Weird

Thieves have been caught trying to shove an ATM into the back of a car after they stole it from what is believed to be a Sydney brothel — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A Russian man who tried to rob a hair salon ended up as the victim when the female shop owner overpowered him, tied him up naked and then used him as a sex slave for three days.

Viktor Jasinski, 32, admitted to police that he had gone to the salon in Meshchovsk, Russia, with the intention of robbing it.

But the tables were turned dramatically when he found himself overcome by owner Olga Zajac, 28, who happened to be a black belt in karate — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A man in the US state of Colorado has died after shooting himself in the head during a game of Russian roulette, police said.

Anthony Martin, 21, and other men were drinking and playing with a gun before the incident, Pueblo Police Sgt Eric Bravo told the Pueblo Chieftain.

Mr Martin died at the scene early on Sunday — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Hi, my name is Brandon and… umm… some kid in a banana suit just tackled my mascot.

That’s the call that came in to Strongville, Ohio police and fire when a banana attacked a gorilla outside of a Verizon store — via redwolf.newsvine.com

While most Transportation Security Administration employees are busy groping people or taking naked pictures of them, the cops say one of those employees was putting fliers’ electronics down his pants.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office says 30-year-old Nelson Santiago stole around $50,000 worth of electronics over the past six months from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s Terminal 1

More than 800 shopping trolleys have disappeared from an Essex supermarket in the past fortnight.

Police have appealed for information from the general public after the trolleys went missing from the Asda superstore at Eastgate in Basildon — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Police have found the skeleton of an elderly woman who died alone in her inner Sydney home up to eight years ago.

Officers went to the woman’s terrace house in Surry Hills about midday yesterday, after her sister-in-law reported she had not been seen since 2003 — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Timothy Pooler, a tow boat captain from Florida, was towed to shore by another tow boat after he was ditched by the people he had originally tried to rescue because he towed them around in circles for hours while he was allegedly drunk — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 43-year-old man in connection with the theft of a home from a Toronto-area man.

Last week, police in Dundalk, Ontario — a community of 2,000 located about two hours north of Toronto — were approached by a Brampton man who reported that he had arrived on his nearby rural property only to find that his 45-foot-long, double-wide trailer was missing — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A Melbourne church youth leader claimed his rape of an unconscious 14-year-old girl, who he later tried to kill, was prompted by his sexual demons.

The Supreme Court was today told that Michael Tuano Hermogenes, 25, suffocated the girl at her home in Caroline Springs in May last year with her stockings after plying her with alcohol — via redwolf.newsvine.com

For five years Sean Murphy was driven to distraction by a painful blemish that no amount of creams, ointments or doctors’ appointments could cure.

So he came up with his own radical and permanent procedure to remove the stubborn wart forever – he blasted it with a 12-bore shotgun.

But not only did the blast take off almost his entire finger, it also left him facing 15 years in jail for the illegal possession of a firearm — via redwolf.newsvine.com

It must have set a record, but it’s one a South Canterbury family would surely much rather not have, after three of them were booked for drink-driving on the same night — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Police who stopped a white van veering from side to side on a busy road were somewhat surprised when they opened the back doors of the vehicle to find a car wedged in on its side — via cartooncat.newsvine.com