Bizarre News - August 16, 2014

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

A Swansboro, N.C. man has been arrested and accused of stealing a safe from a drug store.

But this guy is no Danny Ocean. Police said 22-year-old Ryan James Mullins was dragging the safe when he was caught after an early-morning break-in at the store.

At 7:30 a.m. a Swansboro police officer pulled out in front of Mullins and saw in his rear view mirror that there was something swinging behind Mullins' vehicle. The police officer pulled over to let Mullins pass, because why wouldn't you pass a police car when you are dragging a safe behind your vehicle, then saw the safe being dragged. The officer immediately pulled Mullins over.

Mullins is charged with safecracking, breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, possession of stolen goods, trafficking of opium or heroin and several traffic violations.

Public Safety Chief Bob Ritchie said the safe was about 8 feet tall and about 2 feet deep and was used to hold medications. Ritchie said investigators think Mullins was trying to get controlled substances in the safe.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- 14-year-old lives in Texas Walmart undetected for 4 days --*
CORSICANA, Texas (UPI) - A Texas teen was able to hide out in a Walmart in Corsicana for more than half-a-week without anyone forcing him to roll-back or roll-out. The 14-year-old was able to spend four days in the Walmart without being detected after building himself two hiding spaces. He put one in the baby aisle and the other hide-out was behind stacks of paper towels and toilet paper. "You never expect that you're at Walmart and someone has been living there for four days. That's crazy," Walmart customer Myrna Aguilar told CBS 11 News. The boy was able survive off of food he stole from the store and guzzle juice via a hole he cracked in the back wall of the drink aisle. He even had a makeshift bed and a fish from the pet department. In order to avoid being noticed when he was in plain sight, the boy would change his clothes periodically. He also wore diapers to avoid using the restroom at the store. Trash eventually led to the boy being discovered, but he was released into the custody of relatives and Walmart does not plan on filing charges.


*- Teacher arrested for being drunk in classroom -*
FLORENCE, Ariz. (UPI) - At least she kept her pants on, unlike a teacher in Oklahoma. An Arizona math teacher was arrested at San Tan Valley high school on Wednesday after she allegedly had to take a taxi to work because she was too drunk to drive. Kathleen Jardine somehow made it into her classroom and attempted to teach, but then aroused her students' suspicions by "yelling and cursing" at them. "She just seemed slow," student Cole McCormick told CBS 5. After a school security officer found vodka and mixers in her classroom, the 57-year-old allegedly admitted she had been drinking and the alcohol belonged to her. Jardine was cited for consumption of alcohol in public and she could also be facing a disorderly conduct charge, according to a press release from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. According to Gilbert Police, Jardine was arrested for driving drunk the day before and cited for extreme DUI and failure to maintain a lane. "Learning math can be hard enough, I can't imagine trying to learn it from a drunk teacher," said Sheriff Paul Babeu. "This is not the first time teacher Kathleen Jardine has been intoxicated in the classroom."


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Lewis, Think about it for a moment. The reason they're called ashes is that they have already been burned. You can't smoke what's already been totally oxidized. After cremation, even if there was embalming, there isn't any organic material remaining. -Horace
[There you go. If any Bizarre News readers were planning on trying to smoke somebody's cremains, you'd better snort them instead.]

Lewis, This is a little not for Jody and the shooting comment: The United States is 3rd in Murders throughout the World. But if you take out Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, and New Orleans, the United States is 4th from the bottom for Murders. These 4 Cities also have the toughest Gun Control Laws in the United States. All Jody needs to do is move away from any of those four cities. -Gary
[Or roll heavy. If you shoot someone in self defense it's not murder.]

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