Connors, has been arrested following a confrontation at the start of a basketball game. Connors was asked by police to leave the UC Santa Barbara Thunderdome on Friday night but he refused.

Connors was later booked and released. It seems that increasing age is no cure for temper tantrums.

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 03:51 AM | Permalink

Bruce Willis invested $2 million in a Malaysian company for a "revolutionary technology to produce devulcanised green rubber." This green rubber was hailed as being non-toxic and recyclable.

The companies in receipt of the Willis millions, Elastomer Technologies and The Petra Group, run by HRH Prince Imran Ibni Tuanku Ja'afar and Datuk Vinod B. Sekhar, guaranteed their investor that this was a no risk investment and that Willis could put in an option that would allow him to demand his money back at any time.

Willis applied the option but says he's been short changed, getting only a percentage of his money back; he claims he is still owed $900,000. And he wants it back, now!

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:33 AM | Permalink

Remember the ubiquitous sound of 1967 - when the Turtles were 'Happy Together?'

Well they're not so happy anymore, or at least the copyright holders to the song aren't anyway. When the Ford Motor Company used the song to advertise its products in Brazil and Argentina, the copyright holding company insists that it's rights were violated.

Now that was a call that cost more than a dime; Ford is now being sued for more than $200,000 in damages.

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 04:24 AM | Permalink

Wyoming municipal employee, Brandon Raz, pleaded not guilty today to charges of twice ejaculating into the water bottle of a female co-worker.

The woman complained after drinking it that water from her bottle "smelled and tasted as if it had been contaminated by seminal fluid." That's because it had been. Top marks for her senses of taste and smell.

It wasn't until a month later, however, that the woman complained to the police after once again sniffing the contents of her water bottle and detecting the aroma of what she believed to be semen.

After being confronted by the DNA evidence, Raz admitted to a detective that he masturbated and ejaculated into his colleague's water bottle on two occasions.

Raz has been charged with misdemeanor battery, stalking, and attempted battery counts, each of which carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a $750 fine.

Disgusting. Got good aim though, hasn't he?

Smoking Gun

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In Beverly Hills, the South Beverly Park Homeowners Association is suing the North Beverly Park Homeowners Association because the hired help for the South side have been blocked from getting to work via the North side.

The North Side is the more elite of the two areas, although those in the the South Side aren't short of a dollar or two. And North is where Barry Bonds, Rod Stewart, Sly Stallone and Denzel Washington reside.

So elite are the Northerners that they don't think lesser mortals should be using their territory as a rat run, which is why housekeepers and gardeners have been forced to take a seven-mile detour to enter on the South.

The trial starts today.

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:33 AM | Permalink

Keith Weatherley was spotted acting in a suspicious manner and has been fined £257 for offensive behavior, resisting police, and disobeying a police direction. He was parked at Nobbys Beach in Australia and, as you read on, you will realize just how apt that location was.

Suspecting that Weatherley might be armed, the police approached his car with weapons at the ready but Weatherley sped off the minute he spotted them.

Police gave chase but when Weatherley finally stopped the vehicle, he refused to exit the car. Officers used batons and spray to remove him - and that was when they discovered he had a a 750ml pasta jar around his penis. Weatherley continued to 'pleasure himself in between bouts of wrestling.'

Items found in the car by police included pornography, a home-made sex aid, women's stockings, and a Jack Russell terrier. I don't even want to hazard a guess...

Weatherley, who was fined in the region of $600, said he resisted police because he was 'trying to make himself decent.'
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Metro

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I don't know if you've seen pictures of Sean Stewart but you don't really need to, just look at Stewart Senior - neither of them are Charles Atlas doubles.

This being the case, you'd be surprised to hear that Sean Stewart has worked with a personal trainer - and for four months too, at least, that's the amount of unpaid work trainer Xavier Dezlie is suing the young Hot Rod for anyway.

The total owed for four months is, apparently, $3,857. Looking at Sean Stewart, it's hardly surprising he hasn't paid. If he thought he was buying muscle and bulk, he was robbed!

Oh, and the case is being filed in the Small Claims Court. Apt; very apt.

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 02:57 AM | Permalink

When police went to arrest Bernard Wood on burglary charges they found 78 bags of stolen popcorn in his home.

Wood, who stole appliances, jewelery, and tools from several homes was, apparently, fond of raiding the refrigerators of his victims.

Police caught him by matching his fingerprints to greasy ones left on an orange juice bottle at one of the crime scenes - where they also found the remnants of a chicken.

The Very Hungry Burglar was sentenced Friday to six years in prison after being found guilty of three counts of burglary and two counts of grand larceny.

My Way News

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 03:57 AM | Permalink

The following is from a piece about the current levels of mathematics incompetence that has spread like a rash through all levels of society.

A 31-year-old man paid $10.99 for a new hammer. Then he used the hammer to break a liquor store window so he could steal an $8.99 bottle of wine. Allegedly.

The burglar told his arresting officers that he bought the hammer after he couldn't break the glass with a rock.

There are numerous other examples in the article but what really made me giggle was the opening paragraph:

Last spring, for example, only 49 percent - or two thirds - of Washington high school sophomores were able to pass the math part of the WASL test.

I do hope the writer was being cleverly ironic...

SR.com

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 03:47 AM | Permalink

A German prisoner made his great escape by mailing himself via FedEx.

Hans Lang, a 42-year-old drug dealer, hid in the laundry room until other inmates had finished work and, when the coast was clear, he bundled himself up in dirty bed linen inside the large FedEx box.

The package was then loaded onto a van and driven through the prison gates. The fugitive is understood to have waited until the driver made his next stop before getting out of the box, picking the lock on the back of the van and running off into nearby woods.

The escape was uncovered when the driver saw the empty box and realized somebody had picked the lock to his van - from the inside.

Life imitating art?

Ananova

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:24 AM | Permalink

A would-be bank robber is being held on $25,000 bail after his attempted robbery at a Pennsylvania bank.

After learning that the bank had no cash on hand to give him, robber Joseph Goetz fled the scene, vowing to file an official complaint as he did so.

It really wasn't Goetz' day: a customer using the bank's drive-thru services noticed him fleeing the scene and followed him. The unidentified customer then called police, who stopped Goetz's vehicle and arrested him on suspicion of attempting to commit a robbery.

API

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:05 AM | Permalink

A man was imprisoned this week after phoning police investigating his crime to tell them their appeal for witnesses, published in a local paper, was wrong.

The appeal, released the day after the incident took place (in Northampton, England), said a man had approached an angler, grabbed him by the neck and demanded his fishing kit. However, as far as the attacker was concerned, this was all wrong, and he phoned the police to tell them so, claiming he had been acting in self defense and had not approached the angler at all.

The attacker was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for affray and other charges.

Metro

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:18 AM | Permalink

The aptly named Kyle Drinkwine from Wisconsin was apparently so incensed by a karaoke performance of a 1983 heavy metal track, Holy Diver, that he attempted to throttle the singer and his friend. A subsequent Breathalyzer test recorded Drinkwine's blood alcohol content at 0.169, more than twice the state limit.

Drinkwine was booked into the Pierce County Jail on battery and disorderly conduct counts.

This is not a first, however, back in August a Washington man was punched by a female bar patron who thought his cover of "Yellow," a Coldplay song, "really sucked."

The Smoking Gun

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:07 AM | Permalink

When Edward and Debra Hatton came home to find a couple of teens had broken in to their home, the police were called and, as you would expect, they scoured the place for clues. In doing so, the uncovered a sophisticated marijuana crop, guns, knives, and a fully loaded AK-47 assault rifle.

Mr Hatton also had a whole collection of police jackets and badges some from Los Angeles and some bearing the emblems of the Philadelphia police and federal authorities.

Hatton has never been arrested for impersonating an officer, but wore the badge of a federal officer at a poker tournament last year, with a weapon that appeared to be a gun on his waistband. He allegedly also had a collection of German military medals as well as a uniform identified by police as that of a Nazi soldier.

When Upper Darby Pennsylvania Police Superintendent, Michael Chitwood, asked "Why did you call the police?" Hatton apparently replied that he hadn't called the police. His wife had.

First Coast News

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:55 AM | Permalink

Michael Jackson's old home, the Neverland Ranch in California, is now to be known as Sycamore Valley Ranch after the title deeds were transferred on Monday from Jackson to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC.. The name change is an attempt to erase the 'aura' of child molestation that hangs over the ranch, despite the fact that Jackson was acquitted of those charges.

Now, here's the interesting bit: Sycamore is a joint venture between Michael Jackson and a division of a company called Colony Capital. Colony Capital was the company that bought out Jackson's $23.5 million Neverland mortgage.

So, Jackson no longer owns Neverland - or does he?

LA Times

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 10:44 AM | Permalink

A Florida man was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly tried to steal a handful of communion wafers during a Communion service.

According to the police report::

During mass at around 9 AM, Ricci accepted a wafer on the Communion line, but then walked away without taking the communion into his mouth.

After refusing a priest's requests to accept the wafer, Ricci turned to the priest and grabbed a handful of the wafers from the plate and attempted to leave the Church.

The parishioners were, understandably, very upset at his callous disregard for the service and they sought to detain him. A scuffle ensued as an 'enraged' Ricci began to 'act crazy.' Two of the men who tried to detain Ricci sustained minor injuries - they were 82 and 66 years old.

Ricci was charged with theft, battery, and disrupting a religious assembly. Take a look at the mugshot. He seems to be doing some communing of his own.

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:48 AM | Permalink

Some time ago, on this blog, I told you about the imprisonment of Lou Pearlman for fraud. I don't think I mentioned at that time the other allegations surrounding Pearlman - he was, allegedly, very fond of playing 'games' with members of his boy bands. One particular 'game' involved rubbing the boys' abs in order to realign their auras.

I'm sure it wasn't Pervman's aura that was realigned during these sessions.

Knowing this - would you believe that the name of Pervman's new band is 'Biteboy.' Perhaps biting boys is another way of realigning auras.

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:21 AM | Permalink

Indiana police are looking for a robber who they describe as "no brain surgeon."

Their quarry walked into Swifty on US 50 early Monday; he demanded money from the register and tied up the female clerk before running out of the door with a carton of cigarettes. He quickly realized he had forgotten something. The money.

That was when he found out that the door through which he had just exited was equipped with an electronic lock and stayed closed. He discovered that sad fact when he tried to re-enter the store to retrieve his money.

The robber is a described as a white male in his mid-to-late 20s; he's about 5' 10" tall and weighs 220 to 240 pounds. He was wearing a camouflage coat, dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, black ski mask and dark-colored hiking boots.

Cincinnati.com

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:55 AM | Permalink

Adrienne Bailon of The Cheetah Girls had her laptop stolen at JFK airport last month. You'll be pleased to hear that Bailon successfully retrieved her laptop later that same day - in return for $1,000. However, all was not as it seemed, missing from the computer were several semi-nude photos of Bailion - which are, unsurprisingly, now being hawked around and on offer to the highest bidder.

Yes, its all very sad but I can't help thinking that if the girl hadn't taken semi-nude pix of herself and then stored them on her laptop she wouldn't be in this situation now.

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:46 AM | Permalink

Vipul Romik Sharma is a 22-year-old rapist. As well as being a sex criminal, he is also very stupid.

After raping a female victim picked up in a New Zealand bar back in February 2006, Sharma was so at ease with what he had just done that he fell asleep in the passenger seat of the car. The violated woman, with her wits still about her, drove her attacker directly to Auckland Police Station.

After a four day trial,Sharma was found guilty on Tuesday of abduction and two counts of rape. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced in January.

AAP

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:09 AM | Permalink

Husband of Amy Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil (the irony in his name never fails to give me a quiet giggle) was released from Pentonville Prison today, almost a year following his imprisonment for perverting the course of justice and beating up a pub landlord.

Mr Fielder Not-so-Civil headed straight to rehab clinic (which suggests his 'contacts' didn't fail him while he was inside). Mrs Not-so-Civil has been receiving treatment for a chest infection in the London Clinic.

It's a real shame, British newspapers have recently been filled with pictures of Amy Wino looking much more healthy, let's see how long it is before the pair 'crack' up (I use the term advisedly).

TMZ

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 09:01 AM | Permalink

A Polish motorist drove to a police station to ask officers if he was too drunk to drive. The cops, in an attempt to help the driver with his query, breathalyzed the driver. They then arrested him and charged him with DUI.

A police spokesman said: "He had been out drinking with friends and at the end of the night wasn't sure if he was over the limit or not and wanted to find a policeman to ask."

Ananova

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:29 AM | Permalink

The President Elect told an MTV interviewer that he thought criminalizing baggy pants was a complete waste of time, although he added that "brothers should pull up their pants."

The MTV interviewer was prompted to question Obama on the matter by a controversial new law targeting droopy drawers in Riviera Beach. Police have made 17 arrests since they began enforcing the law mid-August.

In one example, an arrested man seemed puzzled when police stopped him for allegedly exposing "approximately five-six inches of his multi-colored boxer style undergarment."

Bring on the new world order!

The Smoking Gun

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:22 AM | Permalink

Charlize Theron appears to have got off lightly in the multi-million dollar lawsuit with designer watch maker Raymond Weil.

The actress had an agreement with Weil to be photographed exclusively wearing their watches but the silly girl cheated by wearing a timepiece from Weil's arch rival, Christian Dior.

Weil were seeking $20 million in compensation from Theron, however, they have settled the lawsuit out of court. The final settlement is undisclosed.

Apparently, Theron was chosen to endorse Weil watches because, like the timepieces, she offered "beauty, style and perfection of function." Well, let's hope that the watches are more functional than the actress.

Telegraph

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 01:38 PM | Permalink

Anybody who has ever had a paper round will empathize with the boy in this story.

The fourteen year old paper boy form Logan, Utah, wanted to speed up his paper round. He could perhaps have walked more quickly, or equipped himself with a pushbike, however, what he actually did was steal a neighbor's pick up truck. Unfortunately, he crashed the vehicle into one of the houses on his delivery route.

Although the house sustained only minor damage, one suspects that the boy sustained a major bawling out from his dad. He was also summoned by police to appear in juvenile court for various offenses.

Maybe it would have been better for the boy had he not returned the pickup truck to his neighbor's driveway after the crash and then gone off to school as if nothing had happened.

First Coast News

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:20 AM | Permalink

The Naked Pumpkin Run has been a Halloween tradition in Boulder, Colorado, for ten years but this year's huge crowd concerned the police, who ticketed a dozen or so revelers.

It seems that, in Boulder at least, its okay to go naked in the streets provided that nobody around you is fully clothed. It was dozens of costumed revelers, including a man with a red cape and a sword, that drew the police attention leading to charges of indecent behavior. The people thus charged were naked save for hollowed out pumpkins on their heads.

As the caped man was heard to say, the police would have been better occupied going to "find real criminals."

In defense of the police action, Boulder police Chief, Mark Beckner, said officers "wanted to do something before the event got out of hand."

Yahoo

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 08:09 AM | Permalink

After being followed by police officers for three kilometers, a drunken woman finally stopped at the side of the road as officers pulled up alongside.

When a breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of nearly ten times Sweden's legal limit of 0.02 percent, the woman said that her driving couldn't possibly be affected because she'd been careful to keep one eye closed to prevent her seeing double.

The court, unfortunately for her, looked at her defense with both eyes open; they sentenced her to two months in prison for aggravated drunken driving.

The Local

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 07:22 AM | Permalink

A court in Trelleborg, Sweden, has ruled that diarrhea is not sufficient reason to break the posted speed limit while driving.

The district court rejected the argument of a woman who said that she was forced to drive 53 mph in a 43 mph zone because she desperately needed the toilet.

As far as the court is concerned, the speed limit can only be broken in cases of emergency, which it defined as a danger to someone's life or to prevent a serious crime.

The woman was ordered to pay her speeding ticket.

UPI

Posted by Dianne Sandland at 05:34 AM | Permalink