Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Greetings fellow Bizarros:Cops in Nebraska thought they had scored a major bust. Last year, during a routine speeding stop, state troopers pulled over Rajesh and Marina Dheri of New Jersey. During the stop one of the troopers asked the Dheris if he could search their vehicle, which they allowed. That was their first mistake, because what they found was a large sum of cash in the trunk.
Their story was that they were transporting the money for a friend of theirs, 33-year-old Tara Mishra who is a stripper, I'm sorry, exotic dancer in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Mishra had supposedly saved the money over the last 15 years and was planning to open a nightclub in New Jersey with the Dheris as her partners.
Likely story. Every cop worth his salt knows that any cash larger than the amount needed to buy a burger and fries is almost certainly drug money. So they confiscated it.
The troopers took the Dheris into custody and later a K-9 unit alerted to trace elements of illegal drugs on the cash.
Well, it took over a year, but a federal judge finally ruled that the government failed to show a substantial connection between drugs and the money, and that the Nebraska state police must return the money to Mishra.
Now here is the bizarre part. How much money do you think a stripper could make in a night? A hundred dollars? Two? Maybe even three? How much money could she possibly have saved?
Apparently Ms. Mishra, who began putting aside her earnings when she started dancing at age 18, had saved up one million dollars, almost exclusively in small bills. The money was packaged in $10,000 bundles tied with hair bands.
The best part is the judge ordered the police to reimburse her with interest.
Bizarrely,
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Email Lewis* Archaeologists find vampire grave site in Poland *GLIWICE, Poland - Archaeologists in Poland say they have discovered a grave filled with the skeletons of apparent accused vampires. Jacek Pierzak, one of the archaeologists, said the skeletons found at a construction site near the town of Gliwice had their heads removed and placed atop their legs, a practice common in Slavic regions when the deceased were accused of vampirism, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. The accused vampires would sometimes be decapitated and would other times be hanged until decomposition separated the head from the body, historians say. The heads would be placed atop the legs to make it more difficult for the alleged undead to locate if they rose from the grave, they say. Pierzak said it is difficult to determine when the bodies were buried as the team had not found any items such as jewelry, buttons and belt buckles, the British newspaper said.
* Man in Superman costume arrested for heroin possession *WASILLA, Alaska - A man standing on a highway and wearing a Superman costume in Wasilla, Alaska, was arrested after he was found in possession of heroin, police said. A costumed Patrick Campbell, 23, of Wasilla was "waving at traffic" while standing in the middle of the Parks Highway Sunday night, a statement from the Alaska State Troopers said. Campbell was found to be in possession of an undisclosed amount of heroin, and was arrested, the Anchorage Daily News reported Monday.
*-- READER COMMENTS --*Regarding the woman who fired the warning shot...She was at home, the ex came over supposedly to see their kids, but he violated a restraining order to do it. Instead of calling the police, she left the house, got her gun (yes, bought for self defense, licensed and registered) and fired a shot at a wall. Big problem, even though she aimed high, the bullet went through the wall and entered the bedroom where the kids were sleeping. Nobody was hurt, but she has spent 3 years in prison and could face more time. The problem the courts had with "stand your ground" was that she left, was safe, but came back with the gun. -Beth
Lewis; So in China a museum can be shut down if the exhibits are fake. If we had such a law in the USA I bet most if not all of those storefront Elvis museums near his Graceland estate would be shut down for displaying phony Elvis memorabilia. --R.S.
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But then there would be almost no reason to go to Tennessee at all.]
My last name is Moore and I wanted to name my first son Lon but for some unknown reason my wife wouldn't let me. -David
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I think Sum would have been a better first name.]
"Lewis, I hear that Twinkees will be hitting shelves again soon. Anyone else find it ironic that this is happening at the same time Colorado is legalizing pot?" Lewis, evidently this reader doesn't understand the definition of irony. Sounds more like a good business plan to me. -Greg
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Just another devious plan for the new world order to dumb down the population, ruin their health and keep them poor in order to keep them willing slaves to consumerism and provide the elite and the oligarchy with an easily controllable and expendable manufacturing and tax base. Wake up, people!]
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