Dominick Breedlove of Spring Hill, Fla., doomed his chances of landing a job at Kohl\u2019s by getting arrested for shoplifting after his interview. Breedlove arrived for his appointment with human resources and afterward stopped to browse in the shoe department. A loss prevention officer told police the suspect went outside to his car, retrieved a Kohl\u2019s shopping bag and returned to the store, where he stashed two pairs of Nike athletic shoes worth $150 in the bag. Breedlove was charged with shoplifting and was not hired.<\/p>\n
Giving Up the Ghost<\/strong><\/p>\n Amanda Sparrow Large of Belfast, Ireland, made the decision to wed the 300-year-old ghost of a Haitian pirate. \u201cI wanted the big traditional wedding with the white dress. It was very important to me,\u201d she said. Large said that \u201cJack,\u201d who was executed for thieving on the high seas, became known to her one night in 2014, when she felt the energy of a spirit next to her while lying in bed. Large has worked as a Jack Sparrow (of the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d movies) impersonator. She believes her job opened the door for her spirit-husband to reach out to her. Alas, things didn\u2019t work out for the odd couple: \u201cI will explain all in due course,\u201d Large wrote on social media, \u201cbut for now all I want to say is be very careful when dabbling in spirituality. It\u2019s not something to mess with.\u201d<\/p>\n Ghost of Lunches Past<\/strong><\/p>\n The Cranston (Rhode Island) School District is taking its response to delinquent school lunch accounts up a notch. District COO Raymond Votto Jr. sent a letter to parents notifying them that a collection agency will be contacting those with lunch overdrafts and noted that the current deficit is almost $46,000. \u201cThe district lunch program cannot continue to lose revenue,\u201d Votto wrote. The letter specified that students will continue to receive food regardless of whether their account is in arrears. Families with unpaid charges of more than $20 will be notified by mail.<\/p>\n Stop Signs Don\u2019t Count<\/strong><\/p>\n Indian River County (Florida) sheriff\u2019s officers stopped Earle Stevens Jr., after a driver who complained that Stevens\u2019 Mercury Grand Marquis kept tapping her bumper in a McDonald\u2019s drive-thru lane called 911. The officers noted \u201ca strong odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath … Steven\u2019s speech was slurred, and his eyes were red and glossy.\u201d He also had an open bottle of Jim Beam bourbon in a brown paper bag on the passenger seat. Stevens struggled to produce his ID and said he\u2019s never had a valid Florida driver\u2019s license. Stevens argued that he hadn\u2019t been drinking while driving. When the officers asked where he had been drinking, Stevens said, \u201cStop signs.\u201d After failing several field sobriety tests and a breath test, Stevens was charged with driving under the influence and without a license.<\/p>\n Unclear on the Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n A bank robber in Michigan failed to appear at his sentencing hearing in Macomb County Circuit Court because he was cooling his heels in Toledo, Ohio, after being arrested in connection with another bank robbery. Paul Carta pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in Utica, Mich., and was due in court on Dec. 6. But on Dec. 5, Carta entered a Toledo bank and handed a clerk a note demanding money, warning that he was armed. The bank employee gave Carta an undisclosed amount of money, and he fled the bank. Toledo police took him into custody 11 minutes later at a Taco Bell nearby. He was held on $50,000 bond.<\/p>\n Ewwwww!<\/strong><\/p>\n A man, identified as Leo, who was visiting Miami for Art Basel, got an unwelcome extra in his Uber Eats delivery. He had ordered some Japanese food using the app, but when the driver handed Leo his food bag, \u201cshe took off running.\u201d What he found along with the food he had ordered was a pair of underwear, stained with what appeared to be human feces. Leo contacted Uber, the restaurant and the police, but all three said they couldn\u2019t help him. \u201cDisgusting, unhealthful, it\u2019s potentially deadly,\u201d Leo said. Uber later said the driver had been removed pending investigation, and Leo was provided a full refund.<\/p>\n Sweet Revenge<\/strong><\/p>\n Ted Pelkey of Westford, Vt., has been battling the Westford Development Review Board for months over his proposal to erect a building on his property for his truck repair and monofilament recycling business. But he says the city keeps putting up barriers to the development. So Pelkey has installed a message to the board and the people of Westford in the form of a giant sculpture of a fist with the middle finger raised. \u201cIt\u2019s very big. Everybody got the message,\u201d said Fairfax resident Carol Jordan. Pelkey, who spent $4,000 on the public rebuke, said he hopes the citizens of Westford will take a \u201creally long look at the people who are running their town.\u201d In the meantime, the board said because the sculpture is considered public art, they can take no action against it.<\/p>\n Snorting Eels<\/strong><\/p>\n Scientists are likening the occurrence of eels getting stuck in monk seals\u2019 nostrils to \u201cone of those teenage trends,\u201d according to The Washington Post. Charles Littnan, lead scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, posited, \u201cOne juvenile seal did this very stupid thing, and now the others are trying to mimic it.\u201d But he and other scientists are stumped about the phenomenon. Hypotheses suggest that the eels jet up the nostrils as seals poke their faces into eels\u2019 hiding spots, or seals regurgitate the eels and they exit through the nose. Over the last two years, three or four incidences have been reported, all with good outcomes \u2014 for the seals. No eels have survived.<\/p>\n Bromance<\/strong><\/p>\n The Richland (Washington) Police Department posted a wanted photo of Anthony Akers on its Facebook page. Five hours after the posting, Akers responded with: \u201cCalm down, I\u2019m going to turn myself in.\u201d When Akers was a no-show, the department messaged him the next day: \u201cHey Anthony! We haven\u2019t seen you yet.\u201d Officers even offered him a ride. But Akers couldn\u2019t be bothered: \u201cThank you, tying up a couple loose ends since I will probably be in there for a month.\u201d He promised to surrender within 48 hours. When the weekend passed without any sign of Akers, officers wrote: \u201cIs it us? We waited but you didn\u2019t show.\u201d To which Akers replied: \u201cDear RPD, it\u2019s not you, it\u2019s me. I obviously have commitment issues. P.S. You\u2019re beautiful.\u201d Finally, Akers arrived at the Richland police station, posting a selfie with the caption: \u201cThank you RPD for letting me do this on my own.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Litigious Society<\/strong><\/p>\n When Stephen Keys boarded a SkyWest flight in Reno, Nev., he settled into his first-class seat and reached to buckle his seat belt. But when he raised the right armrest for better access, his right pinky finger became lodged in a small hole under the armrest. Keys tried repeatedly to remove his finger but could not, and it remained stuck for nearly an hour until the flight landed and airline mechanics disassembled the armrest. \u201cThe spring mechanism … applied intense pressure to the plaintiff\u2019s finger, immediately inflicting injury, swelling and pain,\u201d the filed lawsuit read. \u201cDozens of passengers became aware of Mr. Keys\u2019 perilous condition, causing his dire situation to become a humiliating public spectacle.\u201d What\u2019s more, the injury left Mr. Keys unable to drive and play with his children. SkyWest, citing ongoing litigation, would not comment on the suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dominick Breedlove of Spring Hill, Fla., doomed his chances of landing a job at Kohl\u2019s by getting arrested for shoplifting after his interview. Breedlove arrived for his appointment with human resources and afterward stopped to browse in the shoe department. 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