Bizarre News - May 17, 2014

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

We have all read those stories about some druggy who calls the police because his dealer screwed him over (or the story of the pot grower who called the police because somebody broke into his grow-house and stole a bunch of his pot plants). There was even a story about a guy who called the police because a hooker "stole" his money without providing service. But today's story is a new one on me.

A Houston woman who says she is a stripper is being sued in small claims court by one of her customers.

Her stage name is Nomi. She says she works in a Houston strip club and admits she went out a few times with one of her customers named Robert.

"I've never heard of a customer suing a stripper," Nomi said. "I just don't understand how this person can sue me for money that he freely gave. I would never have even taken it had I known I had to pay it back."

I'm sure.

Robert wouldn't say much, but confirms he met Nomi at a strip club. He says she owes him about $3,000 worth of DVDs, a laptop and cash, and he's suing to get it back.

I didn't know strippers accepted laptops. How do you fit it in the G-string, I wonder.

Gerald Treece, attorney and law professor at South Texas College of Law, said it comes down to whether it was all gifts. "It has no really great legal value," he said. "It was 'wow' value, and it all depends on whose facts the court believes."

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Alleged car thief caught when stolen car collides with alligator --*
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (UPI) - Florida police officers who were attempting to catch a suspected car thief got a little help when an alligator decided to cross the road. Port St. Lucie police were on the lookout for a man they suspected had taken at least five cars from parking lots at Walmart, Sam's Club and Publix. Officers eventually spotted Calvin Rodriguez in a Honda Civic and tried to stop him. Unfortunately, the car "began driving at a high rate of speed and was lost sight of." That's when the alligator stepped in. Police were able to catch up with Rodriguez when he hit the alligator and was stopped. "The Honda was later discovered to have crashed into an alligator, causing it to crash into a median," according to a police report. "This shows that Calvin was in control of the Honda that struck the alligator and the median." Rodriguez is charged with five counts of grand theft auto but is not facing animal cruelty charges for hitting the alligator. "It's pretty unimaginable that police officers would be at that point in time looking for these suspects and that an alligator unfortunately just happens to cross the road and assist us in catching these criminals," Det. Keith Boham told WPTV.


*-- Archer City swears in 18-year-old Texas high school student as mayor --*
ARCHER CITY, Texas (UPI) - An 18-year-old Texas high school senior already has his post-graduation job lined up. Kelvin Green was sworn in as the mayor of Archer City, Texas, on Friday, becoming the youngest mayor in town history since it was founded in 1888. No one else entered the race, so Green won the office by default. "The city wanted me in this position even though there was not an election," Green told NewsChannel 6 prior to being sworn in. "It's more or less a childhood dream. As it's gotten closer I've become more excited and I'm ready to take on the task for sure." The small town is currently battling a stage four drought, so that will be one of the first issues that Green has to tackle now that he has taken office. In addition to that responsibility, Green also plays shortstop for the Archer City High School Wildcats baseball team and will be helping the team make a run at the state baseball title in the coming weeks. "It's a good feeling too, it gives you something good to wake up about in the morning," Green said.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Brenda Drinkwater needs to live up to her name. Avoid many a DWI or DUI problem that way. -Kevin
[Actually, the story did not report that Brenda's family's original name was Drink-scotch-and-water. Her grandparents changed it when they immigrated.]

Dave, I miss my pet rock 'Balboa'. He ran away from us last year. We found him a week later lying in a ditch. At least it looked like him. -Sly

No Lewis, I don't crap in my own garden because it makes good fertilizer. That would be because of the vodka.

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