Bizarre News - December 19, 2015
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
It seemed like a good idea at the time. A mailman in Wisconsin was arrested after he played what was probably a good-intentioned but ultimately ill conceived prank on a female acquaintance.
52-year-old letter carrier David A. Goodman had a friendly relationship with 21-year-old Tiffany Washington who works at a law firm on Goodman's route.
When Goodman noticed that young Tiffany was "stressed out" one day he wanted to make her laugh. So casting professionalism and any common sense he might have had aside, Goodman decided to deliver her mail naked.
Goodman told the police that after the delivery of a batch of mail to the law firm he saw that she was stressed out. He said that he told the woman that he will return to deliver a second batch of mail in the nude to cheer her up.
"Oh, come on. You do not have the balls to do that," she said.
She was wrong.
Unfortunately for Goodman, Ms. Washington did not find it funny. He tried to apologize, but it was too late. She called the police.
Goodman was cited for lewd and lascivious behavior. The United states Postal Service released a statement, saying that Goodman has been suspended from delivering mail.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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*-- California package thief wrote "shop lift" on to-do list --*
SAN DIEGO - San Diego police arrested pair of package thieves and found a car full of stolen items along with an incriminating to-do list. Kristina Green, 19, and Gary Withers, 38, were arrested when an Amazon delivery driver called 911 after witnessing the theft of two packages from Encinitas, Calif. homes. When police searched the car they discovered a to-do list featuring errands including "shop lift" and "Kiss mom n tell her she's loved." Police also found mail, including junk mail and bills, belonging to as many as 13 local residents. Victims Mike Garret and his wife Mary told NBC San Diego that were thankful to have their mail returned and commended the delivery driver for alerting authorities. "He did his Job," he said. "He should get extra credit. He could have said, 'Eh' and kept going, you know?" Green and Withers, who were already on probation for drug and weapons violations, were charged with mail theft and possession of stolen property.
*-- Tortoises found 'vandalized' in Florida --*
ORLANDO, Fla. - A Florida wildlife center said two gopher tortoises were "vandalized" by culprits devoid of both artistic skills and common sense. The Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge & Education Center said a gopher tortoise with its shell crudely colored and doused in glitter was found wandering in Pine Hills and a second tortoise with a similar paint job was found suffering from a fungal infection in Orlando's Blanchard Park. Orange County Animal Services brought the tortoises to the refuge. "It will take multiple cleanings to remove the paint from each tortoise as well as healing time to get them back in good health. This is so disrespectful and we plead to you to share this with others to make it known that this is NOT OK and illegal!!" the center said. Shelter worker Debbie Helsel told WFTV the tortoise suffering from the infection is about 20 years old and was found "extremely dehydrated." "It is completely disrespectful to the animal to do something like this," she said. Helsel said gopher tortoises use their shells to help them breath, making the paint jobs extra dangerous. "Right underneath this [the shell] is just a very thin, thin shell where all their organs are," Helsel said. "It's not fun. It's not funny. It's not healthy for the animal because it causes a lot of problems and this animal could end up losing its life over something like this," she said.
*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Lewis - I don't know if Australia has bird-eating spiders, but the AMAZON river area does. Several Aquariums have amazon river set-ups and usually include an exhibit of bird-eating spiders nearby. BIG tarantula-looking things. -Colleen in IL
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The bird-eating spider IS a tarantula. It is also the biggest spider in the world and one of the things that would probably make me drop dead if I found it sitting on the tile when I walked into the bathroom in the morning.]
Only in America is the social and legal situation so backward and antiquated that the police are still trying to trap people into being arrested for prostitution-related activity. GET A LIFE USA and catch up with the civilised world - cease making prostitution an illegal activity. Steve Krenek, New Zealand
Lewis, I think the husband in that story should feel flattered that his wife would think he was having an affair on her. If my wife found a strange, young woman in our bed I think the LAST thing she would think is that I was sleeping with her.
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