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Top 15 Strangest “Guy” Reasons Why Men Ignored Stroke

(NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 31, 2010) - Compiled by the American Stroke Association for its Nashville “Warning Signs of Stroke” campaign, these are actual reasons given by men in Middle Tennessee on why they tried to “be a ‘guy’ and tough it out” and ignored their symptoms when they had warning signs of stroke.  All of these men were later diagnosed with stroke. Answers have been paraphrased and identities omitted to protect the guilty, but the answers are genuine.

The Top 15 strangest “guy” reasons why men ignored their stroke symptoms were:

• Thought the vision loss was caused by something I ate.
• Thought my arm numbness was due to my recent knee surgery.
• Had been partying the night before, so the next day when I was slurring and couldn’t see, I thought it was just a hangover.
• Thought my wife would get mad, so I waited until she woke up to tell her I couldn’t move my arm.
• Wanted to make it to Florida by morning so I kept on driving (NOTE: he drove - until he passed out at the wheel).
• Did not have anyone to watch my dog.
• Didn’t want to break my bodybuilding training – until my arm went numb and the weight dropped on my head. Had a stroke AND a traumatic brain injury all at the same time.
• Didn’t want to waste my free dinner-for-two prize, so I made the restaurant bag the meal AND dessert before I would go to the ER.
• Didn’t want to miss my prepaid cruise vacation, even though I couldn’t walk. (NOTE: he grabbed a wheelchair and tried to board but the flight attendant stopped him at the gate)
• (From a pilot): Knew my airline would ground me and I wouldn’t be able to fly the plane. (NOTE: he was found passed out on the floor in the airport bathroom, and fortunately NOT in the cockpit)
• Didn’t want to leave the conference until I could hear the keynote speaker, Sarah Palin.
• Had to close on a house.
• Had to vote but couldn’t operate the voting machine.
• Didn’t want to miss my court date and get another contempt of court charge.

And the No. 1 strangest “guy” reason why a man ignored his stroke symptoms:

• The playoff game was on.

The American Stroke Association wants to remind everyone of the warning signs of stroke: sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; or sudden severe headache with no known cause.  Remember time lost is brain lost. If you or someone near you has one or more symptoms, call 9-1-1 right away. For more information, visit strokeassociation.org/nash.

Amateur Porn Stars Busted After Leaving Equipment & Video Behind

KXRO reports police in Elma, Washington identified two suspects having sex in an empty house by looking at the video they were making, since the duo failed to take the camera with them when they left the home.  A neighbor who swung by to collect the mail Monday walked in on the couple doing the nasty, and the fornicating duo immediately hightailed it out of there — leaving both their clothes and their camera equipment behind.  Officers examined the footage and identified the couple from previous encounters with them.  They arrested the man but have yet to apprehend the woman, although a warrant for her arrest has been issued.

Boyfriend Accused of Calling Girlfriend Over 2,000 Times

Jason Annis is having a hard time getting over his ex-girlfriend.  According to swns.com, Annis is accused of calling his ex-girlfriend more than 2,000 times in one week.  Quick math: that’s almost 300 times a day.  In addition, there was another eight-day stretch where he called her more than 1,000 times, sent her 630 texts and fired off more than 350 messages to her on Facebook.  The unidentified victim, who has a baby with Annis, went to police to file a complaint, her reasons for which were bolstered when Annis called her 56 times while she talked to cops.  Annis, 27, recently pleaded guilty to harassment and was sentenced to community service.  A judge also ordered him to keep away from his ex for two years.

HOT Cities

"Sweat" has been the key word around the U.S. this summer.  The National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration reports June and July were the two hottest months on record, contributing to a blistering hot season.  The NOAA has come out with a list of the hottest cities this summer by figuring out how many days each metropolis spent above normal temperatures.  Here’s a look at the top 10:

1. Louisville — 73 days above normal
2. Memphis — 72 days above normal
3. Atlanta — 69 days above normal
4. (tie) Raleigh, North Carolina — 68 days above normal
4. (tie) New Orleans — 68 days above normal
6. Indianapolis — 67 days above normal
7. Miami — 64 days above normal
8. Dallas — 63 days above normal
9. St. Louis — 62 days above normal
10. Washington, D.C. — 61 days above normal

Pot Found in Painting

Water colors met watery eyes when a man in Canton, Georgia recently found marijuana inside a painting.  WSB reports 80-year-old Gordon Clement stumbled across four pounds of pot inside the piece of artwork last week when he tried to sell the painting at an auction.  He bought the piece about five years ago.  Clement had planned to ask $25 for the artwork, which is nothing compared to the $4,800 police say the pot is worth.

Woman Busted for Stealing at Store She Just Applied In

Why go for an employee discount when you can get the five-fingered one?  QMI reports police in Ontario, Canada arrested an unidentified 40-year-old woman for shoplifting from a store where she had just applied for a job.  After the woman dropped off her resume and spoke to the manager last weekend, surveillance cameras caught her taking several items.  Since she left her resume at the scene, it wasn’t too tough for cops to find the woman.  Police also say she also showed up for the interview in clothes she’d stolen from the store the previous day.

Daughter Busted for Putting Lysol in Mom’s Juice

Brittany Merrill has been "scent" to jail.  Foster’s Daily Democrat reports the 17-year-old girl from Portsmouth, New Hampshire was arrested Monday for putting Lysol in some juice her mother was drinking.  The incident allegedly took place after Brittany got into an argument with her mom, who became suspicious when her throat began burning after swallowing some of the contaminated juice.

Man Shares Too Much With Girlfriends Mother

An 18-year-old man from Glendale, Wisconsin showed his girlfriend’s mother just what kind of man he really is.  According to BrookfieldNow.com, the man recently sent his 17-year-old girlfriend a picture him in the buff, but got in trouble because the girl’s mother saw the photo first, since she shares a cell phone with her daughter.  The cops were summoned and cited the man for disorderly conduct.

Women are Most Attractive at Age 31

A new survey seems to indicate that the adage “With age, comes wisdom” may need to revised to include “beauty” as well.  A survey of two thousand men and women by the UK edition of the shopping channel QVC finds 31 to be the precise age when women are considered most beautiful.  Respondents said women at the age of 31 are not only at their peak for looks, but are also at their most confident and stylish.

Additional stats from the QVC survey:

• 74 percent of women say they always make an effort to look good.
• 51 percent of women say that as they’ve gotten older, they’ve let go of insecurities and feel more beautiful.
• 63 percent of the women surveyed agree that as they get older they care less about what other people think of the way they look.
• British women spend an average of a 160 dollars month on maintaining their looks, including everything from gym memberships to hair salons to clothing.  British men, however, spend an average 181 dollars a month.

TOO HOT: Homeowner Pulls Gun on AC Repairman

The summer heat apparently got to a 67-year-old Pennsylvania man this week.  State police say Eugene Howell pulled a gun on an air conditioning repairman Monday and refused to let the man leave until he fixed the AC.

Police tell The Morning Call that the incident began after the repairman arrived at Howell’s home and told him his air conditioning unit couldn’t be fixed right away because a part needed to be ordered.  According to police, the repairman fled to another part of the house when Howell pulled out a handgun and refused to let him leave.  Authorities say Howell blocked the back door when the repairman tried to flee and then slammed the front door shut when the repairman attempted to leave that way.  The repairman eventually escaped and called police.  Howell is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment.

Handicap Man Jailed After Being Caught Playing Ping Pong

A man who claimed to be disabled by cerebral palsy, unable to work and confined to a wheelchair was sentenced to three years in prison this week in Sweden after he was caught playing in a ping-pong tournament.  The Swedish news website TheLocal.se reports the 32-year-old man’s fraud was uncovered in April after investigators videotaped him engaging in various activities, including table tennis.  The man, a native of Iraq, was also fined 640 thousand dollars and ordered to be deported back to Iraq once his prison sentence is completed.

Camera Caught Man Trying to Steal Camera

Police say an Iowa man was charged with second-degree theft Sunday after he was caught on security video stealing a surveillance camera and related equipment.  Authorities in Black Hawk County say Terrance Mitchell and another man were observed stuffing surveillance camera merchandise into a bag at a local home improvement store on July 7th.  The two fled without their loot after employees confronted them, but an investigation discovered the pair had been caught on security cameras at the same store in early June stealing security cameras.  Mitchell’s accomplice is still at large.

Good Help is Hard to Find

Good help is just so hard to find.  The BBC reports two inmates in Argentina recently escaped from their prison, which used a dummy to patrol one of its towers.  Officials say the facility only has the means to staff two of the 15 guard towers, so they decided to try and fool prisoners by placing an officer’s hat on a soccer ball, in the hopes its shadow would make inmates think an actual person was in the tower.  A prison official said they named the dummy Wilson, after the volleyball Tom Hanks’ character had in the film Cast Away. The escaped inmates, who were doing time for robbery, have yet to be caught.

Meet the REAL Buzz Light Year

To stupidity and beyond!  Britain’s Sun newspaper reports a man in England has legally changed his name to Buzz Lightyear.  The 26-year-old man, born Steve Bolton, said, "I’m a massive fan of Toy Story and Buzz is a great name.  My girlfriend is going to love telling people she’s going out with Buzz Lightyear."  Bolton — make that Mr. Lightyear — also thinks youngsters will get a kick out of his new moniker, adding, "I hope kids will ask me for my autograph.  It’s going to feel great signing my name and introducing myself to people."

OUCH: Shot by Toilet Paper

A Reidsville, North Carolina man may do soft time for his crime.  WGHP reports police arrested 38-year-old Lonnie Irvin Pinnix on Tuesday for shooting his wife with a gun he stuffed with toilet paper.  Pinnix’s wife came home and hopped into bed, but he ordered her to get out while pointing the gun at her.  Before she had the chance to stand, Pinnix shot her in the back.  His wife went to the hospital with powder burns.  Pinnix claims he shot the little missus because she wouldn’t leave.

Man in Jail Sends Letters To Cat

The cat’s out of the mailbag.  The Deseret News reports a man from Salt Lake City, Utah has been accused of sending letters to his estranged wife’s cat as a way to circumvent an order not to contact his better half.

Thirty-two-year-old Ronald Dallas has been told he cannot contact his wife during the domestic violence case against him, but prosecutors say he sent 11 letters to her cat from jail that were really meant for her.  In the letters, Dallas reportedly begs his wife not to testify against him.  We don’t know if the letters made his wife have a change of heart but we do know Dallas is now looking at 11 counts of violation of a protective order and two counts of tampering with a witness.

He’s “SIN” A Lot of Trouble

Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida didn’t have to wait for a confession from a man who stole from a church.  The Sun Sentinel reports 48-year-old George Horn was arrested Tuesday for robbing St. John the Baptist Church last month when he used a crucifix he grabbed from inside the church to pry open a donation box and help himself to the money inside it.  It’s unclear how much money he stole or how cops managed to track him down.

Robbers Demand Money and Donuts with Sprinkles

America runs away on Dunkin.  KVVU reports two young men robbed a donut shop in Las Vegas earlier this month.  In addition to taking an unspecified amount of money, the suspects demanded donuts with sprinkles and some milk.  Police have yet to apprehend the perpetrators, believed to be teenagers.

Theft of a Toilet Seat in Coffee County

A Tullahoma man has been arrested for the theft of toilet seat.James C. Harris, 29, was reportedly charged with taking a toilet seat from the restroom at Eads Coin Laundry on West Carroll Street.
According to the police report, a security digital recording of the incident reveals that Harris was seen leaving the business restroom with the seat concealed with clothes.  Harris then left the building.
He was booked into the Coffee County Jail on theft of property charges and later released on a $500 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on Aug 12. - WMSR

MISSING: Alcohol from Time Capsule

A lot has changed in last 25 years, but two things haven’t: people still steal and people still drink. The Yuma Sun reports the Arizona town of Somerton recently unearthed a time capsule it buried in 1985, only to find a bottle of brandy that was inside had disappeared.  Town official Pancho Soto, who was among those who buried the capsule, says he has no idea what happened to the liquor.  Other items inside that remained untouched include letters from residents, a VHS tape and a Time magazine with PRESIDENT REAGAN on the cover.  The town may want to lock up its next time capsule a little tighter; officials say it will create a new one to open in 2035.

Get a Good Lawyer For Baby’s Momma

Let’s hope Charles Gohde’s search for a lawyer goes better than the search for his baby’s mother.  The Orlando Sentinel reports police arrested the 29-year-old Gohde after he left his four-month-old daughter alone in the bushes for two hours near Universal Studios so he could look for his baby’s mother Saturday.  He was charged with child neglect without great bodily harm.

An employee with the theme park called police after finding the child crying in her stroller.  Police later spotted the mother trespassing in an employee parking lot.  Gohde eventually showed up at Universal’s security office to inquire about the baby, which is right about the time security got word the child, who didn’t appear to be injured, had been found.  Authorities say Gohde and the mother both appeared to be drunk.

HEADS UP: April Fools Jokes on the Job Not a Good Idea

The joke may ultimately be on you if you choose to play an April Fool’s prank this year.  Staffing service The Creative Group recently surveyed 500 marketing and advertising executives to ask them "How appropriate do you think it is to play April Fool’s jokes in the office?"  The results:

* Not at all appropriate — 41%
* Not very appropriate — 27%
* Somewhat appropriate — 27%
* Very appropriate — 3%
* Don’t know/no answer — 2%

What Time is It?

T-Rex is about to compete with Timex now that a Swiss company plans to introduce a new watch made from dinosaur excrement.  Watchmaker Artya says the piece will be set in fossilized feces and go on the market for — brace yourself — $11,290.  The strap will be created from the skin of an American cane toad.  In a statement promoting the watch, Artya said, "A relic of the Jurassic period, it has taken millions of years for this organic substance to embrace its present warm and matchless tints."  The feces comes from a plant-eating dinosaur that died out about 100 million years ago.

Woman Bites Man (NOTE NATURE)

(NOTE NATURE) A woman was arrested at the Uptowner Diner in St. Paul, Minnesota recently for biting down on something definitely not on the menu.  According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, police arrested 30-year-old middle school teacher Susan Mwarabu for biting off part of a man’s ear while they argued in the restaurant around 4 a.m. last Sunday.

Mwarabu, who was reportedly drunk at the time, was sitting with a few friends, while the victim, identified as C.R.H., was with a few of his buddies.  According to a police complaint, one of the victim’s pals reportedly made a comment about one of Mwarabu’s friends, so Mwarabu approached the person who made the remark and licked his face.  She then did the same to C.R.H., who was also at the table, before chomping down on his ear.  An employee at the diner called police, while Mwarabu allegedly picked up the severed part of the ear from the floor and put it in her mouth.  The victim went to the hospital, where a doctor said at least part of the ear would grow back.

Homeless Man Accused of Stuffing Pants with Steaks

These are 80 percent lean times.  Australia’s Cairns Post reports a man has been fined 100 dollars for trying to shoplift from a supermarket by sliding a mess o’ meat down his pants last week.  Fifty-one-year-old Mau Gibuma was caught placing beef tongue, three rump steaks, a pack of lamb chops, limes and onions in his trousers.  Gibuma, whose was said by his lawyer to be homeless and hungry, had previously been living with his sister before moving out to a shelter after they got into an argument.  He now plans to move in with his brother.

Dentist Uses Paper Clips for Surgery

When a dentist gets his tools from Office Depot, that should be a sign it’s time to find a new dentist.  WCVB-TV reports a dentist from Fall River, Massachusetts named Michael Clair has been accused of placing paper clips in patients’ mouths during root canals and then billing Medicaid for the more expensive steel posts he should’ve used during the procedures.  The state attorney general announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted Clair last week on a variety of charges, including assault and battery, larceny, submitting false claims to Medicaid and illegally prescribing drugs.

Medicaid suspended Clair, who now lives in Maryland, in 2002.  He’s also accused of hiring other dentists and using their numbers to file 130 thousand dollars worth of claims with Medicaid between 2003 and 2005. He’s scheduled to be arraigned April 8th.

Crime of Fashion

Police have put a split end to Michael Dirette’s crime spree.  The St. Petersburg Times reports the unemployed hairstylist was recently arrested for stealing instruments from several salons.  Authorities in Florida’s Pasco County say the 39-year-old Dirette took scissors, clippers and other items from as many as half a dozen shops on Christmas Eve.  Cops tracked down and arrested Dirette after he told two people he robbed one establishment.  He was arrested shortly before the new year began.  Late last week, police added two more charges, for robbing a pair of other area salons.

How to Pick Your Bus Schedule

Randolph Borrow should really think hard about picking up a bus schedule.  The St. Petersburg Times reports the 37-year-old man was arrested in Gulfport, Florida last Sunday for driving with a suspended or revoked license — the 15th time in the last 13 years he’s been hauled off to jail for the crime.  During this most recent incident, cops stopped Borrow when they noticed he wasn’t wearing a seat belt.

Borrow was last arrested for driving with a revoked license in April of 2009.  A judge later suspended his license for five years.  Driving in general isn’t Borrow’s strong suit, since records state he’s received more than 40 traffic citations in the last 20 years.

The Craziest Place to Live in the US is…

You must be out of your mind if you’re thinking about moving to Cincinnati.  TheDailyBeast.com has named it the craziest city in America in its rankings of the country’s 57 biggest metropolitan areas.  The list was created by analyzing four factors, including drinking rates, psychiatrists per capita, level of stress based on a 2008 national survey, and how weird each city is as judged by travel writer MIKE BARISH.  Here’s the entire list:

1. Cincinnati
2. San Francisco
3. Providence, Rhode Island
4. Milwaukee
5. Las Vegas
6. Philadelphia
7. New York City
8. Tucson, Arizona
9. San Antonio
10. New Orleans
11. Oakland
12. Austin, Texas
13. Cleveland
14. Louisville
15. Memphis
16. Denver
17. Portland, Oregon
18. Pittsburgh
19. Seattle
20. Columbus, Ohio
21. St. Louis
22. San Diego
23. Kansas City, Missouri
24. Baltimore
25. Newark, New Jersey
26. Chicago
27. Los Angeles
28. Rochester, New York
29. Buffalo
30. Birmingham
31. Boston
32. Nashville
33. Troy, Michigan
34. Riverside, California
35. Raleigh, North Carolina
36. Jacksonville
37. Richmond
38. Dallas
39. Oklahoma City
40. Anaheim
41. Detroit
42. San Jose
43. Sacramento
44. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
45. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
46. Atlanta
47. Norfolk, Virginia
48. Miami
49. Houston
50. Orlando
51. Phoenix
52. Indianapolis
53. Hartford, Connecticut
54. Washington, D.C.
55. Charlotte
56. Fort Worth, Texas
57. Salt Lake City, Utah

Man Drops TV on Man

Television sets can really make you feel like you’re part of the action.  Case in point: the Post-Tribune of Merrilville, Indiana reports 46-year-old William Smith dropped a TV on the head of a man he caught in a hotel with his wife early Sunday morning.  Smith found his estranged wife, Cora, with 48-year-old Myron Burton in the Valparaiso, Indiana hotel room in which Cora has been living separating from William.  William, by the way, showed up at the hotel with the son he has with Cora, as well as the son’s girlfriend.

Adding even more some Jerry Springer-type drama to the Cheaters-like scene is the fact Burton happens to be married to Smith’s sister.  After Cora opened the door, William spotted his brother-in-law and dragged him off the bed and onto the floor, where he kicked and punched him.  Cora tried to call police, but William hit her before beating Burton some more.  While Burton remained on the ground, William took the room’s TV set and dropped it on his head before leaving.  When officers finally arrived, they found Burton naked and unconscious with cuts and bruises all over his body.  His condition is unclear.  Police found and arrested Smith a short time later.

SURVEY: A Dog is More Than a Dog

There’s a reason man’s best friend is man’s best friend.  Here are the results of a survey of a thousand dog owners, conducted by Pup-Peroni:

• 33% admit they miss their dogs more than their significant others while out of town.
• 90% feel their pet is more pleased to see them after a hard day at work than their partner is.
• About one is seven believe they have "shared a look" with their pooch at least once.
• 33% are convinced they can have a whole conversation with their pets just by looking into their eyes.
• Nearly two thirds feel their dogs are more reliable than their closest friends.
• Over 70% would rather take their dog for a walk while feeling stressed instead of relaxing with their best friend.
• Over two-thirds feel guiltier about leaving their dog behind than leaving friends or loved ones when traveling.

Coffee County: Man Shows Up in Jail Lobby With Beer in Hand

Coffee County Sheriffs Department officials arrested a Tullahoma man Saturday night for public intoxication. Justin Lane Beck, 20, was arrested after he reportedly showed-up in the lobby of the Coffee County Jail with slurred speech and smelling strongly of alcohol. The police report stated that Beck was holding a 32 ounce beer when he entered the jail lobby. Beck was booked into the jail under a $1,500 bond.

Don’t Talk Bad to the Principal

Students aren’t the only people who can’t talk back to the principal at one school in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.  The mother of a girl who attends Hasbrouck Heights Middle School has been charged with disorderly conduct after she cursed out the school’s principal.

Cindy Schwalb recently attended a school board seminar about bullying and brought up the fact a boy pulled down her 13-year-old daughter’s pants in front of other students.  She flipped out when the district superintendent asked if the girl was wearing a thong at the time.  The superintendent defended his line of questioning by saying, quote, "I had to find out what body parts were actually revealed."

Schwalb was still fuming later when she ran into the principal in the hallway and lashed out at him with a series of words we can’t repeat here.  She eventually calmed down and apologized, but the school district filed a complaint against her, anyway, claiming the seminar was the wrong time to bring up the issues she had.

Parents Sic Cops on Kid Who Hates School

The police have helped one Monroe, Ohio boy learn the importance of getting an education.  A man recently called police to summon an officer to his home in order to convince his six-year-old son he needs to go to school.  The father told police, quote, "He’s giving his mom a hard time every single morning and it’s becoming more and more of a problem and I wanted to see if one of you guys could talk to him."
Sure enough, a cop swung by and stressed to the boy he needed to go to school or else he would get in trouble.  The boy’s mother said the cop did the job — her son hasn’t complained about going to school since he got the little pep talk.

Man Prints $1-Million Dollar Bill

Some people make a lot of money, and some people make a lot of money.  Police in Malaysia arrested a man last weekend for carrying 66 million dollars in fake American money.  The man tipped a hotel maid with a 500 dollar bill, but she was told it was phony when she tried to convert to local currency.  That makes sense because the biggest U.S. bill in mass circulation is for 100 bucks.  When police questioned the man, they found bills for 500, 100 thousand and even one million dollars.  He’s looking at a charge of counterfeit money possession, a crime which carries a maximum of 10 years in jail.
The next time the suspect wants to fatten his wallet, he should take note — 500-dollar bills were last printed in the U.S. in 1945.

A Pet Snowball?

The pet rock was a dumb idea, but a Lakeland, Florida woman may have topped it with the pet snowball.  Prena Thomas keeps a snowball she made in 1977 in her freezer.  Thomas made the snowball one winter when it was so unusually cold in her tropical hometown, it actually snowed, and has kept it since then.  She says, quote, "It’s just like a little pet."  She says she’s never had a power outage that would melt the snowball and sometimes she even takes it out of the bag she keeps it to show her friends.

Worlds Worst Boss

It doesn’t look like the owner of a massage parlor in Mount Prospect, Illinois will have a happy ending to his legal woes.  On Wednesday, police arrested Alex "Daddy" Campbell on charges he extorted money from an employee and forced several female workers to get tattoos of his birth date.

Authorities say Campbell demanded one employee cough up 16 thousand dollars so she wouldn’t have to work seven days a week.  The woman, who’s from another country, also reportedly paid Campbell an additional 13 grand so he would help her with her immigration status.

In case you still think Campbell isn’t that bad of a boss, consider this: police say he also ordered several of his female employees to get horseshoe tattoos on their necks and made many of them get other tattoos saying "917" — a reference to his September 17th birthday.

DEKALB COUNTY: Men Steal Steamroller

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department charged two men last week with theft of property over $500 for allegedly stealing a steamroller.

Sheriff Patrick Ray says 30 year old Johnny Wayne Wilson of Thurston Young Road, Bradyville TN was charged Tuesday, December 22nd and 31 year old David Allen Bedwell of Hurricane Creek Road, Woodbury was arrested the next day, Wednesday, December 23rd.

Sheriff’s Department Detective’s allege that the two men went to a farm on Oakley Hollow Road and took a steamroller valued at over $500. The steam roller was then taken to the Ivy Bluff Scrap Yard in Cannon County to be sold. The owners of the scrap yard had been advised of the stolen steamroller and refused to take it. The steamroller was then dumped beside of a road in Cannon County. Bond for both men was set at $5,000 each. Wilson will appear in court on January 28th and Bedwell’s court date is January 7th.

Also on Wednesday, December 23rd, 27 year old Matthew Allen Baker was charged with vandalism after he allegedly tampered with the water sprinkler system in the holding cell where he was incarcerated at the jail annex. The sprinkler system activated causing water damage. Bond for Baker was set ta $2,500 and he will appear in court on January 14th.

In another case on Wednesday, December 23rd, Sheriff Ray says a call was made to deputies about a possible drug deal going down in the Dollar Tree parking lot in Smithville. After officers located the vehicle in question, they asked the driver, 33 year old Peter D. Tramel of Cill Street Smithville for consent to search his vehicle but Tramel refused. A K-9 dog was taken around the vehicle and indicated the presence of drugs. A search was then performed. Under the driver’s side seat, deputies found a wooden box that contained nine long white pills believed to be Xanax. Also found in a sunglasses case was an orange pill believed to be Suboxone, a hollowed out ink pen barrel, a gift card, and a pill crusher. Tramel was charged with simple possession of a schedule IV drug Xanax, simple possession of a schedule III drug Suboxone, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond for Tramel was set at $4,000 and he will appear in court on January 14th.

-WJLE News (Smithville, TN)

Lizards and Wild Turkey

Two men in Morehead, Kentucky wanted to swap an exotic lizard for some Wild Turkey.  Police recently arrested the duo for stealing a lizard, which they tried to exchange for alcohol.  The 44- and 18-year-old men took the foot-and-a-half-long bearded dragon from an animal hospital and attempted to pawn it for alcohol.  When they couldn’t arrange a trade at an unspecified location, they went to at least a pair of liquor stores hoping to get some tasty beverages in exchange for the creature.  Police arrested them shortly afterwards.  The lizard was returned to the animal hospital.

What A Long, Strange, Unpaid Trip It’s Been

A Miami man took a taxi driver for a ride.  Police in Memphis recently arrested Luciolo Perez after he refused to pay a cabbie who drove him from Miami all the way to Tennessee.  Perez rang up a three thousand dollar fare during the 20 hour, 16 hundred mile trip, which included stops for rest and food.  Perez duped cabbie Lelis Almeira into going along by claiming a woman he was visiting would pay when they arrived.  The woman, however, refused to pay the bill because she has no idea who Perez is.  Police charged Perez with theft of over a thousand dollars.

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